The best protein bars taste good. Let’s get the easiest one out of the way. Yes, candy bars taste good but we all know they are lacking in nutrition. Balancing a nutritious source of protein with good taste shouldn’t be difficult. Finding a protein bar you actually enjoy eating is crucial if you expect to make them a fairly regular fixture in your nutrition plan.

In addition to taste, the makers of good, high quality protein bars are cautious not to load the bar with sugar and other unnecessary components. In an effort to improve the taste, many protein bar manufacturers just fill their products with the white stuff. Americans already eat massive amounts of sugar every year on average. The last thing you need when trying to get in shape is a bunch of high fructose corn syrup or other sugars hindering your progress.

Lastly, the best protein bars contain optimal nutrition. This isn’t about what is not in the supplement but instead, what is in the supplement. High quality protein from soy and whey ensure that the bar you are eating is worth the cost for your nutrition and fitness goals. It hardly makes sense to spend money on protein bars that don’t contain enough protein.

When shopping for only the best protein bars, consider the bars we sell here at Extreme Body Workout. We carry Chocolate Peanut Butter, Café Mocha, and Berry P90X Protein Bars. They all taste great and offer an excellent source of on the go nutrition, perfect with the P90X program or any other serious fitness regimen.

The P90X Nutrition Guide breaks down your daily caloric intake into 5 meals:

Breakfast

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Notice how you have 2 “snack” slots in there. Well the reason you’re eating 5 meals a day instead of the traditional 3, is that eating several sensibly portioned meals throughout the entire day has actually been proven to increase your body’s metabolism. If you’re introducing food into the body, the digestive system is stimulated and although you’re adding calories you engaging the metabolic process which helps burn calories and keep the body “running” at a higher level of activity. So the next time you think about skipping a meal or starving yourself to lose weight…THINK AGAIN! It’s actually counter productive for this and other reasons.

The P90X Workouts are intense and in order to perform effectively your body needs fuel and that fuel comes from what you eat. The nutritionists who developed the P90X Nutrition Guide understand that protein is a key component as it’s involved in transporting oxygen, contracting muscles, transporting electrons, and is the primary component of muscle tissue itself! That’s where the P90X Protein Bars step in. In fact if you take a look in your nutrition guide you’re going to see it specifically called for in your daily meal plans in the snack categories.

2 of our 3 flavors of P90X Protein Bars have 20 grams of protein! Cafe Mocha trails right behind with 18 grams, still not too shabby! Check out the full list of ingredients by visiting the following links to our P90X Protein Bars:

(By the way our #1 customer favorite is Chocolate Peanut Butter)

P90X Protein Bars (Chocolate Peanut Butter)

P90X Protein Bars (Berry)

P90X Protein Bars (Cafe Mocha)

Why Use Meal Replacements?

Well, there are several reasons. The first: they are convenient. Meal replacements require no cooking, no weighing, and very little, if any, prep time. They are great for on the go eating when fast food simply isn’t an option. In addition, meal replacements are typically very economical. They give you a cheap, easy way to get fit.

A good meal replacement diet never has you substituting for more than two meals a day on a typical 3 meal per day eating plan. For instance, a normal day using meal replacements could go something like this. Breakfast at 7:30 consisting of a P90X protein bar and cup of coffee. A small snack of crunchy fruit around 10 am. Lunch at 12 made up of a Meal Replacement Shake and veggie salad. A healthy snack around 3pm and a complete meal at dinner time. This consistent fueling throughout the day ensures your metabolism stays on “high” and you don’t get too hungry.

The whole science of weight loss boils down to calories in must be less than calories expended for the day. So, on any given day you are trying to create a caloric deficit. This can be achieved through changes in diet or exercise, though it is most beneficial when it includes both.

Using meal replacements to obtain this caloric deficit is simply one healthy option. Meal replacements don’t have to cause you serious hunger and aren’t about cutting your calories to dangerous levels. Instead, they are simply one tool at your disposal in the journey towards a healthier and happier you.