Maintenance

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, have faith! God will take you through this. I pray for you that they will find the reason for your dizziness, that it is fixable. God be with you! mary w from Oz

Maintenance

Hi girls! I measured yesterday afternoon and weighed myself after aweek. I am down to 154 lbs now and I can slide my big butt into a size8. It is tight but I was able to do it. I am happy right now because Ihave "officially" lost 50 lbs since the end of October. I did well withstarting out with Bodyflex but the major differences came withLifelift. I am in a really good mood today even though I have ahypoglycemia test in a little bit. I hate having blood drawn and theneedles. Ugh! I have been feeling a bit lightheaded and dizzy lately.My blood sugar is way down even though I am eating a lot and eating theright foods. This is something that I have to monitor weekly and latelya few times a week. So I am going in for some testing this afternoondue to my doctor's wishes. I am going to try to maintain for awhileuntil we figure out what is going on with my body. Wish me luck!Thanks,Michele

[Guest guest]

, good luck today when you go to the doctor. I pray all will be

okay, and " BIG " Congrats on your loss!!

Maintenance

> Hi girls! I measured yesterday afternoon and weighed myself after a

> week. I am down to 154 lbs now and I can slide my big butt into a size

> 8. It is tight but I was able to do it. I am happy right now because I

> have " officially " lost 50 lbs since the end of October. I did well with

> starting out with Bodyflex but the major differences came with

> Lifelift. I am in a really good mood today even though I have a

> hypoglycemia test in a little bit. I hate having blood drawn and the

> needles. Ugh! I have been feeling a bit lightheaded and dizzy lately.

> My blood sugar is way down even though I am eating a lot and eating the

> right foods. This is something that I have to monitor weekly and lately

> a few times a week. So I am going in for some testing this afternoon

> due to my doctor's wishes. I am going to try to maintain for awhile

> until we figure out what is going on with my body. Wish me luck!

>

> Thanks,

> Michele

>

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Wow, Michele,

I hope your blood draw was ok for you. My wish for you today is that soon you won't have these problems at all.

You are amazing. What great news about your losses. You painted quite a lovely picture here. I love it!

I have complete faith in you that you can do anything you want for yourself. You can overcome the odds and be the best possible Michele.

You are just so wonderful! I am really impressed with the commitment you gave to getting where you are.

Take care,

Rashelle

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Hi girls! I measured yesterday afternoon and weighed myself after aweek. I am down to 154 lbs now and I can slide my big butt into a size8. It is tight but I was able to do it. I am happy right now because Ihave "officially" lost 50 lbs since the end of October. I did well withstarting out with Bodyflex but the major differences came withLifelift. I am in a really good mood today even though I have ahypoglycemia test in a little bit. I hate having blood drawn and theneedles. Ugh! I have been feeling a bit lightheaded and dizzy lately.My blood sugar is way down even though I am eating a lot and eating theright foods. This is something that I have to monitor weekly and latelya few times a week. So I am going in for some testing this afternoondue to my doctor's wishes. I am going to try to maintain for awhileuntil we figure out what is going on with my body. Wish me luck!Thanks,Michele

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Hi guys! Well I survived the blood tests yesterday and I must say my

arms look like I am a heroine addict or something. It's hard to find

veins in my arms so I got a couple of extra pricks. Ugh! I'm still not

sure what is causing my blood sugar to rise and fall so much but it was

pretty low yesterday. I have been eating the right foods and I am not

skipping meals. I told my doctor that I usually carry a snack around

with me as well. One thing is that my body does need time to catch up

with all the inch and weight loss so I need to take a breather from all

of the exercise that I do. It's time just to maintain for awhile and

let my body heal a little bit more. Then we will have a better idea of

what is going. Well I need to get back to work.

Have a great day!

Michele

[Guest guest]

Hi Michele, glad you survived the tests :-) Am trusting God all is OK and you can get back to "breathing" soon. Am also thankful you beat your eating disorder. CONGRATULATIONS! You and Tami are special people and I'm so happy you both made the changes you did. I'm sure it wasn't easy. But praise God, you did it! My love to you both.

{{{HUGS}}} & God bless, Bonnie

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Hi Michele,

I am so grateful that you let us know how you are. I am glad to know that you are going to take it easy for awhile. Sometimes that is the best thing to do. Rest can be what your body needs to heal.

You will be in my prayers.

Rashelle

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Re:Maintenance

Hi guys! Well I survived the blood tests yesterday and I must say myarms look like I am a heroine addict or something. It's hard to findveins in my arms so I got a couple of extra pricks. Ugh! I'm still notsure what is causing my blood sugar to rise and fall so much but it waspretty low yesterday. I have been eating the right foods and I am notskipping meals. I told my doctor that I usually carry a snack aroundwith me as well. One thing is that my body does need time to catch upwith all the inch and weight loss so I need to take a breather from allof the exercise that I do. It's time just to maintain for awhile andlet my body heal a little bit more. Then we will have a better idea ofwhat is going. Well I need to get back to work.Have a great day!Michele

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Michele,

Congratulations on your weight loss! You are doing so fantastic and reading

your story is very motivating. Thanks and good for you!

Maggie

[Guest guest]

For me, BFL is BFL. I continue with the same princpals and do keep

varying my routines every 4 weeks. There are various lifting

principals and styles you can play around with also, although I've

found following the BFL plan to the letter, has gotten me the best

results. I've done some Pyramid lifting and Slow and Heavy rotations

and then gone back to straight BFL by the book in between.

Colleen

> so at what point do you decide to do maintenance and do you still

> change up your routine every month or so? I still have pounds to

> lose (I'd like to lose another 15) but since I'm working out at

home,

> I'm at the max my hands can hold with the dumbells. I know I can

> switch to barbells but I'll eventually run into the same problem.

> steph

[Guest guest]

Me too. BFL is BFL. I don't want to lose weight but do wish to

keep/gain muscle so I keep doing BFL. I do different workouts(one set

of bodyparts a week, shoulders twice, abs every other day) but the

food is about the same. I do a little more than a fist for carbs and

protein but they're still about equal. For me, after being on BFL for

a while(over a year)I mostly just wanted to take up bodybuilding but

the same principles of BFL still apply. So, wherever you wish to take

it you can now that you have all the tools to do it.

If you max what your hands can hold increase the intensity instead.

Keep the muscle as tense and contracted as you can all the way up and

all the way down. You'll feel like you are lifting way more weight

than you really are. Or for biceps you can do 21s using a barbell or

ez bar. You will have to use lighter weight for this anyway but it

will really kick start your bicep growth if you feel you're going

stale.

Stasia

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I wish. That was not the case for me. As soon as I started slacking

off a bit, I started to pack the pounds back on. I have to work

every bit as hard to maintain as I do to lose. That's just the way

my body works. I'm sure that's not the case for everyone. The only

thing easier about maintaining, at least for me, is the mental

aspect. It's easier for me to stay on the wagon when I already look

great, because I love looking that way and don't want to lose it, so

I think twice about having that donut. When I'm at a heavier weight,

I tend to reationalize and be fatalistic and think, " Well, I'm

already fat, might as well have that. "

Dani

>

> Covert (Fit or Fat) says that once you meet your goals, it

takes half

> of that work to maintain. I think this is a ballpark figure, but it

makes

> sense.

>

>

> Kristi

> Camano Island

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---Dani..I am soo like you..so I will just say..what you said. I have

to be very very careful once I get to where I want to be. but just

simply following bfl by the book helps me maintain..but I have never

really totally been where I want to be I guess. what I should say is

I have never really been happy with my body..but this time

around..umm..yeah..I will do better! I was doing really really good

following bfl and stayin a size 10 almost an 8 until I changed my

eating to low carb and no free days...and well..we all know what

happened there don't we...lol.

yeah..and the last line you said..that is me for sure!

Kathi

WHELLOOOO from the world below!

In , " Dani " <run_girl_la@y...>

wrote:

> I wish. That was not the case for me. As soon as I started

slacking

> off a bit, I started to pack the pounds back on. I have to work

> every bit as hard to maintain as I do to lose. That's just the way

> my body works. I'm sure that's not the case for everyone. The

only

> thing easier about maintaining, at least for me, is the mental

> aspect. It's easier for me to stay on the wagon when I already

look

> great, because I love looking that way and don't want to lose it,

so

> I think twice about having that donut. When I'm at a heavier

weight,

> I tend to reationalize and be fatalistic and think, " Well, I'm

> already fat, might as well have that. "

>

> Dani

>

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Covert (Fit or Fat) says that once you meet your goals, it

> takes half

> > of that work to maintain. I think this is a ballpark figure, but

it

> makes

> > sense.

