30 Day Shred Challenge - Week 2 - Sept 8 to 14

AJCM

Week 2 of the Shred Challenge...

Let's post our stats!

Have a great week shredding!
:flowerforyou:

AJCM

Week 2 of the Shred Challenge...

Let's post our stats!

Have a great week shredding!
:flowerforyou:

AJCM

Week 2 Check In:

Weight Loss Goal: 8 lbs / 2 lbs per week
Weight Lost: 2.5 lbs

Starting Waist: 27"
End of week 1: 27" :grumble:
End of week 2:
End of week 3:
End of week 4:

alf1163

Yes, start of week 2!!!! No shredding today but did 47 mins on the treadmill, pretty intense workout...I weighed myself this morning. Down one pound!!!!!! 4 to go to reach my second and last goal!! :drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

AJCM

Yes, start of week 2!!!! No shredding today but did 47 mins on the treadmill, pretty intense workout...I weighed myself this morning. Down one pound!!!!!! 4 to go to reach my second and last goal!! :drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Awesome work!!!!
Congrats!
:flowerforyou:

Alf - I think you pointed out the "secret" earlier in a previous post - we need to couple a clean diet with the exercise - I think that was the secret to my success this week - my diet - I ate very clean, and I went to bed a litte hungry every night last week, and embraced it!!!
:flowerforyou:

mechanicmom

Doing shred level one today. Arms are tired and will be going for a walk so doing the lighter level today. Not that it's really THAT light. :laugh:
I have gained half a pound. Seems that's the only direction the scale is moving lately. Changing my calorie intake this week to see if that will change the scale and my clothes somehow. Getting rather frustrating!
I'll post again tomorrow (try to do level two, maybe three if I am brace enough!)

emibmas

OK this week the scale did not move, down anyway, was up 4 lbs yesterday, but I know it is TOM. I have NEVER gone over my calories, so I am not going to even focus on that. However...I have lost 1 inch off my waist and 1 off my hips this week. :bigsmile:

Starting waist: 37
Starting Hips: 44

wk1 waist: 36
wk1 hips: 43

AJCM

Doing shred level one today. Arms are tired and will be going for a walk so doing the lighter level today. Not that it's really THAT light. :laugh:
I have gained half a pound. Seems that's the only direction the scale is moving lately. Changing my calorie intake this week to see if that will change the scale and my clothes somehow. Getting rather frustrating!
I'll post again tomorrow (try to do level two, maybe three if I am brace enough!)

Could it be the water retention from the strength training? If you were, say, a runner prior to starting this, and strength training was new, your muscles will be retaining fluid. I wouldn't sweat half a pound! You are a success because you've been doing the program!

Have a great week!
:flowerforyou:

AJCM

OK this week the scale did not move, down anyway, was up 4 lbs yesterday, but I know it is TOM. I have NEVER gone over my calories, so I am not going to even focus on that. However...I have lost 1 inch off my waist and 1 off my hips this week. :bigsmile:

Starting waist: 37
Starting Hips: 44

wk1 waist: 36
wk1 hips: 43

TOM is evil, and can make the scale move in the wrong direction! I woulnd't sweat it, and keep going! GREAT work on losing an inch on both your waist AND hips!!!! Awesome!!!!!
:flowerforyou:

Marla64

Okay, well, I don't have a tape measure, but by eyeballing it I know I'm "slimmer." Level two is interesting. I'm not in as much pain, guess my legs are used to the grind from level one. I was able to push harder yesterday in level two than I did the day before (which was the first time I'd done it) therefore was more tired. It's a beast.

Weight wise, I'm up, and I'm anally counting calories, so I know my food intake isn't the problem. So, like many of you, the weight right now is driving me batty, but I'm keeping focused knowing that it will begin to move the other way eventually. And I'm staying focused on the exercise.

