Can anyone say Ouch? Today is the first day of real muscle soreness and it is actually less than I expected. The L-Glutamine recovery drink I have been taking after the workouts seems to be effective in helping with muscle healing. Even still, stairs are not my friend at the moment. Today's Arms and Shoulders workout should be interesting, and I hope my abs recover enough to get through Ab Ripper X again.
It seems my metabolism has kicked in and I am hungry all the time, except when I am eating my pre-portioned meals and snacks. I guess those huge breakfasts that I was complaining about are needed to keep up with this program. According to the P90X manual, I am eating almost 600 fewer calories then I need to sustain my daily activity rate. If science has it right, the fat should be melting away as I type. I think sticking to the diet plan will be the key to my success with this program.
Breakfast this morning was a soy-sausage muffin, half a cup of strawberries and 8 oz of skim milk. I have to say those soy breakfast patties have nothing on the real thing. Very dry and bland, I spiced up the muffins with a teaspoon of my favorite non-fat salsa and gobbled it down.
I was hungry again an hour later but waited the 2 hours before eating my first snack: 2 oz of almonds. I am still hungry and will try to fill up on water until lunchtime in an hour and a half.
Today's lunch: 1 cup of tortellini with tomato sauce, 1 cup of homemade butternut squash soup, 1 tbsp strawberry protein powder drink (I am going to skip mixing the powder into the soup like yesterday).
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