Re: Don't get this whole free day thing....

[Guest guest]

You don't have to eat like a horse though some do. You can choose a

few foods you would really like to have and eat only those, or even

one good free meal for that day, whatever you feel most comfortable

doing. The ones who eat like a horse will see slower progress than

the ones who plan carefully what they will eat that day. Food should

always be eaten intentionally instead of grabbing whatever is in

sight. That is what the principles of BFL are trying to omit, this

haphazard eating without thinking. If I had written the BFL book I

wouldn't give anyone a free day till their first 12 weeks were over.

At least that way they'd have enough metabolically active muscle

tissue there where free day wouldn't be as harmful as it may be to

someone who is just beginning.

Stasia

> Hello All,

>

> I have been strict with my diet for the last 6 months. I've had

great

> results. I am much leaner and more defined. However, I am going

> crazy! I obsess about food! I write every calorie, every morsel,

> every gram of fat, protein, etc down in a log... I can tell you

the

> amount of calories in any food. I am crazy!

>

> But anyway, here's my question: BFL allows one free day a week.

How

> does this work? How can anyone stay lean eating like a horse one

day

> a week? For example, if I eat 1500 calories Monday through

Saturday

> and then eat 6000 calories on Sunday (I could probably eat more

than

> that---haha), my average calorie intake would be well over 2000

> calories a day. An amount of calories where I would probably not

be

> calorie deficient enough to drop more body fat...

>

> Am I missing something here?

>

> Thanks ...

[Guest guest]

slavedriver...

Stevie ;}

> If I had written the BFL book I

> wouldn't give anyone a free day till their first 12 weeks were over.

> At least that way they'd have enough metabolically active muscle

> tissue there where free day wouldn't be as harmful as it may be to

> someone who is just beginning.

>

> Stasia

[Guest guest]

If you eat 1500 calories day in and day out pretty soon you will

stall and not lose because your body has adjusted to your caloric

intake. Now add in 'free day' - its basically supposed to be just

eating more calories than the rest of the week (maybe a free mal and

a few snacks) not a license as some think for

afreeforallbulimicnonpurgekindaday where you stuff yourself silly

till youre sick - its just like the zigzagging theory where you eat

different calories on a daily basis (the weeks total is the same

overall but daily its different either higher or lower by say 500

calories). You are most likely STILL making a constant caloric

deficit over what you used to eat preBFL by following this line of

thinking. This works because it lets your body know you arent into

the next starvation mode - kind of like fooling it into thinking it

doesnt have to keep storing fat for a rainy day ;-)

<<joni>>

*To eat is human. To fit into your clothes is divine*

[Guest guest]

I stuffed myself silly and lost 7% body fat. if i didn't have a

free day i would never have made it through the 12 weeks.

in NZ

> If you eat 1500 calories day in and day out pretty soon you will

> stall and not lose because your body has adjusted to your caloric

> intake. Now add in 'free day' - its basically supposed to be just

> eating more calories than the rest of the week (maybe a free mal

and

> a few snacks) not a license as some think for

> afreeforallbulimicnonpurgekindaday where you stuff yourself silly

> till youre sick - its just like the zigzagging theory where you

eat

> different calories on a daily basis (the weeks total is the same

> overall but daily its different either higher or lower by say 500

> calories). You are most likely STILL making a constant caloric

> deficit over what you used to eat preBFL by following this line of

> thinking. This works because it lets your body know you arent into

> the next starvation mode - kind of like fooling it into thinking

it

> doesnt have to keep storing fat for a rainy day ;-)

>

>

> <<joni>>

> *To eat is human. To fit into your clothes is divine*

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the responses everyone! I'm going to do the free day every

Saturday for a while. If I gain or don't continue to lose...I'll

watch it a little more close.

Thanks Again!

> > If you eat 1500 calories day in and day out pretty soon you will

> > stall and not lose because your body has adjusted to your caloric

> > intake. Now add in 'free day' - its basically supposed to be just

> > eating more calories than the rest of the week (maybe a free mal

> and

> > a few snacks) not a license as some think for

> > afreeforallbulimicnonpurgekindaday where you stuff yourself silly

> > till youre sick - its just like the zigzagging theory where you

> eat

> > different calories on a daily basis (the weeks total is the same

> > overall but daily its different either higher or lower by say 500

> > calories). You are most likely STILL making a constant caloric

> > deficit over what you used to eat preBFL by following this line

of

> > thinking. This works because it lets your body know you arent

into

> > the next starvation mode - kind of like fooling it into thinking

> it

> > doesnt have to keep storing fat for a rainy day ;-)

> >

> >

> > <<joni>>

> > *To eat is human. To fit into your clothes is divine*