Beachbody thread 7 (LIIFT, T25, 21 day fix etc) plus a lovely Beachbody new arrival!

just casually chatting to the bloke next to me while I run a marathon🙈🙈🙈 Purple you are amazing 😂 I cant talk to people whilst I'm exercising. I barely babe enough breath for the grunts and other weird noises I make.

Yum I second Purples advice on running on grass or trail. Pavement and road will really bugger up joints. Nice and gentle, easy does it. Your little holiday sounds lovely!! A glass of mulled wine whilst watching the kids on ice... sounds wonderful.

Put the book down Reastie 😂 I think theres quite a few of those about. I was quite disappointed to find out Dr. Jason Fung (author of The Obesity Code) is currently endorsing a company that promotes detox tea/ diet teas. Wholly disappointed in that and has made me think about whether I really want to buy his book or not. Such a shame.
Giggling at your outrage though 😂😂

Roman Chris Hemsworth motivated workouts 😂 is he in his Thor costume in any of them? 😂 oh I like Ashley Joi. I follow her on Instagram, she kicks ass. 7lbs over Christmas is not bad at all. I'm glad you've made peace with it. Its gonna happen. Itll happen to most. May as well focus on getting to where you want to, now you've had an enjoyable Christmas.

Well, I'm hoping to do Liift tomorrow but tonight I eased in with Desi's 2nd Trimester Yoga. Wowza... some hard poses but boy, did I feel relaxed after. I had a good endorphin rush like I get after Liift so I was quite surprised by that. Still annoyed by that whole 'I like to call cat/cow unciorn/rainbow instead'. Roll my eyes every time.

Midwife appointment was today and that was nice. All going to plan. Short appointment. But I got to listen to baby's heartbeat and it came through so strong and loud. Lovely. Was beaming whilst it was going.

Hope you're all looking after yourselves.

I just had a look at centr - I enjoyed chris hemsworth looking sultry whilst also lifting weights! Ashley joy looks amazing. She’s a good ad for the program. Let us know what it is like.

Poppy - did I see you were doing c25k? Do be careful with your foot if you’re on pavements. It is better to run on trail/grass if you can whilst your joints/ligaments toughen up.

There has been loads in the papers this weekend about New Years exercise regimes. All say you need a combo of weights, cardio, HIIT and stretch. Apparently weights are even more important for those of us over 40 (me!) I might need to do a bit more stretching

Marathon was great. It was a self navigated off road one. I’ve NEVER seen so much mud. I slipped at one point and my whole leg was covered. It was great fun though and because it was super slow (I think I was 5.5hrs) my legs feel ok today. There were a lot of very hardcore people there - one bloke I was chatting to does 1mara every month. He has done 90!

Rest day today then maybe an upper body weights workout tomorrow to give my legs a bit more recovery.

Happy ‘most depressing day of the year’ to you all!

I’m reading a book atm that is driving me so mad I think I’m going to stop reading it before I’m finished! It’s all about the science behind the paleo diet and eating like a caveman but the man who wrote it has totally flawed logic and is so alarmist. I know the science of sugar more than he explains in the book because of my nutrition background. He is picking out facts and slanting them to fit his argument. It’s like reading something in the daily mail. It makes me then not trust anything he writes because I can see how he’s not telling the whole factual truth. I’m sure there are merits to the paleo diet but he hasn’t sold them to me. For example, he goes on about how much better he is now he’s been on this way of eating/living. In one chapter he goes on about how you must only eat what you are designed to have in your cavemen history and so no grains etc because they didn’t have them. Later on he talks about drinking water and it must be water and not tea/coffee because water is the best and only way.......then a few chapters on he says he has coffee for his breakfast. Yes. Because cavemen loved their lattes . So many things like that in this frustrating book.

Managed a run yesterday after 3 days of nothing. I’m going to miss it when dh goes back to work and I’m back to only workouts at week ends.

Roman thanks I will defo do the free trial! Have a cold now airplane germs I guess!! Tree and decks to come down tomorrow so that will have to be workout no 1 🤧

Ooh Chris hemsworth - way more appealing than a spin bike how much was it?

