P90X and diet for 155lbs/5'7"/28yo
rickmorin89
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Hi I'm just wondering if anyone can tell me if I am consuming enough calories for the P90X program. I'm a 28 year old male, 5 foot 7 and 155 pounds and MFP is telling me to consume 1760/day if I want to lose 1.5 pounds a week. Im trying to get down to 135-140 pounds and be cut with rounder shoulders. I get between 7 to 8.5 hours of sleep a night and eat pretty healthy (I think). An example of a day usually consists of something like this.
Breakfast: -vector protein bar
-greek yogurt (1container) with chia/buckwheat (1tbsp)
Lunch: salad (tomato, cucumber, avocado, black beans or lentils with zesty light dressing)
-can of sardines or 3 eggs or can of tuna
Snack: can of tuna or oatmeal with almond milk (unsweetened)
Dinner: chicken soup (chayotte, carrots, peas, chicken thigh, onion) sometimes with side salad
Snack: carrots with salad dressing
Sometimes I don't even hit 1500-1600 Cal mark is this too low if I'm doing 90 mins of workout 6 days a week? What's missing in my diet?
Thanks for your help!
Breakfast: -vector protein bar
-greek yogurt (1container) with chia/buckwheat (1tbsp)
Lunch: salad (tomato, cucumber, avocado, black beans or lentils with zesty light dressing)
-can of sardines or 3 eggs or can of tuna
Snack: can of tuna or oatmeal with almond milk (unsweetened)
Dinner: chicken soup (chayotte, carrots, peas, chicken thigh, onion) sometimes with side salad
Snack: carrots with salad dressing
Sometimes I don't even hit 1500-1600 Cal mark is this too low if I'm doing 90 mins of workout 6 days a week? What's missing in my diet?
Thanks for your help!
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It's going to be hard to tell if that is enough calories. You will likely have to start with that number, track for 2 or 3 weeks and see how you progress. From there, you can make adjustments to calories and/or macronutrients1
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Your body will let you know. I am 6 foot 185 and eating about 1500 calories and doing p90. Energy level is pretty easy to gauge (at least so far).
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Soup is pretty low in calories. You may want to add a little protein to your dinner.1
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You should consider adding various protein types to your meats
One of your meals (main course) should be animal protein
You should eat about 70 - 140 grams depending on yours daily activity level1
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