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

You’ve just reminded me of getting up when I was pregnant. I used to roll onto my side like a sausage and then push myself up whilst huffing and puffing. You are doing well reastie!

Glad the eating going well poppy. Definitely don’t exercise when you’re poorly. I think we’ve all learned no good comes of it on this thread.

So I have a massive NSV to report - I did legs week 4 (the all HIIT one) and did all the triple bears unmodified and didn’t stop at all . No idea how I managed that. My legs were burning but once I got to the final set I knew I needed to tough it out so I could come back and tell you on this thread. I love the support we all give each other here.

Hi all

Lol at mainly rolling Plink, think I definitely used to fall into that category when pg.

Well done on the whoosh roman

I haven't been exercising this week as had a really heavy fluey cold and am now at the coughy stage. I am thinking I might have another go at hiit from Monday, but it is going to be a busy week at work so a bit iffy. 20 minutes workouts would be better but I think I am going to injure myself trying to do do transform 20!

I definitely get the fear when doing skull crushers Purple. Hope you enjoy your rest day.

I have been doing a lot better with diet since or chats last week, thanks for the support

Thanks Purple
Knee was all good. I substituted the 180 jumps for the awkward squat things.

I like that you can swap them. I love that it's not rigid and set in stone. Tomorrow is another day and I'm sure you'll absolutely smash it when you get to the next workout! Well done for getting it done when you really didnt feel like it 👏👏

Hope your knee is ok plink.
I struggled with tiredness too tonight. I couldn’t face chest/triceps as it was 37min so I opted for a swap to shoulders 29mins. I still really struggled and had to drop down a weight for some. rest day tomorrow thank goodness

Well done Reastie. I believe I was mostly rolling off places at that point 😂😂 so that's quite impressive!

Roman I love that feeling when you can do something up that was previously a bit tight! Glorious! Well done on your loss!

Purple I get that fear with skull crushers 😂😂

Well, I started week 6 but yesterday I was totally knackered so I've switched my workout days around. I'm about to do week 6 back and bis whilst DS is having his afternoon nap. I haven't done my knee exercises in a while so this may go terribly wrong (naughty me). If they ache then I'll do my knee exercises tonight but I'll make sure I take it easy with the high impact stuff.
I know he says modify but I find that modifying bit so clunky. You squat and then stand up and do a heel raise... sounds simple enough but I just find it so bloody clunky 😂🙈

Reastie you’ve got me wondering whether I can stand up with no hands now. Will try later. I did it a while ago and found it hard so you’re definitely winning being able to do it at 33wks pg!

Well done on the 4lbs roman although I think the jeans doing up must feel more satisfying. Those team RH posts sound annoying and attention seeking. I heard last night that the average female weight in the 1950s was 8.5stone. I guess we’re probably taller now but mostly an awful lot fatter.

Did back/biceps last night. I get the fear doing pull overs. All I can see is the massive weight dangling over my face and I worry I’m going to drop it! Hopefully chest/triceps tonight

That really depressed me roman. The earning differential is terrible. All those 10 diamond people (Tania) are making loads whilst everyone at the bottom is making basically nothing and making a tit of themselves on their face book page whilst they’re doing it. I presume shakeology is where the money is made as you have to repeat order so the coach gets a steady income stream. Or those ridiculous ‘challenge packs’ where you buy the workout, a shakeology starter pack and also all the kit.

I wish bb woukd just sell their products normally and have them a bit cheaper rather than using coaches and giving them commission. They have good products and selling them like that woukd make me dubious of buying if I didn’t trust them. I’ve only ever bought them from amazon, mostly when the prices went low

34 weeks and I can still stand up from sitting cross legged on the floor using no hands or help. Very proud. I tried yesterday and didn’t think I would be able to. There was a lot of grimacing and groaning but I did It!

Gosh purple that is a super hardcore day!

God, all that diamond, ruby and emerald shite reminds me of Forever Living. It's exactly the same 😣

Hopefully about to get back on it and start week 6 😊😊

I got a bee in my bonnet re the bb pyramid selling so googled. I saw a blog on it and it is only the shakeology and the equipment, not the workouts themselves so I felt a bit better.....

Hardcore day for me. I had some unexpected free time today so did a short run in the am and then week5 legs in the pm. I used my new weights. I was a bit worried I wouldn’t get up out of my first squat, but it was ok. I have a feeling my bum and hamstrings are going to be sore tomorrow!

God yes Reastie

Shakeology in your face. The coaches are constantly drinking them from their Shakeology shakers and showing their new deliveries and different recipes and blah blah blah... we get it. Shakeology is amazing. It's still ridiculously expensive and I'm not buying it 🤣

Haha yum oh no 🙈 shame they taste disgusting
How have you been getting on with your lunch/shake plan?

Roman I did see on Instagram that that was the case with the twins. I'm pretty sure I read it. It sounds monumentally complicated from a surrogacy point of view? But I'm sure that they have mentioned it on Shaun Ts page. They're gorgeous little 'uns.

Just watched a video of shaun T and his twins - very cute. Roman's IVF theory makes sense - how lovely that it worked out if so.

Manic is the perfect description for transform 20. I agree the motivational speeches are going too far now! I am impressed that he actually does quite a lot of the working out in this one though. Purple I used to feel like max 30 was really hard on my body, bit of a shame for you as that was your favourite.

