P90X meals I eat while working out that work

How much food should I eat?  How many calories should I eat? What should I eat?  So many great questions.  I decided I will use the 3 container method.

With this method, I can eat ANYTHING I want.  I stay away from fried food and sugar process foods tho.

I found that using this method keeps me feeling FULL every day and I also have plenty of energy with FOOD left over at the end of the day.

I still have a (eat all the steamed veggies I want) if I eat all three containers.  That has not happened yet.  Nice to know I can eat all I want even if I eat all my meals.

Just because I have all these meals...does not mean I have to eat them in order, or completely eat each container.  They are all there to eat, snack, munch or enjoy all day.

200 extra push ups because of you!

Today I am doing extra push ups because you liked my "push up" photo on my Facebook page

Next American Ninja Warrior!

I know my true calling in life... Train for the Next American Ninja Warrior!

What do you think?

GM!

Still rocking and rolling

I am sore and I know I am doing my body good. Today is my "60 days till my birthday" day.
So I decided to really up my workouts and tweak my eating habits.
I am still on my key 90 X workout routine regimen but I am also including some insanity and asylum.
At this very moment I am dictating this blog while driving to the gym. My morning schedule is: wake up at 4 AM.

Do P90 X or another 30 minutes DVD workout.

Drive to the gym.

Do upper body with weights.

Run pinnacle mountain until I have to go to work.

Work for eight hours.

Go home, eat then go for a 3 to 5 mile run.

If I have time, I will do another Beachbody DVD workout.

My schedule is kind of insane, but I know my outcome.

Most lazy day ever

Yesterday I thoroughly enjoyed the most laziest day I have had this entire year. Not only did I sleep in until 7:30 AM but the majority of the day I a was laying down watching TV or just relaxing. I think that we need a lazy day every once in a while.
Today I started off with waking up at 4 AM and doing a P90 X plus work out.
And enjoyed every minute of it.
I also decided to really tweet my eating habits. In 60 days I am going to have the best body in my life.
How will I make it happen? I am staying off of Facebook and YouTube and other Internet sites.
If I am required to get on the Internet for my job, I will do that but I will not play.
This does sound kind of extreme. So we will see if this will work or not.

Actual "no time"

Yesterday was one of my busiest days in a very long time. I can usually scrape up a few minutes to work out sometime during the day. Yesterday was not one of those type of days.
I got up at my usual 4 AM time. But I had to leave by 4:30 AM to drive for an hour and a half to get to a computer job. I work that job until I had to drive an hour to my second job. Then I work until I had to drive home. After getting home it was almost 11 PM. I took a shower and went to bed and got less than five hours of sleep.
This morning was very difficult getting up at 4 AM. I did not have the energy I needed to do a workout. So I got my no excuse cooler together, my workout clothes, and my work clothes put together and I am heading to the mountain. I will do a quick run up and down the mountain then I will head to the gym to do upper body workout.
At 10 AM I start an eight hour shift. I love my weekends, Ha ha ha.
I plan on doing my P90X workout this afternoon after work. Then I believe I will go straight to sleep.

Stranded with a broken down car

Yesterday started out normal. P90X and then packed the car with water and food. I headed to my mountain frail and ran 10 miles. Whether I tried to start the car, the car was completely dead. I noticed that the main fuse was blown.

I was stranded. No cell phone signal. 20 miles away from the dealership. It was time for a marathon day. It looks like I will have to run a marathon to get to the Honda dealership and get my seven dollar fuse so I can drive to work by 1:30 PM today.

This is what fitness is all about. It's not about looking cute in your skinny jeans. It's about being able to run 20 miles to get to safety, or save your life.

The X stretch workout

If you think stretching is not a work out, you should try P90X X stretch workout. Not only do you feel absolutely amazing afterwords, but it is a heck of a workout.

This morning it is raining and cold. But I got it my Xstretch and now I'm heading to the gym for another awesome upper body workout.
Whether it is raining or not, when I am done working out I will climb the mountain. The mountain is a great cardio and lower body workout. I am very lucky to live within an hour of this mountain.

UPDATE:
My car broke down. I am stranded far away from civilization at a trailhead.

