MadFrankie99 Member

I'm a week in, just about to start week 2 Chest and Tris...

Anyone still there? Into my penultimate week, just 8 more workout days to go then I'm done... Missed my first one of the whole course, (not through illness), on Monday as it was Bank Holiday and we went for a 20km bike ride, but back into it again now.

Hi, One new development, it seems that if I add exercise to the previous day the Up doesn't change it so I've started to work out my calories as if I had entered the exercise on MFP and then actually add it back in the day after. Bit of a faff but it just means that my numbers and graphs are correct by the end of the week.

Hi, yeah I find it quite annoying. I get that the Up wants to calculate your total burn but it forgets that it can't do it accurately for all things and I find adding an exercise to MFP far, far easier than on the Up app. I'd like there to be an option for the Up to ignore any exercise put into MFP when comparing calories…

How's everyone going? Must admit, while I've been looking forward to the daily 25 minutes I have been checking around to see what else is out there but I'm determined to finish Beta...It's definitely working, losing weight on track and firming up nicely - just a bit impatient I suppose!

Hi, me again. Still confused, I'm sure the Up isn't logging the exercise I'm putting into MFP. I'm not getting a time option when I put it into MFP and looking at the Up graph the 30 minutes when I did the exercise is down as 0 steps with nothing else there to show some exercise. How does exercise show on other peoples…

Hi, Thanks, I must be missing something as I don't have times in MFP when I add my T25 cardio...I'll go and do some investigating. Ideally I'd like to log food and 'alternative exercise that the Up couldn't calculate' in MFP and then have the UP for just daily walking etc so it sounds like it should all be working that…

Hi, Thanks for the reply. The problem I think is that the Up doesn't, (I tried yesterday), and probably can't accurately log my T25 exercise. It is a lot of squats, lunges, compound movements including sit ups, planks etc. If the Up could do this accurately then I'd probably refuse to wear it and burn it accusing it of…

Holy cow, speed 2.0, that Is more than just 1 number up from speed 1.0! Full on, all out, fast cardio. Once I got used to it, Loved it

So, Beta Core Cardio... Definitely a step up from alpha, a few new moves to get to grips with but I picked them up much quicker than the first try of alpha. I think it was because they were variations on alpha moves with a little twist, (sometimes quite literally). I sweated more than alpha and definitely felt some burn. I…

Only you can really answer this one, if you think you'll carry on half hearted then maybe finish alpha and then restart it. If you are confident you can continue and give it everything complete the course and then if you aren't where you want to be, repeat Beta...

So, week 5 total body done. I think I'm getting better. I've found I'm not looking at the tv as much and wondering how to move my body into that move anymore and can focus on the actual exercise. So, on track so far with weight loss and feeling better so... FOCUS!

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In for a penny... SW 204 WK1 203 WK2 202 WK3 198

There are many factors that contribute to weight loss...and don't forget that muscle weighs more than fat so there will always be times when you step on the scales and they haven't budged but in actual fact you have swapped fat for muscle. That's why most people suggest you take general measurements and also calculate…

Welcome along... It's an impossible question to answer about your heart, the only thing that can be said is that with every session of exercise you do, your overall health and stamina will improve and you'll start to notice you are out of breath less, have more energy, can complete more etc etc... Any exercise is better…

I've just started on week 4 and I'm down 6lb, which I'm pleased about as I've had a friends 30th birthday in the middle of that and a LOT of alcohol was drunk, (probably about a weeks worth of calories!). My body fat % is going down as well so all in the right direction so far! Well done everyone else, keep going and FOCUS!

Oh, and another thing, don't get hung up on your weight. As I mentioned before muscle weighs more that fat. Try calculating you % body fat and use that as your weekly comparison. I know most online ones aren't exactly accurate but if you use the same one and measure and calculate it in the same way you need to just see a…

Double Friday done... Nailed total body but still find ab intervals hard. Yet to get a good V, still somewhat S like and still swearing like a docker.

Well done everyone, I missed this Mon - Wed with man flu, (so the sniffles), but got back into Cardio last night which I nailed, I did however find it very hard to get air into the lungs with a blocked nose... Doubling up tonight as it's Friday and then plan to slip in another one on Saturday to catch up a bit on one of…

The trick is to eat to your goal. The problem you might be having is that when you starve the body, ie eat a lot less calories that you need the body goes into shock mode. When it does this it looks to hold onto the main energy stores you have, your fat, and uses up the short term energy stores, muscle. It also might…

And that is made up of what % ratio of carbs : protein : fat? Eating less than your target calorie amount is actually bad as you need fat and carbs to actually lose weight, believe it or not, and also you are far more likely to fall off the wagon as you are hungry and start to crave sweets etc. So in a week you total…

So how many calories are you having a day and what is your bmr?

Have you got a swiss ball? I'm sure you could do similar ranging movements on there rather than on the floor, and with the ball supporting your back a bit more.

Try a protein supplement, get a good protein powder or similar. Mix it with 100ml of Soya Milk, not only does it get your protein levels up for the day but if you sip it over a few minutes it gives your body the psychological feeling that you've eaten something and as it's high protein will keep you full for a while. If…

I missed yesterday as I've got man flu - I sound like Barry White eating a Choir Boy at the moment. In a perverse way I actually miss T25, I might give it a go tonight, if not I'll be back on it tomorrow. Good news is that I'm not hungry so my calorie intake is pretty low!

Sweat is just fat crying...

Week 2 - Day 4 Cardio done... That's the 4th time I've done it now and I can definitely say that the moves become more instinctive.

Oh and while it's only a guide, it is a good guide to keep in your head... It takes: 4 weeks for you to notice a change 8 weeks for friends to notice 12 weeks for everyone else to notice Don't forget weight loss is a long term thing, unless you like surgery or amoebic dysentery!

It was the only workout in the first week that had my muscles trembling. I hated it when he was in the V and said 'now lets take it up a notch'! I found myself swearing at him quite a lot...