^ Yikes, I don't think I could manage that! I had a big juice steak last night and it was awesome!

Glad to hear it's working for you though, add in a little exercise and you'll feel even better!

I'm almost finished with week 2 of P90X.... I haven't lost any weight, but I've definitely gotten stronger. This is just the tip of the iceberg and with the travel I have coming up, hopefully I'll be able to continue working out.

- NCSU

 

Going Vegan is challenging. I eat easily twice as much as I did before I changed over, and I am usually hungry. A balanced diet boosts metabolism which results in more calories being burned.

The type of high protein diet used with P90X program, which looks a lot like the Atkins diet, is very hard on the body. While it may help you with your short term building goals, it is not sustainable life style.

 

So, If you start working out have you figured out how you are going to get your protien? FYI, I just started doing a spinning class at the gym, It kicks my ***!

 

I looked up Spinning, no wonder it kicked your butt. http://bicycling.about.com/od/traini...r/spinning.htm
It looks like fun, but I'm an oldster and would have to have the paramedics on standby to try that!

Protein is easy to come by in a Vegan diet. Here's my take on it. We have an epidemic of diabetes in this country. I now have six friends/acquaintances in my little world that have been diagnosed with Type2 (adult onset) diabetes within the last 3 years or so. On the other hand, I don't know a soul who has been diagnosed with protein deficiency.

 

But I'm sure you've seen people who are only skin and bones, and they usually aren't meat eaters. It's really all about balance.


I managed to get my workouts in while travelling, 3 more workouts and I'll be finished with Phase 1 of P90X. Then I'll have a week of rest (primarily cardio workouts) before moving on to Phase 2.

Got on the scale this AM, my weight hasn't changed much, down to around 161.5, so about 3 pounds lighter.

- NCSU

 

Don't worry about the scale....Its all about the inches you lose as you are building muscle and losing fat...fat weighs more than muscle

I have 2 weeks left then done with my first 90 days....the on to Round 2 to bulk up and cut down my body fat percentage. I'm currently sitting at 191 and would like to finish around 185-187. Then its just a matter of maintaining that weight and cutting my fat percentage down to around 8-12%

Keep pressing play NCSU...the most changes happened in the last 60 days for me

 

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I didn't press play over the weekend. :o

We had guests in from out of town for the World Beer Fest here in Raleigh. 110 breweries each with 3-8 beers available for sampling. I stuffed myself with gyros, a HUGE turkey leg and many, many 2 oz. 'samples' of beer.

This was just one of six tents they had set up for distributing the beer.


So needless to say I didn't get my workouts in Friday (although I did take the dog for a 2 mile run), Saturday or Sunday. I've decided to extend Phase 1 another week, then start the recovery week. So I'll start this afternoon after work with Chest & Back, aka of pushups and pullups followed by the ab ripper routine.

- NCSU

 

So far I'm back on track. Knocked out Chest & Back Monday, Plyometrics Tuesday and Arms & Shoulders yesterday.

I'm supposed to do Yoga today, but it's my wife's birthday and we're going downtown to hit up a gathering of food trucks and drink some beer. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze in a 2 mile run before we head out.

- NCSU

 

I'm 5'11" and was about 215. I'm down to 204 right now and continuing to drop weight. I would like to end up right around 200 because I'm building muscle also. I know a lot of us find it hard to resist the bliss that is sweet tea, but just cutting that out of my diet cut 5 pounds. I've been on a routine for a little over a month now and I'm already getting good results. The best thing you can do is set your goals for a little at a time. For me, the extra boost in confidence from seeing results really makes myself want to continue everything.

I'm a full time college student in Mech. Engineering and I'm in my junior year, so my schoolwork definitely doesn't support my routine or diet. The bottom line is that I force myself to find the time, which is half the battle. Right now, I go to the gym 4 days a week and run at least 1 mile every time I go. When I started my routine, I could barely finish a mile. Now I consistently dropped 15 seconds a week off my time, which means I'm down to a 9 minute mile now! One of my key rules is to never run the next mile with worse time than before, so I'm always pushing that.

I completely overhauled my diet throughout the week. I DO NOT drink sweet tea, eat any candy or sweets, or eat any fast/fried food what so ever. Each days starts with a cup of yogurt to jump start my metabolism, during my last class before I come home I eat a bag of cereal to carb. up, then I go run and work out. After workout, I eat 2 cans of tuna with 1 piece of toast, and a protein shake. Dinner consists of 2 more cans of tuna, or baked chicken breast with a spinach salad and light dressing. I also drink around 4 bottles of water per day.

Sorry about the essay! I'm excited to finally be back on track with this and sticking to it. I know a lot of you guys are as well, so it's nice to have a place to talk about it. Keep it up yall!

 

^ Sounds like you've got a good program going on!

Unfortunately I didn't get my run in, instead I had 3 pints, a double turkey burger with cheese, skillet Mac & Cheese with bratwurst and some fries. I've gotta get up early to do legs in the AM so I can have Friday after-work beers.

- NCSU

 

Legs and Back, Ab Ripper X, done. It was rough though, didn't feel energized at all this AM!

- NCSU

 

Try eating your bigger meal in the morning or afternoon and eat a smaller portioned dinner. Other than that you have a very good diet set out for you and if its working stick to it

Try doing your workouts on an empty stomach as well and then take some complex carbs or high protein foods within an hour of your workout as that is when your body is most receptive to nutrients

 

I'm definitely doing my best, that's for sure. It sounds like you guys have your stuff down to a science though. I'm still learning what muscle is what so I can start to burn fat where I need too. By the way, I DEFINITELY got my run in today for friday night beers!

 

The key I finally figured out is less is more....try doing workouts that work out multiple muscle groups with one exercise. That way you do 1/3 of the length of a workout but get 100% of the benefits of doing the individual muscles with 3 different moves.

and 70% of it is in the diet....It's a tough one for me to not just stop and grab something for dinner on the way home especially when I don't want to take the time to cook. But you gotta give a little to gain a little

I've adopted the "no seagull diet"....meaning I don't eat anything out of a window

 

Finished the week up with Kenpo, did pretty well. That marks the end of Phase 1 for me, now a "rest" week. Looking forward to some new workouts.

- NCSU