Re: A little nutrition help please -

December 17, 2003

, you are my inspiration! Congrats to you on your progress!!!

I too work 60+ hour weeks, but I have the " luxury " of only 2 hours a

day on the road! However, I'm on call 24/7/365, so the cell phone

is always ringing with a crisis at the most inopportune time. My

previous medical history, and I do have one, is not my cross to bear

in my quest for fitness.... it's one more reason to spur me on. I

live alone, and while Jas might see only positive in that I can

stock my refrigerator as I please, there is a negative side... I

have no family... I have no " loved ones " to provide positive support

and encouragement. It all has to come from within, or from the

kindness of strangers. :-) One person's blessing is another's

curse, I suppose.

Rock on, kind strangers!

> > How many challenges have you done and completed and how much

have you lost.? Do you suffer from nerve damage at all. I mean My

situation is different than most here. I lost 100%, got to 7% body

fat. Then became seriously ill. I am trying to get it back. However,

I feel some talk down to me and others.

> >

> > Andy had a very good point though. In the furture I will explain

> > myself better.

> >

> > No response needed to this. Thanks Jas

December 17, 2003

You have done great losing 26 lbs in 14 weeks in case I haven't

already told you! I remember reading that earlier.

People will come up with whatever excuse they can to justify whatever

problem they are having. This is probably a pretty normal human

response for all of us, but in the end we still have to take personal

responsibility for our decisions and resolve to do better in the

future. If we don't want to do that, that's our choice too. There

are times in our lives when we fail even though we are trying to

succeed. If someone isn't willing to accept responsibility for their

lack of successes (I'm not quite sure the word here), I don't think

our advice is going to be of any use to them. I'm not sure why

anyone would even participate in an online support group unless they

want the opinions of others.

It amazes me what some people are doing and they still manage to

follow the program. I think we should look at these people as good

examples if it applies to our own situation. These people make you

realize that it is possible to follow BFL even with everything going

on in their lives. You have to want to change. No one expects you

to immediately be perfect, but at least think about the advice. I do

hope Jas is serious about wanting to change. If he has lost 100 lbs

and is 7% bodyfat or maybe this was sometime in the past, he knows

what it takes to get there. I wouldn't think he would let a few

little teeny obstacles get in his way.

Andy

> You said no response needed but as you asked the questions, I will

> respond.

>

> I have completed 1 challenge, although I dont consider it 1

> challenge as I consider this a lifestyle and not a challenge or

> contest... I started BFL about 14 weeks ago or so... On the scale I

> have gone from 180 to 154, have toned up, added a noticible amount

> of muscle. No I dont suffer from nerve damage, but I do have a an

> injury to my right foot which has caused me to be temporarily

> disabled. I have to be extremely careful how I work out and cannot

> over stress my right foot. I received my injury in June and was

> unable to walk from June to the end of August.

>

> In addition, I work any where between 50-60 hours a week, with a 3

> hour driving commute each day, so I am out of the home plenty.

> Additionally, I am a full time college student going to college at

> night and am about to graduate with my bachelors in pre-law. I

> recently sat for and passed with flying colors my LSAT.

>

> Besides any of this, I go to the gym 6 days a week without fail. I

> have not missed one single workout since I began BFL approximately

> 14 weeks ago. I take one free day a week and otherwise I eat along

> BFL guidelines. I don't smoke, I don't do any kind of drugs, I

don't

> drink coffee or soda, etc. Also, I don't use my children as excuses

> to eat junk food or sweets. I also don't use the fact that I am

> eating at a restaurant or at some one elses house or with people

who

> are non BFL as a reason to stray from the BFL eating plan.

>

> Just out of curiousity, how does having nerve damage effect what

you

> eat? I mean... wasn't your original problem the fact that you live

> with non BFL people and you have problems with your food? Your not

> using nerve damage as an excuse to eat garbage are you?

>

December 17, 2003