> >

> >

> > Kristi

> > Camano Island

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Stasia

What do you do for abs? This is my weakest area and was wondering what

you do every other day for this area?

Thanks!

Cali

> Me too. BFL is BFL. I don't want to lose weight but do wish to

> keep/gain muscle so I keep doing BFL. I do different workouts(one set

> of bodyparts a week, shoulders twice, abs every other day) but the

> food is about the same. I do a little more than a fist for carbs and

> protein but they're still about equal. For me, after being on BFL for

> a while(over a year)I mostly just wanted to take up bodybuilding but

> the same principles of BFL still apply. So, wherever you wish to take

> it you can now that you have all the tools to do it.

>

> If you max what your hands can hold increase the intensity instead.

> Keep the muscle as tense and contracted as you can all the way up and

> all the way down. You'll feel like you are lifting way more weight

> than you really are. Or for biceps you can do 21s using a barbell or

> ez bar. You will have to use lighter weight for this anyway but it

> will really kick start your bicep growth if you feel you're going

> stale.

>

> Stasia

[Guest guest]

Crunches, I don't even count them, I just do them till they burn like

the fires of Hades. It takes a while to exhaust them like this then I

stretch them out then start all over. Also reverse crunches on a

decline bench, hanging knee raises, and seated Vs where you sit on

the end of a bench and make a V out of your body. For obliques I do

twisting bicycles till it burns, I don't count these either. Abs are

hard to tire so make sure you punish them enough.

Stasia

[Guest guest]

