Body For Life Blog

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, it is great to feel healthier and stronger and it is great following a fitness program like Body for Life and a diet like Eating for Life - BUT - The only reason we’re on this program is to see the results!!!!

If you’ve been following my blog you must’ve noticed my fight with the scale. It is 5 weeks already and my scale has hardly shown a drop in my total weight…
So my only consolation was waiting to see my progress pictures. Well… exactly 4 weeks after taking my “before pictures” on day 4, I took my week 4 + 4 days progress pictures. Hoping to see some significant change in the way I look. If the scale had not dropped, I should at least expect to look better in the mirror. Health is nice… but I’m doing this to look GOOD!

Rushing to my computer after taking my 4 weeks pictures, I uploaded the digital images, to compare them to my week 1 pictures and to find… a very very very slight change.

This was a great disappointment for me. I gave up on the scale because I had my hopes up for the progress pictures! But there I was and the progress was minor. So this has sent me again to the very well known body for life challenge week 5 depression.

You can sum it up in a few words: “I’ve worked so hard and this is all I get???”

When something like this happens. The best option is to go to the forums. My favorite one is at: Body for Life Tracker. It wasn’t very difficult finding threads about other people in the same situation…. Reading the replies there had also encouraged me. So I stuck on… as I promised you I would.

And now I’m about to start week 6. My body is really feeling different. It is unbelievable the progress I had made in the gym.
But what I really want to tell you is that my pants are fitting much more loosely and that I’ve almost dropped 1 full belt hole. I guess it would take another 2 weeks for that.

So even if you’re at the 5 week blues… Don’t give up!
Stick with me… It will be worth it!