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Alpha Week 5 day 3: Total Body Circuit
This one is still pretty hard but I can do a lot more of it without modifying than when I started T25. I still can’t do a push-up without modifying but maybe someday. I love T25 even on TBC day which I start dreading the night before.
@jennicole4 – I put on several pounds in the first 3 weeks but I lost them, unfortunately I haven’t lost anymore but my measurements have changed. I have lost ½” off each thigh, each calf, hips, and around my bra line (whatever that is called) and ¾” off my waist and my lower stomach so I am learning to ignore the scales.
@jakeyuma – Thanks, those double days are tough!
It looks like everyone is doing well – keep up the good work!!0 -
Week 1 Day 3 Total Body Circuit. I felt like I was going to die. I was blinded by sweat and trembling by the end. I'm also extremely discouraged by the scale. I've been working my butt off, avoiding Netflix and eating right to no avail. Not even a half a pound.
Anyway, enough whining from me. Great job everyone.0 -
OK I am the BIGGEST slacker!!!!! I had all intensions of starting Monday with week 1 of T25. Here it is Wed and still have not pushed play. UGH!!!! I do not know why I allow myself to get in the way. If making excuses was a form of exercise I would be SKINNY!!!!!! One reason I have not started is I have not watched any of the videos. I like to watch them before doing....SO tonight I am going to watch. I have to do some research and find out which side I am supposed to first.....I bought my copy used so didn't get all the "paperwork" that supposed to come with it. OFF I GO! Have a great night!0
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Today was a light workout day for me! I did my T25 Beta Ripped Core - I really liked the workout, I could do most of the moves without having to modify!
I am still new to doing a lot of posting, so I am not as skilled as ya'll to remember the names of people who post (I'll get better). One lady was saying her vein in her head was throbbing doing the planks - might I suggest doing a few planks when the discomfort sets in modify to Tonya's "plank"; I do vertical mountain climbs or vertical crunches. I try and challenge myself to do the planks but I have too many "bad" days in the winter months so I have to modify.
As for not losing weight and trying to drink enough water - where is your sodium intake at? Even if you are drinking 8 glasses of water, if your sodium is 75% of daily allowance it may be enough to retain water. Keep in mind too, that with exercise you need to drink even more water.
Personally I don't use artificial sweeteners so in the winter I like to warm my water and add lemon juice to it. I try drinking 12-15 glasses each day, in addition to the coffee, tea and water I add to my morning smoothie.
One last though with the weight frustrations, I have found that when I workout, if I consume 1600 - 1800 calories that my weight doesn't seem to drop in spite of burning 2200 - 2500 calories a day. When I drop my intake to 1200-1400 a day the weight drops.
I so enjoy reading the posts! Keep it up all, your beach body is on it's way!!!:flowerforyou:0 -
Day 4 Lower Focus. Dude, ShaunT was trying to kill my legs today! I felt the burn!!! Burned 270 calories. Ate great and scale moved. All in all a good day.0
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Wait, today is Day 5 for me. I can't count. It was supposed to be a double day, but I am doing it tomorrow.0
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@wpwarrior88 - I'm the lady with the throbbing head! Lol. I will definitely modify more next time. I sympathize with @SlytherinBat who said she was trembling after the workout. I was too. That can't be good. I'd hate for my husband to come home and find me passed out on the floor!
As far as the water goes, I'm a big fan of ice water and we are currently out of ice. So I've been drinking it straight from the tap and it just doesn't seem to go down as easy. Getting some ice is an easy remedy though, so I'll get on that! Sadly, the only ice cube trays we have came with the fridge and are now cracked and leaky. Lol. Right now, I'm drinking 1 cup of coffee in the morning (down from 2-3) and water the rest of the day. Sometimes, I have a glass of milk or iced tea with Splenda at dinner. I love all the ideas for perking up water, but I'm really not to keen on the flavored stuff. If I get bored of water, I will give the flavors another go and see if I can't acquire a taste for them.
