Today was a great Plyometrics workout. I felt GREAT! I ate pasta for dinner last night and I think that the carbs provided exactly the energy that I needed for today's workout.

I tuned into another Tony Horton chat session on www.TeamBeachBody.com last night. Once again, I was glad that I joined. Like I said in a previous post, the chat sessions are more of a one way stream of consciousness flowing out of Tony than they are an actually chat session. Many people ask him questions during these sessions but it does not phase him. He keeps rambling away. It's good this way though. Probably better than Q and A.

So what I got out of last night was... The P90X diet guide is just that, a guide. Eat when you're hungry, but don't stuff a bunch of calories down your throat just to meet the guide numbers. It's not about counting exact calories and protein grams and fat grams, it's about consistently making healthy choices. And deep down we all know what the "right" choices are.

He talked about a popular weight loss program advertised on TV. The one that uses Tony Orlando and Dan Marino as spoke people. He says that the flaw in that program is that they teach you how to lose weight by changing your diet, with a focus on losing Pounds just to lose Pounds.

It should NOT be about losing pounds. It should be about feeling good. Moving your butt is how to feel good. Workout today and you will feel good today. Only changing the way that you eat and not adding exercise will lead to temporary success. Having someone provide food for you, making your food decisions for you, will lead to a temporary success. You need to move and you need to make good food choices. But it is the exercise that makes it work over the long haul.

The last thing that I got out of the chat was to have patience. Tony wrote about one of the winners of the Million Dollar Body Challenge who had lost a significant amount of weight using the Beach Body programs. When Tony asked her how she did it she told him that she just did what Tony had told her to do. But she did it over and over and over. She started with TurboJam (or something like that) and did that program like 3 times. Then she bought Power 90 (The predecessor to P90X) and did that entire program 3 times. Then she started P90X. And.... did it over and over and over. Three Times! When she first started P90 she could not do ONE pushup, on her knees! Now she can do the entire P90X workout. It paid off. She looks fantastic and more importantly, she feels fantastic.

It's all about patience. As they say at BeachBody.com (and for some reason this phrase turns me off, but it seems to work for some) "Keep pushin play!" Just keep at it. Do your best, don't worry about the other crap.. just do YOUR best.

Till next time... Bring It!