Snag Body For Life: 12 Weeks To Mental And Physical Strength Created By Bill Phillips Distributed As Interactive EBook

read this last week while I was stuck under a napping Sarah solely because it was on my parents' shelf near me.
And I wouldn't recommend it, While I'm sure it's worked for many people, the advice on exercise seemed too constrained to something you have to do in a gym most of the time, and not something you can just go out and do with your family as a group activity.
And the dietary advice was pretty poor not nearly enough reliance on fruits amp vegetables, and way too much reliance on supplemental shakes.
I read this back in, it got me going on a regular workout routine, I did find it to be fairly effective, especially for someone that had not worked out in about a decade.
I've been working out regularly ever since, because I feel so much better when I do,

As an additional note I recently started PX, which I don't think I could do without having done this workout routine first.
We have all read a smattering of selfhelp books over the years that have briefly inspired moderation of our behavior for hopefully a more positive life style.
This book is one from that category in my library, Body for Life is about modifying diet, exercising, and lifting weights in order to slim down and sculpt your body in aweek program.
It is filled with many testimonials and photos of successful people who changed their lives through this regime, I have held on to this book in hopes of remotivating myself with the simple truths found in its pages and testimonials.


As a writer, I have no desire to write this sort of book because it is purely a how to.
What I can learn from this book is about writing nonfiction in a believable way from the many testimonials of people overcoming difficult circumstances and achieving long term weight loss.
Overall, this is a truly inspirational book that has helped many people, just not me, which may be my own failing.

Body for LIFE by Bill Phillips describes aweek diet and exercise program that can transform your life,

The recommended diet is not one of those fad diets that keep you hungry quite the opposite, Its all about providing nutritious fuel to your muscles everyhours, so you dont get hungry, The book details exactly what nutrients your body needs, and which foods are the healthiest choices, The emphasis is not on counting calories, but on eating “portions”, A portion of protein is the size of the palm of your hand, A “portion” of carbohydrates is the size of your clenched fist, Since you use your own hand to determine portion size, it is customized to your bodys needs, To plan a meal, pair a healthy protein such as chicken or turkey breast with a healthy carb such as a sweet potato or squash.
Eattimes per day:am,am,pm,pm,pm, andpm, Add a vegetable toof those meals, Each day, drinkoz cups of water,

A special rule makes it easier to follow this diet than any other one day a week you can eat whatever you want! So feed your body healthy food Monday Saturday, watch and feel those pounds melt off without any hunger, and you can still eat your favorite treat on Sunday.
Sundays are also a good time to plan the next weeks meals and shop for the foods youll need, Batch cook on Sunday and save foods in appropriate portion sizes, to save time throughout the coming week, Use small capacity containers for saving food, to help ensure the correct portion size,

The exercise plan alternates strength training with aerobic exercise fordays, then restday, Dayyou strength train your upper body, on Dayaerobic exercise, on Daystrength train your lower body, on Dayaerobic exercise, Dayupper body, Dayaerobics, Dayrest.
Yes, completely rest. And thats the day you can also eat whatever you want, Its your “free day”.

The book provides instructions and photos to correctly perform strength training exercises, with progressive repetitions and intensity, Workouts target specific muscle groups for a short duration, Each day youll spendminutes on lower body,on upper body, oron aerobics, Thats all. The emphasis is on gradually increasing intensity until you hit the “High Point” your utmost effort for maximum benefit,

During the program you photograph and measure yourself everyweeks, Its an excellent record of the positive changes to your physical shape, By weekthe transformation accelerates, You stop wanting to binge on Sundays, because you feel so much better on days when you eat healthy, Your energy level increases along with self satisfaction, and readiness to tackle other challenges,

The information about nutrition and building strength was sufficient motivation for me to try the program I couldn't relate to the before/after photos.
I frankly couldnt believe them, But after completing the program and accomplishing even more than I had hoped for, I can see extreme changes could occur, if someone previously did no exercise at all and ate mostly junkfood daily.


