First Round P90X-ers

okay so I did core synergistics last night.. wow that kicked my butt. but I finished the video. I am having some trouble on how many calories I should be eating and how muich.. any one with good tips/ideas/recipes that would be awsome. I am doing the lean version.. Need to shed some fat. hehehehehe well hope eveyone has a good morning. talk to you in a bit.

Biloxi Blues: Thank you so much the the tips. It's nice to have a P90X veteran around to help w/us rookies...LOL.

Thank you again for your help.

AW-Yes thanks! I looked at the scale this morning and it's still going up. I was a little nervous. But i'm just going to keep reminding myself what you said, and worry about the weight later.
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AW - I leave Friday Morning for a week. We're set up to do Epcot on Saturday (Lunch with the Princesses, for my little demons), Magic Kingdom Sunday, Animal Kingdom Monday, Hollywood Studios Tuesday... so a long week with a TON of walking. We are staying the Animal Kingdom Lodge - which is cool because it is on a Savannah and out our room we have a patio and we will be on the Giraffe/Zebra and Widerbeast sanctuary! The girls are going to it!
BTW - Love your Jack! Is she high strung?

Chocolickkyss- Just a thought on buying more weights. I don't know if I already said this but I went to buy more and my 8 lb dumbbells were 12$ each so I bought an resistance band to work for my 12 and 15 lbs and the nice thing is it can work for both because you can just shorten it to make it harder. The band alone was only 14$ which is like 25$ less than buying 4 more weights. Glad to hear you want to take it up a notch. Means you are dedicated to the program and it should pay off!

Round 1 day 3.... accomplished. I am doing the classic workout and loving it. Even though I did plyo two days ago I am feeling it bad today. My quads and calves are tight. Hopefully Yoga X takes care of that tonight. Do your best and forget the rest!

Alright week 2 day 2! Feeling pretty good. I was super sore yesterday because I was sick this weekend and took my rest day then. So I did back and legs one day followed by core synergistics....ouch. Then cardio really loosened me up and I feel rejuvenated! I never thought it would really get easier in just a week to do some of the moves but my vinyasas have gotten easier. Not easy lol but easier I'm not fumbling all over the place and actually attempt a partial real push up in between. One of my goals by the end of these 90 days is to be able to do some real push ups. Anybody have some good suggestions about push ups and how to modify them? I thought there would be more info on modifying them to be able to build up. Not sure how to build up to a real push up after doing so many knees down.

I'm eating healthy but having a little trouble with the meal portions. MFP has me eating 1260 before exercise based on my 2lb week loss. I know you aren't supposed to have a deficit with P90X but I just don't think I can eat 2400 calories. As well I'm trying so hard to get in my protein and barely make it. Anybody have any tips other than just following the food in the book for the portions? I was thinking about setting up my meals on MFP as the blocks for the portion set up and see how I do. (I'm not even sure if that can be done but I thought about trying it) Any thoughts?

Glad to hear people are doing really well and pushing themselves. It's nice to see people also checking in with posting because we should be able to brag about our accomplishments and encourage each other to keep pushing!

I'm having the same problem with the nutrition part. First I think 1260 is too low for all the work you're doing. i usually eat around 1600, but have upped it to the 1800. You should at least get that. if in a week you're gaining a bunch of weight, then move down a few 100 cal. but if you are too low it will cause you to lose eneregy and store fat, vs. getting the fat outta there!

But I did some research and adding a protein drink right after your work-out can up your protein by 30g or so. I just bought Optimum Nutrition HydroWhey in Vanilla, and it is soooo yummmy! I just mix it with 8oz of milk and 8oz of water, but I bet you could just do all water and it'd still taste good.

Also I've added ham or turkey to my scrambled egg substitute + turkey bacon in the morning. that helps. then I've come up with this really delicious snack (well i didn't invent it, just modified it) to have mid-afternoon that adds a little more protein. you take 1.5 oz of sliced turkey or ham and spread a Laughing Cow Light Swiss Cheese Wedge on it. (it's difficult to spread but do your best) then put a mini Claussen Pickle on top of the cheese, roll, and slice. It sounds weird but it's sooo good. Then I try to get 6oz of chicken at night.

As far as following the 'portion blocks' in the book, i've had a hard time doing that and getting all the calories/protein/etc. in one day. so I just set, in my Goals,on MFP, to have 50% protein, 30% carbs, 20% fat, and go by that. Becaue that is what the P90X book stated to have anyway. I do end up getting the right amount of 'blocks' for protein, fat, snacks, fruit, and carbs, but generally go over on my cheese and veggies by a portion or two. But i'm eating low-fat cheese, and veggies are good for you, so I don't worry about it too much.

One thing to watch out for, and i'm having a TON of trouble with, is Sodium. If your sodium is too high it will cause you to store fat. I have been going over the 2500mg every day by like 1000-1500mg! Mostly because my sliced turkey and ham is like 500mg of sodium for 3oz! So try to look for low-sodium everything, especially meats.

