Beachbody Thread 6 (Insanity, T25, 21 Day Fix, 80 Day Obsession etc)

Currently lying here waiting for DS to drift back to sleep after interrupting me for the fourth time 🙄🙄🙄🙄

God yes purple 😂😂 it took me a little while for my head to get round how serious it was. It was pure luck, absolutely pure luck. I didn't even shout at him the next day, I was just grateful that something told me to keep an eye on him.

Oh yay! Not just me then! 😂😂 I wonder what day 2 brings. The is for the warning re: week 2. I'll try not to dread that 😂😂😂

8kg is about 17.6lb so you're more than halfway there!!! 🤣🤣🤣 their dumbbells look so tiny though, how do they weight that much? 😱😂😂

Bloody hell plink. It sounds like you had a dramatic time with your dh. How scary. I hope you’re both ok now.

Welcome to liift. That was exactly my experience re weights. I was on 4kg and still struggling. My poor arms. Week 2 was the worst. I was wiped out. I think I’m used to it now? It is so effective though. I have muscly shoulders and back now.

Roman - there is NO WAY I could do a walk/clubbercise after week 5 legs. Respect. My legs are all floppy and tired. That was hard. Even the abs bit was difficult. I had to drop the weight and modified triple bears from the start. I am wondering about how I’ll get down the stairs tomorrow. And when he said we should be using 30/40lb dumbbells I realised I had some way to go before I’d be like the cast. I’m still on 8kg!

I wanted to post last night but the fella came home as I was just finishing my shower so didnt get round to it.

Oh my days...

I made the mistake of trying to get myself up from the floor this morning using my arms. What a fatal mistake that was! OW! 😂😂😂

Bloody good though!! Loved Liift last night. Need to get the higher weights down from the loft but still.... ouch! 😂😂 my muscles have seriously depleted though and I was using 4.5kg weights for most of it and finding it hard 🙈🙈🙈

I'll get you back, muscles 💪💪😂😂😂

Btw where is yumyumpoppycat ? You still here chicken? 🤔🙁

Hi ladies! Sorry Purple didn't mean to abandon you! This weekend was absolutely mental and involved me essentially saving OHs life 😳 I won't go into details but let's just say the end of dry January was eventful for him! 🙈😂

Reastie how did it go? I hope you re-arranged for later?

Purple well done on the workouts! Absolutely smashing it!! And an amazing snow run too! You're brave. I'm a right wuss when it comes to the cold 😂😂 I bet it looked so beautiful though 😍

Roman 😂😂😂 "my arse is screaming at me" 😂😂😂 smashing it aswell Roman!!

Today is day 1 of Liift for me and I'm super excited. Nutrition has been on plan and I even made one of those Fixate recipes for OH today 😋 yum! Now I'm just about to escape the little one as he's gone to sleep, get my gear on and then I'll post another little update 🤩🤩

In a bit.... 🖐

Woo hoo - I did it - 6 workouts last week and I’ve caught up my missed ones!

Shoulders last night. Ouch. I’ve worked out why I really struggle in my left arm/shoulder. I’ve spent 5yrs lifting dd and ds with my right arm which is now bionically strong but my left arm is all weedy. Let’s hope liift sorts it out.
Well earned rest day today.
Please come back and talk to me - I’m on my own on this thread at the moment......

Hope you’ve all enjoyed the snow if you’ve had it!

Managed a 9.5 mile run yesterday in pristine white snow which was lovely. It wasn’t cold and was very pretty. It always amazes me how different everything looks. I went a very familiar route and I had to check a few times as I wasn’t sure where I was! Legs were killing today so I was pleased it was back/biceps with no HIIT. I don’t think my biceps will be pleased with me tomorrow. One more workout and then I’ll have done my 6 for the week. It has knackered me. I had a nap today and briefly dozed off yesterday too

Have good Saturdays all!

I think that’s very wise re the snow reastie. Sorry you’re coming down with something. That’s the last thing you need!

Good nsv plink. I think you get momentum on that sort of thing - you create habits to eat well or badly. It’s hard to create the habit though!

You’ve made me look forward to shred weeks roman. Well done on 7.5kg for chest press. Awesome! I did 8kg but I only managed one set at that weight. The rest of them were split part 8kg part 4kg. I get a bit scared when I get tired doing chest press - I worry that my arms will get wobbly and I’ll drop the weight on my head!

