p90x plan

is the p90x diet plan nessecary to getting results?

im skinny , and im toned and fit,
but i wanna get muscle,
so does it matter if i follow the diet plan? if i already am skinny?

i just wanna gain muscle?

The diet plan for losing weight is very similiar to the diet plan for getting muscle. The ONLY difference, is with gaining muscle you eat more. So, with that said, i would use their diet plan to an extent. It should outline the proper foods to eat to steer you towards healthy items for your body, however your the same way i am. We get the joy of eating alot becuase our bodies need it for muscle production.

as a fast rule, take your weight and add a 0. thats how many calories it needs daily to function core skills like walking talking etc… so depending on the intensity of your workout i would add another 150 or 200 to that list to take care of workouts, then add an extra amount (up to you how much) to take care of the extra your body needs for muscle production. the 150-200 we added earlier was becuase your body is going to lose calories while your working out. so if your body needs 1000 to function, and you eat 1000 then go hit the gym for an hour, your gonna do alot of things to your body, but muscle building will not be one of them. (muscle loss, fatigue, weight loss, possibly even pass out or real damage)

So in review, i would use it as a guide. Eat what it says, stay away from what it says, just eat more of it and hit the weights harder then what they recomend. Dont take the easy road. My rule of thumb that i live by is if i can easily carry on a conversation while lifting, im not lifting enough.

edit: Iv never used p90x, so i dont know how that plan is laid out, but it cant be to much different from the ones iv used in the past as far as the types of foods it portrays. Either way, my post of eating more still stands. Cant build a house if you keep losing the bricks.