P90X Nutrition Levels: Find Your Ideal Calorie Intake & Diet Plan

Unlike many popular diets, the P90X nutrition plan is not based on drastically cutting your caloric intake. Steven Edwards, Director of Results Beachbody, writes that many people hit a weight-loss plateau and stagnate while eating fewer calories. When they add more calories back into their diet, they begin to see increased weight loss. Since P90X is an extreme workout regimen, your body requires a higher calorie content intake compared to other diets. The P90X nutrition plan has three phases and three approaches for each phase.

Things You'll Need

• P90X Extreme Home Fitness Nutrition Plan

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Instructions

Determining Your Nutrition Level for P90X

• 1

  Determine your phase (phases are listed below) through your personal lifestyle and fitness objectives.

  1 - Fat Shredder

  2 - Energy Booster

  3 - Endurance Maximizer

• 2

  Determine your approach (approaches are listed below) based on your lifestyle demands.

  1 - The Portion Approach

  2 - The Meal Plan Approach

  3 - The Quick Option Approach

• 3

  Calculate your resting metabolic rate by multiplying your body weight times 10.

• 4

  Calculate your daily activity burn by multiplying your resting metabolic rate by 20 percent.

• 5

  Add your resting metabolic rate, daily activity burn and 600 to find your energy amount.

• 6

  Determine your nutritional level from the table below using the energy amount:

  Energy Amount

  1,800 to 2,399 - Level 1: eat 1,800 calories a day

  2,400 to 2,999 - Level 2: eat 2,400 calories a day

  3,000 plus - Level 3: eat 3,000 calories a day