So you’ve decided to give the Body-for-Life program a try. You’re going to dedicate the next twelve weeks to improving your body and your life. Congratulations!
As the first official day on the program, today is the day that you’ll want to take care of a few important things:
1. Take some baseline measurements to measure your progress over the next twelve weeks.
2. Set some goals for what you hope to achieve on the program.
3. Get your kitchen stocked and ready to support you, not sabotage you.
4. Familiarize yourself with the Families.com blogs, read them and get started!
Measurements
Weigh yourself. Get an accurate body weight (and bodyfat analysis if possible). If nothing else, get your starting weight. When weighing yourself, it is best to do so first thing in the morning and without clothing.
Measure the inches. Using a flexible tape measure, measure your body in the following areas:
1. Around the chest and back.
2. Around the natural waist.
3. Around the hips.
4. Around the top (thickest part) of your thigh.
5. Around the thickest part of your calf muscle (below the knee).
6. Around your biceps (upper arm) while flexed.
Goals
What do you hope to achieve from the Body-for-Life program?
Set five specific goals for yourself to achieve over the next twelve weeks. Write them down. Then write down three reasons why you really want to achieve those goals.
Kitchen
Take a good look at the Body-for-Life food list here. You may even want to print a copy of it for your refrigerator. To make a Body-for-Life meal, simply pick one serving of protein, one carbohydrate and one vegetable. Serving sizes are the size of the palm of your hand for proteins and the size of your fist for carbohydrates and vegetables. No measuring, no weighing, no hassle.
Part of the reason the Body-for-Life program is so successful is because you plan your meals ahead of time. Whether you plan them a week ahead or a day ahead doesn’t matter. What does matter is that you’ve given some thought to the meals and snacks you’ll be eating, you’ve done the shopping and food preparation and made the day easy on yourself. During the next twelve weeks, I’ll be writing Food blogs to help you on the program. I’ll discuss meal replacement bars, drinks and frozen meals that comply with the Body-for-Life program as well as share recipes for great tasting Body-for-Life meals.
Throughout the twelve weeks, you can start every day by reading the Weight Loss Blog here and then following the links to that day’s workout in the Fitness Blog and that day’s food tip in the Food Blog.
Now get your Body-for-Life Success Journal out and get started on today’s workout and meal planning!
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