Beachbody Thread 6 (Insanity, T25, 21 Day Fix, 80 Day Obsession etc)

[Theromanempire]

Thought I would start a new thread as we have literally run out of room on the last one

I lose weight really well when I cut out gluten but I love it too much and don't get any symptoms (other than crazy toast binges)when I have it, so it always comes back in.

Reastie it is a bit time consuming to be fair, you are supposed to be able to import recipes but it doesn't work.

I did week 2 back workout today - it was so hard after the weights to motivate myself for the hiit, I like the idea of only doing one workout and covering everything in 4 days but I might get more benefit from doing the HIIT on a rest day. Maybe if I do the programme again I will skip the HIIT, having said that although I hate abs workouts the short section at the end works better for me than a separate workout or mini workout and I like that it is different each time.

Is there a name for this diet Reastie? 😂😂 I'm liking the sound of it more and more 😂😂 and I'm definitely going to check out the Candy Bar flavour. Bloody love Snickers! 😂

Well done on your workout Yum. Gluten can be hard to keep out. When I was first diagnosed, I found it really hard and found subways would magic themselves into my hands before I knew it. I had a terrible diet before I was diagnosed and that continued for quite a while until I really had a look at it (another thanks to Insanity really).

Well, it doesn't look good for the knee. I did the lower body workout yesterday and it really didn't help that DS woke up 4 times in the middle of it! So it was very frustrating stop start. I have self referred myself to physio as my knee is really hurting today. I got out my old MRI scan notes and I have a feeling it's the same thing. Chondromalacia patallae. I just want to get it checked out to be sure. It was a knee cap tracking issue last time and I just want to double check that's the case here. It hasn't helped that I've been squatting too low. Nor did it help that I jumped right in to T25 again after such a long rest period (I really should have known that one as that was what caused it the first time) So for now, I'm very carefully going up and down the stairs, avoiding squatting too low and certainly avoiding lunge squat progressions in T25. My muscles just aren't strong enough at the moment to withstand all the jumping and turning and squatting. But I will keep doing the workouts... just minus that problem area 😂😊 here's hoping.

Plink I think you’ve got me muddled as alas I don’t eat ice cream of any sort as I avoid stuff with sugar in (apart from if it’s a fruit in as natural state as possible). I am gf though and have been for probably over 10 years now. It was hard at first but it’s secomd nature now but I do miss fresh bread. I have to make do with sniffing dhs food! Hope your knee sorts itself out, sounds a pain and knees are so integral to so many exercises! Hopefully if you do some physio stuff to strengthen it it’ll get back on the mend.

Yumy well done on motivating yourself to do the workout today, it can be really hard to press play sometimes but you (or rather one in general) don’t regret it once it’s done.

Thermo it’s just amazing you’ve lost all that weight despite not hitting the 15k steps, 15k is a lot! I try to do 10k a day which I often do but it’s not that often I get up to 15k.

BA 45 mins today. Did release 91 which I haven’t done for a while so was good fun.

Yes sorry Reastie! I meant Roman 🙄 sleepless nights lately make my brain go all fuzzy 😂😂

Doughnuts are the ones I miss most... bread I can take or leave but doughnuts?

Plink you’ve made me salavate thinking of bread and donuts! When I was pg the only craving I had was for croissants, which I couldn’t have. Gf croissants are rubbish in comparison and didn’t do it.

Meant to add when I had knee issues the physio recommended cycling rather than running/jumping type workouts as it’s a lot easier and less impact on knees. At least then you’d still manage some cardio...

Must be really hard to be gluten free for health reasons - at least there are lots of gluten free options now, although I have seen some of them aren't suitable for people with coeliacs which seems insane.

Liift shoulders done today, I preferred the format of switching between weights and HIIT. I don't know how anyone could lift 30lb dumbells above their head. I managed to use my 6kgs for a couple of sets but mostly I was using pretty light weights. I keep forgetting to have my spreadsheet to hand and fill it in though!

You are so right about pressing play Reastie! I feel so much better to be back working out. I just wish I could get my eating sorted out.

Gf croissants are awful. I still eat them but always unsatisfied after 😂 what a pg craving though! Haha!

