Re: new to BFL/eating questions

April 29, 2003

I personally wouldn't replace 3 meals with shakes or

meal replacement bars. Good Ole healthy food will stick

with you longer, I know it does for me. I believe it's

6 meals were suppose to be eating. Not 3 meals & 3 snacks.

Hope that helps you our some.

Sheryll

> This is great!! I am officially starting my own challenge next

> Monday. The exercise stuff all makes sense to me - the eating on

> the other hand is a bit intimadating!! Is there sample daily menus

> anywhere? Like a weeks worth or even a month!! Do most of you guys

> just make 3 of your meals and then use shakes for the snacks?

Below

> I have put my tentitive plan - if someone could point out to me if

> there is anything wrong with the plan then please do so :-)

>

> 7:00 - Breakfast (protein,carb fruit)

> 9:00 - workout (I have kids in school so I need to get them to

> school before I can workout - right now I have nothing at home)

> 10:30 - shake (or some other snack??)

> 12:30 - Lunch (protein, carb, veggie)

> 3:30 - shake

> 6:00 - Dinner (protein, carb, veggie

> 9:00 - shake

> 10:00 - sleep!!

April 29, 2003

Welcome to this awesome board!

Since I also have school age kids and don't get to workout til after

9 am, I thought I;dgive you my typical day's eating schedule. Keep

in mind that I have been following BFL for 10 months now and have

reached my goal of losing over 45 lbs and now am just working on

lowering my BF% and building muscle.

7:30am - high fiber cereal (Kashi Go Lean), strawberries, protein

drink

10:30 (post workout) - Myoplex Carb Sense bar or protein pancakes

1:00pm- grilled chicken, brown rice, green beans

3:30 pm - Met-rx shake

6:00 pm - chicken or seafood, sweet potato or corn, spinach or

broccoli

9:00 pm - oatmeal (or apple) and cottage cheese

Best of luck,

Sherri

> This is great!! I am officially starting my own challenge next

> Monday. The exercise stuff all makes sense to me - the eating on

> the other hand is a bit intimadating!! Is there sample daily menus

> anywhere? Like a weeks worth or even a month!! Do most of you guys

> just make 3 of your meals and then use shakes for the snacks?

Below

> I have put my tentitive plan - if someone could point out to me if

> there is anything wrong with the plan then please do so :-)

>

> 7:00 - Breakfast (protein,carb fruit)

> 9:00 - workout (I have kids in school so I need to get them to

> school before I can workout - right now I have nothing at home)

> 10:30 - shake (or some other snack??)

> 12:30 - Lunch (protein, carb, veggie)

> 3:30 - shake

> 6:00 - Dinner (protein, carb, veggie

> 9:00 - shake

> 10:00 - sleep!!

April 29, 2003

Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not speaking from

personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading that Bill

recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to increase the

your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand right? Or

are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that you

have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work out and

you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you please

help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up with 15-

20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully welcomed!

TIA! Cie

April 29, 2003

Cie,

I have a file a friend just sent to me of a bunch of recipes. She

copied them off

the BFL website and catergorized them into breakfast, lunch, dinner to

make it

easy, I will email it to you in an attachment seperate from the group.

I am starting

next week too! I just got my book today but have been researching it

since last

week! YAY! I'm not the only newbie.

Tink

Cie wrote:

> Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not speaking from

> personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading that Bill

> recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to increase the

> your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand right? Or

> are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that you

> have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work out and

> you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you please

> help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

>

> Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up with 15-

> 20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully welcomed!

> TIA! Cie

>

April 29, 2003

--I aqgree with Sheryll about the meals and not snacks. That was

helpful for me during the first challenge. I'm teaching now so I

only get up and do cardio three mornings and everything else I do in

the afternoons. But her goes my plan without times:

1.)oatmeal plus protein powder

2.)nonfat yogurt / NF cottage cheese or an apple/cheese stick

3.)3 to 4 oz chicken breast/ veg./rice

4.)meal replacement shake

5.)chicken or other meat with protein/veg

6.)shake or something lighter like tuna with a yam ( I try at this

7point for fewer carbs)

Hope this helps!

In , " Cie " <FunCMCie@m...>

wrote:

> Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not speaking

from

> personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading that

Bill

> recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to increase

the

> your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand right?

Or

> are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that you

> have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work out

and

> you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you please

> help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

>

> Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up with 15-

> 20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully welcomed!

> TIA! Cie

April 29, 2003

Thank you so much for that sample day that does help and thanks to

whoever clarified the snack/meals thing!! :-)

Leanne<><

> > This is great!! I am officially starting my own challenge next

> > Monday. The exercise stuff all makes sense to me - the eating

on

> > the other hand is a bit intimadating!! Is there sample daily

menus

> > anywhere? Like a weeks worth or even a month!! Do most of you

guys

> > just make 3 of your meals and then use shakes for the snacks?

