My BMI is 22, which is fine, I realize, but I was at 20 last year and I'd like to get back there. I'm obviously getting stronger but those extra 5kg hide any visible sculpting in my stomach. I have heard real progress begins in P2, so we'll see!

My resistance band isn't long enough for most of the workouts so I tend to hold heavy weights instead. Actually, W6's bicep curls was the first time I was able to use my band exactly how she wanted.

I too am starting this for the 2nd time. I bought this last year and got pregnant soon after starting, so had to put all the DVDs on the shelf. I started 3 weeks ago, but injured my foot so am repeating week 2 because I can't do some of the higher impact stuff in workout 3. I'm finding the meal an too time consuming and expensive. Do people just follow the net 1200 calories on MFP, or do you keep your total calories consumed under1200?

Welcome aboard! I never even considered following the meal plan. It's ludicrous. I aim to consume 1200 calories a day. If I'm still hungry after that I will eat back about half of my exercise calories (~150 calorie snack). So still following her 1200 calories rule, aiming for higher protein and lower carbs (not super low, just slightly reduced). I lost nearly 10 lbs in phase 1 doing this so it's definitely working for me!

My BMI is 22, which is fine, I realize, but I was at 20 last year and I'd like to get back there. I'm obviously getting stronger but those extra 5kg hide any visible sculpting in my stomach. I have heard real progress begins in P2, so we'll see!

My resistance band isn't long enough for most of the workouts so I tend to hold heavy weights instead. Actually, W6's bicep curls was the first time I was able to use my band exactly how she wanted.

I had a bunch of resistance bands to substitute for hers but they never really worked the same. Ended up just ordering her cable from amazon for like $12 and it's actually really good. Glad I spent the money.

Anyway, good luck on those last stubborn kgs! Hopefully phase 2 will kick their butt and melt them away!

I too am starting this for the 2nd time. I bought this last year and got pregnant soon after starting, so had to put all the DVDs on the shelf. I started 3 weeks ago, but injured my foot so am repeating week 2 because I can't do some of the higher impact stuff in workout 3. I'm finding the meal an too time consuming and expensive. Do people just follow the net 1200 calories on MFP, or do you keep your total calories consumed under1200?

I actually really like a lot of her recipes, and I'm a freakin' no-dairy vegetarian! I just modify them a lot. Her shiitake/barely stew tastes just like this popular vegan Thanksgiving roast (especially because I made vegan andoullie sausages to sub) and I ended up making it for lunch two weeks in a row. (I batch cook.) 　Her potato salad, chili bean burgers, and banana pops are also big favorites of mine.

But overall I use MFP because there just isn't enough variety to keep me interested for three months.

I eat 1,400-1,600 a day wheras most people do 1,200. They're dropping weight and I'm on a plataue (kinda... muscle is definitely replacing fat, just currently at the same rate).

Anyway, just track honestly and you can always modify/adjust later.

Good luck and hopefully a swift recovery!

Wow cardio 2 is tough! Having said that, I kept up with absolutely everything except the burpees. I just don't even have the flexibility to jump back into a ball and then jump up. My knees splay to the sides or I land with straight legs. The form is just awful. I focused on doing only 5 each time, nice and slowly, with the best form I could. Hopefully these will improve. Next time I'll push myself more in the 2nd and 3rd circuits too!

Guys I'm having a really hard time with workout 5. I actually stopped and just cried twice during it today. Up until now I've felt like I'm keeping up but this workout is just so tough for me and negative thoughts are starting to get the better of me.

In the first circuit, I can't really do the pushups so I'm just kind of holding plank then rotating into sideplank, which is fine, but I can't do it straight after mountain climbers. I just collapse on the floor. I also can't really do the jump squats after being in that stupid crescent pose. My quads kill me!

Second circuit I actually like and I get a bit of confidence back during it and generally feel fine.

That is until the 3rd circuit hits. I can NOT do those crab things with a leg in the air. My arms are shaking trying to keep up even with both feet on the floor. Cable punches are impossible after that circuit. The flyes I almost kept up with until the last set when my arms just gave out.

The fourth circuit - I don't get why the single leg squats are there. They just make my glutes/hamstrings KILL and I have to use them again tomorrow. I don't feel it anywhere else. The tricep pushup things are weird because they don't hurt. I can't feel anything working/burning, but I struggle to do them without moving my legs around. I think my triceps simply aren't strong enough.

When I read over this I actually realise I'm doing MOST of the workout pretty well, with a few modifications here and there. It's not really that bad. It's just the mindset I get myself into. Ugh!

How is everyone going? Still keeping up? Someone else vent so I know I'm not the only one that's super frustrated with this stupid workout!

Guys I'm having a really hard time with workout 5. I actually stopped and just cried twice during it today. Up until now I've felt like I'm keeping up but this workout is just so tough for me and negative thoughts are starting to get the better of me.

In the first circuit, I can't really do the pushups so I'm just kind of holding plank then rotating into sideplank, which is fine, but I can't do it straight after mountain climbers. I just collapse on the floor. I also can't really do the jump squats after being in that stupid crescent pose. My quads kill me!

Second circuit I actually like and I get a bit of confidence back during it and generally feel fine.

