I begin my 2nd Body For Life program next week

I have 20 more pounds that I'd like to lose now that the wedding is over and since I lost 25 in my first 12 week program,so I figured I'd start it up again. So this week I'm starting to break myself into it lightly and next week I'll be full force!!

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Good luck! That's a great program!

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I never heard of it. What is it like? It seems like you had a great experience with it. Could you tell me about it?

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I would love to explain it because I love this program.

Basically how it works is there's two parts to it: eating and fitness.

Eating:

You eat 5-6 meals a day, all small portions (about the size of the palm of your hand). Each meal you have 1 portion of protein and 1 portion of carbs. At least 2 meals out of the day you have a portion of veggies. There are authorized foods that you are allowed to have. For example, in protein you can have lean beef, chicken, shrimp, tuna, cottage cheese, egg whites, etc. In carbs your allowed a baked potato, wheat bread, brown rice, corn, oatmeal, apples, melon, etc. Veggies are carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, brocolli, onion, etc. There's a very long list of foods, that's just some of them.

He also recommends drinking myoplex shakes as a meal supplement 2 times a day. Mostly because they give you vitamins and minerals that you might be missing out on. They are also packed with protein so it will help build muscle, which then burns fat.

Working out:

Work out 6 times a week. Three days of weights, 3 days of 20 minute cardio sessions. You alternate each day. On a monday I would do upperbody weights, tuesday cardio, Wed lowerbody weights, thursday cardio, fri upperbody, sat cardio. Then on the following monday you start off with the lower workout so you get that in twice that week.

One day out of each week is a free day where you are allowed to eat WHATEVER you want. And I mean whatever you want and you can have as much of it as you want. I really think this is the key to the diet because you get all of your cravings out in one day. You also don't workout on this day so your muscles have time to rest.

I highly recommend this programs for anyone who is organized and willing to do all of the workouts. It really helped me a lot and got me into a whole different mind frame. As far as the shakes went, sometimes I had one or two a day, other days went by when I didn't have any. You also have to drink 8-10 glasses of water each day and if you drink something other than water you have to add on an additional glass of water.

If anyone wants any additional info, feel free to ask or FM me and I'll be happy to share.

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Jenn-
I sent you FM!

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Meaghan, I replied

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Jenn...I didn't get the FM!!

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check your email account. When you sent me an FM it went to my email, not here. I'll see if I can resend it.

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I sent you an actual FM this time, not an email.

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that sounds like a great plan.
My only thing is Im a teacher, so I cant eat 6 meals a day like that

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Thanks Jenn! All your info was a great help.

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Diane, can you do 4-5 meals? Since you're a teacher I'm assuming you get up pretty early. You could have your first meal before you leave the house, your second meal before your day starts, then have lunch, a meal when you get home and then dinner.

Just an idea.