> Below

> > I have put my tentitive plan - if someone could point out to me

if

> > there is anything wrong with the plan then please do so :-)

> >

> > 7:00 - Breakfast (protein,carb fruit)

> > 9:00 - workout (I have kids in school so I need to get them to

> > school before I can workout - right now I have nothing at home)

> > 10:30 - shake (or some other snack??)

> > 12:30 - Lunch (protein, carb, veggie)

> > 3:30 - shake

> > 6:00 - Dinner (protein, carb, veggie

> > 9:00 - shake

> > 10:00 - sleep!!

April 29, 2003

Yes, for me it is purely circumstances that have put my workout

where it is!! - no equipment at home - live out of town(crazy to

drive in to the gym before bringing my kids to school) - need to get

kids to school - and one other factor is that I don't have a whole

lot of bodyfat to lose it is mostly muscle tone and stength that I

am after. So I'll be looking forward to reading your posts - May-

June-July ..all the way girl!! :-)

Leanne<><

> Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not speaking

from

> personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading that

Bill

> recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to increase

the

> your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand right?

Or

> are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that you

> have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work out

and

> you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you

please

> help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

>

> Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up with

15-

> 20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully welcomed!

> TIA! Cie

April 29, 2003

Thank you - that helps.

BTW when you guys talk about protein shakes or powder is this

different then the meal replacement shakes (Myoplex) or are they the

same thing? Also if you make the protein pancakes - do you eat just

one plain pancake and that is your whole meal???

Just trying to get it all straight before next week :-)I appreciate

the time you vets take answering our rookie questions.

Leanne<><

> > Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not speaking

> from

> > personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading that

> Bill

> > recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to increase

> the

> > your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand

right?

> Or

> > are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that

you

> > have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work

out

> and

> > you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you

please

> > help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

> >

> > Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up with

15-

> > 20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully

welcomed!

> > TIA! Cie

April 29, 2003

How fun!! I guess we are the May C1 group! If you get a chance I'd

love to see the file of recipes as well ozcancon@...

Thanks,

Leanne<><

>

> > Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not speaking

from

> > personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading that

Bill

> > recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to increase

the

> > your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand

right? Or

> > are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that you

> > have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work

out and

> > you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you

please

> > help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

> >

> > Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up with

15-

> > 20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully

welcomed!

> > TIA! Cie

> >

April 29, 2003

In answer to your questions, meal replacement shakes contain both

protein and carbs (in the BFL proportions), while a protein shake or

powder is only protein and you use it with a carb. So a MRP

actually is a meal by itself while a protein shake is not a complete

meal until you add a portion of carb. I actually buy a delicious

ready to drink protein shake (vanilla) that I pour over my high

fiber cereal for breakfast, mainly because I don't like eggs and

have a hard time finding a suitable protein for first thing in the

AM.

As far as the protein pancakes go, I spoon the batter to make about

5 or 6 smaller pancakes and those are most definitely a whole meal.

Very filling and really good tasting.

Like you, I cannot possibly work out until my kids go to school, so

I have battled on and off again about eating before my workouts. I

do eat my first meal between 7 and 7:30 am and do my weight training

about 1.5 hours later. On Saturday, since there obviously is no

school, I do my cardio first thing in the AM and eat an hour later.

The other cardio days, I try to eat at least 2 hours before doing

the cardio (as opposed to right before) and I do wait an hour to eat

again after the cardio. I have enjoyed tremendous success on the

BFL program, but there are some tweaks I have had to make to

accomodate real life and this is one of them. In my humble opinion,

I figured it was better to eat meal one early rather than start my

day eating at 11:00 (an hour after my workout) and I think it has

been fine for me. I did try it that way and had no energy for my

workout and the rest of my meals were way to squished together.

Hope this helps!

Sherri

> > > Quick question - I'm starting BFL next week, so I'm not

speaking

> > from

> > > personal experience... having said that, I recaled reading

that

> > Bill

> > > recommends working out 1st thing on an empty stomach to

increase

> > the

> > > your body's fat burning opportunity. Did I not understand

> right?

> > Or

> > > are you chosing to eat prior to your w/o due to the fact that

> you

> > > have to wait until later (kids in school) before you can work

> out

> > and

> > > you don't want to have an empty stocmach that long? Can you

> please

> > > help me understand this a bit better? Thanks!

> > >

> > > Also, I too am looking for menus/recipes to help me come up

with

> 15-

> > > 20 lunches and dinners. Any pointers here are gratefully

> welcomed!

> > > TIA! Cie

April 29, 2003