Hello everyone,

I am a new Beverly user and first I want to say that I love the UMP Vanilla flavor shake. I am new to this forum so I am going to cut to the chase.
First, I had to cut out the critical food, especially the Coca Cola drinks. I was trying to release toxins from my body that were delaying any weight goals I had. Under the advice of a wellness doctor...water and lime juice, eat more vegetables (organic too! still working on that), drink more water, try bike riding again. Just basically change your eating habits. Well I got off to a good start. After all the back therapy and lime water to cleanse out my insides, I could breathe better. I purchase the list of supplements under "..add muscle while losing stored fat..." In the first month following first phase of the nutrition plan...I saw a dramatic change...but after a month, I slowly creeped into my old habits. I started to take the Density tablets when I take up in the morning just for these first four days and then begin the vegetable omelette with 1/2 cup oatmeal, take the multi-vitamins then do the UMP shake in between and follow the rest of the day, with the meal plan. I've got back to bike riding, maybe twice in the week just to jump back into the regiment and still take the supplements as followed. I will not lose anything like muscle while I gradually start back into the weight training again? I do a lot if ab excerises, especially the crunches, why is there not much improvements there yet. I still have a little jiggle. Do I have to change something else in my diet?

Pola

If you post your diet it will be easier to see what needs to be changed. Right off the bat i can tell you that when you start lifting regularly changes will come. As for the abs its all in the diet. If you dont have a good meal plan crunches dont do as much as most people expect them to.

Once you start lifting, you will start to see the changes you are looking for. How long have you been doing what you are currently doing? As far as biking and STAYING on your diet?? I think you may be looking for a drastic change WAY to soon. Cheesy I know, but "rome wasn't built in a day".... Post your diet as Datas4 suggested and we can go from there.

Hi Pola. Welcome to the board...and to Beverly products.

Before you post your diet and have us all confuse you even more, let's take a look at a couple of things. You said you saw dramatic results during the first month of your program, right? And then you went back to some old, bad habits? Well then, the first thing you need to do is get right back on whatever program you were following the first month. The key really is finding a program and sticking with it, especially when it’s working as well as it was working for you.

I was just reading a book by Dan John called “Never Let Go” and he says something very simple, but very true…“I don’t care what diet you’re on, sticking to it is the key. If you do Atkins, don’t eat chips. If you store everything you need for each meal, you’re going to reach for the meal rather than the chips.”

Dieting is tough, but every diet that I’ve ever followed strictly has produced awesome results. I just have to follow it and not add my easy to grab (unhealthy) snacks back into it. Try getting back on the exact plan you started with for a few weeks. If you follow it to a T for a few weeks, and still aren’t losing, then you might need to cut some calories. Don’t cut too many too quickly. Start with cutting a couple hundred and go from there. That might just mean cutting to ¼ cup oats at breakfast instead of ½ cup and cutting to a tsp of oil instead of two at lunch or cutting a small meal out. 200 isn’t a lot, but can help you get things moving again.

Go to www.bodybuildingworld.com and check out the Fit Figure article and The 4 Month Figure Makeover article – great resources.

Good luck!

Rachel Wade
Team Beverly

Hello datas4, ChunkyButt and Rachel,

Sorry I did not reply as soon as possible, internet connection problems.Long story, but I am back. First, I would like to thank you for the feedback. Unfortunately, my old habits kicked in and I fell off the wagon. Disappointment. I am gradually starting all over again just slowly.
I followed the first week or phase in the 1st Primory Goal, page 13 in the Beverly Manual. Level 1-Female. This was very difficult for me when I started. 4 days out of the week starting on Monday to keep it simple, I woke up at 5 am. (Night before assembled my weights to what I was going to lift.) I schedule my breakfast strictly at 7 or 7:30am. Protein Provider Shake before and after workout and Meal one. I scrambled 3 egg whites,1 whole egg with 1 tbls chopped cilantro, tomatoe and onion, and yes 1/2 cup oatmeal with 1 or 2 tbls flaxseed, cinnamon and 2 packets of raw sugar for taste. Sometimes with fruit. 10 or 11am, a protien Shake with water and then water and then water all day. Lunch was difficult, I kept lean ground turkey in the freezer so I had to switch once in awhile with chicken breast with brown rice, salad.....I followed this menu for more than a month til I had it in by system. I really enjoyed this because I controlled the schedule. The hard part was battling my husband's menu habits. He wanted vegetable oil and I wanted canola. He wanted fried and I insisted on broil. My kitchen was a batteground. I didn't have his support in the beginning, so this was hard. After the first month he got with the program and he actually saw how serious I was, the items started to change. He was just disappointed that I didn't keep going. He wakes up and now encourages me to go back and start all over agin. I stayed with the General Training program on page 41, the 1st 4 weeks. Since I said 4 days, I focused with Arnold's leg routine because I I felt I really needed it. I saw a dramatic change here around my thighs, but my calf muscle were my weakest part of the workout. I workout at home so I don't have a leg press. I improvised with various leg squats and lunges with and without weight. I used my own weight alot for balance until I got the routine pat down. Bike riding I did on my off days like very early on Friday and Saturday. Sunday I rested. Monday morning, I started all over again. And yes Sunday was my cheat day for eats, but I did make sure, I did not over do it. I even slept better at night. Acouple of times when I had the energy to lift alittle, I chose bicep/tricep routines since it didn't tire me so much. I just wanted a good pump. In my mind I know I wasn't over doing it. It just made me feel much better. This pasts month since I have not took myself seriously, I noticed my foolish bad eating habits have come to haunt me. So, Rachel, I learned my lesson, I need to get back to what I was doing. I do want to mention that for one week, I did take an alternative to shock my body with a whole body rountine for 3 days out of that one week while sticking to the Phase 1's primary goal nutrition plans. It worked out. I hope you don'e think that I over did it, but I felt confident. My regret is that I failed myself to keep up.
This is just the first phase of what I started just in brief detail, so now I have to start all over again.

Thank you Rachel, I will look for the book you requested, and I'll cut the oatmeal and maybe an egg. And thank you datas4 and ChunkyButt. I have the Blueprint for Success Manual and I started to follow Phase One Nutrition Plans on page 13 with the supplements, the glutamine select was very helpful and the density tablets.

Pola