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

I forgot to update with my specialist apt. So I get in and he gives me a stare as if he’s trying to make me out and says everything is totally normal on the scans. I felt so embarrassed like he thought I was making it up. He said I might’ve had an issue in the past which has now resolved. He said my muscles might still be healing from the previous issue which wouldn’t show on mri. He said they couldn’t do anything. So I’m feeling partly relieved and partly frustrated. It’s definitely better than it was but I can’t do 90% arm work without pain and often wake up in pain where my elbow was bent overnight. The ONE thing that made a difference when it was bad (wearing a splint to keep my hand straight) he was dismissive of that it would have any effect and was pointless yet I know that was the one thing that made a huge difference to the pain. I’ve now seen 2 consultants, 2 physios, 3-4 different diagnoses and had over 3 years of pain . Maybe no one will ever work out the cause. Arm workout are my favourite type of workout too 😭

Purple a bad run can really get you down. I know the feeling. I hope you get your mojo back soon.

Oh yes - I remember ds being accused of going ‘all psycho’ too. DH didn’t want to look after him as all he did was cry. It was knackering having a baby 24/7 with no help. We got it wrong as I let DH just look after dd whilst I did ds and that then meant that we both effectively lost 9mths of the other child’s life. It seemed like the right idea at the time but wasn’t.

Hello
Sorry I’ve been a bit absent. Slightly lost my mojo it has to be said but still exercising. I’m just (temporarily hopefully) enjoying it a bit less. Running has not been good, have had a few difficult runs which gets me down a bit. Doing a max30/lift combo - just starting week 2.

Plink hope the mw appt went ok. Sorry to hear re the sickness - sounds grim. It’s definitely harder being pregnant second time as you’re so much more active with a toddler around too

Roman - you sound a bit like me with your eating mojo. I feel the same. I feel a bit rubbish when I eat badly but then not so bad that I actually don’t do it! I need the equivalent of the hybrid and diet again to get back on track. Sorry to hear re your mum. I hope she is on the mend now.

Reastie - 27 tuck jumps sounds rather impressive. There is a 1min tuck jumps in max 30 and I dread it. How frustrating about your shoulder. Did you have the steroid injection?

How’s everyone doing?

Have been feeling under the weather fighting for a bug off and feeling sorry for myself. Yesterday did 45 mins body step but did it gently and kept nearly giving up. Generally have been feeling exhausted and frequently sick from hunger as Ds still often feeding every hour all day every day yet I’m eating so much. Thing this bug is just making ne more hungry! Weight loss has totally stagnated but at this point I’m happy ish so long as I don’t gain. I’d like to fit in my old clothes but at the same time I’m not super obese like I was at this point with dd and my BMI was around 38. It’s 23-24 atm. Hoping for a gentle c25k this morning.

Thermo have you managed any meal/snack planning?

Thermo sorry I called you purple in my last message but hopefully you know who I mean. Yes to plinks advice of planning meals. I make my salad to go with lunch the day before so it’s always ready for me so there is no excuse not to get some veg in me. I batch cook easy meals and soup for myself at week ends and freeze because I kmow if not I’ll be living on junk as I don’t have time to cook in the week with Ds. Unfortunately it means I’m often the most nutritiously fed in the family as I don’t have time to also batch cook as much for dd and dh so they often eat more processed than I’d like.

Plink I know exactly what you mean about dreading the days, but try to see it as another day closer to hell being over. I don’t know if I said this at the time but I’d spend my evenings googling abortion procedures and where I could get it done locally as I was so desperate and felt so awful. Obv forever grateful now I stuck it out but it was that bad I couldn’t take it. Makes me realise actually how far I’ve come and what I had to put up with. Hopefully you’ll be much perkier by Christmas. Fwiw I had gd with dd but not at all this time so don’t assume you’ll have it again. I’m genuinely putting it down to being at a much healthier starting place this time and not eating sugary foods all through pg. The ultimate cling monster (Ds) does indeed make it practically impossible to workout. I went for a 30 minute run on sat. Left him grumbling. Came back and apparently he ‘went all psycho’ (words of dh) the whole time I was out. Eek! Hope he’s ok when I leave him with dh to see doctor tonight.

