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My last journal entry explained what inspired me to get back into shape. In this journal entry I relate how and why I decided to do it with P90X.

July 3, 2007

My Decision

About two months after my father’s passing, I found myself searching for information online and designing a workout program for myself. However, it was coming along rather slowly as I can be a perfectionist with such things. If I was going to truly devote myself to as intense a regimen as I was envisioning, it had to be good.

It was while I was visiting my sister for a few days at St. Michael’s College in Burlington, VT, that I caught my first glimpse of P90X. Myself, my sister, and a couple of her friends were sitting around the tv hanging out when, for a brief moment, a P90X infomercial came on. The girl who was lackadaisically flipping through the channels was distracted for a moment and left the P90X infomercial on long enough to peak my interest.

I got on the P90X website the next day and I was quite intrigued right away. I remember thinking, “Wow! This looks like the exact type of program that I want to design for myself… but better!” That night, after the girls had gone to bed, I was having difficulty falling asleep on the broken futon I was given, and my thoughts turned to P90X. The broken futon happened to be in the tv room (my sister had a very nice dorm), so I decided to see if I could find the infomercial… I did!

I took this as a sign (and I was awfully impressed with the P90X program), and it was not long before I had ended my research into developing a program for myself, and was ordering P90X and researching and buying the equipment that I needed.

Now, I must admit, after I found P90X I thought I was ready to go. However, I had underestimated how long it was going to take me to get all of the equipment, supplements, etc., that I wanted before I began the program. While Beachbody.com does carry most everything you need, after nine years of not working out, I didn’t even have things like shorts, sneakers, and socks.

My starting the P90X program was delayed even further by my decision, in light of my father’s passing, to move home to Concord, MA, to live with my mother for the summer. We have a beautiful home in Concord (birthplace of the American Revolution, Thoreau, Emerson, and Alcott), but there wasn’t exactly a good place for me to workout. So, I had to make a place for myself in the garage, which, in addition to setting up a tv, pull-up bar, etc., also required cleaning out the garage some.

So, from H.S. to College, to firewood, to my father, to my sister’s dorm, to my mother’s garage, I’ve pretty much covered it.

Tomorrow, I “Push Play” for the first time, and “Bring It!” with P90X.

There you have it: “My History”, “My Inspiration”, and “My Decision”.

So, how do I feel about my decision to “Bring It!” with P90X?… I couldn’t be happier!

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