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  • stmariepearl
    stmariepearl Posts: 56 Member
    Hello! I'm from interior British Columbia and I have a couple dozen pounds to lose. I don't have a scale so am going by how I feel and how my pants fit! I am on day 9, and have done level 2 the last couple days. Today I did week one of her Ripped in 30 dvd right after the shred. . .nearly killed me. I'm feeling good about keeping on with it, it helps reading updates of everyone else :)

    I'm having knee pain ( I think from all the jumping!) thats making the cardio and lunges a bit tricky, but I just try to keep moving.
  • cheezels83
    cheezels83 Posts: 62 Member
    Hi! New Zealander living in Sweden. Started day 1 yesterday... Have A LOT to lose. Not too sore today, so let's see how it goes!
  • Lizdee79
    Lizdee79 Posts: 4 Member
    I've just finished day 7 and I'm feeling much better, the first few days were really tough, walking downstairs was worse than going up but I'm glad to say I persevered with it! I've decided not to take any rest days but that may be a different story when I move up to level 2 on day 10 :) keep working out folks summer is on it's way and together we can do this! :)
  • Lizdee79
    Lizdee79 Posts: 4 Member
    bebe2541 wrote: »
    Lizdee79 wrote: »
    Hi All, I'm starting the 30 day shred late as my DVD only arrived yesterday. Last year I managed to tone down really well attending boot camps but due to time constraints I'm struggling to fit them in this year. How's everyone finding it? I'm from the UK
    It's my third time starting and having a hard time getting back into it but I am so excited!

    You can do it Bebe2541 x x

  • Lizdee79
    Lizdee79 Posts: 4 Member
    Also, it's hard to imagine level 1 getting easier in just 10 days.....does it?!

    Surprisingly it does, I thought I wouldnt get past day 3 but keep at it!! How are you getting on?

  • KittyKatCA
    KittyKatCA Posts: 6 Member
    Hi everyone, I'm Catherine (33) from Milton Keynes in the UK. I have a 10 month old son and have 30 days before I return to work from maternity leave. I put on a lot of weight whilst I was pregnant and it's taken me about 8/9 months to recover from the aches and pains my labour caused me. So I want to use the 30 Day Shred to give me that boost in fitness so I can start classes in my local gym when i have returned to work. I just started Day 1 of Level 1 today and it was tough but now i know what to expect from Level 1 I'm going to try it with no rest breaks this time round... wish me luck :s
  • ivonameow
    ivonameow Posts: 3 Member
    So I'm down for the count! I got through day 6 when my knees gave out. This wasn't the muscle soreness from the beginning, it was actual joint pain. It mildly started day 3, I did 2 more days when the pain became quite severe. After one more go the next day, my knees literally felt like little knives were prying at my kneecaps all day. I've taken time off to heal, apparently joints & tendons can take longer to acclimatise than muscles, but doc told me to stay off until they're better. So FYI: if you feel sharp stabs in your knees don't try to work through it, let it heal all they way before you go back, unlike muscles. Lots of posts on how 30DS can be hard on knees, so do be careful!
  • Xlyinia
    Xlyinia Posts: 19 Member
    I'm Erin and I started on the 10th of this month. I'm not doing before and after photos, just before and after Weight and Fat % measurements. I'm actually hoping to see more fat loss than weight loss, but either will be welcome! I've never made it to level 2 before, all you who are there, is it awful?
  • bebe2541
    bebe2541 Posts: 13 Member
    ivonameow wrote: »
    Hi I'm Ivona,

    I'm 31 years old and this is my first time working out since high school. I started on a diet of 1200 cal a day at 165 pounds, and I'm on week 8 of that and have lost 20 pounds so far through diet alone. Halfway through I cut to 1000 cal which I'm feeling quite good on (making sure to hit ALL my macros and micros). I'm really short so it's not an unreasonable number for me, and I feel really good on it.

    I decided it's exercise time on my journey, so I started the shred on April 1 (in the afternoons) and most of me is ok except my thighs are in complete agony this morning. I'm debating whether or not I should work through the pain or take a rest day and just go for a walk instead, but I'm leaning towards giving it another go today and I'll take a break if it's really bad tomorrow.

    How are you all dealing with the soreness? Do you just work through it or is everybody taking rest days? Are you supposed to do it 30 days straight? I'm following on youtube so I don't have the full instructions...
    Awesome job deciding to start the shred!! I had a really hard time until about day 5 or 6 and then your body just kind of says "OK I'm getting this now" and the pain goes away. This time I started the second and I was SO insanely sore I haven't done done day two
    Lizdee79 wrote: »
    bebe2541 wrote: »
    Lizdee79 wrote: »
    Hi All, I'm starting the 30 day shred late as my DVD only arrived yesterday. Last year I managed to tone down really well attending boot camps but due to time constraints I'm struggling to fit them in this year. How's everyone finding it? I'm from the UK
    It's my third time starting and having a hard time getting back into it but I am so excited!

    You can do it Bebe2541 x x

    Thank you!!!
  • t4nn1e
    t4nn1e Posts: 46 Member
    Hello! Just started the thirty day shred!! Day three and in agony!! How's it going for you all?
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