Question about calories

[Guest guest]

Angie,

Congrats on your anniversary! My husband & I just had our

first last month.

As for the calories... I think I'm the wrong person to give

advice in that area.*grin*

Judie

--- angmullins93@... wrote:

> First of all, I have to announce to everyone that today

> is me and my

> husbands 7 year anniversary. We are very lucky, with 2

> great kids.

> Went out on the town, the whole nine yards over the

> weekend!

> Now for my question: I weigh about 140 pounds now, how

> many calories

> should I be eating a day? 2000? Less than that? I taebo

> at least 4-5

> times a week and am active throughout the day. I am a

> nurse and

> mother so I am on my feet ALOT!!lol Anyone have any tips?

>

> I guess I should say that I am still trying to lose some

> weight, or

> at least firm up the flab!

>

> Angie M

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Firstly Congratulations on your Anniversary Angie.

Secondly there are websites that you can find the information from .

www.dietwatch.com

www.efit.com

If you don't find them useful let me know and I will send some more.

Ebony

question about calories

> First of all, I have to announce to everyone that today is me and my

> husbands 7 year anniversary. We are very lucky, with 2 great kids.

> Went out on the town, the whole nine yards over the weekend!

> Now for my question: I weigh about 140 pounds now, how many calories

> should I be eating a day? 2000? Less than that? I taebo at least 4-5

> times a week and am active throughout the day. I am a nurse and

> mother so I am on my feet ALOT!!lol Anyone have any tips?

>

> I guess I should say that I am still trying to lose some weight, or

> at least firm up the flab!

>

> Angie M

>

>

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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

>

> As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the first step. "

>

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>

[Guest guest]

> Firstly Congratulations on your Anniversary Angie.

> Secondly there are websites that you can find the information from .

> www.dietwatch.com

> www.efit.com

> If you don't find them useful let me know and I will send some more.

> Ebony

>

>

> Thanks for the sites, I will check them out tomorrow. Also, thanks

for the congratulations!

Angie M

> question about calories

>

>

> > First of all, I have to announce to everyone that today is me and

my

> > husbands 7 year anniversary. We are very lucky, with 2 great kids.

> > Went out on the town, the whole nine yards over the weekend!

> > Now for my question: I weigh about 140 pounds now, how many

calories

> > should I be eating a day? 2000? Less than that? I taebo at least

4-5

> > times a week and am active throughout the day. I am a nurse and

> > mother so I am on my feet ALOT!!lol Anyone have any tips?

> >

> > I guess I should say that I am still trying to lose some weight,

or

> > at least firm up the flab!

> >

> > Angie M

> >

> >

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------

------

> > Your high school sweetheart-where is he now? With 4.4 million

alumni

> > already registered at Classmates.com, there's a good chance you'll

> > find her here. Visit your online high school class reunion at:

> > 1/3139/1/_/21226/_/956012647/

> > ------------------------------------------------------------------

------

> >

> > As Deb has said: " Fitness is a journey and it begins with the

first step. "

> >

> > Visit our new vault site http://taeboon.isportsdot.com/

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone,

Hope all is well with you guys. I can't believe it, but my first

week on BFL is almost drawing to a close. Its been really hectic.

I'm not even in school now, and planning 6 meals everyday is a lot

harder than I thought it would be! Overall, however, I know that I

gave it my all, and thats what counts. I also know that working this

hard has got to pay off. And I'm proud of what I've accomplished so

far. (I never thought I'd ever say I was proud of anything I've

done.)

I do have a question, though. It seems like a lot of BFLers talk

about calorie consumption in a way that I don't understand. Bill

seems to reiterate in his books that he doesn't

reccomend " calorie-counting, " per se --- that he likes to think of

food in terms of portion size. And I've been doing the portion thing

meticulously. But, for instance, when I first joined the group, I

was introduced to a " zig zag " type of calorie counting method. At

the time, it made sense to me, but now that I'm actually on the diet,

I dont know how doing that is possible. Does anybody have any hints

as to how you can do this effectively? Better yet, does Bill

actually mention this anywhere in any of his books or on any of the

websites? I just want to make sure that I'm doing this as

effectively as I possibly can, because I really want it to pay off.

