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| Tue, 04-19-2005 - 10:27am |
Hello All:
I am new here. I was just wondering if any of you had heard anything about a new book,
Body for Life for Women: A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation by Pam Peeke? It looks very interesting but I was wondering if anyone had tried it and had any results or knew much about it.
Thanks,
Catz
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?pwb=1&ean=9781579546014

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Hi Miranda:
I am on Day 11 of the program and still going. I am still pretty excited about it. I don't find the diet overly restrictive - it's all about the 5 or 6 small meals a day - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack. Pam Peeke says that the original plan also called for an after-dinner snack but that her recommendation is to not eat anything after 8pm. You are supposed to watch your portion sizes (which is my problem, especially after I work out... I am hungry!), but now that I am getting used to the snacks and my food is spaced out a bit... I notice I am not as hungry. The types of food are not that different than any other diet plan I have been on - eat lean proteins, healthy carbs and she recommends 2 "grain" carbs a day, and at least 2 carbs should be fruit - you are supposed to keep your carbs to 5 or 6 potions a day. She also points out that no one eats perfectly all the time, and she recommends following the eating plan 80% of the time... she points out that especially for women, there are certain times in the month, when you would "sell your mother, for a piece of chocolate!" so go ahead and have a piece. Sunday is our free day from the training (although, we have decided that we will do a long walk on those days... and walk to the ice cream store for a "kiddie" cone. So, that's our treat for a long week of work!
The exercise portion is just a schedule of what type of exercise you should do each day - ie: Day 1 Cardio at least 30 minutes, Day 2 Weights, Upper Body... and so on. She has some sample exercises and also recommends that you do a minimum of 3 days of cardio but recommends 5... so I am running on my lunch hours at work on 2 of my "weights" days. I think if you want to get the kind of results that they are showing in the pictures... you need to do more than the minimum that she shows in the book, though... they don't tell you that part! We are averaging about an hour of cardio on cardio days, and an hour of weights (and increasing the amount of weight when we can) with an additional 1/2 hour of cardio on two of the weight training days.
So far, I would recommend it... will let you know what I think at the end of Week 4 - that's when I do my next weigh in and measurements... and "clothes-o-meter" (pick something like a pair of jeans that almost fit but are a bit too tight and then try them again in 4 weeks).
Suzie:
Thanks for the info... will check it out!
Catz
(I don't do any supplements on the Body for Life for Women - they give them as samples for snacks but I usually have an All Bran Bar or a Yogurt and an apple).
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