P90X Nutrition Plan

Delilah… Diets don’t work. You have to make sure you are taking in the correct percentage of macro-nutrients daily (that’s carbs, protein, fats and of course water) and eat five to six times a day. This will ensure you will be properly nourished and that your metabolism is working harder. If you have questions about what specific foods you should be eating consult a nutritionist or registered dietician. As for workouts… keep it simple, more is not necessarily better. Do what works for you and don’t push too hard, you don’t want to injure yourself. Working with a good, experienced personal trainer may help. Hope this helps, Good Luck!!

Hey there Delilah! (just like the song-that’s cute!) As stated above, you can do the portion control part of the diet instead of following the meal plan. If the diet you are currently on is helping you and you are seeing results, I would say stick to it. However, think about the fact that the people whom created the PX90 workouts did work closely with dieticians so that you can get maximum results quickly. Your body may need to follow their meal plan or portion plan because the exercises that you will be doing may require your body additional fuel from certain food groups. Such as taking in more protein to help your muscles recover and indeed be able to physically keep up with the types of exercises you will be doing. Atkins may not be thinking about increasing or decreasing certain foods based on this fact. If you do not feed your body the proper things needed to have the stamina, energy, and recovery that it needs, you could become weak and give up the exercise portion of it quickly. So please read and decided what is best for you or consult your doctor. I personally would say stick with their meal plans or even check out the “Body for Life” meal plans, which is a diet also devised for people that are entering into a very serious workout regimine that want to see serious results fast! Good Luck and God Bless!

For everyone saying that he says carbohydrates are totally eliminated, go back and read the paragraph on phase one.

“Phase 1: Fat Shredder

This phase is the lowest in calories to help kick start weight loss and is followed for the first four weeks. Carbohydrates are almost completely eliminated while protein intake is kept high to help with building muscle and burning fat.”

That’s his paragraph–he says they are ALMOST completely eliminated. It’s true, particularly if you are in level one or two. One carbohydrate is allowed for each level in phase one.

do you get all the basic nutrients

I’m on day 6 and yoga has been the hardest for me

I’m 17, almost 18. I’m in ROTC for my highschool and we do P90X Plyometrics on Mondays for 1st semester. The first few weeks I did it, it sucked. but now, I do the whole workout, doing pushups or running in place during breaks, and afterwards I feel phenominal! Even 1 day a week will make you feel better as long as you hydrate and eat decently well.
I was wondering, would maybe 1 can of soda be okay every now and again during the P90X program? I don’t drink it often, but I wasn’t sure because it wasn’t really specified.

The nutrion plan seems like a breeze to me. I love to cook and eat healthy. My main problem is I am allergic to mushrooms. From day that seems to be an issue. What can I use to substitute in the mushroom omelet ?

my husband and I are both doing the p90x, we are trying to stick to some type of a diet plan..He is a trucker and I do go with him, what would be a good quick food at 2am to eat?? We eat subway for lunch, and then we have baked chicken and vegetables for supper, we use our foreman grill alot, just curious about the whole breakfast food basically…we eat oats and end up hungry a cpl of hrs ltr..the same with the power bars..any help for us??

I started going to the gym and doing p90x for a bout a year now….i would just workout and then do whatever video i thought i needed i didnt do the diet or the way your supposed to do it till recently. Now im on week 3 and let me tell ya p90x is amazing although it DOES NOT substitute the gym i love the gym and I think everyone needs people to help and support around them. When i do p90x i dont want any1 around me cause i feel stupid sometimes but holy crap you gain muscle. So many pushups and pull ups but its worth it. I eat healthy but i dont have the time to cook all what they are saying to so i just eat lots of meat and protein. Ill eat fast food on occasion but this workout increases ur metabolism so much ur gonna feel great. YOUR GONNA FEEL GREAT!

Terribly inaccurate article! P90X isn’t about restricting calories or crash diets. It also doesn’t eliminate carbs! P90X combines the right foods to fuel your body to maximize performance. The nutrition guide is broken down in congunction with the exercise phases. Phase 1 is fat shredder- 50% protein 30% carbs 20% fat. Phase 2 is energy booster 40% protein 40% carbs 20% fat. Phase 3 is endurance maximizer 20% protein 60% carbs 20% fat. Additionally, there is a section to help determine one’s nutritional needs based on factors such as weight, activity level, resting metabolic rate, and more. Then they’ve broken down each phase to match your nutritional level. The nutrition guides that come with the DVDs will all you through everything! BTW I don’t know where the author got that sample diet plan but it nowhere in the nutrition guide! Let me give you a real sample actually straight out of the guide. Phase 2 Level 3- BREAKFAST oatmeal, protein shake, dried fruit. SNACK protein bar & recovery drink. LUNCH shrimp pasta pomodoro, and fresh melon. SNACK cheese and crackers and sourdough pretzel. DINNER burger patty with cheese, baked potato, green salad, and berries.
To top it off the nutrition guide even gives you recipes and a shopping list! Hands down this is the most comprehensive, yet easy to follow, nutritional system around! It has completely changed my life.

I’ve just started the p90x program and find your article needs updating. You state that when your on the fat shredder stage carbs are totally eliminated.40% is not totally eliminated in my opinion.

i have 3 weeks before going away. what routine you suggest for the next 3 weeks to get best results. i have been at p90X for about 3 weeks now.
thanks

David
Awesome job with your weight loss. With that kind of discipline you’ll get off-the-hook results with P90X.
The best way to figure if you are eating enough is to work with the calorie deficit you want for each day. Beachbody figures a typical P90X workout burns about 600 calories. So just figure that in with your basal needs, then subtract the deficit you want.
If you start to ‘bonk’ and lose energy in your workouts, you might want to up the calories by about 200 per day to see if that gets you through the workout better.
the p90x nutrition guide gives you a good starting point, then you have to observe your body to fine tune it to your needs.

im on my 5th weekofp90x i feel fantastic its part of my everyday ruitine and I look forward to doing it 6 days a week, every week! i didntdo so well onthe goodhealthy diet thing till just 3 weeks ago! My belly fat is taking a little longer to goaway can you give me some goodmeal and dinner tips?

Can I say food, food, food? First few days was food overload for me. I used to eat 2 slices of toast and coffee and call that breakfast. ) My body is just starting to get used to it, will check back later with any results.