Re: 11lbs from goal!

[Guest guest]

Hi, Yvette~!

CONGRATULATIONS! You're so close! I'm excited to see what tips people tell

you to get rid of those last few pounds.. By the way, what is ESE? A

supplement?

Theresa

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From: bodyforlifewomensclub2

[mailto:bodyforlifewomensclub2 ] On Behalf Of ysnyman

Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 10:14 AM

To: bodyforlifewomensclub2

Subject: 11lbs from goal!

Yeah, today I weighed in at 161 lbs - 11 lbs from my goal weight. I

used ESE for the last 2 months (2x per week) and shed 18lbs pretty

easily within 1.5 month. For the last 3 weeks I'm stuck at around 161

- 162lbs. It drives me crazy! I hate doing everthing right, but still

going nowhere! (I'm 5'9 - so 150lbs is good for me - I think....)

Any ideas on getting shedding these last few pounds? We are going to

Mexico in January - a loooong planned event. I'm crazily excited to

get out of this Canadian winter and into my size 18 swimwear - oh no,

wait, I'll have to buy new ones, since I'm a size 10 now!

I'm still only doing 3x cardio per week. Should I up that?

Thanks,

Yvette

[Guest guest]

ESE is Eat Stop Eat, the intermittent fasting program by Brad Pilon.

http://eatstopeat.com/ Doing it 2x per week means she went with out food for

24 hours twice a week. I know, sounds crazy, but there is research to back

it up. Strength training is mandated so you don't lose muscle. I tried it

and didn't die (lost 6lbs in 5 weeks, none of which was lean mass). A lot of

other people have had success with it. You never go an entire waking day

without food. You may fast from noon to noon or 6pm to 6pm. So, you're still

getting in a couple of meals even on " fasting " days. It's not for everybody.

It flies in the face of BFL's eat every 2-3 hours mandate, but it works

surprisingly well for a lot of people. You create your whole calorie deficit

for the week in one or two days and the rest of the week you eat normally

and don't have to restrict calories. Which means on a BFL style diet you'd

still be eating your six meals on non-fasting days but you'd get to have

maybe 2,000+ calories per day instead of the 1200-1500 women typically eat

for fat loss.

Anyway, Yvette, I would pay attention to increasing your overall activity

level and the intensity during your workouts. If you add another cardio

session or two, either keep it brief (a 4th 20 minute HIIT session) or if

the duration is longer (say 45 minutes) keep the intensity down. You don't

want to add lots of lengthy cardio sessions in conjunction with fasting. You

could also shake up your strength training with more standing, free weight

and body weight moves that have you up and burning more calories. For

example, walking lunges instead of seated leg extensions. Tall step-ups

instead of machine leg curls.

Also, even though you're supposed to eat at maintenance level or above on

non-fasting days, make sure it isn't turning into maintenance " plus " with

portions creeping up or too many extras included.

Congratulations on the 18 pounds, that's fantastic!

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 10:14 AM, ysnyman <no_reply > wrote:

> Yeah, today I weighed in at 161 lbs - 11 lbs from my goal weight. I

> used ESE for the last 2 months (2x per week) and shed 18lbs pretty

> easily within 1.5 month. For the last 3 weeks I'm stuck at around 161

> - 162lbs. It drives me crazy! I hate doing everthing right, but still

> going nowhere! (I'm 5'9 - so 150lbs is good for me - I think....)

>

> Any ideas on getting shedding these last few pounds? We are going to

> Mexico in January - a loooong planned event. I'm crazily excited to

> get out of this Canadian winter and into my size 18 swimwear - oh no,

> wait, I'll have to buy new ones, since I'm a size 10 now!

>

> I'm still only doing 3x cardio per week. Should I up that?

>

> Thanks,

> Yvette

>