Body for Life 04/12

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lorihart

Cathlete
Good Morning Everyone,
I am hoping that everyone is back from a long weekend, with some good news.(on eating habits).I am sort of just hoping that everyone is back and that everyone didn't leave me here all by myself!:)
Today I am offically starting the plan.Last week my eating was a little off (good for me but not right to the book) but I felt better already! Its amazing how nutritional food can make you feel.It could also be the mutli-vitamin that I have been taking.
Today is cardio for me.I did PUB yesterday but I am not sore yet.I will be going for a run outside.I have also been doing S,J&P abs.Boy, they are HARD!
I will check back later and hopefully I won't be the only one still here.
Lori:)
 
Hi Lori! I have not left you. My eating last week was not great at all. I'm very embarased to say that since I was so gung ho. Today is going to be my official day. I should have known better than to try to start this last week when I really needed to go to the grocery store to stock up on a few things. This week I am prepared. I weighed myself and am up a couple of pounds even though I did exercise consistently last week but it is probably water weight and this week is my TOTM. Lucky me. So far today has been great. I plan to do the PUB/PLB Premix and abs from Ab Hits and give it my all. My lower body really needs some help, that is why I am working it along with my UB. I tried on some shorts and tank tops at the store this weekend and talk about a wake up call. This is my motivation to lose some weight and tone up. Then if, I've been a good girl, and made some progress then I will reward myself with a couple of new spring outfits for Mother's Day.

Here are my meals for today:
1) Light & Fit Yogurt Smoothie and 3 slices of chicken breast deli
meat
2) Orange & string cheese
3&4) 1/2 wheat sub sandwich with lean roast beef & 1/2 slice light
swiss cheese
5) spaghetti w/meat sauce & side salad.

My sixth meal, if I get to it, is yet to be determined.

Have a good day!
Kristi
 
I hope you don't mind, but I'd love to join this group! Yesterday was a huge wake up call for me - I wore a pair of pants that used to be big on me - uh..yeah - not so big anymore. I stood sideways, looked in the mirror and wanted to cry! It was horrible. I like BFL since it's pretty easy to follow. I say that, but this is my 3rd attempt..I usually last 2 weeks, don't see any change, then get frustated and forget about it. So..this time will be different!
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Welcome aboard Gemini Girl! I'm hoping to stick with this for at least 4 weeks faithfully, if not longer, to see if this is what my body responds to. For me the hardest part is the concept of eating 6 meals a day and not worrying about counting calories. I worry that I eat too many calories to lose any weight, but my meals are smaller. I figure I will keep track of the calories to see what my average day's consumption is on BFL. I know a lot of people say calories in, calories out, which I think has merit. I mainly want to eat to keep my body healthy and strong and eliminate as much junk as I can. For me it may mean, if BFL does not work, that I have to eventually come up with my own eating plan by taking bits and pieces from fitness books & magazines and applying it to my lifestyle. Personally, I hope this works for me and I can do this longterm. This makes my second attempt to do BFL. Much like you after a couple of weeks I got frustrated by not seeing hardly any changes, slacked on planning my meals, and lost my motivation. We will see if this time will be different. Good luck!
 
Welcome Gemini Girl ! The more the merrier I say! :)
Kristi- I received an e-mail today from a girl who is doing BFL.She started at 136 lbs and she is 5'4".Same height as me.She is now down to 118-120 lbs( that was at the end of her first challenge).That is where I would like to be.She told me that you really start to see results after the 6th week so it may be a good idea if you stick around for that long.:) YOu don't want to give up at 4 weeks and then during the 6th week you read about us having tremendous success!:) Then you will be kicking yourself in the a$$.And if you don't see some small changes during the first two weeks, you may want to look at your protion sizes and see if they may be to big.I have to pay attention to mine to.I tend to go by what the box says is a portion instead of the size of my palm.
I think the planning of the meals may be my biggest problem.I am hoping that when I am on my days off, or if I have a little spare time,I can whip up a few dishes to get me through the week.
Anyway,I must go prepare meal #4.
Good luck ladies,
Lori
 
HI Kristi,
Today is offically my first day as well.I did start last wed and I felt good but I was picking at easter treats.For some reason I don't like starting things in the middle of the week.You diffently have to go to the grocery store before you begin and I think we will need to go at the beginning of every week as well.
Lori
 
Hi!

