Hello girls! how was the weekend pretty bad for me sick sick and eating not so clean ............well back on track monday morning hopefully my sinus will let me get a good workout in ...............

Bablou - I'm one week into the Push Phase but I do know I've learned to quit looking at the scale. Since muscle weighs more than fat (and you are building muscle) the scales will disappoint you. I've learned to judge by inches lost and by getting into smaller clothes.

When I started trying to lose weight, I started with Turbo Jam. It worked great, but I loved the Turbo Sculpt portion so much that I started incorporating it into my workout three times a week. Upon doing that, I actually gained weight but lost inches. I noticed the same effect whenever I went from 5 to 8lb weights during the Turbo Sculpt and when I went from 1.5 to 3lb gloved during the Turbo Jam cardio workouts.

Best of luck to ya!

Urk... I am so tired of the cardio, guys! Still loving the weight-lifting days but it's getting harder and harder for me to motivate myself to do intervals or anything else. I have the 7th DVD, so that helps mix it up a bit, but in general I don't enjoy cardio that much, so... struggle.

I think part of it is feeling like I'm there to burn off calories rather than to get stronger. Burning off calories seems kind of futile when you can eat a half-hour's worth of burned calories in two minutes. Building the muscle, though -- that I like. It feels more useful, more healthy in the long run.

Sorry, guys, I'm feeling a little off tonight. I hope you're all continuing with your workouts. :hug:

Skyra- Big Hugs your way!! We all get into that rut, sounds like you need to mix it up a bit, don't get discouraged, maybe you need a differant form of cardio for a bit.

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To me, not sure, but I always thought a pound of fat and muscle weighed the same?? That muscle and fat look differant, since muscle takes up less space and that your muscles are retaining fluid {water} to help repair them so they get stronger, so that's the temp. weight gain??

Well just finished up Push Phase, I Love this program, I've never been this successful with any other exercise program, Love Turbo Jam, but the weight lifting is my key, it has helped me so much.

have a great day-need to get to work!!

Today I did Lean Circuit 1 for the third time. I am definitely getting stronger ... my biceps are SCREAMING still but in such a good way!!

I'm a little irritated that I haven't had a "huge body transformation" in (almost) 90 days, like the infomercials say, but my diet hasn't been super-strict either so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Good news though -- today I lifted my arms and flexed them and DANG am I impressed. There's still some fat over my arms, but my shoulders look really chiseled which makes me really excited. :D

Question -- normally after I have dinner (5-6 pm) I'm not hungry for the rest of the day... is it OK not to eat or will not eating from 6 pm-midnight slow down my metabolism and/or make it harder to gain muscle? Chalene says to eat every 2.5-3 hours, but it seems silly to do so when I don't feel hungry at all. (FYI I usually exercise after dinner... and often I don't eat anything after the workouts. Is that bad? Eating right after a workout feels counterproductive to me.)

Hey everyone! I just ordered the Chalean extreme set yesterday and just waiting for them to come in so I can get started. I saw this site and thought it would be a good place to help stay motivated.
I already have her Turbo Jam videos that I love so I thought this would be a good addition to them. I am still using her TJ videos along with my elliptical and some weight training but I felt I need a little more help in the weight training so I thought this would be perfect for me. I plan on using both my TJ and the extreme videos together to get my butt in shape before my wedding in May as I have read in many post that there does not seem to be enough cardio.
I'm excited for my videos to get here and to get started!

HI Institches21 .........how are you?
I was wondering what kind of results have you gotten thus far?
I am 1st week of Push Phase Love this Phase. I started back up i did the 3 months ........went off and was going to start at Lean (not a good idea) Lean its pretty intense!
Let me know your status looks like we have similar goals!
:dizzy:

Hi Cluciano-
I'm great thanks for asking! I've noticed the best results have been the last 30 days, Burn was a great intro into WL, I was a bit afraid of lifting, that I would bulk up, but I'm very happy to say, did not, just getting stronger and I have abs, I still have belly fat, but those abs are there, it's pretty exciting.

okay my stats are
Burn-lost 8lbs and total of 10inches
Push-lost 10lbs and will measure on Saturday {edit} Total inches lost for this Phase-21.5

How's it going for you-Cluciano?

Welcome-GiddyBrideToBe-you will love this program, and I think once you learn the routine, you can up the intensity of the Cardio portion of the program. On the Rest Days I do another TJ tape, mostly Cardio Party 1,2 or 3
Good Luck and let us know how it's going for you.

Skyra-Yay!! on those sexy arms!! I still have those bat wings, but it's funny my shoulders and upper arms are much leaner...I also feel stronger, just today I did those sumo-squats holding 25lbs, back when I started 10lbs. It's amazing to see the progress, in just 60 days. you keep up the great work, you will see a swoosh in no time...and those pounds will be melting off.

Well I start Lean Phase on Saturday, tomorrow is my fav-Recharge and Abs, then Friday will do Cardio Party 3. Well need to get to bed, have a great Thursday everyone

Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well and continuing your workouts!! :cheer2:

I'm finishing up the third week of Lean and let me tell you, I feel AMAZING!! This is my 7th day really on plan food-wise, and I feel like a million bucks. I have noticed a HUGE improvement in how much weight I can lift in the last two weeks, too. I'm so excited. :dizzy:

Skyra- Wahooo!! so happy for you, that Lean Phase is Hard, Challenging, and a Sweat Fest!, but it's fun to see how heavy you can lift, couple of times had to rewind the DVD since I was lifting too light!!

Hope everyone is doing well, hope you are also enjoying your CLX!~

Good to hear from you Institches -- glad to know you're still working out. :D I'm about 1 week away from my results-tracking day, and then I'm gonna start the cycle over. I sure hope the tracking goes well! I feel nervous about it already. :dizzy:

PS -- I did Cardio Party 3 yesterday on my "rest day" -- I hadn't done that video for maybe 6 months, and I was amazed at how much easier it was this time around! I used to get out of breath and have to almost stop completely halfway, but now I got through it just fine and was moving a lot more. Whee!

Skyra- it's totally amazing how fast you can recover from an intense workout, so happy to hear you are doing so well. I will say, Lean day 3 kicked my butt, my shoulders are still sore from this morning, those pushups/planks are killers.

Love your quote at the bottom, of your post- it's very true. Pure and Simple!

So I took all my measurements last night and started Burn 1. I do not think I have ever sweat so much from lifting weights! I think there was one exercise where I could have lifted a little heavier, but I tracked what I did so I could make adjustments.
This morning I woke up and I am not really that sore. I think my legs are more sore than anything else....I'm not sure if it's because I was not lifting heavy enough, or because I had been lifting weights before I started this program. Anyways I like it so far! I hope I see some results after the first 30 days are up!

Update: Okay...I guess I spoke too soon. As the day goes on I am finding myself getting more sore. LOL

Wow, my gym friend does this and she looks fab.

Hello ladies,
I did 7 weeks of Chalean Xtreme few month ago, but had to stop b/c of international move, etc.
I just restarted 2 weeks ago, just finished 2nd round of Burn 3.
Hoping to complete the program this time.
Just wanted to say hello ~wave~