How Diet Soda Makes You Fat

I stumbled across this video today on Twitter while talking with a friend.  I don’t say this often, but YOU SIMPLY MUST WATCH THIS.  The following video explains how the modern American diet, including the highly coveted Diet Soda, is very acidic.  The video also explains what these acidic foods are doing to our bodies… [Continue Reading]

Shakeology – The Breakthrough in Nutrition

 Shakeology is truly a breakthrough in nutrition, combining 70 healthy ingredients into one healthy and delicious shake.  Both the chocolate and greenberry flavors taste great and are easily mixed with a wide variety of ingredients.  Nothing beats chocolate Shakeology with almond butter and a banana, except for the greenberry Shakeology with raspberries and a banana… [Continue Reading]

Sorting out Shakeology

Lately I have been getting a lot of questions about Shakeology.  It appears this relatively new nutritional supplement from Team Beachbody is getting some attention.  Personally, I take Shakeology every day.  I have it for breakfast and when I don’t have it I can really feel the difference.  It simply has all of your nutritional… [Continue Reading]

Is Shakeology Keeping me From Getting the Flu?

It happens every year.  I am one of those sad sack people that gets miserably sick every year.  It usually happens twice each winter.  In late October or early November, I walk a thin line between life and death.  Meanwhile, everyone else in my family gets a little sniffle and shakes it off in a… [Continue Reading]

Insanity Nutrition Updates – More Strategies for Success

More great ideas from Monica on how to get the most out of the Insanity Elite Nutrition plan and how to ensure you can stick to it even if you are on the road. I want to point out that the topics for this video came from questions that people asked us during the week… [Continue Reading]

Insanity Elite Nutrition Guide

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From the people that brought you The P90X Nutrition Plan Made Easy, we proudly present our breakdown of the Insanity Elite Nutrition Guide.  We are following the meal plan approach and trying to stick with the plan as best we can.  The nutrition plan is fairly straight forward. It includes five power meals per day… [Continue Reading]

Understanding Fats.

There is a common, and counterproductive, misconception that all fat is bad.  People operating under this premise avoid foods like olive oil and avocados because these foods are high in fat content.  This is really a mistake.  We must understand the proper role of fats in our diet and further understand that certain types of… [Continue Reading]

Get Your Carbs from Fruits and Veggies.

Nutrition is one of the most important aspects of fitness.  Monica and I started doing P90X in 2005, but overlooked nutrition.  We were able to achieve certain goals, but could not bridge the final gap to get the results we really wanted.  Earlier this year I resolved to start another round of P90X and learn… [Continue Reading]

Shakeology Recipes!

Shameless plug for myself here as well. I do make a brief appearance at approximately 1:06. They filmed that at the Coaches Summit and there were cameras everywhere! Anyway, whether you like chocolate or greenberry (my fav), here are some great ways to shake up your Shakeology.

Shakeology Test Update

April 14, 2009 Body Composition Update

Three weeks ago (March 25, 2009) I had my first session with the “Bod Pod”.  You can follow that link to read more about what the Bod Pod is all about, but essentially it is a highly accurate way to measure body composition.  One of the many points of doing this test was to determine… [Continue Reading]