Hey, i've been reading these boards for a few weeks now and thought i'd sign up before i start p90x. I'm really excited, i was in america on holiday and saw the advert on tv and instantly wanted to start doing it there and then.

My question is about nutrition, the thing is i'm 6 foot 4 and weigh about 185 pounds so obviously being overweight is not an issue for me (although i am getting a slight gut thanks to beer and fast food) i want to do p90x to get in really good shape and bulk up a little. Should i follow the nutrition guide or is that mainly aimed at people who want to lose weight? I'm a complete novice when it comes to eating the right things because up untill recently i've never really had to worry about what i eat.

Any advice about the nutrition would be fantastic thanks.

Oh and this board is certainly going to provide inspiration for me once i begin this thing.

Well there are 3 stages to the nutrition plan.

Fat Shredder(20% carbs, 20% fats, 60% protein)
Energy Booster(40% carbs, 20% fats, 40% protein)
Endurance Maximizer(60% carbs, 20% fats, 20% protein)

Most of us started with the fat shredder... due to us being kinda fat But for you thin types you can go ahead and start with the 2nd or 3rd phase nutrition plans but you really do get plenty of food either way, you just really get to clean up the way you are eating and you might be able to shave off that little belly of your in the first phase and put us all to shame real quick in the first 30 days. It is all in the nutrition guide that come with the dvd set, it doesn't really leave too many questions to be asked

Paulo,

I am a Beachbody coach and have done P90, P90 Master series and am in my 5th week of the X. If you can discipline yourself to stick to the nutrition guide, great. If not, read some of the suggested foods to eat and try and tweak it to your liking. It's important to get the right combination of protein, good carbs, and healthy fats into your diet. The P90X recovery drink is excellent for a quick workout recovery. The best thing to do is log your workouts on to WOWY which is BeachBody's online support community. Beachbody gives away prizes and money each day for working out. Check out my websit at www.awesometobefit.com.

You can do this!!

Mike

mbein wrote:

Mike,
You forgot to tell him how much the recovery drink costs, and not to mention the $100.00+ membership fee for WOWY per year. I think that is why most of us are here, is becuase the machine has taken over Beachbody, and I think the best thing to do is to allow people HERE the opportunity to learn from others HERE for free.

Paulo,
We welcome you here, and there is no charge, we are not experts but we are figuing this stuff out together.

Cheers

I appreciate the advice.

I'm going to try and stick to the nutrition guide as much as possible. Planning to start on monday, i'm really looking forward to it.

I appreciate the tip about the recovery drinks but that's probably a bit out of my budget at the moment.

So are we cool with 'coaches' promoting their personal selling sites in the forum?