Re: Newbie question about bfl and eating for life

December 4, 2004

The Eating for Life book is Bill expanded take on the BFL

nutrition program. Obviously, he wouldn't steer you wrong. Now,

technically, for maximum fat loss, the closer you stick to the

authorized food list, the better. Some of the recipes in Eating for

Life are a little higher in carbs or contain slightly questionable

ingredients like bread crumbs or string cheese. I personally don't

think that's a problem at all.

If you're eating healthy and creating a calorie deficit each week, the

fat will come off. If your food is enjoyable and you look forward to

eating it, you're more likely to stick with the program, see major

results, and confidently maintain them. If you come up with some

strict scheme involving nothing but chicken, broccoli, and yams, the

fat may fly off of you at first but you may not be able to stick with

it long enough to reach your goals, or if you do reach your goals, you

might not be able to maintain them. It's important to learn how to eat

for the rest of your life as opposed to just cracking down really hard

for 12 weeks. That's why I think the Eating for Life book is so

helpful. I highly recommend it. :-)

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 06:43:39 -0000, trdcba <no_reply > wrote:

>

> HI,

>

> I am starting my 1st challenge after much deliberation and I had a

> question for you all. Is the new book Eating for Life okay to use on

> the BFL plan or should I look elsewhere for recipes? I know that the

> BFL website has recipes but it takes hours to find and copy all the

> approved ones. Any thoughts?

>

> Thanks,

>

> ~Ruth

>

December 4, 2004

Thank you so much for your response. I figured if Bill was the one

who wrote it then it couldn't be all that bad, but I still had to ask

the experts. If the recipes are slightly higher in carbs, can I just

add more protein to make it even? Also, are the recipes family

friendly? Thanks.

~Ruth

> >

> > HI,

> >

> > I am starting my 1st challenge after much deliberation and I had a

> > question for you all. Is the new book Eating for Life okay to use on

> > the BFL plan or should I look elsewhere for recipes? I know that the

> > BFL website has recipes but it takes hours to find and copy all the

> > approved ones. Any thoughts?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > ~Ruth

> >

December 5, 2004

>

> HI,

>

> I am starting my 1st challenge after much deliberation and I had a

> question for you all. Is the new book Eating for Life okay to use

on

> the BFL plan or should I look elsewhere for recipes?

Hi Ruth. I have the Eating for Life book and it's GREAT. There are

a ton of yummy recipes that are easy to make (I don't really like to

cook...) The only thing you need to keep in mind is that the

portion sizes for a lot of the recipes are pretty big... and they

are not all " created equal " so to speak. Some of the recipes are

not equal protien to carb ratios...for instance, the " golden

pancake " recipe has 40 grams of carbs, but only 20 grams of

protein. Some of the recipes can be adjusted for a better ratio.

My advice is, once you get the book, go to www.eatingforlife.com and

go to the " nutritional stats " link on the bottom left of the

homepage and when you click on it, you will get a prompt that asks

you " what recipe is on page something-or other " the answer

is " grilled salmon " . Plug that in and it will take you to a page

with all of the nutritional stats for the entire book. You will

notice that it has stats for Male, Female and Average. If you split

the portions up into equal portions, you'll need the " average "

stats. The suggestion is that women eat a smaller portion that

men. For me, that's just too hard to do. Thats why I use

the " average " stats. Does that make sense?

All around, I think it's a GREAT book, but you can still get a lot

of good recipe ideas on the internet that are BFL approved too.

Glad you're on the journey will us all. Keep us posted on your

progress.

P.S. I'm getting my after pictures taken tonight....woo-hoo!!!!

I'll be sure to post when I get them.

Ann

C2W12D7

December 5, 2004

hi

i was told it was a good and grate book and i love it

and will use it every day

and for anyone

i used my free day friday can i do thisa and start over today

a friend of mne took me to ryans and we just pid out and had fun

anyone can reply

please and tell me what to do from hear

later

Ann <mredhage@...> wrote: