[kaisersozei]

I was going to provide my input on the P90X nutrition plan, but Joel pretty much laid out my exact comments and approach to it.

I've done P90X three times now--did a P90X/Insanity hybrid for one of those--and tried to follow the guidelines. The portion control plan was probably the easiest to follow, and provides the greatest amount of flexibility. I didn't cut out red meat but switched to leaner cuts. I limited my beer drinking to the weekends and cut down my total consumption. Most of my meals were pretty well balanced to begin with, my biggest adjustment came in eating 5x/day. I supplemented with protein shakes (BSN Syntha 6,) vitamins and a nitric-oxide pre-workout.

Even following the plan like this, maybe sticking to 70% of what it calls for, I was able to make a huge drop in body fat % (from probably around 20% when I started to about 8% now.) I only lost about 15 pounds, but got big gains in muscle size & definition. At 47, I'm in the best shape of my life.

Good luck with it, I'm a big advocate!