Doing Something About Weight Loss, Fat Loss

Just about everyone struggles with some sort of weight issue.  As we get older the old metabolism seems to slow down, so even if you keep eating the same amount of food you did when you were 20, you will be gaining weight with the same food at 50.

If you look around, you won’t see too many people over 50 that are in shape.  It’s inevitable.  But you don’t have to sit back and take it- that’s not inevitable. When you start approaching middle age, you need to adjust your thinking, your activities and definitely your eating habits.

About 8 months ago, I purchased a DVD program called P90x.  It is a hard core exericse program aimed at really getting you in shape and developing muscles.  It involves high-intensity workouts 6 days a week, along with a nutrition program that if you follow is supposed to render you totally awesome in 90 days.

When I started the program, I was really energized and motivated.  I don’t think I have ever done the 6 days a week workouts.  Initially I would squeeze in 4 or 5 per week.  Now I’m lucky if I get in 3 workouts.

But the good news is that even though I have not been following the plan exactly as one is supposed to, I am actually beginning to see results.  It is just taking me a lot longer to get there.  I would summarize that I am doing P90x at about a 50% level – and getting results.  I can only imagine what I would look like if I was able to pull out 6 workouts per week.

So, if you are struggling with getting enough exercise every week, just take it day by day and squeeze one in where ever you can and eventually you will start seeing results.