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P90X - The Calm Before the Storm

1 year ago

Nutrition Plan

I’m going to try keeping it simple. For Phase 1 - Fat Shredder, I am going with the portion approach. Level 2 is based on 2400 calories and breaks down as follows:

Proteins - 7
Dairy - 3
Fruits - 1
Vegetables - 4
Fats - 1
Carbohydrates - 1 (NOOOOOOOO!!!!)
Snacks - 3 (1 Double Snack, 1 Protein Bar, 1 Recovery Drink/Protein Shake)
Condiments - 2

It doesn’t help right now that I’m watching “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” and they’re having a cheese-steak cook-off.

Pre-Workout
Protein Shake (1 Snack)

Breakfast
8 oz skim milk (1 Dairy)
1 whole grain english muffin (.5 Carb)
6 egg whites (1 Protein)
2 slices turkey bacon (1 Protein)

Snack
Apple (1 Fruit)
1 oz mixed nuts (1 Snack)

Lunch
4 cups greens (2 Vege)
1 cup diced tomato (1 Vege)
1 oz low-fat cheddar cheese (1 Dairy)
6 oz sliced ham or turkey (2 Protein)
2 tbsp low-fat dressing (1 Cond)

Snack
Protein Shake (1 Snack)
1 cup baby carrots (1 Vege)

Dinner
1 chicken breast (3 Protein)
1 tbsp olive oil (1 Fat)
1 whole wheat english muffin (.5 Carb)
1 oz low-fat mozzarella cheese (1 Dairy)
2 tbsp tomato sauce (1 Cond)

There you have it, simple, healthy whole foods, nothing processed, this is what I should be eating all the time, and hopefully this program will change my eating habits permanently.

Feel free to steal my menu, or let me know if you need help with yours.

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I got to work yesterday morning, and had a little present waiting for me on my chair. Spent most of last night reading the guides, watching the intro video and part of the Chest and Back DVD. I woke up this morning and took a crack at the first workout, I did OK, up until the point where I almost puked, but I made it about 40 mins before that happened.

This is not my official start, because I want to have the workouts and the nutrition lined up and ready to go together, and I can’t get everything I need food-wise until Sunday (grocery day). So I am going to do another workout tomorrow, and relax Friday and Saturday.

Sunday, April 27th will be my official start day.

Even after this morning’s workout, I feel pretty amped. Muscles are trembling a little bit, had a protein shake for breakfast, things are good, feeling focused.

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Pre-P90X Fit Test

Resting Heart Rate: 68

Pull-ups           1.5
Vertical Leap:   17.5”
Push-Ups:        30
Toe Touch:       -5”
Wall Squat:       :58
Bicep Curls:      42@15 lbs
In&Outs:         30
          HR MAX:     128
    1 Minute Out:   100
    2 Minutes Out: 98
    3 Minutes Out: 80

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How do you bring it?

p90x:

It’s kind of a cheesy catch phrase, but it works. I didn’t really think about what it meant to me prior to re-reading some of the Gym Jones articles that I posted below. For me, it really comes down to an inner rage that I now bring to my workouts. A righteous indignation stemming from the fact that I have let my fitness get to a level that impacts my safety.

I bring it. And I know that I have more in me. I was one of the sheep in the gym who judged their fitness by how many people checked me out in the gym mirrors with their peripheral vision. No more. I now judge my fitness on the fire that burns in my joints that whispers: “quit. you know you want to.”

I judge my fitness on the Section 12 crackhead that I have to drag out of the hospital, the 20 year old who flexes his arm when I secure it for a pat frisk, or running 200 yards after someone while weighing 205 lbs (that is with gear, my actual weight is 180). You don’t get that fitness from a treadmill.

So what motivates you?

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