30DS Starting 6/15 or 6/16

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  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    Mo~ Totally impressive results so far..i took a walk today and have not shredded so hope to ge tthat in tonight...I'm thinking of doing Ripped in 30 next I also found some other tapes for $4 that have 10 minute sessions so might throw them in too...but please brig me along when you start a new thread...i also think i have to change my weigh on day cuz when i got home I was two pounds lighter that this morning...strange..so proud of all my freinds on here...let's do it!

    i looked at your pic and can totally see a difference...but i think i already mentioned that:tongue:
  • Apryl546
    Apryl546 Posts: 909 Member
    I was totally planning on buying this tomorrow anyway! So I'll definitely be posting pictures and measurements.
  • mom2nate08
    mom2nate08 Posts: 287 Member
    To all of you level 2 graduates and those that are close - PLEASE tell me it gets easier! :noway:

    I finally made it to level 2 and I thought I was going to die! But I went all the way through it, most with modified moves and I am hoping that over the next 9 days I will feel as comfortable with level 2 as I did with level 1.
  • Rakeda1210
    Rakeda1210 Posts: 44
    To all of you level 2 graduates and those that are close - PLEASE tell me it gets easier! :noway:

    I finally made it to level 2 and I thought I was going to die! But I went all the way through it, most with modified moves and I am hoping that over the next 9 days I will feel as comfortable with level 2 as I did with level 1.

    I just finished L2, Day8 and this is the first time where I didn't feel like I was going to keel over. Don't get me wrong, I was still muttering under my breath, with my heart beating out of my chest, dripping buckets of sweat, but I didn't feel the need to stop. It gets better...a little. You can do it! The one thing that I notice is that I feel so much more capable now. The first day?!? Yeah, there was no way I'd be able to complete the things I do now as efficiently as I do. I know I'm better for this journey. And it feels great.
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    Today I finished Level 3 day 8! I'm getting better but still the plank eludes me...I am excited to see what inches and pounds will show in two days...inches i think has really changed....i think i'm gonna do Ripped in 30 after this one...I have it and i really want to get my abs and arms in shape and i hoped this will work.....excited to see where the rest of you are and hear about your changes...Keep up the good work!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Hi guys!!
    It's all fun and games until you get to Level 3 - seriously, Jillian?!?!?! I just... I don't even know what to say!!!

    I tried Level 3 twice yesterday but it just didn't happen. I was spent after more than 1 hour on the elliptical and then didn't have time to try again before date night (PS - would have rather tried Jillian again than sit through Harry Potter. I hadn't seen any of the movies and was totally lost, but the popcorn was good and any quality time with the boyfriend is good).

    Welcome back, 27 and way to go to all of you that are pushing through this and thinking of starting a new Jillian DVD. We must all have a love for punishment! I bought the metabolism DVD yesterday and plan to start it around August 1st along with starting the couch 2 10K program or redoing the C25K program and going for speed/distance, not just time.

    It's so nice to have these options with our workouts. I actually have fun working out now. When I do the elliptical, I buy myself a new magazine and read it as I watch the news early Saturday morning. When I am on my runs, I zone out. I am able to let everything go and just run. Honestly, the 30DS is NOT fun, but buying new clothes is...and so is the way my face is getting thinner and my arms are getting less flabby. BTW - Laz, I can so see that you've dropped weight in your new profile picture.

