Before ___________________________________After
I finished a 90 day round of P90X. I stuck faithfully to the workouts, missing very few due to travel, and making up for the ones I missed by running or doing other activities.
I also stuck to the diet, although I did it my own way, not the way the materials that came with P90X said to do it. In the past 90 days, I have not had any sweets. Very little fatty food. Almost no french fries (just one or two from my kids' meals). Maybe a total of 12 slices of pizza. Lots of protein. And a focus on low Glycemic Index carbs.
I was NOT trying to lose any weight, but I was trying to lose body fat and replace it with lean muscle.
Here are the results:
________________Before_____After
Weight____________146_____143
Body Fat_________13.5%____8.5%
Waist ____________31.5"____29.5"
Pull-ups____________7______13
Push-ups__________31______36
Vertical Leap______15"_____19"
Hamstring_________-6"____-2" (distance from a toe touch)
Ab In and Outs_____56____100
Resting Heart Rate__69_____64
If the body fat measurement is accurate, then these results mean that despite the three pound loss in overall weight, I lost 7.5 pounds of fat, and gained 4.5 pounds of muscle. Not bad for 14 weeks, although I would have been happier with a bit more muscle gain.
It also happened that my work had free health screenings today, so I got to see the effect of P90X on my blood chemistry. In the past, my cholesterol has always been to the high end of the normal range. It even has popped over 200 from time to time, but usually tested around 190-200. The lowest I have ever seen it was in the high 180s. Well, today I tested at 162!
Changes are hard work, but the rewards are immense. More changes to come!