I have done pretty well food wise stuck to my plans today. The shakes arrived and are disgusting - only 10 portions in the pack so def wont be having more than one a day. Really interesting that you all meal plan to some degree.

I agree about BB vs Les Mills Reastie when this year runs out I will probably switch at least for a few months. Interesting about chalean too. will have to google her next!

I love the idea of your post pregnancy to do list Reastie!

Have a lovely weekend all.

I agree to feel let down by bb and the apparent pyramid set up. Because I love their workouts yet I hate the way they have coaches. I also hate how they advertise their drinks so much, although I guess they must make them a lot of money given how expensive they are. At least Les mills isn’t like that! Pre pg I was doing mainly Les Mills rather than bb workouts.

Purple I’m hoping I’ll be in a routine quicker although won’t be able to drive for weeks and by the time I can drive it’ll be summer holidays. But hopefully that’ll make things easier as we’ll get into some kind of routine before the school year starts. I’ve made a list of places I’m looking forward to go post pg when I don’t feel sick and can actually leave the house so this summer we will be working through the list! I’ve got months to catch up on! But I felt weirdly institutionalised. I’ve barely seen anyone or been sociable with anyone for months so if last time is anything to go by it’s going to take me a few months just to find it normal to do things like go to the supermarket and not feel overwhelmed.

My dh is a meal skipper. He’ll come home from work saying he forgot to eat breakfast and lunch. clearly that has never happened to me. If I skip my 10.30 protein bar I’m grouchy, so I can’t even imagine what would happen if I missed a whole meal!

You dont know how you’ll feel post baby reastie. Just because you put on weight bf last time doesn’t mean you will this time. I felt completely different after my second and was less shell shocked and able to function more normally more quickly. Having an older child and their routine stopped me from doing so much sitting around and eating cake with my friends. I will be very admiring if you can bf and be on an exercise bike - that is amazing multi tasking!

Ha ha at whoever said I was strong. I just found that the benefit of really heavy weights is that the other weights feel light.

I think I might be finished with Shaun t too. For me I think my body can’t handle the impact. I had sore knees, sore feet and was generally very uncomfortable when I did max30 recently.

There is a new 21df on bbod. Obv you have to pay for it, but please let me know what you hear via fb about it. And you’re right Tanias posts sound just like a pyramid scheme. It’s a bit sad that that is what bb is

Can you have twins with sperm and eggs from two separate donors? I had no idea! That’s so clever! But then with ivf don’t they often add more in than they think will take on the basis it’s likely it won’t take to give more chance or a successful outcome?

Thermo yes! I feel annoyed that most people put on weight from eating lots of cake and making bad choices whereas I have to work so hard and pre preg every single day was a battle against my hunger and I wasn’t being greedy.

Thanks. I was 140 lbs pre preg. I’m now 184 lbs. I’d love to be 150 lbs within 6 months but I don’t know if that’s even vaguely achievable. Thing about dieting is it has never worked for me, it’s always been exercise that has worked as I can’t explain it but internally it makes me feel better and helps with hunger and makes me want to make better choices. It makes me eat less somehow. When my body is sluggish I’m constantly hungry and so just trying to eat less never works with my weird ibs that plays up when I get too hungry.

Speaking of insta/fb bb people, I find it inte eating Shaun t’s twins are built so differently. One is slim and the other very chunky looking. Presumably they have the same diet and activity (although granted one may eat more than another abd be more lazy) but it just shows how much of our size can be down to dna and how we’re wired. I’ve always struggled with hunger and have envied people who can ‘forget’ to have meals. There’s no way I could ever do that. I’m always more hungry than most people I know and it’s a predominant factor to why I’ve struggled with my weight in the past. Even pre preg I would still eat constantly and more often than most people but had gradually got portion down and choices were good. It’s like a real physical pain that other people don’t all seem to experience. Dh can just skip breakfast at week ends and say he’s trying to eat less and not understand that I can’t do this.

Yes the coaching side does seem to be like that. Lots of people posting all their goodies they receive from Beachbody and the retreats they do. Show all the good stuff of their lifestyle so they encourage more people to join. Classic pyramid scheme tactics.

It'll get there Reastie DS wouldn't let me workout 🙈🙈 he'd whinge if he wasnt constantly attached to me. At 6 months, 10 mins was the max he could take even when he was with his DF. It pissed me off 😂😂 so I just focused on my diet and tried that way. I managed to get it off without exercising for about a year so never fear. Even if you can't exercise, you can do it through diet for a bit. There's always options and give yourself plenty of time to lose it. A year to 18 months? Are you planning in BFing this time too?

In pump Jericho was pre baby and looked fit but not unhealthily so. Interestingly Charlene had a fb post a few weeks ago admitting when she did the bb workouts she was at her most unhealthy attitude to food and exercise and the only reason she looked as she did was because she barely ate and obsessively exercised. Just shows the whole thing is unhealthy and unachievable.

Plink you’re very kind, I think maybe the photos were more generous than I thought. I’ve gone up two dress sizes. That’s as in not including my big stomach. My old jacket won’t go on even undone as my arms and back are too fat for it! I was a size 12 and after this baby bump goes I reckon I’ll be size 16. Which I know isn’t huge. But given how hard I worked to get down to a size 12 it feels a lot iykwim. I just have to pray I don’t continue to gain weight post birth. With dd I put on an extra 2 stone in less than a year after she was born due to shaky hunger bfing. I literally couldn’t not eat all the time. I guess I just hope I can be more physically active which will limit gain.