Slim in 6 group starting monday morning, 1/11/2010!

You count funny. On my calendar, six weeks is 42 days! :laugh:

OK, that makes sense now! :happy:

I hope every one is having a good first day. I am on week 2 and oh my it is harder i forgot about the floor work on your knee or maybe I block it out. oh well 5 more weeks to go and I can't wait in till i can fit back into all my pre- pregnancy clothes.

Some day are tougher than others, but you will be in such better shape and it'll be so much easier by the end of the six weeks. Keep up the good work! SI6 has been my main exercise since August, and I've slowly but surely lost 19 pounds. I don't do Burn It Up anymore, but I'm glad I did it for the four weeks during the program. I think it made me tougher.

Out of curiousity, am I going to need exercise/resistance bands? I see the people with them in the videos, but like I said all I got were the DVD's. The bands I have are busted :grumble:

You need either bands or dumb bells. I prefer dumb bells. The suggestion is to use 3- or 5-pound weights, but I use 8-pounders.

I usually work out around 10 a.m. Pacific time. I was a little earlier today because I had an appointment at 10:45. No sweat if you can't work out at the same time. Just thought it would be nice to send an invitation! I'm pretty hit and miss with that.

I can never workout at the same time every day I need to work out when my baby is napping. Oh how I love nap time. But dose any one know what the calorie burn on phase 2? When I went to put it for my exercise log there was no record of it.

I just count it as "Aerobics, general." I enter the Slim & Limber as "Stretching, hatha yoga."

No, the workouts aren't free, but you can log your workouts online while you're doing them by joining Beachbody for free at https://teambeachbody.com/signup/-/signup/free?referringRepId=8062 and be eligible for daily prizes for logging your workouts. The Slim in 6 program costs $59.85, and it's worth every penny!

You get:

* Start It Up!
* Ramp It Up!
* Burn It Up!
* Simple Steps to Success! guidebook
* Step-by-Step Nutrition Guide
* Motivational calendar
* Tape measure
* Slim & 6-Pack
* Slim & Limber
* 6-Day Express Diet Plan
* Cardio Core! Express
* Slim Training Band

Ok, so heres the deal.
I bought this program one sunday morning back in late summer from an info -mercial.
My resolve must have been weakened and motivated at the same time? Curious
The thing is, I have never put them in the DVD player, haven't even looked at them!

Now I'm afraid, I'm very afraid.

I am desperate to get the exercise into my plan. It is always the very last thing to fall into place with me.
I hate to be sweaty and I end up talking myself right outta it.
So instead of doing my WOTP tape for 35 minutes, I can start this instead?
If I'm gonna get sweaty I would rather do something that is sure to get results.
I will be 2 days behind the rest of the group but thats better than being weeks behind, right?
Six weeks should take me right up the the week of my 50th birthday, Feb 18th so that should get me moving.

Can you die from quads on fire?

Don't be afraid! I'm 49 too, so if I can do it, you can do it!

Some things I learned along the way that may or may not help:
• It's harder than you think it will be, but it gets easier than you expect.
• The abs and leg lifts are easier without shoes.
• If you can't keep up, just do what you can and try not to get discouraged.
• Don't think of it as being something you do for six weeks and then quit. But you can ease off and customize it for an everyday workout. Alternating between Ramp It Up / Slim & Limber and Slim & 6-Pack / Cardio Core Express / Slim & Limber was very enjoyable after four weeks of Burn It Up.
• Do the Slim & 6-Pack three days a week.
• Do the Slim & Limber all six days. (Note: It's a treat, not a chore.)
• Don't be discouraged if you don't lose a ton in the six weeks. I lost only 6 pounds but continue to lose today.
• What you put in your mouth is hugely important. Diet is the biggest key in the weight-loss equation. Using MFP's food diary will be a great help here.

Holler if there's anything you think I can help with!

Ive done 6 days total of slim in 6.. disc 1.. ummm start it up?? And it is getting easier yetttt im still pretty much feelin dead at the end.. haha... I WATCHED ramp it up? today.. while i was on the elliptical, something to watch I guess, to see what i was getting into...

and 47 minuttess?!?! anddd im just really scared...

Is ramp it up much harder then start it up?? When should i be switching to ramp???

I just did my first day, start it up.
Made it all the way through without a rest, didnt go real deep on squats and can only do 8 pushups, but hey at least I made it all the way through.
How are you logging this in your exercise?
When I put in Slim in 6 , no results.
Thanks for any hints or advice.

P.S. Six weeks will be my birthday week, so thats my motivation to not quit.
I would like to look healthy and on my way to fit at 50 !!

Great job, everyone, on your workouts today! Ramp It Up is quite a bit more challenging than Start It Up. If you can get all the way through Start It Up, then you can start Ramp It Up as soon as your second day. If not, I'd do Ramp It Up for a week and then try Start It Up. The really hard part, in my opinion, is moving up to Burn It Up. It's 59 minutes long, so it's not that much longer than Ramp It Up, but the pace is considerably faster. I challenge anyone to do it without cursing at Ms. Siebers at least once! Anyway, the more experience you can get with Ramp It Up, the better off you'll be when it comes to doing Burn It Up.

I log my SI6 workouts, including Slim & 6-Pack as "aerobics, general." I log the Slim & Limber ones as "stretching, hatha yoga." I don't know how accurate that is, but it's what I do.

The most important things are consistency (doing it every day you're scheduled to do it) and doing your best, whether you can do it all or not. Hang in there!

That's a pretty good excuse, but I'd really encourage you to go all the way through it today, even if you have to pause during some parts. You're missing some good stuff if you're only doing the first part of the workout. And it does get better!

I haven't tried the Slim Series. I've thought about it, but I'm still getting really good workouts from what I already have.

If you log on to WOWY, you can have it automatically fill out your workout schedule for you for Slim in 6. Here's what they suggest:
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k249/PJilly/TeamBeachbody-GetFit_WOWYSuperGy-1.jpg


So they have you moving to Ramp It Up after only one day of Start It Up, and then moving on to Burn It Up at Week 3 and doing that for four weeks. If you can do that, more power to you. I think that's overly ambitious for a lot of people, and I think it's better to work out at a level you can at least somewhat feel like you can master before moving on to the next one, however long that takes. If you do it consistently five or six days a week, you WILL get there.

If you don't have a Beachbody membership, you can sign up for free right here: https://teambeachbody.com/signup/-/signup/free?referringRepId=8062

I'm doing 6-Pack, Cardio Core Express, and S&L later this morning. That is, if the power doesn't go out again. We're having a heck of a windstorm here in the Seattle area, so it's a little iffy.

Happy Friday, by the way! :happy: