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Weight: 10/31= 192lbs 11/5=184lbs (-8) Chest: (inches) 10/31=45.5 11/5=44 (-1.5) Waist: (inches) 10/31=41 11/5=39.5 (-1.5) Arm: (inches) 10/31=12.5 (no change) Thigh: (inches) 10/31=27.25 11/5=27.0 (-0.25)

Day 5 double routines: For the first routine, I did lower body focus. Giving it a trial run last night helped me today because I knew the moves and the pace. In between workouts, I took my dog for a 20 minute walk, and then I did cardio last. I reread what I wrote about cardio the first time I did it. I was surprised that…

It is known in the health care world that simple things like herbs can interact with prescribed medicines and other herbs. We are also learning from the media that many medications that were approved by the food and drug administration are known to cause serious health problems. I do not jump on the band wagon for every…

I didn't want too say too much about this earlier because I thought it might accidentally discourage someone if they hadn't started to get the results that they want yet, but I have lost 9.5 lbs since we started Monday October 31st. This happened within the first three or four days. I did double up on the workouts on most…

I gave lower focus a test run today. It wasn't too bad. It was a lot like the previous routines with squats, lunges and cardio. The toughest past was probably pulsing in the lunges, but not ridiculously hard. I did have to come out of that move early each time, but the routine went by really fast. Tomorrow is our double…

FOCUS T25 AB INTERVALS AKA day 4, and I got spanked! Don't try to do this one on anything other than an empty stomach. It is a lot of work, and I think it will be the most difficult of all of the routines in Alpha. I took some pics ofy gut yesterday to compare with my preworkout pics, and I can already see a difference.…

Welcome to the group. I'm seeing a lot of results already too that I can hardly wait until the end of the first phase.

FOCUS T25 TOTAL BODY WORKOUT AKA day 3. I really need to invest in some sweat bands rather than the rag shoved onto my waist band, and maybe even the head band. I had 150 calories worth of whole wheat thin macaroni and ground turkey red sauce about 30 minutes before this workout. I did that last might too, and it helped…

Today I previewed total body workout and stretch. Not only did I preview them, I also did a test run. I sweated like crazy, but the total body workout wasn't all that bad doing modifications. Stretch was a little more difficult than I had figured. It was actually quite challenging, but I feel really good and am quite happy…

My support group just started yesterday. search focus t25 support group November 2016 and join.

FOCUS T25 SPEED 1.0 AKA day 2 done! So, eight hoursafter cardio yesterday I started to get really sore. I took some pamprin and rotated ice packs and a heating pad for about an hour and mmost of that declined in intensity. This morning it was gone. SPEED 1.0 was a lot less difficult for me than cardio. I performed better…

FYI: take your ibuprofin now! I am about 8 hours post workout, and I have so many muscles aching and trying to get stiff that even stretching didn't take care of it. I have never done a workout since high school that did this to me! What a great feeling!!

For week one, I am going to follow the calorie recommendation for the JumpStart week, but I am not going to follow the menu. I plan to eat five times a day the first week with three meals and two snacks. The three meals are about 175 calories each consisting of a chocolate protein smoothie with a banana and blueberry base…

One thing I have done to be ready for each workout is to set up a workout studio in my spare bedroom. In there I have my laptop set up with speakers ready to play my DVDs. I have my DVDs hanging on the wall balanced from the center on pushpins in order of what workout I am going to do next. Next to them I have my T25…

I suppose I should introduce myself since I'm the one who started this FOCUS T25 support group and have asked people to participate and share. I am a 5' 3" 190lb. 43 year old female. Last year from October to January I lost 38 lbs eating mostly non processed foods and maintaining 1200-1600 calories logging on MFP. I also…

I just finished day 1: Alpha Cardio. It went by way faster than I thought it would. I looked at the counter around 18 minutes remaining and then again about 10 minutes, and then it flew by. I'm waiting on an eBay auction for a heart rate monitor and calorie counter. I'm sure it will help me focus on working out at the…

Right on!

Well, Katie, looks like it is just the two of us. Are you going to nail these workouts, and stick it out through the ten weeks?

Yes! They were pushing Nestle Pure Life water. I looked on the ingredients and it is recycled "purified" city water. It isn't even spring water. It also had stuff added to inhance the taste.

I read on a muscle and fitness magazine that men who lift can gain about 14 lbs of muscle a year, and for women, it is about half as much a year. Then, each consecutive year, it is not as much. If this is true, a woman will only gain a half pound to a pound of muscle a month. With this being said, I , too, think it is…

You can jump into my support group for October.

I managed to do it for like five days after doing two rounds of the 30 day shed consecutively. It was too hard at 170ish. I suggest doing the shred again if it is working for you. Like don't try to fix it if it isn't broke. You could do seven days of each level and then the remaining three days of each level to make the 30…

A "cheat meal" depends on the "diet". I don't do chray meals or cheat days. I do a " splurge meal". This means since I plan my meals out and they to eat the same thing at the same time each day for a week, I splurge on ONLY ONE meal once a week. That doesn't mean pizza and brownies. That means a healthy unprocessed meal…

30 day shred works.

I suggest doing it twice if you are having gains still at the end. Increase weights or intensity if possible for more of a challenge. To keep from getting burned out in the second round, do seven days of each level, and then the remaining three days of each level to equal thirty days. If it is still working, and you are…

Last October I did 30 DS for 60 days and lost 38 lbs on MFP. I too was unemployed. I gained it all back for the same reasons you did. I've restarted again now. Here are the facts. We know how to get the weight off now. We LEARNED how to do it because we were immersed in the lifestyle. We had not yet learned about…

Jillian Michaels 30 day shred or Jillian Michaels beginners shred

Everything I've read so far is exactly what I would have said too about tracking on the weekends. 3500 calories is equivalenr to a pound. If you eat 1500 calories a day and you need 2000, you are only in a deficit of 3500 by the end of the week. That means you would lose only one pound a wee, but if you over eat calories…

I think you are falling into a dieting and exercise trap. Keep eating the 1200 calories and make sure you do the 30 day shred five or six days a week. Dont skip taking at least one or two recovery days a week, but no more than that. You really don't need to go to the gym in addition to the shred for the weight to fall off…

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