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you all have a wonderful new

year,

~~~Aliza~~~

[Guest guest]

Hi Aliza,

I just wanted to say congrats on your first week. The meal planning

will get easier as you do it more and everything becomes more familiar

and automatic.

Someone else experienced w/zigzagging will have to answer your

question. I don't think BP covers this in the book, but perhaps it is

on the Hussman site?? This is my first challenge, and honestly just

getting the new eating patterns and workouts in was enough for me to

feel almost overwhelmed at first (getting in over my head and giving

up due to frustration is something I can be prone to do!). I decided

to just go by the book for this one and I am just now contemplating

what new " thing " I am going to add to the next challenge (zigzagging,

supplements, ???).

Keep it up,

Candace

>

> Hey everyone,

>

> Hope all is well with you guys. I can't believe it, but my first

> week on BFL is almost drawing to a close. Its been really hectic.

> I'm not even in school now, and planning 6 meals everyday is a lot

> harder than I thought it would be! Overall, however, I know that I

> gave it my all, and thats what counts. I also know that working this

> hard has got to pay off. And I'm proud of what I've accomplished so

> far. (I never thought I'd ever say I was proud of anything I've

> done.)

>

> I do have a question, though. It seems like a lot of BFLers talk

> about calorie consumption in a way that I don't understand. Bill

> seems to reiterate in his books that he doesn't

> reccomend " calorie-counting, " per se --- that he likes to think of

> food in terms of portion size. And I've been doing the portion thing

> meticulously. But, for instance, when I first joined the group, I

> was introduced to a " zig zag " type of calorie counting method. At

> the time, it made sense to me, but now that I'm actually on the diet,

> I dont know how doing that is possible. Does anybody have any hints

> as to how you can do this effectively? Better yet, does Bill

> actually mention this anywhere in any of his books or on any of the

> websites? I just want to make sure that I'm doing this as

> effectively as I possibly can, because I really want it to pay off.

>

> Thank you so much for reading. I hope you all have a wonderful new

> year,

>

> ~~~Aliza~~~

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Aliza,

Congratulations on your first week. It sounds like you're off to a great start.

BFL already has a natural zig-zag built into it if there's a lot of

variety in your meals. A meal of shrimp and berries comes in at a

fraction of the calories of steak and potato, but they're both

authorized. So, if you stick to the palm/fist portions in the book,

eat a variety of foods, and take a free day, you'll already have some

days that are lower and some that are higher.

Follow the book and you can't go wrong. There's absolutely no reason

to " math " it to death your first challenge. Bill recommends not

counting calories at all and doesn't give any instructions for doing

so. I didn't count calories my first challenge, and I didn't start

intentionally tampering with the zig-zag until I'd been doing BFL for

a year or two. The program works exactly as it's outlined in the book.

Keep it simple until it's a way of life. If you try to incorporate

everybody's conflicting modifications your first week, you'll end up

paralyzed by too much information and none of it will work

particularly well.

The advanced concepts of nutrient balance, meal timing, zig-zags,

carb-ups, etc. are already built into the program. He just decided

against boring us all to tears with 50 pages of explanations,

equations and studies. All of these concepts have been part of

bodybuilding nutrition for a long time. Bill's genius was that he

presented them in a way that's straightforward and virtually

fool-proof. So, people finish the book thinking, " Wow, I can do this! "

as opposed to puzzling over endless equations and ratios going, " Yeah,

right! " :-)

On 12/30/05, voodoomedicinegirl <VoodooMedicneGrl@...> wrote:

> Hey everyone,

>

> Hope all is well with you guys. I can't believe it, but my first

> week on BFL is almost drawing to a close. Its been really hectic.

> I'm not even in school now, and planning 6 meals everyday is a lot

> harder than I thought it would be! Overall, however, I know that I

> gave it my all, and thats what counts. I also know that working this

> hard has got to pay off. And I'm proud of what I've accomplished so

> far. (I never thought I'd ever say I was proud of anything I've

> done.)

>

> I do have a question, though. It seems like a lot of BFLers talk

> about calorie consumption in a way that I don't understand. Bill

> seems to reiterate in his books that he doesn't

> reccomend " calorie-counting, " per se --- that he likes to think of

> food in terms of portion size. And I've been doing the portion thing

> meticulously. But, for instance, when I first joined the group, I

> was introduced to a " zig zag " type of calorie counting method. At

> the time, it made sense to me, but now that I'm actually on the diet,

> I dont know how doing that is possible. Does anybody have any hints

> as to how you can do this effectively? Better yet, does Bill

> actually mention this anywhere in any of his books or on any of the

> websites? I just want to make sure that I'm doing this as

> effectively as I possibly can, because I really want it to pay off.

>

> Thank you so much for reading. I hope you all have a wonderful new

> year,

>

> ~~~Aliza~~~

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Etana,

The BFL principles of challenging weights, intense interval cardio and

small balanced meals are great for fitness and health, but they don't

override the fact that there HAS to be a substantial and consistent

calorie deficit every week if you want to lose body fat.

In your case I would start with free day. Scale it back in any way you

can. Then take a look at your portions and carb choices. Keep the

portions tight and use whole foods as your carb portions whenever

