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I find that beer is a great replacement for almost any vegetable on the planet. It can also supplant protein requirements during Mardi Gras. Macros people! It's all simple math.

Stang, Go to your local bookstore and buy a copy of "The 4-Hour Body" by Timothy Ferriss. Read the first 221 pages (you can pretty much ignore the rest of the book but it does make for some interesting reading). Follow the guidelines described in the book and give it 30 days. Watch what happens. It's very easy, very simple…

I'm about to turn 48 and have been doing P90X for almost two years. I was a big body builder in college so I've seen both sides of the fence. I think if you did P90X for one or two cycles or even did it for one cycle, went back to your lifting routine for 30 days and then hit it again for another cycle, you'd maintain your…

Is it possible that you have an eating disorder that you're not acknowledging?

Uncle Ted recommends plyometrics via P90X or Insanity. I was a Marine that ran 8-10 miles a day for 20 years and my joints just could not take it any more. Been on the Beachbody program (P90X/Insanity) for over a year and have no joint or muscle issues. If you're even 10 lbs over your optimum Body Mass Index (BMI), you're…

Uncle Ted Here, When you're trying to lose weight it's counter-intuative (my spelling is not great but my degree is in economics and not english) to eat more. Enter your calorie burn as best as you can and eat your calories. Here's the simple formula for success: Eat six small meals a day. Eat the calories you've earned…

Uncle Ted doesn't log resistance training, only cardio and only on days when he's hungry. This application is great but it cannot account for how hard you work out doing weights..........oh well. I'm a P90X/Insanity guy (I alternate the two programs) and there's now way to account for the calories you burn on these…

My wife is going through the same thing. Be patient. Any time you start a new program it takes your body and metabolism time to adjust (6-8 weeks depending on age and activity level). My recommendation is to stick with it, put the scale away and don't remeasure or reweigh yourself for 30 days. After that, don't weigh…

Funky, You're a beautiful young woman and you've made a great deal of progress. I have to be honest with you: I think your eating habits are unhealthy. For someone your age, you should be focused on eating more healthy calories in conjunction with a solid exercise plan. Just a suggestion. Back off from this dieting thing…

Knittnponder, I'm on phase 4 of P90X and I have not taken breaks in between each phase. I committed to doing it for a whole year before I evaluate the program and I have to say that phases 3 and 4 have, with the addition of MFP, given me the best results. I'm kind of on track to be a P90X guy for life because, at 47, I'm…

Based on your work out schedule and the fact you're losing pounds and inches, I'd go with the higher caloric setting in MFP. One thing you might try out is an eating system that spreadloads your calories over the course of the day. This way, you keep the metabolism up. I know it's an overused analogy, but the campfire is a…

Tizzz, I would do a little honest evaluation of your program. If you're doing the kind of work out where you're really pushing it (i.e. aggressive weights and cardio program), then the higher calorie count is probably the way to go. If your exercise consists of walking or something of that intensity, go with the lower…

Uncle Ted is an airline pilot for UAL so I get the traveling problem. Answer: P90X. I'm on month 10 (4th cycle of the program), have lost 40 lbs and can do more push-ups/pull-ups than I could when I was 25 years-old in the Marines. 47 now and have never been more fit. Even the worst hotel gyms provide the necessary…

Give yourself 7-8 weeks and don't worry about pounds lost/gained. Uncle Ted is a mid-lifer and for us older folks, the metabolism isn't a switch you just turn on and off. Keep with it, put the scale away for two months and see what happens. Your body will adjust to your program and you'll start being unable to keep pounds…

Uncle Ted here is in month 9 of P90X so I can say from experience that, if you're doing everything you say you're doing, things are going to change for you very shortly. If you've never combined a rigorous diet and exercise program together, the first time around your body is kind of saying, "Hey...what the ???" Somewhere…

Uncle Ted recommends....to everyone....that you view this as a marathon and not a sprint. Stay on your program, eat your calories, do your workouts, cut yourself a little slack now and then (I have one free meal per week where I eat anything I want) and don't sweat the scale. Weigh yourself once a month. Period. If you…

Here's the truth on this whole thing. Your body plays a very cruel joke on you when you go through a large weight loss phase and 30 lbs is HUGE!!!. I'm a P90X guy, 47 years old and have been through a pretty radical weight loss phase that was strange in that I didn't have any tangible VISUAL results even after a 20 lb…

Whey protein. Don't buy from GNC...too expensive. Wal Mart has it with 26 grams of protein at only 130 calories. Add water or milk (8oz of 1% adds 100 calories). Very low fat per serving. I travel a lot and pack 8 servings in zip lock bags to make in my hotel rooms.

When you first start counting calories in addition to working out, it is very common for your body to go through a period of confusion. Your metabolism is trying to figure out what's going on, you're adding muscle but losing fat so your net weight gain is minimal. Try not stepping on a scale for 7-8 weeks and then only…