I will take my measurements after work today before I start Day 2 of the shred!

FrauHausMaus! I love your name! My name is Vy. Ok, so I have started yesterday, my abs are a little sore, I did not take any measurments, so I will do that today after work. I am also going to try and get some miles in for the month of Aug...40 miles is my goal, so some days I will be doing some running in conjunction with the 30DS. I am having a hard time do the last part of the legs and arm exercise, the one where you have to move to side and raise your hands up to eye level. Is anyone else having problems with that? Maybe I should lose the weights to get my form down first and then incorporate the weights? If feel like I move to the left side well but not the right side. Thoughts?

Ok will do. I will try tonight. I think you are right, I should keep the weights, I will let you know in the AM how it goes :-)

Hi-

I'm in! Not starting until Saturday though as I'm getting over oral surgery & still have stitches in my mouth...eek!

I'll post my weight / measurements then.

Today is day number six for me.

I actually added a Bender Ball workout in before my regular 30 day shred workout, and man, I am feeling it in my abs today.

Day four was the hardest for me. In fact I was really disappointed at first because day four was harder than day three. But then I read on the forums here that this is common. So...last night was the first night I was really able to get through the whole workout without really stopping or pausing. So, that's nice.

I too have trouble with the side lunge/shoulder raise. One thing that has really helped me is slowing my pace slightly. I go at about 2/3's of the girl's pace. I figure this is better for now, if I can make it through the whole thing, then going faster and only being able to make it halfway through.

I have my measurements at home, so I'll post them later. Unfortunately I didn't take them until last night. I kind of wish I had taken them earlier, because my pants are already feeling looser.

My weight I'm not entirely sure about, because my beast of a cat, somehow, I'm really not sure how, managed to shatter my glass scale. It was on the floor, I swear, I don't know what she did. Anyway, I'm thinking not constantly monitering my weight might be good. I know I'm likely to gain/not lose with the muscle, and I wouldn't want myself to get discouraged when I am working this hard.

Anyway, the last time I checked my weight I was right around 182 pounds.

Cheers all! And best of luck!

Hi everyone! I've never completed the 30DS before and I hope to this time. I plan on starting this afternoon or evening (depends on how my kids are behaving, haha). Thanks for starting this group--may we all have wonderful success stories!

Hello Everyone! I have the video and have never completed it, but this will encourage me to do so. Also, I have the help of you! After work I will report my begining stats and how my first workout goes! Keep up the good work everyone!

Hello ladies!
I re-started it on friday and I had to take two days off, instead of one, because of a few things I had to do. Anyway, it was day 3 for me and the first time I did it I stoped at day 3 of level 02. ):
My measurements will come later.

Good luck to all of us!

Hi everybody, I'm Brooke. I started the 30DS on 1st Aug but after interrupting it for a romantic week in Paris (I know, a tough life, right?) I have fallen off the wagon. All those pain au chocolats and red wine didn't help either! So in all, I did 5 days, went to Paris and haven't touched it since coming home on Saturday. Doh! So, here I am for a fresh start.

The stats:
Age: 36
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 228 lbs
Bust: 45"
Waist: 41"
Hips: 52"
Thigh: 30"
Bicep: 15"

I will likely do the shred 2 days, another cardio like cycling or hiking if the weather is nice, something indoors like TurboJam or the gym if the weather's crap and then take a rest day. Repeat. What's your plan?

Hi all you shredders!
I stared last Monday, but forgot to measure... Silly me! Day 7 done for today, while I was doing my jumping jack my capris fell done so I know something is happening I'm not going to be able to do it every day due to work commitments and having a few days off with hubby over the weekend but I will try and get it in when I can. Good luck everyone!

Woke up this morning and decided to start 30DS then saw this group afterward....perfect timing! I did it last August faithfully and saw some results. Since then I have been mostly working on c25k, zumba & going to the gym but I really need to go through this again so here I am. Looking forward to all of OUR success stories :bigsmile:

Have a good day everyone!
:flowerforyou:

I started last night, my second round. I had amazing results the first time around so hoping for another great round!
SW-206
CW-162
GW-135
I am also doing zumba two days a week and treadmill the other days. Good luck everyone!

How much did you lose after the first round?

Hi everyone I did day 1 today too!

Current Weight - 145
Height - 5'5
Measurements:
Thigh - 22
Arm - 11.5
Neck - 12
Waist - 27.5
Hips - 40
Chest -34

I hate my body I have a pear shaped body

Hello Everyone ! My name is Dot & I will be starting the Shred on either Thursday or Friday as I am borrowing the dvd from a friend !! Feel free to friend me, just tell me you are in the Shred group We all need to root each other on !!

My question is ...do you do it every day for 30 Days straight or do you go at your own pace ?

Hi all!

Second time attempting 30DS -- the first time was VERY early in my process, and then I lost the DVD (shows you how often I clean under my entertainment center ... )

Starting today.

I'm 5'10, vacation weight makes current weight unreadable at this point. I've had lousy luck losing pounds on a circuit program anyway, but inches ... they fly!

THE PLAN (for me anyway) ...
30DS 5x week. Hopefully regularly in the morning, excepting today because, well, I was lazy. (M-Th, Sa or Su)
60 minutes of Zumba twice a week (class W-Sa)
20-30 minutes of Zumba the other 3 days (DVD and/or dancing my face off to previously learned choreo)

This is probably pushing it, but I've got my 10-year reunion in October. I'm already smaller than I ever was in HS, but I'd REALLY REALLY like to wear a single digit dress to this shindig.