I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good workout and has tried unsuccessfully to lose weight by the traditional “hungry” diets.
You wont be hungry, and pounds will just melt away, For me the key was protein, I had already reduced portions, cut out greasy and fried foods, given up butter and sugar, I was eating plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and whole grains, But I wasnt eatingtimes a day, I didnt drink water, and I hardly ate any protein, Once I tried the BodyforLIFE Challenge, I was hooked, As they say, its not Bodyforweeks, its BodyforLIFE,

My favorite quote: "I can't describe how much inspiration comes from seeing the muscles grow and the fat go.
You look in the mirror and it's like meeting an old friend you really liked a lot but haven't seen for a while.
" This book seems a bit diff from the other ones I have read on this subject, The only problem is, it is kinda complicated to apply the stuff that's written in it, Also, most of the food mentioned in it is "american style", and cant be found here, like oatmeal and such.
But its amazing how it pushes you further,
It all starts when you "decide", highly recommended The first time I read this book I was preparing to put Bill Phillip's precepts to the test.
In twelve weeks I lost just overlbs, I went on to lose anotherlbs, over the course of a year continuing his plan, The book itself is filled with testimonials that lengthen the book, I can see why others may have been turned off by this part of the book, I could have lived without this info, but it was there to read so I read it, If there is a knock on the book, that would be it, Needless to say, the actual information could have been written in a fraction of the pages, His program is very practical and worked for me and my wife, We followed it by the letter and found his approach to fitness and weight loss to be very effective, Bill Phillips is a great guy, I only say that because this book changed me, Bill Phillips' insightful, friendly, informative style is welcoming, He sees beyond the need to "get thin" and identifies correctly how focusing so much on your weightloss can lead to selfabsorbtion.
His Journal even gives daily tips to do random acts of kindness to redirect your focus, Beyond this, the workouts are really quick, very challenging, and require planning, The meals are really good mostly, He recommends supplements but they aren't necessary, If you just plan ahead and have the good food ready in your fridge you'll never need to "grab a bar".
Now my favorite snack is an apple and string cheese, I've kept offpounds for over four years,.stars. Inspirational and thought provoking, and definitely motivational, I really enjoyed it. Bill Phillips has done a thorough job of trying to get us off the sofa! He has an easy to follow meal plan, an entirely doable workout schedule, and plenty of pep talks! His methods make sense and are highly motivational and challenging.
What I really appreciated about this book is that he's not trying to sell you the latest greatest fat burning pill or weight loss fad diet.
What he's offering here is a life changer, Change the way you think, change the way you eat, change your body, and ultimately, change your life, The only reason this book didn't quite get a five star rating from me, is because I'm not entirely convinced you'll get the results in a mereweeks, like he claims.
Sure, for some people maybe, but not all, Still, it's a great read, and I wish everyone yes, EVERYONE, could read it, And accept his challenge. It's all up to you get in the best shape of your life! This book literally changed my life, I read it inand went on to loselbs by completing three back to back challenges, It's really amazing. I even trained for a figure competition after getting down tobody fat,

Sadly, I am no longer following it strictly because of, . . well, life. But I still try to adhere to the fistsized portions, protein and carbs, and resist eating junk except once a week so in a lot of ways, the BFL principles have stuck with me for life even after ten years.


But the year that I spent doing the challenges was one of the most amazing of my life.
This program works if you commit yourself to it, But it is not easy, You, like me, did not get fat overnight, and you will not lose it overnight, I went from a sizeto a sizein nine months, Unfortunately having a baby and going through a lot of stress at work has gotten me back closer to my original size, but I am still a huge supporter of this book.
And I look a LOT different NOW at the same weight than I did back in, No doubt there.

