News Flash … I am fat !!!!
Several years back I read a book
called Body For Life written by Bill Phillips.
He has a web site http://BodyForLife.com and I visited that as
well.
I started his program and I lost
about 100 lbs and was getting in the best shape that I had been in for years. A
traumatic and unforeseen bad event happened in my life which knocked me off the
life style and I went back to my life time of poor eating habits and choices. I
regained all the weight I had lost plus even more.
The premise of the “Body For
Life Program” is eating 6 small meals a day and exercise. By small meal I
mean nothing trendy or radical … just balanced protein, carbohydrates,
and low (not no) fat. My typical starting meal is 3 Tyson baked chicken
tenderloins (no skin) and a baggie full of veggies (maybe carrots, cauliflower,
and broccoli) or a baked potato (with either A1 sauce or so salsa for taste) or
low GI index fruits apples, … roughly 200 to 300 calories a meal.
You need carbs for brain power, as
the cells in the brain can not burn or use protein. I also like to snack
on Soy Nuts … try them they are one of natures most perfect foods. Soy nuts make
guilt-free super good for you snacks! Let's face it... people just love
crunchy salty snacks. The problem is that nearly all the choices out there end
up being bad for your health! And simply trying to suppress that natural
snacking urge is nearly impossible.
Here's the bottom line quick summary:
- Great source of
B-vitamins, iron, zinc and antioxidants.
- Good source of
phytochemicals such as isoflavones.
- Naturally cholesterol-free, plus helps lower "bad"
cholesterol.
- Great way to boost
your natural fiber intake.
- Good source of
polyunsaturated fats (good fats), plus no trans fat.
- Excellent source of
high quality complete protein.
- Fits perfectly into
a low carb
lifestyle diet.
Body For Life --- The Secret is …
The secret is to eat often so your
body never ever thinks it will be hungry and then the body will start burning
the excess fat. This is hard to do; I had to by a watch with an alarm on it
years ago and set it to beep when it is time to eat. I think that at my present
weight I really burn way more the 2000 calories a day. The difference in
calories burned and consumed results in fat being burned. Carrying this much
weight around is a lot of work and burns a lot of calories. “Body For
Life” worked before but I was 8 years younger and not as heavy. I was
then able to exercise 3 days a week and right now that is much too difficult
for me.
Now when I go to play poker I have
to take 3 or 4 meals already prepared with me. This is a pain but I need to
stick with it. It also means shopping 2 times a week for fresh veggies
and fruit.
I have already made it through one
of the hardest things about the program. Drink lots and lots of water. About a
month ago I gave up drinking Diet Pepsi and concentrated on drinking water. It
takes about a month to get used to it, but I now am drinking a minimum of eight
500ml bottles a day. Many days I think I may drink 12 to 16 bottles. This cleanses
your system and eliminates all the bad chemicals that these drinks have in
them.
After you make it through the 1st
month of eating 6 small meals a day, then the program’s creator recommends
that you create 1 day a week where you can schedule yourself to eat any darn
thing you are craving. I found I waited a little longer to do this because
making this type of adjustment is tough for me.
I am writing this to keep a journal
of my progress; I am just hoping I can find the strength not to want to go off
the wagon when I feel stressed which is often playing this damn game of poker.
Doing all of these steps at once is
a traumatic life style change, which is why I started with the drinking of lots
of water. Now the eating often and small balanced meals, then hopefully some
real cardio and strength training exercise.
RobertKarl ok, so when your latest yo-yo diet fails, because it is essentially a diet that tries to placate hunger by chopping it into small doses that are allegedly easier to handle, you might be ready to try a "diet" where you can eat as much as you want, and if you get hungry, just eat more and lose more. You will lose two pounds a week. Not extreme, not glamourous, not exciting, but, hey, that's 104 pounds a year and it stays off because you eat whenever you want. If you can wrap your fat mind around that (said lovingly by a fellow fat ass) and are ready to stop ignoring hunger, or feeling that you can "control it," get back to me and I will give you the very short details. I am not selling anything. I have no connection to this company, other than as a client I have lost over 25 pounds in 3 months, and am confident that I can eat my way to my goal of another 25 pounds in another three months. People in it that I personally know have lost over 100 pounds, kept it off for a year or more, and enjoy the permanent changes this plan made to their eating habits. And, I checked, it's offerred in your area. It's up to you. (09/04/08)