Re: What I really want to know

November 24, 2003

---Not me Stasia. I still am doing bfl even thru all this crappy

crappiness i have been dealing with. Even when I was in a manic

state..I still tried to eat healthy..even if it was just a protein

bar. I am still going at this. I have changed my workout around to a

split routine...but eating is still bfl. I am taking the week of

christmas off as my normal every 3 months I take a week off routine.

it just happens to fall on that week. but naw..this year..heck..I am

not even tempted by holiday stuff really..I save it for free day

only. which is weird cause usually every holiday I just give up. but

you are right..no treats are worth the stuff you can accomplish in a

day...or a week! doing bfl..you can make great changes every single

week..I have seen that for sure. it is better to stick to it then go

off of it. it is not worth it. for me..it is not worth going back to

what I was a year ago. at thanksgiving time last year..I was huge..no

shape to me..well..you have all seen the before pic. now I am getting

my body back. there has been huge challenges this year..but I want

you to know I am still going at it. Even when they wanted to put me

in the hospital last week I was worried about missing my workouts and

not being able to eat right while in the hospital. and my doc knows

that now. she knows how important it is to me and I am glad I have

conveyed that to her.

Do you know what I think Stasia? I think although many former bflers

may try different diets..what do they always come back to? I was one

of them. Bfl! they always always come back cause it works and you can

live with it. this is something I can live with the rest of my life.

there is nothing better than being able to eat every 2 hours and have

one day a week to eat those treats you want! nothing! this is the

easiest funnest plan out there to follow. it is not strict..you don't

starve and you have fun making those changes. and you can always

switch your workouts when you are bored. but even though I am

switching my workouts..my bfl principles have not changed. same way

of eating.

I just wanted to make sure you know I am still going at it..and

Stasia..I will have pics to prove it at the end of next month! the

proof will be there! (umm..hopefully it is good proof..lol) I will

have my pics up right before I leave for christmas holiday. I must

warn...they will only be 11 week pics..but what the heck! I am not

gonna give up just cause I am taking the last week of december off. I

had to fit it in with our trip. but I am still taking alot of my own

food with me...I still have to eat every 2 hours..even if it will

just be a string cheese..lol. but I won't say no to going out to

sushi many nights that week! lol I take a week off every single

challenge..this week I take off will just be more fun! cause I get to

see family and friends who have not seen me in months and months! I

hope to surprise them!

but..I am still here..just have not been to well..but

hopefully...maybe things will be getting back to normal with my head.

Kathi

In , " S Bachrach "

<s_bachrach@y...> wrote:

> Is whether people have found some other program to do besides BFL?

I

> have never seen such slow posting, only on other groups who net

> about three posts a day. Or does no one have time to post anything

> or what? Has BFL gone out of style? I don't know of any other

> program that is a for life thing and not just a fad. Not South

> Beach, not Atkins, not Pritikin, the grapefruit diet or the liquid

> protein diet. None of them are going to work as well as BFL. I've

> only got a little more leanness to achieve myself then will post

> an " after " picture. But I'd rather someone else make poster girl

> status. So I challenge all of you to get to poster girl status so

> there will be more motivational photos to inspire us all. Don't

wait

> till after the holidays. Eat clean during the holidays. None of

that

> holiday crap is worth it. How about it folks?

>

> Stasia

November 24, 2003

Thanks for posting this, Stasia. I've also been wondering why it's

so slow, but I notice that the trend everywhere is to blow off

healthy eating and exercise until January 2nd and then rush out and

join a gym. Every Jan. I'm really irritated by how crowded the gyms

are, because I know that it's just the " fair weather " friends, who

will quit by March.

I've always been consistent with my workouts, but I'm definitely one

of those people who blows off clean eating until the New Year. Well,

not this year! I've been doing really well on BFL, seeing some real

changes, and I feel great. I don't want to blow it. I'm planning a

few free meals between now and New Year's, but I will not go off the

plan!

Devyn