    Laz, you have 2 days to go - any advice for us who think it will never end (or we'll end it before it's time)?!?
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    Good Evening Ladies~ Well I ate too much today and just got back from walking in the very muggy air..now I feel better:smile: Thanks for the compliment MO..I was surprised when my husband said my face looked thinner after 12 days cuz I really hadn't noticed. Let me tell you I will be so glad when I am done with 30DS..I love the results I am getting but it is time for something new....my outside walking has been nice so since it is summer I might stick with that and then when winter hits MN, and it hits hard, I will walk inside. The only other thing Ihave to say is i will be so happy when i get a break from the plank pose!:sad: Stay tough ladies!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Day 2 at Level 3 and I don't even want to hear the word "plank." "Plank you, Jillian!!!!!!!!!!!!" :wink:

    There are some moves that I'm loving, and I'm sure you guys will too (just like the other levels). As you all know, I am NOT a fan of the jumping jacks and laughed at Jillian when she told me to do them with weights at Level 3, but there are other exercises that I can FEEL and can feel that they are making a difference. Traveling pushups? Gimme some more of those!! And there's a move where you have a weight in one hand, you squat then bring the weight up. I'm liking that one too.

    CONGRATULATIONS TO LAZ for completing the program - you are such an inspiration!!!
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    And there's a move where you have a weight in one hand, you squat then bring the weight up. I'm liking that one too.

    I liked that one too MO........enough of the plank...I started an arm toning video and guess what they like to do....THE PLANK!!! I'm sure you could hear me groan when she said that! Keep working at it it guys..you can make it...I must be a gluten for punishment since I'm going to stat Jillian's Ripped in 30 tomorrow...I'm sure she will be all about THE PLANK! Will post results od 30DS tomorrow or the next day!
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    Ok Guys...here are the results from doing 30DS and my total results for 42 days. I am pretty pleased:happy:

    30SD results

    Neck-1 inch
    Bust-1 inch
    Arm-1inch
    Waist-2.5 inches
    Abs-5 inches
    Hips-4 inches
    Thigh-3.5 inches


    And down 10 pounds!
    Keep at it ladies it really works!

    Results since started this journey 42 days ago
    Neck-1 inch
    Bust-1 inch
    Arm-2 inches
    Waist-7 inches
    Abs-5 inches
    Hips-8 inches
    Thigh-5.5 inches

    And down 17 pounds!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Can't wait to see the stats, Laz!!
    By the way, guys, I started the new thread "Jillian Michaels DVDs support." Hopefully we'll get some more people on board who are doing your specific workout! :drinker:
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    WOWZERS!!!! That is awesome!! I heard a lot of people say that the scale didn't move too much but the inches dropped fast - you got both!! Way to go!

    I have to say that I'm really starting to feel Level 3! When Jillian says to tighten the abs, I'm all "holy crap, I can actually do that!" Before, I would just suck it in!
  • 27strange
    27strange Posts: 837 Member
    Great job everyone on sticking with 30DS!!

    Started Level 3 for the first time today. Blah is how I felt while doing it, haha. There is a lot more jumping around in Level 3 that isn't all that fun. But with each day each level has gotten a little better and I've pushed myself a little harder, so expecting the same out of Level 3.

    Continue to push on 30DS buddies!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    27 - Level 3 is certainly a challenge. I'm sorry, but that "warm-up" is exercise, not a warm up. I just giggle everytime we do knee circles - Jillian's all bada$$ and then she makes us do knee circles. :laugh: How is your wife doing with the shred?

    AND WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOU SHREDDERS?!?!? I know you come on the community pages and look at "My Topics" to see that we're still posting. Our awesomely dedicated group has wasted away - even though you're not posting, I hope that you're still shredding.

    If you need help, ask for it. If you're struggling and don't want to do it anymore, let us know. I've been there - I think we've all been there. If you're on Level 2, you're more than 1/3 done!! Almost done with Level 2?? You have 1/3 left to do. As the daughter, sister and girlfriend of accountants, I work in numbers!! You better believe that I look at my watch at 14 minutes and tell myself that I'm more than 1/2 way done with the butt kicking!!
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    I'm still here although I'm Ripping now....I can barely walk today but not sure if it is Jillian or some of the other tapes I've throwen in. Maybe the swimming last night. Who knows but I did my Ripped today so I finished my 3rd day of level 1........keep shredding people excited to hear results! As a NSV I bought a smaller size of workout pants last week and today I put them on and they fit...and my tanks still fit so now my bottom and top are both a size 1X down from a 3X..yay me! My daughter also told me when she saw I was wearing the top we picked out that you can tell I've lost weight...from an 8 year old..she's so great!
  • alsnipes
    alsnipes Posts: 34 Member
    Sorry if this is redundant, i don't feel like reading thru 8 pages of posts. How are y'all adding you exercise totals for 30DS? individually? cuz i would assume abs is strength, but my abs are .. ummm... insulated, so sometimes it feels like cardio on the obliques part since the heart rate goes up with the breathing and twisting. Help???
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    If you don't have a HRM you can log it as circuit training.
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Lol - Reading is for chumps, just tell me what I need to know! :wink:

    I use a HRM, but if you don't have one, I would log it as circuit training. My heart rate is semi high during the straingth, through the roof during cardio and flatlines during abs! So, I think circuit training is a good balance of all of those.

    Where are you at with the Shred?
  • mom2nate08
    mom2nate08 Posts: 287 Member
    27 - Level 3 is certainly a challenge. I'm sorry, but that "warm-up" is exercise, not a warm up. I just giggle everytime we do knee circles - Jillian's all bada$$ and then she makes us do knee circles. :laugh: How is your wife doing with the shred?

    AND WHERE ARE THE REST OF YOU SHREDDERS?!?!? I know you come on the community pages and look at "My Topics" to see that we're still posting. Our awesomely dedicated group has wasted away - even though you're not posting, I hope that you're still shredding.

    If you need help, ask for it. If you're struggling and don't want to do it anymore, let us know. I've been there - I think we've all been there. If you're on Level 2, you're more than 1/3 done!! Almost done with Level 2?? You have 1/3 left to do. As the daughter, sister and girlfriend of accountants, I work in numbers!! You better believe that I look at my watch at 14 minutes and tell myself that I'm more than 1/2 way done with the butt kicking!!
    First of all, congrats Laz on your results! Down 2 sizes? AWESOME!!!

    27 - Glad to see you are still shredding!

    Mo - I fell off of the "shred wagon" right around the end of Level 1 and kind of gave up. I was so excited to be doing the challenge with you all and then life got in the way and I fell behind. Like so many times before with exercise, once I fall behind, I tend to let it go all the way. I tried level 2 one night last week and thought I was going to die! So I have been trying to decide whether to start the whole 30 days over to build myself up. I'm glad you all are sticking around after you are done with 30DS - I need all of the shredder support I can get!

    Thanks for the post - I needed a kick in the pants!
  • 27strange
    27strange Posts: 837 Member
    Level 3 Day 2 was better than Day 1 for the wife and I today. We knew what to expect and just went for it pushing ourselves harder. Still feel like we are flailing around a bunch on Level 3 with the butt kick jumps and squat jumps. Yay for jumping! lol. We are excited to finish up 30DS end of next week and move on to Ripped in 30. Its time for some new scenery!

    What size weights are you all using with the program? It looks like Jillian and the girls on the dvd are using maybe 5lb weights throughout? I am using 10lbs on everything and the wife is alternating between 3's, 5's, 8's depending on the strength exercise.

    Keep Shredding!
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member

    What size weights are you all using with the program? It looks like Jillian and the girls on the dvd are using maybe 5lb weights throughout? I am using 10lbs on everything and the wife is alternating between 3's, 5's, 8's depending on the strength exercise.

    They sell a box with weights and a mat to go with the program..I know!...anyway it comes with 3lb weights so that is what I figured they are using. I also alternated between 3lbs and 5lbs. For Ripped in 30 right now I am using both,
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Andrea - Life gets in the way, but you are still here. Try Level 2 again. The first night I did it, I felt like I was going to die too (same thing for Level 3) - I think it's your body of being all "wtf, I just got used to you kicking my butt that way, now you want me to do what?!?!?!" If you go back to Level 1 and build up to Level 2 again, THAT'S OK TOO!!!!