I feel it today

This morning I really feel muscles I've never felt before. that means I am doing it correctly. I thoroughly enjoy being active.
The other day at work a coworker told me that I was an over achiever. I'm taking that as a compliment because that person always seems to be busy and a great worker. But I also understand that if someone tells you that you are over achiever, or you are working out too much, or you are doing something completely out of the realm of normal, then you are definitely doing something correct.
Other news, it seems that I may have a chef gig at a big four-day wedding in June. My chef skills are really improving. I believe I have finally found my true calling in life, fitness and healthy cooking.

Its hard to "not eat so much"

I know we are biologically supposed to want to eat, but in our society we need to "not eat so much."
I know I am doing an amazing transformation, but I want to do better. And in my tiny little mind, I think that I need to fast, eat less, or even starve myself.
I know from past experiences, I can go on 1000 cal a day fast for three days with out feeling bad. It actually helps me Cleanse. Anything more than three days or going with out eating, I not only feel bad but at the end of my fad diets, I tend to over eat.
So I am going to continue to eat and work out every day and enjoy my life.

Today I am going to join Boyd on his new YouTube channel and post a video per day showing what I'm doing to transform my body. At the end of 365 days, I should have a transform the body that I can do a bodybuilding or a fitness competition with.
He will keep me on track as I do a round of P90X for 90 days, insanity for 60 days, and then finally a 30 day asylum video. After that six months I will try another six-month video series that will help me get into shape.

April 2

For the last month I've been trying to hold up. Bulking up requires extra calories. Well consuming extra calories, I notice that I feel more bloated around the midsection. I believe that that is just extra food in the digestive tract. I say digestive tract because I do not believe that I am getting body fat. I am definitely getting stronger, more endurance and I definitely feel better about myself.
This next month I am going to focus more on becoming lean. How will I become more lame? My daily calorie level will be my BMR. Basal metabolic rate. That's the rage in which my body burns calories at rest just to stay alive per day. Presently, I only require 1700 calories.
So my caloric intake per day will be no more than 2000 calories.
If I feel weak, tired, or my daily step count goes down drastically, I will increase my caloric intake.

No excuse Sunday

Today is Sunday and I work from 8 AM to 4 PM. It would be a perfect day for me to sleep in a little bit but I chose to get up at 4 AM and do my P90X workout. I am heading to a running trail to run for an hour before I go to Pinnacle Mountain.

A day to rest and eat cheat meals

What is a rest day? For some it is sitting down on the couch watching TV. For some people it's only running 10 miles because they are used to running 30 and 40 daily.
What is a cheat meal? For some people it is eating an entire pizza and drinking sodas. For some it is eating extra 2 oz of tomatoes or more pasta.
Today I will not do anything more extreme than one P90X workout. For the last two days I have been working out for eight hours before my eight hour work shift.
I will do something that is active today. I need to till up my garden so I can plant my vegetables. It is a beautiful day so I'll probably go ride my bike. And most likely I will go on a 4 mile walk on the bike trail.
Some people think my free day is more extreme than their workout day.

KenpoX

It is hard to explain how happy I feel. My body is so sore it's insane. I feel muscles that I've never felt before. And yet I have more energy than I have ever had before.
This program makes you strong. You gain a lot of muscle while losing body fat. One thing I have noticed is that "scale weight" does not go down right away. And another important fact is that your total body inches will go down quicker than the scale weight will.
Total body inches is the true measurements of my fitness success. If you worry about scale pounds, you will fail your fitness journey. 5% scale weight, 30% body fat, 30% total body inches, 30% the way your clothes fit and 5% care about your nose hair.
As you can see, worrying about scale weight is about the same as worrying about your nose hair. It should not cross your mind all the time. There are other things to look at to determine how well you are doing on your fitness journey.

Feeling stronger

Even though I am sore, I am feeling very strong. And I believe that that is the reason why I am doing what I'm doing. I am not trying to fit into skinny jeans. I'm not trying to look good in my bathing suit. I want to become stronger and more fit. With all that said, I do not care if the scale is going up or down.

My main goal is to be extremely strong by my birthday in June.

If I am getting stronger every day, it's just natural that my body will trim down and look better within 90 days.

Rock on Fit

Another day of getting lean and mean! Im stronger everyday. It's getting harder to fatigue my muscles during a workout.
Keep pushing play!

More Friends starting

Great news, I have more friends starting today. It looks like Mark is interested in doing a documentary style P90X with me. So even though I have already started I will continue my P90X but will do another 90 days starting today with Mark.

