Day 5

Today was pretty uneventful. Had to be in the car for over 6 hours on a round trip for dr appts. however I did get my workout in before we left and I ate pretty good all day. The only blight on today's diet is a double quarter pounder with cheese. Yeah, yeah.... I know it's not good for me, but the break down on what I had today for carbs, proteins and total calories was great until then.

I was under my total calorie count by 174 calories and only over by 1 carb. I still need work getting in more proteins as i was under by 140 g of protein, but I will be getting that under control. I enjoy eating almost 2600 cal and being completely full and still doing positive numbers with diet and exercise. Amazing what you can eat and how much you can eat if you dont eat processed fast food and convenience foods.

As far as my P90X3 order, the tracking shows that it is in my local USPS office and should be delivered tomorrow, maybe Thursday at the latest. That would mean a tentative start date of Monday the 23rd. I thought about waiting until either the 30th or Jan 6th, but the holiday is not filled with travel or extravagant food or parties I should just start right away and get to it.

I will be posting before pics and measurements or at least taking them this weekend and post them on or before the first day of X3. As a reminder for anyone starting any type of fitness challenge, you should always at minimum take a before picture. Front, back and side (same side each time) to compare over the time frame of the challenge to see the difference from start to end. It's easy to notice you have changed, but you can't always tell how you really looked unless you have a pic same clothes, pose and lighting.

Fitness challenges should also include sound nutrition principles. I know, I am not the one to preach proper nutrition, you will realize that after you see the before pics. I am in as much need as proper nutrition as the next fat slob, but I am trying and I am tracking what I take in. I suggest you do the same. Myfitnesspal.com is a great place to do that. You can also log your workouts here as well. If you use the Beachbody website and the supergym in wowy you can log it there, but if you are not doing any form of Beachbody product, then logging food and workouts in place is a great way to start your personal accountability. Remember that if you post bogus information, the only person you fool is you.

Keep crushing it and remember to bring it every day!