90 Days Of Me

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:59:00 -0500

Weight: 202.2 lbs.
Pull-Ups: 4
Vertical Leap: 20”
Push Ups: 26
Toe Touch: +1”
Wall Squat: 1:30
Bicep Curls: 22 reps w/ 20 lbs. dumbells
Ins & Outs: 25
Heart Rate Maximizer (2 min of jumping jacks): 181 bpm.. 153 bpm. after 1 min rest, 132 bpm after 2 min rest, 137 after 3 min rest, 130 at 4th minute of rest.
Notes: I feel unhealthy and super sloppy. Pictures were embarrasing to take. I’m slow, feel lethargic. Seems like the only time I’m energized is after fast food and a big Mt. Dew. My pants don’t fit right, large t-shirts feels like mediums. When I run down the stairs my love handles jiggle. I’m easily winded. It just sucks and I’ve had enough. Today, Day 0 as I’m calling it, was a huge eye opener. I made the decision a week ago to do P90X with a friend, and it wasn’t really until now that I got “angry” motivated. I’ve let myself go and it’s time to do something about it. Let’s go.

This isn’t really an excersize in machoism for me. I haven’t witheld any of the juicy details. Except the pics, I’ve waited until the end to show those. That way you can be like “dang, dude let himself go but, wow, dude brought it back”. Sure, it’s sort of embarassing to do this online but I could care less. If you know me you’ll understand. For some reason I think I’ll have more drive and inspiration this way. Knowing if I fail (which I wont!) everyone gets to see. Skip that, I can’t fail or stop short. On the other hand if I do really well, everyone gets to see and maybe someone else will get the motivation to do the same. Who knows. All I know is I got back and I shouldn’t.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:58:00 -0500

Weight:202.2lbs
Workout: Chest & Back, Ab Ripper
Heart Rate:
Duration:106 min
In Zone: 24 min
Notes: First workout absolutely sucked. Hated it hated it. I should have eaten before the workout. I had very little energy. I gave it my best but a lot of the time when they were still repping it out I was face down on the carpet. I’m guessing this is normal for the first day? Also, I find it hard to type right now without resting my arms on the table. And I’m glad I washed my hair earlier because I don’t think I can reach my head at the moment.

First workout was chest and back which involved a lot of, yes my favorite, pull-ups. Based on my fitness test yesterday I can do a total of 4 pull-ups. Guess how many I could do the 2nd set? If you guessed less than 4 you would be correct.

But as complainy as I sound, I’m very happy. I know it’s always tough at first and I know it will continue to get at least a little easier.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:57:00 -0500

Weight:200.2 lbs
Workout: Plyometrics
Heart Rate:
Duration:59 min
In Zone: 29 min
Avg. Heartrate: 152 bpm
Max Heartrate: 174 bpm

Notes: I had to army crawl to my desk today, using my arms I lifted myself up to my seat, my legs hanging like limp salamis. Okay it wasn’t that bad, but it was tough!

Today I had a recovery drink before and during workout, I think that helped. I also ate a very small potato before which I think also helped. Although my muscles still got super tired, I felt more energized and was able to stay pretty close to the entire workout. I really like how Tony Horton always gives suggestions for those who may be already maxed out. He gives instruction on how to still do the workout without totally copping out. I dig that.

Sarah is my food czar. I’m going to follow every last detail of the food plan. I am going to assume I know nothing about nutrition, portion sizes, what foods to eat, etc and will follow the outline. I think that’s the only way to truly let the program do its thang.

Last night when I ran out to grab some supplements I ran into Don at Vitamin World. Don went through P90x and had fantastic results. He went from 240 to 200 pounds. He said the program was a launching pad for him to make his life focus around nutrition and health. He’s now working to be a certified personal trainer. He was a great help and it was awesome to talk with him. I got some really good tips from him. If you’re reading, thanks Don!

