Guest guest Posted June 8, 2002 Report Share Posted June 8, 2002 Okay I'm coming up to my first free day tomorrow and am looking forward to having some real dessert. Besides that I'm not finding the challenge all that tough, in fact I'm loving it. But I'm sure many of you could help me answer a few questions I need answering. Okay, am living in Korea so a lot of the foods on the BFL list aren't available to me, such as cottage cheese and turkey. I also don't eat red meat, so besides chicken, tuna and egg whites, the only other protiens I have here are tofu and soy milk. I need to know how much a serving would be of these, if they have less protein than other sources and if their fat content is high. (they don't put food/nutrition content labels on here) Next, I managed to find some myoplex shakes, but if I am trying to lose weight, can I use the original (not lite) as one of my 5/6 meals. Okay also finding it hard to eat that last meal of the day so close to bedtime, isn't it better for someone who is trying to lose weight to only do 5 meals? Okay now (sorry if I am totally driving you nuts) is there a website with other BFL approved upper and lower body excercises, besides those in the book. Some in the book I can't do and others I think I may get pretty bored of soon. Well thats all I can think of for now, any info, recipes, words of wisdom, anything would be greatly appreciated. But I've lost 6 pounds and already gained muscle in only 6 days, this is what happens when a 240 pound sedentary women finds a great program like this and gets moving I guess. Loving it, PusanGrl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2002 Report Share Posted June 8, 2002 Congratulations on your six pound loss! You are doing great. I looked up the stats on tofu and found that " one piece " has 5 grams of fat, 85 calories, and 9 grams of protein. It does not sound like such an economical protein source from a fat gram standpoint. Look on the soy milk to see if there is any sugar added and how much. It is ok to use the Myoplex regular but if you want to save money you could half them and end up with stats similar to what the Lite has. Some of the Myoplex are weight gainers and you don't want to use those such as Myoplex Mass, etc. I don't have a ready website address to give you for different weight exercises beyond what BFL outlines. Maybe someone else can supply that. I have scoured bookstores and looked through bodybuilding books as well as subscribe to Muscle and Fitness magazine which has a " training notebook " that explains a different exercise with each issue. You could find alternatives that way too. It is always a good idea to change your workout every few weeks anyway. Hope this helps and keep up the great work. Stasia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2002 Report Share Posted June 8, 2002 Hi PusanGrl, You asked: I need to know how much a serving would be of these, if they have less protein than other sources and if their fat content is high. (they don't put food/nutrition content labels on here) I'm sure you'd be able to find Tofu on fitday.com. Once you know how much protein is in an once, make your portion so you are getting about 20-25 grams of protein. > Next, I managed to find some myoplex shakes, but if I am trying to > lose weight, can I use the original (not lite) as one of my 5/6 meals. The regular shakes are just a little more of everything than most of us need, so if we use a shake the light is the one we are most likely to grab. According to the EAS web site, the regular Myoplex have 42 grams of protein, and 25 grams of carbs. Carbs are good, but the protein is high. What I would do is make half a shake at a time, to bring the protein down to 21, and then have a small piece of fruit with it to bring the carbs back up. > Okay also finding it hard to eat that last meal of the day so close > to bedtime, isn't it better for someone who is trying to lose weight to only do 5 meals? The reason you have six meals a day is not to get in a bunch of food, but to be eating on a 2-3 hour schedule. Don't think of this as a food restricting diet, think of it more as a system regulating diet. By eating on this schedule you are regulating your insuline reactions, keeping yourself from getting so hungry you eat the house, and keeping your metabolism working constantly. Keeping that in mind, you can see why you need to eat that sixth meal. Lets say you have your fith meal at 7, and you get up to work out at 6AM, through by 7AM, wait an hour, eat at 8....that would mean it was 13 hours since your last meal. That is way too long. Also, most of your muscle building is done while you are asleep. If you have not given your body fuel to work with, what do you think it is going to do? Will you fail if you have only 5 meals a day? Not really, but I think that you will find, as you go into this more, that getting that sixth meal in is going to be easier (you planning gets easier as you get used to it), and you will want it more. > Okay now (sorry if I am totally driving you nuts) is there a > website with other BFL approved upper and lower body excercises, > besides those in the book. Some in the book I can't do and others I think I may get pretty bored of soon. The exersises in the book are examples, not a list of approved moves. You can do any exersise you'd like. There are a number of sites that show different weight exersises; I'm sure someone will come up with some suggestions for you, I can't seem to find the one I've used before. Good for you for loosing 6 pounds, but remember, scale weight