Oh Roman I think you should allow those things to happen. I'm sure as long as you commit to continuing the Liift4 program you will be fine. Like on the day of your cooked breakfast, have it, enjoy it and then commit the rest of the day to having good healthy food. Plan it, prep it and then you wont have any reason to not eat healthy the rest of the day? Careful planning works for me in those situations. I find if I dont plan and prep after a treat meal or two, I tend to make bad choices.

Sorry to hear about your mum too? Is she okay? Thats got to be an awful worry. I hope you're okay. Take it easy on yourself Roman

Reastie god that sounds awful. I dread the night times. It sounds so melodramatic but I almost get to the point where I dont want to wake up the next day because I know its another day of awful sickness. I'm just counting down the days.
I'm 9 weeks on wednesday and it still doesnt feel very real. Though my bloating and sickness says otherwise
I have to be careful because I'm at a higher risk of gestational diabetes. If it wasnt for the sickness I would be so dedicated but some days lying in the sofa, snoozing is all I can do. Poor DS isnt getting out much with me. I'll make it up to him soon... only another 4 or so weeks to go and hopefully it passes.
I think you did so bloody well Reastie 9 months of feeling like that. You poor thing. Definitely worth that little bundle in the end though
Well done on getting workouts in too... seriously, I didnt manage to get mine in until about a year after DS was born. He was so clingy, it was impossible

Plink I hated that I couldn’t manage tea when pg because usually I love my redbush tea. All I can say is I’m loving it now! I totally feel for you limping through this. I ate rubbish in the first trimester and pretty direly in the second and third because it was all I could cope with and found it so frustrating to be eating junk but I truly couldn’t stomach anything else. Just go with it. I literally had to eat something every half hour in the early weeks or I’d feel worse. To the point where I’d just be taking some oven chips out of the oven to eat and put more in for once I’d finished the ones just out . I ate stuff I’d never usually touch like tomato ketchup and tinned tomato soup (although I did get the no added sugar stuff to try to feel better about myself). Weirdly everything had to be very salty or peppery 🤷🏻‍♀️. Just keep eating through it and worry and healthy food and exercise later when you can. If you need different or more drugs see a gp. Just survive this first bit and tick each day and week off as it happens, it’s the only way I got through. Afternoon and evening were worst for me too. I would dread every evening and spend it literally sobbing in bed calling to dh to bring me food and force it down as I knew if I didn’t I’d get even worse. Sometimes I’d just lie in bed shaking from the intense nausea and unable to even talk and just think about how I couldn’t take another second. I’m so sympathetic to you. Just try not to do too much when you don’t feel terrible. I know it’s tough but it does help. Hope the booking in goes well. It’ll seem more real once you get that! How many weeks now are you? You must be right in the thick of it.

Purple the tuck jumps were spread across a power track, not all in one go . I can still only do workouts at week ends because of Ds so I’m trying to make it count! How is your mum now? That must be a worry. I know what you mean about Christmas, I’m desperate to get it all done and dusted and dd keeps changing her mind about stuff she wants!

Hi everyone!!

Long time, no post. It's because I haven't got round to doing anything I'm afraid. It's great to see you doing more Reastie . I really felt for you whilst you were pregnant. The frustration was awful for you so it's fab to see you getting back on it!

How was the max:30 Purple ?

Roman how are you doing? What have you been up to?

@yumyumpoppycat how about you? How are things going?

I have my MW booking in appt tomorrow. Which is exciting (though probably not for her). I have been feeling quite awful. The morning isn't the problem - it's the afternoon and evening I suffer. I'm up to 2 tablets of promethazine now and I'm hoping itll stop there. Eating good food is not really on the table at the moment. Just anything that doesn't make me feel sick (mostly simple, crappy carbs and sweet things). Tea and coffee is off the table - makes me more sick for some reason. But I'm hoping once the sickness eases I can get back to eating well and doing a bit of light exercise. Here's hoping.

Purple how was the birthday meal? Was it your bday? I’d so, belated wishes! How’s the diet going atm? (By diet I mean food in general)

Yes, I’m still here, sorry!

Did another c25k on sat. Slowly getting there on week 4 now. Yesterday did 45 min body attack and managed 27 tuck jumps (yes, I counted!) innthe last track. I’m counting that as progress too. My body is still a bit of a wreck and lack of sleep is wearing me down but I’m getting there. Slowly. Got elbow specialist tonight for results of mri. Cross fingers my tummy doesn’t play up. I suspect he will want to give me a steroid injection because from what I can find online because I’ve not responded to a huge amount of physio it seems like I’m getting close to needing an operation (not sure how I feel about that) but he mentioned steroid injections last time as a possibility (but my research suggests it won’t actually help the issue other than helping the pain for up to a year before it returns and could potentially damage the nerve) so we’ll see.

How’s everyone else doing?

@PlinkPlink I would love an update on how you’re getting on atm, hope all is going well.

Is everyone feeling organised for Christmas?

Reastie - sounds like great progress on the running. Just getting out is soooo good for mental health etc too. I go really easy on myself - if I feel tired on a run I just walk, on the basis that the most important thing is to get out and cover the distance. Who cares how long it takes?
Enjoy mother and baby yoga. I did that for Pilates. It was great. If the move was too hard I just pretended DD needed my attention and stopped. As a result I’m still rubbish at Pilates but I made a few friends there who I still see now

Hi all!
I’ve finished the hybrid!! Yay. I didn’t do the final double and split it over 2 days. I had to, as the shock of the legs work out has left me hobbling for 3 days.
Am doing some max30 for the rest of the week but need to think of something new for next week. I’m excited about the new Joel workout roman. Has anyone done the morning meltdown?
I’m the same as you roman re the eating. I ate rubbish all holiday and have put a bit of weight back on. Have a birthday meal on sat and after that I think I will get strict again for a few weeks to lose it.

Thank you for your help re pm, unfortunately help was in vain, but I appreciate it .

Good to see you thermo! I’m taking my mum for her birthday next year to the london palladium to see a dance show by the strictly dancers. I never watch strictly! I’m more excited at going with dd to see Joseph and the amazing whatnot there a month or so after!!! What’s Joel’s new program called? I’ve been trying to invent a title (because I’m stuck under a sleeping baby and bored) and got LiiCDFt

Purple that’s reassuring although ds won’t settle without me for longer than half an hour if I’m lucky and he’s nearly 5 months already!

Did a good run on Sunday. Last of week 3 c25k (taking yonks as can only do once a week) and longest split was 3 mi utes but the last one I just kept going and got maybe 5-6 minutes running without a break. Saturday I did BA and loved it! Still modifying in places but doing more than not pressing play. That’s my workouts for the week done as it’s all I can manage atm but have a mother and baby yoga on Thursday to try out. I think the mother’s do the yoga and babies watch but I may have got it the wrong way around and it’s the babies that do the yoga 😂. Either way it’s yoga and something to do!

Hi all!
I’m back from hols so am finishing the hybrid but it’s so long since I did it I couldn’t remember where I got to! I think I only had 2 workouts to go so did the penultimate one today and final one (double day) will be tomorrow. Woo hoo.

Plink - hope you’re starting to feel a bit better.

Reastie - I actually cant remember when ds got less clingy - I went back to work when he was 7.5mths though and he was ok being looked after by someone else then, but I remember being really worried when I left him the first day and then both relieved but strangely jealous when he was very content all day without me! He never settled for anyone else at night though.

Plink I think I did that bb workout when pg! Was she an overly chirpy American lady with 2 pg women in the background? That was a good one but I found it too hard for me as activity was one of my worst nausea triggers. I found a good pg workout thing from the nhs website of all places, I’ll see if I can find it. I say good, it was ok, I think just the fact I managed to do it was enough to make it good to me!! Keep upping the meds as you need to and rest. Please don’t feel guilty. I had 9 whole months of no school runs, no going to school events, not taking dd anywhere, no parenting in any sense, some weeks not even able to talk to dd as just having someone in the room and talking made me worse (those were the dark days where all I did was lie in bed with my eyes closed sobbing I felt so sick, it was so overwhelming it’s hard to explain). She’s totally fine now. I feel bad effectively I missed out on a year of her but she now has a lifetime of a brother. Stick cbeebies on, give your dc plain toast for lunch and ready meals for dinner. They’ll cope, they’ll survive, they’ll prob enjoy the lax parenting . This is only a few weeks for you, you’ve just got to survive it.

