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A long way to go for me... but I have Body Beast on my eye!

Ugh! Up a lb. on the scale and that's on top of the 0.7 lb water weight I've been waiting to whoosh off. Did any of you gain a little in the beginning? I'm hoping it is this. I'm not particularly sore anywhere. And my diet is almost the same thing each day; I weight everything that passes my mouth etc...

Agreed! Nailed it to me means it was a piece of cake. Barely made it means just that, it was so hard you almost quit. I need a 'Freakin tough but I did it!' box.

I own both the Charge HR and the Blaze! I love love love them!!

So yesterday was Cardio 1.0 for me. I think I'm about the MOST uncoordinated person out there! Most of the moves I got but there was some kind of criss cross move I just couldn't get my feet to work with for Tania's modification and couldn't keep up with the rest of them so I did my own kind of chicken-like weirdo dance…

Alpha Cardio first workout done! It was great... next time I will go even harder. I followed the others maybe 40% but mostly Tania. Room to improve FOR sure! :) Burned 230 calories.

Sorry another newb question...does the program have a warm up/cool down each workout or should I be ready to just jump right in at the start? :)

You know you can find Barre classes on YouTube and online subscriptions! I'm not doing this now but it's on my list to try in the future!! ;)

@50extra Thank you SO much for your help!! I will definitely move it to the basement then as I can jump and stomp with no worries of causing noise to others. And I too use the DVDs off my laptop! I'd like to get some sort of speakers I can attach to it for better sound but it'll do just fine for now! And I bought the T25…

Question - Curious to know how much space is needed for this program. I'm still trying to decide where in my house I'll do this workout. I'm concerned in doing it in the living room because it's above my daughter's bedroom (thinking it will be too noisy with me jumping around - we just have laminate flooring). I could use…

Plain black coffee has calories? omg really??

No but I have in the past. I am starting Focus T25 tomorrow! HIIT training! Excited and a bit nervous. And no, lol you didn't hijack! Yes 40/30/30 is my preferred ratio of carbs/fat/protein :)

I naturally seem to hit 40/30/30 for my macros and like this!

Yes some posters can be harsh and judgemental... coupled with online where you can't tell a person's tone too, advise can be taken the wrong way. I take everything with a grain of salt. :) My program also recommends me going to 1600 calories (but not also eating back any exercise calories). Tempting yet not wanting my…

aw @Trinique34 no judgement here!! Maybe try increasing calories a bit if you say workouts are harder! I am about to begin more intensive workouts this week and this post is making me wonder if I can as many are successful on higher calories. I know as I get closer to goal, I may need to reduce so would rather have my body…

I'm amazed at how much variance there is! Of course we're all at different levels of fitness and body mass and activity levels but wow so much change!

Bookkeeper by day plus reiki master as my own side business.

Thanks! Heard great things of that book/program. Just a question though - it can be done at home with just a set of dumbbells?

Aww and to you as well!!

No expert but if you want to put on muscle, you need to eat more calories if you find you are still losing at maintenance. A bit of a juggling act you'll have to play with to find the right amount. Google iifym!

Oh Rachel, sorry to read this. Sending lots of prayers! xx

Look forward to an answer on this... or if yoga would be better?

No I wouldn't. Have gone skinny dipping and such and enjoy but not wanting to if others are around outside of my immediate circle. Nothing against others nudity, maybe my own insecurities more like. Suppose/hoping that will change once I've lost the weight and recomp'd.

@RachelRiley87 and others... is it recommended to watch them first? I was wondering! Part of me thinks it may be good to have an idea yet another part of me might watch and become scared. ha-ha I'm gearing up for my start on Monday!! SO excited!

Congrats!! I celebrated being overweight (from obese) and can't wait to be "normal"! :)

I do 40/30/30!

Why not google intuitive eating? There's a great book or even on audio for it. It helps you heal from food obsessions and really tune in to what your body needs, hunger cues and such.

Thanks @kittehkitteh88! I actually decided to increase from 1200 to 1400 or 1500 depending on activity that day BUT I don't eat back any of my activity calories 'earned'. I have a fitbit (Blaze) which will be good to see how many calories I'm burning. I will definitely monitor how I'm feeling and adjust up or down as…

Ohhhh thanks for that warning!! I will attempt it but be ok to drop the C25K as I suspect my cardio will be improving with this program alone! ;)

Wow thank you SO SO much!! You said what I needed to hear! I'm also trying to fit in my C25K with this as I'm in week 4 now and don't want to have to stop. I'll have to figure out how to work this in. It's 3 days a week. I think I will definitely stagger my calories to bump up a bit more on those days I do this... I am…