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Forum Post: RE: Third times the charm!

multiwarrior — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:29:00 GMT

Halfway through week 1, and I'm doing alright. Workout wise I know that my area of weakness right now is my upper body. I guess that's what I get when my favorite sport is endurance running! Eating is taking a little time to set up, but I think I finally got it all about straight. So far so good!

Forum Post: RE: BFL Coffee Crew!

Legs — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:09:00 GMT

Hey Crew - Im just popping back in as I refill my icewater. Picture this...with a Kodak...lol...lounge lizard...oh boy what a fab day here. This eating clean business has me back to being uber vascular and I love to see that. Call me weird. My trainers told me this would always stay with me if I stayed with it, and dang they were bang on.

Bang.

OK - back to the sunshine. *arms open wide and smiles to the stars, moon and spacemonkeys*!

Forum Post: RE: Started yesterday, May 15th. Could use forum friends for help and inspiration.

jordan1997 — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:08:00 GMT

Hi. Welcome to the program. Please let me know if I can help. I'm doing it for the first time.

Forum Post: RE: Pasta? Corn tortillas?

jodig89 — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:58:00 GMT

Hey Modest Mom

How do you make the tortillas is the big question? Whole wheat are "allowed" and so is corn so I dont see why not :)

This is challenge 2 for me (with wonderful results thus far) and we had vegetarian refried beans more then several times..Huevos Rancheros of sorts lol Brown rice (sometimes a dry pan seared wheat tortilla in place of) 1 whole egg 5 additional egg whites, little bit of low fat shredded cheese, refried beans dab of salsa YUM!!!!

Pasta is just about a cup of cooked if you are still on the fence about that. I use barilla whole grain thin spaghetti with homemade marinara (can of whole tomatoes i crush with a spoon, tablespoon of olive oil, little garlic tons of fresh basil) with some turkey meatballs :)

Best of luck to you

Jodi

Forum Post: RE: May 14th2012 My BFL start date (first timer)

Chappyswife — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:38:00 GMT

I'm just getting ready for the gym. We are 6 hours behind the east coast :) Lower body day. I'll let y'all know how it goes! Thanks for letting me jump in even though I'm a day behind everyone.

Forum Post: RE: BFL Warriors

kkuertz — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:34:00 GMT

Hi Warriors! I have been thinking about you all and wanted to check in! I am doing well. I am still working with my trainer. I never did do the figure/bikini competition in March. I decided against doing it. Too mental for me. I rather be fit and healthy all year rather than just 1 day...I still do think a competitors are inspiring but I am not sure it is for me.

Other than that I am still teaching Zumba. I am getting ready to start taking CrossFit at my gym. I'm excited!

I have a new boyfriend! We have been together for 3 months and I must say I think he is the ONE!!!! :)

I need to go read and see how you all are doing!!!!! Much love to you all!!!! I will try to check in occasionally. I say that and then life gets sooooooooo busy!

Forum Post: RE: STARTING C2 APRIL 23RD ....any takers :) :) :)

Diane33 — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT

I came across a quote today to use as my daily mantra....dug a little deeper and found the story to go along with it that I wanted to share with you all.....

“Bruce (Lee) had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me “We’re going to go five.” I said, “Bruce, I can’t go five. I’m a helluva lot older than you are, and I can’t do five.” He said, “When we get to three, we’ll shift gears and it’s only two more and you’ll do it.” I said “Okay, hell, I’ll go for it.” So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I’m okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I’m tired, my heart’s pounding, I can’t go any more and so I say to him, “Bruce if I run any more,” –and we’re still running-”if I run any more I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.” He said, “Then die.” It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, “Why did you say that?” He said, “Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”

So remember that when you are at the end of your workout! :) I loved the "there are no limits. there are plateaus"

Forum Post: RE: Looking for a Mentor- Starting April 30, 2012 for the first time.

Chappyswife — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:22:00 GMT

I just got started yesterday. Even though I'm a couple of weeks behind y'all, I would love to stay in touch for encouragement and advice. Best wishes all!!!

Forum Post: RE: Why BFL Works...Hussman Fitness

mstickles — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:54:00 GMT

Found this thread by accident while searching for something entirely unrelated - I'm commenting so it gets bumped up to the top of the forum page for other people (who, like me, weren't on this forum back in 2010) to see and read. I've just looked over Dr. Hussman's site quickly, and can tell I'll need to go back and explore more deeply. Looks like a boatload of good info.

The website's "Why BFL works" page is at: www.hussmanfitness.org/.../TPBodyforLife.html (that's for those of you who came straight to this page using the "Latest post" link and so missed the website link on the first page of the thread).

