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Hello!

My name is Scott and I live in Bromley, Kent.

I am going to turn 30 in about 100 days and always promised myself a six pack. Whilst I may not obtain that, I am 110% committed to following the P90X programme for the next 90 days - which will end about 2 weeks before my birthday!

Most of the gear should turn up tomorrow ready for my first exercise session tomorrow evening. Though of course, the food plan can be followed from the very start.

Stats:

Age - 29
Height - 6ft 1 (73")
Weight - 224.6 lbs
Waist - 43"
Hips - 43.5"
Neck - 16"
Calc Body Fat % - 29.34%

The above puts me as a Level 3 for calories required (3000!!) which is slightly scary given that I've been trying to eat 1,600 calories lately as part of my MyFitnessPal tracking.

Any tips and advice very welcome

Scott, to follow up a little more. You definitely want to consume more than 1600 calories a day. I show your Basal Metabolic Rate (basic caloric needs for your body) to be in the vicinity of 2200 calories at your current age and size. Generally speaking, you won't want your net calories (consumed minus burned through exercise) TOO much below that. You'll tend to lose energy and stamina if you do. You could probably safely start out even a little higher than the 2300 calories I suggested before and still lose weight.

Drink some sort of recovery beverage. It will help with muscle soreness. I drink a whey protein shake right now but BB Results & Recovery drinks will help, or even just a glass of chocolate milk. Have it within an hour of finishing your workout.

Your ratio looks great! Just eat more.

I think the 1686 by the app is telling you what you want for 'net calories'. I still think that as net calories is a little low. As a general baseline, men are never really recommended to consume less than 1800 calories a day.

Despite thinking that my exercise efforts were well short of those being demonstrated on the videos, my muscles are definitely feeling it!

My legs and pectoral muscles are moaning at me. But that is a very good thing

Day 4

Food a problem... I'll go into more in "Day 5"



Shoulder and arms was good though! My left arm really needs to catch up... I had to use lighter weights on it just so I could carry on doing the moves with the right!!

Day 5

I am back to the normal schedule as of today after the first four days being mixed around as I received equipment.

It felt really good to do Legs & Back. Very sweaty! So it must be working. I can already see improvements in my ability to perform simple tasks like an assisted pull up or a regular sit up.

And even though it meant doing ABRX two days in a row, I was still able to beat both of my first two times doing it

I have vowed to only use the scales and tape measure at designated 'check in' points. MUST NOT KEEP WEIGHING.

Food was almost spot on today... but I am really struggling to keep the carbs down and the protein up! Normal things like fruit seem to really clock up the carb-count as I have been using them as small snacks to keep the metabolism going.

And then in my fight between protein and carbs, combined with a new healthy diet, the fats have been lacking attention and rarely at or above the 20% target - usually quite a bit below actually...

But today was almost there. It did mean drinking FOUR protein shakes though. So any advice on combating this crazy balancing act would be appreciated! Egg whites perhaps???

Day 8


I was able to beat all my scores from last week on the Shoulders workout. Even managed to beat my scores on the ABRX, which I've done every time of doing it! Still about 80 reps short of the 'kids' so there is room for improvement. If I ever reach the full amount of reps, then I'll switch to the tougher versions!

I've also decided that I won't do assisted pull ups any more. One, because I want to do it properly! Two, because my doors and walls are wonky it's actually quite dangerous trying to balance on things whilst trusting the bar not to fall off the door frame. So I prefer both feet pointing downwards to the safety of the floor! Already had a fall last week because of the dodgy walls.


Think I've finally cracked the diet requirements too! Percentages have always been fine but getting the calories hasn't been. Guys on the group said to focus on the grams, so I did a plan looking only at this and it worked! Spot on the calories.

With the exercise though, it does still mean about 350g of protein. I have some MyProtein Whey Protein Plus on the way, which will have to be used about 4/5 times a day. Which is a good reason to get the MyProtein brand as it's great value!