This 20 minutes is the only exercise I can fit into my day, so I'm hoping in the long run it will prove to be enough.

metco89

OK I feel really silly but what is shredding? I have never heard of it and i see it all over. Can someone educate me on shredding. thanx and wishing u all great success!:flowerforyou:

Marla64

it's an exercise DVD by Jillian Michaels, "30 Day Shred." It kicks your butt.

metco89

thanx Marla!:flowerforyou:

mamakitty

I did 5 of 7 days last week. It went really well. By the end of the week I had not lost any weight but was feeling better. Today I weighed in, I am up. But I know it is water weight. I retain very easily and my diet was not so good this weekend. And had too much alcohol. But I had a lot of fun. So back on the eating right train and feeling good.
Today I did level 2 plus a kickboxing video.

Good luck and have a great Monday.

MK

Toby

I too am having TOM issues, so my weight went up 1 ib (normally it goes up 5). Here are my week 1 results (missed working out Sat)

Start
Belly 37
Bum 42.5 (ghetto bum)

9/8 Start Week 2
Belly 36.5
Bum 42

No weight loss thus far, hope to see results on weight first of next week. But loosing inches slowly.
This week i start level 2 - Wish me luck


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Marla64

Well, I'm tellin' ya-- I'm fixin' to kick Jillian Michael's butt-- EVERYONE who is doing this blinkin' thing has gained. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

emibmas

JILLIAN'S TIP OF THE DAY
You're Not Alone
Even if you don't have the kind of people in your life who'd make good partners in crime, role models, or fans, don't lose hope. There are other people out there who would be happy to make a new friend like you. Seek them out by joining a group, hiring a trainer, asking a co-worker to be your diet buddy, or approaching someone at the gym about training together. If you surround yourself with people who support you and want to see you succeed, chances are you will.

Lavendersunday

My starting 9/1/08 Stats... Cringe!! :embarassed: :
Putting it out there for all to see :ohwell:

Weight: 156
Bust: 38
Waist: 34.5
Hips: 38


Today's stats 9/8/08

Weight: 158
Bust: 38
Waist: 34
Hips: 38

Today is day 8/30 - doing Shred Level 2

I think I know why my weight increased. You cannot go from drinking 8 glassed of water daily to drinking 4. I feel bloated and it is probably from my body retaining water and from eating salty
restaurant food. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh...this is so frustrating!!!!!! :mad: :explode: :grumble:

Shredders... when I did my Shred today...I did it with a vengence of a 2lb. weight gain! :bigsmile:

AJCM and fellow shredders... I gotta get my groove back people!!

~Namaste :flowerforyou:
Mi

mechanicmom

Alright, I wasn't going to do this because I was embarrassed :embarassed: about how much I have gained since my last measurements in February, but I would like to know if the Shred really does what it says it will. So here's my measurements:
Weight: 151
waist: 34.25
hips:43.25
rt upper thigh:22.75

I've some how managed to gain ten pounds and about 5-6 inches. I know some of the weight is muscle because it is going up since I started working out again. So as much as I hate to see those numbers, there they are.

natalie424

Hey fellow Shredders!

I weighed in this morning and l'm down 2 pounds. I've really been working on eating clean the past few weeks, and I have been steadily losing. I hope I can keep this up... I know the plateau is bound to rear its ugly head sooner or later.

Goal for September Shred Challenge= 8 lbs. loss
End of week 1= 2 lbs. loss

Today will be Shred Level 2 with 3 and 5 lb. weights.

emibmas

Hey fellow Shredders!

I weighed in this morning and l'm down 2 pounds. I've really been working on eating clean the past few weeks, and I have been steadily losing. I hope I can keep this up... I know the plateau is bound to rear its ugly head sooner or later.

Goal for September Shred Challenge= 8 lbs. loss
End of week 1= 2 lbs. loss

Today will be Shred Level 2 with 3 and 5 lb. weights.

