We have officially completed our 90 days of P90X, but have decided that we're having too much fun to stop! We're starting round 2. I was checking online at Beachbody.com and apparently, that's pretty common. So, we're chilling for a week or so and then hopping right back into it. We have definitely seen results and are looking forward to even better results. I tried to see what other people were doing on the Beachbody message boards, but got so overwhelmed with how much was out there that I gave up. Maybe later. Anyway, here are our before and after pictures. We have yet to actually measure ourselves to see the difference in actual numbers, but we both feel better, look better...our clothes are getting baggy and we're happy! And we still have a life! Haven't stopped doing any of our normal things...although working out has always been one of our "normal" things.

Whilst doing my weekly P90X yoga workout, I had just contorted myself into "crane", a very awkward balancing posture, when the key turned in the lock and my husband walked in the door. Here is what he saw.




I didn't move. "Hi honey, how was your day?" This from me upside down. Kyle actually managed to carry on a perfectly normal conversation while I wobbled and balanced for my 60 seconds. I made him capture the pose for posterity. I may need to have proof someday that I could do such things when my grandchildren laugh out loud in disbelief.

Kyle and I have officially completed the first phase of P90X classic. Of the first 28 days, we only missed one day and that was this past week. Instead of doing the X Stretch, we took off that day. I have been so proud of us! And I can already seriously tell a difference. For the first three weeks, our schedule looked like this:

Monday - Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X
Tuesday - Plyometrics
Wednesday - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X
Thursday - Yoga X
Friday - Legs & Back, Ab Ripper X
Saturday - Kenpo X
Sunday - Rest or X Stretch (usually we did X Stretch)

This past week was our fourth week, or the recovery and ab focus week. It went something like this:

Monday - Yoga X
Tuesday - Core Synergistics
Wednesday - Kenpo X
Thursday - X Stretch
Friday - Core Synergistics
Saturday - Yoga X
Sunday - Rest or Stretch

The funny part was that we spent Friday through Sunday at our Farm, so we took the DVDs with us. Saturday morning, we planned to do our Yoga X workout. Turns out, we had several interested people. It ended up being a regular Yoga class! It was me, Kyle, my sister Rachel, my brother Michael, my sisters in law Melissa and Lauren, my brother Zach and Chad (for spurts of it), and Natasha, our Austrian friend. Nine people doing yoga up in our family room! It was awesome! If only I had a picture of it.

So far, I know Kyle would tell you he's seen a difference, as have I! Head to toe, things seem to be tightening up. Everything leaner and more muscular. We have been loosely following the diet, but not strictly. Since I'm breastfeeding, I'm afraid to get too lean on my diet. I'm just trying to eat wisely. We're gonna have our bodyfat re-checked tomorrow, so I'll know if the changes are in my head or real!

It has seriously been a fun 28 days. I love working out, anyway, but having something new and challenging is even better!

Ever heard of it? Apparently there are infomercials for it late at night. But having basically no channels and rarely ever turning on my tv, that's not where we heard of it. We have a friend who's used it and really liked the program. It's essentially a 90 day work out program designed to kick your bootie and get you in fantabulous shape. There are actually 3 different types of the 90 day program, so you can theoretically pick your program. And being the workout fiend that I am, it appealed to me on many levels. SO, after experimenting with a few of the workouts, Kyle and I bought the program. 12 DVDs of serious workouts. Designed to move your body up and through the usual plateaus and transform your body. Day One for us was Monday. We started out with a killer chest & back workout followed by the Ab Ripper X. Oh, my abs were crying. Today was an hour of plyometrics. Felt that one, too! An hour of squat jumps, leaping and landing like a cat...or after an hour, like a dead weight...

We did take "before" pictures, but no way am I posting those here until we have some really good "after" photos to compare!