Thanks for visiting! In my head, yes, I know all this to be true. It’s about gaining lean muscle mass, etc. And as I said, I didn’t really do this to lose weight, but to get myself in better physical condition.

BUT, the scale thing kind of ended up happening for no reason except that culturally we are kind of conditioned to watch the numbers on the scale, and lower is better than higher. I think we see this a lot, particularly as kids, when growth is charted via a height/weight/age chart and any deviation from accepted levels is a red-flag to the doctor, when other things should be taken into consideration.

I think that as a society on the whole we are taught all sorts of inappropriate things about health, fitness and weight loss, particularly young girls. It comes from schools, it comes from families, it comes from doctors, and it also comes from the media (who are the prime targets for criticism). It’s something I have been thinking about posting about for a while, so it looks like “very soon” is the time!

P90X is strength, conditioning, and body re-comp program. That was its intended goal from the beginning. The program is definitely working if you’re seeing strength gains and loose clothing. Congratulations on that!

From what you’ve written though, it seems you’re make good progress. In the end, the point of any program whether it’s body re-composition or weight loss is to burn fat, gain lean muscle and ultimately take up less space in a room. You are not defined by your scale, but what you can do. Your daughter is not going to remember that you got down to 120lbs (I’m just pulling numbers); she is going to remember that mom was strong enough to play with her on the monkey bars