Reastie I don't have a normal bike for a few different reasons but actually we have just gone through all our bills and spin bike is def on hold 😬

I think c25k might be an option for me as very controlled build up so hopefully a good way to avoid injury.

Purple are you doing a marathon I totally missed that sorry?!

Purple I love how you just drop in you’re doing a marathon this week end like it’s nothing 😂! Good luck, I hope you enjoy it.

Thermo yes they’re the pump workouts I did! They’re great! I could have done pump on LMOD but fancied a familiar workout to say hello to iykwim. I have them on dvd! Enjoy liift (I know you will!!).

Yumy holiday sounds nice. what about a turbo for your current bike? Speaking of bikes, I’ve just bought myself a new bike for Christmas. It’s on order and arrives next month. SO EXCITED! My current bike has 3 questionable and v jerky gears that clunky and go in and out by themselves. We looked into fixing it but given it’s such an old bike it wasn’t worth it. I’ve ordered a fancy pants hybrid bike and hoping for a weekly cycle and weekly run. Thinking of asking dm if she can have Ds for an hour once or twice a week so I can do a LMOD or bb workout.

Trying to work out whether to sign up to LMOD for a year. They have a 4 months free when you sign up for a year.

Happy new year all!! We went on a mini family hol and was really lovely, kids spent hours on ice rink which was fab (dh and I watched with mulled wine in hand!). Dh is suggesting I get a spin bike because of foot problems - it's a lot better but worried it will get worse like when I exercised for a bit before- it could be the thing to get me on track or a total waste of money and space!! I am also quite tempted by the mention of all these new workouts but they are prob too hardcore for me at the mo

Reastie good luck with adding more weights I hope you can find a good routine - Chalean is really not extreme and if you skip the cardio it gives you 3 workouts a week. There are pushups but not really any pull-ups I don't think - its a little slow if anything.

Plink i think exercise is great if you can but being pregnant with a toddler to look after is a workout in itself.

Roman 7lbs over Xmas is not bad at all as most of it is prob water. I really need to focus as had a scary weigh in today - highest ever.

purple did you start the new routine how was it?

6th round of lift???! You do love it!
I’m in week 4 of my 4th round.
I was wondering whether anyone would be interested in doing a week of morning meltdown 100 with me? I had a look today. It looks good and all workouts are c30mins.

Hi everyone
I love a Christmas Day run. I just go immediately post presents and pre having to do lunch prep. It helps that I’m not in charge of lunch obviously. Only 3miles but I find all the time spent indoors at xmas doesn’t agree with me so I need to get out. I also read that excess calories on Xmas day turn into fat cells within 3hrs of eating which revolted me so much I thought I needed a bit of exercise. I’ve definitely gained a bit over Xmas (waistlines feeling tight) but haven’t stepped on scales yet as I don’t dare....

Plink - glad the scan was good. Am sure the exercise will come back soon. Give it a bit of time.

Reastie - well done with the running. That’s great. I think running is the best exercise for MH.

Roman/poppy - happy new year!

I’m running a marathon on Sunday. It’s only going to be a jog round as I’ve not tapered and am doing it as a training run. It is muddy round here so I think it might be a bit messy as it’s all off road. I got lots of running related presents this Xmas so I’ll be using them all

Plink whizzing by is good. I wish mine had felt like that! Don’t stress about workouts but at the same time of you want to do them they have to be prioritised or they get forgotten. I have to prioritise making batches of food for me for the freezer and making a salad every day for my lunch or else I would end out eating chips every day!

I don’t think there’s any point to a private scan as I had an nhs referral but it sent me to a private hospital for the scan and consultant (very good nhs service but must’ve cost them a fortune!). It’s been diagnosed as about 4 different things over the years and I don’t think anyone has quite worked out what’s actually going on. It hurts when I do push ups and most things involving bending my elbow in certain ways.

I tried the old skool bb pump yesterday. Just the intro 30 minute workout. No Joel on this one but Rach from combat was there. I used my barbell for some and did free weights or no weights for others. The chest track I did 3 different arm exercises because it hurt doing one thing repeatedly even with 1.5 kg weights and I couldn’t clean and press . It’s a start though.

