Body for Life Program

I am doing it now and I love it. Great lifting regimen. I'm not doing the diet part of it, so my results are not as good, but the lifting part has shown great results. I lost 14 inches in a month.

I just got the book from the library the other day but haven't started reading it yet...I would love to hear anyones thoughts on this as well....:)

From what I remember about it, it included using alot of meal replacement bars and shakes as part of the diet plan. At this point, I'd rather eat natural snacks like nuts etc for in between meals. Some good info in there though.

My husband and myself did the BFL program about 11 years ago. We did supplements and everything. We had GREAT results.. However, for us the diet part of the lifestyle was not sustainable for us at the time.. and we slipped back into old habits and gained all plus a lot of weight back.. It is a GREAT program.. just the eating part of it was too boring.. we waited and waited for the cookbook to come out and it did.. a long time after we stopped the program.. we bought it and started it again.. Just couldn't get with it the 2nd time.

Another great program is Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto.. He helps you get GREAT results with out spending so much money on supplements.. just good food!

BFL is a great program.. and I am doing a very similar diet to the one he suggests now.. but back then.. it was not sustainable and that is key.. Whatever program you do.. it needs to be sustainable if you want to keep the results.

Good Luck!

I did the program about five years ago with a friend and had great results. I dropped two whole sizes in the 12 weeks. I did not keep at it which is a problem like most and gained weight back.. My friend who was fairly heavy did it and lost 60 lbs in the 12 weeks !

I've been doing just the lifting routines since January and I think it's done well.

Good program in my opinion. I really like the eating for life recipe book that you can pick up. I still make those meals sometimes. YUM

I did it about 5 years ago and had fantastic results

I did a whole 12 week program after a car accident sidelined me for several months. It was crazy the results I got, because it was twice the food and half the exercise I was used to. Stick with it the whole 12 weeks, you'll be amazed.

My husband and I did BFL about 8 years ago, had awesome results, but like many others, fell back into old habits and gained weight back.

It is a WONDERFUL program, and if you stick with it, you WILL see results. You don't have to do the supplements if you don't want to - or you can substitute your own home-made shake recipes instead. I just found it really difficult to stick with the eating plan for daily life - six meals a day is a lot of planning!

Bill Phillips has written a new book - Transformation - that takes BFL and adds a component of self reflection and spirtuality that some have found to be even more inspiring. I also did that a few years ago, but didn't make it through all the steps due to some unforseen circumstances. Transformation (Google it - he has a website, but can't post it here due to MFP policies) is also a great program in which many people have seen great success.

I was thinking about starting the Transformation program again....

Thanks for your replies! Yes, I think if I did it, I would not be buying the supplements, as I can't afford that right now. I would just replace them with healthy snacks instead. I think I would definitely have to tweak the diet part a bit so that it is manageable for me, because if I follow something that is super restrictive, I just end up bingeing, of course, I guess you do get the "free day" once a week, huh? It's just if I start following it, I want it to be something that is do-able as a lifestyle.

As far as the workouts go, was the 20 minutes of cardio 3 days a week really enough?

My husband and I did this program about 10 or 11 years ago and had incredible results. I lost 27 lbs in 12 weeks and he lost over 30. I was 39 and he was 44 at the time and that was truly the best shape we'd ever been in. After a while we lost interest and didn't continue the diet and exercise and gained the weight back over a long period of time.

We only did 20 min of cardio as suggested, 3 days a week and resistance training with free weights at home 3 days a week. We took our free days and ate whatever we wanted once a week and it really worked. The key is sustainability! It didn't suit our lifestyle and we didn't stick with it.

I have been working the BFL program for 3 days now. Glad to see some folks here having success with it!

OH, make sure you stick with what they tell you to do - don't try to alter it because you think it's not enough or whatever. AND don't get upset if you don't see results right away, particularly on the scale. Most will tell you that it's at week 8 or so that you will see sudden and dramatic changes. Give it at least 8-9 weeks of doing it right.

i was going to add photo of when I
followed it. It worked well. I lost 30lbs in 10weeks. Great program. Back on it.