Resurrection
Funny how I pop up once a year, give or take a few months. This time around I'm going to keep track of an exercise program that Chelsea and I are working on. Now, I'm posting after exercising for nearly a week so this first post will be a summary of what's happened so far. After this point, I'll attempt to post at the end of every day, so that the memory of how horribly difficult this exercise regime is is still fresh in my wearied mind.
The program we're following is called P90X. Yes, it has an infomercial. I wasn't aware of that until after we got it. Despite that, however, it has shown real promise. There are no false promises. They work hard, and expect those following the program to do the same. I have the sore muscles to prove it. They also provide a diet regime, but, we shied away from that immediately due to a couple causes. I'll get into it in the details below.
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 Day 0 - Setup
We had our equipment assembled. This included mats, weights, and resistance bands. All we needed was the food for about a week's worth of food. As I said earlier, the P90X program includes a diet they strongly recommend. The Phase 1 diet (lovingly referred to as "the fat shredder phase" by P90X) is high protein, low carbohydrate (carb), and low fat. The diet plan also includes pre-made meals that we thought looked pretty good, so we decided to buy about 3 days worth of ingredients for all the meals we'd be eating. The list was mostly fresh vegetables, along with a good amount of lean protein like chicken, turkey, ham and fish.
I began to have my doubts about this diet plan when it cost $200 for roughly 3 days of food. That meant we were looking at least $400 a week on groceries alone when our previous monthly budget for groceries was $300. I think the horror I felt must have been written all over my face because Chelsea was attempting to make me feel better about it. Granted, the first phase only lasts 1 month, but paying $1700 for food in a single month, for 2 people, seems obscene to me.
Supplement use such as protein shakes, recovery drinks and protein bars are also suggested by the P90X diet plan. I've used supplements before when I was weight training with my friend Aaron. They can be an affordable source of protein and calories when one finds himself short on either during the day. I decided to buy a month's supply of supplements.
We chose to do the exercises in the morning, at about 5:30 or so. Since each session is approximately one hour in length, that would give us enough time to work out, get cleaned up, and eat some breakfast. We hit the sack early to ensure we had plenty of rest.
The program we're following is called P90X. Yes, it has an infomercial. I wasn't aware of that until after we got it. Despite that, however, it has shown real promise. There are no false promises. They work hard, and expect those following the program to do the same. I have the sore muscles to prove it. They also provide a diet regime, but, we shied away from that immediately due to a couple causes. I'll get into it in the details below.
Sunday, July 8th, 2007 Day 0 - Setup
We had our equipment assembled. This included mats, weights, and resistance bands. All we needed was the food for about a week's worth of food. As I said earlier, the P90X program includes a diet they strongly recommend. The Phase 1 diet (lovingly referred to as "the fat shredder phase" by P90X) is high protein, low carbohydrate (carb), and low fat. The diet plan also includes pre-made meals that we thought looked pretty good, so we decided to buy about 3 days worth of ingredients for all the meals we'd be eating. The list was mostly fresh vegetables, along with a good amount of lean protein like chicken, turkey, ham and fish.
I began to have my doubts about this diet plan when it cost $200 for roughly 3 days of food. That meant we were looking at least $400 a week on groceries alone when our previous monthly budget for groceries was $300. I think the horror I felt must have been written all over my face because Chelsea was attempting to make me feel better about it. Granted, the first phase only lasts 1 month, but paying $1700 for food in a single month, for 2 people, seems obscene to me.
Supplement use such as protein shakes, recovery drinks and protein bars are also suggested by the P90X diet plan. I've used supplements before when I was weight training with my friend Aaron. They can be an affordable source of protein and calories when one finds himself short on either during the day. I decided to buy a month's supply of supplements.
We chose to do the exercises in the morning, at about 5:30 or so. Since each session is approximately one hour in length, that would give us enough time to work out, get cleaned up, and eat some breakfast. We hit the sack early to ensure we had plenty of rest.
posted by Tim at 10:40 p.m.
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