    I think the good thing about this thread is that we're all at different places in the workout, but we're experiencing the same things in our own ways. I wanted to be done with the shred by Sunday. It's not going to happen, and I'm ok with it. I couldn't do the shred yesterday morning bc when I don't sleep, I overeat (it's a weird thing that sometimes I take a sleeping pill, and if it doesn't work to put me to sleep, it makes me hungry and I basically blow my day late at night. When that happens, I'm bloated and sluggish in the morning and I KNOW I wouldn't be able to do the workout). It's life. I sometimes can't sleep and eat, it happens. I hope that whatever is going on in your life is manageable and you have a strong support system outside MFP. No matter what you do, we'll still be here for you.

    As for the weights - I had no idea that there was a weight set and mat!!! I've been using 5 or 10lbs. I can really see that my arms are beginning to get cut because of the 10lbs. I hope that means I'm boosting my metabolism and am burning fat even when I'm sitting on my butt! :smile: Yeah, I'm ready to move on from the shred too! Laz and many others have said that there are some of the same moves in Jillian's other workouts - that is great to hear.

    Happy Friday, my Shredders!!! Be like 27 and Laz and have totally awesome NSVs this week!!!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Hold the phone - I just realized I did Level 3 7 times already!!! Ummmmmmmm, I think, no, I KNOW I can shred 3 times before 11:59pm on Sunday. YES!!! SCORE!!! <Happy Dance!!!>
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    Way to go MO...yeah I was at Walkmart after I first started shred and saw a box the said 30 Day Shred on it with weights and a mat...cost $14.00.....knew i didn't need it but was nice to know what pounds she was using. If your using ten pounds holy cow you must be getting shredded..i took a nice long walk with friends today so i will not be Ripping...this can be my day off...Have a good weekend my friends
  • Rakeda1210
    Rakeda1210 Posts: 44
    I've got one week & one level left. I'm determined to complete this thing before August - that's when hubby and I begin INSANITY - lordhavemercy. The thing about it is, I'm super excited. I'm hoping he'll be motivated enough so I don't have to motivate the both of us to stick with it and finish.

    You guys have been so helpful and I can see and feel the changes in my body - more flexibility, a (teensy bit) leaner body, and just all around feeling better about me. Gotta love the journey. Wish me luck on my last week!
  • paramedic52
    paramedic52 Posts: 63 Member
    Hi guys, I'm back! We had a wonderful time on vacation, but unfortunately the internet service we were suppose to have was not working! :( So, we just got in this evening - we were gone for a little over a week. It was a nice vacation, but the kids kept me very busy. I did get some exercise time in & need to check my results. I have to unpack tomorrow and do laundry, so I will post later in the morning/afternoon.

    Glad to be back, I really missed you guys! What program is everyone on? Are you still finishing up the 30DS or have you moved onto something else. Need to figure out were I'm going from here.
  • mom2nate08
    mom2nate08 Posts: 287 Member
    Welcome back! I'm glad you had a nice time on vacation. Everyone is at different points in their "Shred Journey" - we even have some recent graduates. :happy:

    I am somewhere in the middle and I am on vacation myself after Friday. We are going camping so 30DS will be on hold for a week as there is not quite enough room in our camper to do what Jillian would like me to do! I am going to continue with C25K while on vacation, get in some bike rides, and try to eat as few smores as possible!

    I am going to start 30DS over again when I get back and attempt to make it the whole 30 days this time. Fortunately, everyone is sticking around and doing their own Jillian programs even after they finish 30DS.

    Welcome back again!

    And Keda - I willl be thinking about you on August 1 when you start the Insanity!
  • mosneakers
    mosneakers Posts: 343 Member
    Good morning to you all.
    Paramedic - you were missed!!! Glad you had a great time!

