30 Day Shred for Lent (9th March - 8th April)

[What is you goal? I would love to lose 10-20 pounds through lent. And exercise daily.

-carolyn

Hi Carolyn!

I would love to lose inches! I’m not too worried about pounds because they seem to be coming off ok so I think I’ll concentrate on measuring my waist and hip measurements. I would also like my body fat % to drop by about 2% during the 30day shred but that might be a bit ambitious!

myself and my friend are starting 30 ds today - so I'd love to join, only I'll be a couple of days ahead . is that ok?? never done it before so it's gonna be interesting to see and bloody hard to do by all accounts

Of course you can join, if we log our progress you can just pop yours up early so it is still comparable to the rest of us. It also means that you will be setting the target for use so we know how behind we are getting :P.

I am making up a form just now which I'll post before Wednesday and we can put starting measurements and weight on it. I'm going to include all the things I use to check my progress but just fill in the parts you are interested in. I thought we could update the form every ten days to see how we are all getting on. I'm sure it'll make more sense when I post it up!

Ok Guys,
I took my measurements last night and then did my day one this morning. I really enjoyed it but did have to have a couple of 5-10second breaks. Hopefully I won’t need to do that as the days go on! Here are my starting measurements

STARTING MEASUREMENTS
Weight: 164.2lb
Waist: 29.5”
Hips: 38”
Belly: 37”
Thighs: 23”
Upper Arm: 12”
Body Fat Mass: 39lb
Body Fat %: 24.1%

I am going to update my measurements after 10, 20 and 30 day. If you started earlier than me then please still feel free to post your measurements after your 10, 20 and 30th days and I'll make a table of how well we are doing! You don’t have to fill in everything that I did, you can just fill out what is of interest to you.

Also I have made a calendar so I can tick off the days hahaha!

Happy shredding everyone!

JuSt finished day 2 and I actually enjoyed doing it. I had to do it in the evening because my friend was over for dinner and I didn't have time before work (my boyfriend holds me up when he stays on work days). I was dreading doing it but feel good now. Think I'll hurt tomorrow because I did my step class earlier too :S

Anyway I'm going to put the table up tomorrow afternoon for you all. Good luck guys and enjoy your next day of the shred!!

Oh and I struggle with the jump rope too but love the butt kick!!

E

Starting stats=

Weight = 186.5lbs
Arm = 13.25"
Chest = 40"
Waist = 34"
Belly = 39"
Hips = 44.25"
Thigh = 26"
Knee = 17.5"
Body Fat Mass = 32.08%
Body Fat = 60lbs
(Hope I've calculated the last 2 correctly, had to google them!).

I've measured both arms, thighs and knees for my own records but have only entered the measurements for my right side.

Doing day 2 later!

LouiseXXX

Body Fat Mass (known as BMI here in the UK) = 31.1

Not a clue how to calculate my body fat in lbs.

I need to lose around 8lbs to be overweight rather than obese!!!!!

Body fat mass is different from BMI (Body mass index).

Your body fat mass is just the mass of the fat in your body, some scales calculate this using electrodes which send a current through your body and calculate how much fat and how much muscle you have. The scale I use in Boots tells me what % of my body weight is fat so I can then workout what that is in lbs.

BMI is calculated simply by dividing your weight in lbs by (your height in inches^2) or your weight in kg by (height in meters ^2).

Hope that helps!