p90x diet questions and answers

So as a quick recap, I’m doing well.  My shoulder has been pain free for two solid weeks.  I’ve even been shadow boxing full speed and hitting a bag without hesitation or pain.  Feeling good, feelin’ good.  My wife has even been doing some of the cardio with me, and all of the ab ripper x.  That little bit of support goes a long way.  Now to the questions…….

Javier wrote: I have 1 month doing p90x and the diet but i dont know how its works cause my weight is under 170 lb so i feel like im getting more skiny so if u can help me and tell me what i need to do to get more weight ..pleeaaasssseeeeee

Javier, the best way to gain weight without sacrificing muscle tone or ‘fit’ness is to increase your good calories.  For example, you should be on the 1800 calorie a day plan.  You may want to increase to the 2000 or even higher. 

My wife has an insane metabolism.  My metabolism packed it’s shit up and checked out shortly after high school.  Some people like you, I call them lucky people, have a metabolism that makes it difficult to gain weight.  This will be a blessing as you get older, but I understand the want to add weight and muscle mass.

Start by doubling your protein shake every day, within a half hour of working out.  Then increase that by adding a protein serving right before you go to bed.  Example, three boiled eggs right before you fall asleep.  Worst case senario you start to eat more carbs during dinner (I know, think of all that dreaded spaghetti you’ll get to eat now).  The carbs will burn slower than the protein and will start to stick to you.  I would recommend the protein first, protein builds muscle.  The added carbs might slow you down just a step.

P90x Week 9 Day 1, Chest and Back – ab ripper x – 1 mile jog

For some reason I felt ambitious this morning.  I woke up, got ready and started intensely on disc 1 Chest and Back.  I was rockin it too.  In my record book I looked at what my goals and results were from weeks 1 through 3.  I was doing 20 standard pushups, today I did 35.  I was doing 10 pullups, today I did 18.  I was killing it……

Then I puked.

About halfway through the workout I tossed my proverbial cookies.  I have been battling a little bit of sickness for a while now, but have not yet thrown up while working out.  Like a champ I put in a peice of gum and kept at it.  Then puked again.

Then I got a second wave of adrenaline or energy.  I finished my work out with fire.  The dive bombers were as unpleasant as I remembered.  It has been six weeks since I’ve done them and I wasn’t looking forward to them.  They remind me of how bad at yoga I am.  My shoulders are on fire after about twelve dive bombers. If I happen to look at the tv while doing it I always see Moraine (sorry for the mis-spelling) doing her dive bombers with her fine ass up in the air and I get distracted.

After finishing the dvd, I took a quick one mile jog.  I would say it was just under seven minutes.  Good to get outside and run again.  I hate, let me repeat that, I hate running on the treadmill.  I’d rather get fat over the winter than run on a treadmill.

When I got back from the jog I finished my work out with the ab ripper x dvd.  I love that thing.  The fiefer sissors are getting easier but still make me feel like I’m a little boy getting beat on by a step father. 

I haven’t eaten anything yet today and it is just after ten a.m..  I had my creatine drink this morning, but I’m sure I threw all of it up.  I also had my recovery drink…… “Oh thank heaven, for the p90x recovery drink”

One more week on the fat shredder diet and I should be in good shape.

p90x week 8

I’m not doing the rest week this week.  I have been pretty sick over the weekend and as a result haven’t stuck to my diet plan, or any diet plan for that matter.  It wasn’t that I over ate, it was that I didn’t eat enough of anything, except left over sweet tarts from easter.

I’m going to continue p90x stage 2 for one more week before taking a rest week.  I think that will help.  I’m at 172 lbs and my abs are more and more defined every day.  I finished ab ripper x last night and felt great.  My head is currently more conjested and stuffed up than ever.

I’m supposed to go train tonight with the Muay Thai team, I hope I can get my sorry but ready to go.  I need to train if I’m going to be fighting soon.

Day 2: Plyo, bloody plyo

I did my plyo x exercise this morning at 9am.  It is now 7:22pm and I feel like holy hell ran me over, then backed up and parked on my ass.  If I told you my legs, but, and calfs felt “tight” I would be grossly understating the fact that my thighs want to revolt against my brain and shut down.

I work on the second floor of an office building and for the first time in five years I rode the elevator.  Not once, but twice.  I’m laughing now that I’m writing this, for some reason a week ago I was excited about this stuff.  I want to go back in time and kick my own ass.

Plyo was ruthless.  But I know that sticking it out will help me get one step closer.  Closer to my dreams, closer to my goals.

Tomorrow is Shoulders and Arms.  I’m excited.  I really enjoyed the chest and back yesterday and I like to think of myself as being pretty good with the pushups.

The recovery drink is my saving grace with this P90x program.  Without the recovery drink I would be toast.  I could have lived without the bar, I could have lived without the resistance bands…… The recovery drink is freaking essential.