Turbo Team!! xx

hemlock2010

At karate tonight we had our first sparring class, and the teacher said I had a great cross. :-) (Thanks, Chalene!)

Sandy, you're so encouraging--thanks for being such a great motivator!

Noelle, I hope you're feeling better.

Mer, I'm trying to work up to Turbo Sculpt tomorrow. Do you have any advice?

nmoreland

Some Nyquil and an early night last night has helped so far this morning. It is only 9:30 am for me, but I am feeling OK. I am hoping that this lasts into this afternoon when I go home so I will be able to work out.

Happy Wednesday to all!!

nmoreland

I ended up doing weights for about 30 minutes today (Chalne Extreme). I stil hve a tightness in my chest, so I will see what I can handle for tomorrow.

fitag

I ended up doing weights for about 30 minutes today (Chalne Extreme). I stil hve a tightness in my chest, so I will see what I can handle for tomorrow.

How are you finding CLX? I just bought it and am waiting for it to arrive. Im so excited about starting. I feel my body is craving resistance work!

Well done to everyone here on Team Turbo for your consistency and commitment! .... It really inspires me to see it through to the end and to the beginning of a new life of slimness, health and fitness!

GlynisH

I found that since I have my new job, it's hard to get my workouts in on the days I work. 12 hr shifts. 3 days in a row. I don't have time to workout. Only time for sleep. And if I did my workout, I would be severely starving myself because there is hardly time to eat at work, there's no way I'd be able to eat back all my cals. So I have resolved to make the first 2 days that I work, my two rest days and if I happen to have time to do a little then great, but I'm not gonna skip workouts so I can stress about playing catch up the rest of the week. So, first 2 days of work are rest days, then I will start my workout week the last day of work... So my Turbo schedule will be different than yours but atleast I won't feel like I'm skipping my workouts.

And I'm a little confused. 4th week of turbo jam. I've been staying under my cals. but I still haven't lost any weight. I did lose a couple inches but its not noticeable. I've decided I probably need more protein and more strength training. Can someone look at my food diaries and maybe give me some advice on how to get out of this rut?

hemlock2010

Here's everything I've got. Not sure any of it will be useful, but . . .

1. Check your sodium. That's the first thing that jumps out from the last couple of weeks. A high sodium diet can mask weight loss by causing you to retain water. While you're reducing sodium, you might also add vitamin C b/c it's a diuretic and will help prevent water retention.

2. Also--OMG, I'm channeling my mom here--sorry!! You have a lot of days when you don't really eat anything from the outer perimeter of the grocery store. I read somewhere (can't remember where) that all the high profit but not very healthy foods and food substitutes are stocked in the middle aisles (100 calorie packs, meal bars, frozen entrees) and that the actual food (milk, butter, eggs, produce, meat) is around the outside. So if you could get more of your calories from actual food instead of food substitutes, you might find that your body responds well to that. I'm the last person in the world who should be saying that to anyone because I live on bottled coffee, but it seems worth a thought.

hemlock2010

Oh, and about squeezing workouts in around work: sounds like you've got a good solution to the scheduling problem. On the days when you're not working, could you sometimes do a second work out? I try to do two a day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I don't always make it, but I definitely notice the difference in the scales when I do.

fitag

ok team...I just finished Booty Sculpt and Abs ... didnt clock up much on the cals but boy my abs are cramping! lol

got time to do another now...

fitag

YAY!!! I did another session Turbo Sculpt! 394 cals! plus the other one just before!

nmoreland

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How are you finding CLX? I just bought it and am waiting for it to arrive. Im so excited about starting. I feel my body is craving resistance work!

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I really love it! Chalene helps keep me motivated to lift heavy. It is not easy by any means, and more often then not I find that I could have gone heavier. But I always feel good at the end of the workout.

I stayed home today from my internship, so I am also going to pass on working out today. Hopefully I will sleep tonight and feel better tomorrow!

GlynisH

hemlock, thank you so much for your advice. i haven't really been paying much attention at all to my sodium. I will def keep an eye on it from now on. I had no idea Vit C was a diuretic. Hello supplements! I've heard too the the perimeter of the store is better. So I'll try that and doubling workouts is a good idea too. I think I will take all of your suggestions. And I have to go back and see how much sodium I've had. I bet I'll be surprised. Thank you!

GlynisH

ps. I'm going to have to eat what I've got at my house for a few days. running low on cash. but next time I hit the store, I will shop smarter.

kiwi_dee

Hello!

Can I join in with your team? I love Turbo Jam! I bought TJ back in 2005/6 (?? can't quite remember) and loved how great I felt working out and how enthusiastic Chalene is. Unfortunately I was never consistent with using it, I would start and use it for a few weeks and then stop. There was always an excuse!

