Re: starting on 2/27/06

[Guest guest]

Dawn -

I am also new to this board and the BFL program - annnnnd - I will be starting

my challenge on the 27th as well Just thought I would throw in a friendly

hello - and since we are both starting on the same day perhaps we will be able

to keep each other motivated :)

Good luck!!!

Charlotte

dawndelgatto <dawndelgatto@...> wrote:

Hello all I'm new to all this. I just joined the group and will start

the contest 2/27/06 this Monday. I have the Body for life book and have

read it a thousand times. Does anyone have any advice for some one just

starting the program.

Dawn

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn,

I have lots of BFL articles and info on my site:

http://www.skwigg.com/id24.html

And here's an old post of Raylene's Tips From the Trenches:

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Take your before pictures. I can't count the number of women who

have gotten to week 4 or 8 and really wished they had the beginning

pictures to compare to. If you really can't bear to look at them,

don't develop the roll until you're ready. I had my first and four

week pics on the same roll so by the time I got them back I had

already begun to see an improvement. Besides, without pics you have

no idea how big your butt really is.

Do not be afraid of food. Make sure that you are eating enough for

energy. Do not be afraid of good fats and to visualize the nourishment

as fuel. One HUGE mistake a lot of women make is just plain old not

eating enough. Y'all have been programmed that you should starve

yourself to lose weight and it just simply isn't so. But…

Stop counting. That means calories, protein grams, carbs, fat. Just

stop. The beauty of this program is that is works exactly like Bill

says it does. Portions. I've especially noticed that a portion listed

on a label is not necessarily a portion for me. And remember, this is

not a low-carb diet. If you are doing the program correctly, you are

not going to have an equal number of carbs and proteins in each meal

especially if you throw in your veggies. So STOP COUNTING.

If you don't like the shakes or bars this week, try again next week.

I dumped my first 6 myoplexes and my first 4 bars. My expectation was

that they were going to be " delicious " . But delicious is a relative

term and a myoplex shake is not related to a Steak 'N Shake shake! I

finally found a way to drink my myoplex that is not only palatable,

but is actually yummy! As far as the bars – what one person finds

yummy, you're going to hate. Since the challenge doesn't require you

to use EAS supplements, try them all, just try to keep the ratio's

similar.

You're not going to be a supermodel at week 4. Unless, of course, you

all ready were and you're just doing this program for the heck of it.

Yes, you should be able to see some results, maybe a small bodyfat

loss, or a few inches on the tape measure, but mostly your changes the

first few weeks are going to be internal – more energy, a more

positive outlook, things will start to feel more firm and jiggle less

– but it's the rare person who drops a massive amount of anything the

first four weeks.

Stay OFF the scale. Fat takes up much more space than muscle, so as

you lose fat and gain muscle your scale weight may just stay put.

Frustrating, I'll agree, but that's why we don't use the scale to

measure our progress. One of the ladies on the women's club did the

whole 12 weeks and lost only 1 pound on the scale – is that the whole

story? Nope. She had her body fat tested before and after and she had

lost 5 lbs of fat and gained 4 lbs of muscle. Her before and after

pics told the story best, less belly, toned abs, great butt! If she

had relied on the scale to tell her how she was doing, she would have

thought the program didn't work.

Don't tweak. I get so frustrated when I see women tweaking the

program before they've even given it a fighting chance. I've seen

women tweak it every two weeks and then complain that the Body for

LIFE program just isn't working for them. Well, duh, because you're

not doing the Body for LIFE program – you're doing the " I'm gonna do

it my way Program " and generally that doesn't work. The advice I give

the most often on the club is " 12 weeks before tweaking " . (I didn't

tweak)

Don't Quit. One of my friends was thinking of quitting on week 10

because she had had a bad week the week before. I said, " Go ahead. It

will just make the fact that I finished the 12 weeks more impressive. "

Boy did that get her goat!! Do you want to be part of the 10% who

finish or the 90% who quit? You think you're the only one who isn't

doing as well as you think you should? You're not. We ALL go through

it. Actually, we've begun to dub it the 8 weeks slump. Go make those

last four weeks count!

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Hope that gives you some ideas. Congratulations on starting your

challenge! Let us know how things are going and be sure to post if you

have any questions. :-)

On 2/24/06, dawndelgatto <dawndelgatto@...> wrote:

> Hello all I'm new to all this. I just joined the group and will start

> the contest 2/27/06 this Monday. I have the Body for life book and have

> read it a thousand times. Does anyone have any advice for some one just

> starting the program.

>

> Dawn

[Guest guest]

Skwigg-

A friend emailed me a link to your website before and I just wanted to

tell you how much I loved it- it's informative but funny.

Thanks!