I restarted P90X on Sept 5th.  This summer I was rooming with my best friend, so we kind of drank too much beer and at way too many tater tots and my workouts fell to the wayside so I put a bit of the weight back on.  However, started P90X back up and in the past two months of doing it, I've already lost 13 lbs.  I cannot give this program higher praise, which is weird because I went into this with some timidness.  I always thought home workout videos were the domain of house wives and people from the 70s.  Definitely wrong.

Up to this point, I've lost 75lbs in the three years since I went vegetarian.  I almost have a six pack for the first time in my life.  Exciting things are afoot.

awesome!!

People here are starting to talk about it too... I might have to give it a go

oh, awesomeness!  With your dancing peeps?

Yea apparently our teachers do it, they are talking M into the ab ripper part. He is very keen and running around flexing yelling "AB RIPPERRRRRR XXXXXXXXXXX" in a manly wrestling voice.

ab ripper is badass.  It's only 15 minutes, but it's a hell of a workout.
Would you do the whole programme or just pick up workouts when you can?

also, I have a very funny image in my head of M now, thanks! ; )

yeah, he doesn't eat meat or dairy but eats some fish and some free range eggs.
he's also gluten, caffeine, alcohol and sugar-free.

source: http://tghn.wordpress.com/coaches-corner/

Tony Horton’s Food Power Challenge

Day 55-ish. No alcohol. No caffeine. Nothing with a face. (I’m eating organic eggs once in a while – they don’t have a face) No gluten. No processed sugar. I’d rather GO HUNGRY than eat crap. I’m super strong, sleep like a baby, have tons of energy and FIRED UP! Why would I ever eat meat, ice cream, cheese, bagels or chocolate again? Radical? Rare? Revolutionary? Maybe. Does the way I feel supersede a few minutes of oral satisfaction? Without a doubt.

source: http://www.beachbody.com/product/314.do ... Y#article2

Beachbody: World Gym doesn't exactly seem like the kind of place to foster your holistic approach, so you must have added your own spin on fitness. For example, most bodybuilders are in to eating massive amounts of protein yet you're a vegetarian. Why is that?

TH: I don't buy into the protein myth. You need it, sure, but not in those massive amounts. I basically became a vegetarian because I just thought meat was nasty. I got sick of eating chicken. I was trying to eat as healthy as possible. I like eating vegetables because they make me feel good. I like not eating fatty junk because I feel bad. I do still eat fish, so I'm not a true vegetarian.

I don't know about the P90X thing! I'd be keen to try the whole shebang. But it sounds scary.

if we can do it, you can do it! : )
though, you'll need some bands or weights and a pull up bar, which may or may not be a disincentive...

Haha yea you really must meet M, he lives up to all those funny images and more. He got banned from practising a move in dance class last night because of his overzealous bottom wiggling.

you guys heading up to Auckland again this summer at all?  ; )

Isn't the program itself mad expensive though?

yeah yeah nah.

it's like, $199 from Rebel Sports or from the internet or you can be smart like me... when I was looking there were a bunch on trademe for ~85 and I got ours off sella for $69. 
Pullup bar from trademe for $34, but you can get them for less if you go through auctions rather than buy now.

Sweet! Pull up bar that doesn't require drilling holes in a rental house is a good thing :) Will have a think about it...

A group of us, six dancing mates. Double seater kayaks, tents, sunshine... should be amazing! I've never done a trip like that before :) Do you have plans?

Just popping in to the correct thread to say

EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!