Getting back on track!

As you may know from my previous post I was not able to keep the steady workout program. I had to take a very long break and now I'm coming back to the schedule. For those of you who are still trying to figure out which of Tracy's workouts they want to start with I strongly recommend the 30-day Method to begin with! I just realized that it's very hard for me to keep my motivation up, even after all the amazing results I had, and I think that has a lot to do with the length of the Metamorphosis program plus a fact that I had to stop and fell out of my normal rhythm. So for those of you, who aren't very strong willed and know it for a fact about themselves, choose the shorter program. You will see the results fast enough to stay tuned in, but it won't start exhausting you and you won't have to constantly push yourself just to realize you have 70 more days to go. All that being said, I still love Tracy's workouts and I still stick to them, it's just way harder to push myself out of bed now or have a piece of dance cardio done after work.
I haven't seen any change in weight this week, but I definitely see the difference in my muscle tone and skin texture. During that month that I wasn't working out, like I said I didn't gain my weight back, it was stable, but I could tall that I was getting "floppy" so to say, after 2-3 days of Tracy's exercise it's all back together and skin just glows!
I'm thinking of getting on a diet again, I don't like the one that comes with Metamorphosis, even though it allows you a little more freedom. I think that's the reason I don't like it much! With the 30day Method diet it was more like a prescription the doctor gave you. Eat what's prescribed or you'll never get better, that's how it felt to me, so that feeling helped me stick with it and I'm sure was a big part of my success!
I hope all of you who stumble on my blog decide that Tracy's Method is for you and give it a try, because it is a life saver and changer!!! I wish you all success with it! It will change your life and help you get back to your beautiful self!!! Regards.

Starting anew!

So half of my summer I spent in bed with runny nose, scratchy-itchy throat and puffy eyes. When I was on a day 32 of my Metamorphosis I fell sick and wasn't able to workout for over a month! Hence no new posts on my blog. Apologies to my readers! Anyhow, after such along break I decided to start metamorphosis all over again,  instead of continuing on from where I dropped out. That was the best decision I made about this workout! I feel sore all over just like when I just started the TA 30-day Method, my legs and abs are giving me the most trouble. The workout feels as hard as it did on the first day, that's what I like about it, even if you decide to stick with TA Method for life and just rotate the sequences it will always work and feel new and intense!!!
While being sick I didn't gain my weight back, I'm shifting between 153 and 156 lbs now. And my eating wasn't exactly perfect in that time! So everyone who doubts that the results will stay with you, I'm your living proof that they do even if you let yourself take a long break for whatever reason!
Since I didn't have much progress in the past couple months, the promised pics of before and after ME are delayed, sorry. As soon as I get to day 30 again I will update the pictures and share my results with you. Best of luck to all of you trying to stay healthy and happy, stick to your workout and TA Method will not let you down!

Tracy Anderson's Metamorphosis Omincentric program

Hello fellow dieters and fitness enthusiasts! It's been awhile since I wrote a new blog, but you know how it is, there's always something you need to be doing and things get out of hand! So the last time I checked in here, was my week after the Tracy Anderson's 30 day Method, when I was not dieting or exercising much. Now I'm on day 12 of Metamorphosis, which is a new and more advanced program from Tracy Anderson. It is the same principle that she uses. Two levels of workout: cardio and muscular structure plus a diet plan. The diet plan is very similar to that in the 30 Day Method. I decided to not follow the diet and I'm not very happy with my results, my current weight is 157, that means in almost two weeks I lost only 2.5 lbs. I'm reconsidering my decision and thinking about starting the diet again. I know for sure that this is the reason I have such small results. My goal weight is 132lbs, so I have 25 pounds to shed and I was planning to achieve that while doing the 90 day Metamorphosis program.
The workouts are fun as usual. The cardio is definitely harder and faster, a lot of new advanced moves. If this was the program I started with I'm not sure if i would have been able to stick with it. simply because it is so challenging! The muscular structure is like a constant flow of movements all through the arm and abs movements, so that is hard to get used to! I like the music and the way Tracy gives you more choices with background noise. You can choose her voice only, music only or a full audio. It's also more fun and Tracy seems to be more of a personal trainer in these videos, then just a model showing you the moves. It's is definitely more motivational to have the video set up this way! 
So this is my report about the new program that I'm trying, I will keep updating my progress and will post my next comparative pics, in couple weeks. Good luck everyone with your fitness and nutrition search and success!

Post Method week results!

My fellow dieters I'm excited to let you know the results of my weigh-in today! I weigh 158.3 lbs as of today! For those of you who just stumbled on this blog, I just finished the Tracy Anderson 30 day Method, and as of now, I'm taking a week and a half break from boot-camp and doing whatever I like and eating whatever I like! So among the foods consumed were homemade sushi, salads, soups, a lot of apples and celery with peanut butter (I think I finished a whole jar just this week), cupcake, cookies, biscuits with butter and some wine. I only exercised twice this weeks, so it was really a test of Tracy Anderson's claims. She claims that after finishing her program, you can eat whatever you like and if you still exercise, using her method, you'll never gain those pounds back. I didn't really intend to go all lazy and eat so much yummy stuff, but I guess after a long diet and exercise regime, you just want to break loose!!! And imagine my excitement today after I discovered that i lost weight instead of gaining some!!! Very happy!

