Last winter I did just the weight lifting portion of ChaLEAN (did elliptical for cardio then) and lost over 9" (biggest losses in the right spots - waist, hips, and thighs) during the 90 day cycle (sorry don't remember the exact numbers for each month). I thought it was great results cuz during that time I didn't lose a pound (have been at goal since April 2011)...

I did it, but it was haphazardly. I didn't do the cardio and I only did the first two months of the strength. I didn't really watch my food very carefully either. I didn't lose weight, but I lost inches and I was getting compliments everywhere. I also feel like my metabolism was more stable after building some muscle. I plan on doing it again this winter.

At the end of Burn phase I had lost several inches from different places and am finishing Push phase so I'll measure Friday. I didn't lose anything on the scale, but I didn't expect to since I was ttrying to build muscle, however I only gained about 2 lbs and then stayed there even with increasing my calories during this time to 2000 net.
You have to decide if you want to build muscle or lose weight. You can't build muscle on a calorie deficit. But if you eat and build the muscle, then that muscle burns fat.
I have had a lot of compliements and I love the strength I have now and I can do pushups! yeah!
I love this and I'll continue to incorporate it in my mix of workouts and may even start it over again in a couple of months or so.

I'm on my 2nd week of the LEAN phase and I like some of the program. I don't do the cardio part of it, although I did during the first month, I got tired of the same old routines and started adding n other cardio stuff...

After month 1 I had lost about 5 inches and a couple of pounds, after month 2 I lost another few inches and another pound or so.....now on the lean phase and we'll see....

I loved Burn, tolerated PUSH and do not like LEAN but that's me....

I also think that the amount of inches you lose or weight you lose is the same as on any program...depends on where you are in your weight loss journey....

good luck. worth the investment.

Finished my first round of CLX last March. It was the program that totally changed my body composition. I lost inches in ALL the right places, as well as 6lbs. It inspired me to complete the P90X programs last month. I took a month off, I did JM RI30 and am back for round 2!

Hello! I just finished CLX last week, after doing 2 rounds of P90x prior to that.

I was worried I was going to be "slacking" a bit with CLX, because the workouts looked shorter and less intense. But, honestly, I'm with you (well, I actually loved Tony Horton, and did not find him at all irritating....), but I had to stop spending so much time on workouts--P90x is just too much. I was ready for something else.

All in all, I loved CLX. Chalene's style is so much different, and it took me a few weeks to get used to her and her crew, but after a few weeks I found them all very motivating, and looked forward to the workouts. I have been maintaining for over 2 years, so did not need to lose weight. My results and goals are a little different than some in that respect--i'm just looking for changes and to get stronger, not scale change or major inches lost.

I would say after "burn" I felt some changes in my shoulders that I really, really liked--they are much broader. After Push, I felt that a little more--w/the shoulders. The downside is that after push I felt my legs bulked up a bit and I'm not sure if it's because for me at goal weight already, all those lunges and squats w/the heavy weights did this? Anyway, nobody else seems to have had this results...so maybe it's just me......After "lean" I definitely feel great--love my arms and shoulders....I have a confidence now that I just love--walking tall, feeling like I have more of that "V" from the shoulder to the waist. Feel some of the bulk after push went away, but am still looking to slim down my legs in the next workouts...thighs are still bigger than they were from when I finished my 2nd round of p90x.....

Just wanted to mention I did this program by the book, except on the rest days I usually did sometihng--on the first I would do a hike or one of the P90x cardio workouts. On Sundays I did P90x Yoga.

Anyway, love the program. Had been considering going back to P90x but honestly after some thought, I'm just loving the shorter workouts, and have concluded I really don't need to do pullups anymore...it was great to learn to do them, but I think Chalean works my shoulders and chest just fine w/out. So next week am going to continue w/Chalean Lean for Life, but use Insanity for cardio, and I still do P90x yoga every week, because it's so important.

Anway, hope this helps--let me know if you have any other questions