Once you get all healthy and fit and ripped looking, obviously you can't stop or

you would go right back to square one. People always ask about maintenance and

what you do to stop losing weight, like that might be problematic. :-) Here's

something I sent somebody earlier today.

~~~

Maintenance is easy! Most people don't need any help at all with it. They do it

accidentally half way through their challenge and call it a plateau. Basically,

all you have to do is screw up a little here and there - an extra piece of

bread, a handful of M & Ms at work, a few big spoonfuls of peanut butter, free

weekends instead of free days - and voila! Maintenance!

Seriously though, in order to maintain your new body you have to keep on keeping

on. Maintenance is just more of the same. You may be able to throw in an extra

free meal, or be more flexible with your carb choices, or increase your portion

sizes slightly. It's a matter of seeing how much you can get away with and keep

your body. If you do something that causes you to gain weight, you just knock it

off and go back to basic BFL until you're where you want to be... then you start

seeing what you can get away with again. It's kinda fun. :-)

shrinking - Lia

The only thing that worries me now is that should I stop this eating

program and exercise 6 days a week, will I end up weighing more than

when I originally started? Somehow I think the weight would come

back VERY quickly.

K

[Guest guest]

Maintenance is easy. Most people don't need any help at all with it.

They do it accidentally half way through their challenge and call it a

plateau. Basically, all you have to do is screw up a little here and

there - an extra piece of bread, a handful of M & Ms at work, a few big

spoonfuls of peanut butter, free weekends instead of free days - and

voila! Maintenance!

Seriously though, in order to maintain your new body you have to keep

on keeping on. Maintenance is just more of the same. You may be able

to throw in an extra free meal, or be more flexible with your carb

choices, or increase your portion sizes slightly. It's a matter of

seeing how much you can get away with and keep your body. If you do

something that causes you to gain weight, you just knock it off and go

back to basics until you're where you want to be... then you start

seeing what you can get away with again. It's kinda fun.

When you reach your weight and body fat goals, a good maintenance goal

is to become active enough to eat and burn _____ however many calories

a day, fill in the blank. If you're average size, maybe 2,000. If

you're very petite, maybe 1,700-1,800 and you can be a lot more

flexible with those calories. You can actually eat bread and pizza and

chocolate, but you have to do it within the framework of your program

and your goals, and (BIG important point here) you have to be active

enough to break even instead of gaining. You may even have to be

*more* active than you are on BFL.

If you go to the Hussman BMR calculator, it will give you the

estimated number of calories you burn in a day with energetic daily

workouts. That's your ballpark maintenance number. The true number may

be a couple of hundred calories either way, but it will give you a

starting point:

http://www.hussmanfitness.org/bmrcalc.htm

If there have ever been any activities you've wanted to try,

maintenance is a great time to look into them. If you're doing

something because it's fun you're likely to keep doing it and not feel

like it's punishment. Martial arts was my thing. Other people become

yoga or aerobics instructors or personal trainers. Some people train

for marathons or join teams or take dance lessons. You might take up

rock climbing or horseback riding or rollerblading or power lifting.

The point is, you need to find some kind of sport or activity that

makes you really happy, something you can't wait to get to. If you

have that, you'll make it. You'll be healthy and active and able to

enjoy your food options. If your " sport " is dieting and watching your

weight, you'll always be in dangerous territory.

> Hi all, I'd really like to hear from those of you who are out there

maintaining your weight/bodyfat %.

>

> I brought up the issue of maintenance (or lack thereof) before and Joni told

me that EFL is the maintenance program. Well, it's not, it's just a bunch of

recipes.

>

> Is it just a matter of increasing calories? Increasing free meals? HIIT

2x/week or what? Weights 2x/week?

>

> The reason I'm asking is because I'm going on vacation next week and my goal

is to maintain. I realize that I'll have to be flexible, and I will be, and I'm

not going to worry about things too much.

>

> But then it got me really thinking about BFL and maintaining my new bodyfat

%. I still want to lose, but I want to start thinking about how I'm going to

hold steady. And I'm sure many of us want to take a day or two here and there

and just practice maintaining. Or do a week of maintenance, then get back to

the lower body fat goals. You know, not all or none. Or even the week or two

between challenges.

>

> I was able to accomplish that very well with weight watchers (back away

Joni), but I'm not seeing how to do it with this program. So, your input is

greatly appreciated (you too Joni).

>

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

A lot of you are talking about how when you ate more, you lost. But I am too

scared to do that. I am beginning my second week of maintenance and I have

already had to do 2 steak days. Like a lot of you, Im not quite sure what to

expect when I weigh myself in the morning. Would any of you on maintenance be

willing to send me what exactly you eat on a typical day so I could get an idea

of what I should be doing or what I am doing wrong? I would so gretaly

appreciate this!!! Thank you!

> >

> > Is it possible to do 2 steak days in a row? And how are some of you guyz

losing weight on the maintenance phase? I am on that phase right now and I wish

I could be losing weight too!! Whats your secret???

> >

>

[Guest guest]

1. You have to understand everybody is different with what works for them.

Keep a daily food diary it helps you look back & see what might be a problem for you

2. Buy a 'HCG weight loss cure guide' by Prinster It has a food guide in it to tell you what's allowed every phase of the diet (it's my HCG Bible I take it with me everywhere)

3. Read all food labels when grocery shopping.

Protein - BEST, Fiber - Good, Fat - OK, Sugar & Starch NO-little, if any

