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"Dropped 21" wrote
What I don't understand is my brother, who does Body For Life tells me the white potato is a perfect food and o, the wonders of the potato. On the other hand - i think the white potato is an evil little spud to be avoided. What's the deal?? Actually, your brother is right. Studies have shows that potatoes are so full of nutrients that you could live for an awfully long time eating nothing but. It's only evil if you eat anything else ... sort of like guns being evil only if they have bullets. ;-) |
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"Dropped 21" wrote
What I don't understand is my brother, who does Body For Life tells me the white potato is a perfect food and o, the wonders of the potato. On the other hand - i think the white potato is an evil little spud to be avoided. What's the deal?? Actually, your brother is right. Studies have shows that potatoes are so full of nutrients that you could live for an awfully long time eating nothing but. It's only evil if you eat anything else ... sort of like guns being evil only if they have bullets. ;-) |
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Thanks, Tonya!
"Tonya" wrote I did body for life for about 3 months. I was successful at it until I got tired of preparing 5-6 meals a day and working out. If you can be hard on yourself and you love to work out then it will probably work for you. Meals consist of a portion of carbs and a portion of protein 5-6 times per day. Can you follow the lo-carb approach with this program? .Workouts consist of 3 days a week cardio for 20-30 minutes and weightlifting 3 other days for 45 minutes. Sunday is a free day where you can eat anything you want and no exercise. There are food restrictions. Hmm, I'll have to have a look at those exercises. Do you remember what kind of cardio routines are suggested? |
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Thanks, Tonya!
"Tonya" wrote I did body for life for about 3 months. I was successful at it until I got tired of preparing 5-6 meals a day and working out. If you can be hard on yourself and you love to work out then it will probably work for you. Meals consist of a portion of carbs and a portion of protein 5-6 times per day. Can you follow the lo-carb approach with this program? .Workouts consist of 3 days a week cardio for 20-30 minutes and weightlifting 3 other days for 45 minutes. Sunday is a free day where you can eat anything you want and no exercise. There are food restrictions. Hmm, I'll have to have a look at those exercises. Do you remember what kind of cardio routines are suggested? |
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"SomeGuy" wrote in message ... Thanks, Tonya! "Tonya" wrote I did body for life for about 3 months. I was successful at it until I got tired of preparing 5-6 meals a day and working out. If you can be hard on yourself and you love to work out then it will probably work for you. Meals consist of a portion of carbs and a portion of protein 5-6 times per day. Can you follow the lo-carb approach with this program? its worth a shot, but I dont know for sure. .Workouts consist of 3 days a week cardio for 20-30 minutes and weightlifting 3 other days for 45 minutes. Sunday is a free day where you can eat anything you want and no exercise. There are food restrictions. Hmm, I'll have to have a look at those exercises. Do you remember what kind of cardio routines are suggested? anything really that gets your heart rate going. I just did the treadmill for 30 minutes 3 days per week. If I were to do it now (i am happy with Atkins) I would do eliptacle. But seriously, you could swim, or jog or even just walk around the block at a good pace for 30 minutes and that would be sufficient. good luck, Tonya www.lowcarbcrew.com |
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"SomeGuy" wrote in message ... Thanks, Tonya! "Tonya" wrote I did body for life for about 3 months. I was successful at it until I got tired of preparing 5-6 meals a day and working out. If you can be hard on yourself and you love to work out then it will probably work for you. Meals consist of a portion of carbs and a portion of protein 5-6 times per day. Can you follow the lo-carb approach with this program? its worth a shot, but I dont know for sure. .Workouts consist of 3 days a week cardio for 20-30 minutes and weightlifting 3 other days for 45 minutes. Sunday is a free day where you can eat anything you want and no exercise. There are food restrictions. Hmm, I'll have to have a look at those exercises. Do you remember what kind of cardio routines are suggested? anything really that gets your heart rate going. I just did the treadmill for 30 minutes 3 days per week. If I were to do it now (i am happy with Atkins) I would do eliptacle. But seriously, you could swim, or jog or even just walk around the block at a good pace for 30 minutes and that would be sufficient. good luck, Tonya www.lowcarbcrew.com |
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Tonya wrote:
|| "SomeGuy" wrote in message || ... ||| Thanks, Tonya! ||| ||| "Tonya" wrote |||| I did body for life for about 3 months. I was successful at it |||| until I got |||| tired of preparing 5-6 meals a day and working out. If you can be |||| hard on yourself and you love to work out then it will probably |||| work for you. Meals consist of a portion of carbs and a portion of |||| protein 5-6 times per day. ||| ||| Can you follow the lo-carb approach with this program? || || its worth a shot, but I dont know for sure. Sure you can. ||| |||| .Workouts consist of 3 days a week cardio for 20-30 minutes and |||| weightlifting 3 other days for 45 minutes. Sunday is a free day |||| where you can eat anything you want and no exercise. There are |||| food restrictions. ||| ||| Hmm, I'll have to have a look at those exercises. Do you remember ||| what kind ||| of cardio routines are suggested? || || anything really that gets your heart rate going. I just did the || treadmill for 30 minutes 3 days per week. If I were to do it now (i || am happy with Atkins) I would do eliptacle. But seriously, you could || swim, or jog or even just walk around the block at a good pace for || 30 minutes and that would be sufficient. The BFL book that I have has the author's version of HIIT in it. There, you are instructed to ramp up the intensity in intervals, not just go at a good pace. Because of that, not all activities are as good as others. For example, if you are heavy, joggin may create too much stress on the joints. However, stationary bike riding would not. |
