in the fitness guide, there is a page that tells you how to do maintenance workouts. It’s similar to the full P90X schedule, but each day is a little bit shorter. 30 minutes per day and still alternating cardio with resistance.

I would do P90X once or twice a year with maintenance in between.

-Mike

eating in general is just horrible when you’re in college!!! Either you don’t have much of a selection, or you get into bad habits because you don’t have time to plan out a healthy meal. If I were you, I would follow the portions approach. This would be so much easier for a college student. First, find your nutritional level. Then go through the approved foods list and find things that you would actually eat and be able to get. Then from there, put together simple meal ideas that would be easy to put together. Then all you have to do is sort of check off the portions as you eat them. Simple!

I don’t know if you can make eggs where you are, but an egg white scramble is easy, cheap, and probably the best thing you can eat for breakfast during this program. Get an onion and pepper, or anything you might like to mix with your eggs, maybe some pre-chopped chicken breast, and cut it all up and throw it together in a little tupperware. This way all you have to do is throw some of the mix in the pan, then pour the egg whites over that and scramble it up! BTW….you can buy egg whites in a carton so you don’t have to mess around with separating out the yolks. Another option for an easy breakfast would be oatmeal.

The easiest snacks to have is a piece of fruit, a cup of yogurt, a string cheese, a cup of cottage cheese, or a protein bar. Be sure to have two snacks per day in between meals to keep your metabolism up.

Lunches can be simple too. Try a salad with chicken or tuna. I’m sure you can get these already made from the grocery store or even in your school cafe’s. For dinner, you can’t go wrong with lean meat and veggies. It’s the carbs you have to watch out for. If you can do without the carbs for dinner, you can have a healthy sandwich for lunch. Just be sure to use whole wheat bread and try not to use mayo. Mustard is a better option. Or if you would rather have carbs with dinner, go for brown rice or whole wheat pasta.

Here is an easy dinner idea:

Whole wheat bow ties
low fat mozzarella
spinach (frozen or fresh)
grilled chicken (you can buy already cooked and cut)
artichoke hearts (you can buy in a jar)
a little EVOO—–extra virgin olive oil
chopped garlic

and whatever else you think would taste good tossed into this warm pasta salad. And if you make the whole box of pasta, you can have this for dinner for a couple nights.

It might be hard to stay away from bad foods, but it will happen in good time. Keep your healthy snacks close by when you get a craving. Those P90X protein bars are actually pretty tasty if you are weak for chocolate! Chocolate peanut butter and chocolate fudge are the best in my opinion. The yogurt berry bars are really sweet if you are have a sweet tooth.

Now, all you have to do is stick to the workouts!!!! Try and do your workout at the same time every day. The morning would be better. I’m sure you have more to do in the evening with homework or hanging out. One of the hardest parts of this program is actually getting up and doing it everyday for 90 days. It’s a real commitment, but force yourself to do it and you will be glad you did come day 90!

Good luck!!!

-Mike

that could be possible if you work hard, stick to the diet and stick to the schedule. Even if you lost 25-30 pounds that would still be a great achievement.

You are supposed to do 1 DVD per day and they are about an hour long. There is a specific order they are supposed to be done in as well. Do you have a fitness guide?? If not, you can contact our customer service department and they can give you the info on how to get a replacement.

http://www.extremebodyworkout.com/customer-service.php

Good luck!

-Mike

don’t get discouraged. Some people don’t start to see results until week 8. Also, following a diet plan other than the one that comes with the P90X may or may not work with the program. The amount of weight you will lose by the end of 90 days depends on a couple of things. One thing is how much body fat you start out with. If you don’t have too much to start with and you are starting to build muscle with this program, your weight might stay the same for a while or even go up. Muscle weighs more than fat, so gaining a little muscle and losing a lot of fat can keep your weight around the same number. But eventually, the fat loss should over power the muscle gain and you should start to lose weight. Also, if you start out and are overweight, you will lose more pounds than a person who isn’t overweight. Just because of the amount of calories it takes to do the exercises for a heavier person.

I think it’s great that you are also running. It’s good for your stamina and burns even more calories. Good for you!

If you are overweight, 25-30 pounds is a reasonable number. If not, you might see more of a 15-20 pound weight loss which is still AWESOME!

-Mike

Thanks!!

The 12 workouts rotate throughout the 90 days. Everything is fully outlined in the included P90X Fitness Guide to show you what workout to do when. Please let us know if you have any other questions.