I have the book and have read it. Plan to start tomorrow!!! I would like to know what kind of exercise routine you are doing to enhance your success, with this diet plan. Thanks!!!! Sue
I have been doing The Firm, it is aeorbics with weights and I have done it off and on for years. The have cardio, cardio sculpt and sculpt DVDs and they work. I am just doing the cardio ones now, until I get into Phase 3 or so.
I am walking. I walk every morning and have been following the guidelines he laid out in the book (30 minutes Phase 1, 35 Phase 2...). I figure if I stick to this and gradually build up I am more likely to stick to it long term (forever) than if I tried an hour a day from the start. I would have fizzled out early. I love my early morning walks and they seem to be helping physically and emotionally/mentally. I have noticed I am faster than I used to be when I first started out.
I have been walking everyday at least the 30 min most of the time I walk closer to an hour. I look at the calories burned and want to shoot for more. I started jogging very very little like 1-2 min than I walk again.
I started exercising with Turbo Jam in May of this year. I love, love these workouts and have been successful with working out 5-6 days per week. To mix things up a bit, I recently added Core Rhythms, Yoga Booty Ballet, and walking to my regimen; however, TJ is still my main workout. I had lost 11 lbs. by exercising and slightly tweaking my diet. I had gone a month without losing, so I decided that it was time for a more structured diet...thank goodness I found Fat Smash.
I'm on Day 3 of Phase 1 of the diet. It's amazing to me how I was able to kick up my workouts a notch since I've started smashing. I breathe much better and my energy is out the roof. I do eat more (ex. rice, milk, beans) than what a few people have posted here, but I need it 'cause I'm exercising at a high intensity. Now I understand what Chalene (TJ) means when she says to eat "clean"...it definitely makes a difference.
My first day as a smasher.I do my gazelle 30-45 minutes and step aerobics for 15-20 min afterwards to help my lower half. I do this 3 days a week and alternate with yoga video or pilates 2 days a week. We rollerblade or bike as family one day a week on a rec trail 5 miles one way we do entire thing now 10 miles total, it took me a few trips to get entire thing on skates. I was lifting 5-10 lb free weights for the last six weeks and hate the idea that book says not to do this in phase one so not sure if I can give that up. Bad enough I am giving up coffee. Kathy
bbobsgirl how do you like core rhythms? I have been thinking about getting that one. Kathy
I happen to really like core rhythms. It really does work the core...lots of hip movement. If you like to dance, then I think you'll like this one. The choreography is pretty easy to keep up with...well, except for a couple of really fast steps that I still haven't mastered, but it gets better each time. The first DVD in the set is longer and teaches each sequence at a slower pace prior to performing it at a normal pace...I think it's 45 minutes in length. The next DVD is a condensed version of the first and it wastes no time in getting right to the movements...it's about 25 minutes long.
Even though turbo jam is my all-time favorite, I still manage to sneak a few core rhythm workouts in 2 times a week.
I take Jazzercise classes (see their website for one near you if interested) because it is a great mix of warm up, stretching, cardio(35-40 minutes of the 1 hr class) and then toning and maybe 1 or 2 songs of light weights (this isn't required). THis is the only class I can stick with. Also I like it because they show you modified versions if high impact is too difficult or you have an injury. If I can't get to class I walk 2 1/2 miles up and down hills in my neighborhood. Good luck to you. Lem
What exercise are you doing with fat smash?
Running,walking (with incline) eliptical, stairmaster, jumping rope...basically a combination so I dont get bored!
