I'll tell you what, I am definitely finding that now that I am in pretty decent shape, the draw to eat all those lucious holiday deserts and cakes and cookies is almost impossible to resist, and I've figured out why: when you look like a big slob, like I did in the beginning, it is easy to crack down on the sweets, because you know you will get nowhere if you don't...but when you are already in good shape, you start to figure, 'Heck, what is a slice of pumpkin cheescake really going to do to me? And the answer is nothing, as long as it is one slice and you don't slack on pushing play...but the snacking sets up a psyche of slackiness that can easily drag you into a pit of pattern overeating and declining workouts, because not only do you feel guilty about the bad eating, but you start to think eating all that is OK, AND the food is bad for you and makes you feel slothy and sluggish and compunds the bad ju-ju you get from the guilt complex.
With all that said, if you are at a comfortable place in your weight loss and goals, have that indulgence...just make sure it stays an exception and not the norm!
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
I'm Baaaack
Ok, I haven't posted in a LOOONG time, but I am trying to recommit myself to all things X. I have some very exciting news! I have finally managed to break my sister's resistance to my Jedi mind tricks and got her to try the X! She is already dropping weight like Eminem drops rhymes, and her clothes are getting mysteriously baggy. You rock, Jen!
For those of you who are wondering what is going on with me, I am in the last phase of my 3rd cycle, still just doing the singles, too hard to get in double sessions, and I am starting to get into 'UnderArmor commercial model" shape..(CLIK-CLAK!). I joined the Spartan challenge on August 3rd to try and whittle down that midsection to a defined six pack by Halloween, but due to several birthday parties and decadent trips to Busch Gardens, that goal is probably unattainable.
I am recommitting to finish strong, however, and I am hoping to go sub 190 by Thanksgiving with a lot more definition. I need all the fans to chrp up and be heard....I am definitely in mentor status now, and will be happy to answer absolutely any questions anyone has, and I am not even a coach trying to separate you from your wallet....
For those of you who are wondering what is going on with me, I am in the last phase of my 3rd cycle, still just doing the singles, too hard to get in double sessions, and I am starting to get into 'UnderArmor commercial model" shape..(CLIK-CLAK!). I joined the Spartan challenge on August 3rd to try and whittle down that midsection to a defined six pack by Halloween, but due to several birthday parties and decadent trips to Busch Gardens, that goal is probably unattainable.
I am recommitting to finish strong, however, and I am hoping to go sub 190 by Thanksgiving with a lot more definition. I need all the fans to chrp up and be heard....I am definitely in mentor status now, and will be happy to answer absolutely any questions anyone has, and I am not even a coach trying to separate you from your wallet....
Sunday, April 20, 2008
The Maan pics are in!
As promised, my Day to Day 90 pictures....totally different person...you can click on the picture to see it full screen...
Monday, April 14, 2008
Maan vs. Dietblogtalk.com
Just had to share this...these are some 'reviews' from people on dietblogtalk.com concerning P90X....I was flabbergasted at what some of these jokers had to say...some of them are funny, most are just sad:
Norissa: What are "Plyometrics" and "Synergistics"?? These are 2 of the videos included in P90, and they just don't sound like real exercises to me.
OjoAzul: Diet plan was too carb-loaded for me. I didn't like P90x.
Kathleen: I just want ONE GOOD workout, not 12 sh***y ones! P90x is no good.
Bill: If P90x is not for people who are fat, who is it for??????
harpo: I notice that two of the people in the P90X infomercial are also in the Slim in 6 infomercial. Beach Body is apparently a dishonest company for thinking that no one would notice Traci and Mark Briggs in both infomercials.
Kurt: Dude, I am not looking to do "Yoga" or any of these other stupid extra videos they include in P90X. I just want a good solid workout. Why do they have to throw in all of this other stuff I don't even want?? Yoga's for chicks, everybody knows that.
Bailey: Eh, P90x gives you a calendar with this? Who needs another calendar? Every year i get free calendars from my bank, my dentist, and my sister-in-law. I don't want to be paying for something like that.
Fergie: The workouts weren't too bad, I didn't think, with P90 but I didn't think the program helped me to have "discipline" when it came to eating. I still had cravings and ended up eating a lot of junk food while doing this.