Yeah I seem to remember my physio recommended the same. That and swimming. Problem is I'm not too keen on them but my OH is a keen cyclist. I might badger him to take us on some trips at the weekend for a good ride. I'm hoping I can still do T25... maybe just minus the hopping and jumping until my knee muscles get strong again.

It's not fun yum . Back when I was first diagnosed the selection was nowhere near as vast. I remember making a nice cheese salad pitta bread once... bleurgh... It was like putting salad inbetween two bits of cardboard.

Well done on the Liift shoulders though. I really do want to see what it's all about. We do have weights so I don't see why not. Do you just need dumbells?

The eating will come in time though. Once you start to feel really good with your workouts I'm sure it'll all slot into place. What do you find hardest about the eating?

Plink yes just dumbells (heavy, medium, light) and an exercise mat.Different workout every day!

I think food problems is partly because I have lost a lot and then regained on 2 or 3 occasions. Part of me wants to do blood sugar diet again as its quick and effective so I keep starting off planning to go low cal/carb but then it will go wrong and because I have regained I have lost a bit of faith in it, so then I try higher calories thinking it might be better long term but I include toast and chocolate end up eating too much of them don't log properly! I need to come up with a plan and stick to it.

Is there anything that's a bit naughty that you can step away from. Say a chocolate bar, take 4 cubes of it and then put it Back in the fridge. Is there anything you can do that with?
It sounds like you're going to have to avoid toast and chocolate if you find it hard to resist eating it all (I'm the same with Caramel chocolate - can't eat just one sodding piece, eat the whole thing 🙄 and chocolate biscuits, happily eat the whole pack dipping them into my tea). But maybe replace them with something you do find easy to control?

Have you tried that intermittent fasting? That usually provides some results pretty quickly.

Hmm, I have done fasting and it does work, I guess a good step would be to focus on dropping snacks after dinner and that will get rid of the main time I eat toast. I know that is a big reason I gain weight and I don't need to eat in the evening, I just need to get out of the habit again.

That’s good on the weight roman. I must try the jam and scones diet. It sounds very effective!

I went through a phase of eating really high protein and it would have been ruinously expensive if I had eaten only chicken and steak like the diet says - I ate loads of eggs and other meat to make it a bit cheaper but it was still pricy.

Yes I can do plyo push ups. I find them not too bad as I use my legs to do the jumps. The harder ones are pop push ups where you just push off your arms. They’re impossible. The challenge isn’t as hard as it sounds - you have lots of breaks and you choose how many you do per set. It is worth a try as it is very effective.

I did total synergistics on weds then long run today. It felt hard today and I was glad to get home.

I find snacks after dinner the hardest too Yum . I really don't need to eat at all... I'm not even hungry. But there's something in me that just wants to snack late at night?

Well done on your run Purple how far/how long did you go for? Only chicken and steak sounds pretty boring as well as expensive 😂 can't go wrong with loads of eggs... My MIL says you can get egg-bound but we discovered that only applies to chickens 😂😂😂 she often comes out with gems like that 😂😂

Plink I’m not a fan of cycling but I got a turbo so I can use my bike indoors and do spin classes on the tv (I have LMOD but I bet there’d be loads on you tube) which are really great and give a great cardio workout. You might find you like cycling with your dh though. Btw egg bound?!

Yumy or don’t drop snacks after dinner but only have really dull healthy ones and then that might make you eat less because they might not be brilliantly enjoyable. I have fruit and plain yoghurt and almonds in the evening, and homemade muesli. Typing this I’m already hungry for an evening snack (we eat dinner at 5 so I’m not too greedy!).

Oh that's pretty cool! Yeah I would enjoy it more with OH. I get bored pretty quickly with my own company 😂😂 yeah she thinks if you eat too many eggs you get egg-bound. I'd never heard this before so o asked what that was. I had a look online and it said only chickens get egg bound 😂😂😂

Egg bound I don’t think i have that. Although I will admit running out of eggs results in a state of crisis in our house! I feel the same about avocado.

I have an after dinner snack problem too. I used to be addicted to cheese and biscuits. I now eat skyr with berries in it which is a bit better. Maybe try that poppy?

