Good to hear about Cardio 1 getting better! I am switching my rest days to accomodate a doctors appointment early in the AM tomorrow (doctor wants me at rest). So i'm back to Cardio 1 on Saturday. Then Week 2 begins on Sunday!

Cardio One - Uggh I hate the running man, it kills me every time. But I am on day 6, which is Cardio One twice. T
he first time I did Cardio One - on Day 1 (I'm doing it daily because I'm doing kickstart), I had to stop each time we did the running man, at least three times, during the 60 seconds. I am proud to say that I can complete the full minute of running man now - it hurts like heck, but I can do it!
My point is, the Cardio One dvd is definitely hard, but keep pushing ladies it will get easier as the week goes on!

Haha, running man gets me too.......I can get through everything but that! Hopefully by the end of phase 1 I will have it conquered!

Finished Day 4 today..planks are so hard for me! I really hope by the end I can do the plank the whole time. Listening to everyone say the running man gets them...me too! How about those kicks with the arm circles..ughh!

How has your Week 1 been, everyone? My weigh-in day is tomorrow; I am curious how you have done! Wanna share? I will post mine in the am....

I have been feeling ok; not as sore as expected. I had to alter the workout schedule and made Friday my day off. Today I am doing Cardio 1, and I am moving to Week 2 workout tomorrow. As far as the diet is concerned, I know I need to work on getting the recommended 8 glasses of water; I had a few days when I had 6-7. I did ok with food, I think. I tried to follow Jillian's diet plan for the kickstart week, but I had a few meals that I just had store-bought stuffed chicken breasts with veggies/salad. Quick and easy to make. Not too much sodium, either. I also made JM's turkey burgers for dinner, but ate them with a salad instead of the baked veggies (carrots and brussels, I think) that she recommended. My diary should be open (I think), so you can check it out or send me a friend request if we have not connected yet.

I will try to follow the meal plan in the coming weeks, and today I am planning to figure out what I am going to cook during the week and go grocery shopping. I am ready to reintroduce some carbs and fruit to my diet!

This morning was day 2 of week 2.

I definitely could do things harder and longer - but still not nailing EVERYTHING. I may repeat one week just to get everything nailed before moving on.

But after a week (and 2 days) I already feel stronger. My evening runs are going better. Can't wait to see how much further I progress!

Second week, workout 1 - finished! I upped my weights from 3lb to 6lb, and was definitely feeling it in the lateral raises and tricep work. But I have to push myself in order to improve, and I intend to do exactly that! I've started doing the advanced moves for some of the circuits - jumping with the squats, adding weights to the sumo squats, doing the oblique crunches with the standing abductions...
I'm afraid I'm going to come down with the flu this week, though. My boyfriend has it, and I really, *really* don't want to fall behind on these workouts already. But sickness happens, and I guess I'll just deal with whatever comes.

Welcome to the group! I'm really hoping this thread will help keep me on track. I am on Day 11. On Tue-Thur I don't do my workouts until the afternoon, so haven't done it for today yet. I have noticed that since I did KickStart and now only do one workout a day - I am pushing myself a lot harder, because I don't feel I have to save anything for a later workout. Went out and bought 8 lb weights this weekend and am using them more frequently now. I need to get a Heavy weight for some of the moves where she says to use your heaviest. But, budget constraints, so I will work with what I have for a little bit.

I am also coming down with something - but hoping to sweat it out. Loved both the blueberry banana muffins and the choc covered bananas that I made over the weekend - highly recommend both of those. Happy to be out of the KickStart meal plan and into the regular one - I am finding it more satisfying. But, I still love the avocado, tomato and poached egg breakfast on the weekends.

Don't get discouraged if you don't notice a weight loss as quickly as you'd like. My scale didn't budge for days - then all of a sudden I had a big jump - just wanted to share that in case anyone is getting down about the scale (I have to have my hubby hide it from me or I obsess over it).

So today was the last of Phase 1 Workout 1. I am STILL not 100% on the pushups - I don't know if my form is off - but I can never seem to get my arms in the right position.

I can hold the planks like a champ. I lack coordination and my bicycle crunches look hilariously awkward - but I get them done. I am debating repating Phase 1 for another week. Possibly doing all of the Phases an extra week - so taking somewhere around 110 days to finish the program. I will see how tomorrow goes for Workout 2.

I have also been thinking about extending each Phase by one week. I have a lot of weight to lose and won't reach my goals by the end of 90 days, so a few extra weeks seem reasonable. Erin & Gatorgirl, are you guys set on longer Phases?

Can I ask how much weight everyone lost after completing phase 1? Thanks!