I did day one of the P90X, ninety day, work out I promised to start yesterday and let me tell you it is frickin hard! I woke up sore this morning, but still did the P90X exercises for Day 2 before writing this blog. Fortunately day 2 uses completely different muscles.
Muscle confusion is supposed to be the driving force behind the effectiveness of the P90X program.
On WW I switched back to the main program and counted the points for everything to see how they balance out, but on Day 1 they certainly didn't. I am allowed 38 points a day, plus any exercise points I earn, plus an extra 49 points to use throughout the week.
Yesterday I ate what they told me to and it added up to a whopping 66 points! When I subtract my 6 activity points I am still left with 60 points which means at the end of Day 1 I have used up 22 of my 49 allowable "extra" points for the week.
I am not too concerned though. First of all, I know a lot of those points were consumed with cheese. I was supposed to eat low fat cheese but only had regular.
That is correctable.
Secondly, when I look at what I actually ate, there is no sugar and few bad carbs so I am eating well.
My meal plan for the day was as follows:
Breakfast
Mushroom Omelet
1 Cup Strawberries
1 Cup Cottage Cheese
Snacks throughout day
Protein Bar
Protein Shake
30 Pistachios ( I know...high in points but part of P90X program.)
Lunch
Chef Salad
Dinner
8 oz Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce
Asparagus
1 cup Brown Rice
2 cups red pepper soup (minimal points)
I am going to have faith that this program works and do it for 90 days. As you can see from above, although it is a lot of food, I am certainly not compromising my health, and it is supposed to be designed for weight loss.
We will see how it goes.
Wish me luck and be healthy!
Alan
Muscle confusion is supposed to be the driving force behind the effectiveness of the P90X program.
On WW I switched back to the main program and counted the points for everything to see how they balance out, but on Day 1 they certainly didn't. I am allowed 38 points a day, plus any exercise points I earn, plus an extra 49 points to use throughout the week.
Yesterday I ate what they told me to and it added up to a whopping 66 points! When I subtract my 6 activity points I am still left with 60 points which means at the end of Day 1 I have used up 22 of my 49 allowable "extra" points for the week.
I am not too concerned though. First of all, I know a lot of those points were consumed with cheese. I was supposed to eat low fat cheese but only had regular.
That is correctable.
Secondly, when I look at what I actually ate, there is no sugar and few bad carbs so I am eating well.
My meal plan for the day was as follows:
Breakfast
Mushroom Omelet
1 Cup Strawberries
1 Cup Cottage Cheese
Snacks throughout day
Protein Bar
Protein Shake
30 Pistachios ( I know...high in points but part of P90X program.)
Lunch
Chef Salad
Dinner
8 oz Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce
Asparagus
1 cup Brown Rice
2 cups red pepper soup (minimal points)
I am going to have faith that this program works and do it for 90 days. As you can see from above, although it is a lot of food, I am certainly not compromising my health, and it is supposed to be designed for weight loss.
We will see how it goes.
Wish me luck and be healthy!
Alan
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