Body for Life. My new journal.

[Annax6]

Hi all I am starting a new journal.

Following Bill Phillips Body for Life system.

Breakfast 1 egg on grainy bread, dash of butter. 1coffee milk no sugar.

am tea 1 mandarin 3 almonds.

Lunch 1 jacket potato with mince and coleslaw on the top Tiny bit of sour cream. 1 skim cappicinno with equal.

Afternoon tea 1 large protein shake made with 50 mls milk, 150mls water 2 scoops of whey protein.

Dinner 1 portion of homemade beef madras and brown rice.

Supper will be cottage cheese and almonds I would say.

45 mins off hard weight training today at the gym.

Worked, abs, back,quads,delts and triceps.

Does this sound ok to you guys?

[mike27]

whats ur goals,bodyweight,helight?

what time to you train? what time are your meals?

good start so far! welcome

[Annax6]

Hi! Thanks for replying. My weight is 66 kilo, my height it 5ft6, my bodyfat is about 28%.

I am a mum of 4 kids, and have a lot of fat around my middle and back area. I have been going to the gym since February, 3 times a week when kids are at school and preschool. My arms have toned up significantly, they look quite muscular and my traps and shoulders are defnitly bigger and more defined. My legs have always been quite muscly but my tummy and back is where I carry most of the fat!!! I seem to suit a lowcarb way of eating but really struggle with it. Thats why I am trying body for life as it has a better more balanced way of eating plus a cheat day on sunday. Which is something to look forward to as far as I'm concerned. I don't want to compete but I would love to see my abs again. I am getting up the courage to post pics on here but I'm abit nervous as to what you people may say!!!! I was Annax4 but changed to Annax6 as I lost my last password and email. So thats me! I would like to get to about 20% bodyfat. I think that would be something I could manage.

[mike27]

sounds great! good to have goals to aim for

im not sure re the diet your on. its low-carb tho.

main thing is to be consistent with nutrition,training and rest.

keep at it! results will come. there is no magic pill, just hard work and time.

good luck and all the best

as for pics, its up to you if you post them. people will offer avice on that too. nothing too worry about, you could always not include ur face in the pic?

[VampireChick]

Good for you Anna, body for life has provided a great base for many people so good luck What is your weeks worth of training like? Are you currently on a split? Or does body for life provide a specific training routine? (I've done it before but only really followed the nutrition).

Don't feel shy about photos. This is your journal and people are pretty respectful enough to to make nasty comments. It takes a lot of balls to put them up to :nod: I tend to chuck some up every now and then and it's all good (but haven't in a while cause I really don't have anything new to show!).

[Annax6]

Breakkie 1 egg on 2 grainy toast, 1 coffee.

am tea, 1 coffee.

Lunch subway salad with chicken etc. Had mayo and cheese and ranch dressing. Bit naughty but I was working so was pretty tired.

Dinner. Total ballsup. Butter chicken, mango chicken and paneer kofti. And cheese naan. I now feel like vomiting. Absolutely don't want to go back to eating crap, but was supervising our orchard gettong picked so was ravenous by the time I got around to having tea!!!! Not good.

Better day tommorow. :naughty:

[Lurker]

Doesn't sound that low carb.

[VampireChick]

Doesn't sound that low carb.

Agree. If you're aiming for low carb you're not on the right track (toast for brekkie, potato for lunch and rice for dinner). Plus where are your snacks? If it's something you struggle with you could try carb cycling. For instance a typical low carb day for me (not including pre/post workout shakes).

Breakfast: Eggwhite omlette

Snack: Tuna and avocado

Lunch: Chicken, salad and green veg

Snack: Beef or chicken

Dinner: Chicken and stirfry green veg

Snack: Protein sludge

On a high carb day (every three days) a portion of carbs (oats, kumara or pumpkin) will be added to the main three meals.

[mike27]

stick with it Anna!

its worth the effort :nod:

[Annax6]

Body for life is not a lowcarb plan. It is a balanced programme where you have a portion of carbs, a portion of protein and a portion of veges at 3 of your meals. The other 3 meals are supposed to be protein shakes. I have 1 protein shake at am tea then a handful of almonds and a peice of fruit for am tea. I wouldn't usually have indian curry for tea but when you are supervising 45 people in your kiwifruit orchard untill 5.30pm and trying to organize 4 kids curry was the option for me!!!! Regretted it though as it was too high in fat and carbs. Felt sluggush and disgusting for the rest of the evening.

Breakkie today; 1 egg on 2 toast. 1 coffee no sugar.

am tea, 1 coffee. No time to eat.

Lunch half a skinless grilled chicken breast with half a cup of brown rice. Water.

Pm tea; the other half of chicken breast and rice.

Dinner 1 portion of oxtail stew.

Last day of picking tommorow so back on track after that.

Will go a bit lower on carbs once I start losing the fat. Then will try the carb cycling thing. Thanks for the advice guys!!! :nod: