Today was supposed to be a stretch X only day but it did not feel like enough so I pushed forward and also performed Kenpo X. The 2 combined did the trick!

I performed the entire Kenpo X with very few flaws. But slow during the 4 combo phases. I was able to elevate my heart rate to about 160 which I had not done previously. I needed this because I have been sandbagging my cardio workouts. Like I have posted previously I am in this to gain weight and not lose fat. My normal year round fat % hovers between 7 to 8%.

The more I talk about P90X the more I find people who are using the program! This is awesome to hear as I am sold out on helping to reverse the rising obesity trend.

Now as to the Tip Of The day

This particular tip has been getting quite a bit of press so I thought I would pass it on.

It's a long one: By Scott Colby

"We all know that the foods that you eat are
going to play a really big role in whether you
get a flat stomach or not. I wanted to give my 1
simple food tip to getting a flat stomach.

Here it is...

Count ingredients, not calories.

Easy enough, right?

The goal is to eat single ingredient foods or
foods with as few ingredients as possible.

Foods like eggs, oatmeal, nuts, berries, apples,
spinach, chicken, salmon, sweet potatoes, nut butters,
etc.

If you eat mainly these foods, you will naturally stay
fuller and there won't be any need to count calories.

Wanna take it one step further?

Keep an ingredient log, not a food log.

If you're eating the foods above, your ingredient
log IS your food log, right?

But suppose you ate some Smart Start cereal, some
reduced fat wheat thins and a lean cuisine (chicken
with basil cream sauce).

Here's your ingredient log now:

RICE, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, OAT CLUSTERS (SUGAR, TOASTED OATS [ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS, MOLASSES, HONEY, BHT FOR FRESHNESS, SOY LECITHIN], WHEAT FLAKES, CRISP RICE [RICE, SUGAR, MALT, SALT], CORN SYRUP, POLYDEXTROSE, HONEY, CINNAMON, BHT [PRESERVATIVE], ARTIFICIAL VANILLA FLAVOR), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, HONEY, MALT FLAVORING, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, REDUCED IRON, SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, YELLOW #5, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), BHT (PRESERVATIVE), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, BETA CAROTENE (A SOURCE OF VITAMIN A), VITAMIN B12 AND VITAMIN D.

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, MALT SYRUP (FROM BARLEY AND CORN), INVERT SUGAR, MONOGLYCERIDES, SALT, VEGETABLE COLOR (ANNATTO EXTRACT, TURMERIC OLEORESIN). CONTAINS: WHEAT. BHT ADDED TO PACKAGING MATERIAL TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS.

Blanched macaroni product (water, semolina, wheat gluten), skim milk, cooked chicken breast with rib pesto glazed smoke flavor added (cooked chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, chicken flavor (dehydrated chicken broth, chicken powder, flavor, salt, modified corn starch, salt, spice, glazed with: water, seasoning (sugar, (dehydrated romano cheese and blue cheese {part skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, pasteurized cow's milk, salt, enzymes}, spices, salt, modified food starch, dehydrated garlic dehydrated onion, citric acid, (dehydrated flavorings {(modified food starch, corn syrup solids, flavor, smoke flavor, partially hydrogenated soybean oil), dehydrated flavor (maltodextrin, citric acid, gum arabic, natural flavor}, extractives of garlic, olive oil), water, red peppers, ywllow peppers, 2% or less of cream, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, modified cornstarch, bleached wheat flour, basil, asiago cheese (pasteurizred milk, salt, cheese cultu
res, salt, enzymes), water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid), extra virgin olive oil, garlic puree, enzyme modified parmesan cheese (cultured milk, water, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, cheese flavor (cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), water, salt, enzymes, cultures, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum), dehydrated onions, potassium chloride.

Imagine putting all that in your body, just for these 3 foods.

And some people think these foods are healthy!

That's why, as a society, we're so overweight and sick.

Plus...if you keep an ingredient log like this for several
days your hand might fall off from so much writing. ; )

Anyway, hope this 1 simple food tip helps you out.

Have a great weekend.

Scott Colby
SC Fitness"

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