I did my second Total Body Circuit this morning. Still modifying, especially with the push ups.
As for the cardio, I find I have to modify cos I am too uncoordinated!!! :laugh:
Keep it up everyone.

i had to have a rest day today after doing the circuit circuit, way harder than the speed one! i got a massage i was sooo sore, but i do try and not modify as much as posible... im very impatient and want to see the results already!!

hey all, i am literally just about to step into my workout .. i think abs today are in order... however.... i am feeling VERY low on morale.. i havent jumped on the scales in a while only to and ive put on even more weight.. this year has been the year of weight gain and its gotta stop... so im 11 kg up from last christmas and 7 kg up from this time last year.... im feeling desperate and i am 100% sure its the calories... i dont eat badly most of the time , but i seem to have a very bad reaction to sugars in any forms.. even fruit and general carbs... initially when i lost alot of weight i excersiced aND ate so healthy ... i had no refined carbs, wheat, dairy or sugar in almost any form, and allowed myself two pieces of sugar free chocolate a week. This year even though the calorie intake hasnt been totally ott it has been anything goes really ( no fast food or wheat or much dairy) so here i go again back on the mission .... could really do with a morale boost!

Well last night my internet was acting up so I need to do a little bit of catching up now. Yesterday I did ab intervals and thought it was the hardest workout yet. I'm apple shaped so really have to work on my abs/mid section.

Ember - Welcome! Are you following the nutrition plan that came with the DVDs? I'm using it for general guidelines and just trying to eat as clean as I possibly can with my crazy work and school schedule. Planning my meals out in advance is key for me. It seems like you know what foods work best for you so I would suggest planning out your meals as much as possible and doing your best to stick to your plan, one meal at a time. And don't beat yourself up too much! You can do this! We're here for you.

thankyou - yes vaguely ! i cant do shakeology , and neither can i have wheat , gluten or dairy so i am always modifying things. My gorgeous mum is helping me to make a weeks worth of meals tomorrow, so its back to high protein, low carbs for me .... and begin yoga teacher training next week , so i think ill get back o track in no time. thanx for the support

I missed Friday's workouts so now I'm a little off track. I did the lower focus today (hope I can walk the rest of the day!) and tomorrow I will do the cardio workout and then I will be back on track for Monday.

So we are at the beginning of week two. Did an early morning workout of the total body workout. I feel like I am working hard throughout the workout, to the point I had to take a few seconds of break, but the calories burned via my HRM is not refelcting how hard I feel like I am working out. I actually burned less calories today then I did my first time doing the workout. Same goes for Cardio, I burned less calories this Monday than I did last Monday. I feel like I am putting in the same effort, but not even making it 200 calories burned a workout is really restricting my food intake. Anyone else having the same problem with T25. Next monday is my weigh in date (I only weigh myself once a month), and I am scared if I have loss weight, I will have to adjust my HRM and that equals even less calories burned. I guess that's a good problem to have, but these low burns are killing me. I almost feel like I should be doing something else too, maybe some strength training? I don't know. :yawn:

So we are at the beginning of week two. Did an early morning workout of the total body workout. I feel like I am working hard throughout the workout, to the point I had to take a few seconds of break, but the calories burned via my HRM is not refelcting how hard I feel like I am working out. I actually burned less calories today then I did my first time doing the workout. Same goes for Cardio, I burned less calories this Monday than I did last Monday. I feel like I am putting in the same effort, but not even making it 200 calories burned a workout is really restricting my food intake. Anyone else having the same problem with T25. Next monday is my weigh in date (I only weigh myself once a month), and I am scared if I have loss weight, I will have to adjust my HRM and that equals even less calories burned. I guess that's a good problem to have, but these low burns are killing me. I almost feel like I should be doing something else too, maybe some strength training? I don't know. :yawn:

Yeah same here. I'm 5'8 around 220 and only burn a little over 300 and that's with the additional stretching at the end.

So we are at the beginning of week two. Did an early morning workout of the total body workout. I feel like I am working hard throughout the workout, to the point I had to take a few seconds of break, but the calories burned via my HRM is not refelcting how hard I feel like I am working out. I actually burned less calories today then I did my first time doing the workout. Same goes for Cardio, I burned less calories this Monday than I did last Monday. I feel like I am putting in the same effort, but not even making it 200 calories burned a workout is really restricting my food intake. Anyone else having the same problem with T25. Next monday is my weigh in date (I only weigh myself once a month), and I am scared if I have loss weight, I will have to adjust my HRM and that equals even less calories burned. I guess that's a good problem to have, but these low burns are killing me. I almost feel like I should be doing something else too, maybe some strength training? I don't know. :yawn:

Yeah same here. I'm 5'8 around 220 and only burn a little over 300 and that's with the additional stretching at the end.

I'm glad that I am not the only one. So I think I figured out what's going on although I don't know how the HRM would pick up on this. I am so obessed with how many calories I burn, I keep my watch on the calorie section. Today I switched it over to my heart rate and I was between 160-178 throughout the total cardio workout. I was amazed, because I remember in my Insanity days anything above 160 and I was miserable, no way could I workout for a solid 25 minutes at such a high heart rate before I did insanity. I swear it feels like my heart rate is at 145-160 during the T 25 workouts, never did I imagine I was peaking at 178. I guess my body has gotten use to working out at a higher level, meaning I need to put more effort into my workouts and get my heart rate up a few points.

I just completed Ab Intervals and Omg, it was no joke.

One half of todays workout complete (Alpha Cardio) Will complete the other half a little later.