I know the dizziness you are talking about. I worked out from time to time before IP, but a few years ago i was heavy in the gym... this means nothing to me either, infact i was going to post something about my dizziness too, so i'm glad you mentioned it. I dont know what it is either. I'm actually quite confused on when and when not to eat an extra pkt. My workouts now are just 45 min on the treadmill 2.5 @ 5.0 incline. It's def. a workout (for me), i'm sweatin, and breathing hard.. was curious if i was going to hard... especially since the scale hasnt moved since my last WI. Are you eating extra protein? I try to plan my workouts before my next meal so i can eat after my workout, and i usually do 1/2 snack before.. or vise versa. I'm with you.. i'm confused on this whole work out thing. lol I fear that I am causeing more damage than good.

This is why we have an extra IP packet on the days we work out. One week I wasn't good at all about taking my extra IP protien drink to the gym with me and that was the week I lost muscle and gained fat, and that was after a good strength training week too. The following week I remembered to bring my drink with me each time and sure enough my muscle went up and my body fat went down that week. This way your body won't go to your muscles looking for protein, as you are providing it with enough protein when it needs it through the extra IP packet.

I was doing P90X before starting IP. My coach told me absolutely NO exercise on phase 1. She said I can walk in the course of my daily activities, but no breaking a sweat. She said if I break a sweat, I need to slow down. I don't really understand the reasons they tell us not to exercise, but it apparently has something to do with maintaining muscle mass.

[QUOTE=artflunky;4282537]I am starting up Bodypump again this week! Low intensity - much lower intensity (I used to really pump it up and sweat it out), I just want to work on maintaining my strength.