Does body for life fitness program worK?

Answer 1

Most programs work not diets alone. If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem.

Here are the golden rules:
Initially cut down to 1200 calories.
Exercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved.
Don't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise.
Drink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day.
Limit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day.
Never eat dinner after 6pm.
Adopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!
Make low fat dairy choices

Follow this menu plan as a suggestion:
Breakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon
20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR
fruit salad w low GI soy yogurt
Snack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)
Lunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)
Snack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt
Dinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato
Snack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)

Exercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between.

Cardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes.

To maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again.

Good luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

From my experience it is a very healthy way to eat. It makes sense to feed your body every 3 hours. I have been eating this way pretty much for the past 2 years. I am very dedicated to it and exercising. I used a personal trainer for 1.5 years. We did circuit training 2x a week. I worked every muscle in my body twice a week. When I started doing cardio 5x a week it really made a difference on the weight loss.
I am 31 5'6 and weigh 136 pounds, I also have a full time job and 2 small kids. So if I can do it, you can! Don't watch the scales so much as your inches. I did not lose for a long time, but I was building muscles and getting toned. People at work thought that I lost 30 pounds when it was only about 5.
I can say I am much stronger than the average woman my age and weight.

Another thing that changed the way I feel and my energy level is taking Advocare supplements. They provide optimal nutrition. It fills in the nutritional gap in my diet. So whatever I don't get from the food I consume it fills it in. They are prescrition strengh vitamins! I can't say enough about them. They have everything you need, it will take the place of all the other things you take, like multi vitimans, and omega 3's, green tea, ext. Go to www.advocare.com to read more about them.

Also, drink lots of water! It will flush your body out. I recommend at least 100 oz a day. It will make a world of difference, along with making sure you have 30 grams of fiber a day in your diet. Makes a world of difference!

Answer 4

I found the weight lifting program to be quite effective. It is one of the better routines that I have used. I have read time and time again that, for maximum weight loss it is best to vary the pace of your walking, running, whatever pace. This is exactly what the Body for Life program prescribes. I personally have a little problem with the eating program because I love sugar way too much. It takes discipline to eat right, but it can be done. I have been using the weight lifting program on and off (when I do lift) for the last couple years and it has helped me put on quite a bit of muscle. Just recently I have started doing the cardio also on an elliptical machine. That's starting to get easier too, so I have been able to speed it up a notch. All in all I think the Body for Life program is a good one. I highly recommend it to anybody, even if you are like me and not entirely disciplined to the whole program, you will see results somewhere.

Answer 5

I haven't done the Body For Life program, but I've read the book. I've developed my own fitness routine that works for me. I was impressed with the book. It was a comprehensive lifestyle change, which, I think, is one of the most important aspects of losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

I think the promises are a bit overhyped (seeing all the ripped bodies in the book) but the end result will definitely be more muscle, more fitness, and a healthier outlook upon life.

I'd certainly give it a try and don't have any qualms about it.

Good luck.

Answer 6

Yeah it does but you hve to be TOTALLY committed and rigid with it. It's very hard work but it works!