Thanks M

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Hi M, NP thanks. Ok I can definitely answer your questions

how many calories a day you require to maintain

> your current bodyweight? About 1500 minimum to maintain

How many times a day do you eat (including

> snacks)? Usually 3 meals a day + 3 or 2 snacks I try to space out

the calories about even

How old are you (just whisper that one if you don't want

> anyone else to know)? NP 27

Can you briefly outline you training routine

> for me? ie what exercises, reps and sets, how often?

I was following bfl routine: You are probably familiar with it

M- bench press 12,10,8,6, chest flyes 12

shoulder press 12,10,8,6,raises 12

assisted chin ups 12,10,8,6, rows 12

tricep extensions 12,10,8,6, cable extensions12

standing bicep curls 12,10,8,6 concentrated bicep curl 12

T- cardio 30min afternoon pilates

W-Squats 12,10,8,6, single leg squat on ball 12

Lunges 12,10,8,6, leg curls with ball 12

calf raises 12,10,8,6, seated calf raises 12

Th-cardio 30min afternoon pilates

F-repeat monday

S-cario

s- off

Although I have not been working out for about a month since I have

been feeling very tired and weak that I can barely keep up with the

kids.

> If you like I can outline my current eating schedule to give you

some ideas of how NT can help.

Yes please that would be wonderful

> Everyone follows this diet because that's what the books and

> magazines tell them to do. Unfortunately the general public don't

> realise the stories you read are sponsored by the supplemenmt

> companies or the magazine is owned by a supplement company.

That I know, it is just so immbedded that to get lean you have to

eat a certain way blah, blah. I bought some protein shakes and I

drank one. Yuk, it tasted so artificial it made me sick, then I got

a nasty headache, realized that it has aspartame and never drank

another one.

Oh my local bookstore calls me yesterday and tells me that NT is out

of print(which is not) I just said ok as I was too aggravated that

they waited 2 weeks to tell me this when I could have ordered it

somewhere else. I guess I have to wait again for my book

Thanks so much M, Bella

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Hi Bella

OK let's begin.

You're eating smallish meals 5-6 times per day. Excellent. Great for

keeping your metabolic rate high, keeps your blood sugar fairly even,

and you take in nutrients from the food more efficiently. It's also

great for losing BF because you play a trick on your body

occassionally and it works a treat, but I'll get to that later.

Ah yes, Bill and Body For Life. Back in the early 1990's

Bill started a magazine called Muscle Media. It was cutting edge

stuff and he was recognised as one of the gurus of weight training

and nutrition, along with Dan Duchaine and Mike Mentzer. Bill had

nothing to do with EAS back then, and the magazine was not biased

towards any supplements or supplement company. In fact the magazine

had many articles discussing the pros and cons of Anabolic steriods,

and promoted Bills book, The Anabolic Reference Guide. Since those

heady days, Bill started EAS, became more politically correct and

turned a great magazine into a supplement promoting machine. Good

luck to him, he's the one who made millions, but don't expect to get

unbiased advice on training or nutrition.

The BFL program is designed to be used for 12 weeks. Do it any longer

and you will be grossly overtrained. How do you know if you are

overtrained? You will not be getting any stronger from each workout,

you will have no energy, no motivation, feel tired, you won't feel

like training - we all know the feeling, it's just most don't realise

what it is.

Saying that, the exercises are ideal, you just need to do them less

often. I can give you an idea of what I mean if you want?

Ok, my diet (eating schedule)

7.30am - Breakfast - 1/2 cup rolled oats soaked overnight in warm

filtered water with 2 tablespoons of whey (not the protein). In the

morning we add fruit and nuts, and yoghurt we make from raw organic

milk (which is made by heating the milk to no more than 40 degrees

C). And of course a cup of tea.

10.30am - Home made spelt muffins with fruit or nuts or both in them,

with butter (home made from the raw milk). Mybe a cup of natural low

caffeine coffee.

1.30 - Tuna salad sandwich on spelt sourdough bread with butter or

hommus. All salad ingredients are organic.

4 - Crispy cashews or almonds (the NT way)and a piece of fruit.

6.30 - Usually a home made broth (stock, soup, stew) using say a

whole chicken and prepared the NT way, and a slice or 2 of sourdough

bread.

9 - Home made yoghurt with fruit and maybe a little carob.

Just before the yoghurt we take our Cod Liver Oil with a glass of raw

milk.

If anyone is thinking of taking protein powders they should check out

the ingredients at one of the Food Additive lists (I think

www.foodag.com is one) on the web and see what some of the

ingredients do to lab rats. Especilly anyone living in the US. You

guys use additives that have been banned in Europe , Japan and down

here for years. It's your choice!

I hope you find NT somewhere soon.

Regards

M