Being a Team Beachbody Coach AND getting back in shape after 9 months of inactivity due to a car accident in January that left me with several herniated discs in my neck (headaches included) with Tony Horton’s P90X has been full of “jo-ooy and pain…sunshine and rain, pump, pump, pump it up, joy and pain…sunshine and rain”! A little Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock in my head at the moment!

It feels really good to be active and working out after all this time! It hurts so good! I’m sore…that sucks, but at the same time the old adage my sprint coach used to say to me while I was training for the 400m sprints. “Pain is just weakness leaving your body”. I resemble that remark! LOL Every part of me is SORE! And I think I like it this week!

After nearly a year of physical inactivity due to the car wreck in January, I’m really enjoying listening to my body and how it feels working out. But…

…there’s a part of the process of being a Coach that I have to do…and that is take pictures of myself after 28 days, 56 days and 90 days! I have no problem with how I’ll look at day ninety…it’s day 1 and day 28 I wasn’t so excited to look at.

The pictures get added to my Million Dollar Body page to show the physical transformation of Coach Timothy Carter! It also becomes part of my submission for the Monthly Success Story Contest on the Million Dollar Body Game to win cash prizes up to $10,000 & recognition company wide! As well as the grand prize each year of $250,000!

Now as far as the P90X workouts have gone for me…they’ve been INTENSE! “I bring it” to every workout until I can’t work no more! I don’t think I’ve finished an entire workout yet. Seriously. Definitely dripping with sweat after each workout! I still have range of motion issues when it comes to certain exercises with my neck and right shoulder as well as my right knee, but I modify the exercises so I can continue to strengthen those weak areas without causing injury to those parts of my body. It’s working!

Looking in the mirror before the photos were taken by my wife on Day 28, I couldn’t tell a difference in my body…but I can FEEL it. More range of motion in my shoulder, increased flexibility in my legs and hip from the Stretch X and Yoga X workouts. FEELING sore everywhere, but noticing strength slowly start to come into my movements and parts of my body.

Sooo…

On Day 1, September 23rd, a week before my 36th birthday…I got weighed and had my bodyfat calculated.

200lbs and 30% bodyfat! With a 44″ waist!!! Are ya kidding me? I had more than some pudding under my skin! Maybe a few brownies in there too? LOL I hated reading those numbers.

Then Day 28 came along, October 20th…weighed and bodyfat calculated again. The results…

196lbs and 25% bodyfat! With a waist measured at 41.5 inches! Yes! I’m not complaining about that!

I have avoided looking at the scale from day-to-day…I don’t want to be “that person” who checks the scale every day, twice a day…before meals, after meals! LOL

With those numbers, I’m very pleased with the results so far in my limited abilities doing P90X. Whoo hoo! Though I have to admit, I really need to dial in my daily nutritional intake. It could be a little bit cleaner, and I’ll work on that this month.

Sooo…at this point of the post, I strongly suggest to swiftly scroll down past the two Pillsbury Dough Boy look-alike pictures of me and look forward to seeing the day 56 results blog post.

Seriously…

Now, I’m not joking…

You’ve got one last chance…

…to change your mind,

…avert your eyes

…scroll quickly…NOW!

Dang…you’re still here…

LOL

Okayyyy…

Well, I guess you can look at them since you’re here and get a few giggles in…

Okay, okay, wipe away the tears from your eyes and take a deep breath so your stomach will stop hurting from laughing too hard! I know, I need a tan (I live in Seattle remember?) and I’ve got too much pudding under my skin! LOL She got closer on my day 28 pics and I DO see that I’m slimming down in my stomach and gaining a little bit more size in my arms and chest! So that’s cool, because I don’t see it in the mirror…yet! Mrs. C wasn’t kidding!

It will really be nice to get back in shape after all this time! I look forward to hiking all around Mt. Rainier next year AND being in shape to compete out at some Disc Golf tournaments in 2009! Heck, maybe even try to run in one of those adventure trail running races. I’m not a distance runner by any means! We’ll see what 2009 brings!

Just stay tuned for the next blog post from me and then the day 56 results on my P90X Lean workouts! I can’t wait to see how I’m leaning out then!

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With warm regards,
Timothy Carter
Independent Beachbody Coach
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