One thing that really bugs me about this program is that our old

mindsets make it extremely difficult to simply appropriate it as a

permanent part of the fabric of our lives.  In other words, we tend

to regard it as a “program” that we are supposed to learn, do, get

the results, and then put the book back on the shelf and resume

“normal life.”

Such behavior never works! The thing is–and I’m speaking about

myself here too–for most of us there really is no such thing as a

“normal life” and what we need is to form one with BFL as a

significant and lasting part of that life. 

If we are doing this right, in twelve weeks it should be as natural

as taking a bath or shower every day to get up early three days a

week and knock out 20 minutes of heavy duty cardio! 

It also ought to be just a normal thing to eat six small meals a day,

and for me it actually is NOW! But I swear it took 6 months to a year

to actually get into that habit and to quit trying to conform my

eating pattern into that of all the people who really need to eat

like I do!  It is a funny thing that other than myself, about the

only people I know who eat several small meals a day are diabetics!

So, how do we integrate this into daily activity? Well, we try to

make it as close as possible to our other daily things. For example,

I don’t leave home, drive 5 miles, and then go into an unfamiliar

place to take a shower! I do that at home. So, I figure that if

cardio is going to get done, regularly, it has to be pretty darned

convenient, so my cardio theatre is in my basement, with a TV,

stereo, refrigerator and places to set my water and coffee. I still

have to bust my butt, but all I have to do other than that is get up

25 minutes earlier, pull on some gym duds and walk right downstairs.

If I had to drive to the club three days a week, I bet I would lose

at least 1 of those battles every week!

As for the eating, you simply integrate it by doing it, and by

consciously blocking out the things that others might say or do while

you’re eating.  When someone says “are you eating AGAIN?” I give them

the LOOK! I look them up and down, and then I say, “This is what YOU

should be doing!” They usually say “I’m too busy” and I look them up

and down again and say, “Well, you must be getting enough time to eat

at some point during your day!” They hate that, but it not only robs

them of their pathetic excuse, it also shuts them up!   You’ve got to

be bold, because people get threatened by your new life, and if it

makes them uncomfortable, they try to change you instead of changing

themselves!

Well, there’s not a simple formula to make this a forever kind of a

life, butt if you don’t try to do that, you’ll be forever starting,

stopping, dropping out, coming back, and so on. And each time you

come back you’ll be fatter than you were the last time! Don’t let

that happen. Fight for this–it’s worth it!