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The Eating for Life concept is based on the idea that "diets" or "dieting"
are foolish attempts to "win a war" with food. Not only is this a war
that cannot be won...it should not even be fought! A persons "diet", should
only
refer to what that person normally eats!
 When
you nourish your body with pure
energy, you transform from the
inside out.
-
Bill Phillips
A proper diet of nutritious whole foods is the most important part of the Body
for LIFE program. Everything depends upon it!
I'm not going to tell you how much protein is needed, what
kinds of carbs are best, which fats are good...That is what the books are
for!
The biggest challenge is providing the frequent
feedings of proper nutrition a Body for Life soldier needs to grow big and
strong! Think about this...if you are doing the Body for Life 12 week Challenge
you are looking at consuming 504 meals during the 84 day duration!
Then...enjoying 2,190 "feedings" each and every year thereafter...
In fact, I think
Bill Phillips new book, Eating-for-LIFE...
... should have been named - "Being-in-a-perpetual-state-of-Eating-24-hours-a-day-for-the-Rest-of-your-LIFE!"
Most of us know that the metabolism is fueled up by eating small meals
frequently (every 3 hours or so). The task is to eat the right foods, in the
right amounts, in the right combinations, at the right times. Bon Appétit
!
SO...
Here are some things I use to help get the eating done...6
times a day!
Tools & Resource Menu
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Eating for Life from Bill Phillips
Checking out Bill's new crusade, the Great American
Transformation and the book that explains it. Basically, we have
a big, fat problem. We Americans are becoming big...and
fat...and that's a problem!
The Vision: America will be the healthiest nation
in the world, within 10 years.
I really enjoy this book! The purpose
behind it...the concepts...and then a real feeling of bringing
it all together. Check out these sample recipes from the
official Eating for Life site:
Sample Recipes
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Grillin'!
I use my George Foreman Grill almost daily! It's
one of the best tools around to quickly and easily prepare
anything that needs...well...cookin'! Healthy recipes and it
cooks chicken or fish to perfection every time in just
minutes.
CLEARANCE
And for everything else having to do
with grills and/or grilling in general, here's a great Buyers
Guide from the BBQGuys: A BUYER GUIDE: Charcoal Grills
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The South Beach Diet ???
OK...I know it's a "diet" but there are some things that
make it very
useful. Like good ideas, planning tools, recipes,
support groups, shopping lists, a journal, reminders
and much more to help you get quality carbs and nutrition
down your neck...adapt the Eating for Life concepts to existing
plans with plenty of features and resources and you have a
powerful tool.
Here's what I love about the South Beach Diet. It wasn't
written by a diet doctor. I was written by a cardiologist, Dr. Arthur
Agatston, (with a little help from the former chief clinical dietician at
Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach) to lower his patients' risk of heart
attack and stroke — not to help them look better in their bikinis.
In fact, Dr. Agatston's original name for it?: The
Modified Carbohydrate Diet.
Just not glamorous enough apparently for the South Beach area
where Dr. Agatston's wife notes that people don't care what they
died of...only that they are thin when they do...
What
you want is nutrient density, fiber and some good oils...My basic message is,
everything in moderation. It does come down to calories in, calories out.
- Dr. Arthur Agatston
And with the South Beach Diet, you eat enough vegetables to
keep from going into ketosis (that nirvana-like state of supposed fat burning in
the Atkins Diet) which many experts agree is a much healthier and less stressful
on the body method. Maybe that's also why this eating plan gets better criticism
from other medical experts and nutritionists than Atkins.
You could certainly eat worse...but just
learning about how to use the Glycemic Index (to graduate from
Carb Kindergarten) and how to concentrate on useful (and
essential) fats makes it a worthwhile guideline.
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Online Recipes 101
When it comes to providing a wealth of nutritionally sound
recipes to build your Body for LIFE, the internet certainly
delivers...in mass! Here are quality resources to help get you
going. I prefer sites that not only have libraries of recipes
but also ones that offer added functionality like creating
shopping lists, printing capability, nutritional information,
discounts and tips and tricks...remember, you are eating for
life!
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NutriSystem The new
NutriSystem Nourish program is an interesting, real life
solution to food preparation. While it's certainly not for
everyone, it is very handy to have food show up at your door!
It not only provides you with great nutrition and an
easy-to-follow plan, but it also gives you the tools and extras
you need to get your mind and body in top shape, too. The
NutriSystem Nourish meal plan features low glycemic foods and
reasonable amounts of protein to help keep your blood sugar
levels stable and your metabolism burning strong, so you burn
more fat. You eat five times a day.