Forum Post: RE: WOULD ANYBODY BE WILLING TO SHARE??????

GoodByeSaddleBags — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:50:00 GMT

This was so helpful. Thanks Bobby for posting that kind of put it into perspective even though i have read the book twice. LOL

Forum Post: RE: I'm Interested in Starting BFL But am Hesitant

mstickles — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:00 GMT

DrRobD - John P. Hussman, Ph.D. has a web page (www.hussmanfitness.org/.../TPBodyforLife.html) where he gets into the reasons why BFL works, and his "Tweaking the program" section has a couple of ideas for focusing on muscle growth. I'd read the whole article though - he notes one or two things farther down which increase fat loss at the cost of decreased muscle growth; I imagine you'd want to avoid those. I plan to go over the whole site in the next few days, looks like lots of good info.

Forum Post: RE: Gratitude

Diane33 — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:46:00 GMT

Today I am grateful for:

Not having any physical limitations to prevent me from achieving a healthy, active lifestyle

Forum Post: RE: Starting May 7th! Any Takers?

TassieTim — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:00 GMT

@Blessed Mom

I know what you mean about writing everything down. I purchased the Body for Life Success Journal on Amazon (along with the Body for Life book, Body for Life Cooking book, and the DVD's). It was part of one of their deals. The Success Journal is brilliant and I use it daily to keep me on track with my 6 meals per day diet and exercise routines.

I also printed out some of the Exercise plans on this site which correspond with the Upper and Lower body routines. I fill them in and take them to the gym on a clipboard and keep close track on my progress throughout my session. Once competed and I have a bit of spare time during the day I slowly put together my next session by looking at how I went in the last session. It may be a bit of extra work filling it all in but I find it really motivating and keeps me on track as I see how much I'm progressing.

Keep up the good work. We will be here for you.

Forum Post: RE: Starting (again) Monday February 27!

Tonja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:19:00 GMT

LBWO done! TRX class was great last night - she had us do some of the workout on bosu balls which kept it very interesting & the AC was out. I was sweating for 2 reasons. Have a great day guys...when is your last day??

Tonja

Forum Post: RE: January 9ers, C2, and April 9ers C1, let's start this new thread!

Tonja — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:17:00 GMT

Good morning all,

LBWO done! I talked to my husband about the hook gloves & he had some straps that he wasn't using, much better on the grips (still going to get the hook gloves over the weekend). TRX was great last night - she changed it up & made us stand Bosu balls...interesting & I didn't fall on my face.

Have a good one,

Tonja

Forum Post: RE: Snack Ideas

erica1234 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:45:00 GMT

I like to fill a ziploc baggie with sliced cooked chicken breast, and have a portion of that and one orange. Filling and yummy and easy!

Forum Post: RE: High Intensity, Low Impact cardio at home

mstickles — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:00 GMT

Well, the modified burpees I tried earlier won't work alone - two minutes is all I can handle. But they did loosen me up enough that I can make it to the end of the stair-stepping without killing my legs.

I did find a new idea this morning - tweaked my foot yesterday doing my LBWO and it wouldn't hold up for stair-stepping, so after "emergency-brainstorming" for an idea I took a brisk walk wearing a 25-lb backpack. That hit the "9"s, but my shins felt like they were on fire by the end. I'll probably make that my default for now since it's still less pain-and-strain than the other options :-).

@TassieTim - Thanks for the idea, the workplace idea is looking good. Not immediately - for the next three weeks I estimate (best case) I'd lose at least five hours to traffic because of how I'd have to re-arrange my schedule (my schedule's just wacky right now) - but for the last few weeks of my Challenge things should settle down and it will become a very attractive option. And just in time for the "home stretch"!

@StudentRN2013 - no stairs (it's not an apartment complex, I just have a mini-apartment - bedroom and small common area - in the garden level of a private home), but there is a pair of steps up to the back patio area, and that's what I use for stair-stepping (kind of like an aerobics step where you can only use one side). The concrete isn't quite even, though, so it pounds the feet more than it should and makes it easy to tweak something if I'm not extra-careful.

Forum Post: RE: This week's focus goals

erica1234 — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:38:00 GMT

Annie50, those are great goals to focus on for the week! Especially smiling! That is something my mother always drilled into me, and now that she is gone, I find myself remembering to do exactly that!

Forum Post: RE: 12 week full detailed recipe

Xandark — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:16:00 GMT

thank you!

Forum Post: RE: Body Fat Calipers

tspeters — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:38:00 GMT

Thanks!! I really appreciate it:)