P90X, exercise and food

5 extra lbssss!!!

I weighed myself this morning and was in disbelief.. I just finished my first week of P90X excruciating, honest to goodness, hardest exercise routines I've ever done in my life and this is what I get? I looked back at the week that was and decided to blame it on the second servings...

Then later I received a newsletter from runnner's world about this subscriber who was an avid runner. ran the miles, watched her caloric intake and ended up gaining more pounds... she "eats like a chicken and exercises like a racehorse".... imagine her frustration.... One advise she got was To eat more... that maybe she was eating less and her metabolic rate has dropped... that because her body is afraid when she's gonna eat next it tried to conserve what less calories she takes in.... read more: Can't lose weight

I'm afraid there might be some truth to it coz when I registered in dailyplate website it said that for me to lose 1 lb per week I have to eat like 2300 cal... OMG! for me that's a lot of food... my weekday meals compose of garden salads, fruits, thinly sliced hams, cheese and wheat breads... maybe between 1200 to 1500 cal...I'm mostly active all through out the day but it seems nothing is working... I may experiment on this but will need to do more research...I really don't want to deal with the calories and food measurements etc this time.... I would maintain whatever diet I have (and not give in too much to the temptation)... maybe in a month or two then I would look further as to what I require to gain some muscle and tone...

well it's the national eating month... what can I say... just bring it!