    Andrea - Good plan! And look and you incorporating exercise into your vacation. I tried to run in the mornings when we were in Boston, but that just didn't happen. It was a combination of exhaustion and "uh, you think I'm going to let you leave this hotel and run in the streets of Boston at 6am? I don't think so!" Hey, when he's right, he's right. But, there was lots of walking throughout the day. It sounds like it's going to be an active vacation!

    Keda - You bet your sweet happy self that you can put the Shred to bed by the first. Please!!! You have a week. Come on now!!! You've come this far, don't you want it under your belt before you start your insanity?!?! Oh yes you do! :wink:

    So, I finished 30DS yesterday. I was about to not do it on Saturday because of flood clean up in my brother and boyfriend's basement. Lots of cleaning and moving and up and down the stairs. I went by them right after my morning workout, so I was all sweaty and nasty!!! My brother had me going up and down the stairs - if it wasn't to move stuff, it was to get him stuff. Those stairs were workouts in themselves!!! Got home and thought "I'd walk through burning coals to get that burger, nachos, whatever, back in the day, I'm doing my shred." Jillian made me her biotch for 56 minutes that day. I was spent, but I only had one more workout to do!!!

    I did the Ripped in 30 today and will incorporate that with the Metabolism DVD too. I'm liking what these workouts are doing to my body.

    Here are my stats:
    LOSSES (June 15 to July 25 - 30DS)
    Weight: 5.2 pounds
    Chest: .5 inches
    Left Bicep: 1 inch
    Right Bicep: .5 inches
    Waist: 6.5 inches (HOLY CRAP!!!)
    Hips: 1.5 inches
    Left Thigh: 0
    Right Thigh: 1.5 inches

    So weird since my thighs feel smaller. But, I'm happy with the results!
  • Rakeda1210
    Rakeda1210 Posts: 44
    Good morning to you all.
    Paramedic - you were missed!!! Glad you had a great time!

    Andrea - Good plan! And look and you incorporating exercise into your vacation. I tried to run in the mornings when we were in Boston, but that just didn't happen. It was a combination of exhaustion and "uh, you think I'm going to let you leave this hotel and run in the streets of Boston at 6am? I don't think so!" Hey, when he's right, he's right. But, there was lots of walking throughout the day. It sounds like it's going to be an active vacation!

    Keda - You bet your sweet happy self that you can put the Shred to bed by the first. Please!!! You have a week. Come on now!!! You've come this far, don't you want it under your belt before you start your insanity?!?! Oh yes you do! :wink:

    So, I finished 30DS yesterday. I was about to not do it on Saturday because of flood clean up in my brother and boyfriend's basement. Lots of cleaning and moving and up and down the stairs. I went by them right after my morning workout, so I was all sweaty and nasty!!! My brother had me going up and down the stairs - if it wasn't to move stuff, it was to get him stuff. Those stairs were workouts in themselves!!! Got home and thought "I'd walk through burning coals to get that burger, nachos, whatever, back in the day, I'm doing my shred." Jillian made me her biotch for 56 minutes that day. I was spent, but I only had one more workout to do!!!

    I did the Ripped in 30 today and will incorporate that with the Metabolism DVD too. I'm liking what these workouts are doing to my body.

    Here are my stats:
    LOSSES (June 15 to July 25 - 30DS)
    Weight: 5.2 pounds
    Chest: .5 inches
    Left Bicep: 1 inch
    Right Bicep: .5 inches
    Waist: 6.5 inches (HOLY CRAP!!!)
    Hips: 1.5 inches
    Left Thigh: 0
    Right Thigh: 1.5 inches

    So weird since my thighs feel smaller. But, I'm happy with the results!

    HOLY CRAP is right!!! Good lord, lady! You whittled your middle right down didn'tcha? WOOHOOOOO! So proud.
  • mom2nate08
    mom2nate08 Posts: 287 Member
    6.5 Inches?!?!?!?! Whoa! Did you take before and afters? That has to be a HUGE difference. Way to go once again!
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