Jillian's 60 Day Body Shred

robin79
robin79 Posts: 17 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
Is anyone doing the Jillian Michaels's 60 Day Body Shred? My fiancé and I are going into the fifth week tomorrow. It has been brutal and I'm wondering what we got ourselves into. I can see my muscles forming and it's incredible, but I'm worried that I'm not ready to move on to the next step tomorrow. I have 33 pounds to get to my goal weight of 132. I've lost only 4-5 pounds doing the first 4 weeks. Maybe because I'm building more muscle? I'd love to hear from other people going through this madness!

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  • LiftAndBalance
    LiftAndBalance Posts: 960 Member
    edited June 2015
    4–5 lbs in 4 weeks is actually a very good rate of loss so well done! It's extremely unlikely you're building muscle on a deficit unless you'd start out heavy lifting (which Jillian Michael's programmes aren't). The muscle definition you're seeing is more likely due to losing the layer of fat covering up your muscles. Actually building muscle is very hard work, especially for us women, and generally requires a calorie surplus.

    Summary: You're doing great! :)
  • robin79
    robin79 Posts: 17 Member
    edited June 2015
    It's definitely not heavy lifting. I only use 5 pound weights with the workouts. She does a lot of things in plank. She really enjoys the plank. My shoulder are showing so much definition, perhaps from supporting this 165 pounds every. Single. Day. Thank you for the input!
  • nskhan1983
    nskhan1983 Posts: 17 Member
    robin79 wrote: »
    It's definitely not heavy lifting. I only use 5 pound weights with the workouts. She does a lot of things in plank. She really enjoys the plank. My shoulder are showing so much definition, perhaps from supporting this 165 pounds every. Single. Day. Thank you for the input!

    hi me and hubby started it this week..how was your experience?? did you finish the program??? what was the total weight loss by the end?? its my first week hence im researching about it..i need to lose upto 25lbs...with calorie deficit..hope its gonna help..
  • nskhan1983
    nskhan1983 Posts: 17 Member
    i also luse 5lbs weights and lifting them while you are ina plank positin.killerrr..loving it so far..and all my muscles r hurting :)
  • robin79
    robin79 Posts: 17 Member
    I think I only ended up losing around 10 lbs with it. However, it really made me feel confident! I mean, a year ago...I wouldn't have survived a week! I've since started running and decided to start T25 again. I only have about 20lbs to go! Keep at it for sure! You'll feel like a rock star!
  • eep223
    eep223 Posts: 624 Member
    10lbs for 60 days jibes with my Jillian experience. I lost about 5 pounds on 30 Day Shred, but a couple inches all over! I looked great! Gotta do that again...
  • robin79
    robin79 Posts: 17 Member
    Yes! The inches are better than the lbs! Are you still doing well with it? That cardio one whooped me!
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