Pissed Off. (P90X)

[ThisIsAdamRoss]

Hey all,

I've bought all the equipment, I've bought P90X.. but now I'm stuck and it's stressing me out. I'm lost when it comes to the nutrition side of this. I'm the type of person who likes to have a plan set out for everything. I'm trying to create my diet, and I just don't know what I'm doing. I'm level 2 on the nutrition side of things. I've been looking at the portion approach, do I just pick foods out of this list? If so, how do I turn that in to a daily list of what to eat? I'd appreciate it if someone could help me here...

[FenderElectrics]

Forget the nutrition book for p90x it's completely useless.

Read the stickies here about calculating macronutrient needs and calories etc. and learn how to structure your diet based on those goals.

Find your calorie goal. Find your carbs/fat/protein goals and then you will be more than able to plan out things the way you like to do.

[rand18m]

The answer to all your questions are here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703981
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=136691851

Study up and come back with your TEE and your macro determinations for feedback. GL

[Cazax]

P90X? Should have invested in gym membership bro..

[tden99]

kind of a waste man. You need to get on a program like starting strength or stronglifts

[nrowles]

To CazaX and tden99: before you criticize P90X, you should understand OP's goals and the program itself. With P90X, I lost 45 lbs in 3 months and got into great shape which primed me to begin my bodybuilding journey. I would have never gotten the results in 3 months in the gym that I got from P90X. With OP being at 21% bodyfat, I would think he is in the same situation as me and needs to lose some major fat before focusing on bodybuilding.

I will never again use P90X but it completely prepared me for casual bodybuilding.

[WonderPug]

I would have never gotten the results in 3 months in the gym that I got from P90X.

This is true as you would have likely gotten much better results in the gym.

[Dujin77]

The answer to all your questions are here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703981
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=136691851

Study up and come back with your TEE and your macro determinations for feedback. GL

This.

[nrowles]

This is true as you would have likely gotten much better results in the gym.

When it comes to starting at ground zero and needing to lose a large amount of fat quickly, I disagree. Cardio equipment is boring as hell and I would not think that the average person would lose 45 lbs in 3 months by weight training. Do P90X to lose the fat and get into shape and move on.

Maybe I am missing something here, but if your goal is to lose fat, why do you think you would get much better results in the gym? Please explain.

[WonderPug]

Maybe I am missing something here, but if your goal is to lose fat, why do you think you would get much better results in the gym? Please explain.

Losing body fat is a function of energy balance and does not require "cardio". And, if you had started with resistance training, you would have built lean body mass during that period, not just lose body weight.

[mike201011]

Losing body fat is a function of energy balance and does not require "cardio". And, if you had started with resistance training, you would have built lean body mass during that period, not just lose body weight.

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and ALSO, you may well build muscle along with losing fat during the first period of lifting, if you were a complete beginner.


Cardio sucks ass anyway

[ironwill2008]

Losing body fat is a function of energy balance and does not require "cardio". And, if you had started with resistance training, you would have built lean body mass during that period, not just lose body weight.

^^^^ This.

Maybe I am missing something here, but if your goal is to lose fat, why do you think you would get much better results in the gym? Please explain.

What you're "missing" is the 10-15 pounds of muscle you likely would have gained if you'd have trained on a good basic bodybuilding program instead of jumping around in your living room with a pair of light dumbbells.

[cldillmann1]

Yea im not gunna knock on P90x or Insanity or that stuff... its what got me into the game...

I lost weight quick with insanity and wasnt even counting my macros then just counting cals and stayed low.

Did lifting with insanity and bam total body recomp..

now I have found these forums and counting macros and am much smarter about IIFYM and dieting

We all start somewhere.

[tden99]

When it comes to starting at ground zero and needing to lose a large amount of fat quickly, I disagree. Cardio equipment is boring as hell and I would not think that the average person would lose 45 lbs in 3 months by weight training. Do P90X to lose the fat and get into shape and move on.

Maybe I am missing something here, but if your goal is to lose fat, why do you think you would get much better results in the gym? Please explain.

The guy only weighs 168lbs. If he loses a lot of weight along with losing LBM, he will be skinny fat.

[joen270]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703921

[nrowles]

^^^^ This.







What you're "missing" is the 10-15 pounds of muscle you likely would have gained if you'd have trained on a good basic bodybuilding program instead of jumping around in your living room with a pair of light dumbbells.

10-15 lbs of muscle gain in 3 months while simultaneously losing 20 lbs (or more) of fat? Don't think that would happen.