Hope that helps!
Laura

Anybody else really sore? Week one wasn't that sore. This week my upper rib cage in the back is constantly tight. I think it's because this week the workouts were definitely better as in I was able to do better vinyasas and such. One way I worked on my leg soreness was to do regular cardio at the gym which was great. Only issue I had with that was it adds even more calories to eat and remember I already can't eat that many. O well I figure if I get in lots of protein, lots of water, some milk and am not hungry then I'm going to be okay. I'll adjust it more if I need to.

Chocolickkyss-I too was hesitant about yoga and when I did it the first time it was horrible. But as it's my downfall of this program I'm determined to complete it and do even better. While there are some moves from Yoga in the Core there are some others that you might want to try. I really enjoy the chair prayer sit. It stretches the rib cage well. And Frog is good for the legs after core and the leg day. Just a thought to try it out some, even if you do the second half which is balance and no vinyasas.

I did add chocolate soy protein powder to Chobani vanilla greek yogurt and it's almost 30 grams of protein. It kinda tasted like pudding. Just a thought for more protein. I know yogurt is considered a dairy but when it has that much protein and it comes from an animal it must be good enough.

Good luck everyone!

Shoot! I forgot to do ARX today...gotta go do that lol!

I'm so glad I found this thread! I just finished my first week of P90X-lean and I feel great! I can't believe how much fun Kenpo-X was - definitely my favorite workout in a long time!

Anyways, I just have a quick question for all of you. I read on one of the message boards here that you wouldn't need a pull-up bar until you hit phase two if you were doing the lean version, but there were certainly plenty of pull-ups in the legs and back video that I wasn't prepared for as I haven't yet got my bar! I am going to get one from a friend but probably not until after I have to do that video again. So here is my question; can anyone suggest some good back exercises to do while Tony and the Kids do their pull-ups, at least for the next week? I tried to think back to my 30 day shred days but I drew a blank and ended up just doing some bent-rows. I have a band and weights, but no where to attach the band (yet!). Help!

Good morning ladies, today's workout is complete. I did 59 minutes of the "Arms and Shoulders" dvd and it was not nearly as bad as I expected. I'm stronger than I thought (I guess Jillian Michael's dvd and boot camp got me in pretty good shape) b/c the 8 lb weights I was using didn't seem heavy enough on a good portion of the exercises which means I'm going to have to purchase the 10 lbs very soon (hopefully over the weekend). Nonetheless, I think it was a good introduction and now that I have a better idea of what to expect I'll be better prepared.

I feel exactly the same way! After spending some time with Jillian and her 30 day shred, in which my 8 pounders often felt like torture, I definitely feel like I'm going to have to bump up the weight for some of the P90X videos. I'm debating between buying 10s or 12s, because I can always use bands if the 12s are too heavy. Oh this -90x isn't cheap!

What a glorious morning!!! Boy do I feel good. Thankfully Yoga X took care of the soreness from Plyo. Today is Legs and Back + ARX. I am super excited for tomorrow(KenpoX) and for Sunday(XStretch).

One thing to remember is to drink PLENTY of water. It will help you with flexibility. Think of your muscles as rubber bands. As long as they are hydrated and happy they will stretch but if you allow your self to get dehydrated.....SNAP. Ok, so maybe your muscles won't snap but they certainly will not want to stretch.

It is just me or is myfitnesspal pretty female dominated? Don't they have the option for tracking weight gain as well? IMO guys who wanna "get buff" should be using this website. Their loss I guess.....

Happy Friday ladies and Gents! Today is day 5 of the P90X series and I completed 58 minutes of the Leg and Back dvd along w/some of the Ab ripper X dvd. I can tell already that some dvd will be more problematic for me than others b/c I struggled w/leg and back today. Part of my problem is that I can only complete one pull up and the entire back section is different forms of the pull up. I tried to improvise by wrapping my bands around the pull up so I could at least do some type of back routine. While I did attempt to give it my all I'm really unsure on how successful I was at it. Now onto the problems w/the leg exercises. This dvd incorporates a lot of lunges or one legged squats (or something to that extent) and b/c I have a bad knee it was pretty difficult, so I tried to modify as best I could. All I can say is that I gave it my best and hopefully in time I find better ways to adjust.

Enough rambling, the workout is done....WooHoo, WooHoo!

It is just me or is myfitnesspal pretty female dominated?

It is. It's not just you

Oh and Emilydmo, an alternative to the pull up bar would be to slip the resistance band in between a door and the door frame so that it sits on top of the first hinge. then sit back away from the door with the handles and lean forward so that the bottom of your rib cage is touching your legs. Much like the resistance band option on the video this will simulate the pull up. The further away from the door you get the harder it will be. Give it a try. = )

When I do the chin up portions, I wrap my band around the top of my exposed banister and get down onto my knees. But, it always makes me nervous that the railing is going to rip out and snap into my face! Don't you worry that you're going to get a door hinge facial? LOL