Eating Enough

Another topic that keeps coming up is 'eating enough'.

Most people know that if you eat too much, you gain weight. Every 3,500 calories that you eat in excess of that you should be eating will add 1 lb. So in that same manner, you must burn 3,500 extra calories to get rid of every excess lb. So that is why burning and removing 500 calories a day with diet and exercise can lead to losing about a lb a week; slow steady weight loss.

But what most don't realize is that you can prevent weight loss if you do not eat enough. You can be slowing your metabolism down by making it think that you are starving and that your body needs to store fat. So find out how much you should be eating! P90X nutrition plan emphasizes this greatly! You will hurt your body if you are not taking in enough food when working out as hard as P90X works you.

There are tons of calculations and calculators out there on the web. Find out how much you should be taking in based on your height, current weight and activity level.
I've used a few of these:
http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/dailyfat-3432-143.html
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/leah1.htm

Then you can check www.calorieking.com to see what nutrition, calories, fat etc... you are taking in and if what you are eating is healthy or not. GREAT resource for restaurant food...Thanks to my sister for that tip!