Hope you don't mind if I tag along? I am doing the Freestyle rotation for the exercise portion of BFL. This is also my 2nd time doing the challenge. The first time was 3 years ago and it was the best I have looked in my life. I really stuck to the diet like glue, and am hoping I can do it this time around as well. Today's menu:
egg beaters with cheese for breakfast
myoplex shake for snack
salad with chicken for lunch
myoplex shake for snack
steak, potatoes, green beans for dinner
myoplex bar for snack.

Last week was my first week and it went pretty well. I cheated a couple of times (a cookie or two).

Oh well, 1 down, 11 weeks to go.

- Shopgirl :)
 
Hello shopgirl! (love the name...)

I'm going to check out the freestyle rotation - I haven't heard of that yet. I'm excited to hear that you did the challenge before and completed it - I get very bored after 2 weeks, so I need support!

Yesterday was my first day and it went really well. I had lots of protein and myoplex shakes...
 
I haven't been around at all lately. Last Tues. my dobe had to have ER surgery for a life threatening episode (gastric torsion if anyone is familiar) and I kind of "checked out of life" mentally and physically for awhile. He's finally home safe and sound and I am slowly getting my act back together. Today's goal is just to actually eat on plan. I still have no energy for workouts. But no excuses for not eating right. I can only keep WW toast and light carbs down so I'll be eating more bread/crackers than usual, but at least mostly on plan. I was actually able to eat some CC this morning and keep it down so hopefully I won't be stressing myself to the point of nausea any more!

Hope everyone else is doing great.

Colleen
 
Hi everyone,

I didn't see a checkin dated for today, so I'm putting this here! I did PLB up only last night at about 8:00 pm, which is why I didn't get to post it yesterday! Tonight I did IMAX #2, intervals 6-10. I also tacked on the abs from Cardio & Weights. (WOW!) I'm going to admit that I've never done C&W in it's entirety, don't shoot.....What a great ab workout. Eating is still a work in progress, I ate lunch and dinner. (Leftover ham with sweet potatoes.) I did get to the store today, so I hope to have the grilled salmon from EFL tomorrow.
Keep up the good work everyone!

Tricia
 
Hi all- I would love to join this group. I started my first twelve week BFL challenge on March 1st. I stayed with it for the whole month of March, losing about 5 lbs. Then, for some reason, I blew it in April and haven't been able to get myself back on track. Part of the problem was that I was bored with the weight lifting so I think I will try to use the Cathe tapes for my weights and cardio. It seems like some of you do that. Would the pyramid tapes be the closest to the exercise plan in BFL? I haven't bought any yet, still trying to figure out what's best for me. Anyway, I am surprised to see cheese in some of your menus, I didn't think that was an approved food. Did I miss something?

Well, have a great night all!!
Jean
 
Hi all. I'd also like to join your little group. I started Eating for Life last week and am doing well keeping my journal on Fitday.com. I've also started a 4 week rotation with Cathe's Body Blast series. I'm in the middle of week one. Do I have to follow the instructions BFL gives for exercise or can I just do the workouts like I normally do? I'm glad to read it can take 6 weeks to kick in because I might get frustrated after a couple of weeks if I don't see anything happening. I'm 5'3" and 137 where I have been forever (so it seems) down from 169 2 years ago and I'd love to see 125 again. It's a struggle to get much lower. I hope this works.
Have a nice day and I hope to meet up with you all tomorrow.
 