Anyway, about 4 weeks ago something clicked and I knew that this was it, I was ready to make a real change in my life. So here I am, I'm been using TJ consistently for the past 4 weeks and I feel good and actually look forward to working out. My downfall is eating, though so far I've been really good. I guess I'm looking for some support for when I start slipping off that wagon!

I started off doing the 20min workout each day. As my fitness has increased I now alternate days and do cardio party mix 1 and ab jam one day then turbo sculpt and 20min cardio the next.

I started out at 87.5kg (192lb) and am now 83.3kg (183lb). :happy:

kiwi_dee

So today I did Turbo sculpt and 20min workout. I only started doing sculpt last week and boy do my muscles feel it!!! Lol :laugh:

fitag

So today I did Turbo sculpt and 20min workout. I only started doing sculpt last week and boy do my muscles feel it!!! Lol :laugh:

welcome kiwi dee!! great to have you here!

I finished Cardio Party remix and Ab Jam! Yay!!! I had ot get some exercise in as I heading out to dinner with some girlfriends...Ill be eating smart though

My eating has been great! and im very pleased so far with my clean eating and with my exercise this week. I also reset some goals for my weight :

current weight is 64.4kg

end of April 61kg
end of May 59kg
end of June 56kg
end of July 54kg
.......and if I feel that I need to lose more then end of Aug 52kg

I feel that all that is very achievable. I just allowed for 2kgs per month.

Im hanging out for my ChaLean Extreme to arrive in the mail though! ..... My husband's P90X has arrived and I want mine! lol

Anyway, have a great weekend everyone!!

merzback

argh- was in a car accident yesterday- trying not to be sad- i am ok but in a lot of neck and back pain.

kiwi_dee

Oh no Merzback Hope you are feeling better soon.

Just finished cardio party mix 1 and ab jam. Today is mine and my husbands 6th wedding anniversary and SIL is going to babysit so we can go out - Yay! Will enjoy myself but not tooo much!

hemlock2010

Noelle, I hope you're feeling better! Do you have spring break coming up?

AG, I ordered Chalean Extreme, too! You and Noelle are such a good influence. :-) I'm so impressed with your super food choices for eating out--and making it through the 3-day cleanse is awesome.

Mer, I so glad you weren't hurt! I lived in York, PA, for a while, but I was always afraid to drive in Philadelphia. I know it's not as bad as Boston, but it's still some pretty crazy traffic.

Welcome, kiwi dee! I'm really bad about food, too--still struggling to break the habits of a lifetime.

Sandy, I've missed you! I hope you're busy doing happy things and not sick.

Glynis, I hope the pounds start dropping soon. It's so frustrating when you're doing everything right and the scale just won't move.

Happy weekend, everyone!

fitag

argh- was in a car accident yesterday- trying not to be sad- i am ok but in a lot of neck and back pain.

oh no hope you are ok! ...nothing major I hope!

Take care and take it easy xx

nmoreland

Thanks everyone for your good thoughts. I am back from the dead and actually have energy for the first time this week. I had my spring break from classes on Monday and Tuesday, but went to my internship Wednesday and Friday (stayed home thursday) cause I am at a high school and their spring break is next month.

I have done close to nothing this week. Now that I have energy, unfortunatly my priority is homework for now, and I will get a work out in later.

I am struggling with my weight as well. I see some people posting that they have lost 20ish pound in a couple of months, and I just hit ten in 2.5 months. I feel that I need to watch what I eat a little more, and it was even worse because I was sick and did not feel like cooking or eating anything that was healthy.
It is now the weekend and a new day, so maybe we can work together to eat healthy. I am going to work on incorporating more veggies into my diet. I think I will acutally put a checklist on my fridge so I can track how much I eat per day. I did that with my weight lifting and cardio workouts and it has helped me to stay on track (except for this week).
Please share other ideas that any of you have had to eat better.

Happy Saturday everyone!!

hemlock2010

I would love to work on developing healthier eating habits. I can tell you how I'm staying under my calorie goal, but as soon as I do, you'll see that there's a huge difference between healthy eating and just staying under the limit. But here's what's worked for me. (BTW I started with MFP in August and GAINED about 4lbs by the end of December. But I tracked every single calorie, and that really helped me see where my problem areas were. Then I started "for real" in January.)

So . . . my personal weight loss rules.

1) Between 5a (or whenever I get up) and 3p, I eat about 900 calories and half my protein, but I eat it 50-200 calories at a time, so that I'm basically eating constantly all day. That helps me SO MUCH because although I'm always a little hungry, I'm never STARVING, so I don't eat the things (like big cinnamon rolls or huge bagels) that used to kill my food diary. I try to make almost all of the calories good choices (high in protein, fiber, or calcium), but I also drink bottled coffee (this is my life support system--cannot live without it).

2) My only actual "meal" is supper, and I try to make sure that it is both high in protein and high in fiber. I've changed what I fix for supper for my whole family a LOT to try to meet this goal. I try to keep it around 500-600 calories.

3) I save 170 calories to have cocoa (2% milk, sugar, and Hershey's unsweetened cocoa powder) or a protein shake before bed.

I have my food diary set for my maintenance calories (1900) because I knew I could meet that limit (although when I first started, it was a serious struggle every single day), and I knew that if I set if for 1400, I would go over so much of the time that I would just give up. I know it would basically work out the same if I set it for 1400 and then ate back 300-500 calories from exercise, but for me it matters that the calorie goal not be too scary. I'm still doing baby steps here, and if it's too scary, I will give up.

But here's the thing. I'm really good about getting protein and calcium from "real food," and I do try to get at least two fruit or fruit/veg every day, but I get the rest of my fiber and nearly all my vitamins from things like vitatops, slim fast bars, and a daily multi-vitamin. I could not meet my nutritional goals and stay under my calorie goal if I only ate "real food." I might be able to if I gave up bottled coffee and ate more vegetables, but at the moment that's like saying I could fly if I had wings. :-)

nmoreland

Thanks Hemlock, that does help me. I need to really look at the foods I eat and see where I can make real changes.

I did a 35 minute Chalene Extreme workout today. I was going to try to do the 20 minute workout after, but I got winded and a little light headed in with the weights, so I am not going to do cardio today. I will try again tomorrow with the weights, and see how I feel. I feel bad about not doing any cardio this week, but it helps to know that because of this group, I will get back to it as soon as I am able.

merzback

argh!
Read my blog- I was in a car accident a few days ago- and now can't work out- I am eating healthy- with the exception of some mexican food last night though I did take home 1/2 of my platter- did indulge a bit too much on the chips though~
Anyway- I am on pain meds- and very sedentary, and a bit frustrated though I know it could have been worse!

hemlock2010

Nmoreland, I had another thought: Didn't you say you were doing more CLX and not as much cardio? I wonder if that might also be why your weight loss is slower? Cause you're doing more building muscle and less losing fat? Hope you feel better soon!

Mer, that's so frustrating. What a disappointment, when you thought you were finally ready to get back into it.

merzback

nmoreland- have you measured yourself??

nmoreland

merz - sorry about the accident, that does not sound like fun, but maybe the meds are.

I have measured myself and have only lost a couple of inches total.

Hemlock - Since we started this group I have stepped up the cardio to 3-4 times a week, except for this week since I have been sick.

I just feel like it is moving slow. I also have a large amount of stress with school right now, and I bet that is playing with my hormones as well. I know there is something going on inside me, I can tell the way my clothes fit, but it would just be nice to look in the mirror and see the differences. I know that in time that will come. And I love this site and this group for keeping me motivated. Anytime before, being sick this past week would most likely have derailed everything I have done so far. But I plan on starting fresh tomorrow with a weight workout, and an attempt at cardio again.

Speaking of measuring, has everyone been keeping track ? My day is tomorrow and I will post if there are any differences for me.

Just to put it out there, I told my husband today that when I quit smoking for a substantial amount of time, then I am going to order Turbo Fire. I think it looks great, but there is no way I could do it with my lungs in the condition they are in. He said that he would like to quit smoking as well, so I think it is something we will be working on together, which will make it easier, at least a little bit.

Now that i have written a novel, I need to do homework!

hemlock2010

I've been looking at Turbo Fire, too! I'm pretty sure (i.e. completely certain) I couldn't do it now, but maybe by July?

So measurements . . . meh. Since our first weigh-in and measurement day, I've lost 6 pounds, but only a couple of inches (hips -1.5, waist -1, chest -1).

I'm on spring break this week, so I'm going to try to really push the work outs--aiming for at least 100 minutes/700 calories per day. There's no real reason I couldn't do that when I'm not on spring break to be honest--just sloth--so I'm hoping to make this a permanent change.

I ordered Chalean Extreme last week--my 15 pound reward. :-) Can't wait to get started!!

Happy spring/fall! I hope the changing season brings good things to everyone. It seems as though the past couple weeks have been especially difficult.

Hugs.

nmoreland

My weight went down one pound from last week, so I am now at 191.
No other changes in my measurements, but I expected that since I was sick and barely worked out at all.

Hemlock - July sounds like a good time to target for Turbo Fire. Enjoy your spring break!

nmoreland

Did 35 minutes of Chalene Extreme today. Didn't get lightheaded like last time, but still not up to par. I will see how I feel tomorrow to see what I will do.

Have a great week everyone!

Elbee1

Hi y'all.
I missed an entire week. I'll post later after I do my Turbo Jam workout later, today.

Mer -- Sorry to hear about the car accident. Hope you bounce back, soon.
Linda