Re: A little nutrition help please. - Jen

[Guest guest]

Or, another way of looking at it. You can join a community where

people coddle you and tell you only the things you want to hear, or

the answers you are looking for, so everything is squeaky clean ...

or, you can join a community where people are concerned about

sharing the truth and giving you the bottom line on how to take

control of your health. This is one of those communities where many

people have been through the ringer and back again, and have

experienced their own, personal transformations through overcoming

obstacles and creating their own successes. Therefore, just because

someone gives information you don't want to hear or aren't ready

for, don't assume they are being condescending or confrontation.

No one can truly ride you hard, Jas. You are owner of your own

emotions so you choose how to react when you read something - it is

not someone else's responsibility. I, for one, enjoy the fact that

people give honest, direct responses and don't beat around the bush.

If you don't like that, it is fine - we are all adults, we can

choose what advice we take and what advice we leave.

> Not going to speak for Dan on this, but could of layed it out

a

> bit nicer. Thats the way I see it. Just like you said to pick and

> choose what we read, others should pick and choose who to ride

hard

> and who not to ride hard.

>

> Jas

>

[Guest guest]

Keep in mind that Body for Life is about Body for Life is about 12

Weeks to MENTAL and Physical Health. I stress the " Mental " to you

since you might want to reread that part of the book.

Trying to take sides to criticize people on this list for saying

something " the wrong way " is not in the spirit of Body for Life.

People are here to help and if you can't graciously accept their

help, don't ask the questions. If you read the Q & A that Bill

gives on the Body for Life web page, he is very matter of

fact too with his answers, telling people like it is.

I found a Q & A at Brad Wadlow, 97 EAS champion that very much fits

your earlier question about eating at night. Notice that he talks

about your mental attitude towrd the program. I do believe this

might be an area you need to work on and not only with your

nutrition, but your relations with others that are providing advice

and opinions.

Q I'm trying to lose 20 pounds of body fat in the next 12 weeks and I

do really good on my nutritional program throughout the day, I never

skip any meals and always get a portion of carbohydrate and protein

with each meal and everything goes just right. My big problem is at

night, I get so hungry and I just want to eat everything in site. Is

it normal to feel this way or do you think I'm doing something

wrong? P. Seattle.

A When your losing fat it is always going to be tough and there will

certainly be times when you will feel like eating everything in site.

So yes, this is somewhat normal. What separates those who succeed

and those who fail is your mental attitude toward your program. If

your nutritional program is going right and you know that you are

feeding your body the correct amount of nutrients and your just

having trouble at night there is something you can do to help your

mental attitude toward diet.

Before you head to the kitchen and raid the pantry take out a pen and

paper and put down in words how you are going to feel mentally and

physically if you go ahead and binge. After you do that, write down

how you will feel about yourself if you resist that temptation. This

works almost every time and will get you through the night without

destroying all your hard work that you have put in earlier in the

day. If you do this and succeed, you will recognize that you have

won a battle in the war against body fat. This will build your

confidence and you will find that it gets easier and easier each

time. It is impossible to strengthen your body without first

strengthening your mind.

If this doesn't work you can always get a big bowl of ice cream and

eat it sitting in front of a mirror naked.

If you aren't willing to try some of these solutions and just

continue to ask the same questions or say that this won't work, I

don't think we are every going to be able to help you. You have to

want it.

Andy

> Not going to speak for Dan on this, but could of layed it out

a

> bit nicer. Thats the way I see it. Just like you said to pick and

> choose what we read, others should pick and choose who to ride hard

> and who not to ride hard.

>

> Jas