for members fasting ramadan -start august 1 st

Jumaa Mubarak eveyone. Hope everyone is well. Just wanted to share that i've managed to do some form of exercise every single day of this Ramadan ( thanks to this thread). That's quite an achievement for me personally.

I would love for this to continue after Ramadan too.

Question does anyone know if the 30 Day Shred DVD is available in the UK? I've heard so many good reports about it.

im in UK and started it today amazon is selling for £6 and ive seen it in HMV but it was more expensive

I'm so excited! My husband is coming home tonight insha'Allah after being away since June on business! Since he's last seen me I've lost another 22.4 lbs! But having him home always disrupts my routine because he likes to eat out a lot! Here's praying that I don't undo the hard work I've done. His flight arrives late which means I'll be breaking my fast as I'm driving to the airport to pick him up. I still haven't decided what I'm going to eat. And I don't know if he is fasting today or not (I know he's excused because of his travel but he said he might try to). See...my routine is already out of sorts!

Assalamualaykum Everyone...
Last night I completed Day 13 of the shred...it was really tough since I did it close to 1am. I broke my habit of doing it after iftar everyday for 12 days. I hope I don't do the same tonight because 1am workouts are not fun at all.

Just wanted to know if any of you are having any constipation issues...This always happens in Ramadan because lack of too much greens, fiber and water. Any tips people, I am going to buy a tub of pitted prunes today, those always help.

Morning everyone,

I have missed my morning workout, so i will probably do it the the afternoon, or after iftar.

Last night, i had a few many sweets, oops. I just can't help myself. But today is a new day, so lets see if i can control, or at least say within my calories today.

@dexters_dexterity, yes only 1lbs left !!!!!!! But i may just change my goal, as i want to reduce my body fat. I have a feeling that i may add a couple of pounds after fasting :S

How do u calculate ur body fat percentage? Do u rely on Scales with Body fat and hydration % or u use some website?

we are half way there. many of you have done so much more than i had ever expected. you stayed on the plan- whatever your plan was, kept logging and coming here- tried to workout as much as the situation allowed. Didn't give up. That's the most important part.

Now i think we are more used to the fast - and the second half should be easier- and the days are getting shorter even if only for few minutes..

I know we need to intensify the ibadah esp for the last part of ramadan- and THAT needs to be our primary goal. Don't count the days of ramadan ilke a countdown - when will it end so i can go back to working out .. noooo
let's do the most of it, let's take advantage of these blessed days, AND nights. Ask God to help you .. see if you are like me - struggling with weight loss, and you are do ing it for your health and not to be on the fitness magazine cover, or to be flexing your muscles to your buddys.. - you doing everything you can- and it's still not happening.. i have asked everybody for help..
doctors, dietiticens, trainers, gyms, books, magazines, internet, people arround me, i have " meditated " and tried hypnotizing myself, and thinking myself thin, and drinking myself thin.. you know - you get the point so like i said i have knocked on all the doors for help.. until -- this year before ramadan i have realized.. i didn't knock on " One dore " .. to ask for help with this particular matter.
Why ?
Because i thought it was foolish to ask God to help me with " weight loss " i thought you need to ask Him for more serious matters.. health, childrens well beeing, forgiving sins, you know..
but weight loss ? nah.. thats silly
until i have realized that the previous generations have asked God in their prayers FOR EVERYTHING , if they run out of salt they didn't run to the neighbor begging for salt, they raised their hands and said " oh God.. i'm out of salt " first " consulting HIM " than.. do the next step. That is to show us how much thought they spend on the prayers, how they were used only to ask from God and not to ask from people. Relying on His help, not some s pecialists.
Than i realized that.. obesety - down the road, with the years will be causing me one of the following or more of the following..
diabetes, heart problems, cholesterol , chronic joint/back pain, it will make me be stuck on who knows how many pills a day for what conditions.. - does't that make it serious enough ?
Than i realized that beeing fat also makes me limited in terms of performing certain acts of ibadah.. i mean if i went to hajj i would probably have more issues than if i was 50 lbs lighter.. i have more issues standing in prayer for more than 1 hour.. ,, than i remember some " hadith " talking about " big stomachs " and how they are not really favored in our religion, it's not something to be proud of and it's not leading by example ..
if we consider the practice of the Prophet as. how he used to eat and recommend us to do the same 1/3 water 1/3 food, 1/3 air in the stomach.. can we claim that we are following his practices ?
" the worst hole son of adam can fill is his stomach " ..
so - when we look at this things.. than we realize we are not following them. We are weak. To some point some of us have desires that we can't win against. Desires are not only the obvious ones. Food can be a desire if you can't control it.
Sleep can be a desire if you are spending most of your time sleeping meaning/ you are lazy.
Comp. games can be a desire- comparable to gambling if you can't stop it.
So everyone of us " has a weak spot/ desire "

My desire that i'm fighting with all my life is FOOD. Sometimes i win, sometimes the food wins. But i want to win against it once and for all. I want to be in control . I don't want to be a victim of my desires, i don't want it to be in control of me.

Now after who knows how many years of f ighting it with all i had .. i realize i can't win this battle alone. I need HIS help. and like i said.. i aksed everyone BUT HIM.

In this blessed month, let's take advantage of all it's blessings, let's ask HIM to help us with whatever we need help with. Let's focus on our physical part , let's re-energize ourself, let's cleanse inside, let's strengthen our will , our goals, our motives, .. let's get His help , instead of batteling it alone . Let's make the intention why we are doing it. First to please Him, this body we got - it's a gift we have to treasure and take care of , let's make an in tention to try to follow more examples from the practice of our Prophet a.s. - he had many many advices in the medical area- but we seam to be neglecting them - even though todays medicine is confirming things he said 1400 years ago , or practiced without explaining their meaning.. but today we understand why it is beneficial. .. We have 300 some days in the year to focus on the body, now let's take advantage of the remaining 14-15 days to focus on our soul, or physical part.

I'm not suggesting that you all need to stop working out for the next 2 weeks. BUT i'm saying- let's not make it a priority and our main worry. Let's make healthy choices as much as we can , because we love our body , we love our health, we love our children that we want to be arround for longer- and better examples.. let's make healthy choices , without obsessing about the numbers behind it.. let's make the healthy choices just because...

let's get the bourden off .. the kcls, the carbs, the protein.. the burn and what not..

after this 2 weeks - we can sweat all we want and insha Allah we will.. but now let's dig in.. our souls and sweat " through " our eyes.. /tears.. let's lighten our bourden - inside .. after this we will work on the " scale " weight.

Stay in touch. Stay connected. Don't go away . Don't give up. Each day is a new start - not everyone is blessed with a new day. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is a mystery- today is all we have. Enjoy today. Take advantage of it. Who knows if you / i / will be alive for the next ramadan. Don't count the days " when it will be over " but take advantage of it's each and every minute..

sorry for the super long post