Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 I know it will be hard and tempting, but from what I've read (skwigg's blog) she says to keep going and not to keep starting over. If you have to start over every time something comes up, you'll never finish ONE challenge. You won't be with your friends and eating out every second of every day, right? So, eat as many BFL meals as you can and exercise every chance you get. When you are eating great food, maybe you can just leave off the sour cream or go light on the cheese, etc. Small changes-this is for LIFE. > Ok...so I started my challege, fell off the wagon, but everyone said > to continue and not start again. So I did. Missed an entire week > of lifting, but back into it this week and I'm on week 3. Through > questions that I've been posting about splitting muscle groups up, > not fitting in enough meals/protein, etc. everyone has said to do > the 12 week program by the book the first time. AND...I ate fine > yesterday until I worked late (unexpectedly) and grabbed Chik-Fil-A > on the way home. Back to eating normal today. > > But here's my issue...(yes, finally) I haven't done HITT correctly > these 3 weeks b/c I've just been training endurance-wise for a 5K > that I've been training for since March. So I've continued on that > program. I'm heading back " home " to San Diego next week for 5 days > of great restaurants and drinks with all of my great friends AND > it's a holiday weekend. There will be NO WAY to keep any kind of > eating schedule there. I'll be doing good to just run a couple days > (since the race is the week after) and maybe lift once. > > So...I'm thinking that I'll really just have to start over when I > get back from my trip. Does this sound like the best idea at this > point? It just sounds like I'm not doing BFL justice with all these > screw-ups, etc. I will do my best to eat healthy, but > realistically, I'll be around the BEST mexican food in the > country...so come on! I was also thinking, I'll read the book on > the plane ride back and write out my week so I'm completely > prepared. (even though I'll already be missing that 1st Monday lift > work-out) Thoughts??? Advice??? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 It is your choice to start over but I agree with /. It took me starting over 5 times before I completed one 12 week challenge. However if you believe you would be better off taking the week to read the book and map out your plan of action I think that is OK too. This program takes planning you can't just decide one day to do BFL and then strat the next, or at least that has been my experience. I took 3 weeks of reading the book, making out my goals, choosing a gym, fiddling around with exercises and weights to find my intensity levels etc. I think the most important thing for you to do is read the book, set your goals, download daily progress reports and use them, plan plan plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 > I know it will be hard and tempting, but from what I've read > (skwigg's blog) she says to keep going and not to keep starting > over. If you have to start over every time something comes up, > you'll never finish ONE challenge. I agree with this. Life is full of challenges. Do the best you can. Set some goals you can stick to and live with, but don't throw it all out the window. Can you eat 5 healthy meals a day and then go out to dinner with friends? 4 meals? 3 meals? Plan to start every morning with a good meal? Colleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 It seems like starting over, might not be such a bad thing. You can relax next week, get your self psyched up, plan your meals and your workouts-read the book. Just make sure you set a date to start and stick to it. You don't want to give yourself a month off, it will just leave you feeling horrible! -- In , " " <livernspleen@y...> wrote: > It is your choice to start over but I agree with /. It took > me starting over 5 times before I completed one 12 week challenge. > However if you believe you would be better off taking the week to > read the book and map out your plan of action I think that is OK too. > This program takes planning you can't just decide one day to do BFL > and then strat the next, or at least that has been my experience. I > took 3 weeks of reading the book, making out my goals, choosing a > gym, fiddling around with exercises and weights to find my intensity > levels etc. > I think the most important thing for you to do is read the book, set > your goals, download daily progress reports and use them, plan plan > plan! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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