CALLANETICS CHALLENGE APRIL 2008

[newbody]

Originally Posted by lildragonfly

IMHO not eating after 12 is setting yourself up for a binge later. Mini meals through out the day is a much better option. Follow Atkins, climb the carb ladder and you will do great!! I mean if you are exercising you are going to need fuel and believe me this is coming from someone who was a calorie phobic. I would try the straight program for a month no veering and add Callanetics and measure and weigh. Measuring is very important when doing Callan. Dont get discouraged by that scale. Scales are only good for weighing cattle. Stick to it lady we are all here to help you along the journey.

I am sorry but I have to disagree. Quite the opposite. Binge is not a state of hunger, binge is state of psychological craving. It can happen any time. You can stop it by working though it. Binge also is ok. You have to allow yourself to do it when your body breaks down and not to beat yourself about it.

And I do have to say that low-carb really never worked for me in a long run. I tried Atkins, didn't lose much actually but the cravings for carbs were so enormous that I gained all the weight back + 15 lbs. Atkins will work for the blood type O, but I don't think it will work for the other types.

You can get yourself to the state of ketosis with fasting. There are many ways, e.g. total fast which I do not recommend, that is like water and removal from the society, but then I do recommend juice fasting as it gives you all the needed nutrients, and it is not about weight loss but rather cleansing and improving yourself physically and spiritually. My eyes got brighter, brown specks from my iris disappeared, my skin is baby soft, eczema I had on my back is gone, my PMS is gone, so all is good. It works.

There is also 'raw-food' diet which kinds of falls on the border line, and another one that is relatively easy to follow is 14-day rice fast (eating just rice and water). What I did was juice (read carbs!!!) and honey (read carbs!!!), yet with carbs I was in the state of ketosis, sleeping half the time of normal sleeping, and when stomach and digestive system is empty the feeling of being able to anything you want is amazing.

So I forgive myself now my little trespasses and listen to my body. If I am stuffed, my body tells me it is enough. So I stop. After stuffing yourself you should really stop eating for good 24 hrs. Good rule of thumb is not to eat the next meal until you digested the previous one. Just following this rule, you will achieve needed weight loss...

Also with Callan, I know we want to measure inches and weight but also try to see your increased mobility, how your muscles respond to you, little hollows in your body, your muscles for way back then showing up. Love it and your body will love your back.

[lisabinil]

Originally Posted by newbody

Ok, this is what I discovered about me - that diet is not a problem at all, I can go on and diet for a while, but coming off diet and normalizing and maintaining is a problem. Also, I did a long fast going without food at all but do not recommend this if you haven't done it before, but the key is to address our cravings - as you will have them. Sometimes you resist them, sometimes you don't - and those times you really need to work on you. Instead of hating yourself, just embrace yourself. In one of those occasions, I remember really binging in the morning, feeling so stuffed up and full and realized that it will just got worse if I put anything in my mouth. I also tried cutting it off at 8, then 7, then 6 etc, but what I do now is to just stop eating after feeling that full or bloated. Instead of eating I will treat myself with a nice orange pekoe tea served with honey and lemon - all those ingredients will give you needed vitamins and minerals and you will be fine. Also eat your fruit before you eat salads and try to eat raw as much as possible. In my opinion, frequent meals and this new theory eating 6 times per day is just crazy.

We keep following things that come out and just jump here and there. I hope we are here on Callanetics forums because we actually found something that DOES work and is here to stay.

Similarly, the real human 'diet' was not regular in today's sense, e.g. three. four, five meals a day, and did not consist of man-made food. I do not believe that we were hunting so many times per day, so the state of ketosis, I theorize, is the NORMAL STATE. I went without food for 59 days, and not only was I not hungry but felt better! It leads me to conclude that food is what makes you tired and takes the energy away.

I would recommend 3-day fast - as it will probably cleanse your digestive track and give you an instant weight loss of 3-10 lbs on your weight, but the real benefit is the energy you will get at the end of it. If you do it frequently, the best time being 3 days before your period, you will rid yourself of PMS and your period will subside to very light and 1-3 days, plus each month you will give your body needed rest. IF you want, I will give you more info, but have to warn you, days 2 and 3 are not fun. Once however you go though it, you will never look back.

