I met my goal for 2012 now what? I am really not where I want to be weight wise it is time for another challenge/goal. Since my husband completed my 5K challenges with me why not continue his torment into the new year? He claims he has found some of the pounds I lost. Lets me honest, I didn't lose them, I got RID of them. When you say you lost something it implies you want it back. Nope. No Thank You!
Last year the hubby made it a point to say that the 5K challenge was my goal. Even though he did all twelve with me. This year the focus is on "our" goal. In the last few years, like myself, his medical aliments have increased: High cholesterol, sleep apnea, back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and his knees and ankles. These aliments are due to lifestyle, military and sports injuries and the extra weight is only making it worse as he gets older. I have never really been a fit, but he was extremely fit. He was very active when he was growing up and early in is military career.
Now as we have aged and bad habits have accumulated he is starting to suffer the consequences. I know he would like to be able to do the water sports and other activities he did when he was younger, at first I was the deterrent because I was not fit enough to do them and I was the catalyse to his fitness downfall. Time for me to be the catalyse to him being fit again.
What could will the 2013 challenge be? Why not P90X? Since we see all the cheesy infomercials with showing before and after pictures we did them...awww you wont be seeing them for a while. They are quite scary! Down 50 some pounds and I am still a pile of flub. Eww. The hubby? He has a body of a god, granted at this point it's Buddha. Yes rubbing it for luck. Funny thing is if he called me that he would get a black eye among other things. I love him no matter what he looks like, but like me getting a little more fit will help with some if not all of our ailments.
P90X is intense we realize that but we also know the limits of our bodies. The first 12 weeks will be low-key, then we reboot again in 13 weeks and do the program as its designed. Looking over the suggested menu plans they are very similar to what I am already doing so that part will be fairly simple to follow.
We also did our measurements, here they are:
Him:
Neck: 17.5 inches
Waist:40
Belly:43
Thigh: 24
Chest 42
Biceps: 15
Me
Neck: 16
Waist: 47
Base hips/belly: 52
Chest: 52
Thigh: 27
Biceps: 14.5
It's bad enough posting measurements I really can't upload the pictures. I know I have come a long way, being down 50 some pounds, but the journey is not over yet. I have almost 100 pounds to go but at least I know I am not doing it alone.




2 comments:
I love your goals and I love the measurements too. It was a bold choice to post the numbers that define your surface. I had to look-up this P90X thing. This fan will be cheering from my nosebleed seats here in WA. XOXO
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