In addition, nourishing your
entire self extends beyond just what you eat, so the program
also includes two breakthrough plans—MindNourish and
BodyNourish—to help get your mind and body in gear for
maximum fat loss results. Altogether, it’s an integrated
approach to "feeding" yourself. You lose fat while the learning
healthy eating habits that Body for Life advocates—all in one convenient,
simple plan.
At around $10 a day, it's a decent
alternative to having to plan, buy groceries, and prepare meals
every few hours. Plus, a 2 week (14 day) supply of items can be
spread out over the entire month when used as "filler" meals or
when "I just don't feel like thinking about what to make..."!
You get a personal counselor who reviews the
menus with you, chat rooms and on-line seminars too.
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What do you do with 10 railroad cars
full of leftover frozen turkey? If your name was Swanson, you'd
invent TV dinners! In 1954, a turkey TV dinner included side
dishes of corn bread, dressing and gravy, butter peas, and sweet
potatoes and sold for 98 cents. Fast-forward to 1999 -- when
Americans spent a total of $5.3 billion on frozen dinners.
Coming soon...
Meal Replacements
Shakers, Mixers
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Review -
Muscle Building Nutrition from Will Brink
Will Brink's "Muscle Building Nutrition" is in my opinion the the most complete,
comprehensive and easy to understand information published to date on "how to
eat to achieve lean muscle gains". (It has even been described by bodybuilding
legend Lee Labrada as a "must read").
The author, Will Brink, is a genuine sports nutrition and supplementation
expert, with all the credentials to prove it - not just another of the many
"self acclaimed experts" that seem to appear everywhere on the Internet these
days. (This fact in itself makes Muscle Building Nutrition worthy of further
investigation!)
The fact is that anyone who's been working out for any length of time knows that
your efforts in the gym will largely go unrewarded if you don't eat correctly.
In fact many experts say that if you're trying to build lean muscle as much as
80% of your end results are down to correct nutrition and rest - NOT training.
This being true it simply makes no sense at all to go to the gym without
learning how to eat correctly...
...And Will's information is quite simply the very best out there in my opinion
to help you achieve this - for two simple reasons:
1) It's all scientifically proven - Will is a leading researcher and consultant.
2) His information is proven in real world results - Will's clients as a trainer
include an impressive list of top name athletes as well as SWAT and Navy Seal
special operation teams.
In the first half of Muscle Building Nutrition you'll learn just about all you
need to know about eating to build lean muscle fast in a special report of
Will's entitled "Anabolic Nutrition". It's brilliantly written, extremely easy
to understand and takes you step by step through what would otherwise be the
daunting task of putting together your own personal "lean muscle building diet"
- you'll be shown how to do it in the exact same way that professional athletes
do.
The second half of
Muscle Building Nutrition offers a comprehensive guide to
bodybuilding supplements. Simply put you'll learn which work (suprisingly few of
them I may add) and which are nothing more than pure hype. Again it's all
invaluable stuff and is without question the most reliable source of independent
information on muscle gain supplements available anywhere today.
Besides the written information you get access to an amazing resource which Will
call's his "Inner Ring" in which you basically get free consultantcy with Will,
along with an incredible array of diet planning tools, unique articles from
other leading industry experts and much more. It really is awesome stuff, and
you'll not find such an immense amount of muscle gain knowledge and information
in one place anywhere else... of that I'm sure! To learn more about Will's
incredible
Muscle Building Nutrition click
here.
Home Page
Be more successful with your Body for Life Challenge, check out our free Tips
and Tricks, or just browse the collection of fitness and body building
information here at Building Body for Life.com
Training
Call it Body Building, weight training, pumping iron...Bill Phillips calls it
the Training For LIFE Experience and it goes BEYOND and "normal" workout! Try
it!
Exercise Equipment
Exercise equipment to sculpt your body for life covers a wide range of topics,
body parts, and nutritional needs (just to name a few!) but one thing is for
sure... You're gonna need SOME workout gear!
Weider Crossbow
The Platinum Crossbow is a nice complement to a set of free weights for those
who want to HIIT all the muscle groups...I wanted a flexible piece of fitness
equipment to exercise at home on.
Nutrition
By far the biggest "challenge" in the Body for Life Challenge is eating
properly. Fat loss, energy levels, muscle gains all depend on it. Here you will
find tips and tools to help get it done.
Healthy Recipes
Be more successful with your Body for Life Challenge, use the recipes and meal
plans to eat healthy and nutritious meals, or just browse the collection of
fitness and body building information.
Supplements
Supplements can play a useful role in training when implemented in a rational,
educated manner. They can also be purchased at significant discounts on the net.
Library
Be more successful with your Body for Life Challenge by learning as much as you
can with our fitness books library. These are recommended (and some required!)
reading / viewing selections.
BFL on
eBay!
Body for life on eBay has great deals on many EAS and Body for LIFE products and
lots of hard to find items too!
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