So just stop eating when you feel full or stuffed or that you had enough. Do not feel bad if you overeat, in fact embrace it. Food becomes toxic when we feel 'bad' about eating it. This in fact makes you gain weight.

Also eat organic and kosher/halal. That also will help you lose weight. Salt is another big problem. WE consume so much salt! When I was fasting occasionally I had cravings for a soup, so I would just boil vegetables and salt it, and drink only water. Boy! Without eating, the next day the scale would show 3-5 lbs weight gain! We all probably retain too much water, so get yourself some good Diuretic tea and have 2-3 cups per day. Good idea is also to quit coffee and replace it with the tea (this is ex-latte addict telling you).

And yes, the worst offender for weight -gain is TV. Stop watching it. Now.

Hope this helps,

Bianca

Just a sidenote I would check with your doctor if your periods are dwindling down-this is not a natural state for a woman to be in. It would seem you are depriving your body of much need EFA's in order for this to be happening. You might also want to have your thyroid checked out also. This is what many women who followed the vlc diet Kimkins reported happening to them. Check out some of the survivors stories and blogs.

Kimkins Survivors
Kimkins Survivors
Kimkins Dangers

[ThyckeCutie]

1hr of 10 in 10 completed

I watched Super C. again to learn more about form. I feel its explained better or is this the advanced version of the same exercises in 10 in 10. For some reason I get a better hands on view watching Super C. Im going to the library 2morrow to get the Callanetics books. Hope they have them

[newbody]

Originally Posted by lisabinil

Just a sidenote I would check with your doctor if your periods are dwindling down-this is not a natural state for a woman to be in. It would seem you are depriving your body of much need EFA's in order for this to be happening. You might also want to have your thyroid checked out also. This is what many women who followed the vlc diet Kimkins reported happening to them. Check out some of the survivors stories and blogs.

Kimkins Survivors
Kimkins Survivors
Kimkins Dangers

I did check with my doctor. Natural state is actually that women have NO periods. You get a discharge that lasts for a day or less. I am not there yet, so unfortunately I am still on my usual 3 days. Maybe it will stay that way. Maybe you never heard of it, but budhist women and yogies do not have periods, meaning bleeding. They do however get pregnant. Even 'modern' (I am laughing at the word) medicine is now telling us the importance of diet to regulate your periods, PMS (we already know the importance of diet to regulate our weight). I am as healthy as I can get. I went on tests after finishing my fast and they estimated me though these tests to have a body of a 23 year old in functioning of the organs.

Honestly, if you were to trust doctors, you would be using phen-phen, ate bread as they tell you you it is good for you, or go on a cancer-patients diet cabbage soup.

The truth is that you are better off with nutritionist then any medical doctor. I also recommend Kevin Thrudeau books. He has one lose 30 lbs in 30 days. He is heavily attacked by medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies, so unless you are willing to be a guinea pig, read this and lose weight and give your body a license to be healthy not now, not for a year or two, but forever. Fast also extends your lifespan. In my case, these 59 days extended it for 20 years. Again, do not do it without close inspection and yes, don't really trust doctors unless they are from China (they also have to have acupuncture and natural medicine)

[lildragonfly]

Originally Posted by newbody

I am sorry but I have to disagree. Quite the opposite. Binge is not a state of hunger, binge is state of psychological craving. It can happen any time. You can stop it by working though it. Binge also is ok. You have to allow yourself to do it when your body breaks down and not to beat yourself about it.

And I do have to say that low-carb really never worked for me in a long run. I tried Atkins, didn't lose much actually but the cravings for carbs were so enormous that I gained all the weight back + 15 lbs. Atkins will work for the blood type O, but I don't think it will work for the other types.

You can get yourself to the state of ketosis with fasting. There are many ways, e.g. total fast which I do not recommend, that is like water and removal from the society, but then I do recommend juice fasting as it gives you all the needed nutrients, and it is not about weight loss but rather cleansing and improving yourself physically and spiritually. My eyes got brighter, brown specks from my iris disappeared, my skin is baby soft, eczema I had on my back is gone, my PMS is gone, so all is good. It works.