Today no workout but did go for a walk with Ds in the carrier which got my heart racing! Really struggled up a hill carrying him and my body feeling so heavy from exertion and then remembered before I lost all the weight after dd I was carrying around the equivalent of nearly 6 Ds’. No wonder I was constantly shattered and everything felt impossibly heavy!

Crossing fingers for a run tomorrow.

Hope all well

I'm struggling to get started on my workouts guys.

I just feel like theres so much to do and so little time that workouts barely place in my head at the moment. I need to write everything down and get it out of my head.

The last pregnancy it felt like I was going to be pregnant forever and that I'd never give birth. This one though, time is whizzing by and I barely have anything done.

Oh jeez... avoid that one then. Insanity is achievable though and you can really notice a difference in your results week by week. What about that new Barre stuff they're doing on BBOD? Looks nice and gentle.

Could you maybe get a private scan done on your elbow? Sometimes they're not too bad price wise. Frustrating they couldn't find anything! What kind of movements does it stop you from doing?

June is a great due date to have. Its unbelievably hot but you can get out so easily. I think we went out for a little coffee when DS was 5 days old. Just sat by the seaside (sheltered and cloudy but still warm) and had a lovely coffee with the in-laws.

Plink unfortunately t25 caused me a few injuries last time I did it so want to avoid that one. Insanity max I really dislike for just being too impossible (I know that’s the point, but for some reason I love insanity and hate insanity max) and hc22 has a lot of dynamic moves I’m worried about getting the form wrong and causing injury (althiugh may well dip in and out of it). I wonder if I could try pump on LMOD but I’m scared with my dodgy elbow (that still hurts despite supposedly being fine). I bet the squat and lunge tracks would do me good though! I doubt I could do them with no weights atm! My due date was 24 or 25 June for Ds (I forget which, because my memory is totally shot!) so very very close to yours!

Running on Christmas Day? I've never done that before how long have you been doing that for Purple ?

Hope you all had a good one, everyone! Ours was lovely. DS was so excited to open presents. He still doesn't get Father Christmas yet, he just knows that there's presents to open we went to OH's parents for lunch (I brought cauliflower cheese and bread sauce). It was so lovely. Lots of laughter and too much chocolate for DS. We went to my parents yesterday and they was great fun as well. I haven't laughed like that in a long time.

I was pleased that I didnt gorge too much. Previous years have seen me lying in the sofa about to pop. No popping this year.

yum you will get back there. Sometimes we need to.take a mental break from it. At least I find that. Sometimes when I've gotten out of the habit, I look back and realise it's because I've had one hell of a lot that I've been trying to juggle, leaving very little headspace for health and fitness. Sometimes my brain just needs a break from trying to squash everything in all the time. Muppet Christmas Carol is the best, Reastie you must watch it I dont care how old you are. Everyone should see it at least once in their lives COME IN AND KNOW ME BETTER MAN!!! HO HO HO HO!!!

Reastie due date is 23rd June. DS's original due date was 27th (arrived on he 18th) so their birthdays are going to be very close together. Well done on the C25k!! I dont think I ever got that far when I did it years ago. You must feel so chuffed to have done a 13 minute chunk! For limited time stuff... there's T25? After DS, I started doing Tony Hortons 10 minute workouts. Made me feel like I was finally getting something done without the pressure of DS crying for me because it was over so quick.

That’s great news Plink. So glad you’re feeling perkier now. What’s your due date?

I think I’m the only one who has never actually seen the muppets Christmas Carol!

Hope you all had a good Christmas. I ate far too much but I’m not stressing, it’s Christmas, it’s compulsory! Had a run this morning and progressing well with c25k. This morning was 2 x 8 minute runs but after the second one I kept going so did 1 x 8 minute 1 x 13 minute run! Pace is exceptionally slow but I felt I’d found my stead in plodding along for the first time.

