Many people make the mistake of either dieting alone without adding exercise or they start an exercise program without improving their nutrition.
If you really want to get results, you need to do both. If you just stick to the P90x workout, you’re cheating yourself out of a lot of your results. You need to implement the P90x nutrition guide as well.
The nutrition program has three different phrases:
- Phase 1: Fat Shredder
- Phase 2: Energy Booster
- Phase 3: Endurance Maximizer
Instead, you get a list of approved foods and portion size to make sure that you are getting the right amounts of calories, carbs, proteins and fats.
Phase 1 of the P90x Nutrition guide is a higher protein approach to help you boost your metabolism, burn more calories and start burning body fat as quickly as possible.
An example of how the portion approach is laid out:
- Proteins: 7 servings
- Fruits: 1 servings
- Fats: 1 serving
- Dairy: 3 servings
- Vegetables: 4 servings
- Carbohydrates: 1 serving
- Snacks: 2 servings
- Condiments: 2 servings
Phase 2 (Energy Booster) of the P90x nutrition guide is designed to boost your energy levels.
This part of the plan slightly reduces your protein intake and bumps up the servings of carbohydrates.
Phase 3, Endurance Maximizer, builds on the second phase of the program, upping your carb intake even more.
Don’t worry, each phase gives you everything you need.
You get three different diet templates that cover:
- 1,800 calories
- 2,400 calories
- 3,000 calories
Here’s an example of one day from the Level I (1,800 calories) program of Phase 1.
Breakfast
- 1 Mushroom Omelet
- 1 cup fresh strawberries
- 8 ounces of 1% cottage cheese
- 1 protein bar
- 1 recovery drink
- 1 Chef Salad
- 2 ounces Soy nuts
- 6 ounces Salmon
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Dill sauce
- 1/2 cup Asparagus
- 1 cup Wild Rice
- 1 cup Red Pepper Soup
- 1 Tbsp Protein powder
Don’t just use the P90X Extreme Home Fitness workouts, Use the nutrition plan, too, and you’ll see much better results.
