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

That is fab re the lady at clubbercise roman. No wonder you’re pleased. You have lost a lot of weight. So what that you’ve been a bit up and down since Xmas - it’s brilliant.

I’m tired tonight cardio fix week 2 was really hard. I struggled, but in a good way. I really enjoyed the workout - will definitely do that one again. My arms are all wobbly from chest and triceps too.

Just did day 1 of wk 2 of hybrid. I found total cardio fix (21dfx) included some rather tricky coordinated moves so I’m not sure I got them right. Autumn has gone a bit ‘dancer’!
Also I was sore-er after my weekend hybrid workouts than I was after my ultra. I’m still struggling to get out of a chair without making an ooof noise!
How are you getting on roman?

cross posted - purple your family run sounds great, love that there is a mini purple in the making!

Reastie I would love it if there were some lmod dvds! I guess they want people paying for the monthly sub. Re the cals - seeing as you have been steadily loosing there must be some room to up them a bit? I am not eating clean at all at the moment and I wish I had your discipline but at the same time you probably need more cals right now. I am mostly eating vegetarian at the moment and I feel like that is part of why I am struggling as a lot of the options are carby which makes me want more carbs!

Yes it was a bit of a hardcore day roman. I’m tired and my bum is killing from the combo of legs yesterday, HIIT this am and then dirty30 this eve. You are wise to split them up. Although I’m not sure a double with clubbercise is any easier.

You can modify most barbell stuff to dumbbells. I think it makes it a bit harder.
We also did a family 2k race today - was really nice to do something I enjoy with the kids too. Dd was a bit competitive. I think she might get that from me

Thermo defo you can adapt with dumbbells. I really like those pump workouts, wonder why they’re not on bbod. Maybe a licensing issue from lm or does bbod only have the new stuff? That was what got me into pump :) . I have the dvd. Speaking of which, I wish lmod would sell some dvds rather than all on their app. I like to have something physical and they seem to delete the older workouts when they put on new ones so at some point my favourite releases won’t be available anymore and if I could buy them to keep forever I would. Btw you’ll get there, the important thing is your fitness I think, and I may be slimmer than my initial dd pre preg weight but I’m less fit.

Yumy it might be worth upping calories, I’m not sure. Some days I’m ravenous all the time and others not as much but I feel like I’m eating a good quantity and I’m keeping it pretty clean. Today is a hungry day and I’ve felt sick with hunger before dinner so I had a bowl of muesli andnthen an oatcake after my soup for dinner and I’m still hungry 😲. I’m not sure if it’s hunger or exhaustion though because I barely got any sleep last night and couldn’t have a nap as ds kept crying for milk every time I tried.

Did body balance earlier, the harder tracks are impossible for me! But I modified a lot and got through it with different easy options. It’s the legs and core stuff that I find most impossible. Was a lovely relaxation at the end though (even if I had to cut it short to feed ds). Ds is still a pushchair denier but will now go in a carrier facing outwards. Which annoyingly hurts my back but does mean hopefully I can do short walks with him when I’m up to it. It’s just as well he’s so cute so I forgive him for totally ruining and breaking me!

Reastie - if you are actively cutting back calories would it be worth upping them for a bit now that your BMI is looking healthier again, just to help with the exhaustion?

Wow purple - she is amazing! Well done on workouts - would you say the hybrid is harder than doing insanity?

Reastie I agree with Purple - body balance sounds perfect. Really fantastic about weightloss. You cant do anything about the stress your body is under from lack of sleep but doing something like body balance sounds like it would be a restorative thing for your body.

I have been a bit of a disaster this week - fingers crossed I get my act together next week.

Purple enjoy part 2 of workout this afternoon.

found this . Apols for horrible newspaper on the link but wow to that woman!

That’s brilliant about the BMI reastie (sad re the wedding ring though). I know what you mean re body balance. I find it very relaxing. I wonder if doing more of that and building your strength will help you do more exercise and stop the pain? Worth a try?

I’m checking in as I’m half way through today’s hybrid workouts. Did full body HIIT this am then 21df dirty 30 later. This hybrid is testing me. It is really noticeable how hard the weights are. I’m enjoying it in a twisted way though.

Purple I always find running uses up mega calories so not surprising you’re hungry. Hope you enjoyed the prosecco!

Thermo that’s great it felt a bit easier. I know what you mean about when it’s boring it’s harder. That’s why I love les mills as you can often sing along to the music at least.

Plink having a happy accident last time means the 2ww is a new thing then. It sucks, you find yourself checking every single twinge and weirdness you get and trying to put it down to maybe being pg. it’s a complete mind bend but after a few months I found it easier. It’s coming up soon to a year since I got my bfp . I’m sure it’s been quick for you all but it feels like such a lifetime ago!

Still physically struggling with daily life and debilitating stomach pains from exhaustion meaning I physically can’t manage to workout most days still. It’s frustrating and feels like I’ll never be back on form but I know eventually I’ll get there. Need to start taking my anti anxiety medication again as gp things this might calm me enough to help my stomach. It’s annoying as exercise is suppose to help stress and anxiety and stamina yet I can’t manage it properly. My legs and bum feel so weak and I miss them feeling strong. Today I managed a c25k week 3 ‘run’ so still trying. Just hoping I don’t get too much of a stomach ache tonight to pay me back for it. Tomorrow I might try body balance again as it’s hard work but sort of relaxing at the same time iykwim. Weight loss in continuing and recent NSV is my engagement and wedding rings are once again too big for me to wear so are off. Feel bad to be happy about not being able to wear them but hey ho! I am on the absolute cusp of healthy weight bmi now too

My poor abs - they’re so sore! Abs doms are the worst. I’ve done the 21dfx and real time 10min abs but they are nothing compared to that beast. I expect an instant 6 pack now!