I didn't even think of the sodium. I was WAY over yesterday! By like 2500. We went out to eat and although I stayed within my calorie goal, the sodium was out of control. Most days I am under goal, but I'm glad you mentioned it because that paired with low water intake probably did have an effect on the scale this morning. Thanks!
Right now, I have my calories set to 1500(ish). I am afraid to drop any lower because I am breastfeeding and the last time I attempted T25, I dropped down to 1200 calories and it affected my milk (even though I ate back breastfeeding calories). My son stopped gaining weight and was diagnosed "failing to thrive" I stopped exercising and calorie counting for a while to re-stabilize, but still ended up having to supplement a little formula every day. I am afraid to drop my calories too low again because of this. I am willing to hold out on the rapid weight loss for a little while for his sake. He just started rice cereal solids and we will be adding a vegetable next week, so in the coming months he will be relying less and less on me and I will definitely drop them down at that point. I hope I can still shed a few pounds before I'm able to reduce my calories any more, but I'll take losing inches too!
@morange - Thanks for the encouragement. I'm hoping they drop off quickly. I had great results with inches in just the 2 weeks I did T25 before. Congratulations on your shrinkage! Lol
@chrissysue - LOL at your post! Too funny. At least you're coming into this with a sense of humor. You can google "Focus T25 Schedule" and get multiple results that show the schedule and what measurements you should be tracking. You could probably just print one of those yourself. I'm not following the food plan, but I'm sure it's out there too.
@jakeyuma - Thanks for the insight. I am going to FORCE the rest of my water today and see how I'm looking tomorrow. I know I should stay away from the scale, but it's like a siren calling me every morning while I brush my teeth. I tried the HCG diet before I got pregnant and kind of got in the habit of checking my weight every day. I also got used to seeing the number DROP every day. I know, it's a very unhealthy diet and I promise I will never do anything like that again. It's just tough to be doing things the "right" way and not seeing the fast results I'd like to. My clothes are fitting good and I was able to put on a pair of jeans that didn't fit me a few weeks ago. They looked good too, so I guess those little NSVs will have to keep my going for a while.0 -
Finished up Week 1 - Day 4 today - Ab Circuit. I enjoyed this one a lot - despite screaming at the burn throughout! Really enjoying this entire routine so far. The fact that I'm spent after 25 minutes of truly pushing myself is great. I still have time to get ready in the morning before the little one wakes up.
Tomorrow is the double!....not sure how I will do that. I don't have enough time in the morning to do the double (wake up at 5 as it is), so thinking I will either do it at night (unlikely) or just do it Saturday morning --- since I am up anyway (babies don't know sleeping in), may as well just do that. What have people done here??
@jakeyuma - looks like you may have been on to something....my HRM battery is dead, at least I'm guessing that when it shows that my heart is not beating at all! Ordering a new one today and hope to get it by tomorrow (Amazon) - too busy balancing work and a 9month old to get to the store and find one during the week.0 -
Today I do Week 5, Day 1: Total Body Circuit. It is my least favorite workout and seeing I have to do it 3 times this week is no fun! I am mentally preparing myself to be ready for today. I plan on nailing it big time!0
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Accountability Round 2 T25 Beta Week 4 Day 4 Dynamic Core + 2:10 plank
Well, completed dynamic core for the 2nd time this week I tried to switch it out with Core Speed but Wife said "It's Dynamic Core." Gah, I was busted. She loves the ab work, I hate it. I pushed hard though and even made it through bicycle-V-ups. Decided to be mentaly tough and tell myself I wasn't aloud to modify today. Guess what, I Nailed it. Almost feels good being back in the game mentaly. Kids woke up at 3am this morning and slowed my morning rutine down so I couldn't sneak a double in like I wanted
Tonight I plan on doing 1 hour of family activity. It will most likely be a bike ride but I may try and get a nice walk in.
