Hi Linda,
Thank you for joining us and sharing your thoughts.
Yes, the workouts would make you sore if you're not doing the eating plan. The eating plan is designed to feed your muscles. I believe they are designed to work together. I eased into the eating plan but I definitely need to watch my protein and carb intake more carefully when I do high intensity workouts. It's very important to follow the eating plan otherwise you will be sore. Some people swear that the L-Glutamine is what keeps you from being sore. I take it every day and I'm not sore but I can't tell you if that is it or not.
I think that when I was doing strictly WW, I was taking in way too many carbs to accompany an intense training program like BFL....so I have to watch my protein, keep my sugar lower than when I was doing strict WW, and keep the meals small and frequent. Otherwise I will be undermining those bruising workouts.
I don't go to the gym six days a week. I do cardio by sprinting/running some days, do it after my workouts on other days (not recommended but sometimes for me it is the only way I'm going to get it in). However, I used to spend 3 hours at the gym 3 days a week and now my routine is just about an hour so I actually find it much easier to break up. I'm looking into an elliptical trainer at home because of my knees but some people use a jump rope on their cardio days (cardio on BFL is 20 minutes so it's not that time consuming).
Also, I haven't lost any scale weight...one of my issues with WW is this is the measure they use. But I am down a pants size and a half. The eating plan would be too high in WW points to do without the exercise...they are designed to work together.
Some people stick religiously to the workout and food plan and don't see progress for 4 to 6 weeks. Others have reported an incredible change at 10 weeks. I am taking my pix each week and have been doing so since the middle of march and I'm not where I thought I'd be yet. I'm just believing that I can't be the only person on the planet this doesn't work for.
BFL is a very disciplined program. I watch the time between meals, the composition of my meals, the size of my meals, the intensity of my workouts and how well I stick to the schedule. However, I do get to go crazy one day a week and I already have that day lined up.
If you have any more questions or comments, feel free to jump in!!!
Susan