possible (melons, berries, sweet potatoes, beans, apples and oats as

opposed to bread, pitas, pasta, rice, bagels, tortillas, muffins, and

bars). Also, increase your vegetables to the point where you're eating

them at most meals instead of just two. Choose big salads and fresh,

leafy, watery, crunchy stuff at every opportunity. By increasing the

fresh whole foods that are loaded with water and potassium, and

decreasing the calorie-dense, high-sodium, processed foods, it should

lower your calorie intake, get rid of any bloating, and get the inches

moving in the right direction.

Also, increase your overall activity level as much as possible. Maybe

you can go walking every day, or throw in another jazzercise class, or

do some bonus cardio on weight days, or take up yoga, anything fun

that gets you moving. Don't alter the BFL workouts, just make sure

that you're not sitting motionless behind a desk for the rest of the

day. The more you move, the more you can eat. :-)

Check out these two articles for some more ideas:

Uh-Oh, a Plateau!

http://www.skwigg.com/id66.html

Do You Want to Lean Out or Swell Up

http://www.skwigg.com/id55.html

On 12/31/05, etanafinkler <etanafinkler@...> wrote:

> I'm in C1W5D6 and totally 100% committed to a minimum of 2 challenges.

>

> I have gained 4-5 lbs and my clothing is not at all looser. I am 59 and

> worry that my metabolism isn't up to the 1300-1500 cal/day that I am

> feeding it. I was eating 1100-1350 cal for the past 2 years religiously

> on WeightWatchers. So my body is seeing 200 MORE cal per day, so 1200

> more per week, plus 3000 more on the free day, or a total of at least

> 4200 more calories per week than it saw in the past 2 years, and I am

> doing LESS aerobics than I used to do, in terms of hours/week. My body

> doesn't know that I'm on some new great foodplan. It just sees more

> calories coming in, with a feast on top of that!

>

> Should I just hang in to the exact program or should I LOWER MY CARBS,

> or WHAT suggestion? Should I wait until week 9 or even week 12 to

> alter my practices? I am a past WeightWatcher, and ate about 300 cals

> daily bad carbs. Now I eat only whole carbs (banana, brown and wild

> rice, barley, sweet potato, apple etc) I have just begun tracking my

> food on fitday.com and I had a great 40-40-20 day, with 1350 cal.

>

> Today is a free day today and I am fearful of it. I would rather eat

> 1000 cal today than have a nice party celebration tonight if it means

> another week of no results. I won't eat 1000 cal today because I think

> it will make me resentful tonight at my New Year's party. I've had 3

> free days where I probably ate 3000-4000 cals. I have been doing the

> program 99.5% the rest of the time. 100% exercise, getting 10's and

> failures now, pushing on the HIIT to sweat in interval2 instead of not

> until interval 4. I do Jazzercise 2 days a week in addition to the BFL

> exercises. The .5% that I am missing on the food are: skipping a 6th

> meal maybe twice, eating white rice once, having a little oyster sauce

> in my clean and lean Thai food; I would say more in the line of " not

> perfect, " than in the line of " cheating and sabotaging. " If you look at

> the food in the Eating for Life book, than I'm really at 100% clean.

>

> How should I adjust my program, considering my pants aren't looser at

> all?

> I of course fear arriving at week 12 with 0 results, espec when I see

> all the younger women going from size 14 to size 10 in 1 month.

>

> thanks, Etana

> 167 lbs, pear frame, strong lean upper body, size 14 pants, 5 " 4'

> ___________

> wrote:

> >BFL already has a natural zig-zag built into it if there's a lot of

> >variety in your meals. ...snip So, if you stick to the palm/fist

> portions in the book,

> >eat a variety of foods, and take a free day

>

> >Follow the book and you can't go wrong. There's absolutely no reason

> >to " math " it to death your first challenge. snip...

> >The program works exactly as it's outlined in the book.

> Keep it simple until it's a way of life.

> >snip... The advanced concepts of nutrient balance, meal timing,

> zig-zags,

> >carb-ups, etc. are already built into the program.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I followed the book to a " T " for the first 36 weeks and only ate meals

out of the Eating For Life book. I didn't start looking at calories and

zig zaging until my progress absolutely stopped. And by then BFL was

truely a lifestyle for me now I am just fine tuning things to get

continued success. My suggestion is follow the book to a " T " and you

will have success!

Michele T.

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:58:47 -0000 " voodoomedicinegirl "

<VoodooMedicneGrl@...> writes:

> Hey everyone,

>

> Hope all is well with you guys. I can't believe it, but my first

> week on BFL is almost drawing to a close. Its been really hectic.

>

> I'm not even in school now, and planning 6 meals everyday is a lot

> harder than I thought it would be! Overall, however, I know that I

>

> gave it my all, and thats what counts. I also know that working

> this

> hard has got to pay off. And I'm proud of what I've accomplished so

>

> far. (I never thought I'd ever say I was proud of anything I've

> done.)

>

> I do have a question, though. It seems like a lot of BFLers talk

> about calorie consumption in a way that I don't understand. Bill

> seems to reiterate in his books that he doesn't

> reccomend " calorie-counting, " per se --- that he likes to think of

> food in terms of portion size. And I've been doing the portion

> thing

> meticulously. But, for instance, when I first joined the group, I

> was introduced to a " zig zag " type of calorie counting method. At

> the

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Thank you so much for your reply. That makes sense, I guess. I'm glad that the

zig zag effect is already integrated into the diet, because theres no way I

could figure it out on my own. I guess on this diet, if you have doubts about

anything, you cant really go wrong by following the book.

Thanks again for your help,

