30 Day Shred Starting Monday, January 10th, 2011

I cheated BIG time! I knew I had to mitigate the damage I caused somehow. So I decided to forego the evening's 30 Day Shred and bust out the P90X Kenpo. I finished the entire workout by imagining punching and kicking away heaping plates of my dad's potatoes & onions and dangling chops.

Cheaters NEVER win. :embarassed:
And I'm wrecked with guilt and can't sleep. :frown:

L1D6 done. I really didn't want to do it this morning, but I hauled my lazy butt out of the chair and made it through. I am getting a bit better at the moves. Though the extra jiggle I have when doing jumping jacks, really bugs me. I stop jumping and the rolls stop a second or two later. :laugh:

L1Day2 complete! I didn't Shred yesterday because I was very sore, but I did walk the dog! Was a bit sore today, but I was able to do more in the workout than I did Thursday. yeah!

L1D7 DONE
I took a much needed break yesterday.

I have a question.... Are we really suposed to be doing this for 30 consecutive days? I always thought it was good to give you body some rest, even if it's just 1 or 2 days a week. I'm fine with doing it the full 30 consecutive days if that's what your supposed to do, but just wondering what others think, and how you are going to get excersise in AFTER the 30 days is up with Jillian. On my "profile" I filled out when I started MFP last week, I put that I wanted to lose 1.5 lbs a week, and exersise for 30 min 3 days a week. I was already over in calories burned for the week on Wednesday, I'm just wondering if I'm being to hard on my body, especially since this is all new to me.

I tried to find some info online about this question I was wondering the same thing, because typically when you do strength training you rest the muscles for a day. From what i've read it's 30 consecutive days, however, if you feel you need a rest then by all means take a rest day. That is basically what everyone in other threads, discussion boards and fitness groups were suggesting Hope that helps! As for what i'm going to do after the 30 days is up, I'll probably try out a new workout, like finishing Turbo Fire series

So I decided to mix things up a bit and see if I can get things going with this weight loss, after my workout last night I got up this am and did the workout again. Officially L1D6 is in the can but it was extremely hard this morning besides the fact I turned off the volume because I thougt if I heard Jillian say "dont phone it in" or call the girls her "buddies" I might crack:ohwell: Anyways, so my master plan about ramping it up this weekend....I am going to try to do it again tonight. We will see what happens. It certainly can't hurt me to do her workouts twice a day, right? Wish me luck! Btw, I am still just petering along with weight loss, a lot of you were too earlier in the week, is this still true for you guys?

HAHA! It cracks me up in the beginning of the workout she walks out with them and says "so you think you can handle this? Really? Ok... we'll see!" I laugh every time!

L1 Day 6 complete! Yay! I've found that switching to the 5 lb weights the other day has made my biceps so sore. While my legs feel great now, my arms... ouch!! Day 6 felt great, except for one thing I have to confess. I couldn't make it through all of the bicep curls. I'd done awesome with that Days 1-5, but my arms hurt so bad! Oh, well. I still have 4 more days before Level 2.

@lorinjer: I'm not sure what everyone else is doing, but I measure my hips at the widest part and my waist at the smallest part. I also do an extra measurement right at my belly button. (Not sure if that would be hips or waist...) The more measurments to watch getting smaller, the better is the way I see it. :laugh:

Hope everyone's had a great Saturday! Have a great rest of the weekend!!

Completed L1D6 today and although my endurance is better I still take short breaks during the jumping jacks because my legs start hurting. I can get through the warm-up jumping jacks but the next set during the cardio interval really gets to my legs. I think I need a better shoe. Any suggestions?

L1D6 complete! I feel awesome. I actually used my fives for all but the side lunges. This fits so perfectly in my day.

Way to go Shredders!

I want to join too!! I just bought it tonight!!! I've heard really good things about it!