Archive for April, 2005

Body for Life Challenge - Day 47 - Trying to keep the pace

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

It’s been quite a while since I blogged about my body for life challenge progress. I have to tell you, things have been quite rough.
I’ve missed 2 workouts the past week and half and I’ve had more than my allowed 2 cheat meals per week.
The reason for this decline in motivation is the lack of […]

Body for Life - So You Want To Build A Home Gym Article

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

I know that a lot of people are having problems with the body for life program because of the discomfort that is involved in going to the gym. Being a beginner, many times an overweight beginner, it can be tough going to the gym and trying to figure out how to start training correctly with […]

Elliptical Trainer Benefits

Thursday, April 21st, 2005

Since I love doing my body for life cardio hiit workouts on an Elliptical Trainer, I thought I’d add a short aritcle I found about this subject.

Elliptical Trainer Benefits by Gary Gresham

There are so many elliptical trainer benefits to list that some would say it’s the perfect way to exercise. Elliptical exercise […]

Body for Life Program - Day 38 - about building habits

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

I didn’t think it would happen to me. But half way into week 6 of my body for life challenge, I’ve noticed that it has begun…
Working out - Eating right - Exercising at the gym - 5-6 small meals a day

This has become a habit for me! I hardly pay attention to it now.
People say […]

Body for Life Transformation - End of Week 5

Saturday, April 16th, 2005

So we’re coming to the end of week 5 in this Body for life transformation, what can I say? It’s like I’m following a pre-written script, someone had planned in advance for me, for this body for life challenge.

Week 5 is known for it’s high drop-out rate. Let’s face it. It is great to exercise, […]

Day 32 - Body for Life Plan - tough times

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

Today was a frustrating day in my body for life weight loss battle! I wasn’t able to do my cardio workout in the morning, since I got a call from work asking me to come to the office ASAP. Before I went to work I asked my wife to take my BFL picture. The first […]

Day 29 - of my Body for Life Plan

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Week 5 of my Body for Life Plan has started. And just like every week. It is hard to start moving.
Have I sabotaged my bfl challenge by eating too much on my free day?
Do I have the strength to do this every morning going to the gym?

Well… let me tell you this.
It is getting easier […]

Body for Life - Day 28 - a Third into Challenge 1

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

So here I am… I just finished week 4 of my Body for Life Program. This means I’ve just finished a third of my first challenge. It’s time for a short summary on how things are going at the moment:

First of all scale-wise - my weight has hardly changed. If you read my blog you’d […]

Body for Life - Day 25 - The Tao of the Program

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

First of all, let me tell you that my feet are getting better. They’re almost back to normal.
What I wanted to talk about this time was the about the Tao of the Body for Life Program… let me explain what I mean…
Sometimes in life we’re handed a map and directions for our goals. We know […]

Body for Life - Day 23 - Leg Cramps

Tuesday, April 5th, 2005

Today I woke up with the worst leg cramps. It all started yesterday, I was starting week 4 on my first body for life challenge and thought it was time to diversify. I wanted to start using different machines in my gym to train different muscles.
The body gets used to everything, so by diversifying and […]