30 Day Shred!! Who's with me?!

Bump.. will be starting this after the weekend

D6L1...complete!! I never thought I'd say this but I stuck to doing the modified push-ups and tonight I was able to do almost every single one in the two sets!! I cannot believe how well this works. When I did my weigh in this week and saw almost 7 lbs lost and down 5 inches overall I had to check and then recheck everything just to make sure I was looking at the right numbers!! It def gives me more motivation to keep trying and pushing forward.

Better late than never...but hey, I'm on Alaska time D3L1 complete! Barely made it through but I pulled it out and then my husband and I went for a quick jog so he could evaluate my horrible running stride. One day, I swear, I will love to run. I want to love to run!

D6L1...complete!! I never thought I'd say this but I stuck to doing the modified push-ups and tonight I was able to do almost every single one in the two sets!! I cannot believe how well this works. When I did my weigh in this week and saw almost 7 lbs lost and down 5 inches overall I had to check and then recheck everything just to make sure I was looking at the right numbers!! It def gives me more motivation to keep trying and pushing forward.

Wow! Those are results to celebrate...Now I am pumped and ready to go! I am doing Day 3 - Level 1 today. My challenge is the jumping jax. It is a bit hard on my knees so I modify it and jog in place.....just trying to keep it moving! Kick it today girls! :flowerforyou:

Funny, because the jump rope bothers my toes/balls more than the jumping jacks do. I hate jump roping!

I'm working today (12 hr shift at the hospital) so as long as I'm not completely wiped when I get home, I'll be doing L1D7 late tonight. Then collapsing into bed, I'm sure!!

I can rock out the jumping jacks but jump roping kills me. The only segment i can get completely through of jump roping is the last one on level 1. I can't figure out why I can do the last one but not the two before?

L1D7...shredded! I sure was craving some peanut butter after tonight's workout though. Good thing I had plenty of calories left for a second "mini dinner" after working out. My eating schedule is always a bit goofy on the days I work. It's like I have 2 mini dinners, one around 5pm and the other after I get home around 9/9:30. Is that a bad thing? I was still under my calories by 158, so it shouldn't matter too much I wouldn't think.

What's everyone's thoughts on going over in protein?

Oh, and I would have taken today off, except I couldn't let countrygirl get ahead of me in days. :noway:

For snacks I usually have yogurt, fresh veggies or fresh fruit, popcorn (but the not-so-healthy kind, lol), or mini pretzels. I'm really not good at this whole meal planning thing yet. I like the english muffin with PB idea. Another poster (diff thread) suggest making your own peanut butter. Just throw the peanuts in the grinder until smooth (or at least smoother). Less of the added in junk from store bought PB. I'm going to try that this week.

Hi all.

I'm new to MFP and I love it. I'm telling everyone I know about it!

I just did D1L1 tonight. Had to modify a bit and didn't quite get through each part, but it's a start!

So I took yesterday off to let my body recover a bit, but today I got D4L1 done

What does everyone think about skipping days in between? I did L1 days 1-3 in a row, but then took 2 days off, then did L1D4 and took one day off. I will be doing L1D5 tonight. If I put too many day in between, do you think you lose some of the impact? I am trying to get on a more routine schedule, but with my work and my husbands work, I am shuffling our 2 kids everywhere and run out of time at night. Maybe I need to try early morning (NOT a morning person:yawn: ) lol!! Thanks for the feedback!

I took 1 day off between L1D3 and L1D4 because my quads needed it. Other than that one day, I haven't felt the need (muscle-wise) to take a day off. I've been tired and all that but I figure that's not a real excuse not to do it, LOL! If my muscles told me to take a break, I would. I'm not sure if there's any impact depending on the number of days you take off. JM never states that you have to do all 30 days in a row. At least not that I've heard?

It's easy for me to fall into slacking, so I have to make a concerted effort every day to Shred. Even after I've worked a 12 hr shift at the hospital and then it's 9pm by the time I Shred. If I don't, I know it'll be even easier for me to talk myself out of Shredding the next day and so forth. A vicious cycle that I want no part of any more.

As for weekends, I try and pre-plan my food for Saturday on Friday night. I do the same thing for Sunday on Saturday night, Sunday night for Monday, etc I've found that if I have a typed out plan (or in this case, pre-logged on MFP) I'll follow it like a menu. Is it still hard to resist the sweets and other goodies? Absolutely! The pre-planned menu just works best for me.

What's everyone's thoughts on going over in protein?

Personally, I'd rather be over on the protein category than any of the others. As long as you are getting lean protein then I don't think its too bad.

I started level 1 last week, and LOVE IT! After just 1 week I have gotten comments from people asking me if I've lost weight! Starting level 2 tonight! Nervous, but excited. Just make sure you really push yourself, you'll get a lot out of the work out if you do!


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I just asked a friend of mine the exact same question today about going over my daily alloted protein intake (she is a nutritionist). Her exact words were "You have expensive pee or poo" So there is nothing TOO wrong with going over your goal.