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

Reastie, hope your wound is better and the feeding is going well! I would hate to not be able to work out for 7 weeks, to be honest even though I had a normal birth and no problems I hated the initial baby stage with constant sitting down breastfeeding and going for walks really helped.

Purple I'm glad to hear you like transform 20, I'm thinking when I go back to work after the summer I will get BBOD and try it, or maybe morning meltdown. I will need something slightly shorter than insanity.

Roman, 7lbs is not bad, I'm sure it will come off quickly! I'm going on holiday on Tuesday and will take a break from the workouts but hopefully stick to lowish carb and do lots of swimming to limit the weight gain...

It was my rest day from insanity yesterday, which was fab, but I have woken up today with a horrible stiff neck and am dreading today's workout... I will give it a go but probably have to limit bouncing and moving my arms!

Hope the wound is feeling better now reastie. Probably a good signal for a rest for a few days. It is frustrating, I know, but still early days. I didn’t do any cardio until 8 wks and it was horrific. I was totally exhausted after 2mins, so 7mins on bike sounds good to me.

Did another transform 20 yesterday and I think I quite like it. It certainly tired me out. My legs were sore the next day. No way I’m buying a step though so that limits my ability to do the moves. Most seem to work ok on a stair though. Did power strength extreme from 21dfx tonight which felt hard. I’m sure it didn’t in the past. Gorilla walks are evil. As are supine crawls.

Oh massive gah, my stupid section wound is now really hurting. Couod be tye cycling, couod be I got the pram out of the boot on my own fir the first time today. So fed up of all this recovery now, 7 weeks and counting.

So first time on the exercise bike today. Good grief it felt like I was trying to cycle through treacle up a hill after my body being woken up at 2am. Shocking. I only did 7 minutes! I could have done more but figure the sensible thing is to do bit more every day and build up. Tomorrow maybe 10 minutes and in a week or so maybe half an hour then I can try loos spin again. It’s amazing how weak my body is. This time last year I couod just turn on insanity and do most of it with minimal breaks.

Purple well done on adding tomthe run. Interesting about the Shaun t workout. Ivenever found his workouts as good as insanity personally. Insanity asylum was good (but too hard for me!) but he was too mean to be motivating. Maybe the step thing was to introduce some equipment to get more sales of stuff for bb.

Plink hope legs wasn’t too hard.

Sounds like good news re the tongue tie being sorted reastie. Fingers crossed that helps the feeding calm down a bit which hopefully will give you more energy. 23lbs off since birth sounds like a lot so I hope you’re pleased. I think it is easier second time around as you know what to expect. I aimed for 1-2lb per week too.

Plink - don’t dread the shred weeks. They’re the best! All that HIIT is fab.

In the end I felt a bit crap about not doing my full 20miles so I did 8miles the following day as a back to back. First few miles were a bit hard but after that all fine. Am out of my routine at the mo so giving some random workouts a go. Did Shaun t transform today. Had to use a stair to do it on as no step so that was tricky but I did my best. Not sure whether I liked it - lots of money spent on the production - maybe needed a bit more on the actual workout. Might try one more tomorrow in case I am being too hasty. I did the 10min abs too - that is Shaun t’s strength - he does an awesome ab workout. It was ridiculous.

Have a good evening all

Purple that's a great run and Reastie is right - better than nothing! Well done for getting workouts done in the heat, I couldn't face it and waited til the evening for some of mine.

Roman hope you had a lovely holiday. The skirt can continue to be a motivator- next holiday for sure!!

Reastie that's great news re: weight loss. I focused on 1lb - 2lb a week and I was happy with that. Obvs wasn't as fast as I wanted but to see it continue going down was very motivating!
Aw poor little lamb, hopefully the cut has settled it then and you'll get a bit of down time between feeds.

Lostara well done on Pure Cardio!! I remember that was the one I hated most because it was just relentless. Much swearing at Shaun T . It's incredibly motivating when you can feel the progress you make, even if its taking one break instead of three. Keep it up, you're doing brilliantly!!

Did Week6 Shoulders yesterday. Glad to get back to it as I'd had quite a few days off - wedding reception on thurs and a bit of an explore on Friday. Saturday was a friend's BBQ and Sunday was a chill out day.
Proper pleased that at the BBQ I selected some decent food - boiled eggs, hummus, chicken thighs and crudites (with a couple of cheese and pineapple sticks thrown in). 1 cider and that was it. I spent most of the time chasing after DS trying to make sure he didn't escape down the driveway or steal people's beer and food

Anyway, legs tonight I hope. Then onto the shred phase - looking forward to it and dreading it at the same time

Lostara 😂 to whistling to himself, bet you’re looking fab. Well done on getting through the warm up with no break, I remember being really proud when I managed that! The warm up itself is really no joke and not as gentle as the name suggests!

