Aww cadjin that's such a shame to hear!
All I can say is that I've lost weight before (about half a stone on and off) and have fluctuated but have never been happy with the results after losing weight from just dieting. After hearing an interview with Jillian Michaels I was determined that exercise that can change your body for good- after all, if you're cutting calories and exercising then you'll burn fat and build muscle, whereas if you just cut calories your body will use up its fat and muscle at the same time. And the fitter you get, the more you can exercise, and the more fat you will burn. Meaning that what will be left is (eventually!) a lot less weight but a much more toned figure.

That's what I'm hoping, anyway! I still want to lose weight but I don't mind if it's a slightly slower process because of building muscle. I'm tired of going from flabby to slightly less flabby, this time I want to go from flabby to toned!

But, of course, it is 100% up to you as it's your body after all! Do what makes you happy

I completed Day 5 today and it's going fine so far, just worried about tomorrow as I have an exam and won't be able to do the shred at my normal time. It'll have to wait until the evening, so here's hoping I still have the energy...

Thanks for that, I don't want to quit exercise but I want to be able to lose weight at the same time as toning! maybe I am just to impatient? when I lost 40lbs last year I still had the wobbly bits and that is why I wanted to tone up, but I still have some weight to lose and just hoped that this would be the best exercise programme for losing and toning at the same time, I am not going to quit this though, I am almost halfway through after today, when I get around to doing it!! so quitting would mean that I have wasted 2 weeks of my life!
After thinking on it last night, I have decided that I shall carry on but also incorporate more cardio into my routine as well, that way with all of that and cutting calories something may change, I mean my weekly calorie deficit for the last two weeks has been 3196 so should have lost a lb but hopefully it will go in time as I don't want to be flabby either.
I have read alot about this and you are not supposed to work the same muscle groups two days running, I am thinking that I may do 1 or 2 days shred and 1 day on the elliptical to give the muscle chance to repair, it just means that my 30 days will take longer but if I lose the weight I want to lose and tone up then that is fine, I am not expecting to lose the remaining weight in a short time, I prefer slow and steady but I am the sort of person that needs to see a drop on the scale, even a little one, to stay motivated!
I shall do my day 4 later tonight and then see how that goes as my hamstring is much improved now, then the elliptical either tomorrow or Thursday and work it that way and see how I go over the course of a week.

cadjin, I like your new plan. I started on May 1st, and I've only done 30DS 16 days so far. I don't usually do more than 2 days in a roll, and more than 4 days in a week. Last week, I took Sat and Sun off, and I felt so much stronger and more energetic when I shredded on Monday. On days I don't shred, I either run, power walk, or use the eliptical. This plan has helped me lose pounds and inches, and I always eat my exercise calories.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

Aww cadjin that's such a shame to hear!
All I can say is that I've lost weight before (about half a stone on and off) and have fluctuated but have never been happy with the results after losing weight from just dieting. After hearing an interview with Jillian Michaels I was determined that exercise that can change your body for good- after all, if you're cutting calories and exercising then you'll burn fat and build muscle, whereas if you just cut calories your body will use up its fat and muscle at the same time. And the fitter you get, the more you can exercise, and the more fat you will burn. Meaning that what will be left is (eventually!) a lot less weight but a much more toned figure.

That's what I'm hoping, anyway! I still want to lose weight but I don't mind if it's a slightly slower process because of building muscle. I'm tired of going from flabby to slightly less flabby, this time I want to go from flabby to toned!

But, of course, it is 100% up to you as it's your body after all! Do what makes you happy

I completed Day 5 today and it's going fine so far, just worried about tomorrow as I have an exam and won't be able to do the shred at my normal time. It'll have to wait until the evening, so here's hoping I still have the energy...

