"Shreddin' It & Forgettin' It"

level 1 day 2 (did day 1 yesterday)
My daughter woke me up at 6.30 so I thought I might as well get up and get it over with. yay me! :drinker:

it felt a bit easier, maybe because I knew what to expect!
My right knee is a little sore though - it doesn't like the side lunges. I think it's just muscle tightness though so I'm hoping I won't have to stop/modify too much.

I have to say although I really like the workout the cool down section is utter crap. After a workout like that she should be giving you WAY more stretching at the end. I know that if I wasn't already fit, did that workout and her inadequate stretching session I would be utterly crippled the next day :noway:

by the way if anyone would like to be my friend who is at a similar sort of stage to me that would be good!
just started the shred but already reasonably fit and am doing it for toning/fat loss but not trying to lose lots of weight. I'm in the UK if you prefer friends in similar time zones, and my motivation is to look amazing by June when I will turn 40 :bigsmile:
It would be nice to have people to suffer with on my feed :bigsmile:

I have to admit, I don't even do the cool-down. I know, i'm bad. I usually walk right out into the kitchen and get my drink that's been chilling in the fridge. The cool-down is lame, and yet, I've never been sore from not doing it. I have yet to get to a point where I'm sore from doing Jillian the next day. And believe me, I'm NOT in any kind of shape.

you must be lucky! I always get stiff after any new exercise, even though I work out a lot. Maybe some people are just more prone to muscle stiffness?? glad you're not hurting!

level 1 day 2 (did day 1 yesterday)
My daughter woke me up at 6.30 so I thought I might as well get up and get it over with. yay me! :drinker:

it felt a bit easier, maybe because I knew what to expect!
My right knee is a little sore though - it doesn't like the side lunges. I think it's just muscle tightness though so I'm hoping I won't have to stop/modify too much.

I have to say although I really like the workout the cool down section is utter crap. After a workout like that she should be giving you WAY more stretching at the end. I know that if I wasn't already fit, did that workout and her inadequate stretching session I would be utterly crippled the next day :noway:

by the way if anyone would like to be my friend who is at a similar sort of stage to me that would be good!
just started the shred but already reasonably fit and am doing it for toning/fat loss but not trying to lose lots of weight. I'm in the UK if you prefer friends in similar time zones, and my motivation is to look amazing by June when I will turn 40 :bigsmile:
It would be nice to have people to suffer with on my feed :bigsmile:

I have to admit, I don't even do the cool-down. I know, i'm bad. I usually walk right out into the kitchen and get my drink that's been chilling in the fridge. The cool-down is lame, and yet, I've never been sore from not doing it. I have yet to get to a point where I'm sore from doing Jillian the next day. And believe me, I'm NOT in any kind of shape.

you must be lucky! I always get stiff after any new exercise, even though I work out a lot. Maybe some people are just more prone to muscle stiffness?? glad you're not hurting!

My knee hurts, but that's because I had surgery on it 3 times and I never got all the strength back. I'm doing some modified exercises because of it, but the majority is still what they are doing. I do wall push-ups (so I don't have to kneel), I mix in punches with weights when I can't do the jacks anymore because of the hopping impact, and when it starts to hurt doing the side to side lunges, I do squats with the anterior raises.

Day 5 Done! Having a protein bar then off to the treadmill! Was very frustrating, I let my son watch his show on my computer then he starts touching things! He ejected the disk that was in there, then he touched the mute button. :grumble:
Anyway now he has the tv back... and daddy finally woke up so

Good Morning! It's L1D7 for me. I didn't sleep in like I did yesterday and I got in a good breakfast of eggs and toast (a treat now with my low-cal breakfasts) and a good snack of half an apple and tbsp of peanut butter. Next up is my workout! I'm in a much better frame of mind than I was last night :laugh: I'm going to shred, bike, and hopefully Wii. Sundays are my weigh-in days. (They are also my "cheat days' following the weigh-in but after today's induction ceremony and dinner I'm going to try and ween myself off cheat days. At this point I'm getting used to eating better and cheat days I think are only harming me at this point)
So after 6 days of shreddin' here are my current numbers (and what I've lost this week):

180lbs (-2lbs)
Neck: 13" (no change)
Waist: 40.5" (-0.5")
Hips: 47.5" (-0.25")
Bust: 40" (no change)
Rt Bicep: 12" (-0.5")
Lt Bicep: 12.5" (-0.25")
Rt Thigh: 28" (-0.5")
Lt Thigh: 28.25" (-1.25") (I'm pretty sure I mis-measured this last week)
Rt Calf: 17.5" (no change)
Lt Calf: 17.5" (no change)

So to summarize: This week I lost 2 lbs and just over 2 inches! :bigsmile:

I'm off to shred! Happy Sunday Everyone!

Great job everyone!!! We are like a 1/5 of the way there! Keep it up!! I did day 6 levels 1 and 2 today. Since I am training for a few races, I am going to head to the gym soon and do a run as well. This is a great Sunday. Working out, cooking, and relaxing! Wish everyday was like this.

Keep up the great work everyone!

I just finished my day seven. I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to get any workouts in this weekend, but my hubby was keeping the kids busy so I could. Today I did my level 3 and then went and did level 2. I feel more exhausted after level 2. I hope to do the 30 Day Shred once a day for the entire 30 days. I hope everyone else is feeling it like I am. My one big concern is my belly. I am not even 5' and I've had two children. My son was huge and now I have all this extra skin. I have a feeling I'm never going to get back into my old jeans because of it. Does anyone else have this issue?


"If you don't get uncomfortable, nothing's going to change" - Jillian

I just finished my day seven. I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to get any workouts in this weekend, but my hubby was keeping the kids busy so I could. Today I did my level 3 and then went and did level 2. I feel more exhausted after level 2. I hope to do the 30 Day Shred once a day for the entire 30 days. I hope everyone else is feeling it like I am. My one big concern is my belly. I am not even 5' and I've had two children. My son was huge and now I have all this extra skin. I have a feeling I'm never going to get back into my old jeans because of it. Does anyone else have this issue?


"If you don't get uncomfortable, nothing's going to change" - Jillian

I've had 2 c-sections (which involves stretching skin) and I have a ton of 'hanging fat' (it's what I call all the extra skin). I spoke to my OB, who referred me to a plastic surgeon. He said that since I have almost no elasticity in my skin to end up with the amount of stretch marks I have, that I'm going to need a tummy tuck to get rid of that skin. He said I could tighten my upper stomach muscles til the cows come home, but you won't be able to see it with all the skin. Along with the skin, my stomach muscles split (while pregnant and again with the c-section in the other direction) so I'm a real mess. LOL.

If you have elastic skin, with some time- it may go back- but that's no guarantee. The best thing you can do is probably talk to a doc and see what they think. That way you know what you're facing and they can give you better ideas on what you can do to tighten up the skin.

Today was going to be my rest day--and then I convinced hubby to go through a workout with me! I do think it was a bit harder than he expected:laugh: , so I've now done L2/D4. It was SO much easier to get through it as I was watching him struggle. I must say that I certainly should be proud of myself--I'm heavier than he is (much to my mortification!) but I think I'm in better shape (shhh, don't tell him I said that).
Tomorrow is weigh/measure day. I've been under my cals (every day except 1) but my food choices haven't always been the best--we'll see.