Touchwood continuing to slowly lose weight despite now being nearly 7 weeks pp, which considering with dd I continued putting on weight bfing I’m counting that as a big win. Currently 23lbs down from when pg (5 lbs of which in last 3 weeks) and 24 lbs to go to pre preg weight and about 8lbs to get out of being in the overweight category. Still a long way but hopefully going in the right direction. Doing my pelvic floor/abs constructions every day. Went fir a walk on Sunday but had to turn back so quickly because wound was really hurting. Got bike indoors but dh set it up wrong so once it’s reset will try slowly building that up.

Oh, and Ds diagnosed with tongue tie and had it snipped yesterday so we’ll see if that helps constant feeding giving me the exhaustion.

Purple imo 14 miles is still a great distance and a lot better than sitting on the sofa. Especially given you braved such awful weather, truly a feat to be congratulated.

Well done for running in the rain, purple! The cooler weather has been a bit of a relief, I can almost get through the insanity warm-up without a break now! I do feel fitter already, but I still feel like I need to tan my flab a bit before going on holiday because there just isn't enough time to really firm it up... I did walk past a builder the other day wearing some short shorts and heard a whistle, but I think he was just whistling to himself! 🤣

14 very wet cold miles run today. Weather was awful. Was supposed to be 20miles but got very cold and I took a short cut to get back sooner. Annoyingly just as I got close to home the rain eased off a bit but I was tempted to get in and warm by that point.

Have a lovely hol Roman!

Well done on insanity lostara. I’ve not done it for ages. All the jumping made my feet hurt. It also made me super fit! I did it on one hot summer and this weather reminds me of it. I remember being light headed after each workout as I was so hot. Pure cardio is a beast though. I reached peak fitness when I could get all the way through with no breaks. I can’t see me doing that now though!

On protein powder the one I like is bulk powdered vanilla flavour. It has a good proportion of protein and not too much rubbish in it.

Amazingly I have worked out all this week (with a fan pointing at me). Today was a bit hot though. It was upper though so not too sweaty. I didn’t really give it my all though.

Lostara pure cardio was my favourite insanity workout! You learn to love it! I’ve never done it without taking breaks but I always felt proud when I could make it to when Shaun t tells you to take a break when you need one rather than having to pause earlier! Just remember even the super fit ones on the dvd need to break! I modified some moves too but it always felt hard. The kind of workout where you feel like you’re going to die during it but feel high as anything afterwards! But it’s too darn hot for working out today so brownie points for managing it.

Did my ten minute Pilates workout today. Pe,vic floor feels completely shot! But at least I can feel something which I couldn’t to start, it was like I was clenching and there was nothing there to clench!

Annoyingly air con delivery didn’t come despite paying a lot for it to come today so have cancelled order as they decided they couldn’t deliver it until Friday, by which time it’ll be too late. So annoyed as it’s so damn hot. I feel sorry for dh as he works outside in the sun all day in a physical job and came back looking positively wilted.

Did day 5 of insanity today ( pure cardio) and I think it was the first time that exercising has made me nearly throw up! I think it's the heat... Don't get me wrong, I take breaks all the time and just do what I can, but I still feel like I'm pushing myself!
Reastie, well done on your plan, sounds like a sensible way to start! Good luck!

Thermo did you have a good holiday? That skirt will fit at some point, don’t give up hope! We have a similar target of 2 stone now and my aim is 1 stone by Christmas. Whether I’ll do it or not given I’m having to rehabilitate myself completely I’m not sure but have to aim for something! Also my sister is getting married next summer and in an ideal world would be back in pre pregnancy size for then. Or at least closer to itthan I am now. But fitness is main aim atm.

Got myself a postnatal Pilates dvd yesterday which looks similarly set up to the Jessica Ennis programme but less glossy and a huge amount cheaper. Currently doing a ten minute abs/pelvic floor rehabilitation intro hopefully every day as my intro back to proper exercise. Starting to manage walking small amounts nd hoping to get dh to bring the bike and turbo in at the week end to start on gentle ten minute cycling and slowly build up speed and intensity. I have a plan!