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:56:00 -0500

Weight: 200.4
Workout: Shoulders & Arms
Heart Rate:
Duration:57 min
In Zone: 40 min
Avg. Heartrate: 137 bpm
Max Heartrate: 171 bpm
Notes: Today I kicked off the day with a killer breakfast from Sarah. We’re all set to follow the food program (started officially last night). After looking at the meal program and then the workout program I see they have it structured that way for a reason.

For instance, yesterday the breakfast was a protein shake, the workout was Plyometrics. I ate a potato, bad idea. Had I followed the breakfast, a shake, I would have been good to go. This morning, I had a huge scrambled egg white with chicken. Oh, and turkey bacon, yum. Today’s workout was intense weight lifting. I see why the meal was large, cause todays program was intense. I’m really digging this. I feel like between the support of my wife and friends, and the fact that I’m in good hands with p90x, I just can’t fail. I can’t.

Another interesting thing, I was “in the zone” on my heart rate monitor longer than previous days, but today I wasn’t as tired. I wonder why that is? Was I going over the target heart rate yesterday? I’m going to do some research to see what the target actually is and see if I can stay in there longer.

Last note, I’m sore pretty much everywhere. I am walking like a zombie (calves really hurt from all the jumping). My chest is sore, it’s hard to even pick Jack up. But it feels good. BRING IT! :-)

PM Cardio: I really feel energized today, I think it’s the meal plan, it’s really weird. So I decided to do a night time cardio session. Cardio X as it’s called. I have to say, I really actually enjoyed it. It had a little bit of Kenpo (which I haven’t done yet), Plyometrics, Yoga. It wasn’t just mindless running. I sweated more than I have in any of my previous workouts.

Heart Rate:
Duration:41 min
In Zone: 28 min
Avg. Heartrate: 131 bpm
Max Heartrate: 170 bpm

Here’s a couple pics of my food today, if you’re interested. Btw, these were prepared by my very supportive wife. These are p90x recipes with some slight mods (swordfish instead of halibut, which they didn’t have at the store):

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:55:00 -0500

Weight: 199.0
Workout: Yoga
Heart Rate:
Duration:1:31 min
In Zone: 28 min
Avg. Heartrate: 115 bpm
Max Heartrate: 158 bpm
Calories Burned: 788
Notes: I have mixed feelings about yoga. I loved it and I hated it. The parts I hated I know are good for me though, so I’ll try to excel in those areas. I’m not flexible at all so that’s definitely something I need to work on. I had no idea yoga could be so strenous, zomg. I was shaking the entire time. The first half of the disk was really tough (and sort of repetitive, probably for a reason), the last half was more balance and stretching. Most of what I don’t like about stretching is my inability, not necessarily the program’s fault.

In other news, my entire body is now sore, every part. Except my toes.

Breakfast, an egg white w/ turkey bacon muffin sandwich w/ 8oz. non fat milk:

Dinner: Chicken w/ honey ginger sauce, quinoa and snap peas :

Night time cardio, because I don’t know when to quit. I am absolutely positively 100% zapped. Love it.

Heart Rate:
Duration:42 min
In Zone: 27 min
Avg. Heartrate: 140 bpm
Max Heartrate: 176 bpm
Calories Burned: 531

This time I friggen brought it. For the last 15 min or so Sarah was watching the program so you know I had to show off a bit. Show her that all of her food prep time has not gone to waste ;-). Love you @mrsholst

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:54:00 -0500

Weight: 196.4
Workout: Legs and Back
Heart Rate:
Duration:59 min
In Zone: 46 min
Avg. Heartrate: 142 bpm
Max Heartrate: 169 bpm
Calories Burned: 746
Notes: OUCH OUCH OUCH! Man, am I ever tired. Legs workout was brutal because my legs never fully recovered from previous workouts. It’s alright though, I gave it my 100% and I did pretty good with it. I’m just so blasted tired. In other news it looks like my body might be reacting to the new food and workout now because my weight dropped down a little. I suspected that was from having a lower sodium diet, my body isn’t holding as much water. Lord knows I’m drinking about a gallon of water per day.

