See this? This is the shopping cart I am going to need to get all of this stuff on my list. Last night, I went through the P90X Nutrition Guide. And I calculated my caloric needs for the program to determine that I am a Level 3. Of course the more you weigh, the more they say you need and they actually caution you about eating too little with the demands of the program. I multiplied this number by that number. I subtracted this from that. I added 'em all together and came up with this extreme number. I was starting to think that there is no way I can consume that many calories and lose weight when I remembered that I am essentially breastfeeding and therefore my body uses 1000 calories per day just by making milk. So instead of adding this to the number derived from the provided formula, I am just going to go with what I got.
Of course just when I was tired of doing the math, I got to the diet plan. There are 3 "approaches". One gives you a strict meal plan for every meal and snack for a week while another gives portion sizes and lists of acceptable foods and it is up to you to keep track to ensure you are getting acceptable and appropriate proportions of carbs, proteins, and fats. No thanks. Just tell me what to do to get hot, please. I'll do it, I swear! So the meal plan then! That's the approach for me.
Except for the big problem...
Food Allergies!
So I went through the plan, one meal and recipe and snack at a time. And for each ingredient I could not have, I had to revert to the list to find an acceptable and equivalent substitution that would still taste okay with the other ingredients or dishes. This involved counting and dividing and comparing just a little too much. I hate my allergies. Years ago, I called Jenny Craig, wanting to get started on it, and the sales rep actually told me no, to try something else, because there was no way to do their program and avoid issues with my allergies. Seriously!
But anyhow, I did it! I made the next step. Go Me!