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"Sprgtime" wrote in message ... "SomeGuy" wrote in message ... I was corresponding with a fellow who had started the Body for Life program about a year ago. This middle-age guy went from a size 40" to a size 32" in just over a year. I've managed to drop three inches in the same period of time, but have stalled big time. I'm wondering if anyone else here is familiar with the program and can provide some additional input. My brother does Body for Life. I did it a year or two ago. It seemed like too much protein for me, and I have trouble eating that often (it didn't matter that they were very small portions). i agree completely. More than the actual eating it was a pain to have to think about what your going to prepare to eat in the next 3 hours. So your constantly thinking about food which I think is a bad thing anyway. I did like the idea of a "free" day every week where you can eat anything you want, and he even encouraged you to have all the stuff you'd been missing. Whenever I wanted something, I'd even write it in my notebook - brownies, ice cream, cookies, etc. and make sure I got them all on my free day. But in reality, doing that made me feel worse the next two days so it was like I was losing progress. Didn't have much success with it, but I can see how others would like it. My success with low carb has been closely tied to regulating my blood sugar levels. I did the exact same thing. too funny. This free day I think makes you feel deprived for the rest of the week so you gorge when the time comes. Again, thinking about what your going to eat on that free day can not be a healthy mindset. I thought the exercise tips with Body for Life were very good. I do think they're a little too "high-impact" for somebody with a ton of extra weight on them, though. I learned a lot about exercising from this book. He goes about explaining the different exercises in great detail. I just have no desire to devote my life to exercise. My brother has toyed with the idea of doing a more Atkins type of BforL, but he doesn't want to lose out on his "free" day. I personally think having a repeating weekly cheat day made it a much more difficult plan to stick to. With the way I eat now, I don't crave that junk anymore, which is the best solution, imo. Would Atkins work with a free day? I would think it would kick you right out of ketosis. Worth a try I guess. hugs, Tonya www.lowcarbcrew.com -- |
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"Sprgtime" wrote in message ... "SomeGuy" wrote in message ... I was corresponding with a fellow who had started the Body for Life program about a year ago. This middle-age guy went from a size 40" to a size 32" in just over a year. I've managed to drop three inches in the same period of time, but have stalled big time. I'm wondering if anyone else here is familiar with the program and can provide some additional input. My brother does Body for Life. I did it a year or two ago. It seemed like too much protein for me, and I have trouble eating that often (it didn't matter that they were very small portions). i agree completely. More than the actual eating it was a pain to have to think about what your going to prepare to eat in the next 3 hours. So your constantly thinking about food which I think is a bad thing anyway. I did like the idea of a "free" day every week where you can eat anything you want, and he even encouraged you to have all the stuff you'd been missing. Whenever I wanted something, I'd even write it in my notebook - brownies, ice cream, cookies, etc. and make sure I got them all on my free day. But in reality, doing that made me feel worse the next two days so it was like I was losing progress. Didn't have much success with it, but I can see how others would like it. My success with low carb has been closely tied to regulating my blood sugar levels. I did the exact same thing. too funny. This free day I think makes you feel deprived for the rest of the week so you gorge when the time comes. Again, thinking about what your going to eat on that free day can not be a healthy mindset. I thought the exercise tips with Body for Life were very good. I do think they're a little too "high-impact" for somebody with a ton of extra weight on them, though. I learned a lot about exercising from this book. He goes about explaining the different exercises in great detail. I just have no desire to devote my life to exercise. My brother has toyed with the idea of doing a more Atkins type of BforL, but he doesn't want to lose out on his "free" day. I personally think having a repeating weekly cheat day made it a much more difficult plan to stick to. With the way I eat now, I don't crave that junk anymore, which is the best solution, imo. Would Atkins work with a free day? I would think it would kick you right out of ketosis. Worth a try I guess. hugs, Tonya www.lowcarbcrew.com -- |
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"SomeGuy" wrote in message ...
I was corresponding with a fellow who had started the Body for Life program about a year ago. This middle-age guy went from a size 40" to a size 32" in just over a year. I've managed to drop three inches in the same period of time, but have stalled big time. I'm wondering if anyone else here is familiar with the program and can provide some additional input. Thanks! If you decide to follow the Body For Life program do yourself a favor a nd buy the cookbook. It has loads of great recipes. I do the low carb thing and i find the cookbook to be invaluable.By the way, I don't have any financial interest in the book or the program just really, really liked the book. |
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