I didn’t have the energy to do the ab ripper workout so I think I’m going to do that later tonight after Jack goes to bed. I’ll have a good amount of energy from dinner so I can give it my all.

Breakfast: Chicken scramble, turkey bacon and 4oz of freshly squeezed OJ.

Lunch - Chef salad w/ 6 oz chicken:

Dinner - Tilapia, zucchini, quinoa and freshly made pesto sauce:

Ab Ripper-x night time workout: Absolutely sucked.

Heart Rate:
Duration:15 min
In Zone: 5 min
Avg. Heartrate: 119 bpm
Max Heartrate: 151 bpm
Calories Burned: 144

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:53:00 -0500

Weight: 197
Workout: Kenpo
Heart Rate:
Duration:59:42 min
In Zone: 40:45 min
Avg. Heartrate: 137 bpm
Max Heartrate: 173 bpm
Calories Burned: 705
Notes: Kenpo is a sneaky workout. As my friend @sjfults said, you don’t feel tired during but after you go sit down you are totally zapped. There were parts of the workout where my heart rate dipped, during the part where you’re doing blocks. I found if you sort of hop in place while you do those, you keep your heart rate up.

I was thinking to myself, had I done a workout like this on day 1 I wouldn’t have lasted through 20 minutes. It’s amazing how fast your body can adapt. I feel awesomer than I did last Monday, go me.

Breakfast: Turkey scramble:

Lunch: Chicken Salad (had to use baby spoon, forgot silverware)

Dinner: Didn’t take a photo but it was mmmm delish! Sarah made it, what’d you expect?

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:52:00 -0500

Weight: 197
Workout: Stretch X
Notes: I’m not flexible, but I really enjoyed Stretch-x. It’s like taking time to rejuvinate and get all of the kinks worked out. Even after that difficult week, I don’t believe I have a single sore muscle. The Kenpo yesterday helped to get a lot of the lactic acid flushed out of my body. The stretching today totally put me on track to another great week.

I’m ready to hit it hard tomorrow.

Breakfast: Egg white w/ turkey bacon scramble, side of sliced watermelon.

Lunch: Tuna salad on fresh spinach, no pic, was too hungry

Dinner: I strayed a little for day 7 dinner. I went with a 6 oz grilled chicken breast with some BBQ sauce. A side of asparagus to top it off.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:51:00 -0500

Weight: 197
Morning Workout: Cardio X (scroll down for night time workout)
Heart Rate:
Duration: 40:43
In Zone: 24:00
Avg. Heartrate: 137
Max Heartrate: 171
Calories Burned: 477
Notes: I think I’m going to do a morning cardio before breakfast and a night time workout 3 days this week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. This morning the workout was pretty good. I could feel myself getting close to being totally “bonked” but I made it through pretty nicely. I’m finding the range of where I need to be strength wise during the cardio workout. Not too overboard, but close enough to the limit that I’m getting a good workout.

Breakfast: Big breakfast this morning! Mushroom scramble, strawberries and lowfat cottage cheese. I couldn’t even finish it all!

Lunch: Chef salad w/ turkey, spinach and mixed greens. 2 oz cottage cheese (the rest of what I didn’t finish for breakfast).

Night Time Workout: Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X
Heart Rate:
Duration: 1:12:26
In Zone: 1:01:13
Avg. Heartrate: 141
Max Heartrate: 171
Calories Burned: 905
Notes: BRING IT! I freaking hulked out on this workout. I pushed it hard. I almost cried on the ab workout. I aint playing around here, let’s get some! I really really liked the morning cardio combined with the night time workout. I was fully recovered by the time the night workout came around. I felt like I had a lot more energy for strength training. So I’m definitely digging this setup. I know, I know, I’m not supposed to be doing morning cardio until the later weeks but if I can do it now and get a little bit of an edge, why not?? Between my two workouts today I burned a combined 1382 calories. That’s real nice!