Watch out for the heat, it’s far too hot to exercise! I’ve ordeed a portable air con unit arriving today and decided it would also be useful for when I workout to keep cool :)

Plink re sugar, I found it easier mentally to tell myself I would have a month without it and would eat it after again if i wanted but to give it a month as a proper trial. That way I knew there was an end if I found it too hard so it was achievable but it was long enough to feel the benefits. I also avoid white carbs (apart from potatoes, I can’t live without those!) apart from when I was pg and I couldn’t cope with whole grain. I find having snacks etc ready to hand helps so I have stuff to eat at hand so I wasn’t tempted to sneak anything. Nuts are good. Sugar I can live without, carbs I can’t. Lots of ‘healthy’ nut/energy bars have rice bran syrup etc added to it but naked bars are just dried fruit and nuts. They do a cocoa bar which has a chocolate type flavour but it’s really sickly sweet from the dried fruit but good for one bite of to get w chocolate like fix if you’re desperate. Still sugary from dried fruit but if you just have a bit....depending on where you’re drawing the line.

*blast not boast

Polysaccharides 🙈 god, boast from my A Level biology past there Haha. Yeah I cant cut carbs. Never will. I need them in my life 😂 I'm happy with my complex carbs. But refined sugar is the one. I will slowly make my steps towards it (now is really not the time). The research is purely on refined sugars and simple carbs.

It'll always be whole fruit for me. I have yet to love raspberries and dark berries like I do bananas. I do absolutely love blueberries though, could eat them for days.

I'd only heard of carrageenan the other day and then suddenly it was in 2 of the items in my fridge!! They went in the bin actually one of them I ate and then I didnt buy it again

Hey Lostara how have your workouts been this week? God their Raspberry and Vanilla Diet Whey Impact Protein was delicious!! Before I had Strawberries and Cream but the Vanilla and Raspberry knocked it right out of the park! I'm tempted to try the Caffe Latte flavour next 😋 I actually looked forward to my shakes with them. Can't believe I went to someone else - if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Reastie, well done on 2 years sugar free! I keep trying to do low carb and am on it again, but the longest I ever lasted was about 4 months. Then all the weight I had lost came back and I have lost and gained 10ish lbs a few times. If I ever get to a weight I'm happy with I will try to eat carbs but no sugar, but I'm also very much all or nothing and usually any carbs trigger crazy cravings!
Purple, 19 miles is amazing! I'm on day 3 of insanity and starting to remember how much I both love it and hate it... once I get started it's ok because after the warm up and stretching there is only just over 20 min left in the early workouts and I can handle that. I suck at pushups though so I'm always giving up early on those!
Plink, which myprotein flavours would you recommend? I have some cheap protein powders to finish off but want to find something less disgusting!

Ps I’m an all or nothing person so I personally find it easier to have none at all than to eat a small amount, as I don’t do small amounts and just crave it constantly!

Plink effectively I was the same as you with sugar, I was totally a sugar addict and ate it all the time! It was really tough at first but once I’d done it a while I lost the cravings and felt so much better! Give it a go! It depends how strict you want to be too, because effectively all carbs (bread etc) are polysaccharides which are long chains of simple sugars and the body breaks down carbs into sugars in your body so you still ingest sugars, but because carbs are very long chains of sugars they take a while to break up in digestion which means they don’t spike the blood sugar in the same way as sugar. I’m not sure how that figures with your research though and whether you have to stop all foods made from simple sugars or just the sugars themselves.

If you will still eat dried fruit then I used to find when first stopping then a couple of raisins would help give me that sugar taste in my mouth. Or fruit, but fruits like mango or peach used to be better at satisfying cravings. I think they are higher GI so release their sugar quicker into the blood, so aren’t great (I try to avoid fruits like that now in general in preference to berries which are lower) but help in the interim. My go to snacks to help a sweet craving now is a small bowl of porridge with a small amount of raisins in or plain yoghurt with berries and sometimes nuts or a little of my homemade muesli added.

Fwiw I know about the carrageenan, it’s annoying as I have dairy free milk and many of them have it added so I have to be reallt specific with which ones I can eat to avoid it.

I'd definitely be glad of your advice reastie !

Haha!! Ours was on Challenge so we were constantly watching re-runs of Bullseye (we still watch them now as they're hilarious- so awkward and dated) but then it switches to the shopping stuff at about 3-4am 😂😂 brilliant tv when you're half asleep!

This is what I know I will find hard. The cravings. I can't stress enough how much of a sugar fiend I am. I always have been. Dessert is my favourite meal! I've had to work really hard to cut back on things. At the moment I have a pack of gluten free shortbread and a dairy milk fruit and nut bar in the fridge (courtesy of OH as it's my time of the month). So, I'm going to eat them up and then not buy anymore.
I'm hoping my 2 portions of fruit will be enough to tide me over.

What surprises me is how many words for sugar there in labels. It's disgusting really. I find myself disgusted at the crap they put in food. The other day I found out about carrageenan. Awful thing put in food. I think it's a preservative but it is responsible for gut inflammation along with a few other things... I have enough inflammation as it is without that adding to it.

Plink that’s so funny as I have the tv on all night too! I tend to have it on ‘home’ channel so I can watch all ancient property ladder/diy sos type programmed as they’re easy to dip in and out of when I’m in a hakf skeep half wake but then about 4am they switch on their adverts! If you want any info on cutting out sugar let me know, I’ e been refined sugar free for nearly 2 years now (apart from tiny blip when pg and I couldn’t eat anything except a breakfast cereal with very low sugar content but still was gritting my teeth as it had refined sugar in). My rule of thumb is nothing with added sugar/syrup or anything sweet really to anything including no sweetners but I do have fresh fruit and a small amount of dried fruit and I do eat carbs. So I’m not strictly sugar free but I think I’d be classed as refined sugar free. It took a lot of label looking to get used to what I coukd and couldn’t eat but I’m used to it now. When I first gave it up the cravings were insane, to the point I couldn’t even watch bake off as the need for sugar gave me the rage and it was just too much salivating to watch! I also got random physical issues for the first week or two like an insane headache like I was giving up caffeine from a heavy coffee habit and some kind of random leg problem too which ?I read online was to do with magnesium and imbalance from giving up sugar or something. Once i was through the first week or so though I felt so much better and I don’t reallt miss it now. Sometimes I want chocolate, but I just sniff some and then remember how the want to eat chocolate is often nicer than the actual taste anyway and it passes. Please do send book recommendations as you get through them from your list, idybe interested to read. I didn’t know about the Alzheimer’s link. When I teach about added sugar to foods and how much sugar children are advised as a daily maximum it totally freaks me out how it’s in everything and how much over the guidance dd must be. You have to look out and buy things like special baked beans with no sugar in (and no sweetener if you’re being fussy like me).

Eek sorry for mammoth post!

Well done on the race purple extra mile as a bonus how are you feeling now? Well I've taken a bit of a break for a few days but back on it today. The stretching really does make sense as I get the pain and swelling when I do weird movements that involve elongating my muscles, like trying to silently climb over the stairgate across DS's doorway at night

Well, I originally went with MyProtein and they did some fabulous flavours but I'm trying to cut out crap ingredients. So I thought I'd try a cleaner protein. I'm thinking of sticking with MyProtein now though. They do some great sales.

Reastie I remember this well. It sucked. Just permanently had my boob out it was exhausting. I hope you're getting some reasonable sleep. We used to keep the tv on in the bedroom during the night as DS woke up for feeds. Quite often I'd be sat up with him watching shopping channels - our hoover is the result of that time 😂
It will pass. It will get less frequent and you'll start to feel a little bit less like a milk machine.

Today, I'm planning on doing the stretch workout a couple of times before I go back into the programme. I'll pick up where I left off but won't dive in without a good stretching session first.

I am seriously thinking of cutting out sugar. Specifically the white refined kind. I keep reading some pretty convincing evidence from various doctors and nutritionists that it's pretty detrimental to your brain, specifically regarding Alzheimer's. I'm reading 'Genius Foods' by Max Lugavere at the moment but there are a few others on my list I want to get round to. 'The Obesity Code' by Dr. Jason Fung, 'Feeding You Lies' by Vani Hari, 'The Longevity Solution', 'Super Fuel' and 'The Salt Fix' by Dr. James Dinicolantonio.

I didn't really care too deeply about this stuff when I was younger but now I have DS... I worry about the future. I don't want him to be caring for me when I'm older. I don't want him to see me lose my memory through Alzheimers. It kind of hits home with me as my mum used to come home and tell me about her patients at work, how difficult it is for families to deal with etc. I want to live the fullest, healthiest life I can for him... I just hope I haven't got there too late after years of bingeing on absolute rubbish a d pure sugar