My calves are killing today. Those stupid one leg jumps have absolutely broken them....

Well done on all the progress and hard work. Haven’t posted as haven’t felt too great this week, think I’m coming down with dds bug so feeling rubbish on top of feeling sick. Managed 20 minutes gentle cycling on Tuesday but that’s it, haven’t felt up to anything else. Have scan tomorrow but feeling rubbish today and really worried about driving there in the snow in the morning. I’m really hoping we get loads of snow as I would rather leave it until I feel a bit better and I don’t want the stress of driving first thing in the snow.

Purple hope you're enjoying your rest day!

Reastie how are you doing?

Roman I cannot wait!! I woke up excited at the thought of starting the programme today 🤩🤩 oh well done on your NSV! It's hard especially when people around you are eating the naughty stuff 😄😄 Its hard to break habits that have been around for so long. But those victories make me think that that mindset is changing - so actually it's a bigger victory than it seems.

Roman it is perfect . Never been a big cardio fan (so T25 and Insanity were always hard to get jazzed up for unless I was doing it all the time). I'm just amazed at how little cardio there is and I'm super excited to get it going!! My arms are aching today... not too bad but enough. And it wasn't too much for my knees! Those triple bears were a bit of a killer though 😂😂 had to stop a few times on those!

It's amazing Purple haha! I can't wait to see the progress. There's always a small part of me that thinks that in order to lose lots of body fat you have to do lots of cardio... don't know where that comes from but I'm hoping this prove that wrong. Bet it feels amazing going up in weights! Woop!! 🎉🎉🎉

I had a non scale victory celebration today. I was desperately craving fish and chips for tea. Put it on two fast food apps. Put it in the basket. Then thought no... restrain yourself Plink... grilled some salmon and made some scrambled egg with veggies. Not the same satisfaction 😂😂 but it was much better fuel for my body. Think it was 3 red, 2 green and 1 orange in terms of pots. I love the 21 day fix pots... it makes it so easy. I'm wondering if I can transfer that to Liift? He mentioned macros and just making sure you fulfil them so maybe not? 🤔🤔

I’m glad you liked liift plink - join the liift club. It is amazingly effective.

I finished week 4 yesterday (that HIIT legs workout felt not too bad so I’m sure i didn’t work hard enough...) then started week 5 today - triceps. And I went up a weight just like Joel said . I couldn’t manage all 3 sets at the heavier weight but it was better than nothing.

I have a well earned rest day tomorrow!

I just did the Liift 4 taster work out on YouTube...

Oh. My. God.

Where has this been all my life? I can't believe I've only just gotten round to it. Wha the hell? I have been missing out! Totally blows T25 and Insanity out the water for me!!

Oh Reastie that's fair enough. Gosh, you poor thing. I think you're doing amazingly well to be getting anything done! I hope it eases up soon 😖😖

Roman !! Hey, thanks for the welcome back 😄 well I'm gonna give the free workout a go. It's on YouTube so I'm gonna try before I buy 😂😂 impressive set of weights there! We've got a bunch (I need to get the rest down from the loft)... I think the dumbbell set I got were 2kg, 4kg and 8kg. OH's weights were better though with a bigger range and heavier set. Plus a bar. 5 workouts 🙈 argh! Go easy on yourself if you don't manage to squeeze all that in. Sounds hectic 😂😂

Haha purple 😂😂😂 always seems like a good idea at the time then the next day you get the hangover from hell 😂😂 what happened to the days when we could just have a cup of tea and a bacon sarnie and be right as rain again? 😫😫 takes a full 3 days now to recover 😂 well done on having the drive to catch up!!

Well, I was going to do the free Liift workout yesterday but I did my knee exercises and then DS demanded my attention. By the time I came back out I was exhausted 😖 and then I made it worse by having a late night snack of chicken and coleslaw, a slice of toast and a twirl 🙄 don't often do that but I was really hungry 😂😂 anyone else seem to get days where they want to eat the whole bloody fridge? 😂😂😂😂

What a lovely compliment roman! I agree re shape and weights too. I do love cardio though so can’t stop that altogether.