Dinner: Grilled salmon, fresh red pepper soup, asparagus. Side protein shake and buttton of water.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:50:00 -0500

Weight:197
Workout: Plyometrics
Heart Rate:
Duration: 1:01 07
In Zone: 29:19
Avg. Heart Rate: 153
Max Heart Rate: 178
Calories Burned: 883
Notes: Had a really good workout. It’s amazing the difference between this workout and last weeks plyo workout. There were several times during this workout where I just kept going despite how hard it got. I think the difference is, this week I got my mind right, my food is on target, I’m getting enough sleep and I’m focused. I used to fear working out because of the after effects; being sore, tired, etc. Now I anticipate them and actually get a little amped up before starting.

Breakfast: Morning protein shake. 2 scoops of whey, half banana, half cup (or so) mixes berries, bunch of ice, 8oz milk.

Lunch: Shrimp stir fry.

Dinner: Turkey breast, green beans, red pepper soup.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:49:00 -0500

Special pic of me hulking out. Trying to keep this away from the mundane and make it fun, keep me from going crazy, well, crazier I mean.

Weight:196.0
Workout: Shoulders & Arms (ab ripper, which I’ll do tonight)
Heart Rate:
Duration: 59:25
In Zone: 44:19
Avg. Heart Rate: 144
Max Heart Rate: 176
Calories Burned: 766
Notes: Significant significant strength increases between this workout and last. When I look at the workout sheet, toward the bottom of last weeks I have the words “red” “red” “red” for each workout in the weight section. That is because I was too zapped to use my dumbbells and I switched over to bands. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I’m actually smart for doing that. This week? No bands. And heaver weights. Much heavier, almost double. Sure I probably went a little light last week, not fully knowing the workout but still. The fact I that was using bands toward the end last week says I was tired. This week I wasn’t. I feel good!

Breakfast: Morning protein shake. 2 scoops of whey, half banana, half cup (or so) mixes berries, bunch of ice, 8oz milk.

Lunch: Same

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:48:00 -0500

Weight: 195.2
Workout: Yoga x
Notes: Today I put off doing yoga until late at night (it’s after midnight and I’ve just finished). I had family in town and was trying to come up with some excuses on why I can’t do the workout today. Ha! At first I thought about doing Kenpo and then doing Yoga on my Kenpo day. Then I thought I’d just do a Cardio x in place of Yoga. Then I decided to face the music and just do the dang workout! I’m blasted tired right now though, ready for bed!

I am planning on waking up and doing cardio before I eat tomorrow morning. Then later in the day I have Legs and Back, wooooweeee! ;-)

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:47:00 -0500

Weight: 196.2
Notes: I’ve got family in town so although I’ve still been hitting it hard, it’s been tough to get away to update my site. Legs & Back were brutal as usual. Especially after I did a morning cardio before I ate breakfast.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:46:00 -0500

Weight: 196.2
Heart Rate:
Duration: 54
In Zone: 27
Avg. Heart Rate: 139
Max Heart Rate: 181
Calories Burned: 659
Notes: I’ve got Kenpo today but I’m going to (again) wait till later tonight since I’ve got family in town. I plan on hitting this kenpo tonight hard to start off a great week of workouts!

Not a bad workout! There are a couple of beefs I have with the Kenpo workout though. The blocking portion does little to nothing for me. My heart rated dips a lot during that portion. So I did it half way and resorted to running in place. I dunno I just feel like the blocking would be better if it were spread out throughout the entire workout instead of doing a big section of blocking. Just my 2 cents.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:45:00 -0500

Weight: 197
Workout: Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X
Heart Rate:
Duration: 50:31
In Zone: 39:01
Avg. Heart Rate: 139
Max Heart Rate: 172
Calories Burned:616
Notes: I had a great workout today. I’m changing my food plan up a bit. I still feel like I’m getting too many calories so I’m taking it down another notch. I’m also simplifying some of the dishes. You’ll notice I stopped taking pics of the food because they all started to repeat and look the same. I’m breaking the 3 main meals down a little, making the portion size smaller. I’m also taking one out and replacing it with a protein drink. The protein drink, the way I make it, is around 300-400 calories so it’s not like I won’t be getting the calories I need, just in different form. I mentioned cutting down portion size, I think I’m going to make the 3 main meals smaller and the snacks a little larger. That will make it more like 6 meals a day. Instead of a huge breakfast, a small handfull of soy nuts for a snack, a huge lunch, a small piece of turkey jerkey for lunch, a huge dinner — they’ll be evened out a bit.

