We planned to do them all, pretty much exactly as they're written in the book. However, halfway through day 2, we're both kind of grossed out. It was all I could do to choke down plain yogurt yesterday, and I can't even finish the chef salad today. 2 tbsp of dressing only goes so far with that much green stuff, and I usually love salad. It's like eating a bowl of grass!

My husband had a cortisone shot at the orthopedic's today and passed out in the office. He's been dizzy and lightheaded all day. I don't think a 200 pound 6'2" guy can sustain a 1200 calorie diet that nets down to 650 cals after exercise. I think going foward this week we will add some calories in, but will stay away from flour, sugar and grains. I don't think the kickstart is helpful if we're so weak and lightheaded that we can't do the work!

On the positive - we had the steak with tomato salad for dinner last night and it was fantastic. I also really enjoyed the poached eggs, tomato, avocado and canadian bacon this morning. The two salad lunches were not tasty, and plain greek yogurt should just be outlawed. Having the Rosemary Tilapia for dinner tonight... we'll see how that goes!

I just started to! I need the support to keep me motivated. I will gladly joina group. :-)

My stats are 5'4" 148 and size 10. My goal is 135-140 or a size 8!

It's a Mio - wrist, not chest strap. I think I'm going to go for the Polar soon, after my husband buys his mountain bike shoes. Incidentally, burned 250 on Cardio 1 this morning, so that's higher, at least! The low burn makes me mad because I feel like it's telling me I'm phoning it in, and I'm really not. Hmmm.

Other than that, things are good here. Added in some calories yesterday and I feel waaaaaay better today. Was super sore when I crawled out of bed to do Cardio, but throughout the day the soreness has really decreased. Only felt the need for my first cup of coffee of the day and have been relatively energetic. Yesterday I was very sluggish. My husband has lost over 4 pounds, I've lost over 2 (since starting the kickstart on Monday). We aren't doing cardio tonight - it's our run night. W2D2 of couch to 5 k. Which will definitely be a higher calorie burn!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Good job on the kick start! Its exciting to see results right off the bat. :-)

I have tried both the wrist HRM and the chest strap HRM. I think my chest strap works better. My HR changes so much during a workout that I need something that is continuously reading it. Thats my opinion anyway :-). I'm running to! I'm using the runkeeper app on my phone to train for my first half marathon. Since I will be running 4 days a week I think Im going to skip jillians cardio altogether.

Just finished WO2 of week 2. I thought I would try the advanced moves this time. I think I pulled a butt muscle doing it lol. Note to self- don't try to push so hard at the beginning.