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Date Posted: 01:07:33 08/25/02 Sun
Author: Sherry
Subject: Body for life (number 2)

Hi guys, well I bought it, the Body for Life book. I read it all in about one day. It is pretty interesting, I recognized some of it as Brian Tracy stuff, setting goals and having the right attitude toward reaching them. It never hurts to be reminded of that stuff, we can all use the pep talk from time to time. Having someone apply it specifically to getting in shape and losing fat was a little new and different and useful in its application though.

The weight training part of it is similar to what I've been trying to do already, so I don't think it is going to be too hard for me to "accept the challenge" and go for it. It is structured a little differently than I am used to, maybe a little more intense than I've been doing, but not too much of a stretch.

The aerobics part is interesting. Only twenty minutes every other day (with one day a week off), so it would be 20 minutes on the days I don't do the weight training. I think I can handle that, although it is more intense than I've been doing.

The diet, now that is a little different. I'm not sure I will be entirely doing the diet. Apparently there are those who modify his plan with respect to the diet (thanks Joe for that link), and I may modify my diet accordingly. He does seem to have respect for low carb, but has you "balance" protein and carb intake. You eat a portion (defined as a palm size or clenched fist size serving) of protein and carb for six meals in the day. Some of those can be protein shakes. (I think he cuts fat a little too low personally).

But he has you take a "free day" off once a week, this is a day that you neither follow the diet or excercise, but eat whatever you choose. The purpose of this is that (he says) it fools your body into not realizing that you are trying to lose weight. So as not to activate the "starvation mode" that we all worry about.

He does seem to go along with the workout on an empty stomach and don't eat for an hour afterwards theory (that Protein Power talks about).

I think the main difference in this approach that I think would be useful for me is all the planning and record keeping, and the specific number of day or weeks toward reaching a specific goal. I've been floundering for so long , because I feel like I haven't been able to stick to promises I have made to myself, haven't been focused on a goal within a specific period of time (a goal without a time limit is essentially just a dream), and haven't been really reviewing and marking (and celebrating) my progress.

Some of the things he said in there that I really really respected and valued was something along the line that if you commit to this challenge you must follow through. Doing so builds confidence, and confidence is VERY important to success. He said "would you trust someone who consistently changes the rules of the game, who can't be relied upon to finish what they start? or keep the promises they have made?" I'm paraphrasing here, I don't know if that was an exact quote, but he was applying it to promises we make to ourselves. We have to keep those promises or we lose confidence and trust in ourselves. Wow. To me that was pretty intense. I've made a few promises to myself lately that I haven't kept, and I know what he is saying. I surely have lost confidence as a result.

He has you take a picture of yourself before you start, and urges taking pictures every month afterward (for three months or 18 weeks), including an "After" picture. Now I don't expect to be much different three months from when I start than I am right now, but one thing is for sure, if I AM different I will be able to see it. The way I've been going, I wouldn't know if I had made any real progress in three months. So this part kind of appealed to me.

He has all these photos of people who started the challenge, and finished it. Totally different before and after shots. Many of the women weren't that fat to start with, so their photos show pudgy to really lean, but some of the men! Wow. Total transformations. Some of them with these huge guts, going down to muscle bound and lean! Amazing, but hard to believe they did it in only 18 weeks.

So now I just need to pick a day to start. Because of the planning involved, I don't want to just jump right in. Eating 6 meals a day and excercising every day but one will require a little mental work to prepare for.

His next "challenge" on his website starts in about a month (I think) I was thinking I would do a little practice run until the official start date and then actually commit and join his next challenge. I will probably modify the diet to be a little more low carb (though maybe not too much, with this much excercise I may need more carbs than usual), and I think I will take his "one day off" a week, but I really want to try this. I bought a swim suit, and a camera (which normally I wouldn't be caught dead in) so that my husband can take a picture or two of me for my "before" shot. I'm sure it will look horrible and if I can even look a little better after 18 weeks I will be pleased.

I will be re-reading the book, and will post some of the things I liked about it in a few days. If this sounds good to anyone and they would like to commit to 18 weeks, maybe you could join me in this? If not, I will keep you all informed of any progress I manage to make.

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