The other thing I’m changing up a bit is the Ab Ripper X. I’m not going to do that on the end of my regular workout anymore. I find I’m just too zapped to continue. I like having my main workout, seeing the time I have left and just giving it my all, not having to worry about doing another 15 minute workout and saving energy. I’ve found if I split out the Ab Ripper X workout into a separate workout later in the day, I perform better. So that’s that!

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:44:00 -0500

Weight:196
Workout: Plyometrics
Heart Rate:
Duration: 58:34
In Zone: 26:14
Avg. Heart Rate: 154
Max Heart Rate: 176
Calories Burned:857
Notes: I kicked some serious butt in this workout. Usually when I do a workout like this I try to preserve myself at first, knowing that I only have so much in the tank. Problem is, sometimes you preserve too much and leave a little left in the tank along with the feeling that you know you could have done more. My approach for this workout was to just hit it from the beginning and if I started really dragging, my plan was to stick with it and just keep doing the moves without crashing. I think I did pretty good! I’m sufficently spanked yet not puking my guts out. I’d like to pat myself on the back right now but I’d need the help of a friend, as my back is too sore from yesterdays workout.

Btw, if you’re wondering, and by you’re I mean, well, nobody really but for the record anyway, I decided NOT to take a day off yesterday. I started p90x a day after a few of my friends who are also doing the program and I really needed to catch up. So, I skipped my day off slash stretching day. Instead I jumped right back in with a Chest & Back workout. You may now return to your scheduled programming! :-)

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:43:00 -0500

No workout today, wife went into labor. Workout was supposed to be Shoulders & Arms. Check Day 19 to see that I made this day up. Everything will get a little switched around for the next couple days as I try my best to make these workouts up.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:42:00 -0500

No workout today, wife went into labor. Workout was supposed to be Yoga. Check Day 20 to see if I was able to make up for this workout. Day 20 is supposed to be a rest day but I’m going to try and get Yoga and Legs & Back in. Wish me luck!

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:41:00 -0500

Weight: 197
Workout: Shoulders & Arms
Heart Rate:
Duration: 58:59
In Zone: 28:36
Avg. Heart Rate: 122
Max Heart Rate: 160
Calories Burned: 558
Notes: This was my first workout back after being gone for 2 days at the hospital. My baby boy Ollie was born on the 2nd of Sept, so that kept me sorta busy for the last 2 days. The normal workout for today would have been Legs & Back but I went with Wednesdays workout in an attempt to clean up the workouts I missed.

I went and bought some 40 lb weights today because I’ve been easily getting 9-12 reps. I did the workout fine with them but was only able to use the 40 pounders for the first few sets and then had to drop back down. I didn’t realize I don’t have 30s, so I need to go get some of those instead. All in all a great workout!

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:40:00 -0500

Weight: 196
Workout: Kenpo
Heart Rate:
Duration: 58:11
In Zone: 37:00
Avg. Heart Rate: 133
Max Heart Rate: 169
Calories Burned: 658
Notes: Today is one of those days where I just got in front of my TV, pressed play and did the workout. I wasn’t feeling especially motivated after not getting a lot of sleep last night. Also I was running low on fuel (only food today was 2 protein shakes). BUT, I did the workout and after getting showered up I feel really good about it. I am also starting to be able to fit a whole lot better into my pre-fatboy pants. Gotta like that!

The plan is, tomorrow, to make up the two workouts I missed while our baby Ollie was being born. We shall see how that goes. I would need to do Legs & Back in the morning and Yoga tomorrow night. I’m pretty sure I can swing it.