Body for life or similar

[Fit2btied 122]

Has anyone tried Body for Life or Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle after WLS?

They were both good when I was younger and didn't have 115 pounds to lose and I wonder if the concept is goof for after my surgery.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Has anyone tried Body for Life or Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle after WLS?

They were both good when I was younger and didn't have 115 pounds to lose and I wonder if the concept is goof for after my surgery.

These are definitely good programs to follow.

Tom V of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle really focuses on quality nutrition and is very scientific in his communication style. I have read his book a couple times, first when it was still only available as an rebook directly through his site (now available on Amazon).

Bill's Body for Life and his brother Shawn's book called Strength for life are fairly hard core to follow during your "losing" stage (eg the "honeymoon" stage). Body for life would be hard for us because it focuses primarily on the development of a muscular body. We do not eat enough to build any kind of real muscle that would win a body for life competition.

Strength for life is a more practical approach to building real strength through progressive intensity. I really like this program and did a variation of it at the beginning of this summer. To put it in perspective, I had been in maintain mode for 4 months before starting the strength for life program. It really paid off in huge dividends with helping me build real strength based on power, stamina and endurance, not just flashy muscles?

[Fit2btied 122]

These are definitely good programs to follow.

Tom V of Burn the Fat' date=' Feed the Muscle really focuses on quality nutrition and is very scientific in his communication style. I have read his book a couple times, first when it was still only available as an rebook directly through his site (now available on Amazon).

Bill's Body for Life and his brother Shawn's book called Strength for life are fairly hard core to follow during your "losing" stage (eg the "honeymoon" stage). Body for life would be hard for us because it focuses primarily on the development of a muscular body. We do not eat enough to build any kind of real muscle that would win a body for life competition.

Strength for life is a more practical approach to building real strength through progressive intensity. I really like this program and did a variation of it at the beginning of this summer. To put it in perspective, I had been in maintain mode for 4 months before starting the strength for life program. It really paid off in huge dividends with helping me build real strength based on power, stamina and endurance, not just flashy muscles?[/quote']

So do you think Toms book or Strength book is better for down the line? I haven't read Strength yet but have read the other 2 many times. Glad to hear you have success with a program. I like to follow something specifically rather than going it alone. Although after this I will probably get a trainer for a while. Thanks for the info.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

You can certainly try it out after the obglitory 6 week wait period following surgery, but if it were me, I would wait until further down the line when you are able to eat enough to support success on the programs.

[Fit2btied 122]

You can certainly try it out after the obglitory 6 week wait period following surgery' date=' but if it were me, I would wait until further down the line when you are able to eat enough to support success on the programs.[/quote']

Oh for sure. I need to lose the fat and develop my healthy eating habits and new routine. I just like to plan out and visualize what I want to do when I'm ready.