Bring on the transformation

[Craig Ballantyne]

Great to hear about your progress. You can use any of the Bodyweight Cardio programs.

[pageboy9]

Just wanted to say hi. All three of my clients who did the last contest did the Thermogenic 30- and they all made the finals- great choice!

Get that Hotel training session in, it's great re-enforcement for your goals.

Good Luck!

[catatumbo]

I'm at the hotel and there are stability balls and DB weights so I can do workout B. however, there are no chin up bars. What should I substitute for the chin up bar?

[Mike Whitfield]

Originally Posted by catatumbo

I'm at the hotel and there are stability balls and DB weights so I can do workout B. however, there are no chin up bars. What should I substitute for the chin up bar?

You can sub chinups for DB rows.

Mike

[catatumbo]

Thanks! I appreciate the guidance.

[catatumbo]

I just need to share!

My fat loss journey has been a long one in which I started a few years ago. I was very unhealthy and didn't realize how badly in shape I was. I weighed in at about 185 lbs, with a 38 inch waist. I am only 5' so you can imagine how short and fat I looked. My journey started with weight watchers and then led me into a gym the very first time in my entire life working with a personal trainer after I plateaued with WW. I worked with several different trainers, but the one that inspired me the most and taught me the most led me to Alwyn Cosgrove and Craig Ballantyne! Many of the workouts that I was doing with this one personal trainer were techniques that looked familiar to Turbulence Training workouts. After following Craig on twitter and facebook and appreciating his encouragement, I joined TT for the first time and began the TT workouts. However, for quite sometime I stopped losing weight. I stalled for months and could not get off the plateau I was on. Craig led me to Isabel's Beyond Diet program and I little did I know I was about to embark on another amazing journey.

I was toggling between either joining Beyond Diet or returning to Weight Watchers to check our their new plan. So, I finally decided that I would join BD and give it three months to see what I could learn and how the plan would affect my body. For the last few years, all I have done was count either points or calories and I was so sick and tired of counting. My wife (who was and is on the same journey as I am - we started this together!) and I decided to give BD a good, solid try. I was so excited not to have to count calories any longer. So, my wife and I already were eating lean proteins, lots of veggies, and very little sugar ever. However, the principles we learned from BD changed everything! I didn't realize how many foods I was eating that were crippling my effects of losing fat. Coffee creamer (nonfat powder), truvia, dairy, wheat, too lean proteins and regular store bought eggs were a large part of my diet. I switched to stevia and no creamer for my coffee, cut out dairy all together, changed my really lean protein to not so lean, switched to free range eggs (and now I eat the yolks as before I did not) and start eating more food than I was previously eating. All of a sudden only after one week, the scale started moving again! I haven't seen movement for months! I was stuck, but BD mixed with TT workouts changed my fat loss course!

I have been following the BD principles now for 5 weeks and would you believe I have lost over 5 lbs so far which is a little more than 1lb a week. This is very significant for me since I have already lost 62 lbs since I begun my journey. I am already at 123 lbs (62 lbs loss) and a 28 inch waist (10 inches loss), but the scale (even though I weigh in every Fri am) is not my true measure. My belly... is what I have been trying to get rid of and it is finally starting to shrink once again! It is the smallest I have ever seen and now I am setting a goal to get it to be the flattest I possibly can.

I have been doing Thermo 30 for four weeks now and I think it is the perfect mixture for incredible fat loss. Talk about increased heart rate and sweat dripping off my brow! Any recommendations on which workout to try next?

I just became a platinum member of TT and am glad to camp out here for another year. I am diving into more of Isabel's principles and can't wait to see how my body (especially my stomach) will look in April!

Charge on!

[catatumbo]

Last month, I just finished up Thermo 30 workouts and now I am beginning Jan 2k13. I did workout A on Monday, intervals on Tues and Wed, and tomorrow am doing workout B. Workout A was hard and really pushed me for which I'm thankful. I'm a little nervous for workout B, but I love changing things up. My body seems to respond to constant change.

I am continuing with Beyond Diet principles for my nutrition plan and love it! I love the food and the recipes. It's been delicious and I can't believe how my body continues to respond by losing each week. I can't wait to see what the scale reads this Friday!

[catatumbo]

I'm three weeks into the 2k13 workout and am feeling like I'm getting stronger! I'm celebrating with the amount of chin-ups and pull-ups I'm doing without assistance. My goal is to do at least one more each time I do them!

I have continued with Beyond Diet and am amazed that I have been losing just about every week so far. I haven't lost this consecutively for a long time. This week was only .4 but it was something going down in the right direction!

I celebrated my 39th bday this week and am blown away at how I look and feel at 39 years old. I'm down 64lbs now and am so excited to see what the next month is going to bring.

[concetta27]

Happy belated birthday! You are doing great! Keep at it. Concetta

[catatumbo]

This morning, I just finished the last workout of 2k13. For the last three weeks (really 4), I want to continually focus on fat loss. Which routine would you recommend that I do next for this final phase of the contest? Any direction would be greatly appreciated!