Can i join? Would love too. Really need the discipline at the moment. Are we going to share our daily meal plans daily? And exercise routines daily? Are we going to stick to this one thread or do one daily? This is great. Ok, since I’m offickally starting now…my next meal is at 1pm and it will be whole wheat bagel, 4 chicken slices, cream cheese spread, about 400 cals and 28 g protein.

Will weigh in tomorrow with weight and bodyfat.

Then I will have protein shake 25g and some string cheese and apple.

W x
 
Everyone is welcome. It is great that so many people would like to do this. Gettingfit2004, following the Eating for Life and doing your own workouts is fine with me, no problems here.

My meals look like this: yogurt & string cheese; lean kielbasa, broccoli, & 1/2 baked potato; orange & string cheese; spaghetti and meatballs; grilled mesquite chicken breast, brown rice, & side salad. Has anyone else been having trouble with sweets. My cravings are horrible, but I am still trying to stick with the plan. Maybe by next week I will be able to kick it.

My workouts are going great. Monday was PUB/PLB Premix & abs, Tuesday was Imax 2 intervals 6-10. Tonight I plan to do PUB/PLB Premix & Abs again. Last night was a wake up call that I need to do interval work more often. I think eventually I will be doing all of either Imax or Imax 2.

Good luck today!

Kristi :) :)
 
Good Morning everyone!
Last night I did Imax 2 for my cardio. Is it just me or are segments 6-10 so much more fun than the first half? Anyway- I've been eating really well, but could probably use more vegetables. Overall it's been going good! I also find that I need something small to eat right before I workout, and it's easy to grab something unhealthy - because it's quick and it's ready to go. I had chicken and rice for dinner, and had a protein bar for my afternoon snack.

Tonight is PLB. I only do the exercises going up the pyramid - what about you guys?
 
Hi Again. Kristi and Gemini Girl.

I told you all yesterday I am doing the BB rotation but the only one I haven't been able to master is Step Blast so instead today I did Rhythmic Step. Fun, fun, fun. Tomorrow is Legs and Glutes.

Gemini Girl, yes, I find too Intervals 6-10 are a lot more fun and I think 1-5 someone drag out because we are anticipating the fun to come.

Yesterday I made the Singapore Shrimp in the Eating for Life cookbook and the family really enjoyed it. I've made a number of those recipes and they are excellent and pretty easy to make. I've heard the spagetti and meatballs are good and I am planning on making that today. I'm sure it will be another hit.

Kristi, sweets have never been my problem so I don't get those cravings but what I can't get myself to do is have that 6th meal - the "dessert" at the end of the day like he says to do in the book. Sometimes I feel that I am eating too much because I am not used to eating so many little meals in a day. When I add it up on Fitday, it comes pretty close to the 40/40/20 combination and the calories are around 1200-1300.
 
Hi gals. I also just posted on my original post that I made trying to recruit ya' all to join me in a BFL challenge!

I am sooooooo excited there are so many of us! Wow! :+

Well... as I posted in my other message I totally fell off the wagon! I just went back to work after a maternity leave, have a new boss, new job, new project and am SLAMMED! I have skipped 3 workouts since 4/5! uggghhhhhh! It is just so hard managing my job, new baby, 4 yr old, and DH! How can I find the time! I guess I will have to start getting up at 4:30!!!?????? x(

So...... I am going to OFFICIALLY start on 4/19! No if's and's or Butt's about it!!!!!

Here are my goald for this challenge:
1. Finish it 100%! I have started BFL so many times and have never finished a full 12 wks without starting over!
2. Lose 5% bodyfat
3. Fit into my size 6 and 8 pants COMFORTABLY! Right now I am finally back in my 10's and BARELY in some of the 8's so I have a LONG way to go!
4. Stay motivated!
5. Don't cheat.
6. Don't let one screw up blow the whole day/week!
7. Stay on the program all 6 days of the week!
8. Enjoy my free day's to the fullest!

