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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 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 […]

Body for Life - Day 21 - Free Day Thoughts

Sunday, April 3rd, 2005

I just finished my third free day… I had 2 big meals, 1 a family dinner at my parent’s apartment the other in a restaurant celebrating a friends birthday.

The free day is an integral part of the Body for Life Program. Should I be feeling bad when my free day is over? Well… I know […]

Body for Life - Day 20 - 3 Weeks and a Compliment

Saturday, April 2nd, 2005

Day 20 of my Body for Life Challenge has ended. Tomorrow is my Free Day. So far I’ve not missed a workout and I think I have eating right by the Eating for Life Program.

If you’ve been following my blog, you might have noticed the mental “scale” struggle I had a few weeks ago. 21 […]