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

That’s a good idea to split the workouts roman. I might try that. I also skip the warm up for the 21df bit. I am sooooo sore today from chest yesterday and am already feeling sore from back/biceps today. Ouch. It is amazing how quickly your strength goes, but let’s hope it can come back as fast.
I haven’t logged food on mfp at all today. Ate healthily but no idea how much and was out so couldn’t weigh it obviously! I feel really self conscious when I’m watching my diet as I feel like everyone thinks I’m neurotic as my weight is healthy - I’m just heavier than I was this time last year and I worry about slippery slopes!

I think PE teachers just get horrible when in front of the kids. They must hear a lot of excuses and whining so I don’t blame them really, but I’m sure if they were more encouraging the kids would whine less.

Ooh roman considering what day 1-3 did to me I hat to think what it will be like by the end [scared face emoji] My diet is a mess at the mo but if it continues to go down I will be happy enough!

PurpleI was over too but by way more even though it didn't feel like I had a lot which is weird.
cross country sounds a nightmare - PE teachers have a lot to answer for, which is weird cause a couple of my old friends became PE teachers and they were lovely. I have lost touch with them now - wonder if they are like that too now - hope not!

Your dd’s PE sounds like what I did when I was at school poppy. I thought they didn’t allow that anymore. Cross country was one of the main reasons I did no sport until I left school!

Well done on the diet/workouts roman. I did my first mash up workout today. Omg the weights felt heavy. It is a while since I did weights and I can really tell. My arms were like wobbly twigs by the end of it. The workouts take ages though. 45mins at least. Not sure how that will work on a week day.

I’ve not been as good as you on the calories. I’m plus/minus 100 cals from my goal most days. Did ok ish today. Just got to get through tomorrow now, then plain sailing Monday - Thursday.

Purple fab that you are back to Joel workouts! It's nice that the marathon training has made the old routine fresh again.

I got my trainers recently so don't think they are to blame - but its possible. Have looked up workouts that are ok to do and 21 day fix style def isn't unfortunately (well a teeny part of me isn't that upset ) but yoga and dh's cross trainer should be fine so no excuse to just give up!

I was all set to do some yoga this morning but was signed out of BB so I think that means my sub has ended. I have a few random dvds in with our movies on the shelves in the front room so put on a Darcey bussel pilates one. DD2 wanted to join in when I had earlier said I was doing yoga and proceeded to amuse me with her running commentary (apart from when she said my butt was in her face!) ... is Darcey bussel breathing she looks too still...ooh playing dead (clams move) … this is harder than PE, etc. I was a bit suspicious of her last comment as when DD got home from school yesterday after a PR day she told me several times she was forced to run a mile without stopping then do star jumps - with her PE teacher yelling for her to hurry up the whole time

waves to Plink, Reastie and Roman

That is annoying about the plantar fasciitis poppy. Could your workout shoes be part of the problem?

I did a workout last night - just a Joel 25min one but it felt good to be back. Will go for a little run on Friday and then back to normal I think. I’m down 1kg since Monday but I’m assuming that’s water. It’s the weekends that are my problem. My routine gets all messed up and then I end up eating pork pies or chocolate . I need to think of some tactics...

Plink - makes sense to stay with familiar exercise at the moment for you, but rather than p90 x or p90 x 2 def look into p90x3 in the future asa starting point - it is shorter 30 minute workouts and you can modify so prob don't even need a pullup bar. Some of the workouts feel easier than the 21 day fix type ones if I am honest!

Reastie fab news on weightloss!

Purple that is fantastic re your legs feeling ok!

I am very jealous as I am a quivering wreck after a few 21df and some stretch workouts. I think the planta F has been made worse as I was in significant pain on Monday. It is way better now but overall it is more sore than before I started exercising. Bum.

I have restarted on MFP too Purple and Roman - I think we are friends on there - have made my diary open to friends have to admit my diary is a bit rubbish as mainly filled with chocolate biscuits, bread and instant coffee . I made homemade chilli and flatbreads yesterday so just searched the key ingredients and used that to guess points. Apparently ready meals can be off by 20% anyway. Will be eating chilli all week as I forgot that I was using chickpeas I cooked from dry and froze so I couldn't freeze leftovers as planned.

Anyway I am 2lbs ish down this week if I can still be that by the end of the week I will be happy. For my foot I am guessing losing weight can only help so maybe I will try and get things going by focusing on that - I had planned on 1 800 cal fast day a week but I might up that to 2.

Sorry for waffling on!

That’s fab reastie! Yay
I’ve done a screen shot. (Can’t believe I didn’t think of that myself )
I logged all my food on mfp yesterday except lunch as it was home made lamb curry and rice so no idea what to put....will log everything today too. Project stricter eating has got off to a good start. Hope you’re doing ok too roman.
May try for a workout later as am feeling ok. Legs pretty fine surprisingly. I think ultras are easier for doms as you run a bit slower and they’re more off road so less impact. I feel a lot better after this than when I last did a marathon and couldn’t walk properly for 5 days!
Have a good day everyone

Purple I’m so impressed you’d even consider working out this week tbh! I was thinking screenshot too. Sometimes you can right click save but don’t know if you can with the pics on here.

Plink you made me follow Tony Horton on insta! Can’t believe he’s 61! He’s amazing fir his age but I get annoyed at his ‘ageing is for idiots ‘ slogan as aging is natural and you imo do have to adjust exercise to fit with age. No matter how hard you work an 80 year old body isn’t going to perform the same as a 20 year old one.