Many used bookstores carry this book, so I would strongly recommend checking there first,

Oh, and those Myoplex shakes that you mix up taste horrible, Get the premade shakes. : I did this program before I got sick in, Not only were the changes in my body incredible, but after I got out of the hospital the doctor said that it might have saved my life.
Having all that additional muscle kept my body from consuming my vital organs when things were at their worst,

Anyway, I've been suffering from some miserable body image issue mostly work related, . . it IS a looksdriven industry, and it's time to start again,

I'm beginning theweek program tomorrow, Monday June,,

I am posting this publicly so I can hold myself accountable for sticking to it,

I've started and chickened out so many times in the lastyears, and the time has come for a drastic change for the better.


Feel free to kick my butt about it over the nextmonths,

Thank you! I am happy to read a book where the author is trying to stay with reality as much as possible.
I felt he addressed quite a few nagging topics for the average person in a very up front and positive manner.


I had participated in Phillips' exercise routine before but had not read the book, I spoke with my lifting partner I had then and apologized that I wasn't the partner he deserved or what I should have been.
I for sure should have read the book and committed to following through with it instead of wimping out so much.


Reading this did give me some pushing I needed to start getting serious about fitness, It was also helpful to get some sage advice there at the QampA section of the book,

This book probably needs read through every few years, You know this is great for a lot of people, I read it thinking I would do it and kind of am, . . only modified. I got some great ideas for the workouts and am following this, I found it very challenging to keep up with the nutrition though, I think I am a pretty healthy eater as is, . . I eat a LOT of fruit and veggies normally and this plan restricts them, I have a hard time with proteintimes a day as well, Esp since beans are a major source of protein for me but he considers them a starch, But I still learned a lot and like his mentality not just a program to lose weight, but a lifestyle to maintain health.
This is the best workout/fitness/getting in shape book I've ever read, It really does give you a program and all the tools you'll need, It also provides a very hopeful philosophy as a foundation to build on, I've lifted weights and exercised for a long time, there are a lot of myths and plain BS floating around out there and this book helps clarify what actually works and why.
It's very structured, but yet not overwhelming at all, You should be able to pick it up cheap at a used bookstore or Salvation Army somewhere, I got it for a buck.
I think the author of this book is coming from a place of genuine care and that his motivations are good.
This is the exact book I needed to find and put into use! Finding this book while working at Waldenbooks was one of the tipping points of my life.
After engaging with this text, I felt empowered and aware of a vastly different bodily concept than what I had grown into.
This was the springboard book for my continuing exploration of my health, Good book. It challenged some of my lifelong thoughts on fitness and exercise, but I think it's been a good change, Phillips is very encouraging. Its so nice to have a plan really laid out for me, Many books cover some aspects of fitness, but this one is specific in all aspects, I like his plan it's doable and practical, He has good reference pages in the back for exercises and journals, I keep renewing it from the library because I constantly refer to it and hate to let it out of my house.
Guess I'd better just buy it, Clearly, Tosca Reno followed Body for Life before writing "The Eat Clean Diet" because they are so similar, I like both books very much, يعتبر من الكتب الفارقة في عالم الحمية وتغيير نمط الحياة الغذائية والبدنيةوبرغم أنني لا أحبذ الخوض في تفاصيل أي كتاب كي لا أفقده بهجته إلا أن الوضع هنا مختلف للحث على قراءة هذا الكتاب لمن ينوون تغيير نمط حياتهم الجسدية والغذائية . . الكتاب يرمي إلى النقاط التالية
حينما يوجه التفكير نحو الهدف الذي ترجوه بغض النظر عن العمر الذي أنت فيه فلا بد لك أن تضع نصب عينيك أمورا من المفترض أنها بديهية لكنها تسهى على الكثر منا :
. ١ الخطأ الشائع يقول أن التمارين الهوائية والآيروبك هي

