chloe ting 2020 2 week shred challenge results

#Chloe ting 2020 2 week shred challenge results free

For a chronic non-finisher like me, this is a big deal. These results may not be super dramatic like so many of the Before/Afters that you see on YouTube, but this is positive progress in my books, and I am mighty kicked about having finished a workout challenge, even if it was only two weeks long. And no, there will be no pics of this, because the Internet cannot handle all of me just yet. And my weight has gone down by almost 3 kgs / 6.6 pounds. I am super pleased to say that in the last two weeks (okay, 16 days), I’ve lost 2.5 inches from my upper body (chest, waist), and 2.5 inches from my lower body (hips, thighs). They actually weren’t rest days, but I didn’t feel like doing the Chloe Ting workouts on those days, so chose some other exercise instead. Well, I just finished the program this past weekend, having taken two more days than the prescribed 14. SO HOW DID I FARE? Image via The Creative Library Also hopefully, just hopefully, get impressed enough with the results to continue making exercise a part of my daily routine. My expectation was to lose a couple of inches (and it would be awesome if it could come from my waist and tummy), and continue on my weight loss journey. So yes, I was absolutely clear that I will not be ending the two week program with a flat tummy. That’s not how fitness/fat loss/weight loss works. No one can reverse years of weight gain in two weeks. Going in, I knew one thing with absolute certainty: I was not going to get a six-pack, or even a flat tummy, from merely two weeks of exercise. This specific program is focused on abs, and over the course of 14 days, you’re expected to follow the specified schedule of workouts (ranging between 23 minutes to 47 minutes a day) with 2 rest days thrown in between. Since I was at a point where I was willing to try just about anything, I decided to give her shortest program – the Chloe Ting 2 Week Shred – a try.

#Chloe ting 2020 2 week shred challenge results free

She’s an Australia-based YouTuber with a super popular fitness channel (at the time of writing this post, she has over 11 million subscribers) and she hosts a bunch of free fitness programs with a specified schedule of videos to follow and she (sort of) advises clean eating along with exercise to achieve results. Now, if for whatever reason, you haven’t heard about Chloe Ting – here’s the deal. WHAT IS THIS CHLOE TING 2 WEEK SHRED CHALLENGE? And I was motivated enough to give it a try myself.

Somewhere along the way, I discovered Chloe Ting on YouTube, and I could not believe the kind of results people were getting from doing her program.

So yes, the weight started to come off, and yes, it was starting to stay off. And I started sticking to intermittent fasting for nearly 16 hours everyday. I continued with the HIIT workouts that I’d been doing, but became way more diligent with my eating habits. After spending an aimless few days, I decided to give this whole let’s-try-to-lose-some-weight thing (or “quarantine glow up”, as the YouTube commenters seem to call it) yet another try. Then in mid-June, I came to my parents’ home in Calcutta. It was mentally exhausting, and frankly, I felt like what was even the point of making any effort. The overall result of my half-hearted efforts was that I would lose a couple of kilos and gain them back again. Being at home all the time, with ready access to the kitchen, I found myself grazing almost constantly. I started out with doing some home workouts, and I tried going for an evening walk as much as possible, but looking back now, I know I wasn’t really applying myself. This is NOT the part where I tell you that I’ve miraculously lost 20 pounds over the last few months, because I haven’t. I desperately wanted to change my mindset, my body, and suddenly blessed with a few extra hours a day, I decided to give my body the attention and care that it deserves. Not physically, not mentally, not emotionally. When lock down season rolled around in mid-March here in India, I was at my heaviest ever. It’s not like I’ve never tried to do shit about it but like with so many other things in my life, consistently maintaining good eating habits and an exercise routine (which I last talked about here) was something that I’ve failed miserably with. I didn’t need doctors or anyone else to tell me that (which they did, by the way), I already knew. Sensitive topic or not, I’ve always known that this kind of weight gain was not doing my health any wonders. Let’s just say that as the scale has kept inching up and up and up, my sensitivity has increased in pretty much the same proportion. My weight has been a touchy topic for me for many, many years now.

Yes, this is a review of the Chloe Ting 2 Week Shred challenge, but in true Shirsha-fashion, you will have to listen to me ramble on with the backstory for a bit.