Pictures from Round 2 and a Morphing Transformation Video

Hello all, I know I said I would have pictures up here by yesterday, I did take them yesterday but I got caught up working on a video and totally forgot to post LOL.

So without further delays, here are the final pictures for this round of P90X with some reminders of where I started:

Day 1:

Day 180:

You can slightly see a bit of abs, but with the hair and the loose skin, it’s not that easy LOL. My face has also changed a lot.

Day 1:

Day 180:

Damn what a difference eh! No more looking 9 months pregnant LMAO!

Day 1:

Day 180:

Looking good :o)

Day 1:

Day 180:

Damn I am starting to get ripped! WOOHOO :o)

OK so time for some fun with all this hard work, lets watch this short video I created:

Don’t we all wish that loosing weight was just as easy as standing there and watching yourself loose weight LOL. But it does take lots of time, hard work and dedication.

Thank you all for always being there and like I said before, it is not over, I will continue and I will continue to update you guys when I can :o)

Mike

R290 – Yoga X, Weight & Measurements & End of Round 2 YEAH BABY!

These last few days at work I have been walking a lot while carrying computers and monitors, and I did that because I wanted to, we have carts available, but I wanted the cardio LOL. Today right after work I came home to do my Yoga.

Yoga was awesome as usual, I made sure to give it my all, and work on my form on all posses as this is the last Yoga for this round, as today is the last day, day 90 WOOHOOO.

First off I will say that in this round I did not loose as much weight as before, because I tried to slow down the weight loss in order to let my skin catch up, I am pretty happy with how I look right now, therefore I can afford to loose the rest slowly. I also did not loose muscle in this round,which is Fantastic! :o) Lets see…

Weight:

	Day 1	Day 83	Day 90	Gain / Loss	Total G/L
Weight	172.8	158.6	157.2	-1.4	-15.6
Body Fat %	16.7%	8.9%	8.6%	-0.3	-8.1
Lean Body Mass	144.0	144.5	143.7	-0.8	-0.3
Fat Body Mass	28.8	14.1	13.5	-0.6	-15.3
Body Surface Area (BSA)	18.2	17.4	17.4	+0	-0.8
Body Mass Index (BMI)	25.5	23.4	23.2	-0.2	-2.3

So this week I lost 1.4lbs that you can see on the scale, bringing me down to 157.2lbs. Also I lost 0.3% body fat, bringing it down to 8.6% WOW, now if we look at percentages, it seems like wow, but at the same time it depends how much someone weighs right, 8.6% from 120lbs is not the same from 157lbs. I still have 13.5lbs of fat and most of it is still in my mid section, plus my skin is still loose, not as loose as before, but my abs are not as defined, they sure are hard as a rock tho LOL.

Well looking back since I started in April with 207.4lbs I have lost a total of 50.2lbs, HOLY CRAP!! OH YEAH BRING IT!!!. That is huge! and in just 6 months, and to consider that all I lost on this round was 15.6lbs. Plus you have to consider that I also did not loose muscle this time. I can’t be happier and I feel FANTASTIC!!!

Measurements:

	Day 1	Day 83	Day 90	Gain / Loss	Total G/L
Neck	16	15.25	15.25	+0	-0.75
Shoulder	15	16.5	16.5	+0	+1.5
Chest	41.75	41	40.5	-0.5	-1.25
Waist	36.5	34	33.75	-0.25	-2.75
Abdomen	38	34.5	34.25	-0.25	-3.75
Hips	37	34.5	34.25	-0.25	-2.75
Thigh	21.5	21	21	+0	-0.5
Knee	14	14	14	+0	+0
Calf	14.25	14	14	+0	-0.25
Ankle	8.5	8.5	8.5	+0	+0
Arm	11.5	11.5	11.5	+0	+0
Forearm	11	11	11	+0	+0
Wrist	7	6.75	6.75	+0	-0.25
Waist-Hip Ratio	0.98648649	0.985507	0.985401

I lost a bit around my mid section again, that is awesome. So my belly alone, I lost 3.75 inches around my belly in this round. Now looking back at April, I started with 44” around my belly, that means I lost 9.75” around my belly, that is a lot! And I will take a picture with the measuring tape around me set at 44” so you can see the difference, it is HUGE! :o)

Well I will be taking a week off, well kinda, I will be doing cardio, mostly I will be testing the cardio machines at work, so we will see how that goes, I will also be researching and adapting P90X to suit my needs now, which is to gain muscle big time. I plan to have 3 days of weight workout, 2 cardio days and 1 yoga day, so basically keeping the P90X idea. I also plan to try the MC2 when it comes out, if I can afford it as I am saving for a trip.

Well I don’t have pics for you guys today, and I may or may not have them tomorrow, but I will try for Sunday to have them. So please come back because we are not done yet LOL, also I still plan to blog a bit about what I do now till I get the MC2, so make sure to keep visiting me :o)

Thank you all so much for always coming by:

Mike

R2D89 – Core Synergistics

HHmmm some how I messed up my day count somewhere by about 3 days, because today is suppose to be day 89 and tomorrow is day 90, not sure what happened and at which point, should have been on one of the times I missed some workouts. Sorry.

Well today’s workout was awesome, I tried something new with one of the exercises, so let’s check it out.

Core Synergistics:

Results Chart:

01 Stack Foot/Stagger Hands Push-Ups	N1	75	K1		+5
02 Banana Rolls	R	all			+0
03 Leaning Crescent Lunges	R	24	W	10	+0
04 Squat Run	S	60	W	10	+0
05 Sphinx Push-Ups	N1	35	K1	35	+10
06 Bow To Boat	R	8			+0
07 Low Lateral Skaters	R	20	W	0	+0
08 Lunge & Reach	R	20	W	22	+0
09 Prison Cell Push-Ups	N1	17	K1		+1
10 Side Hip Raise	RL	35	LL	35	+0
11 Squat X-Press	R	30	W	10	+0
12 Plank To Chaturanga Run(sec)	P	30	C	30	+0
13 Walking Push-Ups	N1	44	K1		+0
14 Superman Banana	R	All			+0
15 Lunge-Kickback-Curl-Press	R	20	W	10	+0
16 Towel Hopping	S	60			+0
17 Reach High & Under Push-Ups	N1	20	W	10	-10
18 Steam Engine	R	50			+0
19 Dreya Roll	R	14			+0
BONUS ROUND
20 Plank To Chaturanga Iso	S	30/30			+0
21 The Halfback	R	All			+0
22 Table Dip Leg Raise	R	75			+5

Reading this chart:

• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
• Green = More Reps than last time
• Red = Less Reps than last time
• R = Reps
• S = Seconds
• N = No Knee
• K = Knee
• P = Plank
• C = Chaturanga
• W = Weight

First thing you will notice is that I was able to add back the 10lb weights, which makes a huge difference on some of the workouts. The shoulders for sure get more tired and it makes it hard during push up segments. Now what was new? For that you have to look at what sticks out on the chart, there is a red –10 reps on Reach High & Under Push ups. The reason why, is, as you can see I added 10lb weight, I used the weight as push bar and lifted it when reaching high, very awesome exercise indeed, this really put the X into it, and I am surprised I managed to do 20 of those, but wow it felt AWESOME!!!

This was one heck of a workout, I put a lot of power in to it, because it was the last, as tomorrow all I have is Yoga, then I will take weight and measurements and will also try to take pictures.

So don’t forget to come back tomorrow for the end results of Round 2, I will also at some point work on a new video as well, but this weekend here in Canada it is the Thanksgiving weekend so it will be busy, not sure when I can get this done.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

R2D84 – Kenpo X

Today’s workout was at the GYM right after work, I made sure to put in as much intensity as possible as this is the last Kenpo X for my round 2 of P90X and oh yeah I took good advantage of it, no breaks and as much intensity on the cardio during the suppose to be break time. Needless to say it was pretty awesome.

Well tomorrow is a break or stretch, I will break it, and Wednesday I am suppose to do Core Synergistics, however I have a technology exhibition to go to in the afternoon and  I wont be back on time to workout, I was thinking about doing Core Synergistics tomorrow but that is to soon to do core again, so I will have to do it on Thursday and than Yoga on Friday.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

R2D83 – Core Synergistics

Well I managed to get it done early, well around noon actually, I was on the phone all morning, first had to call my mom and second tech support for my internet my modem keeps resetting itself and I already did all the troubleshooting possible, however you still have to do stuff when on the phones, but I have been there doing the same job so I don’t give them shit, just let them do their thing. So I have intermittent issues, and it may not be fixed till Wednesday or maybe later, so if I don’t update it’s not because I forgot but because I could not. Any way, lets see how today went…

Core Synergistics:

Results Chart:

01 Stack Foot/Stagger Hands Push-Ups	N1	70	K1		+5
02 Banana Rolls	R	all			+0
03 Leaning Crescent Lunges	R	24	W	0	+0
04 Squat Run	S	60	W	0	+0
05 Sphinx Push-Ups	N1	30	K1	30	+10
06 Bow To Boat	R	8			+0
07 Low Lateral Skaters	R	20	W	0	+0
08 Lunge & Reach	R	20	W	20	+0
09 Prison Cell Push-Ups	N1	16	K1		+0
10 Side Hip Raise	RL	35	LL	35	+10
11 Squat X-Press	R	30	W	M	+0
12 Plank To Chaturanga Run(sec)	P	30	C	30	+0
13 Walking Push-Ups	N1	44	K1		+0
14 Superman Banana	R	All			+0
15 Lunge-Kickback-Curl-Press	R	20	W	0	+0
16 Towel Hopping	S	60			+0
17 Reach High & Under Push-Ups	N1	30	K1		+0
18 Steam Engine	R	50			+0
19 Dreya Roll	R	14			+0
BONUS ROUND
20 Plank To Chaturanga Iso	S	30/30			+0
21 The Halfback	R	All			+0
22 Table Dip Leg Raise	R	70			+5

Reading this chart:

• Last column is the difference in reps since the last time I did this workout:
• Green = More Reps than last time
• Red = Less Reps than last time
• R = Reps
• S = Seconds
• N = No Knee
• K = Knee
• P = Plank
• C = Chaturanga
• W = Weight
• M = Medium Resistance Band

I had a pretty awesome workout today, only thing was since I am at home I did not have access to the 10lbs weights so some of the exercises were without weights. Now I did compensate working harder and making sure my form was good. Also what a start 70 Stack foot/Stager hands push ups, now these it seems that every change you have a couple of sec break in between and at the same time, I did pause for like 5 sec before continuing half way through and I started before they did in order to do this many. Some of the reps stayed the same on some of the other push ups because I ran out of time. It’s hard to do more when you hear Tony already counting for the next exercises LOL.

Tomorrow I have Kenpo X and that will be at the GYM.

Thank you for your time:

Mike

R2D82 – Yoga X

There is nothing like Yoga in the morning, to make you feel awesome all day long. Again it was one awesome yoga session. Making this really short, tomorrow I should have Core Synergistics, if for some reason I can’t do it in the morning because there is someone sleeping, I may not be able to do it in the evening as I have plans, so here is how this last week may go down, as on Wednesday I also have some plans; there are 2 technically rest days on a recovery week, so if I don’t workout tomorrow I will push the workout for Monday, and Wednesday I have a Technology exhibition to go to in the afternoon which may take way past end of work day, therefore I will take Wednesday off and push the workout for Thursday meaning that I will also workout on Friday, or lets just say Yoga on Friday so no biggie everything will get done, the days will be just shifted a little. Then I will do my best to provide Weight, measurements and pics for the end of round 2 and will created another transformation video including both rounds, but this may take some time as next weekend here in Canada is Thanksgiving weekend.

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend because I am :o)

Thank you for your time:

Mike

R2D81 – Weight & Measurements

Weight:

	Day 1	Day 76	Day 81	Gain / Loss	Total G/L
Weight	172.8	158.6	158.6	+0	-14.2
Body Fat %	16.7%	9.2%	8.9%	-0.3	-7.8
Lean Body Mass	144.0	144.0	144.5	+0.5	+0.5
Fat Body Mass	28.8	14.6	14.1	-0.5	-14.7
Body Surface Area (BSA)	18.2	17.4	17.4	+0	-0.8
Body Mass Index (BMI)	25.5	23.4	23.4	+0	-2.1

OK so this is where IF I really wanted to loose more weight faster, nutrition would come in to play, as you can see all I lost was half a pound and I gained it back in muscle, which is cool, however muscle takes long to build so it’s a slower pace and you can tell because you know I worked my butt off and I have been sore quite a bit this week, meaning something is working and I am hitting it hard, but I am happy that I stayed at the 158.6, I don’t really want to be dropping to quickly as I mentioned before, not good for my height. Also my body fat is 8.9% WOW that’s amazing, however the loose skin does not make it seem so, I look thin but not totally ripped because the skin is not tight enough. I would also like to have my body fat measured professionally to see what it really is, I want to see how close I really am to being accurate.

Lets take a look at the measurements:

Measurements:

	Day 1	Day 76	Day 81	Gain / Loss	Total G/L
Neck	16	15.25	15.25	+0	-0.75
Shoulder	15	16.5	16.5	+0	-0.5
Chest	41.75	41	41	+0	-0.75
Waist	36.5	34.25	34	-0.25	-2.5
Abdomen	38	34.125	34	-0.125	-4.0
Hips	37	34.5	34.5	+0	-2.5
Thigh	21.5	21	21	+0	-0.5
Knee	14	14	14	+0	+0
Calf	14.25	14	14	+0	-0.25
Ankle	8.5	8.5	8.5	+0	+0
Arm	11.5	11.5	11.5	+0	+0
Forearm	11	11	11	+0	+0
Wrist	7	6.75	6.75	+0	-0.25

I lost that half a pound again in my mid section so that is cool, exactly where I want to loose it LOL, Also I made a correction, my wrist only lost 0.25 of an inch and I had put it as 6.25 last week, in reality that should have been 6.75, which would make sense, and I did not loose more there, thank God.

As mentioned from last week, my wedding ring is falling off, and the belt I had bought when I started this round which I used on the first hole is now on the 3rd hole, so I am getting thinner, but I need more muscle to compensate for the weight loss now.

Well tomorrow starts my last recovery week and I start with Yoga X, I am off tomorrow and my wife works so I am home alone, I will do my Yoga early and then do house chores.

Thank you for your time:

Mike