There is also 'raw-food' diet which kinds of falls on the border line, and another one that is relatively easy to follow is 14-day rice fast (eating just rice and water). What I did was juice (read carbs!!!) and honey (read carbs!!!), yet with carbs I was in the state of ketosis, sleeping half the time of normal sleeping, and when stomach and digestive system is empty the feeling of being able to anything you want is amazing.

So I forgive myself now my little trespasses and listen to my body. If I am tstuffed, my body tells me it is enough. So I stop. After stuffing yourself you should really stop eating for good 24 hrs. Good rule of thumb is not to eat the next meal until you digested the previous one. Just following this rule, you will achieve needed weight loss...

Also with Callan, I know we want to measure inches and weight but also try to see your increased mobility, how your muscles respond to you, little hollows in your body, your muscles for way back then showing up. Love it and your body will love your back.

I am going to be a very polite lady here and just say you have your opinion and I have mine. I went thru the fasting , the starvation, the bulemia and the purging. I lived it many many years. I know the psychological aspects of it all. I have read every nutrition book I can get my hands on. I worked in a doctor's office for 5 years. Believe me I KNOW the psychological aspects people put themselves thru about their weight. So lets leave it at we all have varying opinions. And as far as muscles and mobility, well that not an issue with me .


Now honestly this thread is about Callanetics and how it effects the body not diet information ( there is sections for that in forum). Lets get back to subject at hand and remember opinions vary and we all have a right to them.

[newbody]

Originally Posted by lildragonfly

I am going to be a very polite lady here and just say you have your opinion and I have mine. I went thru the fasting , the starvation, the bulemia and the purging. I lived it many many years. I know the psychological aspects of it all. I have read every nutrition book I can get my hands on. I worked in a doctor's office for 5 years. Believe me I KNOW the psychological aspects people put themselves thru about their weight. So lets leave it at we all have varying opinions. And as far as muscles and mobility, well that not an issue with me .


Now honestly this thread is about Callanetics and how it effects the body not diet information ( there is sections for that in forum). Lets get back to subject at hand and remember opinions vary and we all have a right to them.

I'm sorry to hear about your stuggles but this would be exception. I did not starve myself at any point and against it, and yes this would not be a good fit for a bulimic or anorexic, that is for sure.

I am sorry if my posts offended you as you do not want to see it on this board. I have responded to a lady and maybe you should just skip my and this type of the posts in the future.

All the best.

[ThyckeCutie]

Also when you do the hip/behind exercises #1, do you keep the knee pointed forward or towards the ceiling?

[lildragonfly]

Thycke in 10 in 10 I believe it is forward the knee. Edited to say that the knee is forward and downward with the hip roll.

[newbody]

Originally Posted by ThyckeCutie

Also when you do the hip/behind exercises #1, do you keep the knee pointed forward or towards the ceiling?

I believe it is neither. You kind of roll the leg in and tuck your pelvis in, keep your leg bent and lifted, then move gently back and forth.

Check my gallery pics. It shows that exercise.

[ThyckeCutie]

[newbody]

Originally Posted by lisabinil

This is what many women who followed the vlc diet Kimkins reported happening to them. Check out some of the survivors stories and blogs.

Kimkins Survivors
Kimkins Survivors
Kimkins Dangers

Never heard of this diet, but again I figured out, at least I think I did figured out that I do have craving for my food (I am European so wiener schnitzels with potatoes and cabbage is my natural habitat, strudels, spanakopitas etc will always lure me back). This is the starting point - knowing where you want to finish, so I eat everything, low fat, high fat, meat, you name it.

I also studied Ayurveda and Blood Types Diet (I am B so can eat anything). Ayurveda is very interesting and can explain triggers for gaining weight.

Previously as I said both vegetarianism (5 years) and Atkins for a year and neither worked for me. I am actually happy with me now being size 8, but now want to reshape and lose pockets that are not in great shape. Callanetics is the best thing. I had my own Callanetics studio back in 80s! Yeap that old. And yes it works! It is also great to have a current Callanetics teacher coaching on the board as that really helps prevent injuries. I do not have 10/10 tape, just a book, and the old VHS I turned into DVD myself so have AM/PM/Quick (not using any of those), and SuperC which I like and use. Hip exercises are still the killer.

I would like to know how is this new Evolution DVD. Is it worth while buying. I really like SuperC and am not getting tired at all of it, but if Evolution has some additional things it would be good to know. I am not so sure about weights as Callan emphasizes not to use weights, so that kind of confuses me...

Hope to hear from your Sandra, the Callanetrixs

[lisabinil]

Originally Posted by ThyckeCutie

This is from the Callanetics book

"Lift left knee not more than 3 inches off the floor, keeping the knee turned to the floor and the foot up. Moved raised leg back one-half inch, without letting your hip or pelvis change position. Slowly return your left knee one-half inch to its original position even with left hip. Gently move leg back and forth like this, 100 times on each side."

[newbody]

Originally Posted by ThyckeCutie

Can you take pics of you so we can see progression? I am really so curious???

And GOOD FOR YOU!

My exercise today was sloppy, but did most major exercises here and there. It was the first day off after 8 consecutive days of SuperC. I still believe I did good 40 minutes. I did 300 each of that last press-the-table leg exercise and boy, I am feeling it now - around my knees!

[siamesegirl]

Originally Posted by ThyckeCutie

Also when you do the hip/behind exercises #1, do you keep the knee pointed forward or towards the ceiling?

No,when you get into position,roll your hip(which will point towards the ceiling) then tighten your behind and gently curl your pelvic up and pulse back & foward 1/16 of an inch. Keep your knee in line with your hip.

[missmattie]

Originally Posted by ThyckeCutie

Sandra, Noreen, Ben, Agnes or Twyla can probably explain it better, but here is the actual directions from the 10/10 book:

"For the behind and Hips #1 Facing the barre, sit on the right side of your derriere. Right leg is positioned in front of you, bent at the knee, so that the right heel is even with your crotch, 8 or 10 inches from your body. The left leg is extended to the left, bent backward at the knee. The knee is even with the left hip and the left foot is behind you and relaxed. Hold barre with your right hand and rest left hand on left hip to ease it forward. Roll the left hip forward, pointing your left knee into floor. Your foot will start to come off the floor. Without letting your hip roll back, put your left hand on the barre. Try to tighten your behind and tip your pelvis up. Try to keep your back straight. At first you may lean over and hold on to the barre for dear life, but once your behind muscles learn to work and become stronger, you will merely use the barre for balance, if at all. Lift left knee not more than 3 inches off the floor, keeping the knee turned to the floor and the foot up. Move raised leg back one-half inch, without letting your hip or pelvis change position. Slowly return your left knee one-half inch to its original position even with left hip. Gently move leg back and forth like this, 100 times on each side."

I hope this helps or someone will come on and explain it better.

Kathy

[missmattie]

I see by the time I got the quote from the book typed Lisa had also quoted the book and Noreen had come on the explain.

[lisabinil]

Originally Posted by missmattie

I see by the time I got the quote from the book typed Lisa had also quoted the book and Noreen had come on the explain.

Great minds think alike!

[missmattie]

Originally Posted by lisabinil

Great minds think alike!

Exactly

[happyladi]

Finally got back to my Callanetics...missed it so much! Finished 10/10 with the kneeling hips/behind, open & close, and inner thigh squeezes/heels around chair added in. Whew, I'm shaky now.

[Sandrahanna]

Originally Posted by skinhealth

2 hours of 10 in 10 completed since yesterday!

Got my CallaneticsEvolution DVD in yesterday.
Watched it once and will watch one more time before I start doing it.
I like what I see so far though. Can't wait to try it.
You're a wonderful instructor, Sandra.

Thanks so much for that

[VGrace]

1hr of 10/10 done!

[Sandrahanna]

Originally Posted by itsALifestyle

Sandra,
Callanetics Evolution rocks! I don't think I understand the difference between spiralling and rotational pulses. I watched the concepts segment and can not understand the arrows in the rotational pulse demo.
You are beautiful!

I missed your last sentence on the first read (I read fast to pick out questions) - wow thanks heaps, a lovely compliment