my p90x nutrition plan

Remember when Elaine on Seinfeld said all she wanted was a BIG SALAD? If you’re not a vegetable lover, a lunch salad is a great time to pack in the vegi servings, when you can douse them in a few tablespoons of dressing! I use the 2 cups of lettuce as a base, then a variety of vegis for the second serving so that it doesn’t get too boring (and hopefully keeps the body guessing – muscle confusion for the stomach!!). The other bonus is that a salad travels well and doesn’t need to be reheated. This is my hubby’s typical lunch salad.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups green lettuce or spinach
• 1 oz. lowfat cheese (I used already shredded Kraft Mexican Style Four Cheese, made with 2% milk)
• 1 small (2.25 oz.) can of sliced olives
• 1 handful fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 cup of various vegis (I used mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, spinach)
• 2 Tb. fat free dressing

Pull lettuce into bite-sized pieces. Combine all ingredients, drizzle with dressing.

P90x Nutrition Plan Portions:

Dressed salad  is 2 vegetable servings, 1 dairy serving, 1/2 fat serving, 1 condiment serving.

Note: If you’d like to slip a protein serving in here, add 3 oz. chopped ham or turkey, or 6 hard boiled egg whites! Also, if you’re not as crazy for olives as my hubby is, you can substitute 3 oz. of avocado. Just make sure to have a little bit of your good fat with the salad – a bit of fat helps your body absorb all of the good nutrients from the vegetables.

Need a way to keep track of your P90x diet and servings? Try my P90x nutrition plan food journal!