Okay, I am a one confused little piglet these days. Let me see if I can explain. I am gaining weight. Not a good thing for someone who has worked at losing for the better part of 31/2 years. Now, mind you I am pretty much at my "ideal weight"...I am 5 foot nothing, and was weighing between 112 and 114 and that was okay with me. Everybody I know can not believe I weigh even that much...all that Cathe muscle I guess! I was doing body rx before the holidays, no cardio, doing Slow and heavy. Things were stable, I always wanted to weigh 110...don't ask, I know dumb, but that was the # stuck in my head. I decided maybe I needed to up the cardio and try to lean out a bit...I know I have all these great muscles, but perhaps my body fat was still a bit too high. I got ctx which I love and have been doing it since Valentines day. I am gaining weight. My clothes are a tad tighter, and I am getting a tad bit upset. Now I am not eating perfect, but I do watch what I eat about 90% of the time. What is going on?? I was doing CTX 5-6 days a week, trying to hit all the groups at least once a week. I have switched now to using CTX for cardio(every other day)and doing PS the other days. Does anybody have any suggestions?? What am I doing wrong?? I am not unhappy at the weight I am now(about 116), but I do not want to keep gaining and doing all this hard work! HELP! Donna.
HELP...I am getting sooo confused
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Piglet!!! I'm so with you on this one. This is actually one of my biggest health/fitness issues (aside from consistently hurting myself 
). Every time I start to up the intensity of my workouts I gain weight. I'm pretty sure that my problem has to do with appetite. My increase in appetite is definitely NOT proportional to the number of calories I actually need. It's so hard to control, because I get truly hungry. And you haven't gained a lot over all of those weeks, so just a few too many calories each day could easily cause that gain. There may be other factors such as too much sodium causing water retention, but I just don't know for sure. I'm sorry I can't give you a good answer, but I had to let you know that you're not alone. Hang in there, and hopefully somebody can give some advice for both of us!!!
Sara
). Every time I start to up the intensity of my workouts I gain weight. I'm pretty sure that my problem has to do with appetite. My increase in appetite is definitely NOT proportional to the number of calories I actually need. It's so hard to control, because I get truly hungry. And you haven't gained a lot over all of those weeks, so just a few too many calories each day could easily cause that gain. There may be other factors such as too much sodium causing water retention, but I just don't know for sure. I'm sorry I can't give you a good answer, but I had to let you know that you're not alone. Hang in there, and hopefully somebody can give some advice for both of us!!! Sara
Hi Donna! What cycle of BodyRX are you in or are you not following it now? Stop doing all of that cardio; instead may I suggest that you do IMAX2 1x a week & maybe some kickboxing for your other cardio day but that's it for cardio & then the following week do Bootcamp & MIC (hi/lo portion). Up the intensity of your weight training & drink more water. Also w/weight training you can either lift according to bodyrx using Cathe's tapes or you can try using PUB/PLB & MIS tapes. Let me know what you think. Kathy:7
Hey Kathy, ya know as soon as I finished typing my post, the proverbial lightbulb went off in my head. And your post confirmed it for me. Maybe I have been trying too hard with the cardio. I did feel REALLY GOOD c1 of Body rx. I am not following the plan at all now, well perhaps in spirit...but I know I could be doing much better. Do you think PS is okay for my weight training, I haven't done that in a while? I never followed the Body rx training, but used slow and heavy and got nice results...should I give that a whirl again?? I know you are body rxing....going well for you?? And by the way, thanks for your help! Donna.
Hey Donna - You soooo sound like me!!
I did a 5 week CTX rotation doing 2 body parts per day and wound up gaining weight, everything snugger etc. Now, I've moved on to a cardio/PS rotation with each body part once per week, using IMAX, kickbox etc. We'll see how it goes. Let me know what you do!
Cathy
I did a 5 week CTX rotation doing 2 body parts per day and wound up gaining weight, everything snugger etc. Now, I've moved on to a cardio/PS rotation with each body part once per week, using IMAX, kickbox etc. We'll see how it goes. Let me know what you do!
Cathy
Hey Donna! By all means do those PS tapes!! I'm going into Cycle 2 & I use PS for this phase. You can either do the tapes as Cathe has them designed or I tweak it according to BodyRX training. I'll do the exercises as they are in PS but I do 4 sets of 8-12 reps instead of 3 of 16 taking 1 1/2 min. rest in between sets. Either way lift heavy using excellent form; keeping in mind also you'll have to up your protein & fiber at this time & get plenty of rest. You're gonna need it. Just watch your #'s melt away!! Let me know if you need any more help. Kathy
Geeze Cathy how did we do the exact same thing?? I decided, after the lightbulb went off that I would go back to body rx starting Monday, really challenge myself with the weights, and cut back the cardio to 1-2 times a week. I LOVE the CTX kickbox, and maybe throw in Cardio and weights, and Power Hour too. I tend to be wimpy when I know I can lift heavier, so I am really gonna concentrate on challenging those muscles! Hopefully that will take care of our little annoying problem!! Keep me posted...we can compare how it goes! Have a good weekend....Donna.
Thanks Kathy! As you probably saw in my post to the other Cathy, that I am a renewed Body Rxer as of Monday...Cycle one here I come!! I think that could be more than half my problem, I do not think I have been eating enough lately....got to start getting that protein back up! Thanks again and have a wonderful weekend! Donna.