Seem to have lost 2-3 lbs in the past week after 1lb every single previous week. I have no idea how that happened as I did practically zero activity last week and didn’t think I ate a lot less. I have been hungry a lot but what’s new 😁. Maybe Ds has been taking more milk or maybe it’s a hormone change. Anyway, based on this morning’s weight (which might be a freak low) I’m very close to a healthy bmi :)

I would like to reach a point where I can do it yum but I don't think it will happen for a while if baby no.2 makes an appearance. Hope the thighs are feeling better today.

Haha you and me both Roman yesterday I had 2 shortbread biscuits, a sausage and egg sandwich for breakfast (it was Sunday) and a caramel bar (OH had bought them and put them in the fridge just before dinner and I was starving so it had to go ) we'll do better today. Toast so far and I'm going to make a shake with some super greens in - that always sets me up nicely for the day

Purple I bet you are! Nice easy going week now yeah, you should be able to screenshot it? You on windows or mac?

Getting a bit excited about doing legs later...

Thanks for that calendar. That looks hard. Weights, then a whole other workout? Ouch! Is there a way for me to save the attachment somewhere so I don’t have to keep refinding this page on the thread? I’m definitely up for it, but probably need a lower intensity week this week to make sure I recover properly.

Thanks for the congrats everyone. I’m on a bit of a high - was a great experience and I am so pleased with how it went. A lot of people did it as a walk (probably the majority) and that looked fun too. I’d recommend the experience. I’m thinking of doing another - not until next year though as the training is a bit tough on DH and the kids.

I’m back on the careful eating wagon, so let’s commit together roman. I’m gradually creeping more and more above my target weight so I need to stop it before it gets out of control. Im going to do Mfp for 2 weeks from today to sort it out! Are you with me?

Hippie I have never done those workouts but I have done some with that trainer and he is quite funny so will be interested what you think of you try it! plink I quite like p90x3 but I think it gets harder I haven’t done all the workouts.

I was going to do some more 21 but my thighs are so sore from the surrenders that I stuck with stretches from 80 day and liift

Has anyone done Youv2?

Here it is y'all!!!!

Argh about the sleep schedules Reastie I'm sure it will click into place soon but for now, it's an exhausting slog. Got any stocks in ProPlus? 😂😂 not that you can have it with BF 🙄

Its mad isnt it? 60 minutes is just excessive 😂😂 I would have been able to do it before DS but not now. On his Insta he frequently puts up bids of his workout retreats and he uses this peg board thing... he hangs off the pegs and moves them up the board. Crazy.

Hey hippie if you need to take the time out to get shit done or have a rest, take it. So important to listen to your body. I've just seen the new hybrid calendar on Instagram. I'll see if I can upload it to here looks quite good actually!

Morning. Is the new hybrid on BOD? I am having today off, went back to work this week after 6 weeks off and had an unexpected visit with DS, DIL and DGS yesterday. I need to catch up with house things and have a couple of hours vegging.

Plink I found p90x2 insanely hard. Probably very good for core strength though, but there were quite a few exercises I modified and even so it was so impossible I felt like it would be easy to injure myself. Some great workouts and moves on it though. It doesn’t seem to be very popula, I suspect because of the amount of equipment needed.

Such an amazing achievement Purple are you happy with your time?

Oh yum curry is my fave I could easily eat it every day for the rest of my life. If you haven't tried it already, try Saag Paneer. Cubes of cheese with spinach. Tastes amazing at our Indian. We quite often have a tray each well done on the no alcohol, chocs or snax. I find chocolate particularly difficult to eliminate.

I did my Liift4 Shoulders today. Felt so good after I even attempted some different workouts. P90X2 seems far too hard... such a step up from Liift4. Tony is just insane. I flicked onto one of his specials. 5 min pushups. Great I thought, I'll take that as an added extra. Noooooo... these were extra slow push ups so I could barely even do one! Does anyone follow him on Insta? His photos and vids are mad as well. The stuff he can do at his age! I hope I'm still live and kicking like that when I'm 60 odd

I am tempted by 21dfx though... 30 mins each. Could work with DS's naps

I feel quite reassured that you have a post exercise snooze occasionally too Brilliant achievement - like reastie I cant quite comprehend running at a fast pace for nearly 6 hours. Did you enjoy it? I hope your family saved you some pizza

Reastie I think you should treat yourself like you are on a retreat lots of yoga and strolls through the park and fancy herbal teas - in all honesty it would be mars bars, coffee, and toast if I was coping with sleep deprivation - exercise would be a walk to costa in the hope the baby fell asleep in the buggy.

My MFP achievement has been slightly ruined as dp and eldest dd wanted curry for dinner so I ordered our first ever family takeaway curry (pizza has been ordered lots of times before obviously). Going to try and input it into MFP … could be scary. On the brightside no alcohol, chocolate or snacks today.

Purple my fastest ever 10k was an hour. I can’t imagine running practically that speed for nearly 6 hours non stop. Incredible!

It was 50km. Legs ok-ish now. I forecast soreness tomorrow!
Well done on your workout poppy. I love a workout and then a little snooze

Plink dd is an evening person and has to be forced to bed and usually doesn’t settle until about 9-9:30. By which point I’m dead on my feet! What with that, then being up in the night with Ds then being up so early maybe it’s no wonder I’m fettingawful ibs exhaustion. My body feels desperate to work out, it’s so weak but so wants the exercise yet I’m so shattered physically often I just can’t do it. A week with nothing but a short bit of yoga and step. Hoping for a c25k tomorrow but totally depends how tonight goes.