That is until the 3rd circuit hits. I can NOT do those crab things with a leg in the air. My arms are shaking trying to keep up even with both feet on the floor. Cable punches are impossible after that circuit. The flyes I almost kept up with until the last set when my arms just gave out.

The fourth circuit - I don't get why the single leg squats are there. They just make my glutes/hamstrings KILL and I have to use them again tomorrow. I don't feel it anywhere else. The tricep pushup things are weird because they don't hurt. I can't feel anything working/burning, but I struggle to do them without moving my legs around. I think my triceps simply aren't strong enough.

When I read over this I actually realise I'm doing MOST of the workout pretty well, with a few modifications here and there. It's not really that bad. It's just the mindset I get myself into. Ugh!

How is everyone going? Still keeping up? Someone else vent so I know I'm not the only one that's super frustrated with this stupid workout!

Don't get disheartened you are definitely not alone!

This sounds like me with WO5, I have never managed a proper pushup (ever) and I just rotate into side plank too. I manage about two dips with my leg up then I'm back to doing it (or trying) with my feet planted. I didn't find the tricep pushes hard either to start with, but I didn't have my hand positioned properly at the armpit and I wasn't fully straightening it, I also found it better now I use my abs more to raise my body, so at least I'm getting a better work out on those muscles. Still not overly difficult this way but harder than it was. With the other moves I've found slowing it down a bit and just keeping to a steady pace means I can keep going through it with out stopping even if I'm not 'keeping up' with the team.

It seems to me the idea behind doing this is to get better and stronger, we haven't all started from the same point so we can't all achieve the moves exactly as the are done on screen, and that's okay, we'll get there and when we do Jillian will just add more weight and make us do it under water probably lol

You are doing brilliantly, hitting week 5 is an achievement on its own. Now stop with the negative thoughts and 'remember you can do anything for 30 minutes' Oh and Jillian WILL come through the screen and yell at you if you 'phone if in' x

Week 7 WO7 1st attempt.............................The only heart I want to gargle right now is Jillian's :mad: , that is all!

Starting Week 6 tomorrow. This is my second go round. I finished phase 2 last year and then sustained a knee injury and never did phase 3. This time, if everything goes as planned, I should be done by the end of December. I did Ripped in 30 before starting BR again and it seems to have helped.

Guys I'm having a really hard time with workout 5. I actually stopped and just cried twice during it today. Up until now I've felt like I'm keeping up but this workout is just so tough for me and negative thoughts are starting to get the better of me.

In the first circuit, I can't really do the pushups so I'm just kind of holding plank then rotating into sideplank, which is fine, but I can't do it straight after mountain climbers. I just collapse on the floor. I also can't really do the jump squats after being in that stupid crescent pose. My quads kill me!

Second circuit I actually like and I get a bit of confidence back during it and generally feel fine.

That is until the 3rd circuit hits. I can NOT do those crab things with a leg in the air. My arms are shaking trying to keep up even with both feet on the floor. Cable punches are impossible after that circuit. The flyes I almost kept up with until the last set when my arms just gave out.

The fourth circuit - I don't get why the single leg squats are there. They just make my glutes/hamstrings KILL and I have to use them again tomorrow. I don't feel it anywhere else. The tricep pushup things are weird because they don't hurt. I can't feel anything working/burning, but I struggle to do them without moving my legs around. I think my triceps simply aren't strong enough.

When I read over this I actually realise I'm doing MOST of the workout pretty well, with a few modifications here and there. It's not really that bad. It's just the mindset I get myself into. Ugh!

How is everyone going? Still keeping up? Someone else vent so I know I'm not the only one that's super frustrated with this stupid workout!

Workout 5 is tough...the first time I started it I yelled and complained and swore at Jillian the whole 30 minutes lol

I can't do a normal pushup for the life of me! I modify and go onto my knees, quickly go into a plank and turn and raise the arm. I don't go as fast as them so I can do correct form.

For the crab things...if you notice where they place there hands, finger tips facing towards your back, I turn my hands facing towards the side, it's easier for me to complete that---otherwise I can feel I will pull a muscle in my arms. Also, I can not lift a leg either, I feel it in my hamstring and it feels like I will pull something in there too so to avoid a setback I have to modify.

Hang in there girl!! Almost on to week 7....but from what I just read from DaisyChain...I'm nervous lol

I feel it in the hamstring too! Feels like something's going to tear so I'll keep modifying on that one. Good idea on going to the knees for the pushup - I'll try that next time, and also turning the hands sideways, but I feel like that releases the work from the triceps a lot?

Just when we're starting to get over the dread of workout 5...along comes workout 7 rearing its ugly head!!!

I genuinely enjoy workout 6! I never thought I'd say that about one of these workouts...

The only thing I'm still struggling with is single leg squats. I'm just placing the toe of my other foot on the floor to help me get deeper on the way down, but on the way up I'm lifting the foot so only one leg is working to push up. I feel my legs working really hard that way, but doing it all on one leg I just can't get the range of motion so I don't really feel like my legs a working. This is a good middle ground for me until I get the strength/flexibility/balance to do the whole movement on one leg.