I have found that for me the Free Day's are a life saver! Without them I really start to have too many cravings later on in the week and lose control.

For you new gals here are a few tips (I saw lots of questions on these topics)

Best Cathe Vids:
-PUB/PLB - They work PERFECT. Cathe does sets of 12-10-8-10-12, I do 12-10-8-6-12 so basicly when she decreases wt at the 2nd 10 rep set I increase.
-Imax 1&2, MIC, Step Blast (using the Blast sections at the end)

I also like to incorporate 1 total body workout into my routine at least every other week. I usually do it on Friday and do BootCamp, Viper (parts of it) or something similar.

Lately I have been using the Supersets vid and I love it! I think my body responds best to a combo of strength and endurance workouts. On some days I just don't feel strong enough to lift the heavy weight that BFL calls for. On some days I think I am getting better benefit with a lighter wt and higher rep. As some of the other gals posted S&H works well for some too. I think I might use it in a 4 wk rotation for wks 4-8.

Get the Eating for Life book! There are soooooo many recipes in there that have really helped DH and I eat healthy since we had the baby. Be careful of some of them tho as they have some unauthorized foods.

Get the Success Journal if you can! I think for me writing down my goals and being accountable to myself every single day and having to write on the big page that I skipped a workout is torture in itself. It sure motivates me to get my butt out of bed the next morning.

Take your pics often! Sometimes you won't feel like you are making progress, and the scale isn't moving. But you look at your pics and there is a HUGE difference! It truly motivates me. Plus it motivates me in the opposite direction if there is no change b/c I know I have to focus and get serious more!

If you get tired of the EAS bars try the Promax Chocolate Fudge bars! They are sooooo good. I sware they taste like a Chocolate fudge! They do have higher sugar so I try not to eat more than 1 a day! But they are much better than a real piece of chocolate. They have 20 grams of protein and are a true meal replacement for me.

I order all my EAS supplements on www.Netrition.com They literally are like 1/2 the price of GNC etc. Plus their product is super fresh and I have NEVER had a problem with them!

Hope these tips help!

I can't wait to get to know you all! I promise to try and not disappear again!

p.s. A very good friend of mine WON BFL 2 years ago for the age 33-39 age group. She is a true testament that we can do this thing! She was a new mom to a 5 month old when she started her challenge. She went from a size 14/16 to a size 4! Today she looks absolutely fabulous and is preggo with baby #2!
 
FitNut – thanks for all the wonderful tips. I’m so excited I have a support group –this 12 weeks will be challenging, but it will be worth it. The fact that your friend won the challenge is a huge motivator.

I did PLB with just the up pyramid, but I like the way you did the entire thing, just modifying it for BFL. I’m going to try that starting tomorrow (today I have cardio). I love IMAX2 but don’t want to always use it for every cardio day, so I’ll have to combine some of the cardio from CTX to change it up a bit.

I do have the journal, and have begun this BFL thing so many times, I’ve been taping paper over the pages I’ve used before! : ) Too bad the pages are blank after day 14, so no problem there! Ha!

I often worry about the cheat day. The first time I tried BFL, my cheat day began on Friday night with a chocolate martini and continued through Sunday with pizza for dinner. (If any of you are from Chicago – all I have to say is Pequods Pizza rocks). Then the second time I tried BFL I avoided all cheat days because I didn’t want to give into one day for fear it would lead to consecutive cheat days. So, you’re right – this time, I will enjoy them but not go crazy. It’s easier to be “good” at work since food isn’t just sitting at my desk, but at home – I tend to wander into the kitchen because I can.

Anyway – have a wonderful day everyone and I’ll catch up with you later!
*remember what Cathe says – “YES YOU CAN!!!!”
 
gettingfit2004

Step blast will get easier, just keep trying. Your recipes sound great, keep up the great work. I hope you are enjoying body for life.

Debbie :D
 
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