I dream of having your amazing weights selection. I need 6kg and 10kg really. I use 8kg for as much as possible, but the 4kg a lot too. I cannot envisage ever being able to bicep curl or do skull crushers with 8kg though. I think I would literally crush my skull!

I have a confession to make.... I did not do my workout yesterday due to.....a hangover . I will admit it was worth it though! So, I’m inspired by roman who is gojng to catch up the missed workout so I’m thinking of doing 5x lift and 1x run between now and next Sunday. I feel tired just thinking about it. I did do back/biceps week 4 tonight and wk 4 legs will be tomorrow.

Entirely understandable re not going out or socialising much reastie. It’s impossibel to feel like seeing friends if you feel poorly.

Plink I mean we could go but I’m still at the point of barely managing to go out the house because the nausea is still so bad. Just about ok with up to 45 minutes out then it gets too much. Last time I was the same - as soon as I did too much I felt awfully sick and too much was nothing. I literally didn’t see a single friend for 9 months because I couldn’t manage it. I sound pathetic, I know, but this really is dire and when I feel sick I just want to hide away. There’s little chance of a holiday until I get this baby out! Well done onnthe t25. I did some gentle strength stuff for 30 minutes this morning (few squats, weights bits).

Purple if you've had hectic week, sitting down with a nice coffee sounds like a very reasonable thing to do 😂 no guilt needed there, I don't think! You're smashing it... liift and a nice run (albeit a muddy one). Superb!

Reastie oh very well done on your cycling. That's fantastic! Argh shame about the nausea 😖😖 has it eased up from how it was at the beginning at all?
Trying to think of what else could get you moving 🤔 cauliflower cheese always seems to work with DS 😂😂
Oh no... could you squeeze it in at all before baby arrives? I'm sure it'll happen 😊😊

Managed a T25 workout on Thursday evening. Cardio. Really enjoyed it. I still can't really jump or do crazy jumpy lungey squatty moves but I'll get there.
I really want to get some weights in. Cardio is great for weight loss but i think weights give a better shape. Time to create another email address I think and try Liift 🤔🤔

Hi all, movicol is sort of working but I’m still getting dire nausea I thought other laxitive was causing so I haven’t solved the problem :(

Managed 20 minutes very gentle cycling on exercise bike this morning but have been on the sofa feeling sick for most of the rest of the day. In goodish news have been tracking weight and apparently I’m likely to roughly put on 1lb a week now but have maintaining for nearly 2 weeks. I can’t wrork out how given how much I’ve been eating but I’ll take it!

Do any of you have fitness wrist watch trackers for your dc? Dd has asked for one for her birthday and I can only really find a garmin (that looks a bit young for her) or Fitbit for children. I could get her a cheap amazon one for adults but I think it’ll be too big for her wrist. She’s only 8 though and I don’t really think she needs £80 spending on one (which is the cost of the child Fitbit) and I don’t think the app is compatible with her iPad.

Purple hope you’re enjouing your day off, a short run is beating those (like me) sitting on the sofa so it’s still a win.

Plink I can’t stomach prunes but I have bought grape and orange juice which apparently can help. I’ve also been drinking copious amounts. Jealous of Cornwall break. We were due to go to south of France in May this year, we’ve had it planned to go this May for about 5 years (said we’d do it the year dh paid off mortgage) but obviously that’s now indefinitely on hold.

Hello all!
Week 4 started with the chest/triceps one. It didn’t totally kill me so I’m either getting stronger or I didn’t work hard enough... went for a run today. Was super muddy and my legs felt tired so it was a bit shorter than I wanted. It has been a hectic week so I’m now sitting quietly with a nice coffee (I don’t work on Fridays) which I feel a bit guilty about!

Thanks ladies 😄

Reastie Movicol should be doing the trick... the paramedic gave me the impression the world was going to fall out of my arse and pretty soon too 😂. Like I say it didn't happen that way, it just went back to normal but it should work 🤔

How about prunes? 😂😂😂 thats the old method that always used to work 😂

Well done on Liift Purple . I heard someone say once that the ones we don't want to do are the most important. It's so good you still did it!!

I'll be working out tomorrow night, I hope. Not sure what I'll go for but whatever it is, I'll use it as a warm up and do some weights. Mini holiday to aim for too in May 🤩🤩 down in Newquay. Nice bit of motivation!! 😂