I also pre-viewed the workout from the Metamorphosis by Tracy Anderson, that I'll be starting next week. I have to say it's more fresh, but I liked the Method better. In the Method DVD and Book every sequence and every set is broken down, so if you need to pause, you can do that. The new DVD will take some getting used to! There's no separate sets for arms and abs, it's just like a constant flow of new moves, so you won't be able to pause it without constantly backing up, which can become annoying and at the same time trying to catch up with everything is frustrating too! I love the new moves though, especially the dance cardio, it's much more challenging and fun. We'll see how this new program will work for us. I haven't decided yet if I will be following the diet Tracy proposes, it's about the same as the one in the Method and I don't really know if I can handle it for 90 days((( I will let you know when I start the workouts. I decided to post once a week for Metamorphosis describing my experience and the new sequences. I also will be taking pictures of myself every 30 days as I go, so we will have 3 sets of before and after pictures during the course of the Metamorphosis trial! Stay tuned!

Final report. Day 27-30 of Tracy Anderson's Method

First I have to mention that the last days didn't go as planned. I couldn't stick to the cleanse menu, all the pureed things were not appetizing to me at all, so instead I just got the ingredients from the meals and ate them the way I could handle it. Also Day 27 turned out to be a day of break from exercise and a diet altogether, because I had a graduation party to attend!)) And it was great! Now that is said and I'm off to telling you my success story!))
  Overall within 30 days of Tracy Anderson's 30-day Method I've lost, drum-roll............... 17 lbs!!!! And 13 1/2 inches combined! So my Wednesday's weigh in was at 159.5 lbs (I weighed again at 159lbs this weekend).
So here are the dimensions Calf started at 16 inches ended 15 inches. Thighs were 25 1/2 in the beginning and 23 3/4 at the end. Hips went from 45 to 41 inches. Waist went from 34 to 30 1/4 inches. Chest was 39 1/2, went down to 37 1/2 inches and the Arm was 12 and is 11 now!!! So here are my before and after pictures:

I also promised you that I would add up all the expenses for food over this month. I spent around $440.60 for my groceries for these 30 days, that makes it about $14 a day. It is way more then I regularly spent, but for some of you I'm sure that will be almost the same if not less. The secret here is not to spent for herbs I think, the fresh herbs were widely used and a lot of times not necessary in my opinion.
My review of the Tracy Anderson's 30-day method is 5 stars!!!! It is awesome, I didn't hope to get results great as these! The workouts were fun and very challenging. The diet was great with certain personal adjustments, that I think each one of us should figure out as we are all different! Considering I was skipping part of the workout sometimes and changing the things on the menu I've got amazing results!
So if you are not sure that this will work for you, I can tell you now with certainty: If you commit to it, it will work for you!
So now the plan for me is to take 1 week and a half break from boot-camp style workout and eating and start Tracy Anderson's Metamorphosis Omnicentric Program! I'm very excited and can't wait! The goal for me is to be 132 lbs by mid-August 2011.

Days 22, 23 ,24, 25, 26 of Tracy Anderson's 30-day Method

The finish line can be so hard to stick to. I'm going through major kicking-myself-to-workout-stage. I skipped the workout on day 24 simply because I felt like I couldn't even lift a finger. And day 25 was only about 20 minutes of cardio, that was all I could handle! I have achieved great results already and this final push is just something I have to go through and I'll be there! Day 22 and 23 went as planned with the whole workout completed. The menu meal swap worked great for me. I was able to stick with the menu and the diet by rearranging some elements here and there. I substituted some meals for the meals I tried before and new I liked them. If some sort of salad was on the menu, that I didn't like before, I tried to find an equivalent from what was my favorite! Today is day 1 of the final 5 day cleanse menu. Tracy includes the cleanse menu at the end so that would accelerate the results. Breakfast was Blueberry Applesause. Yumm!! Tried it before and love it! But after that came sweet potato and corn pudding, even though it sounds good it doesn't really taste good to me. Wouldn't include it in the all time favorite list! There's not much I can do though! Not too many options for substituting here, so i'll have to stick with it for the next few days.
The workout sequence is really hard and I'm usually sweating mid-way through it. A lot of leg work! And some movements engage lower back, or so it feels. Final day is not too far now! I will let you know about my overall experience, my lost weight and inches. I will also sum up my grocery bills, to give you a better idea of what to expect. This last weigh in will be day 30, not the coming Sunday (day 28). I want to see the overall result, so I won't be tempting myself with picking at my weight!

Days 20 and 21 of Tracy Anderson's 30 day Method.

Today was my weigh in and the result is 162.7 lbs and 2 3/4 inches lost overall. The weight lost this week is 1.8 lbs. That would have been much better if not for a friend's birthday party yesterday, where I had 2 glasses of wine and the tiniest piece of cake I ever had in my life)) Even though it didn't seem like much it affected the results I believe. (I did a sneak peak at my weight yesterday before the party and it was 162, so .7 lbs are due to the splurge). I am very happy with overall results, regardless of these tiny mishaps. Overall results so far after 20 days of the 30 Day Method are 13.8 pounds and 11 1/4 inches lost!!! This is great! I've never had results like this before, on any diet and workout plan combination! I was not as determined before, I did 5 days of working out tops instead of 7 now, but I still believe that this program is the best for me.
I've learned to eat better, and exercise better! I know now that once I'm done with a boot-camp style this program applies I will be able to have a normal diet and workout regime and not gain all these pounds back. I will definitely keep this blog and let you know in a year and years to come how my weight is behaving!
So today is day 21 and that means new and last sequence of muscular structure workout. I am about to start it and it looks very challenging. Tracy describes it as "an exciting part of the 30-Day Method. It is when you'll begin to really see your results. It's when unbelievable things start happening." How exciting is that! Even better results!))) I am very determined to finish it at the same pace I started or at least do my best to keep the reps and the time of the workouts stable and not give up to the laziness!))
Tuesday the 17th will be the end of the program. And that is 10 days away! I'm very excited and can't wait to see how awesome I will look!))