My 90 Day Chalean Extreme Review

Okay. I am going to be honest. I am a beachbody coach. But please don't let that deter you from believing me. It is free for me to be a coach (military), and I signed up for the discount. I'm not after your money. Although if you have extra, you can send it to 16...I kid!!

If you want me to be your coach, I will gladly help you. I don't care if you got your DVDs from craigslist, ebay, your sister, or me. I want to help you!! No payment necessary!

Onto the Review....

The food guide. Honestly, I hardly ever use these. I take the basics from them, and go off on my own. The food they put in these things, I'm sure is healthy and delicious and bla bla bla. I don't have time to make myself a goat cheese and fancy pants egg white omelet. Even if I did, nobody else in my family would eat it and it would probably leave me hungry. Sorry Chalean, I am just really not a big fan of this.

The best food guide I have ever seen came from the TurboFire dvd set. I don't even have it anymore but it is all about PORTION people. Half of your plate should be fruits and veggies for every meal. HALF! You need a snack? Fruit or Veggie.  You don't stuff your face with brownies. Making pasta? Use the light sauce, lean meats, and cut back on your serving of noodles. While your at it mix in some broccoli slaw, don't get seconds.

Something else crucial to know is your water intake. You need to drink half of your body weight in ounces every day. More if you exercise. This will help with your hunger pangs, and as research has shown over and over again, a whole lot more. Energy, stamina, headaches, skin tone, cancer prevention. Do you still need more convincing?

The exercise guide. Besides having the calendar inside this guide has some interesting information it. I can't remember what it was because it was three months ago, but I remember thinking "hmmm interesting". So maybe not all that important. Also in here is your pre test. TAKE THE DANG PRETEST. I could only do one push up on my toes when I started. I can do so many more now. The pre test is an awesome way to gauge your FITNESS gains. Not weight, or body fat, or inches. This will basically show you how freaking awesome you have become. So do it.

Chalean Extreme Day One- 

This is me. Pretty, I know. I'm in my underwear because at this size, I don't have a bathing suit that covers me. So I have to apologize for that.

Day One starts the first month with the Burn Phase. You lift heavy weights slowly, for about 12 reps (you want to fail at 12 but not before 10), 3 days a week, with two days of cardio, and two days of rest. At first this was hard for me, but as a fat person I was glad the cardio portion was only two days a week. Huffing and puffing isn't something I enjoy.

As for the cardio. I must say I'm not a huge fan. The music isn't great, and after doing turbofire, I kind of expected it to be more fun. It's basically 45 minutes or so of intense drills followed by a slower paced weight lifting or cardio exercise. It was hard, and I didn't have fun. So I dreaded those days and sometimes skipped them all together.

Does it work? Heck yes! Will your results be better if you push through? Of course! In fact, if I drank coffee and played my music over the crappy music I got through it and felt awesome after. I could always tell a difference when I was done with a week I had actually done the cardio, compared to weeks I didn't. I recommend getting the extra set of DVDs, I liked the other extra cardio DVDs much more than the one that come with the basic set.

 So I'm kind of torn here. You win some you lose some.

At the end of month one...I saw great results. I felt stronger, I had more energy, I had lost weight. I was still doing push ups on my knees, but I could tell I had come far.

Month Two- Push

What is different about month two is you focus on one muscle group at a time and you lift, super, extra-duty, heavy, heavy weights. This time you try to "fail" by your 8th rep. I saw serious gains in my biceps and triceps. I hated the deltoids (small muscles in your shoulders) routine because I'm weak there, and it was especially difficult for me to get through. However, I noticed my posture improving which is a HUGE bonus. I knew the muscles between my shoulder blades were weak from hunching, and by making them stronger I stood taller and stopped worrying so much that I would end up one of those old ladies with the hunch back. (shivers) Same routine basically weekly. Three days of lifting, two of cardio, two of rest.

Month Three- Lean

By the end of month two I felt freakishly strong and generally awesome. So it surprised the poo out of me when I put in my first Lean DVD and felt seriously challenged. Sounds like a bad thing, but I was actually pleasantly surprised! There was enough of a change that I still felt challenged, but I could still sense the gains I was making. For example, I did ALL the push ups on my toes!!!!! BOOOOOOOOM!! haha!! At this point I was getting tired of the same ol cardio routine so I turned to some of my turbofire DVDs for help. When I started doing the cardio again my results SKYROCKETED!

The Final Results:

I lost my measurements after they were destroyed in a freak crayon accident, but I lost 20 pounds, and gained muscle, and more importantly, CONFIDENCE! 

Overall: I love this. If you hate cardio this is for you. If you love cardio, but don't ever lift weights, this is for you. I can't think of a single person that this program wouldn't help. Maybe, if you like being a weakling? Well, this is not for you! If you have any questions please comment I will do my best to answer them!!

If you have decided to commit here is a link to my site, where you can purchase and I will automatically become your coach! It is more expensive to buy through Beachbody than some other places, but if you have kids that play with your DVDs or intend on doing this set of DVDs over again, I would recommend buying through Beachbody. They will replace your discs for any reason. I called the other day and had 3 replaced because my two year old minion wanted to play frisbee, and my disc wouldn't stop skipping. Weigh your options and do what's best for you financially!

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