CONGRATS ON YOUR LOSE! That's great...it gives us hope:happy:

alf1163

Well, I'm tellin' ya-- I'm fixin' to kick Jillian Michael's butt-- EVERYONE who is doing this blinkin' thing has gained. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Hmm...not everyone has gained. Please remember in order to have more success losing weight while exercising you have to monitor your nutrition. It is just not eating under your calories but also looking at what you are eating. Some people might say they stay under the caloric requirements but they might still be eating french fries and ice cream :laugh: :laugh: (I am not saying everyone is doing this so please dont be rude to me :laugh: ) Also, drink lots of water!!!!! 8 cups of water is definitely not enough. I drink about a gallon or more of water a day. It is that TOM for me as well and I really thought this morning I was going to weigh more and that was not the case... please be patient but be consistent. Don't give up!!! :flowerforyou:

Marla64

Alf, yes I believe I'm suffering from what you're describing-- "healthy" food simply isn't in the budget, so I'm subsisting on 1200 calories of the boxed and canned crap that I can afford to feed this family of 11. Usually I have a bowl of cereal rather than the sodium laden crud that I have to serve. Beats starving, so no complaints. Hopefully a new job will come soon to DH, but that's not likely right now in the mortgage business-- :grumble:

I'm being patient. I was only kidding this morning-- it's frustrating when it goes slow, but I'm hanging in. I know eventually it'll come off-- as long as I reach goal weight by next June, I'm good.

pdxmomof2

Hello Fellow Shredders. I didnt start this challenge until today. I had the DVD but had never even opened it. Well, this morning I did it. It was not easy! It wiped me out! I have been tired and hungry all day. I know that will turn around soon but wow! 20 minutes goes so quickly, its hard to believe that she can make you feel like that in 20 minutes!

Here are my stats (as I see that everyone else is posting theirs)

Starting weight - 198

Measurements
chest 39
hips 42 1/2
waist 41
thighs 22
:sad: :sad: :sad:

Goal for this challenge...
183 (15 pound weight loss)
Lets hope for some inches and pounds lost after 30 days of Jillians wrath!

Good luck to all!

Amy

emibmas

I am not losing weight, but I am losing inches! I did lose 10 lbs last month, so 1 week with out a lose is nothing for me to complain about. :drinker:

OFF TO SHRED!!!!!!!

lisarae

I was shredding before this thread started. I don't weigh myself due to past ED, but I KNOW I've lost at least 1 pant size in two weeks. I am almost finished with L3 and although I still struggle with the jump squats I can do most everything only catching my breath occasionally. I'm still going to do L3 daily until the end of September and report in. Then, I'll rotate it with something else. I know I'm going to miss it daily, but I don't want my body to get too used to it and get in a rut.
BTW, I occasionally run and haven't been running since starting the shred. I decided to run on Sunday and see how far I could make it. Before, I couldn't do 2 miles without stopping for a half mile and walking. I DID 4.3 MILES---no stopping! My belief is that shredding has helped my endurance and muscle strength. I'll try running again later this week. Weird!

momandwife

My official weigh in day is Tuesday (tomorrow morning) so I will post all of that stuff tomorrow.

I have been kind of alternating Level 1 and Level 2 - I tried Level 3 on Saturday and was very sore - definitely a good workout!!! I took Sunday off to let the muscles rest a little bit. I did Level 1 tonight again and will probably start alternating all 3 of them for the rest of the month.

I will post tomorrow and let everyone know where I'm at on weight and measurements!!

Great work everyone!!! :flowerforyou:

gameset

hi everyone- shred goals this week are 5x.

Tonight, we took our sons out for ice cream to celebrate freedom from Braces- at least till the next one starts- so i planned ahead and did double- yes double- shred- level 2 then 1. I am not sure i will make it down the stairs tomorrow to shred...

allisgood

Alternating level 1 and 2....ready to begin steady level 2.
Feeling good shredding.....up my calorie intake to 1400....finding this to be a good intake.....much more consistent and comfortable. Didn't take measurement yet this week but can feel a difference in my clothes.

Back at it at 5 am tomorrow!

emibmas

OK, I just finished L2. I revisited it and it was sooo much better than the last time I tried it! I still cannot do the last ab thing, so I just do a harder one from L1. I will try, but I did not want to slow down. I am thinking I am going go between L1 and 2.

Keep up the great work everyone!:drinker:

JanCar

Everyone is doing Awesome! I can't believe how inspiring this website has been for me. And in only a week's time. I teach a class at the local gym and let myself get out of shape over the last two months (nursing some injuries). I started Shredding on Thursday and tonight in class, I really felt like I kicked everyone's butt!! And I feel so much better about myself than I did only one week ago! Thanks for all the support!
:drinker: