Re: Has anyone lost 50 lbs or more without using anything?

November 20, 2006

I lost 84lbs this past year using BFL, multivitamin and the occasional protien

shake.

a

November 20, 2006

Hi there. I've lost 32 pounds so far following BFL exercise (plus some

additional cardio) and kinda-sorta following BFL eating. The only thing I took

over and above a multivitamin was after 6 weeks I bought some soy protein powder

at Trader Joe's and started drinking a half serving immediately after I got home

from a weight lifting workout. (It's kind of like drinking Ovaltine.) I'd be

glad to talk to you more about it if you're interested.

-Cindi

innner_beauty036 <no_reply > wrote:

Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach their

goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than a

multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression, ect?

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November 20, 2006

Hi Cindi,

Crongratulations on your loss so far. I was just curious as to what

sort of additional cardio you were doing? Although, I would dearly

like to stay faithful to the program as it is, I seem to be

stagnating over the last couple of weeks which is contributing to my

sense of frustration. I think I am either doing something wrong or I

am not creating a caloric deficit.

All the best

dea xx

I Everyone I speak to, seems

to have used something to help reach their

> goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other

than a

> multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression,

ect?

>

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

> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

>

November 20, 2006

hey girls..

i have lost 29-30 lbs. i am tetering on that 30 lb mark at the

moment.. i have not been religious about bfl.. but i had adapted many

pricipals.. and wow what a differnece already.. i am a food person..

binge eatter.. and emotional eater.. i started this is june.. and so

not to shabby for only a few months.. i still have 70 or so lbs to go i

am at 232 ish at the moment...

for me i have not used anything.. not shakes.. not any pills.. i do use

the bars.. kashi bars.. i like those.. and i do take a vitamin and

calcuim... but for me i think i have shocked my body i used to binge

eat and so i think just the fact i am trying to maintain 2000 cal a day

has done so much for me.. i realize now that i am the ever shrinking

woman i will need to make adjustments.. perhaps cut a bit more food

ect.. but for me.. my goal is to focus on activities and up those

before i cut any food.. i dont want a slow metabolism.. so this is my

own ideas and for now they are working..

oh so this is why i posted .. after reading you comments sounds like

your at a plateau as they call it.. this to me means you body knows

what you up to.. and dose not approve.. after all your body likes the

fat.. having fat means its doing well and storing and doing what

supposed to be done when u put extra cals in .. but when u try and take

them i feel my fat cells yell and scream.. its like little people in

there saying feed me .. feed me... so any way my point in all this..

just keep doing what your doing.. after a few weeks the body will have

no choice but to give in a shed lbs.. i think some times people want

stuff to happen fast.. but i can tell u from my experience.. this is

not quick.. but it dose work.. cause i am 28 and pretty much since the

day i was born till jun when i started this i had gained 10 lbs a yr

since birth .. so thats nuts.. i never stoped growing like other kids..

at like 16 ... i jsut kept going and going.. till i was 262..

so this is the first time in my life i haave ever seen the scale go the

other day.. for me it came down to awareness of food.. i never saw food

as nutrition .. just something more like a drug to make me feel

better..

i honestly did not know what hungry ment till two months ago.. also i

just realized what thirsty feels like.. its crazy your body tells u

stuff and if your not careful u can mess it up .. like i would eat when

really i was thirsty..

well any way i was hoping to motivate you and tell u your doing great..

just be patient.. you have come really far already.. just stick with

it..

also try www.fitday.com

this was teh key for me.. my brain can not keep track of what i eat in

a day .. leading to over eating..

so if you logg all yoru food .. u just check in before you eat.. then u

know here your att.. its like the comp that should be in your brain.

but for me its not.. so i use the real comp..

well good luck.. i know how u feel i think of taking a pill or

something alot.. then i think .. what are the negatives of that.. and i

rather be a big strong girl who did it on my own..

good luck

and every one keep up you hard work..

rember its ok to enjoy the holidays.. one day wont kill you

its a life style of bad choices that kill you ..

so dont feel guilty about the turkey.. hey its protein.. and once a

yr..

peace and love to all of you .

keep moving your bones..

annie

ps sorry about the spelling and errors...

>

> Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach their

> goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than a

> multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression, ect?

>

November 20, 2006

Long post!!

Well, I think I would have lost a lot more if I had followed BFL exactly

(without the supplements because they're too expensive), but I figured if I

couldn't find an eating plan I could live with then I wasn't doing myself any

favors. So...

I started out completely sedentary, although I have been an athlete in the

past. I tried jogging for my HIIT on the first weekend and discovered just how

badly I was out of shape-- after 2 minutes of jogging (what was supposed to be

my warmup!) I decided that I'd walk/jog instead.

I typically tried to add a 30-60 minute low to medium intensity cardio workout

about 4 days a week - this varied between rollerblading (standing mostly up, so

I didn't get the big ol' calorie burn they promise on the activity calculators),

or walking/jogging, or using the ski machine without the arms. After 4 weeks of

this, I joined a rugby team which practiced twice a week and this acted as my

extra cardio. I thought I was going to DIE the first couple of practices

because they do a lot of running/jogging both in drills as well as just general

conditioning.

