Day 90: It's finally over!!!

Well it has been an interesting journey filled with incredible stories. I am glad I had the opportunity to blog and share my thoughts with you all. The results have shown to be amazing. Losing close to 20lbs and becoming more fit was the standard goal.



Last weekend was my friend Pete's B-day celebration. Luckily, I was able to get off from work on Friday and so our adventure started Thursday evening. Since it was my last week and I was in recovery mode, Thursday happened to be my day of rest. So after work we all left straight to Sandusky, Oh Cedar Point and arrived around 2AM to our hotel rooms. Friday morning, I was able to work out to Core Synergistics and was able to finish by 10am once again in a hotel room. I can't count the number of times I had to work out in a confined space.



As we arrived at Cedar point we wondered what our first ride would be. You don't want to know how we started off, but I will tell you anyway. The first ride Pete, Nick, and I were on was the Carousel- which is the lowest level on the totem pole of thrill. Somehow, Kevin manged to take a video of us on it. The next several rides were level 5 and it was an amazing experience. I have to say this, Mean streak is a terrible ride and I thought I was fit and healthy, but I almost tore apart at the end of the ride. After a few more roller coater and water rides it was close to 10 pm. The last Cinderella ride was The Maverick and boy it was it incredible! What a way to end the day.



Our next trip was to make it to Columbus, Ohio where Pete's parents live. We survived the ride and made it in by 1:30 am. Pete's mom made some Phillipiano food for all us. We retired for the night by 3 am. The next morning I woke up early and headed to the basement to finish my last workout of the P90X program-Yoga. What a relief to be all done. I never thought I would be in Ohio and in a basement finishing the program. To finish off the day we had a nice brunch prepared by Pete's mom and then we played several hours of Badminton.



Next stop was Pittsburgh. Showed my friends Lu Lu's a favorite restaurant of mine and where I munched when I was a college student at Pitt after a crazy day of working out at the gym. We took a stroll and I showed them around Pitt campus and where my wife and I met for the first time. Boy did it bring back memories of the good old times. Later that night we went to watch Detroit and the Pens play hockey followed by Dave and Buster's at the Waterfront.

We then went back to my in-laws house to retire after a long day.



The next day, my in-laws, friends, and I all went out to eat at Taj Mahal, an Indian restaurant. It was Ryan's first time eating Indian food. Since it was a buffet he was able to try a variety of things. We had to force him to try different things like the gulab jamun which he ended up liking.

Well it was time to leave and the Indian food sedated us throughout our trip as we fought to keep awake on our trip back to VA:)

P90X is an incredible exercise program that I would recommend to anyone looking to become fit, loose weight, or wanting to get ripped. The results show for themselves as I am happy to be a byproduct of the program. It has been a lifestyle change particularly my eating habits. Now I eat breakfast, 2snacks, lunch, and dinner. Who would have thought I had time to even eat breakfast. With seven people starting the program after being inspired really motivates me to encourage others to live a healthier lifestyle.

So from here I am will continue with P90x exercises on certain days and play sports on alternate days. I will continue with the nutritional plan and make food decisions that are wiser before putting it into my mouth. My wife can attest to my changes as she is making at least some modifications herself from my influence.

Thank you all for being there for me and keeping me accountable to the P90x program!!!


Stan