Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30

Hey latoyabooker!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to our thread!! I truly believe in the support system as well. It's one of the reasons I love this site so much and am completely addicted. It's amazing I get any work done during the day LOL.

Oh boy, you guys are certainly prepping me for Week 2...although I have at least 3 more days of week 1 to go before I'm there, but man it seems daunting lol.

As for calories, I've played around over the last couple months with my calories, going on different people's opinions and to be honest I feel like that's what is giving me the best idea of what works for my body. I'm highly impatient, I want results now but I'm having to learn to give myself time to see how my body reacts to changes so I can reevaluate and see what needs to be done. I started at 1200 calories (not eating back my exercise calories) and kept at that for a while. I gradually increased to 1500 calories and felt fine there...continued to lose weight. Then someone told me I should be eating around 1800-1900 calories to lose weight and build muscle. Tried that for about 3 weeks and didn't lose a pound. Also measured my body fat percentage and only went down .5% so I think I was eating a little too much at that point. I have since lowered it back down to 1500 calories. I don't really eat back my exercise calories so I'm probably netting anywhere from 1000-1200 but I also don't worry too much about going over on my calories a little bit and I don't restrict myself on my non workout days. I still try to eat 1500 even though I'm not working out.

Seems to be working! The scale is moving again, slowly, but where I'm at that's the way I need to go....this is a marathon not a sprint! Play around with your calorie intake. Make sure you feel fulfilled but try to eat healthy. Don't beat yourself up about the off treat, just make sure you enjoy your treats and they aren't all the time. I just came back this weekend from visiting my family in PA and it was a weekend of beer, wine, tailgating, thai food, panera bread bagels and chinese. Not much healthy in there...I came back thinking I'd probably put on a pound or two at least (probably from sodium) as I usually do when I eat bad...and I'd lost a pound. This has never happend before lol and i don't expect it to continue...but maybe my body thanked me for taking a break. Who knows...what it taught me though...I enjoyed my weekend with my family, and didn't have to feel guilty about it, because I came home and jumped right back on the workout and healthy eating bandwagon!

Wow this was long winded! I probably should have just left it at play around and see what works for you...but hey, this was my experience and maybe it will help someone by sharing :-)

Either way 1500 is working for me for now. I'll reevaluate in about 3-4 weeks. Oh and I am 5'10, 140-141 lbs. My goal is around 135 but I'm not as worried about the scale as lowering my body fat percentage and slimming down to a size 6 pants (I'm an 8-10 right now).

I just bought a copy of the ripped in 30. I tried jillian michael's at my friend's on her wii and with in the first 5 minutes I was sweating. I loved it so decided to buy a copy of the dvd and try it. What should i log this in for my exercise?

Hmmmm.....I've seen people logging a burn of anywhere from 200-400 calories with this workout. Tonight I was around 280 calories but I used my HRM to determine that. I don't think it really matters what you log it under as much as the calories you are burning if your using that to judge how much you eat etc. A HRM would help you be a little more accurate though. Other than that, I guess you could estimate using another workout but not sure how accurate that would be!

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Thursday! Hope you all have a great day and are looking forward to the weekend. My goals today:

To eat clean and healthy
To go to a workout class at 7:00 and then do Jillian Michaels DVD right after
To walk my dog! lol

Hey!! Welcome to you ladies who just posted. I created this thread to be a support for anyone doing this DVD who wanted to join at any time! It's fun to be able to motivate each other at different levels and compare what we all think, how we're doing and the results we're seeing.

I completed day 5 week 1 tonight and then instead of an exercise class took my dog for a walk...I know she enjoyed it lol.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm working out before work with my personal trainer so may not get to completing day 6 week 1 until Saturday (but most likely Sunday! LOL).

Thanks everyone for joining!! Keep us posted! I love the support!

Thanks for the welcome
I have been very busy the past few days, and it doesn't help that I made some excuses...but Today is a New day and I will finish Week 1 Day 1 tonight along with my cycling class that I take!
Can't wait to get my butt kicked!!

Go for it!!! Good luck! Lets get ripped in 30 :-)

Hello everyone! Is it ok to join in? I completed the 30s about 3 weeks ago and then got this dvd.lost 6 inches in total ! I finished week one day six yesterday. Rest day today and start week 2 tomorrow. I also do zumba and running on top. Looking to get stronger and lose inches rather than weight. Im glad to leave the side lunges behind me! Hated these!

Absolutely!! Welcome! Your goals are similar to mine. I'm trying to focus on losing inches and gaining strength than losing pounds on the scale at the moment.

Week 3! Your so far ahead of me, but I'll let you know when I get there! I had every intention of finishing up week 1 yesterday but it literally took me the entire weekend to recover from Friday night and I seriously enjoyed my lazy Sunday since it was pouring outside all day. Finishing up Week 1 tonight then going straight into week 2. I am committing to completing week 2, all 6 days without taking any breaks this time. Then I'll take a rest between week 2 and 3 to recover.

Back to the grind ladies! Happy Monday!