After completing my first 90 day round of P90x I went from 182 to 171 lbs. I felt great, and was happy to have lost 11 lbs, but after it ended I made a critical mistake- I altogether stopped working out and eating right (read about it here – My P90x Horror Story – After 9 Months I Gained It All Back + More).
Only until I weighed 206 lbs did I finally decide I needed to get back on track before I continued on this nightmare roller-coaster. I started working out and doing P90x, and also decided to give vegetarianism a try.
I Lost 41 lbs Eating Vegetarian And Doing P90x On And Off For 7 Months
Once I started exercising and eating better, the weight really started to fall off. In 6 weeks of P90x I lost 10 lbs. After that I started working out off and on doing either P90x or some other kind of workout. Generally, I would do a P90x workout, stop exercising for a couple of days, and then start up again. I kept restarting P90x to day 1 hoping that I would stick with it and begin doing the workouts daily, but over the 7 months I was more irregular with my workouts than I should have been. On the positive side I still averaged 2-3 workouts a week, and overall, I was consistent and persistent enough to achieve results!
Over those seven months I ate mainly vegetarian and then towards the end I began to transition to a vegan diet. After seeing and feeling how well vegetarianism was working for me, I wanted to give veganism a shot.
After Going From 206 lbs To 165 lbs I Committed to Completing A Full Round Of P90x
When I got to 165 lbs, I started and committed to finishing a complete round of P90x. I was tired of exercising on and off and I wanted to complete a full second round of P90x, which I had yet to do.
During my first round of P90x I followed the nutrition plan, but this time around I didn’t because I was transitioning to a vegan diet which meant I was no longer eating dairy, eggs, or meat.
Figuring out how to successfully eat a vegan diet was the hardest part of my second round because I felt like I had to relearn how to eat all over again. I really struggled with it, and I think it didn’t help me get as good of results as I could have, because I ended up generally eating as much as I wanted, and whatever I wanted. For the most part though, I did manage to avoid refined grains, refined sugar, and junk foods.
I am very happy with what I achieved. I got back on the right track and have adjusted my mind to look at fitness with a long-term perspective rather than short-term.
Pants that used to not fit me now fit me, and pants that fit me before will now fall off if I don’t wear a belt. I went from getting comments about how much weight I had gained to now hearing comments about how much weight I have lost. I can say without a doubt that I prefer hearing the latter comments over the others!
My Round 2 P90x Results
I started round 2 of P90x weighing 165 lbs, and ended it weighing 157 lbs. In total I lost 8 lbs. I also got noticeably stronger and my endurance improved.
I hated how I looked in the mirror and how I felt when I weighed 206 lbs. Now I am much happier! I am seeing my muscles slowly emerge which is getting me really excited to start a third round of P90x!
What I Learned During Round 2 Of P90x
- Weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise
- Be consistent and persistent with exercise and eating healthy and the results will come!
- I enjoy eating vegan!
2 Comments
Have any of you tried the new P90x iPhone app? I would like to try it but it’s expensive if you purchase all of the modules.
Nope, haven’t tried it. It’s fancy and it sounds like it has a lot of bells and whistles, so if you are into that kind of thing, it might be helpful. On the flip-side though, it isn’t a must-have add-on to P90x. I for one, prefer to keep it simple. And yeah, I have a hard time swallowing the $60 cost.