only 60 days to go!

FROM: Jim
TO: Bob
DATE: 7.31.07

BeBob,

Here is my 30 day pic.

Drew ‘cleaned’ my IBM Thinkpad which I was using for my morning workouts with a lot of water from the nearby sink. Needless to say water and computers are a bad combo so I need to find a dvd to use.

Hope you are still cranking away.

Jd

FROM: Bob
TO: Jim
DATE: 7.31.07

Jimbo,

Nice job! The progress is clearly visible, eh? My girlfriend noted how your love handles have definitely gotten smaller and your man tits have gotten higher. Your wife claims you've got a bounce in your step, too. Damn, what's life gonna be like in another 2 months? You're gonna have to beat those secretaries off with a stick.

Unless, of course, you're gonna use this situation with Drew 'cleaning' your Thinkpad as an excuse to shelve the whole thing for awhile. Now do you understand what I've been up against all these years? It's always SOMETHING. An unplanned road trip, a broken workout band, a pulled hammy, a ruined laptop. Can you see now why I've been trying for 6-7 years to pull this off? Life always throws you a curveball during this 90-day adventure.

So are you saying you need new DVDs to keep going? Or a new machine to watch the DVDs on?

Don't stop now, ya bastard!

Here's my 4-week report card:

Week 1--worked out 5 days
Week 2--worked out 7 days
Week 3--worked out 5 days
Week 4--worked out 5* days

That's right. I missed another day last week.

(*4 if you don't count the day I substituted a 2-hour sweaty sex romp for that day's cardio workout. But like I said, that was as vigorous as any P90 workout I've had.)

No excuses. I'm going 6-7 days per week, every week, until we're done climbing this mountain. The results after a mere 30 days are irrefutable.

Since you've failed to answer my many email questions up to this point, I'm gonna pose only ONE question to you per email. Today's question, which you MUST answer, is this:

Have you altered your diet at all since embarking on this fitness journey?

Me, I still find myself eating crap all too often. (Like a Haagen Dazs ice cream bar on the way to see Bob Dylan last week.) Plus, I've been eating dinner too late. An hour or 2 before going to bed is NOT a good idea. No wonder the gut is shrinking more slowly than I'd like. Oh, well. We've got 60 days to rectify that.

Okay. That's it for today.

Keep those big bones moving!

~Coach Bob

FROM: Jim
TO: Bob
DATE: 8.1.07

Hey there.

Diet changes:

Switched to lite beer.
Reducing the amount of fat intake.
Eating smaller portions.

Just being more aware of what I am putting into my body.

I have probably lost about 5 lbs so far but also remember muscle is heavier than fat so that probably offsets some of the actual weight loss.

For example, I was eating some caramel popcorn and noticed that each serving size was 100 calories and the serving size was 7 pieces of popcorn. I had already consumed about 40 morsels so that adds up on the calories.

Keep it real.

Jim

PS: The two hour sex romp would only count if you were not just lying on your back most of the time and letting your girlfriend do all the work.

FROM: Bob
TO: Jim
DATE: 8.1.07

King James,

Thanks for answering my lone question. Nice to hear this whole process is making you (and me) more conscious of what we put into our bodies. That caramel popcorn is a killer. Enjoy!

Even if you don't lose any more weight, at least that soft, doughy fat is turning to muscle.

Keepin' it real.

~Bob O.

p.s. The 2-hour "sex romp" was a multi-faceted tour de force, with many positions...including some that got me off my back and moving like a devoted Power 90 disciple.