is not the deffenition of fitness. Since you have a bunch to loose (I do too, beleive me!), you will see quick scale weight change, especially a the beginning, but that might fall off for a little while. We that have been heavy for a long time have more going on in our bodies than some slender woman working on getting into shape. We have fat in places that it is dangerous to have it (around your organs, like your heart, in your muscles (like well marbled beef...ick)), and that is some of the first fat to go. You might not see change, you might not see the scale more as you add muscle and loose fat, but you are making a change, so hang in there when it gets tough to believe in it. Alys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2002 Report Share Posted June 8, 2002 <<tofu and soy milk. I need to know how much a serving would be of these, if they have less protein than other sources and if their fat content is high. (they don't put food/nutrition content labels on here)>> You might find these two websites helpful: This one has an alphabetical listing of common foods: http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1a.htm And this one is a searchable food database of nutritional stats: http://www.nutri-facts.com/search.asp Soymilk btw, usually has higher protein than carbs in it but like someone said you might have to watch out for added sugar (if they even list the ingredients make sure its at the bottom of the list and not like the second item listed) ~ tru edademe (soy bean pods) for a quick snack or roasting them into soynuts instead as they are balanced protein/carbs for about 1/4 to 1/2 cup a serving ~ tofu, if you buy the harder firm kind(the softer it is the more it is used in desserts) has low fat, more protein than carbs and is an excellant source of protein..so there *are* otehr choices to add in for variety << is there a website with other BFL approved upper and lower body excercises, besides those in the book>> Yes several places where you can see demos of exercises and as was said dont limit yourself to those in the book as they are only a beginning outline for a newbie into fitness mode ~ think musclegroups and bodyparts to increase your choices ~ the main BFL website has videos of 'the basics' at: http://www.bodyforlife.com/vid_exercise.shtml And here there are lots n lots of animated gifs showing you proper form for any exercise you may want to add in: http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html Also this one has alot: http://www.quadfather.com/ae.htm And one of my fave sites(look around especially under 'Training' for some good ideas about exercise routines) at: http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html <<joni>> *keeper of the links and all things related to websearching* ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2002 Report Share Posted June 12, 2002 pusangrl wrote: > Okay I'm coming up to my first free day tomorrow and am looking > forward to having some real dessert. Besides that I'm not finding > the challenge all that tough, in fact I'm loving it. But I'm sure > many of you could help me answer a few questions I need answering. Congrats on finishing your first week!! Woowoo!! > Okay, am living in Korea so a lot of the foods on the BFL list aren't > available to me, such as cottage cheese and turkey. I also don't eat > red meat, so besides chicken, tuna and egg whites, the only other > protiens I have here are tofu and soy milk. I need to know how much > a serving would be of these, if they have less protein than other > sources and if their fat content is high. (they don't put > food/nutrition content labels on here) Well.. I'm only eating Chicken, Tuna and Eggs at the moment (and a few recipes with protein powder) so it's definitely do-able You can probably find the protein content of soy products like tofu at http://www.fitday.com But, according to Muscle Media.. Tofu isn't a good protein source since it's high in fat compared to the good parts. > Next, I managed to find some myoplex shakes, but if I am trying to > lose weight, can I use the original (not lite) as one of my 5/6 meals. Yes, you can. If you're concerned, you can drink 1/2 a shake twice a day instead of one for one meal That's what I did initially.. > Okay also finding it hard to eat that last meal of the day so close > to bedtime, isn't it better for someone who is trying to lose weight > to only do 5 meals? No. It isn't. The point of 6 meals a day is that they're small, spaced out, and they keep your metabolism going. Your body still needs all those calories and nutrients to be able to function long term. > Okay now (sorry if I am totally driving you nuts) is there a > website with other BFL approved upper and lower body excercises, > besides those in the book. Some in the book I can't do and others I > think I may get pretty bored of soon. You can check out http://www.exrx.net It has lots of exercises > Well thats all I can think of for now, any info, recipes, words of > wisdom, anything would be greatly appreciated. But I've lost 6 > pounds and already gained muscle in only 6 days, this is what happens > when a 240 pound sedentary women finds a great program like this and > gets moving I guess. Loving it, PusanGrl Awesome progress so far!! I've got recipes on my web site that I've tested out but I really suggest you join the recipe group http://.groups.com/group/bodyforliferecipes Serenity!! -- http://users.starpower.net/kuranes/BFL/NityBFL.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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