~~~Aliza~~~

Re: Question about calories

Hi Aliza,

Congratulations on your first week. It sounds like you're off to a great start.

BFL already has a natural zig-zag built into it if there's a lot of

variety in your meals. A meal of shrimp and berries comes in at a

fraction of the calories of steak and potato, but they're both

authorized. So, if you stick to the palm/fist portions in the book,

eat a variety of foods, and take a free day, you'll already have some

days that are lower and some that are higher.

Follow the book and you can't go wrong. There's absolutely no reason

to " math " it to death your first challenge. Bill recommends not

counting calories at all and doesn't give any instructions for doing

so. I didn't count calories my first challenge, and I didn't start

intentionally tampering with the zig-zag until I'd been doing BFL for

a year or two. The program works exactly as it's outlined in the book.

Keep it simple until it's a way of life. If you try to incorporate

everybody's conflicting modifications your first week, you'll end up

paralyzed by too much information and none of it will work

particularly well.

The advanced concepts of nutrient balance, meal timing, zig-zags,

carb-ups, etc. are already built into the program. He just decided

against boring us all to tears with 50 pages of explanations,

equations and studies. All of these concepts have been part of

bodybuilding nutrition for a long time. Bill's genius was that he

presented them in a way that's straightforward and virtually

fool-proof. So, people finish the book thinking, " Wow, I can do this! "

as opposed to puzzling over endless equations and ratios going, " Yeah,

right! " :-)

On 12/30/05, voodoomedicinegirl <VoodooMedicneGrl@...> wrote:

> Hey everyone,

>

> Hope all is well with you guys. I can't believe it, but my first

> week on BFL is almost drawing to a close. Its been really hectic.

> I'm not even in school now, and planning 6 meals everyday is a lot

> harder than I thought it would be! Overall, however, I know that I

> gave it my all, and thats what counts. I also know that working this

> hard has got to pay off. And I'm proud of what I've accomplished so

> far. (I never thought I'd ever say I was proud of anything I've

> done.)

>

> I do have a question, though. It seems like a lot of BFLers talk

> about calorie consumption in a way that I don't understand. Bill

> seems to reiterate in his books that he doesn't

> reccomend " calorie-counting, " per se --- that he likes to think of

> food in terms of portion size. And I've been doing the portion thing

> meticulously. But, for instance, when I first joined the group, I

> was introduced to a " zig zag " type of calorie counting method. At

> the time, it made sense to me, but now that I'm actually on the diet,

> I dont know how doing that is possible. Does anybody have any hints

> as to how you can do this effectively? Better yet, does Bill

> actually mention this anywhere in any of his books or on any of the

> websites? I just want to make sure that I'm doing this as

> effectively as I possibly can, because I really want it to pay off.

>

> Thank you so much for reading. I hope you all have a wonderful new

> year,

>

> ~~~Aliza~~~

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>