The Plan and The Prep and The Participants

The plan is simple. Beginning on February 1st 2010 we will DO the P90X program. Every day. For 90 days. And then do it again. And probably one more time. Just to get to where we need to be.

The Prep is pretty simple too.

There's the Physical Prep:
We have converted out garage into what I call "The Shred Room". Includes yoga mats, weights, resistance bands, TV and DVD player, the P90X DVD's, carpeted area over cement floor, fans, water in the fridge. Why the need for our Shred Room? Because there is no way on God's Green Earth that I am going to work out in front of any one, not even family members. And our house is FULL. No room to set up a dedicated space inside. Two bonuses to having the Shred Room outside: we can escape the kids for an hour a day, and because it's winter it's cold out there and P90X is going to burn us up; we'll appreciate the cold!

And there's the Mental Prep:
We know this workout is going to be HARD! It's going to kick our butts. We need to have our pain killers ready, we need to NOT SKIP A WORKOUT, we need to go out there and DO IT even when our muscles are screaming at us for being tortuous conquerors. We need to eat high protein low simple carb meals. We need to not get discouraged and to just go, go, GO! We need to write down why we need this. Why we want this. And how we're going to get it. We need to do some serious self-talk. Get our minds i the game. Be accountable and encouraging to each other.

The Participants:
Tara (Me). Turning 40 this March. Mother of four kids aged 18(boy), 16(girl), 3(girl) and 6 months(boy). Not gonna tell you my weight, but it's not a nice number. Ha! I'm 5' 4" and at my best 5 years ago I was 135 pounds. BUT there's been two pregancies since then. Here's a photo of me in winter of 2005 (Ever was born on January 23rd, 2006 and Torin was born July 23rd, 2009):









Being nice to myself, I will also include a photo of me when I was fit, BEFORE the pregnancies!







Brandon (my husband). 35 years old this coming April. Great Dad. Great husband. 230 lbs at 5'10". 6 years ago he was about 180 I think. Photo of him in March of 2004:


















And here we are in a couple of our engagement photos in 2004:





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And here we are, not so pretty (this was about 4 years ago. I MAY post something more recent if I can get up the guts. I really don't like how I look right now):



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Okay....so we've introduced the plan, the prep and the people. Now the countdown begins to the 1st of February when we will begin what is the P90X program!! (Yes, I am shaking in my boots! And here are my boots!!!)