**I eat a protein bacon, sausage, eggs (deviled eggs, omelets), or string cheese with a fruit (anything except mango, & melons) for breakfast

**I eat a salad once a day. (Lg chef salad with ham, cheese, dressing, bacon bits, sunflower seeds, seasonings, melba toast or grissini sticks crushed for croutons. or just a sm side salad with my lunch or dinner

**All meat is good the higher in protein the better, the lower the fat even better (super lean ground beef etc)

**Pork Rinds (all protein & a little fat) & Homemade Peach Salsa (all fruit & veggies) is my favorite snack lately

other snacks Apples w/ Peanut Butter, Fresh fruits & veggies, Almonds, Peanuts, Jerky

Sugar Free & Fat Free Jello/Pudding/Popcicles (I only allow myself 1 of these per day)

Main thing is... I eat when i'm hungry. 6-7x a day, even if it's just a small handful of nuts or a fruit/veggie. even a popcicle/jello or pudding.

I get at least 1500-1700 calories a day... any less I noticed I gain the next day.

Hope this helps... Good Luck

From: hotpotato_10 <hotpotato_10@...>Subject: Maintenance Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 8:37 AM

A lot of you are talking about how when you ate more, you lost. But I am too scared to do that. I am beginning my second week of maintenance and I have already had to do 2 steak days. Like a lot of you, Im not quite sure what to expect when I weigh myself in the morning. Would any of you on maintenance be willing to send me what exactly you eat on a typical day so I could get an idea of what I should be doing or what I am doing wrong? I would so gretaly appreciate this!!! Thank you!> >> > Is it possible to do 2 steak days in a row? And how are some of you guyz losing weight on the maintenance phase? I am on that phase right now and I wish I could be losing weight too!! Whats your secret???> >>

[Guest guest]

Just started on phase 3, my 3 day today and am eating exactly as Pam wrote below. So far so good...Up one pound today, but I think it may be because I had two sugar free popsicles last night just before bedtime and awoke several times during the night thirsty as all get out and loaded up on water.

From: hotpotato_10 <hotpotato_10@...>Subject: Maintenance Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 8:37 AM

A lot of you are talking about how when you ate more, you lost. But I am too scared to do that. I am beginning my second week of maintenance and I have already had to do 2 steak days. Like a lot of you, Im not quite sure what to expect when I weigh myself in the morning. Would any of you on maintenance be willing to send me what exactly you eat on a typical day so I could get an idea of what I should be doing or what I am doing wrong? I would so gretaly appreciate this!!! Thank you!> >> > Is it possible to do 2 steak days in a row? And how are some of you guyz losing weight on the maintenance phase? I am on that phase right now and I wish I could be losing weight too!! Whats your secret???> >>

[Guest guest]

The steak day worked! I lost two pounds on the nose. That was yesterday. This

morning I am down .6 of a pound from my last injection weight. I lowered my

calories to around 1500 and that seems to work for me. I'm sure that it is

different for everyone. The trick is to watch the scale and keep a list of

everything you eat. Count the calories so that you can look back and see whether

you need to increase or decrease to stabilize your weight. The info of 11x my

weight was way to much for me but might work for someone else.

Deborah

> > >

> > > Is it possible to do 2 steak days in a row? And how are some of you guyz

losing weight on the maintenance phase? I am on that phase right now and I wish

I could be losing weight too!! Whats your secret???

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for some good ideas... I'll try these tomorrow.

From: D C <dreamingofafrica45@...>Subject: Re: Maintenance Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 6:49 PM

Here's my yesterday (most days are pretty similar):

breakfast: mushroom, spinach, and swiss omelette (2 eggs, 2 tbsp cream, 1/2 c mushrooms, 1/2 fresh spinach, 2 oz swiss cheese) around 370 calories

lunch: cheeseburger minus the bun (lean ground beef patty, 2 oz cheddar cheese, tomato, onion, pickle, low-sugar ketchup, mustard, miracle whip **I use two large peices of lettuce in place of buns) around 300 calories

snack: 2 oz almonds - 340 calories

dinner: chicken lettuce wraps (chopped, seasoned chicken breast wrapped up in lettuce with tomato, onion, miracle whip, mustard, and cheese) around 400 calories

dessert: homemade icecream with splenda instead of sugar - around 400 calories

Total cals for the day: 1810

I'm continually surprised that I can eat a decent sized portion of my homemade ice cream (which contains a lot of fat, ie. cream) and not gain a bit the next day. I'm on day 11 of maintenence and I've eaten ice cream almost every night with no weight gain. I've also been eating sugar-free jello (10 cals per serving) as a snack when I'm craving something sweet.

Other meal ideas: chicken caesar salad (find a ceasar dressing with no carbs/sugar)

taco salad - ground beef w/taco seasoning (use the one with the least carbs/sugar), lettuce, tomato, cheese, spicy ranch dressing.

Note: I'm really eating NO fruit. I've been able to eat a few strawberries with no gain, but I've been too afraid to try anything else. I am very concious about my total carbs/sugar each day. For example, if I eat cottage cheese for a snack, I won't eat almonds (both have carbs).

I try to get at least 1700 and not more than 2100. I"ve not been eating out because there's no predicting what restaurants put sugar in. Hope this helps! I know it's scary to eat MORE, but it honestly helps.

From: hotpotato_10 <hotpotato_10@...> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:37:24 AMSubject: Maintenance

A lot of you are talking about how when you ate more, you lost. But I am too scared to do that. I am beginning my second week of maintenance and I have already had to do 2 steak days. Like a lot of you, Im not quite sure what to expect when I weigh myself in the morning. Would any of you on maintenance be willing to send me what exactly you eat on a typical day so I could get an idea of what I should be doing or what I am doing wrong? I would so gretaly appreciate this!!! Thank you!> >> > Is it possible to do 2 steak days in a row? And how are some of you guyz losing weight on the maintenance phase? I am on that phase right now and I wish I could be losing weight too!! Whats your secret???> >>