How's everyone doing??

SunBunzz

Day 2. DONE! Whew. That hurt, muscles still sore, but I got through it. And I danced for about 25 minutes after for extra cardio. I actually feel much better.

shadow2soul

Today is Day 3 for me (I started 6/9/15)
My trouble areas (that I hope to see improvement with):

Push-Ups

• Round 1: 20 full push-ups and 3 modified
• Round 2: 10 full push-ups and 11 modified

Squat with Press

• Round 1: 5 lb dumbbells
• Round 2: Half with 5 lb dumbbells and half no weight

Side Lunge with Arm Raise

• Round 1: Half with 5 lb dumbbells and half no weight
• Round 2: No weight

Now, I'm exhausted and my shoulders are killing me. My shoulders are definitely my weak point. I actually think I did worse today than I did on Day 1. Just got to keep going and hopefully I will see improvement.

My plan for the first 2 weeks:

SunBunzz

That's incredible!! btw ur BEFORE photos are more along the lines of how I WANT to look when I'm done. lol Not trying to flatter you to death, but seriously, lovely build already. You should be proud! Especially being a mom. Holy crap!

As for me, I did good! I still can't do too many real push-ups yet. My legs were twitching like mad during the static lunges. lol We'll get there! I'll be sore tomorrow without a doubt, but I managed to get through it without stopping.

MamaBirdBoss

L1D2. Survived. LOL. Exercise throws my sleep into a loop until I adapt, so I'm up super late because I didn't sleep AT ALL last night, just lay exhausted in bed.

My rest days will be Sat and Wed. I have a massage every Wed (therapeutic, NOT FUN) for my muscle disease, and it's @#$#@ hard to exercise after because of soreness. So I've decided to quit being a dummy and rest that day.

SunBunzz

Yayy! I think recovering from Day One of levels 1 & 2 are the hardest on the body. It's strange, but by Level 3, my body changed so much I wasn't very sore anymore for the rest of the workout! I also have been having a hard time falling asleep. Ugh.

MamaBirdBoss

Barely made it through Day 3 since I haven't actually slept between the two. :P

Tomorrow is my rest day!

SunBunzz

Awww you poor thing! I've been having a hard time sleeping too. But I always do the first couple days of TOM. Ugggh. Cramps are horrible right now. I was almost crying during circuit 2's cardio. lol My legs and arms hurt so much. But we'll get stronger! Just pace yourself. Get rest, feel better. Lots of water, hot bath, and gentle stretches.

MamaBirdBoss

Filling up a huge bath now! lol

SunBunzz

I LOVVVE a good hot bath after. Then a nap. Ahh. Hope you get some rest.

MamaBirdBoss

I did!

shadow2soul

I'm so sore today. I think I over did it yesterday; now I'm paying for it in pain and bloat. I worked out a ton. Partly so that I could make room for pizza; Partly, because I was bored without the boys home most of the day.

NinjaChickie

Day 2 done. Feeling it in my arms mostly. Did the side lunges at the end with no weights and my shoulders still felt it. Lol. Such wussy upper body strength.

SunBunzz

It's all good hun. I was the same way. I recently upgraded the Chest-Ys with 5 pounders though!

MamaBirdBoss

Day 4&5 dooooone! Dragged the older menfolk of the family into it--mainly the older kid because he has been playing tons of video games this summer.

shadow2soul

Well I worked up a decent sweat with today's workout. Literally dripping with it. I moved onto Level 2 today (Day 12 on calendar).



I remember when I first bought this dvd. Level 1 left "dead" on the floor. :laugh: I never did progress past Level 1 or even do it for a full 30 days. My fitness has definitely improved a lot since then. My shoulders are still a week point, but they are progressing (slowly...very slowly...slower than a turtle trying to move through peanut butter). However, I think the fact that I'm still aiming for somewhere between 1 & 1.5 lbs per week loss is probably the reason my progression isn't faster.

My plan is to aim for 1 to 1.5 lbs per week until I hit 130 lbs (4.5 lbs away). Then aim for 0.5 to 1 lb for 6-12 wks. Then aim for 0 to 0.5 lbs for another 6-12 weeks and finally move to maintaining/recomp. I'm hoping once I start decreasing the deficit, my strength will progress at a faster rate.
edit: I just realized I forgot to write in the calorie burn for one of the days on the calendar. Oops. fixed it

SunBunzz

Seriously, @shadow2soul you are KILLING it! You're such an inspiration!!!

MamaBirdBoss

I'm just walking 15k-25k steps a day in addition to the occasional shred. LOL. Not glamorous at all! But it doesn't jolt my shoulders if I injure them a little.

shadow2soul

MamaBirdBoss wrote: »

I'm just walking 15k-25k steps a day in addition to the occasional shred. LOL. Not glamorous at all! But it doesn't jolt my shoulders if I injure them a little.

