Body for Life

Anyone doing this?
Can you fill me in on everything about it?

WOW! I am surprised no one is doing it.
Well I have started it so I will let you all know how it goes!

I am doing it.
Basically it works- but it takes a lot of work in the beginning.
It's 6 small meals a day- at least one of these meals I am using a BFL bar or shake....
A typical day for me:

Soy Yogurt with Bran/Flax granola mixed in

Shake

egg salad (i whole egg + 2 egg whites) with 2 pieces of flat bread & carrots

carrot & string cheese

Bar

Dinner- chicken breast, salad & sweet or baked potato

for excercise I do:

3 times a week- 20 minutes of cardio
2-3 times a week- weight training/yoga

I've been doing it for about 5 weeks and have lost 11 pounds.

Dina that is fantastic and inspiring!
Thank you for sharing that info with me!!

you are very welcome
I've been slacking off a little- haven't gained weight
but made sure this week I am 100%

I do my cardio in the morning on an empty stomach and my weights when I get home from work (I don't want to wake up early EVERY morning)...

Holy crap!
I have already lost two pounds!

WOO HOO!

yeah girl!
good for you!
this is a great way of eating....
and exercising.
what are you doing for your cardio?
are you doing your weights too?
are you doing in the house or are you doing them at the gym?

For cardio I am doing 15 minutes on the eliptical machine. Then I go and do some weights for another half hour.
I do this two mornings in a row then take a day off, then two days in a row and so on and so forth.
I am following the set menu on body for life and it's pretty good!
I bought the bars and the shakes...I like the bars, not LOVIN the shakes though.

I like the bars.
what flavor shakes do you have?
DH likes vanilla but I HATE them... I can do the chocolate ONLY- and they have to be iced cold

are you doing the mix or the pre-made drinks.. i use pre-made.

I do 20 minutes of cardio 3-4 times a week and then the weights on different day...
I'm actually going to start doing weights right now.


check out recipe section- just made a chicken recipe and it is SICKLY good.

We got the prte-made chocolate fudge shake. I liked it the first time but the second time was so hard to swallow. Maybe you are onto something though...the second time it was not right out of the fridge. I will give it one more shot with it being ICE cold!


Tonight we substituted one of the meals and made another one..a rosemary chicken with whole wheat spaghetti.
If you get a chance...give it a try!

are you using recipes from somewhere?
I am doing the it on eDiets
some of the meals are blech (like shrimp in a can)

I am getting recipe's directly from the body for life web site.
BFL Recipe's

I just weighed myself this morning...another 1/2 pound. Thats three pounds in a 9 days....I am so very excited.
Yesterday was my off day for working out and I STILL lost a half of pound.

This is an easy system...I can see myself sticking with it.
Ok off to the gym

You should really read the book. You're supposed to have 6 small meals a day, each with a portion of protein and a portion of quality carbs - meaning whole wheat bread instead of white, brown rice instead of rice, etc. A typical day for me when I was doing BFL was the following:

BREAKFAST: 2 egg scrambled egg whites on whole wheat toast

MID MORNING: Cottage cheese on rice cakes or with melon or yogurt

LUNCH: Tuna sandwich with lettuce and tomato on whole wheat bread (turkey is good too)

MID AFTERNOON: usually Balance Bar

DINNER: Small piece of chicken breast or steak (supposed to be the size of the palm of your hand), baked potato (size of your fist) and vegetable like spinach or peas or something not too starchy.

EVENING SNACK: I didn't usually get this in because it was too late in the day.

You're supposed to exercise 6 days a week, breaking up the weight training and the cardio so that you're doing something active each day. the book goes into detail about how your body uses the food you're eating for general maintenance and muscle building.

The 7th day you have off, no exercise and eat whatever you want.

You can modify the program, but it works much much better if you follow it to a tee.

I bought the book and it is really informative. At this point we are in the middle of moving and trying to stick to any plan is hard. I did like it a lot, though, and plan to get back on it as soon as we are settled. It does require a lot of planning, mainly because I work in a neighborhood that does not offer much in terms of decent food, so I have to have everything ready far in advance. At the moment I can't even find my shoes.

Anyway, I really recommend the Eating For Life book. It has lots of good recipes and meal ideas.

I do the six small meals a day
that is very difficult to do but with planning and bringing the food to work it can be done....

I LOVE the soy yogurt.... I mix in a little bran granoloa with flax in it (very healthy)...


You also can have apple/cheese (apple has the carbs in it) as a mini meal- i find the apples you buy in the bag are the correct size (not the gigantic ones).

I do my cardio in the morning and my weights at night.

Last night I did arms & abs.

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Posted by usuk2004

You should really read the book. You're supposed to have 6 small meals a day, each with a portion of protein and a portion of quality carbs - meaning whole wheat bread instead of white, brown rice instead of rice, etc. A typical day for me when I was doing BFL was the following:

You're supposed to exercise 6 days a week, breaking up the weight training and the cardio so that you're doing something active each day. the book goes into detail about how your body uses the food you're eating for general maintenance and muscle building.

You can modify the program, but it works much much better if you follow it to a tee.

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Message edited 5/25/2005 11:12:17 AM.

I think i need to look at the website.

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Posted by Sassyz75

You also can have apple/cheese (apple has the carbs in it) as a mini meal- i find the apples you buy in the bag are the correct size (not the gigantic ones).

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Posted by usuk2004

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Posted by Sassyz75

You also can have apple/cheese (apple has the carbs in it) as a mini meal- i find the apples you buy in the bag are the correct size (not the gigantic ones).

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I'm not sure I would eat cheese... The fat content is way too high...

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I use the string cheese as a snack too Dina!
Yummy!