Starting 30 Day Shred 5/29/11 who's in?

I had an off weekend and skipped working out Back on track tonight when I get home. I've got less than 2 weeks until vacation, gotta kick it into high gear!

I got in Day 5 of Level 2 last night and then did Day 6 of Level 2 today. I kept thinking, it's only 25 minutes, I can do this. DD sat on the couch this morning commenting on the girls on TV. It was hysterical. Definitely kept me going. I feel SO much better having worked out.

Collinsky, I'm going to jump to Level 3 on Saturday which should be my Level 2 day 10. I leave on Vacation July 1st, so, that will give me 7 days of Level 3 before I go.

I'll start it but I dont know what it is but I"m in lol (:

I'll start it but I dont know what it is but I"m in lol (:

The 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels

I did Level 3, day 3 today. Collinsky, I'd say you made it this far, so just hang in there and finish! I think everyone has off days or even weeks, but that's what threads like these are for. I have felt uninspired off and on too throughout all this, like am I really going to make any progress or have great results?

I'm on vacation at the Jersey shore this week, so I can't even weigh myself, but I will be happy if I can maintain this week and be as active as possible. I am making better eating choices than I have on past vacations and still managing to do the Shred every day. I keep telling myself that if I keep up this new and improved lifestyle, it WILL make a difference, even if it takes much longer than I'd like it to.

Anyway, girls, we're at the finish line now! Let's all be able to add to our signature that we finished the 30 Day Shred!

Good for you for thinking about it in the right frame of mind!

I managed to get in Level 2 this morning. Saturday I switch to Level 3. I'm swearing through it all and sweating like crazy. I know it's worth it.

My short term goal is my cruise and being able to wear my clothes. I understand though that working out does alot for me mentally. When I don't work out I'm miserable. My body craves what it gets from a good workout.

I don't know. I was planning to cycle through again, but now I'm not sure. If I do, I'll probably do it every other day. I'm planning to start C25K soon, and I was thinking about tackling this P90X we've got sitting here.

I've thought about getting Ripped in 30, but what I might do is take a break from all Jillian for a week or two before deciding on that or another cycle.

After slacking off with the Shred this week, I kicked butt today. I even managed to try the rock star jumps. Still modifying things, but the progress I've made since L1D1 is NO JOKE. Maybe I just needed a couple of rest days to get back into it!

I also did the P90X legs and back workout - I chose it at random, because I didn't look at the plans first. It looked like the one I wanted to do today. I haven't tried the other workouts in P90X, but I would say that if you've completed the 30 Day Shred, you can probably tackle it. I was not doing actual pull ups, so that would make a difference - but one of the modifications is using resistance bands for those, so you can do P90X even if you are nowhere near ready to do a single pull up. It's less intense in a lot of ways than the Shred (at least the one workout I did, so grain of salt if all the other ones are awful LOL). That workout was 40 minutes, so not too bad -- but yes, longer than the Shred.

Going by my first impressions, I'm not sure I'll be doing 90 days of it. Once I finish the Shred, I'll do some of the other workouts (probably try the P90X Lean plan, which is more cardio and less upper body) and we'll see how it goes.

I might do Ripped in 30, but if not, I am definitely going to cycle through 30DS one more time.

I completed Level 3, Day 7 today (forgot to check in yesterday, as we were coming home from our vacation, but I even did my workout then too).

I have a June calendar where I put a sticker on each day I worked out and I only missed one day when I had a stomach virus. This group has been a big help!

I went to a party this afternoon, and while it was a great time, I ended up eating 2000 calories while I was there. Not fabulous at all. So I pretty much doubled the 1200 I'm supposed to net today! I'm wondering if I should do the Shred now, even though it's after ten PM, just to burn a couple hundred off... but that's hardly a dent. I'll have to be extra careful the next couple days to eat really clean and hit my workouts hard, and hopefully it will even out.

I wasn't impressed with the P90X workout I did, and felt it was kind of boring, but I was so sore the next day that I had to admit it must have been pretty effective at working muscles! I may give it another shot once I'm done with this.

Great work Ley2ndtry! That's really awesome!

I did Level 3, Day 8 today... planning to do the whole thing again starting July 1. I took a sneak peak at my weight and measurements, and unfortunately, they don't seem to have changed much. However, I just came back from a beach vacation and ate extra calories every single day for a week AND it's just a few days before my time of the month (but I did do the 30DS every day on vacation!). Hopefully, with another cycle and proper eating, it will make more of a difference in my appearance. The good news is, I am so much fitter. I started not being able to make it through a 2-minute cardio without resting and now I am zipping though them all, even on Level 3. I can tell I am stronger too.

That's awesome, GMGirl!!

I did L3 D6 yesterday, so today is day 7... it really has gotten a lot easier. I did the first set of walking push ups regular, and some of the second set (then I had to go to knees) and I was able to do all the cardio, right up to the rockstar jumps. Halfway through those I had to just sort of hop, but when I started L3 I did one and then went to the hopping. LOL

My diet has been excessive the past couple of days - we went to a friend's house last night for a party, and I went over my calories again. However, I was able to keep it to a reasonable amount, so it wasn't too too bad.

Great work!!!!

I think by the end of the Shred, I'll be at my mini-goal. Yay!!

Great job girls! I leave tomorrow on vacation and unfortunately Jillian just didn't happen this week I lost 5lbs from the start of this and my clothes for the trip fit so I'm pretty happy. Have a wonderful holiday those here in the States!