P90X Who wants to Bring It?

[AzDesertRunner]

P90X is awesome! We started it last year and did the program for 90 days. I went from 212lbs to my 155lb goal. I did not change my eating habits although I did replace my Diet Mt Dew for water. The program is insane if you aren't in shape and I wasn't. We started off slow and worked our way through the DVDs.

After meeting the love of my life and settling into family life I began gaining some weight back. 30lbs to be exact....she's an awesome cook! We just got the
10 Minute Workout DVDs by Tony Horton. These are much easier than P90X but still kick your azz! We haven't totally committed ourselves to these yet but once we do I know they will work! Tony Horton has the muscle confusion down packed!

Good luck with whatever workout you decide on. Remember to start slow and work your way into the full workout!

[Rockinonahigh]

Linus~~~I eat before a work out,about an hour or so ....gotta have the coffee first and play catch up with a fue things so its put of the way.When im done working out I am now eating fruit like bannas,apples or oranges.For as long as I remember I have required lots of protein to keep fuled up but I also need some carbs,for the last fue months I have cut out sugars,starches ect to keep the weigh comeing off but for some reason its not working like it use to.Im on regular diet,just watching portion controle..no junk food.The work outs are more or less an hour a day from the bow flex,bike,bench with weights and leg raises,free weights & squats three times a week.I know im building muscels, loseing inches and still loseing pounds(tho I feel I should be loseing more) its about a pound to a pound and a half,sometimes I drop a little more if its really hot out.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Linus~~~I eat before a work out,about an hour or so ....gotta have the coffee first and play catch up with a fue things so its put of the way.When im done working out I am now eating fruit like bannas,apples or oranges.For as long as I remember I have required lots of protein to keep fuled up but I also need some carbs,for the last fue months I have cut out sugars,starches ect to keep the weigh comeing off but for some reason its not working like it use to.Im on regular diet,just watching portion controle..no junk food.The work outs are more or less an hour a day from the bow flex,bike,bench with weights and leg raises,free weights & squats three times a week.I know im building muscels, loseing inches and still loseing pounds(tho I feel I should be loseing more) its about a pound to a pound and a half,sometimes I drop a little more if its really hot out.

I eat a banana with peanut butter before a workout (about 30 minutes out) and more if it's going to last longer than an hour. Perhaps you are not taking in enough calories as a whole or not getting enough complex proteins? Sometimes, when we are trying to lose weight, we don't realize exactly how much we do need to injest in order for our bodies to function, much less workout as much as you do.

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

This is a calculator to give you an estimate of how much you should be taking in. Give it a shot, to make sure that's not the issue.

[Rockinonahigh]

Gemme--Thanks for the link,I checked it out and for the workouts I do it says I should be eating..2558 cals for maintanence...and 2072 for fat loss.I doubt im eating more than 1500 or so cals a day...never though not eating enough would be a prob.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Gemme--Thanks for the link,I checked it out and for the workouts I do it says I should be eating..2558 cals for maintanence...and 2072 for fat loss.I doubt im eating more than 1500 or so cals a day...never though not eating enough would be a prob.

I learned when I started entering my food diary onto thedailyplate.com that I needed to up my food intake a little bit. If it's too low, your body can't process things right and goes into starvation mode (and is probably the reason you're not losing like you think you should be now). Your body's holding onto every calorie with a death grip. Up your calorie intake gradually (not the whole difference in one day), so your body can adjust and your metabolism can reset itself.

This is an easy 'fix', thankfully!

[Rockinonahigh]

Gemme..I will do that,cause some days I know I should eat something cause I feel hungry, but being im trying to lose weight ..I dont eat anything.Tonight im haveing pot roast for dinner with veggies and a salad with french bread,usely I eat a small peice of meat and lots of veggies with little or no bread.When I was youger I was on dr.adkins diet for a long time it worked real good but somehow it just wont work now on my 63yro body.Im more or less on the adkins thing now as I think on it just am eating fruit wich u cant on the adkins thing.Mostly I have just eaten salads,cottage chees and peaches with small meals at night cause I cook for my son whan he gets home from work.Tomorrow I will pick up a carb/callorie counter to track what im eating.TY,TY,TY.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

Gemme..I will do that,cause some days I know I should eat something cause I feel hungry, but being im trying to lose weight ..I dont eat anything.Tonight im haveing pot roast for dinner with veggies and a salad with french bread,usely I eat a small peice of meat and lots of veggies with little or no bread.When I was youger I was on dr.adkins diet for a long time it worked real good but somehow it just wont work now on my 63yro body.Im more or less on the adkins thing now as I think on it just am eating fruit wich u cant on the adkins thing.Mostly I have just eaten salads,cottage chees and peaches with small meals at night cause I cook for my son whan he gets home from work.Tomorrow I will pick up a carb/callorie counter to track what im eating.TY,TY,TY.

You are welcome and I think you'll see an improvement in your performance in your workouts too. Take care of yourself; we kinda like having you around.