broke the plateau

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kariev

Cathlete
yeah, i finally broke my plateau and i'm down to 119#. I've been stuck at 120# for like a year and what i was doing to try and get past it (working out more) wasn't working. I've been doing turbulance training workouts 3 days per week and 2 days of power yoga. I've also started weight watchers and i'm sticking with my 22point alotment. The best part was i was 119 after my cheat meal which means if i had weighed myself first thing in the morning i might just be 118 LOL
 
Congrats girl! That's awesome news! I know how great you must feel cause I've recently broken a 6 month long plateau myself! Go with your bad self!;)
 
That is wonderful! Don't ya just love it when that happens?!
Congrats!:D

I'm curious what your daily menu look like with 22 points?
I don't know a lot about WW.
 
Congrats!!!!!! That is so awesome! I'm also curious as to what your menu looks like...

I've been stuck in a 8 month plateau and it SUCKS! I thought maybe more working out would do the deed and unfortunately that isn't working. I know it's the fact that I have to eat cleaner but that sounds especially difficult right now lol ;)
 
thanks ladies! turbulance training is a workout system where you download the workouts (they are not dvds) you can get the original TT workouts from www.turbulancetraining.com and you can find their forums at www.ttmembers.com There are tons of workouts to choose from and you do them for about 4 weeks before switching it up. The workouts contain about 20-25min of compound lifting (squats, lunges, pullups, pushups, plank work etc) and are followed by 20 minutes of interval cardio. The lifting is designed with supersets and you lift as heavy as you can for the prescribed number of reps but the actual volume is low (# of sets). The cardio can be done on any piece of cardio equipment or outside. It takes no more then 45 minutes and when your done you feel like you worked hard! I've been a member of this for a long time but never got into it b/c i always did cathes dvds. Well i kept adding more time to my exercise and i still wasn't seeing results. So now i'm doing less working out and i'm getting better results. Its nice to finally be able to fit yoga into my schedule where as before i couldn't b/c all my days were loaded with cardio and strength training.

As far as my diet, for 22 points this is what i'm eating today and what i eat most days as i'm a creature of habit:
breakfast: 2 slices of ezekeil bread with 1Tbsp natural peanut butter, 1 cup egg whites, 1/4 cup of ff milk in my coffee (8points)

lunch: low carb wrap with 4 oz turkey, 1 cup spinach, 1 cup sprouts and 2Tbsp quacamole, 1 large apple, water (6 points)

dinner: huge dinner salad with all the veggies you can think of, 4 oz grilled chicken, 1/4 cup ff shredded cheese, vinagar mixed with spicy mustard for my salad dressing. (4 points)

dessert: 3/4 cup fat free greek yogurt with 1/2 Tbsp of natural peanut butter (3 points)

Thats 21 points for today. Its a lot of food and i'm never hungry. Its an adjustment to go from calories to points but i like it. Plus each week you get 35 additional points to do whatever you want with which i used yesterday. The majority of veggies are 0 points so you fill up on those and most fruits are low 1-2 points depending on the size of the fruit.
 
ok one more question about TT. I just went to the website and it says that these are E-books. So am i correct that you print out the workout and then do it yourself? So no dvd's. I'm not sure that I could that. I think I need the motivation I get from Cathe or Shaun T. How do you motivate yourself to do it?
Thanks
Elena
 
yes, they are e-books which you do from paper. I'm the type of person that doesn't need a dvd to workout too so it works for me. I tape the workouts on my wall so i can just glance over to them if i need to find a reference point. I know some people aren't paper workout people and need dvds.
 
Great work Karie!! I'm so glad you've found a program that works for your goals and doesn't take hours and hours to do! :eek:
 
down another 1.5lbs!!!! I can't believe that i'm dropping this weight working out less. I was so afraid to decrease my workouts and go solely on intensity but its actually working!!! I"m at 117.5lb today. GO ME!!!!!
 
Winning combination -

WW & Turbulance Training! I'm not at all surprised that you're having success with this. Keep going!
 
WOHOO!!! Down another pound this week! Now at 116. One more pound and i've reached my goal. This is my finally week of the TT workout "buff dudes, hot chicks" I think my next one with be "fat loss fusion" which combines kettlebells, bodyweight, and dumbbells all in one workout.
 
Just a question: Have you lifted heavy at all and are you losing muscle definition that you can tell?

I have dropped a handful of lbs recently also by doing Insanity but am feeling a little "flabby" even though my inches have decreased.
 
the turbulence training is heavy lifting; its just less volume per muscle group. no muscle loss here! i look better then i did a month ago.
 
YAY! Way to go!!!

I've been tempted to join TT, but I'm not sure I would like the workouts. I'm not a fan of Craig's snake oil salesman approach.:(
How does TT compare to a program like CLX? They sound similar, lifting heavy- less per each body part.

I was thinking about giving CLX another try but would add steady state cardio after each workout and insanity on the days I'm not doing CLX. For some reason, my body likes steady state.:confused:
 
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