Isaac: Well I just wish P90x was sold at Walmart. I do all my shopping there, everything's so cheap. I don't want to make payments or anything, I just want to buy it and take it home in one shot.
nicki: well i dont no what ur talking about with muscle confusion, how do you confuse ur muscles without confusing ur whole body? I think this sounds like one of those product's that tries to hard to be different.
tarantulaBob@hotmail.com: P90 X was not the right approach for me, I thought the food plan was weak & the workouts were not focused enough. I had no success.
And this one is priceless:
Blaire: Oh, I really believed I would get toned and lose weight with P90x, and I did the videos daily for a whole month. I was feeling pretty good, but then I just got so busy with other projects and family obligations and I never had time. I haven't done a workout in like 5 months or something. It was not a good purchase.
It is pretty amaing how far people will go to blame someone or something else for their own lack of discipline and motivation....UN-F'ING-BELIEVABLE.
Norissa: What are "Plyometrics" and "Synergistics"?? These are 2 of the videos included in P90, and they just don't sound like real exercises to me.
OjoAzul: Diet plan was too carb-loaded for me. I didn't like P90x.
Kathleen: I just want ONE GOOD workout, not 12 sh***y ones! P90x is no good.
Bill: If P90x is not for people who are fat, who is it for??????
harpo: I notice that two of the people in the P90X infomercial are also in the Slim in 6 infomercial. Beach Body is apparently a dishonest company for thinking that no one would notice Traci and Mark Briggs in both infomercials.
Kurt: Dude, I am not looking to do "Yoga" or any of these other stupid extra videos they include in P90X. I just want a good solid workout. Why do they have to throw in all of this other stuff I don't even want?? Yoga's for chicks, everybody knows that.
Bailey: Eh, P90x gives you a calendar with this? Who needs another calendar? Every year i get free calendars from my bank, my dentist, and my sister-in-law. I don't want to be paying for something like that.
Fergie: The workouts weren't too bad, I didn't think, with P90 but I didn't think the program helped me to have "discipline" when it came to eating. I still had cravings and ended up eating a lot of junk food while doing this.
Isaac: Well I just wish P90x was sold at Walmart. I do all my shopping there, everything's so cheap. I don't want to make payments or anything, I just want to buy it and take it home in one shot.
nicki: well i dont no what ur talking about with muscle confusion, how do you confuse ur muscles without confusing ur whole body? I think this sounds like one of those product's that tries to hard to be different.
tarantulaBob@hotmail.com: P90 X was not the right approach for me, I thought the food plan was weak & the workouts were not focused enough. I had no success.
And this one is priceless:
Blaire: Oh, I really believed I would get toned and lose weight with P90x, and I did the videos daily for a whole month. I was feeling pretty good, but then I just got so busy with other projects and family obligations and I never had time. I haven't done a workout in like 5 months or something. It was not a good purchase.
It is pretty amaing how far people will go to blame someone or something else for their own lack of discipline and motivation....UN-F'ING-BELIEVABLE.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Maan's Favorite Movie Quotes X-Morphisized
Ok, today is my last mandatory X workout, Yoga X, and in commemeration of the great event, I have compiled a list of some of my favorite Movie quotes adapted for P90X(I have left the movie names out to see if the movie buff out there (that means you Bryan) can decode where they come from...here goes:
"Rule number one, you do not talk about about P90X. Rule number two, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT P90X...Rule number three, if you come to P90X, you have to Bring it."
"Any body out here got the guts to bring it hard?!", "I'm your Horton....that's just my game"
"It puts the recovery drink in its mouth or else it gets the hose again"
"You had best unvinyasa yourself, or I will unscrew your head and chaturanga down your neck!!"
"Excuse me Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?"
"Yes maam. The data on P90X is innacurate."
"How's that Lieutenant?"
"Well I just happend to see one of the kids do..."
"We... we."
"Sorry.... We happended to see Dominic do a 4G negative head roll."
"Where did you see this?"
"That's classified."
"That's what?"
"That's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."
"Do you like whey protein? Well I got her number. How you like them whey proteins?"
"So when did you know you wanted to be a X-maniac?"