Goal: Burn some more calories. I am really bad on the scale this week. Been monitoring 3 x per day and it is draining me emotionaly. Sunday I was at 2:30 (very excited), This morning I was at 234 (depressed). I won't be suprised if I get home and scale is missing. I worked hard at proper nutrition and hydration this week. Been pretty good, over calories yesterday by 82. Figured that wasn't bad.
Cjohio - I will have to check into TrueLime. We usually don't have time for doubles so we do the extra video on Saturday Mornings. I have recently been sneaking in a double while the wife showers after our morning workout
Morange66 - Way to hit TBC hard. Great Goals !!!
Slytherinbrat - Just keep pushing play, hit the workouts hard, keep an eye on your diet and results will show. I was in a slump then I compared my starting measurments to where I was and was completly caught off guard by the results. In the moment you don't see much but when you look over time the results are their. This is not a quick fix program, its a lifestyle change. Tweaking everything until it is in a place you can maintain for life.
Chrissysue - Pick a cardio video, hit play, and get started If you do an internet search for "T25 Alpha/Beta Calabndar" I am sure a picture of it will come up.
WpWarrior - Great advice. Getting the right calories is hard. I am the complete oposite of you. When I was eating 1500-1700 my weightloss stoped. When I jumped it back to 2000 + eat back burned calories, I started losing weight again. My advice for people is to start where MFP tells you and then tweak it by 200 calories until you find the right spot.
For posting responses, I take notes as I read.
Lisa - Way to push hard !!!
Calsgirl - In order for me to push hard through TBC, I had to make it my enemy. I had a goal to conquor the video. That change in thought allowed my to push very hard. Next round I am going to beat the video.0 -
Everyone is so motivating. I'm glad to hear others share my loathing towards Total Body Circuit, which I will be doing tonight.
I completed Chalean Extreme's Push Circuit 1 and T25 Alpha Speed 1.0 last night, burning around 380 cals. I have been slacking with my eating this last week. But that's okay. I'm still getting my workouts in and a couple days was really the mental rest I needed.
I had a lovely nsv last night. I was able to complete 12 full pushups! When I started over 3 months ago, I couldn't even do one. My arms would falter and my middle would sink. Yay for getting stronger!0 -
Im on day 5 of the alpha schedule, i finished insanity and p90x..trying to complete focus t25 and eat better..anyone else on the first week??0
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Day 4: Abs complete... it wasn't easy though i barely made it, not that it was toooo difficult ( i lie! modifed for the whole workout, even had my daughter help hold my feet) ... but that TBC destroyed me yesterday, after that workout i was literally sick.... and well today, i am sooooooooo hungry and super super sleepy, i'm not sure why i guess i'm just tired. Usually my shake holds me up for like 2 1/2 hours, today it went down into a black hole, so far i've been snacking and topping up on water until lunch time,..... hopefully the hunger will subside....
tommorrow is the double up, not sure if i'm gonna make it, but i'm jumping in and gonna see how far i can go
keep pushing guys... its supposed to get easier right..?0 -
TeeMac - It will get easier for a bit. As you get in better shape and use better form it gets tough again:) Way to stay positive and keep pushing. Whole almonds make a good tie over snack.0
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Focus T25 Day 4: Alpha Ab Intervals
Love this workout! I did not feel like I was going to die today - almost Nailed It. Burned 227 calories today. Not as many as TBC, but I didn't feel like my head was going to explode, so there's an upside. I was glad no one but the baby was home during the superman/rocketman combo. I was going "I can do this! I can do this! I can do this! 5-4-3-2-1!" So...yeah, whatever gets us through it though, right?
The scale was better today. I am only 1 pound over where I started on the program, so things seem to be starting to move in the right direction. Also caught a side view of myself in the mirror while I was getting my workout clothes on and I think things are starting to look better. Soreness in my legs and glutes is subsiding, but I'm sure my abs will be feeling it tomorrow.