الطريقة المثلى لنزول الوزن وتغيير مظهر الجسم
. ١ الحقيقة تقول : حتى تحصل على قوام متناسق جذاب لا بد من دمج التمارين مع الأثقال بكثرة التكرار وقلة الوزن
٢ الخطأ الشائع يقول تمرن وكل ما يحلو لك
٢ الحقيقة تقول إذا أنت تتمرن فالأهم هو طريقة غذاؤك
٣ الخطأ الشائع يقول تمارين الأثقال والقوى تضخم جسد المرأة
٣ الحقيقة تقول بل العكس هي من تضفي عليه شكل الرشاقة والتناسق
٤ الخطأ الشائع يقول تمارين الأثقال للشباب فقط
٤ الحقيقة تقول هي لكل الأعمار ويجب أن تتضمن في كل رياضة
٥ الخطأ الشائع يقول أنك كل ما تتمرن مدة أكثر تحصل على نتائج إ يجابية أكثر
٥ الحقيقة تقول المبالغة بالتمارين تعطي نتائج عكسية
٦ الخطأ الشائع يقول أن العضلات تنمو وقت التمرين
٦ الحقيقة تقول أن العضلات تنمو خلال فترة الراحة
٧ الخطأ الشائع يقول أنه كل ما زاد وزن الأثقال زاد التأثير الإيجابي
٧ الحقيقة تقول التكرار الأكثر بوزن قليل والتركيز في التمرين بحيث يكون بالطريقة الصحيحة هي من تأتي بنتائج إيجابية
٨ الخطأ الشائع يقول لا تأكل حتى تخسر وزنك
٨ الحقيقة تقول حتى تخسر وزنك يجب أن يكون غذاؤك جيد ومتوازن
٩ الخطأ الشائع يقول أن ثلاث وجبات باليوم هي الطريقة المثلى لنظام الأيض والتمثيل الغذائي
٩ الحقيقة تقول ٦ وجبات متفرقة متوازنة هي الصحيح
١٠الخطأ يقول أن الأشخاص الذين يأكلون كثيرا يفتقدون للإرادة
١٠ الحقيقة تقول الطعام هو غريزة أساسية لدى أي إنسان طبيعي
١١ الخطأ يقول زيادة الكربوهدرات مع الأكل قليل السعرات هو أفضل طريق لإنزال الوزن
١١ الحقيقة تقول أن تقليل الكربوهيدرات وزياة البروتين هي الطريقة المثلى لنظام أيض صحيح
١٢ الخطأ الشائع يقول أن الأكل الصحيح معناه الإبتعاد عن الأكل السيئ
١٢ الحقيقة تقول أن الطريقة المثلى هو إستبدال الأكل السيئ بالجيد ولا يجب حرمان الجسم أبدا
يجب من خلال ما تقدم أعلاه أن نستنبط أن الإنسان القويم يجب أن يجعل الأكل دواءه وأن يتناول هذا الدواء من خلال طعامه ويجب أن يحسب أكله من خلال تناول البروتين وليس من خلال حساب السعرات الحرارية التي لن تكون دقيقة بأي حال من الأحوال وأن تناول المكملات الغذائية هو مطلب ملح وليس كما هو شائع بأن يجب الإستغناء عنها مثل فيتامنين سي وحبوب العناصر الفيتامينية الكاملة وغيرها من يفتقده الجسم كما يجب أن يشرب الماء بشكل مكثف ولا يكون فقط عندما يشير الجسم إلى العطش كما أن المقولة التي تقال بأنه يجب أن تعتاد طول العمر على أكل صحي هي مقولة مستحيلة وسط هذه المغريات من المأكولات كل ما يتطلب منك هو المراعاة وعدم الإفراط.
كما أن وعندما تقرر المضي يتكوين جسم متناسق خلال ١٢ اسبوع يجب أن يكون لديك خطة عمل سوف يقررها لك الكتاب وهي يسيرة ومهمة بحيث أن لا ترجو النتائج بشكل متهور بل بالعكس يجب أن تراعي خطواتها . يجب عليك أيضا التركيز في الهدف والبعد عن الناس المحبطين والكسلين وأن تعطي حد أقصى لحلمك من خلال تغيير نمط حياتك والحلم بمظهر جذاب يعطيك ثقة أكبر ومظهر شبابي دائم
يحتوي الكتاب على خطط التمرين وطريقة الغذاء وأعتبره أفضل كتاب قرأته في مجاله.