Revival of the Fittest

It's 2012.  Almost 2013.  Came to a realization over the past few months (maybe even year or so) that I've been doing my best to dismiss, ignore, not believe, explain away, or just plain not accept.

I'm overweight and out of shape.

Rewind, 10 years ago.  Biked a lot - rode everywhere, mountain biked for fun, raced, kept active.   This afforded the ability to eat and drink at will.

Stepping forward through the years, riding frequency slowly diminished, activity level waned, eating/drinking remained roughly the same if not increased.  Still able to maintain some basic level of ability to ride a bike or get through strenuous activities or pursuits here and there.  Just about a month ago I pulled out my road bike and did 120 miles in a day - 10 miles to a local supported century ride, 100 miles on the ride, and 10 miles back home.  Door to door in about 10.5 hours.  Not necessarily fast, but completed.  I can kayak about 10 miles straight.  When hiking, I'm determined to get to the top of the mountain.  I play ice and roller hockey on occasion.  All active pursuits, but the frequency hasn't been sustained for whatever reasons - work, life, attitude, whatever else causing the block in my brain.

Back to now.  Deep down, I know what needs to be done to get back in shape.  Setup a program and stick to it - be it biking, kayaking, running, etc.  Just be more active.  Even with biking, something I love to do, I just can't seem to get planned, organized, and determined. 

Enter P90X.

After seemingly endless research, I decided to pull the trigger on the P90X system, commonly advertised on Saturday/Sunday morning and late night infomercials.  I generally never go for things like this, but the body of evidence (pun intended?) of results on the internet, and of other people I know who utilize the program swayed my decision to buy in on the product.  Right now, I think this method will fit with me good.  Things are planned out, just follow these steps for 90 days.  I can follow steps.  I can break defined tasks down to weekly checklists.  I can achieve goals.  Just follow these steps for 90 days. 

Throughout the process, I'll plan to put some of my thoughts here to keep myself motivated, help sort things out, capture some thoughts, and just track progress. 

So let's go. 

Gentlemen, we have the technology.  We can rebuild him.

Currently:  240 lbs
Body Fat: A lotta%