A buddy of mine started crossfit awhile back and even opened his own gym to train people. Haven't seen him for a few months, but I know he's been getting great results.
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Two work buddies used p90x with good results. Honestly man check this book out. It's life-changing. Don't worry you can still have steak and ribs! :-) It's the Paleo diet that crossfit uses and bageland recommended above.

http://www.amazon.com/Paleo-Solution...5751634&sr=8-1

IMHO, CrossFit is a great workout, but the program may be dangerous unless you are already well versed in olympic weightlifting and are in decent shape. They make you take an intro class series, but honestly you are so ill-prepared for the WODs after that, and many noobs come away with injuries. That being said, every crossfit gym is different, but there are many ways to get good results w/o the risk. Some of the crossfit stuff is straight up unsafe unless you are a real athlete/military, etc. For example a work out recently consisted of 20 GHD sit-ups (which make you dizzy as all heck) and then 5 or 10 clean and jerk variants. 5 rounds of that for TIME, so as fast as you can. Not safe to be doing c&j in a hurry while dizzy. Best of luck!

full disclosure - one of said noobs is myself.
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There have been concerns about safety with CF, but IMO, if you start slow, scale to WODs to a "do-able" level and read about how to do things properly (i.e. how to do glute-hamstring sit ups without getting dizzy) then it's the best (again IMHO:-)) But as king said and I will 100% back up- Oly lifts can be dangerous if you don't respect them. But they're a necessary part of gaining all-around fitness. Either way, definitely check it out for yourself and decide!
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I think, from what I've read over the last couple of years, that X-Fit really wants you in their gyms, under their tutelage, and not working off of video plans, though there is a lot of stuff out there on YouTube. X-Fit kinda comes off as a religion, based on conversations I've had with folks that were directly involved with the gym setups, web presence, and seminars. But they have some trainees that are in FANTASTIC shape! I've watched some videos of women and men, doing things from overhead squats to pullups, to sequences of exercises, and they do kick butt.
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I love fruit and veggies, but if you find a few you can tolerate, you would be ok. Very low sodium and lots of protein are big. You may be someone that would be more into some shakes and other meal replacement options.

One tip, the P90X is an intense workout, you may want to do the P90 for a month or two before going to the P90X. I am having great success with the P90, when I get down to or near my goal I plan on then starting P90X.

That is just my approach though, some may not agree. I just wasn't even near the shape it takes to get the full advantage of the P90X so the P90 I am using as a tool to build me up to that while at the same time losing weight.
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PLEASE don't buy into that "crossfit is a cult" thing:-) And it is completely possible to follow it w/o becoming part of an affiliate. Thousands of people do it everyday!
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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!
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I started P90X a few weeks ago and ever since I placed my order I have been having people PM me on Facebook and BeachBody fourms wanting to be my Coach is this normal? Or are the just trying to get me to buy more BB products?
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