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Do not slow down!!!! Get rid of the scale! Go just by the mirror, tape measure and how you feel, please get rid of the scale, it is a motivation killer. I am heavier now than when I started to eat healthy and exercise but I fit into 2 size smaller jeans and I have a six pack while before I had just bacon and love handles.…

WOW! To all of you people that shared your success stories - you are such an inspiration!!! After seeing how beautiful all of you are in your after photos, I can not help thinking what a waste it is to have global obesity plague: all of that beauty hiding behind a ton of fat! SO well done!!!

Hi Smilesback :) Had two c-sections too, but could never ever stick to a diet plan for more than 3 days...

Me too :( ... However, unlike most of the posts above, where the belly issue came later in life, even when I was young and extremely skinny, I still had round belly. I have been exercising for all of my adult life (I will be 45 in few weeks), remaining very muscular with belly. Around 1.5 year ago I did T25 and for the…

I have fatigue attack when I exercise on empty, first thing in the morning. For some workouts I need to get some carbs before I start.

I just became addicted to water kefir! I have my own health organic soda - this is awesome as i live in the tropics. I hope your groups grows, I am 95% vegan, I grow my own fruit and vegetables and eat very clean. However, once a week I have salmon and occasional egg from my chooks. My chickens live in a botanical garden,…

Hi leelaleela I am also middle ages mother with 2 kids (mine are smaller as I got them later in life) and I am starting Xtrain rotation now for the second time. How did you go with it? Are you still doing it 2 years on????

I am thinking about ordering ICE series, however, I have so many Cathe workouts that I get upset that I cannot even rotate them all once a year. This is partly because I have my favorites that I absolutely must do every week. I made my own Cathe Mix videos made up of my favorite parts from all DVDs and I just keep doing…

Not all HRM are correct, some are just rough estimators and others are legitimate and proven. For example, I am a lecturer at a university and recently I started research on rats running HIIT on a treadmill with my colleagues from Sport and Exercise department. I was a HIIT fanatic and for that reason I started this…

Hi I also use Digifit and MioFuse and never had any overestimation of HR or calories, is this repetitive? DId you look at your zone and HR graphs??? . Calories are not a measure of performance for weight lifting. For 30 minutes weight lifting I can burn around 120 calories if I just weight lift, plus warm up and stretch.…

wow, well done!

Thanks, As soon as I start modifying (slowing down) I lose my mojo. I can finish speed1, speed2 and core speed ONLY if I do not start at 100% from the beginning, but I never yet managed to finish speed3, I always stop 4-5 minutes before the end which drives me nuts! All the burpies!!!

I log all calories and stats for each workout into excel spreadsheets. I am female 172cm tall, 66kg as on the photo. I do in average 8-10 workouts a week T25 am and weights or abs pm. I did many workouts available (Turbo Fire, Insanity, Tapout, everything Cathe etc) but with T25 I achieve highest heart rate (up to 222) and…

Thanks all:)

Thanks!!! I lift heavy weights and I have a national body building champion as my BFF and personal trainer. I do a lot of cardio as well and have relatively good abs (I could do better in the abs department). I do step, cathe, T25 and insanity but only this one move in turbo fire stuffs mt back for weeks. I now just do…

In my case I could hardly walk with back pain for over a week and it happens only with those in-out jumps. I could not move without pain, it was awful. Now when I skip that part I am ok.

I can also relate to your story. I lecture at University and I also do a lot of research. When I moved to new job last year exactly the same thing happen to me. I was given 7 courses to lecture, which is ridiculous, and I managed to publish 6 good papers. I worked 16 hours a day and gained so much weight. I exercised…

Hi all I did this once with lemon detox as you, and I kept my weight down for years. The trick is to slowly (very slowly) increase calories you take. I started with just juiced food (fruit and veg) for the first week. I would have smoothie with banana and spinach, a lot of orange juice and not too much to begin with. I…

How did you go? Did you finish the whole lot???

I am loving all of her stuff!!!! Just a minute ago I finished 2 hours of her step. I absolutely adore her. Once you learn the choreography (step is very complex) it is such fun! I will start Xtrain as soon as I finish with turbo fire and T25 that I am alternating at the moment. I love turbo and Kathe the most!!! I watched…

They all work if you stick to them. You will do great if you commit to get fit and not focus on the scale. Scales are the biggest lairs. Go girl!!!

I am the same, very little weight lost after 8 weeks but my waist is shrinking and I am just so fit now! I can go through workouts I cold only watch and cry 8 weeks ago. I used to pass out after like 15 minutes of fire workouts and now I could do 2 in a row!!! I used to huff and puff going up stairs at work (my office is…

You will be burning more calories every time you do it. I measure all burn and afterburn as well and your afterburn is nearly the same or, in some cases even higher than the actual workout. I measured 8 hours post workout for all TurboFire workouts and all HIIT and Fire are great afterburners. Others (like core, stretch…

Great thanks! I did not see that option and I was looking for it! I record all calorie burn with my Polar watch. I am an addict. I am a Dr, lecturer at university and I do a lot of research in intestinal microbiology and weight gain. So I take my measurements scientifically and very seriously. I measured afterburn over 8…

It happen to me 2 years ago. I was chased by 2 dogs, I escaped to someone's backyard and climbed on their pergola. I did not dare to run since. I honestly thought I will not get home alive from my last run. I am trying to get over it and just start running again. There are so many people driving to my street just to…