Hello from MD new to post & P90x

[chrisiclow]

I am so excited to start this challage I'm spending this week trying some of the dvd's and getting my food in order. My husband and I have decided to try it together, however we are truly having a hard time with the amount of calories they tell you to eat 2400 for me and 3000 for him seems like there is not enought time in the day for all that.

Does anyone have recipe ideas?
Has anyone had trouble compleating the weight lifting dvd's or walking the next day...lol (suggestions)

Nice to meet everyone and thanks in advance for any helpful advice....

Chrisi & Rick

[FitRunner]

Hi Chrisi and welcome to the boards!

I just shot off an answer to your post in the other thread. In direct response to this, though - not only don't you have to eat so many calories if you want to lose weight, there are a few tricks people have come up with to make sure you eat enough. First and foremost, if you make sure to eat something (either a meal or a snack) every 2-3 hours, you will eat something 5-6 times a day. More eating opportunities means eating more calories without stuffing yourself at meals, and it also reassures your body more calories will come, so it's ok to use all of what you ate now. Second, for the snacks, consider relatively high-calorie snacks like nuts. Stacey (BubbinStuff) just pointed out in another thread that 25 raw almonds is about 175 Cal. Healthy, caloric, but not voluminous! :D

There's a thread over in the nutrition forum with some recipes. I've also become a big fan of a lot of the ones in the nutrition guide myself. Are you worried about any particular kind of meal or snack, or just looking for inspiration? A lot of us post in the accountability thread (Get Fit with Monica) and talk about what we're eating if you'd like some ideas and examples.

I can't do a single 'real' pullup, and even with a chair, I can't do that many. Don't worry about keeping up with the DVDs - it's true, do your best and forget the rest. The only thing that could be a real problem in completing a weight lifting session is an injury. I think the best advice there is to just listen to your body. There's a difference between your body straining and it screaming out in pain. If you're hurting, not just straining, stop what you are doing. Now soreness is a bit of a different story sometimes, I've been pretty sore some days. (Yesterday was one of them!) But it has never stopped me from going about my life.

My husband and I have found that we tend to be most sore after workouts we're good at. (Not always, what made me sore last time was chest, shoulders & triceps, hardly my strength.) We think it's because the ones you're good at you can really bring it in! If you can't even try to keep up, you just haven't used your muscles enough to get really sore. So I'm excited about being able to bring it enough to get sore in a chest-arms sort of workout!

Teresa

[CyberFitnessGuru]

Three Words: Macoroni and cheese

1,000 calories per box and yum, yum good!