@TeeMac - they say it gets easier...not sure if I believe them! Lol. You're doing great - try to choose healthy snacks and lots of fluids so you don't undo all your hard work.
@sinsrythym - there are quite a few of us on the first week! looks like you're a day ahead of me.
@powerpuffgirl - Great job! Two workouts, huh? Show-off! Just kidding. T25 is my first Beachbody program, but I've seen several people combining them. I might look into another one if (I mean when) I get through this. Seems like a good way to stave off boredom and to burn a few extra calories. Congrats on your push-up accomplishment. I struggle with upper body strength as well, though I can do a few push-ups now. I always blame my boobs. They drag me down! :laugh:
@jakeyuma - Step away from the scale! I have the same problem and I obsessively check it. Go back to the previous page and read the response you gave me when I complained about my scale woes. You're doing great and I think we're all happy to have you here. You've been a great motivator and very helpful!0 -
soooooo, i,m thinking about throwing in some Zumba ( 20 mins express) in the night time, cause i do T25 at 4 in the morning. i am an Admin Assistant, so i sit in AC for 8 Hours a day.. and because of that i feel as though i am getting fat sitting down....
any thoughts on what i should add in ( ps: i'm a newbie at workouts)0 -
@jakeyuma Yeah the scale is frustrating. Last week down to 225, then weekend (albeit I was pretty bad), jumped up to 230. This week its back to 227, but I just am pissed at myself for eating bad. Assuming it is mainly water weight because no way can you jump that wildly, but still discouraging.
And I'm too OCD to not jump on it and track it - it transmits wirelessly - so easy! and so frustrating!0 -
@TeeMac-I've never done Zumba. What about a walk after work?0
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@TeeMac - I've seen some pretty incredible results on threads about women lifting heavy lately. I am going to start a 5x5 program this winter (hubby and I are buying weight equipment for Christmas). Maybe consider some weights since T25 is cardio-heavy? I think these lifting programs work well regardless of your level because everyone has to start somewhere and you just build on that. Here's one of the threads I've found, but if you do a search, you'll find plenty.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1064847-women-lifting-heavy-with-pics0 -
Week 1 Day 4 Ab Intervals 215 cal burned.
Felt pretty good. Had to modify a few moves but overall I felt strong and pushed through. I'm going to stay away from the scale.
Have a wonderful day everyone.0 -
i think i'll try and do the walking, thanks! :happy:0
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Hi everyone, day 4 abs done, but not done well.
. I have zero ab muscles I think, four kids in 8 years (my youngest is 3 months) will do that I guess. I hope they get easier! I need a cardio workout...those are my faves! Also thinking of starting to lift free weights on the side. Anyone have a good beginners program that they follow? 0 -
I park in the far courner of teh parking lot and do a brisk walk to work and out of work. It helps.0
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Alpha week 5 day 4 - Cardio
Cardio kicked my butt this morning, my heart rate stayed between 84% and 91% for most of the workout. I hope this means I am pushing harder but it felt like my legs were going to fall off:laugh:
I find that I am a little scared of what next week (Beta) holds in store for me but I plan on staying positive, putting on my big girl panties and jumping right in.
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Wow - there are a lot of us that just started this past Monday! Awesome! Tomorrow is the double for us ---- going to be a challenge...thinking now (because of time) that I'll just bust it out on Saturday morning since I'll be up at the same time.
Let's keep it going peeps!0 -
I have to say I am so motivated by these posts! I am giving each of you a hug, fist bump, high five; which ever would be most appropriate! LOL
Today was Beta Dynamic Core - I was surprised that I nailed it! Beta seems to be easier to me than Alpha - but yesterday and today were "good" days!
Jennicole - I wouldn't worry at all about cutting back on calories right now, ensuring healthy milk for your son is so much more important! Breastfeeding mothers typically return to their pre-pregnancy weight faster than non! You should be proud of yourself that you are doing T25 so soon! KUDOs girl!! Excellent pick on Jakeyuma BTW (re: scale)!!
