30 day shred. Day 1 - OMG

I did day 2 this morning. Before re-starting, I did day 1 about 2 or 3 times. It is hard. But I did get to day 3 once, and it started getting easier. You will notice that you are getting stronger and stronger every day!

A couple of tips- if you need to take a breather, then do it! This morning, I had to take a couple of little breaks just to pant like a dog and get some water. Don't listen to Jillian- you're allowed to take small breaks if it helps you get through the whole thing! AND take a break if you need water! No harm in that. Give it your all, and you'll be able to make it through the whole thing soon enough. I really hate that she's all like "NO BREAKS! Rawr!" so I just mute her and turn on my music. I'd rather take a 10 second breather, have some water, and then get back into it, instead of pushing myself until I pass out or hurt myself some other way.

Don't be discouraged. Yes- the program works better if you follow her and barrell through the whole thing without taking breaks. BUT if you can't do that right now, that's ok. You might have to work up to it (like I am doing). Don't be discouraged, just keep working at it and you will get there! Add me if you wanna be shred buddies

You did more than many people by getting through 10 mins of the DVD.

You'll retry tomorrow (you may be a little sore tomorrow, if so consider the day after) and you can only do better. Eventually you'll be doing the entire workout without stopping.

If you do give up tomorrow... instead, give yourself 5 mins to cool down and regain some strength. Then try to keep going from where you left off. Jillian does say "no breaks", but in this case it's better than switching it off altogether - also she's never going to know

When I really feel like dying, I pause the DVD, walk it out and then put it back on. Don't quit! Don't stop! You don't have to keep up with them for every second and don't feel bad about pausing for a minute. The more you keep up with it (and do it straight through, even if it takes you an hour), the better you'll feel and the longer you'll be able to go the next time.

I have been doing it.... I must say, I wanted to die and I hated Jillian Michaels.

I was soaked in sweat and my body hurt so bad but I pushed myself to finish it (even though I did a half *kitten*...not even....job at it).

When I woke up the next day I wanted to cry because my muscles were so achey. But I did day two, which I was dreading. However, I found that when I started working out, I did not notice the pain as much.

For the next couple days I was still very soar. I was not really doing any other exercise with it because it was enough on its own.

I am about 15 days in right now and took only 2 days off. I am doing 30 days on level 1 then 30 days on level 2 and then 30 days on level 3. I must say, I am now kicking *kitten* (still tired and cant wait for it to be done) but I am able to finish and feel good when I am done (and I do not hate jilliam michaels anymore). BUT HERE IS THE BEST PART.... I have been doing up to 60 minutes additional cardio with it and still dont feel like I am going to die for the most part!


STICK WITH IT, IT DOES GET EASIER... Push yourself to finish, even if you half *kitten* it in order to finish YOU CAN DO IT!!

YOU CAN DO THIS!!

look at it this way... you are already aware that you need to work on your fitness. The fact that you only completed 10 minutes could actually work towards your advantage!! It gives you somewhat of a "snapshot" of your fitness level, just like someone would do on their Day 1 of taking a picture of themselves physically so they can compare the "before" and "after." Today was your "before" fitness mental snapshot... now tomorrow, work towards completing 13-15 minutes, and soon, work to complete all of it! Once you do this, you'll start noticing that the workouts get easier, and you can complete them with better coordination, form, and agility!
Then you can look back on this Day 1 and you can remember how hard it was today... and then smile then because you can FEEL how far you've come!!

Turn this into a positive thing my dear, and if you do, it could give you an extra boost of motivation you didn't know you could get!!

YOU CAN DO THIS!!

The main thing is you did try that is the first step. Jillian doesn't play around. When I first did 30-day shred, I had to take many breaks, but by the end, I could do it without any breaks. Just keep doing it!! You will get stronger and your endurance will increase. Even if you can only do 10 mins for a week or so, atleast you are trying. Keep it up!!! Jillian will give you great results, trust me.

Thanks everyone. its good to here everyones motivating comments when im feeling a bit sad at not completing it. but i guess its a bit more exercise than i would have done before. what do you log JM 30DS on here as?

I have been logging mine under 20 minutes of circuit training

The first day is by far the worst! My legs were sore for 4 days (like I could barely walk up and down the stairs kinda sore, it was bad) but it was much better the 2nd time, and kept getting better after that. Just try to stick it out through the whole workout next time, and keep moving forward! I'm glad I started with the 30-day shred at home, now that I take fitness classes at my gym I can keep up when they do jumping jacks and jump rope!