July 1st - 30DS

j_courter

cmg and gd- THANK YOU so much for your posts today! my grandmother came over this morning and we baked most of the day. i think we ended up with 34 loaves of zucchini bread and 90 muffins! this stuff is fantastic, even if you don't like zucchini bread because we blend it in a blender and you can't taste the zucchini strings that are in most people's bread! yummo!

anyway, i didn't get my shred done this morning and i was really thinking i'd just "phone it in" and finish tomorrow BUT your posts encouraged me to GET IT DONE! oh yeah! thank you so much!

i guess i'll have to come back here and post measurements and maybe even a pic or two a bit later.... i haven't taken the time to do that just yet.

cmg4721

gd - i agree with you, some of the moves in RI30 are ridiculous!! I was never able to fully complete RI30...i did get to level 4 (not in the exact amout of days b/c i took more days off).

j - way to go!!! That's what we're here for...motivation I saw your measurements and you did great!!!

It was definitely a pleasure shredding with you guys!!

brendalyne

I did Level 1 yesterday morning. I expected it to be easy. Well....it was much easier than Level 2 & 3....but it's still a pretty good workout. I actually really enjoyed it! It's funny though, because my heart rate monitor was beeping like crazy.....meaning my heart rate was dropping out of the zone quite regularly! And that certainly didn't happen the first time through it. So the old ticker is getting stronger for sure! What a great feeling THAT IS! Week 1 of c25k is done now. I need to go buy another DVD for my days off c25k.....not sure what.....but zumba intrigues me!

WTG everyone!

j_courter

brendalyne- if you just want some general toning, i would highly recommend the winsor sculpting dvds. i got mine fairly cheap on ebay. :-) zumba sounds like fun too! in fact, i heard they have zumba for the wii, so i may have to check that out!

j_courter

thanks cmg! :-) i didn't get the drastic results everyone else seemed to get, but i'm happy with the way i feel.

j_courter

Okay, here are the official results from MY 30 Day Shred!

Results after day 30: (6/30,7/5,7/15, 8/1,8/11)
Weight: 122.5, 121, 120.5, 121, 120 (though several days ago it was 119.8)
Neck: 13.5, 13.5,13.5,13
Waist: skip, 29, 28.5, 28.5,28
Bust: skip, 35.5, 35, 34, 33
Hips: 36.5, 36, 35, 34, 34
Arms L: skip, 11.3, 11.3, 11, 10.5
R: skip, 10.8, 11, 11, 10.5
Thighs L: skip, 22.3, 21.8, 21.75, 20
R: skip, 21.5, 21.3, 21.5, 19.5
Calves L: skip, 13.3, 13.3, 13.5, 13
R: skip, 13.3, 13.5, 13.75, 13
and another measurement that may seem weird, but it is a trouble area for me, so i'm keeping track
Just above the knee L: skip, 16.3, 15.3, 15.5, 15
R: skip, 13.3, 13.5, 15.25, 14.5

i haven't taken pics yet, but i suppose i probably should... that's where the real results show. :-) it's been a pleasure shredding with all of you. thanks for the encouragement and support! you guys are the best!

brendalyne

J - your results are wonderful! And that reminds me....I haven't posted my results and pics either....because I haven't taken the pics yet....or officially measured either! I promise to do that this weekend - a week after I finished the shred! I know my results are not gonna be very drastic either....pounds lost will equal a big fat ZERO....but I know that I lost around 1 1/2 inches around my waist, which is my biggest trouble spot!

Have a great weekend everyone!

gd50cent

brendalyne - re:zumba - my wife has tried a variety of workouts (she gets bored doing the same thing over and over again so mixes it up a bit). she's tried everything from the biggest loser game on xbox kinect, to ministry of sound dvd workouts to kettle bell workouts. but she now just keeps on doing the zumba dvd she bought. she says none of the other workouts makes her sweat as much as zumba does plus its fun to do.

and nice results j - u lost loads of inches!

although the last line of this seems to have gone a bit up and down!

' and another measurement that may seem weird, but it is a trouble area for me, so i'm keeping track
Just above the knee L: skip, 16.3, 15.3, 15.5, 15
R: skip, 13.3, 13.5, 15.25, 14.5 '

brendalyne

I'm going shopping today to see if I can find a zumba DVD! Gotta find something else to get HOOKED on besides 30DS!

j_courter

gd- i have NO idea what was going on with my right knee-fat! maybe jillians darn lunges in level three pushed that back out???

j_courter

hi everyone! just wanted to say i did level one again today on the fly with my daughter. i started out thinking how easy it was going to be and jillian quickly set me straight! of course this time around i used 5# weights, but she still made me sweat. ;-) it's interesting, though, because my average heart rate today was 141 and that only equates to about 168 calories burned... my shaky arms are telling me i worked so much harder than that! ;-) anyway, pride comes before destruction, right??? DESTROYED. thanks jillian!

i wish i had used the heart rate monitor when we started the madness last month so i could compare the numbers. i KNOW my heart was working WAY harder then!

toadiejones

You guys are an inspiration! J - Such great results!

I think I am going to try this again in Sept once school calms down and I am back on track. It was definitely worth the hard work! Thanks to you all for sticking it through! You guys are great!

j_courter

toadie- thanks!

gd- okay, i'm sure you have forgotten all about it, but i hadn't... it was a mystery to me... until friday!

do you remember after i posted my final measurements from the shred and you looked at my "just about the knee" measurements and made the comment that they varied quite a bit??? after THREE hours on my riding mower i FINALLY figured it out! i have to press firmly down on the forward pedal to keep the mower moving the whole time it's running. my thigh muscles on that leg actually swell up anywhere from 1/2 an inch to a whole inch after i mow! isn't that crazy??? lol.