Struggling a bit today. Diet went a little off course yesterday after I drank my body weight in Prosecco . I didn’t think there was much point in recording that on mfp...... back on it today. Went for a 10mile run but I can’t believe how hungry it has made me. I’ve eaten what I normally eat but am staaaaarving. That thing about cardio making you hungry is definitely true for me.

Hope you’re all well and looking forward to the weekend

I agree re 60s moves roman. I work harder if they’re 30s. I really like 21dfx and the real time version and I’ve enjoyed the 21df which are part of the hybrid too. Apart from the 10min abs today. Omg - it was so hard - millions of crunches. My abs cramped up. That has never happened. It was so much harder than the 21dfx version.

Managed to stick to my cals today despite feeling really quite hungry this afternoon. Diets are hard work!

Reastie - you can definitely lose that baby weight. You’ve done it before - you’ll get there! It is tough doing it with a small baby though so don’t be too hard on yourself

Hope you’re all ok

I remember the 2ww/af coming cycle so well. It was totally depressing. It is a lot different ttc with a toddler too - ovulation sticks help! Hope you’re ok plink. It took a looooong time for us with dd and I learned it was important not to put life on hold as that made the waiting worse.

Yesterday I would have posted that I was enjoying the hybrid - especially doing weights again. Today, not so much. Did the booty workout. It was 60mins!!! That is not practical for me (and the work out was a bit boring) so I did 2x circuits and missed the 3rd. I didn’t have a band so did it with weights or nothing. I was expecting it would be easy but it wasn’t so god knows how hard it is with the band. Did you do the whole thing Unmodified roman - respect.

Thanks yum and reastie well technically about 3 months probably? But we had been on holiday, superbly relaxed, continuously tipsy (therefore even more relaxed, sunning it up every day in Palma, dtd every day. I wasnt even actively tracking my cycle. Just using it to know when I'd have af. So DS was a very happy accident.

Difference now is we've actively decided we want a 2nd but we now have to plan a bit more. It's hard to fit any sex in with a little one running us ragged all the time 🙈😂😂 (Tmi?)

You're doing brilliantly! I remember that feeling so well though. Try and blot out those negatives. Haha bless her. I distinctly remember looking in the mirror and just hating the way I looked (even though I probably looked fine). It was just such a far cry from where I was pre-pg and where I wanted to be. But it got there. I used to keep a track on our kitchen whiteboard of my weekly weight so I could see it everyday. Was quite a good motivator. You too will get there - you just want it to happen now. How is DS sleeping? Is DD at school?

Hi all,

Sorry, been absent a bit. Still physically struggling to recover and exercise but won’t bore you with details. If I’m lucky I’ll do one gentle cardio and one yoga workout a week. Still batch cooking to try and keep a semblance of a healthy diet.

Yumy your dds pe teacher sounds like a hard taskmaster! I hated school pe, never really liked any of the sports we did, it was all team or competitive stuff whereas I prefer just doing stuff on my own or a class which school lessons were nothing like. I didn’t really exercise ever until I was mid 20s at least. Dh keeps saying dd needs to exercise more but not really sure how to do this as she isn’t that interested in anything sporty. We’re getting her a bike for Christmas I think so hopefully will manage to use that. Hope your cold gets better soon.

Plink I’m sorry about af. Did it take many months ttc previously? Thev2ww is so stressful and you forget how much until you’re in the middle. Another month of enjoying workouts I guess... thanks for asking if I’m pleased with my progress. I’m miserable I’m still a size 16 when I was 12 but I’m proud to be still losing weight given I gained weight bfing dd. Dd asked me yesterday when I woukd fit in my old clothes and I asked her if she thought I had a long way to go and she said ‘quite a long way’ 🤣😂. Ahh the honesty of kids!

Thermo I’ve got about a stone and a half left to go too, we can do it together!!

Plink I hope the BFP comes soon x

You are probably so right about dd (8yo) and PE - she has a tendency to exaggerate - to be fair she would have had to run a mile (laps round the field ) but maybe the hardcore nature of this was overstated a little

I have a cold and didn't end up exercising but I did use dp's crosstrainer yesterday to do a preset workout with some music on alexa and it was kind of fun and no aches the next day! Planning to do some weights tomorrow.

Roman and Purple that hybrid sounds hellish, but fun Well done for giving it a go. Is it all set up on BBOD or do you have to select the workouts?

Hope you are well Reastie if you see this!

Hey everyone, hope you had a good weekend.

AF arrived today. Thought it would. It's weird how disappointing it suddenly becomes. I've never looked forward to them but there's now an added downside. Oh well. Keep on trying no workout today. Just eating well with some chocolate added in and trying to feel better. Sodding hormones. Sodding womanhood.

Reastie I know its mad isnt it? He doesn't look 61 and he doesn't act 61. I'm not quite sure about his thing about ageing is for idiots. It's a bit odd. It's not really something you can avoid
Well done on your weight loss. Are you happy with your progress?

Oh well done on your loss too yum ! Yeah I think you're right. I've found something that works. Until I'm really bored theres no need to change it
Forced to run a mile and star jumps? Seems unlikely... was she exaggerating the mile bit?

Well done in keeping within your calories Roman . Been a long time since I've stayed within mine. I try not to feel guilty about it as that makes it worse. You're obviously in a great mindset/headspace at the moment which is fab. And any loss is a win, that much closer to your goal.

Haha purple the stories I could tell you about PE teachers. They're all the same in schools...all of them are party animals. Every single school I taught at, every staff party - PE teachers were the ones who caused the most havoc.
I think they're in a difficult position because most kids are resistant to physical education so they do their best to be motivating. Some people respond well to chivvying, some don't. The best ones I've seen use music to really get them going.

Any news from you hippie ?