"Hmm. I guess it would have to be the first time I went through the second grade. I caught my reflection in a spoon while I was eating my cereal and I remember thinking, 'Wow, you're sweating like a pig. Maybe you could do that for a career.'"
"Do what?"
"Be professionally Bringing It."
"Actually I decided to quit P90X, Lance."
"Quit? You know, once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time, but with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit."
"Why me? Every time Horton says' 'If you are feeling toasty here, You can take it easy if you want,or you can stick in there with the rest of us', I take it easy."
"Yeah, when he says that, you're not supposed to choose 'take it easy'. It's supposed to embarrass you into bringing it or at least not giving up."
"That doesn't embarrass me."
"Hey, there, boy! Man, you got big. How long's it been? Three, four months?"
"Ten years."
"Ten years? Man, I gotta lay off the P90X bars."
"I'm telling you you're money. You're so bleepin' money alright and I want you to go over to Beachbody and get those DVD's."
"You're money."
"Come here a second... listen. Now look... When you start P90X, I don't want you be the guy in the PG13 movie everybody's really hoping makes it happen ....I want you to be like the guy in the rated R movie, you know, the guy you're not sure whether or not you like yet. You're not sure where he's coming from, alright? You're a bad man. You're a bad man. You're a bad man"
"She makes me feel kinda funny... like when we used to do the frog in Yoga X."
"And do you know how we got so successfull?"
"Why Tony? Tell us."
"Because were Diversified. Diversification. Yes sir. Were constantly exploring new and exciting areas of the X. And I tell ya somethin'. We better, because there a couple Japanese X'ers out there that are going to do it faster and cheaper."
"Here's the plan. We kidnap Tony Horton, and we hold the world ransom for.....One MILLION DOLLARS!!"
"Ahem...Well, don't you think we should maybe ask for *more* than a million dollars? A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. The Beachbody contest winner alone made over $250,000!"
"Really?"
"Mm-hmm."
"That's a number. Okay then. We hold the world ransom for.....One hundred..BILLION DOLLARS!!"
Movie answers:
Fight Club
Tombstone
Silence of the Lambs
Full Metal Jacket
Top Gun
Good Will Hunting
Zoolander
Dodgeball
Idiocracy
Talladega Nights
Swingers
Wayne's World
Johnny Dangerously
Austin Powers
Please add your own X-morphisized Movie quotes by hitting 'Comments' below!!
"Rule number one, you do not talk about about P90X. Rule number two, YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT P90X...Rule number three, if you come to P90X, you have to Bring it."
"Any body out here got the guts to bring it hard?!", "I'm your Horton....that's just my game"
"It puts the recovery drink in its mouth or else it gets the hose again"
"You had best unvinyasa yourself, or I will unscrew your head and chaturanga down your neck!!"
"Excuse me Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?"
"Yes maam. The data on P90X is innacurate."
"How's that Lieutenant?"
"Well I just happend to see one of the kids do..."
"We... we."
"Sorry.... We happended to see Dominic do a 4G negative head roll."
"Where did you see this?"
"That's classified."
"That's what?"
"That's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you."
"Do you like whey protein? Well I got her number. How you like them whey proteins?"
"So when did you know you wanted to be a X-maniac?"
"Hmm. I guess it would have to be the first time I went through the second grade. I caught my reflection in a spoon while I was eating my cereal and I remember thinking, 'Wow, you're sweating like a pig. Maybe you could do that for a career.'"
"Do what?"
"Be professionally Bringing It."
"Actually I decided to quit P90X, Lance."
"Quit? You know, once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time, but with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit."
"Why me? Every time Horton says' 'If you are feeling toasty here, You can take it easy if you want,or you can stick in there with the rest of us', I take it easy."
"Yeah, when he says that, you're not supposed to choose 'take it easy'. It's supposed to embarrass you into bringing it or at least not giving up."
"That doesn't embarrass me."
"Hey, there, boy! Man, you got big. How long's it been? Three, four months?"
"Ten years."
"Ten years? Man, I gotta lay off the P90X bars."
"I'm telling you you're money. You're so bleepin' money alright and I want you to go over to Beachbody and get those DVD's."
"You're money."