Yumy you’ll get back on it. Maybe plan what bb workouts to do to make yourself do it? I’ve been doing LMOD recently but I’m thinking of going back to some old bb dvds. I’m limited on time and my fitness is rubbish so I’m not sure what to try. Maybe piyo or p90x3 (minus pull ups) for some strength to compliment running.

Purple well done on Christmas Day run, that’s seriously impressive. Dh saw someone run on our road on Christmas Day and said ‘wow, there’s a runner out on CHRISTMAS DAY’ in shock! To which I replied ‘lucky them’

PS Plink I am so happy to hear all is going well with pregnancy! Muppets Christmas carol is probably my favourite Christmas movie - watched it for the gabillionth time yesterday - kids all wandered off so finished it on my own

Merry Christmas - I still havent got back on the exercise bandwagon but sort of feel like we are all friends and wanted to wish you seasons greetings and all that

Sorry to hear people are having a hard time with illnesses etc and whole heatedly echo Purple in wishing you all (and me ) a happy year of health and exercise. I am so ready for some beachbody workouts - have been feeling nostalgic for them lately

Merry Christmas everyone! Sorry I’ve not been posting. It has been so quiet so I didn’t think anyone else was posting either..... yes, that is circular logic I know

I was just out for my traditional Xmas day run and I thought of you all and hoped you were all having a good xmas.

Here’s to a lovely Xmas break and a new year of health and exercise!

Reastie haha the illness situation sounds awful, not the name change 😂😂 I looked back and realise that didnt come out right 😂

Hello everyone!!

Wow, sounds like you're both having a pretty shitty time

Roman ha I know what you mean. Before I got into Beachbody, I lost about 14 of those 30-40lbs purely through stress. I'd just left my fiance 2 months before the wedding, I quit my job and crashed my car. Eventful year that one I didnt even notice I'd lost it until I went back to see my colleagues and they mentioned it
Hopefully, things have calmed down now for you and you can have a chilled Christmas.

YuleAreBeingUnREASTIEable amazing name change sounds awful!! Argh! Just dont put too much stress on yourself. Seriously. The best Christmases I ever had were when my mum had been made redundant and we had very little in the way of presents. We just spent lots of time in each others company, making each other laugh, watching TV. It really taught me that money does not make Chrisfmas. Neither do presents. It's your family. So dont worry about being disorganised (I know the feeling). Muppet Christmas Carol always gets me in the spirit of things

So we had a scan and baby was all well. Albeit misbehaving. S/he wouldnt face the right way so the sonographer could measure the fluid at the back of the neck it was making me giggle which didnt help either. I also had a Glucose Tolerance Test and that has come back negative for the moment. Was pretty chuffed with that one!
Sickness has finally passed and I'm going to start Liift again with some modifications. No supine. No crunches. Nothing that will encourage diastasis. V exciting. It nice to be able to enjoy food again just in time for Christmas.

Purple hope you are well and happy.

Merry Christmas everyone. Have a wonderful day tomorrow. Lots of fun and laughter I hope! Thats what it's all about.

I lost you all!

@PlinkPlink are you feeling any better yet? I think I had my 12 week scan around now last year so assuming similar for you. Let us know how it goes.

@Theromanempire is your mum all better now? It’s interesting re weight loss and gain with stress and anxiety as I’ve had an awful week this past week and have been so anxious I couldn’t eat and after having a dodgy stomach a few days before that I’ve lost over 4 lbs.

Been a rubbish Christmas so far. Dd had hand foot and mouth then dh and dd had a cold then I got an awful upset stomach then dh and dd had a sick bug. Ds is now teething and having digestive issues from weaning and I’ve barely slept in I don’t know how long. I’m usually like the queen of Christmas but I’m so exhausted and unorganised this year I actually feel like a normal person about everything. The joy of Christmas has gone. I hope I can find it by tomorrow! I’ll be happy if we are healthy tbh.

So because of all that I’ve been rubbish with exercise. Over 2 weeks with nothing but did manage a run yesterday. Dh is off for a few weeks so really hoping it means I can get more workouts in.

@Purpleraindeer how are you?

Merry Christmas everyone!