To maintain my goal of losing 1.5 pounds a week I don’t need to eat 1,410 calories every single day. So, if I want, I can have that doughnut (or two…or three) without sacrificing my week’s goal. Well, as noted on this site before, by calorie cycling I am able to eat more on certain days if I just eat a bit less on other.
You may be thinking, “So what if you calorie cycle?” Yeah, going from 2,500 – 3,000 calories per day to 1,410 is a pretty big drop…but remember I CALORIE CYCLE! 1,410 Calories Is A Lot More Than You Think MyFitnessPal set my caloric intake “Goal” to 1,410 calories per day. My “Activity Level” to “Sedentary” (since I work from a desk about 6-7 days a week for at least 8 hours), My weight loss goal to 1.5 pounds per week, So, as I do anytime I am trying to keep count of calories (be it for weight loss or weight gain), I turned to MyFitnessPal.īeing that I had not used MyFitnessPal since reaching my desired weight (nearly 2 years ago now), I had to re-setup a few user profile items. to be exact, while Testing P90X3 I needed to reduce my caloric intake to spur on the desired weight loss.Īnd, as many of you may have already read, when you restrict calories WHILE following the LeanGains approach to Intermittent Fasting the weight seems to just melt away…especially with a little cardio thrown in the mix. AGAIN – NO CALORIE COUNTING ONLY APPLIES IF YOU HAVE PLATEAUED AND YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN, NOT LOSE OR GAIN, WEIGHT AND YOU ARE MAINTAINING YOUR CURRENT EXERCISE REGIMEN WHILE AT YOUR CONSTANT WEIGHT.īut, being that I wanted to lose weight, 16 lbs. So, long(er) story short, I got back on my personal LeanGains approach starting Day 1 of P90X3 and can honestly say I am feeling AMAZING AGAIN.įrom my energy level to my weight loss, LeanGains is the sh….uhm…lets just go with…bomb! The Calorie ApproachĪs I’ve mentioned a number of times on this site, if you find yourself wanting to maintain weight via LeanGains, and you maintain the same level of activity you are doing while at your desired weight plateau, then there is no need to calorie count while on LeanGains. Instead of LeanGains I was following The Spartan Diet’s approach to Intermittent Fasting instead and, though the Spartan Diet kept me at a stable weight, it kept me at a stable weight that was about 6 pounds over my regular LeanGains weight.
P90x3 nutrition plan having to go poop a lot full#
STEP 1 | THE DIET LeanGains Is Back…and, man, how I missed it!Īs many of you may all know by now, I typically follow a modified LeanGains approach to Intermittent Fasting.įor nearly two years now I have been fasting 5 days a week from 9 pm at night until 3 pm the next day and fasting a full day 2 days a week (it’s really more like a 22-23 hour fast…but that’s pretty close to 24…so cut me some slack Holmes).īut, for the few months leading up to starting P90X3 I found myself, for a number of reasons, not really sticking to LeanGains. So, please be sure to check them out and then make double sure to check back for the Block 1 Review which is coming….very soon.įor a review of where, why, and how I “prepared” for this P90X3’s Test Run be sure to check out “It’s Almost Time – P90X3!” for all the gory details (including some pics). And, because I am pretty much next to Awesome, I have decided to share the 5 Steps To Starting P90X3 below. I decided to take, as is custom nowadays, a stepped approach – a 5-Step Approach to be exact. P90X3 Review – The Approach, 5 Steps To Starting P90X3 P90X3 Review – The X-Gains ApproachĪs I find myself 2 days away from finishing, and reviewing, Block 1 of P90X3 I have decided to write a bit about the approach I decided to take as I embarked on my P90X3 journey.