My Foods!
Breakfast
Most days
Shakeology: I use one scoop shakeology, one scoop whey protein, 2tbsp Jif Natural PB (or PB2), about 6 ice cubes and around 16 oz water.
I have started having some Organic Farms Granola, Kashi Go Lean, or Stone Cut Oatmeal with fresh fruit in the morning also.
Some days when I have time I will make an egg white veggie omelet. I buy the egg whites in a carton and use green and red pepper, mushrooms, and onions. When I have an omelet for breakfast I save my Shakeology for my snack.
Morning Snack
Usually I will have a Pure Protein bar or a MetRx Protein Plus bar, and a piece of fruit (apple, pear, or banana)
Lunch
Most days I have chicken or turkey lunchmeat (no bread), baby carrots or mixed berries (strawberries and blueberries mostly), small salad with a hard-boiled egg white. A lot of the time I make it kind of like a chef salad but with no cheese. Most of the time I don’t use dressing, but if I do I make sure to add it in to my daily numbers. I like to put a lot of stuff in my salad, so sometimes I use mushrooms, peppers, radishes, onions, carrots, celery. Just kind of depends on what I have on hand.
Some days I will bring solid white tuna instead of lunchmeat.
Afternoon Snack
2 scoops Whey Protein powder (I use ON Gold Standard Whey Protein. I have tried many others but I always come back to my Gold Standard. It is priced right and mixes well with shakeology.)
Small piece of fruit or some of the dry cereals I have for breakfast. (Good source of carbs and fiber).
Dinner
Dinner brings some variance. The key for me is portion size here. Just about every week we have taco salad once. I make it with ground chicken, low sodium taco seasoning, mixed types of lettuce, black beans, and salsa. I avoid using tortillas, chips, or corn tortillas because of the extra carbs and calories. At least while I am trying to shred some fat. I also leave off the cheese (hard for me).
Also eat a lot of grilled chicken, different types of fish (tilapia, cod, salmon, mahi-mahi). On these nights we have broccoli, Brussels sprouts, green beans, or other vegetables. I use a lot of the steamer pack veggies.
Evening Snack
1 ½ scoop whey protein shake
Post-Workout
Results and Recovery or Recoverite – BUT only if I earned it during my workout!
Other Foods
Other things I have include:
Plain Greek Yogurt (I will mix in fresh fruit otherwise it is pretty bitter)
Jerky
Almonds
Pistachios
Other mixed nuts
Cottage cheese
There are other things, but for the most part I keep it pretty simple. The big thing is I try to stick with the Fat shredder percentages 50% protein, 30% carbs, and 20% fats. Doing the math my calories should be up around 3400. Well I have actually been eating around 2000-2400. I have just been trying to listen to my body and give it what it needs when it needs it while maintaining my percentages. Sometimes I will go into the phase 2 percentages 40, 40, 20. Just depends on how my energy levels have been and if I find I am plateauing I will change percentages to shock my body. Seems to be working so far. Sometimes eating more kick starts the metabolism. There is another method of Zig Zagging and staying within the percentages, but I haven’t done much with it to know enough about it yet.
The P90X nutrition guide can be very confusing (especially the portion plan) because of things counting differently in different food classifications. I track everything with an app on my Ipad called Tap and Track. It helps keep me honest with myself.
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I’ve been following almost exactly what you’ve mentioned above and have been getting really good results. Ultimately I’m keeping my intake around 1700-1800 calories a day… it can be challenging at times but definitely worth it!
Wow! Looks very similar to my diet, no wonder we are seeing great results!
Must be doing something right
It works wonders!
This is great help! Most often, its the nutrition part that is confusing. Thanks for posting this!