Fitness Magazine article

[Guest guest]

Anyone get Fitness Magazine? There is an article in the new issue

called Lessons from Fad Diets. It talks about Atkins, Body For Life,

Somersize, Sugar Busters and The Zone. The only thing bad they said

about BFL is that the free day wont work cause " You can do a lot of

damage caloriewise in 24 hours "

I'm curious though, their study showed that women following this

program for 8 weeks gained an average of 1.75 pounds of muscle and

lose 3.5 pounds of fat? Does that sound about right? I am on my 7th

week, have lost 4 pounds but did that the first 4 weeks, nothing

since then.

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Yes, you could do a lot of damage in 24 hours with free day. I think

if people are staying awake to eat for 24 hours then they have a food

addiction problem. With free day, you should really only eat during

the same time period as you do normally.

You have to eat 3500 calories more than you consume to gain a lb of

fat. You'd have to eat an awful lot on free day to undo everything

for the entire week. Even if I could eat 7000 calories on free day,

I am going to burn some of those calories and probably not gain more

than a lb fat. Yes, I would gain water weight from the carbs which I

would lose in a few days.

If you want to keep free day under control, don't eat 6 meals. I

usally eat 4 meals on free day and that keeps it well under control.

The first 2 meals are usually BFL, and the last 2 are whatever I want.

It seems like these articles will take one questionable aspect of a

good program like Body for Life, exagerate it, and then not explain

the purpose. Bill very clearly explains why there is a free

day. I guess they need to read the book.

With a program like BFL, your progress can be slow. It is not a

quick weight loss fad diet. Your progress sounds normal to me. Are

you taking tape measurements or bodyfat? These should be declining

even if your scale weight is not.

Andy

> Anyone get Fitness Magazine? There is an article in the new issue

> called Lessons from Fad Diets. It talks about Atkins, Body For

Life,

> Somersize, Sugar Busters and The Zone. The only thing bad they

said

> about BFL is that the free day wont work cause " You can do a lot of

> damage caloriewise in 24 hours "

>

> I'm curious though, their study showed that women following this

> program for 8 weeks gained an average of 1.75 pounds of muscle and

> lose 3.5 pounds of fat? Does that sound about right? I am on my

7th

> week, have lost 4 pounds but did that the first 4 weeks, nothing

> since then.

>

> Sandy

[Guest guest]

At one point I almost quite reading fitness articles in magazines due

to the confusion. You have to learn to read carefully and not get

caught up in the hype. The most useful info I seem to get from

Muscle Media which I subcribe are reminder tips on form for the basic

weight lifting exercises. It is also inspiring to look at the

pictures.

You made some excellents points! We have to be cautious about what

we are reading and understand where the info is coming from.

Andy

> > Anyone get Fitness Magazine? There is an article in the new

issue

> > called Lessons from Fad Diets. It talks about Atkins, Body For

> Life, Somersize, Sugar Busters and The Zone. The only thing bad

> they said about BFL is that the free day wont work cause " You can

do

> a lot of damage caloriewise in 24 hours "

>

>

> I would definitely take such articles about fitness from such

> magazines with a grain of salt. Most of the " women's fitness

> magazines " really revolve around fashion and articles are written

> by " freelance " contributors with no actual medical background, who

> tend to just rehash the same old stuff over and over, and do 5

> minute phone interviews with any health professional that will

> answer the phone for " credibility " . Unfortunately, the more

serious

> fitness magazines seem to be run by nutritional supplement

> companies. I was pretty surprised when I picked up a copy

> of " Energy " and discovered that it WASN'T a 100-page ad for EAS -

so

> good on them!

>

> Those diets you mentioned aren't " Fad's " either - they are all

based

> on controlled carbohydrate w/adequate protein eating, which has

been

> around since the Banting diet in the mid-1800's. The current, high

> carb, low protein, low fat diet is the " Fad " - having only gained

> popularity in the last 20 years, and has only resulted in an

> epidemic of obesity, cardiac disease and type II diabetes.

>

> BFL eating is based on sound nutritional principals that has been

> used by body builders for the last 40 years for gaining and

> maintaining muscle mass while losing bodyfat. There is no such

> thing as " Caloric Damage " because calories don't matter when you

> follow the BFL workout plan and eat proper foods in proportion. The

> amount of calories required for building new muscle is enormous.

> The free day serves several purposes - because the rest of the week

> is relatively strict, the excess calories is used anabolically - to

> build muscle (not fat). It also recharges the metabolism. When

> you " underfeed " , your metabolism goes into starvation mode and

> eventually you won't lose weight no matter how much you calorie

> restrict. Also, when you calorie restrict, your body pumps out

> stress hormones - which eat away at muscle to turn it to glucose

for

> energy.

>

> Bill has taken the very sound and successful components of

> body building nutrition and training technique and has made it

> accessible for the average person. This stuff works. Body

builders

> have been using it for decades. Calories don't count. You MUST

> have a refeed. The program isn't designed for " weight loss " it's

> designed for body composition restructuring - improving muscle mass

> and dropping fat.

>

> Please take articles from " fitness " magazines with a grain of

salt.

> Better reads would be articles directly relating to body building,

> of which there are thousands available on the internet.

>

> Fawn