Thanks for that, I don't want to quit exercise but I want to be able to lose weight at the same time as toning! maybe I am just to impatient? when I lost 40lbs last year I still had the wobbly bits and that is why I wanted to tone up, but I still have some weight to lose and just hoped that this would be the best exercise programme for losing and toning at the same time, I am not going to quit this though, I am almost halfway through after today, when I get around to doing it!! so quitting would mean that I have wasted 2 weeks of my life!
After thinking on it last night, I have decided that I shall carry on but also incorporate more cardio into my routine as well, that way with all of that and cutting calories something may change, I mean my weekly calorie deficit for the last two weeks has been 3196 so should have lost a lb but hopefully it will go in time as I don't want to be flabby either.
I have read alot about this and you are not supposed to work the same muscle groups two days running, I am thinking that I may do 1 or 2 days shred and 1 day on the elliptical to give the muscle chance to repair, it just means that my 30 days will take longer but if I lose the weight I want to lose and tone up then that is fine, I am not expecting to lose the remaining weight in a short time, I prefer slow and steady but I am the sort of person that needs to see a drop on the scale, even a little one, to stay motivated!
I shall do my day 4 later tonight and then see how that goes as my hamstring is much improved now, then the elliptical either tomorrow or Thursday and work it that way and see how I go over the course of a week.

I've been meaning to comment on this subject--from what I can tell, no one loses that much weight in 30 DS, just inches. But I read a couple people report that they did lose a LOT more weight doing 30DS for 2 months back to back. the first month they lost 1-4 lbs.(probably water) the second month they lost a lot more, like 7-10lbs. I wonder if anyone here has experience with this personally, 2 months of shred back to back?

I doubt I'll lose all that much weight from shred alone, but it would be nice to lose a little more weight since I"m putting in all this effort. whenever those plank jacks exercises come up, I can look down and see there's a giant waddle of fat sitting even more defined on the abs! I'm thinking of adding in some low impact elliptical everyday, or maybe start riding my bike again everywhere. and maybe 30ds 2 months in a row. but I can't really think about that right now! lol

yesterday my Level 2 Day 2 got derailed unexpectedly, so I'll be doing it later today.

I hAte all the plank stuff too! I was thinking after I finish this to do it for another month too but I don't know yet lol I finished level 2 day 3 today I got burnt out when it came to the jumping Jack plank things not my favorite...

LV2D5 done for me. My back is starting to hurt hella bad, but I think it's from weight machines more than 30ds.

So officially half way done (goodness, can't believe i'm only halfway ). But level 3 is looming in sight, and that's enough to keep pushing through.

Happy Tuesday everyone, keeping pushing! 30 days is a relatively short amount of time, and in it we can accomplish so much!

Hi all, I'm jumping into your group late. I'll be on L2, D4 or 5 tonight. I don't do it everyday due to rubbish knees. I haven't done it in 5 days due to being away for the holiday weekend, and last night was my swim night. So, I'm posting this morning to help motivate me to get back at it tonight. My arms really feel stronger and I've definitely noticed my abs slimming down. The cardio in L2 is harder for me due to knee issues, so I modify some of the moves. Keep shredding everyone!

L2 D3 punched in. I also did 15 additional minutes of elliptical pretty hard to further along some weight loss. not sure that was a good idea, though. I feel like my blood sugar is too low or something now--kind of shakey and nauseous. Level 2 is hard enough as it is for me.

on the bright side, I got some new trial size packets of vegan protein shakes to try out berry, vanilla chai, french vanilla, and chocolate, mix with water or almond milk. (I'm sure you non-vegans are thinking "barf" lol but it sounds awesome to me!)

Level 2, day 4 complete! Today is my weigh-in day and I lost 0.6 pounds since last Wednesday and 1/2 inch from both of my arms. I decided to weigh myself after I completed the workout and lost 0.8 pounds from sweating so much! I better drink water to rehydrate myself!

After 2 weeks of this workout I was starting to have knee pain from so much jumping around. To try to reduce the pain I put mat down and workedout on that and it helped me immensely! No more knee pain!

Day 4 Level 2 done. I have to say I am feeling very discouraged today. I've been doing a lot of reading here on MFP and am wondering if I've been doing the right things etc on this journey. I'm wondering if doing primarily the 30 DS is enough (I also do kickboxing twice a week). I just don't want to be able to grab a handful of fat off my hips and stomach anymore.

(Sorry for the whine, tomorrow is another day)