That's still quite an accomplishment. I'm all excited if I get 12k steps in a day. :laugh: You're doing awesome and your update in the measurements thread shows that it is working for you. :flowerforyou:

edit: Thought I should add, the laughing smiley is me laughing at myself.

WannaBeCroft

@shadow2soul, I love your tracking calendar. Very organized and motivating.

This weekend, I found level 1 easy with 3/5 lb weights. Moving to level 2 today -- we'll see how it goes. I can't recall how I felt about level 2 the last time I did the workout.

SunBunzz

WannaBeCroft wrote: »

I can't recall how I felt about level 2 the last time I did the workout.

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Both times for me, Level 2, DAY 2....had me in tears. lol But I could be a wimp.

NinjaChickie

I've only gotten to level 2 once. And I only did one day. I've never seen level 3. Lol. I'm determined to get further this time.

Just finished L1D5. Found it tough, probably because TOM arrived yesterday. Something in this workout is bugging my knee, really focused on making sure my knee position was right during squats and lunges.

MamaBirdBoss

Still waiting to be less sick. Ulcer's almost gone. I jumped on it fast.

I'm down 7lbs from my start with MFP...which was like 1-2 days before I started this.

MamaBirdBoss

shadow2soul wrote: »

MamaBirdBoss wrote: »

I'm just walking 15k-25k steps a day in addition to the occasional shred. LOL. Not glamorous at all! But it doesn't jolt my shoulders if I injure them a little.

That's still quite an accomplishment. I'm all excited if I get 12k steps in a day. :laugh: You're doing awesome and your update in the measurements thread shows that it is working for you. :flowerforyou:

edit: Thought I should add, the laughing smiley is me laughing at myself.

I'm very happy about the weight I'm losing! Less happy about being injured!

I hit 30k steps the other day. This is HUGE for me. I'd gotten so out of shape that the first day I hit 5k, I slept all the next day!

NinjaChickie

Just finished L1D7. I'm beginning to hate jumping jacks and the sound of Jillian "I've got 400 lb people who can do jumping jacks"..... WELL GOOD FOR THEM! I DON'T CARE, STFU AND LET ME CONCENTRATE.... yeah i get a little hostile at this point. haha.

I am noticing that my arms are feeling firmer. Not when i touch them, just in general, my skin feels tighter. Its hard to explain, but i"m pretty sure its a good thing. Have not noticed any changes in my mid section which is where I'd really like to see progress.

3 more workouts and then I'll re-measure and weigh-in.

SunBunzz

NinjaChickie wrote: »

Just finished L1D7. I'm beginning to hate jumping jacks and the sound of Jillian "I've got 400 lb people who can do jumping jacks"..... WELL GOOD FOR THEM! I DON'T CARE, STFU AND LET ME CONCENTRATE.... yeah i get a little hostile at this point. haha.

I am noticing that my arms are feeling firmer. Not when i touch them, just in general, my skin feels tighter. Its hard to explain, but i"m pretty sure its a good thing. Have not noticed any changes in my mid section which is where I'd really like to see progress.

3 more workouts and then I'll re-measure and weigh-in.

OMG I know what you mean. By the time I memorize the workout, I play my iPod and ignore her. xD She can irritate me so. I don't like jumping jacks either. I know my legs are much stronger now. Now on Level 2, my thighs are hurting pretty bad, but it only lasts a couple of days.

MamaBirdBoss

I only want to kill her during the second set of pushups. LOL.

NinjaChickie

OMG, I'm so happy I'm not the only one who's ready to punch her

SunBunzz

Dunno if you saw this yet. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfy_bCO0m0U

MamaBirdBoss

Level 1 day 6!!!!

Love the rant!

shadow2soul

Taking my boys to the doctor keeps throwing my schedule off.
My youngest had to go to the doctor's last week on the 24th. He got shots, blood drawn, and an x-ray of his chest (he's been having really bad congestion issues off and on since birth). I felt so bad for him (just google infant xray seat and you will understand why). That turned into one very long day and I didn't get to the 30DS.

My oldest had his appointment with a new doctor today (changed for insurance reasons) and unlike his last doctor, she is not happy with is speech (it's delayed and his old doctor kept brushing it off). So there was lots of questions about that and a referral to a doctor who specializes in developmental delays (finally). He also had to get a few shots and then some blood drawn. So another long day. I missed my time window to do the 30 DS*. I'm going to try and make up for it tomorrow since it was my last planned Level 2 day.

*I live in an upstairs apartment. My downstairs neighbors leave at around 2 pm and are gone for a few hours pretty much daily. This gives me time to do the 30 DS without disturbing them.

On a funnier note, I can do the level 2 workout by memory alone. The past 2 times I didn't even bother to put the dvd in (still took 26-27 mins).

SunBunzz

@shadow2soul oh my! I really hope your kids are gonna be ok, hun. That's a very impressive schedule you got there! How did you make that, btw? I almost have the Shred memorized. (The previous time I did it, I memorized it, but I need a timer to remind me when the reps can stop lol)