Work first then work out

Usually I will do a work out first thing in the morning, then I will go to work. But today is different. I am scheduled to work at 6:30 this morning and I felt that I needed to sleep in. Sleep is so important. It's like working out for your brain.
If I am too tired, I will not be able to concentrate at work nor will I be able to put in a full work out at the gym

I promised myself after work today, at 2:30 PM, I will go to the gym and I will hike up a mountain.

Date day

Today I am using as my healthy date day.

No excuse cooler

It is really easy to stop at a fast food restaurant to pick up something quick in the morning, at lunch and even before you get home from work. How do you combat such an easy way of eating? One way I have figured out is making sure I have a no excuse cooler packed in my car every day
I can text before I go to bed in the evening and it is easy enough for me to pack in the morning before I leave for work.

So what do you packing your no excuse cooler? What I pack is a bunch of fruit. Apples, oranges, pears, bananas and even grapes.

Many people say that fruit sugar is bad for you. I personally believe that we crave sweets and if we eat the sweets that nature has given us, then we are eating correctly. Why else would we be craving sweets if it was not good for us?
Does it raise my blood sugar levels? Does it cost me to have an insulin spike? I do not believe it's a huge spoke like processed sugars and even if it is, I believe that natural sugars are easier to break down and convert to energy then process sugars.

You may find it easier for you to pack a combination of fruits and vegetables that you enjoy eating raw. We need easily accessible food that is most natural. When I say natural I am talking about how it's produced by nature. If it is an apple, it is an apple not apple juice apple cider or applesauce. If we are talking about grapes, it is grapes on the vine. Not great juice, grape fruit roll ups, or anything else that you can buy in a box that a company has processed.
This approach to having all natural food around me has helped me lose 100 pounds and keep it off for years
I hope this helps you now and in the future. Rock on Fit

Sore but good

Really amazing how this soreness feels so wonderful. Most people associate soreness with pain. I associate soreness with feeling alive.
So what is your perception of soreness? After a good workout and you feel sore, do you feel wonderful? The answer of that question will usually be: I feel wonderful. If you answer the question "I hate feeling sore", you most likely will never want to work out again.

Day three, hump day P 90 X

It is hard to believe that only three days into my P90X challenge, my arms are extremely sore. I never would've thought that taking only a 30 day break in between my work out challenges would I regress so quickly.
That being said, if you have not worked out for three months or more, I would suggest you start off as if you have never worked out before in your life. What do I mean by that? I mean when you start lifting weights, lift a very light weight. When you start to run or jog or do cardio again, pretend this is your first time and let your body get used to it again. It is very true: if you don't use it, you lose it.

This challenge will be 90 days. After this 90 days is complete, I will do ShaunT insanity. Insanity is a 60 day program. Following the completion of insanity, I will follow it up immediately with a 30 day asylum.

This has to be a continued lifestyle. There is no taking a week, month, year off from being healthy and fit. It is either a lifestyle or it is not.

I am loving day 2

Im sore and happy to be sore. I finally figured out a very important part of weight loss and fitness: you have to biologically SET your normal weight.

Time for another round of P90X. This has to be a lifestyle or the weight will creep up on you again.

My biggest fail is thinking that once I lose the weight, it will stay off even if I stop P90X and go back to my normal diet. Now that is insanity.

P90X for 90 days then Insanity for 60 days followed by Asylum for 30 days. So that means I will be in the best shape of my life in 6 months!

www.My6Months.com

Day 1

I am going to create an entire 90 day blog about my P90X transformation.
Today is day one and I did chest and back this morning. I woke up at 4 AM because I do not have time during the day to do such a thing.
This is also going to be the framework for my 6° of fitness book.

Fitness is not about working out and losing weight and being on a diet. Fitness is about being happy, healthy and being able to do things without being out of breath or feeling like you're exhausted.
It is very interesting that in our Constitution it says the pursuit of happiness. How many people actually follow the pursuit of happiness Theory?

How many people actually think doing 90 days of workout is happiness?

I have heard a lot of people telling me that working out for 90 days is extreme. I heard those same people tell me that eating healthy for 90 days is extreme. To me, personally I think that having a heart attack, and open heart surgery, bypass surgery is a little more extreme. I want to make sure that never happens to me.

So here is day one on my 90 days of fitness. Let's see what P90X and check out you can really do for me.