30-Day Shred Complete - 14 pounds lost! Comparison pics!

MelisaBegins

I am the poster child for "Use It or Lose It". When I was turning 30, I gave myself an IronMan distance triathlon as a gift to myself. I had already completed 6 marathons so decided to enter my 30's with a big accomplishment under my belt. I was in the best shape of my life.

That was 10 years ago.

Enter a busy career, having a child, lots of date nights with the hub eating a lot of food and drinking a lot of wine, and here I am, almost 40. I stepped on the scale on January 6th and saw the highest (non-pregnant) weight of my life. I can't go back and change the last 10 years, but I can take charge of NOW and that's what I'm trying to do. So, here goes!

Starting weight (1/6/14) = 173.6
Current weight (2/28/14) = 159.6
Goal weight (by 40th birthday, 9/14) = 135

I just completed Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred and will start her Ripped in 30 on Monday. After that, I will start P90X. In addition to these videos, I also run 20-40 minutes on the treadmill daily and do one 60-minute Bikram yoga class every Friday. And of course, I track my food on MFP!

bciloveme2014

Congratulations, you are going really good. keep it up.

ZimmerFly

Great results for just 30 days of working out!

metimemum

Great results - keep it up.

barias1743

Great for just 30 days!!!! Keep going, this is motivation for me!!

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chunkybun

Wow. What an inspiration! I'm halfway through - 6 pounds down, and hope to look this good when I'm done!

Thanks for posting.

JosieRossi

Great job!! Thank you for posting.

minigirl2

Awesome work! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Jillian's 30-day Shred. I have been doing it off and on for almost three years! Looking good - keep it up!

hmseals77

Fantastic job!! Congratulations!!

o2bADyer

Congrats and thanks for sharing!

ChristinaOrtiz23

awesome results in just 30 days!! way to go!!

Superwoman79

Congrats! I am picking up my 30-Day Shred after work. I'm so excited!!!

kraft_kris

NICE! I am going home and pressing play tonight!

rml_16

Great job! I can never get through that DVD. I get bored about two weeks in every time I try.

Snow__White

Wow very inspirational !!!! Great work Hun

GoddessofGaia

Well done! And thank you for sharing, I just started, again with her workout. Had a bad period where I got no workout done...

Her workout is great!

kschro9

You look great! There is such a huge difference in your stomach and back! I am on day 15 of the 30 days shred and I can see a huge difference in myself as well. Keep it up! I hope you post pictures after you do Ripped in 30!

klkateri

awesome!! I look forward to watching your progress!!

andiechick

Fantastic results, well done x

JraeL91

Great job! Looking fantastic, and inspirational.

MelisaBegins

Thank you all for the kind and inspiring words! Each day is WORK between exercise and making the right food choices, but it's good work, and I'm feeling stronger every day.

One note re: 30-Day Shred that I forgot to mention: a few of you have said you've tried it, gotten bored, etc. ME TOO! But, I figured out a strategy that WORKED for me: At the start of each of the 3 levels, I would do the work-out with the volume on so I could learn the routine using Jillian's instructions. Then, after I felt comfortable that I had it, I would do the routine with the volume OFF and have Pandora.com (free) set to "Club/Dance Music" on my laptop in the background. OMG! What a difference! It made it SO much more fun.

SweetTea111104

Bump for inspiration when I want to quit the shred!

GS910

Great results well done ! motivated me to start the shred again