Jakeyuma - A massive "thank you" for your previous post on the ab muscles developing! While I have definitely seen the definition of my 4-pack I would have been discourage today seeing my lower ab "protection" sticking out while doing the DC dvd! Your words came back to me and I was rewarded with seeing def in my upper abs and obliques! YES!!
TeeMac25 - Way to go, getting your daughter to help, let her see that it does take work to stay in shape! This way she will be willing to do the work herself as she gets older! Are you getting enough protein in your diet? That could attribute to your being tired, not drinking enough water can also cause tiredness. Walking is a fabulous addition as would be lifting weights - there are so many great routines out there, it really depends on what you are looking to achieve. There are stretches that you can do at your desk, as well as it is highly recommended that office workers take a quick walk every hour or so. Keep up your dedication - the results will reveal themselves!!
Sarasharp1 - try not to be to overly critical or hard on yourself you are a MOM!!! You WILL see the results in your abs - just stick with it! Weight lifting is great, if you don't have the equipment, calisthenics can achieve definition (using your body as resistance.)
Morange66 - right now Beta seems easier than Alpha….
Okay, now it is my time to crow!! So, I did the Beta DC today - feel like I nailed it! Both of my 30 day challenges were on days - finished them, used the elliptical trainer while catching up on Revolution (did it backwards every other commercial break - WOW!) Got a nice walk in with a sweet friend and have eaten very well!! Now to cry; the barometric pressure is dropping which causes me pain - so I do not know what tomorrow will bring, but I WILL do my T25 Beta work out!0 -
Ab Intervals today. I also feel like I have no abs. Having 2 kids in 2 years will do that to you. I did like the Superman/Rocketman stuff though. Definitely NOT doubling up tomorrow. Cause first off, I would die (lol) and secondly I just don't have the time. I will try to do that extra one over the weekend but I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't.0
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I JUST COULDN'T BRING MY SELF TO DOUBLE UP THIS MORNING!!......... i was still literally sore from the TBC and ABS combo from the previous day , but i will do it tonight for sure... and i'm gonna throw in the zumba on the weekends....
wpwarrior88: i think your right, i'm not getting enough protein....
can anyone reccommend some sort of really high protein snack
i heard gnc has the Lean 25, is that good, or maybe i shpuld go for something more pure protein.....
let me kno what u guys think
BTW.. if i can type after my double this evening i'll let u guys know how it went lol!!! :laugh:0 -
Accountability T25 Bet Round 2 Week 4 Day 5 Double "Speed 2.0 + Core Speed" "NAILED IT"
He he, I sneaked in a double today. Instead of Upper Focus I put Core speed in. Speed 2.0 I worked it hard. Followed by Core speed and my knees screamed. God I love the speed workouts.
Max HR: 164
Avg HR: 152
Calories Burned: 824
Breakfast + Protein Shake = 697 Calories
Have a retirement party at Logan's Steak house this afternoon. Will have to see what my food choices are
Happy Friday all.
Morange66 - Thats the HR Range you want to be in. I have yet to push myself that hard. Over the last 2 weeks I have finaly maintained a HR in the 150's. This is huge for me Way to push.
WpWarrior - You are a warrior. Way to work hard!!!
Carrie - Whats this Try? Thats a word you need to get rid of Trie = Quit. Replace it with WILL. I will do the extra work out Saturday morning For most of the 2 rounds of T25 I have done we do 1 work-out Fri and 1 Sat with Sunday as a rest/stretch day. Keep Pushing Play!! 0 -
TeeMac - If yoiu can afford it Shakology is pretty damn good. I can't so I don't. I use Gold Standard Whey Protein from GNC. It is one of the higher ranking protein pwders on the market and not priced bad. I use it after my workouts. The Vanilla Ice Cream is pretty good and I also like the extreme chocolate. I also use 2 scoops per shake for protein of around 48 grams.0