I followed the weight lifting and HIIT exactly, focusing on S-L-O-W lifting and

lowering, and every once in a while tossing in a couple of extra leg exercises

such as walking lunges. I focused mainly on squats and lunges, only using the

machine leg extensions and leg curls as my superset to round out my pyramid.

Ok, so as to food: I actually joined the SELF food tracker (it's free with a

subscription) and used this as a detailed listing of everything that went in my

mouth. It was a bit of a pain at first since you have to enter or find a lot of

things, but as you use it it gets easier because it remembers what you ate

before. So...I had tried writing everything down in a previous challenge

attempt, but the online form was SO much easier because as soon as I ate it I

could enter it and the cals/protein/carbs/fat were automatically tracked. So I

had a daily running log of how well I was doing that day, which helped me adjust

my eating for the remainder of the day if I made poor choices early.

I lost several pounds the first week (I think due to shocking my body), then

lost only 1 lb per week for the next 3 weeks...I was consuming too many

calories. I dropped my caloric intake from approx 1850 per day to approx 1550

per day, and this did the trick. I must say I cheated quite a bit on weekends

as opposed to one single free day, I also had a couple of free lunches. Anyway,

I ended up losing on a cycle of 1lb one week and 3-4 lbs the next week, without

making substantial changes to what I was eating.

I know that what I've described isn't exactly BFL, but I'm pretty happy with

the mods I've made to the program, and I'm not really looking to lose the vast

numbers of weight some people report, since I'm not willing to follow the eating

plan exactly.

" green.violets " wrote:

Hi Cindi,

Crongratulations on your loss so far. I was just curious as to what

sort of additional cardio you were doing? Although, I would dearly

like to stay faithful to the program as it is, I seem to be

stagnating over the last couple of weeks which is contributing to my

sense of frustration. I think I am either doing something wrong or I

am not creating a caloric deficit.

All the best

dea xx

I Everyone I speak to, seems

to have used something to help reach their

> goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other

than a

> multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression,

ect?

>

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

> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

>

November 20, 2006

I've lost 130 pounds.

>

> Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach their

> goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than a

> multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression, ect?

>

November 20, 2006

WOW!!!

That's amazing! Congrats and way to go!

Regards,

Jess

dexdog8112 <no_reply > wrote:

I've lost 130 pounds.

>

> Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach their

> goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than a

> multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression, ect?

>

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November 20, 2006

Hi a, Cindi, vintagelb, and dexdog8112. Congrats on losing so much

fat. Tell me at least one of you have progress photos? Anyone? I need

the inspiration.

> >

> > Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach

their

> > goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than

a

> > multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression,

ect?

> >

>

November 20, 2006

I have photos on my blog - but none of them are skin shots...LOL

http://lybbe1631.blogspot.com/

> > >

> > > Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach

> their

> > > goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than

> a

> > > multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression,

> ect?

> > >

> >

>

November 20, 2006

wow a! That's awsome! Do you have pics posting anywhere showing your

success? Jeanie

Re: Has anyone lost 50 lbs or more without

using anything?

I lost 84lbs this past year using BFL, multivitamin and the

occasional protien shake.

a

November 20, 2006

Cindi, that's great! I am so encouraged hearing about girls like you and a

that have lost so much. Jeanie

Re: Has anyone lost 50 lbs or more without

using anything?

Hi there. I've lost 32 pounds so far following BFL exercise (plus

some additional cardio) and kinda-sorta following BFL eating. The only thing I

took over and above a multivitamin was after 6 weeks I bought some soy protein

powder at Trader Joe's and started drinking a half serving immediately after I

got home from a weight lifting workout. (It's kind of like drinking Ovaltine.)

I'd be glad to talk to you more about it if you're interested.

-Cindi

innner_beauty036 <no_reply@yahoogroup s.com> wrote:

Everyone I speak to, seems to have used something to help reach their

goal. Has anyone lost over 50 lbs without using anything other than a

multivitamin? Nothing for muscle soreness, appetite suppression, ect?

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November 20, 2006

Annie, that is great that you have come to realize what was your weakness and

are working at that. Keep up the great work. I know it must get discouraging at

times knowing you have so far to go, but doing it now at your age will be so

much better than going through life with that weight and developing other health

issues because of it. congrats on you your loss so far! Jeanie

Re: Has anyone lost 50 lbs or more without

using anything?

hey girls..

i have lost 29-30 lbs. i am tetering on that 30 lb mark at the

moment.. i have not been religious about bfl.. but i had adapted many

pricipals.. and wow what a differnece already.. i am a food person..

binge eatter.. and emotional eater.. i started this is june.. and so

not to shabby for only a few months.. i still have 70 or so lbs to go i

am at 232 ish at the moment...

for me i have not used anything.. not shakes.. not any pills.. i do use

the bars.. kashi bars.. i like those.. and i do take a vitamin and

calcuim... but for me i think i have shocked my body i used to binge

eat and so i think just the fact i am trying to maintain 2000 cal a day

has done so much for me.. i realize now that i am the ever shrinking

woman i will need to make adjustments. . perhaps cut a bit more food