30 day shred starting today. Any takers?

L1 D5 complete! Definitely noticing a difference from day 1, that's for sure. I'm 1/6 of the way down, and feeling good about it!

L1 D6 complete. I'm on a roll!

Cheers to everyone who got their workout on today....

GFPeggy & IceFaith--let us know when your video arrives and when you get that first workout in. The workout is not fun, but the results are addicting (more energy, lost inches).

Cirflowers--you get the prize from me for a 4:30am workout. That's commitment. No way I could ever do it that early....6 or 6:30 might be the earliest I can go.

To others on L1 (beesknees & mrspayne)--i look forward to hearing your reports as you get through your first week. You will notice a difference soon, if you haven't already. Be sure to take measurements if you haven't yet so that you can compare later.

I just completed L3 Day 2 (20 overall). My husband did it with me. He's in good shape, lifts weights regularly and was huffing and puffing within minutes. These workouts are hard and we all should be proud for sticking w/ it!!

Until tomorrow...

Good morning. Day 4 of level 2 down, felt stronger today, less modifications needed! Thanks Lisayvonne, I am up at 4:30 everyday (earlier in the summer, I get up with my construction worker husband) if I don't workout early, I won't at all. Thanks for the encouragment and sharing your progress everyone. I'm not sure if I will do this tomorrow, it's going to be 80 degrees here in Arizona and I may just stick to my bike ride, I will take Sunday off, but will definitely be back here Monday morning! Beesknees, hope your weigh in goes well, I am ignoring the scale not budging and focusing on my clothes fitting looser! (well trying, I really really want to see just 1/2 pound loss)

Cirflowers and Kate---good job w/ your workouts today! Kate---that's awesome that you can do all of the strength exercises w/ 5lb weights!

I did my L3D3 workout this morning, and then spent the rest of the day doing holiday shopping w/ a friend. I don't know which was more exhausting....Jillian or the stores.

I've completed my 3rd week of exercises. Starting on week 4 tomorrow....

I too just started yesterday! I will be on Level 1 Day 3 (Hopefully) tomorrow. Good luck to you all.

Just finished L1 D8, eight straight shredding days in a row! I lost only one pound, and didn't really see an difference in body measurements. I'm a little concerned about measuring in the same place each time, especially on waist. I'm curvy, so a little bit further up or down on waist makes a big difference! Body fat % didn't change too much either. My progress might be slower than i hoped...

I won't be able to do shred for the next three days (traveling), but hope to do other exercise so at least my calorie count will be on track!

Just out of curiosity, does anyone do shred with a heart rate monitor? If so, what has been your average calorie burn? I know it won't be the same for me, but I'm curious what an ACTUAL readout says.

good luck to everyone, keep sticking with it!

L3D4 (Day 22 overall) completed. So, today is the first time when I've felt like I've been able to fully do this workout w/ a few minor modifications (excluding the rock star jumps....i look like a has been rock star trying these and do butt kicks or high knees instead). This is about the time in the previous workouts where I felt like I got a hang of everything and it goes relatively quicker than it did the past few workouts.

Workout 3 is harder in some ways, but easier in others. It definitely is focuses on a lot of strength and core moves. I am not very strong, but I know that 3 weeks ago I could never have done any of the moves in workout 3 had I not been doing the earlier workouts. I'm very excited about building my strength and want to continue to challenge myself to focus on this in the future. I have largely ignored it and have stuck w/ cardio workouts because I always thought I burned more calories doing that, and now realize how important the strength/weights are to my overall fitness and health goals.

I've lost 1-1.5 lbs per week since I've been doing the shred along w/ inches all over my body. I think I saw the most drastic change in the first week, week and a half in terms of trimming, but am feeling like I am much stronger now even if the inches are not coming off. I'll measure again on Tuesday, my 25th and last day of the shred. I'll hang it up for a month or so (due to surgery and recovery time), but will definitely be coming back to this when I get the doctor's clearance to start strenuous exercise again.

L1 D5 for me.
I do it with a monitor, and it says I only burn about 140. (I'm 5'6 and about 8 pounds over the obese line). My monitor was kinda cheap, but it's one with a chest strap, so hopefully it's accurate. Maybe since I have to really pace myself I'm not buring as many, maybe my calories will go up after I get more in shape and work harder??