Nice job Maria! You look amazing! Curious about your nutrition on the first and second rounds of p90x. Were you hitting the target calories and macros they suggest? I am finding the 50% protein recommendation unreachable.

50% was tough. I think it took me about 3 weeks to hit that number and then by end of week 4 you move onto the next phase. I would say that during the first phase I didn't really hit the macros that well because of the high protein requirement. Since it was hard, I had my goal to be as close as possible and to always be higher than carbs. During the entire P90X workouts I ate around 1600 - 1700 calories (I didn't burn as much as the books claimed but obviously it worked and I didn't deprive myself). The second phase with the 40/40/20 was easier and I was always pretty close to that target. I ate lots beef, chicken, egg whites, salmon and nuts. Because I wasn't worry about sodium, I also ate turkey / ham deli meat (free of nitrates and organic). I didn't have protein bars/shakes during my first round 2 years ago but I incorporated that during the second round this year.

Wow........you look amazing! How many days a week do you work out?

Great work:flowerforyou:

I workout about 5 - 6 times a week. The intensity of workouts and lenght varies day over day.
Currently I am doing the JE Live Fit program from bodybuilding.com. I just started a week ago.

Congratulations-you look stunning. Rock on!

Thanks!

On average, how much protien do you eat daily?

My setting is at 148 gr protein / day and I am always pretty close to that number. I would say between 130 - 160 / day. On days I am out or I know there will be some food that is out of my usual eats, I try to get at least 120 gr / day (holidays, vacation, cook outs, etc) but this is usually the exception. My macro is set to 40/30/30