Still managing 2 workouts on a good week, usually a cardio (BA/step/a run) and a body balance. Half term has got in the way a bit. Tbh fitness is taking a back seat with this ibs causing me to struggle so much with life. I’m starting to accept that my previous fitness is likely to not be achievable for 2-3 years but the important thing for now is not to totally give up. 2 workouts a week is more than some, and if I can get it up to 3 I’d be happy with that for now. I want to be back to my pre preg weight but I’m currently a healthy BMI and have about a stone to go. That’s not a scarily huge amount. I need to just make sure I don’t gain and I’m as good as I can be with diet given the bfing hunger.

*as unicorn and rainbow

😂😂 punching people. Some people do say some pretty insensitive things. How are you feeling now purple did you get some more workouts done?

reastie seriously valuable advice! I've upped to tablets to 2 a day now as it lasts until about midday and then I feel sick again. God i feel awful again. And I constantly feel guilty that I cant move off the sofa and do more fun things with DS. I should be doing more with him but I just can't. God it must have been absolute hell for you!! I dont think anyone contemplates terminations lightly so to feel that way really demonstrates how bloody awful it must have been.
This must be one hell of a strong baby because I'm only 6+2 and I feel sick as a pig again even with 1 tablet.

How are roman and yum doing? You both okay?

Ooh almost forgot to say I managed to do some Beachbody Prgenancy Yoga when I had a good day. It was lovely and relaxing though I found it hard not to snort at the woman referring to cat and cow and unicorn and rainbow piss off with your unicorns and rainbows, love

I hope you feel better properly soon purple. Purple can I ask at what point could you leave your ds and not have him constantly scream? He won’t stay with anyone longer than about half an hour and it’s so exhausting and I’m worried if he’ll ever settle with other people.

Plink glad the medicine helps. Next drug usually prescribed is cyclizine which my gp did over the phone too. I’m so glad what you have is helping though and hope you’re not feeling too zonked out on the medicine. Let me know if you need any more info on pg sickness as it’s unfortunately my specialist subject. Tbh I don’t know how I survived 9 months of it...twice! All I can say is I was close to getting a termination with ds not because I didn’t want him but because I felt so awful I couldn’t cope a minute longer let alone months longer let alone wait for an apt for the procedure. Absolute torture. But of course now it’s over totally worth it.

Oh plink poor you. I’m glad the meds are helping. I felt soooooo awful in my first trimester both times. I literally wanted to punch anyone who said anything about the wonder of pregnancy. It was grim.

Reastie - what a disappointment on the MRI. I had a Velcro DS. In the end everyone refused to look after him as he wouldn’t settle for anyone but me. It was lucky he was cute. He is still a bit of a mummy’s boy now but I quite like that

I’ve been very quiet as was a bit under the weather last week so didn’t work out at all. Back running yesterday. Am away for half term so can’t do the hybrid (no weights) so did max30 tonight. It’s fair to say it was a bit of a shock to the system! I’ll be doing non weights stuff for the rest of the week then I’ll finish the hybrid when I’m back. I’m determined to get it done!

Oh no reastie awful about your MRI. Definitely not a napping situation there. Oh no at DS too, I know exactly what that's like. During the early days there were very few people who could settle DS and poor OH did his best but his distinct lack of boobs was the issue.

Thank you so much for your advice. When I read it, I rang the GP and got some promethazine and thank God, it's more manageable now. Still there in the background but way easier to cope with. You are totally right about it getting worse if you leave it later. My GP was v understanding and she prescribed it to me on the phone. I've read some horror stories on here about GPs not believing women about how bad their symptoms are and leaving them to struggle. It is hands down the most miserable downside to pregnancy. I have absolutely no idea how you coped with 9 months of it.