Leanne: I too am really anxious to see Rachel post her post-Ironman routine. I can't deny what a difference there was in her body in the before and after shots! Just goes to show you the different results that can happen depending on your goal.
I am a little puzzled by the fact that she did kettlebells on days following her weight days--my muscles went sore just reading that LOL. But clearly it worked for her! Curious to know how many calories she went down to after her Ironman training was over. My nutritionist has me eating 2000-2200 calories during my training (I take it down to 1800-1900 so I can TRY to lose some of this fat before my marathon is over, but calorie deficit or no, my body still seems to want to stubbornly hold on to this fat LOL), so it'll be a tough adjustment for me to go back down to 1500-1600 when I'm doing my "normal" workouts of 45-60 min cardio 3x/week and strength 2-3x/week.
On a side note, I was traveling this week and didn't want to run on the hotel treadmill, so I did Cardio Coach V1 and OMG! What a workout! I'm ashamed to say I couldn't even make it to the optional third challenge because I was gasping for air by the time the second challenge (the sprints, if I recall correctly?) was done. Damn, no wonder people love CC so much! I think I'm hooked!