Body For Life Blog

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 pictures I took was on day 4 and now was exactly 4 weeks later.

I used my digital camera and eagerly uploaded the pictures to check my progress…
:-( To tell you the truth - it was very disappointing.
There were only minimal signs of any visible weight loss. For at least 2 hours I was feeling down. I just didn’t know what I was doing wrong.

Am I eating more than I should? Am I eating less? Am I taking in enough protein? Am I doing the workouts as I should have…

So this is when I hit the forums for some encouragements and inspiration.
One post was linking to the Hussman site, and there I found my much needed encouragement. So many people are experiencing this on their 5th week of their body for life challenge. So I know I’m not alone.

I have to trust the program (check myself that I’m doing this as I should) and just move on. I’m on the right path and I know the results will soon show.

So this is where the going gets a little tougher… and you just hang in there and trust yourself with what you’re doing.
I know my body is changing. I can feel my muscles growing. I can’t quite see it already since the change starts from within.

At night, after work, I was back on track. I went to the gym and did my hiit cardio workout. It was important that I don’t skip this workout, especially today.
So we’re moving on…
Next progress pictures will be taken on week 6…
I hope I’ll have better results to report by then.