Feeling tired today. Did 8x8 (from Joel and Jericho) followed by some abs stuff. This would have been fine but also did some gardening and moved some furniture so my arms are a bit sore now. Am supposed to be doing cvx later -

I couldn’t face cvx. I did triometrics with a few breaks at least I pressed play, right?

Hope you’re all ok and surviving a very wet day

Definitely purple, you still did a workout so it totally still counts. Is skyr better than regular yoghurt? I usually just have plain bio of Greek yoghurt (I know Greek yoghurt can be fatty but I don’t have much)

6k run yesterday and BA 45 min this morning. Thinking of doing some relaxing yoga tomorrow, just doing my own thing and making it up as I go along. I have 3 days off before dd starts half term so thought it might be nice to have a de stress day.

Stressing a lot with ttc atm. Af due Friday (although it’s usually early) and I can’t wait for it to arrive as have lots of nice things planned for dd for half term and don’t want to miss out (for context I am terrible pg and have history of being bedbound with nausea for months at a time which starts very early). I know that sounds bad that I want af to come given I’m ttc, what I mean is I hate the not knowing.

Bio or Greek not of Greek

Well done Purple! It's the days when we don't feel like doing it that are important. You still pressed play. You still did something. That's fantastic!

God I can't get enough of eggs. Skyr with berries is much better than cheese and biscuits 😂😂 I had pineapple cottage cheese with sweetcorn, mackerel and olives last night after my workout. I was only going to have a few spoonfuls of the cottage cheese but I ended up finishing the pot! 😂

Did cardio last night. Feeling good about it as I've been resting my knees for a couple of days. I could still do it. No pain during or after. I did modify on some though particularly with lunges and squats. Just took my time and made sure I was stable.

Wow Reastie that's an immense run!! Well done!!

Nice bit of yoga. Lovely. I never do it enough. Really I should. I think it's because when I was growing up there was never a mention of flexibility workouts. It was always cardio or weights. It wasn't until rugby that I even heard of doing something like that.

I'm going to do the stretch work out today, I'm hoping it's going to be nice and relaxing.

Hope all goes well with af Reastie.

Reastie I really was not emotionally ready in someways to get pregnant with dc 2, although planned, and I remember taking that test and how conflicted I felt when I saw the result - it was so ironic because I was euphoric when she was born - but of all 3 dc I was most scared going in to that pregnancy.

Purple that is a total win to have done a workout!

Plink I am so glad your knees are better!!

Thanks so much all for the support it really helped. I am going to aim for yogurt and low sugar granola as an evening snack if needed but last 2 evenings I have managed without.

I had a rest weekend, and it is legitimate on HIIT4

Just realised I kind of missed the point Reastie! Hopefully either way you have a lovely half term with your daughter x

Morning all love that this thread is getting busy again!

Reastie I totally understand your feelings about TTC but no 2 pregnancies are the same so you may sail through any future ones? I know my morning sickness was horrendous with DS1 but totally manageable with DS2.

Yum got to love the 3 rest days each week with Liift - it is awesome. And it really is ok as my fitness and muscles have totally improved with only 4 workouts a week (other than some occasional walks and Clubbercise). It makes it so much more flexible as well.

I am ok with no snacks in the evening but we don't eat tea until 8 so there isn't really a need or time. However, I do have an awful cereal habit when I get back from work before my workouts I just can't seem to break it and am sure that it is psychological that I need to eat before I workout but I manage to fit it in my calories and macros so it's ok (although obviously I could have more for tea if I could stop it )

Finished week 2 of Liift4 yesterday so now on with week 3

Roman I totally love 3 rest days - I sort of feel like the workouts earn the rest as they cover everything pretty much. Really fantastic to hear that you are still seeing good results.

Going to try and follow the week 3 workouts in order so I don't lose track. Week 3 day 1 chest done today.

Another evening with no snacks other than some ham fairly early on, and that was pretty much because I wasn't full enough from dinner rather than eating for sake of eating. I have been logging around 2000 cal mark and am amazed to have lost a little - I know it is probably equivalent to the weight I would lose after one wee, but it is still surprising.