"Come here a second... listen. Now look... When you start P90X, I don't want you be the guy in the PG13 movie everybody's really hoping makes it happen ....I want you to be like the guy in the rated R movie, you know, the guy you're not sure whether or not you like yet. You're not sure where he's coming from, alright? You're a bad man. You're a bad man. You're a bad man"
"She makes me feel kinda funny... like when we used to do the frog in Yoga X."
"And do you know how we got so successfull?"
"Why Tony? Tell us."
"Because were Diversified. Diversification. Yes sir. Were constantly exploring new and exciting areas of the X. And I tell ya somethin'. We better, because there a couple Japanese X'ers out there that are going to do it faster and cheaper."
"Here's the plan. We kidnap Tony Horton, and we hold the world ransom for.....One MILLION DOLLARS!!"
"Ahem...Well, don't you think we should maybe ask for *more* than a million dollars? A million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days. The Beachbody contest winner alone made over $250,000!"
"Really?"
"Mm-hmm."
"That's a number. Okay then. We hold the world ransom for.....One hundred..BILLION DOLLARS!!"
Movie answers:
Fight Club
Tombstone
Silence of the Lambs
Full Metal Jacket
Top Gun
Good Will Hunting
Zoolander
Dodgeball
Idiocracy
Talladega Nights
Swingers
Wayne's World
Johnny Dangerously
Austin Powers
Please add your own X-morphisized Movie quotes by hitting 'Comments' below!!
Friday, March 28, 2008
I Want YOU!
To tell me what your favorite humorous Tony Horton P90X quote is...once we have a good sized list we will compile the top five or so into a poll to determine the overall winner. So listen up while you are working out and try to remember what sayings make you laugh and fall out of whatever exercise you were trying to do at the time! Just Hit the Comments line in blue ink at the bottom of this post to feedback your favorite.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Truisms of Team BeachBody
So I have been at this bad boy for almost 75 days now, and I am definitely pleased. I saw a picture of when I was at a friends wedding a few years back and I almost puked to think I looked that bad at one point..Denial...it's not just a river in Egypt. There are a lot of things I have learned as well in my journey to be X-like, and I'd like to share those with you:
-If someone has a Beachbody screenname that has 'Sexy' in it, 90% of the time they either have never posted a picture, or they have and they prove they should have picked a different screenname.
-It is amazing how little beer you need to get you tipsy when you haven't had one in over two months
-Little did I know that along with a highly improved physical state, I'd also get a degree in Nutrition by the end of P90X
-Dreya rolls are the work of the devil
-Hanging out in Shoulder Stand in the Yoga X workout is THE number one motivator for losing your gut
-I will never not laugh at Tony Horton getting hit in the face with the resistance bands by Sophia at the end of the Legs and back video
-Yoga is a lot harder than anyone ever expects it to be
-If I had known how hard this was all going to be, I definitely would have made my designated workout room closer to my bedroom
-I take more pills now every day than my grandfather who has Type II diabetes and three hearta attacks. The difference? I am taking my pills to make sure I don't GET diabetes or have a heart attack.
-Food that is good for you can often cost more than food that is bad for you
-I have so much more clothes now
-For those who say that working out and eating great takes too much time, I say I'd rather have ten more years to live than one more hour in my day.
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-If someone has a Beachbody screenname that has 'Sexy' in it, 90% of the time they either have never posted a picture, or they have and they prove they should have picked a different screenname.
-It is amazing how little beer you need to get you tipsy when you haven't had one in over two months
-Little did I know that along with a highly improved physical state, I'd also get a degree in Nutrition by the end of P90X
-Dreya rolls are the work of the devil
-Hanging out in Shoulder Stand in the Yoga X workout is THE number one motivator for losing your gut
-I will never not laugh at Tony Horton getting hit in the face with the resistance bands by Sophia at the end of the Legs and back video
-Yoga is a lot harder than anyone ever expects it to be
-If I had known how hard this was all going to be, I definitely would have made my designated workout room closer to my bedroom
-I take more pills now every day than my grandfather who has Type II diabetes and three hearta attacks. The difference? I am taking my pills to make sure I don't GET diabetes or have a heart attack.
-Food that is good for you can often cost more than food that is bad for you
-I have so much more clothes now
-For those who say that working out and eating great takes too much time, I say I'd rather have ten more years to live than one more hour in my day.
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