My shoulder is still pretty bad, and baby isn't mine things couldn't get worse lol. No only kidding. The baby is my niece, she's not really a baby anymore, she has pigtails she's so cute.

Tomorrow I'm back on the shred again and running too. Just have to get back on the wagon and I'll try to eat really good this week to try and get some results on the scales on Friday, but after the few days I've had, I'll be happy to maintain this week x

Today I did day 2 of level 2 after a 3 day break from working out (apart from my usual walking and horse riding activities).

I worked really hard and got a lot more of it done than the first day I did it. My whole body is now shaky but will be worth it. I'm dead pleased.

I even did *some* of the plank jacks and plank squats, ouch, if anybody had filmed me I think I looked like a benny hill sketch!!

Very pleased with myself though

welcome. Yes it's pretty hard on your knees isn't it!

I think it's right to take some time off if you feel your body needs it

Luce, your post was great timing in that I just finished level1 today and watched level2. It looks REALLY hard. I was thinking about staying at level1 until I am able to master all the moves but now I think I will give level2 a try. Thanks!!

Yeah, keeping up with Natalie isn't failing, even Natalie looks like she's struggling to keep up with Natalie! I think the best way to improve at doing a particular move is trying, so sticking at level 1 isn't as good as moving on to level 2 and giving it your best shot every day until you improve.

I've done day 3 of level 2 today and it was hard, really hard, but I'm managing to do *some* of every move, which is an improvement. Just keep swimming ladies xxxxxxxxx

sprained my ankle :sad: :sad: so no progress for me. I guess I just have to watch my diet very carefully in the meantime...

Hope everyone is going well

Very true, although I have to confess that I'm off at the moment so I don't have to do it before work or anything, I just get up, drop hubby at work, come back, have breakfast, look on here for a while, then do the shred. In that sense it's quite a lot easier for me than you guys.

Today was day 4 of level 2. It was really hard but worth it, I got more done again than last time and really pleased that I'm almost half way through. I can really see and feel a difference, but terrified of my next weigh in in case I haven't lost any weight or inches, I don't know why I feel like that every week but I do. Anybody else?

I feel the same now supermom, I'm just having to force myself to do it, hopefully I'll feel better after a rest tomorrow

i@m wearing so much tubegrip i look like a mummy, the egyptian kind not the parent kind.. :sad:

sorry I've had a few days off due to various parties etc. I'm going to do day 16 today and I don't much care for level 2 either. I have 5 second breaks for a mouthful of water whenever I feel I need to. My upper body strength is pants so I really find the plank stuff hard, and press ups? forget about it.

I don't think the breaks you are taking mean you are not ready to move on though, I do know from my course that the challenge of doing something that is so hard is what makes you stronger, particularly in terms of exercise, so I wouldn't be worried about taking breaks and moving on is what makes your body change so that's good.

In terms of weight loss and even inch loss, this type of high impact exercise can mess with both the scales and the tape measure. If you are retaining tonnes of water due to micro-trauma in the muscles, that will increase inches as well as weight, which most people on here seem not to observe. Or even if you're retaining water for some other reason like high sodium, it's only like you gaining inches whilst you're on your period, that's just water and it doesn't only affect the scales. You might find that once you've finished the whole thing, and had a week of rest, maybe using lots of walking to burn your calories that week, or something else low impact, then you drop a load of weight and inches once your body has recovered from the shred.

That's what I'm hoping for, and even if it doesn't happen, my metabolism will be faster because of altered muscle bulk, and I will be fitter and ready to face the next challenge, which in my case is stepping up my running a gear.