30 Day Shred Starting 08/22/11 - 1st Monday Check In

Just ordered my dvd today! Will start as soon as it gets here!

Are guys allowed to participate in this with the ladies? Asking because I just started this evening, just saw this thread while searching for how to count the exercise in terms of calories burned and didn't really notice any posts by other males.

In an earlier post she said "The more the merrier" and I'd like to have a guys perspective as well so please join us

BOY! Day 2 Level 1 was tough this a.m. after just doing Day 1 Level 1 last night! Shoulders and arms are sore now! Glad I have 24 hours till the next workout! Elliptical or Zumba tonight! Felt good to get up and workout again in the a.m. though. Hopefully my eating won't go crazy because of it. I tend tow ant to eat more when I workout in the a.m. GOing to drink lots of water to counteract it! Hope it works!

Day 2 level 1 was a little tough for me too and I didn't do mine back to back like you did. I did Day 1 at 4 am Monday morning and did Day 2 this morning at 4 am so it was exactly 24 hours apart and it was still tougher than yesterday morning it seemed. I did an hour on the Eliptical Crosstrainer last night and plan the same today. Like you, it felt good to get up and work out in the morning since that's not my normal routine, but I am praying getting out of my normal routine will get me out of the 4 week plateau. The down side is that any time i start a new work out routine I general hang on to the weight for a couple weeks before I start seeing a loss. I know this is normal but it still stinks when you've already been on a plateau for 4 weeks!

Be Shredded today!!!

I only burn about 167 calories each workout. Maybe just a little over... can't remember. However, I am thinking that I need to add more cardio into my day because the whole purpose is to see a change. If I just continue with Jillian that means I am going to have to lower my calories and I don't want to do that.

I started Sunday, starting weight 127.8, but as of today, Tuesday 8/23/11, I gained weight to 129.4. Don't know measurements yet.

Day 2 peeps: I noticed I had to take a few more 5 second breaks today, especially with the push ups!! I've NEVER been good at pushups even the "lady" pushups.

I noticed I struggled a little more this morning than I did yesterday morning but I didn't have to take any breaks (yet)....tomorrow isn't here yet and that's usually my hardest day. I have never ever been good at the push ups either.....I can finally do all the lady push ups (this is my second round of the 30 DS) and i can FINALLY do THREE regular push ups. hahaha Doesn't sound like much but hey it's a start LOL

Okay, day 2 of level 1 in the books! I think I used a little too much weight on the dumbbells yesterday so I reduced the weight by half to 5lbs each. I'm not sure if it was motivation or what, but it did not seem like 20 minutes. I even restarted level 1 and fast forwarded to get the actual time. I did seem to sweat more today than yesterday and wanted to keep going when it was done, but I figured there is no point in injuring myself. My plan is to stay with level 1 for at least a week to see how things go. At that point I will preview level 2 to see what the difference is and whether or not I will start level 2.

Don't get me wrong, I am not claiming that this is easy. It so far seems to be a good, to the point, workout that makes me wish there was a water break somewhere in the middle.

On another note, after dinner I went to get up from the table and did notice that my muscles are tight! Legs, hips, back, arms, chest and abs are all reminding me of their existance! I feel as though I will need to do some light stretching a few times between now and workout time tomorrow.

I missed this thread... i have a hard time keeping up with all the different topics since I don't frequent the forums!

) Weight and measurements -
*Weight - 200.8
*Waist - 36 inches
*Chest - 42.75 Inches
*HIps - 46

2) Comments (The good, the bad, the ugly!) Try to keep any moans and groans light hearted.

I've survived so far! The first couple days I was sore, last night and today I'm actually feeling better. I still struggle through the strength moves to some degree but the cardio is quickly getting easier! I realized my HRM battery was dead, so I haven't been able to accurately gauge my calories....


3) NSV (non scale victories) - this could include clothes fitting better, not wanting that second peice of whatever your trigger food is, or any compliments you receive.

I got back on to counting my calories at the same time as I started the shred, and so far I've been able to stick with it, even though it's killing me!!!

So I got in Day 1 & 2, then I hurt my ankle big time Tuesday (non- 30 day shred related)....so yesterday I could hardly walk on it - could only do stairs one step at a time... ugh! Today is better, but still a good amount of pain, so I am trying my best to rest it (so so hard!). I think tomorrow I'll be able to stand on it enought to at least modify some of the exercises & get back to shredding!