The P90X Goal

My last post was on mine and Eddie's work-out war and I talked about our continuous bickering about working out...things are different now. I finally made a real goal, and this time it's gonna happen!

My biggest problem with working out is staying motivated, but now that won't be a problem anymore. I made a goal to myself that I am going to lose 10-15 lbs by our anniversary. I used to always say "I'm gonna try to lose weight," and now I'm saying "I WILL lose it by June 26th!" I started my workout program on March 29th and I will be done on June 26th - one day before our wedding date.

The work-out program I am using is the P90X Lean. For those who don't know anything about it, it is a 90 day DVD program with Tony Horton. It has 12 DVD's and 3 different programs you can follow: Lean, Classic, and Doubles. Lean is for building lean muscle (mostly for women), classic is for getting big, and doubles is the hardcore one for body builders. It works in a body/muscle shocking system and that's why it works so well. The DVDs include Yoga, Kenpo, Stretching, Cardio, Core, Legs & Back, Chest & Arms, Ab Ripper, and so on....

Eddie is also starting it. He started yesterday (April 5th) and is doing the Classic; it's nice because we keep each other motivated and 3 days of the week we get to work out together. When I get to the end of the program I'll post before and after pictures of us and hopefully they will be very different from each other, so....wish us good luck!

The Work-Out War

Does anybody have any tips on how to enjoy working out, or how to have the will power to get up and just do it? If so, PLEASE share!

I have always known that Eddie loves working out, and me...not so much; and when I say that he loves working out I mean he LOVES working out, it is more like an obsession. And don't get me wrong, working out is a great thing to do, but 6 days a week for 2 hrs? That's over the top in my opinion.

My hopes were that after we got married he would get so busy that he wouldn't have time to do it everyday, and of course...I was wrong. I am starting to think that my husband is superhero because he works all day, has responsibilities in the evenings, and most days he manages to fit in a 2hr work out session. It's incredible! Me on the other hand, I go through phases. One phase I will want to work out everyday, and the other--never. Needless to say I'm on the "never" phase right now.

When we first got married I was doing pretty well. We have a gym membership to InShape City, (the only affordable gym in town, the other is over $100/person/month) which is not that great to be honest. The people who go there are pretty shady and I just didn't like the overall feeling in there; the guys stare at you like a piece of meat...it made me very uncomfortable. I was going on and off all the way through November...a good 4 months, and then I was done; I wanted to work out at home. Eddie already had a bench and weights but that wasn't enough for a full work out, so we started looking around and decided to buy a Bowflex. We paid $800 for one of the simpler ones, and I worked out every single day for 2 weeks! That was really good for me, but things come and things go, and we decided that we should take back the Bowflex and find a machine that was cheaper. It was the month that we had to make that emergency trip to Brazil and we could use that extra money.

We finally canceled our gym membership (we're trying to), and Eddie bought the X-Factor, sold the old bench and bought a better one with more things to do on it. I don't like it as much as I did the Bowflex, and to be honest I have only used it a couple of times. Eddie goes running every night for his cardio and I go with him about every other day. After cardio he comes home and works out for another hour and a half on this X-Factor and free weights.

Why can't I be like him? I could lose some weight and that's the way to do it, but I just don't have the will power that he has. He begs me everyday to work out with him. Some days it works, somedays it doesn't. It's so important to him, and I should be a better wife and make him happier by working out with him. I've tried to ask him to lower his work out time and frequency, but that didn't work. He says he needs to do it all 6 days, for at least 1.5 hours. So I'm trying to work out with him at least 3 times a week, and for at least 1hr...I'm trying!

So please, if anybody has any tricks or tips to help get my bum up and start working out with a smile on my face...let me know!