Starting ChaLEAN Extreme
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What does it mean when you finish your first month of Burn CLX and didn't lose a single inch off your body? I'm disappointed
Actually, what I'm most troubled by is that I played about 30 minutes of Wii Tennis with my family last night and my arms and back are so sore this morning that I can barely move them. You would think that after a month of "extreme" arm work a little game of wii would not render me incapacitated:)
I used heavy weight to the point of failure, as in I could not raise them for another rep without using poor form, so what do you guys think?
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I am not sure why you didn't lose an inch. I have lost 3.5 off my waist alone. Do you not have a lot to lose? Did you eat enough? I know that you are also running not sure if you are possibly doing to much so you weren't able to put enough into your weight training days. I would need a little more info. Do you hurt the day after your weight days? How heavy did you get? In Burn I ended the 4th week using nothing but 8,10,15lbs. But started barely using 3,5,8lbs. Did you make sure to increase your weights each time you could?0
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HI Everyone! I just found this group.My name is Tara and I am a mom to 5 fabulous kids. I am trying to drop at least 23 more pounds. I started my first round of CLX on Friday April 13th. I will be on day 6 of my second week tomorrow. Then Thursday will be rest day. Will start week 3 of burn circuit on Friday. I am loving the program so far.0
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Vicky - Can you have someone watch you work out so they can check your form? If you haven't lifted before, it can be hard to catch your own mistakes. How heavy are you lifting? Did you increase your weights over the course of Burn?
With the post-Wii soreness, it could be that you simply used your muscles in different ways/movements than you do while doing CLX. The movements are much more rapid for sure.
Tara - Welcome! I'm on week 2 or 3 of Push. I've had great results from this program. During Burn I didn't think I was changing much. I was very pleasantly surprised when I measured myself at the end.
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I just wanted to say that I rec'vd my CX program & started it on Saturday April 14th....I love it!! I am now on W2D4...I just wanted to stop in and say 'Hi' to everyone else who is doing this as well...I have seen that others are doing a mixture of 2 things but for me right now I am just proud that I have stuck with one program right now but maybe on the 2nd go round - if I do that - I will try to mix it up with something else as well!!
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Hi, I am Jennifer 40 years old with two little girls 5 and 8 yrs. trying to lose this 15 pounds that has slowly found it's way onto my belly, thighs and rear! Started on 4/9/12 and Shakeology on 4/7/12. Gained 1 1/2 pounds the first week with the program, very sad about that. But I knew I was working out hard and eating right so I am going to try and not think about that. I hid the scale and will weigh and measure again at the 30 day mark. Got my fingers crossed that I see some results. I have tried going to the gym and cardio and counting calories for about 7 years with minimal results. I hope CLX and weights change all that! I am and have been sore since I began the program. Trying to also add in 30 min. or more of walking per day. I have a bum knee that I am currently in rehab for (hurt it 3 days before I was suppose to start CLX) another roadblock, there always seems to be one when I try and lose weight. But this time I said too bad I am going forward anyway, my body will adjust and I am working through it! So my question is do I really need to "eat back" the calories I burn as suggested by My Fitness Pal? I just feel like I am eating a lot on some days.
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So glad to have found this group! Please feel free to add me as a friend so we can motivate and support each other! I just finished week 2 day 6 of burn cycle. Tomorrow is my much deserved rest day! Will rest up and be ready to start my third week on Friday!0
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CLX rocks! I'm a grad... 20lbs, 21" and 10% body fat in 90 days. This was the program I used to start my weight loss journey and it changed my body shape entirely... I can't say enough about the benefits of women lifting weights.0
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Hi, I am Jennifer 40 years old with two little girls 5 and 8 yrs. trying to lose this 15 pounds that has slowly found it's way onto my belly, thighs and rear! Started on 4/9/12 and Shakeology on 4/7/12. Gained 1 1/2 pounds the first week with the program, very sad about that. But I knew I was working out hard and eating right so I am going to try and not think about that. I hid the scale and will weigh and measure again at the 30 day mark. Got my fingers crossed that I see some results. I have tried going to the gym and cardio and counting calories for about 7 years with minimal results. I hope CLX and weights change all that! I am and have been sore since I began the program. Trying to also add in 30 min. or more of walking per day. I have a bum knee that I am currently in rehab for (hurt it 3 days before I was suppose to start CLX) another roadblock, there always seems to be one when I try and lose weight. But this time I said too bad I am going forward anyway, my body will adjust and I am working through it! So my question is do I really need to "eat back" the calories I burn as suggested by My Fitness Pal? I just feel like I am eating a lot on some days.
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I really, really, really think you should eat back your calories! It's amazing how many calories you burn lifting weights. Do you have an HRM? If so, log those calories. If not, I used a formula from the New Rules of Lifting for Women to determine how many calories I should eat to lose or maintain (I'm in maintenance) and then how many calories I needed on workout days. So far so good. I've been following this formula for the last 4 weeks and haven't gained.
And when it comes to "eating back" calories -- make sure they are worthy calories. I try to eat more protein on days that I lift. In fact, I have my macros set at 40 protein / 30 carbs / 30 fat.
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Starting again...I have done some of Chalean Extreme then took a break to give NROL4W a try. I do like NROL but I feel actually completing CLX 1st will help be more efficient with another lifting program. I am going to try doing a CLX/TF hybrid now. I am the worst with sticking to a progam, I guess I just get bored but I'm really hoping to make it all the way through CLX this time before moving back on to NROL4W.0
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I'm starting today!! if anyone is starting let me know? please thanks!! just did my before photos and watched the first burn and band basics!
Burn circuit 1- 05/05/120 -
I just ordered this so I'll probably be starting mid next week. I've been hearing great things bout women lifting weights, so I'm excited to start this.0
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Some days you will be hungrier than others. I noticed this most on Burn Interval day and definately in the Lean Circuit month.
Eat back your calories so your body doesn't go into starvation.
Also, don't give up b/c the scale doesn't move. Take your pics and measurements, but change happens on the inside first. Not to mention that MUSCLE weighs more than Fat 0 -
/delurk
I started CLX on Monday. Well, re-started it. I was doing it last summer but stopped when I got pregnant. Baby is here, and now I'm back to working out. I've found, though, that I *loathe* the non-weight workouts (except for Ab Burner), so I'm trying a Turbo Jam/CLX hybrid that I'm attempting to put together on my own, along with Debbie Siebers' yoga videos from Slim Series. I don't want to try TF until I survive TJ.
Nice to meet everyone!0 -
/delurk
I started CLX on Monday. Well, re-started it. I was doing it last summer but stopped when I got pregnant. Baby is here, and now I'm back to working out. I've found, though, that I *loathe* the non-weight workouts (except for Ab Burner), so I'm trying a Turbo Jam/CLX hybrid that I'm attempting to put together on my own, along with Debbie Siebers' yoga videos from Slim Series. I don't want to try TF until I survive TJ.
Nice to meet everyone!
Hi! I like to do Turbo Jam's Fat Blaster workout instead of Burn It Off. :bigsmile:0
