30 Day Shred Challenge **CLOSED**

Did L1D5 today. Still haven't missed a day amazingly. I'm finding my right shoulder getting really sore with the raises in the last circuit. I think for the last 5 days of this level I will move up to bigger weights except for that exercise.
Went to a neighborhood party today. Just added 1000 calories to my afternoon snack instead of calculating. On a positive note, I was able to wear some great skinny jeans that I bought in the spring of 2010 (just before I got pregnant with my second). I think I wore them twice before I had to put them away back then. They fit me better now then when I bought them. That made me pretty happy.

getting ready to do my L1D7, its been a week since i weighed so i'll be going to weigh in tonight. i'm not so concerned about what the weight will be however since i just broke out the tape measure and i'm amazing down 1" in my waist, an astounding 2 1/2" on my hips and 1" on my bust! i had no idea it could change that fast but i def could tell a difference in my butt when i put on my shorts yesterday!

I just finished with L1D6...I am still doing the pushups on my knees. I did lower my weights from 5lbs to 2lbs for the side lunge arm raise exercise on the last set. I was able to do it so much better!! Oh, by the way....my favorite workout is the back workout on strenght set #2.

Gained a lb, havent lost any inches and I am doing additional workouts besides the 30DS...WTH? :grumble:

If you're new to strength training, your muscles tend to retain water and thats most likely why you gained a pound. It will go down eventually. Me too! I love the back exercise Shoulders are so sore tho, I hope tomorrow I can push through it.

I dont wanna anymore!!! :sad:

I weighed myself this morning, my usual weekly and I gained both inches and pounds...not feeling so hot this morning...

Sorry for the disappearing act...I managed to shred 6 out of 7 days last week so I will be doing L1D7 tonight

The Bad: I weighed myself this morning with trepidation because I've been warned that gaining weight in the beginning of 30DS is common. I gained 1.5 pounds and I was't too happy about it. But, I know my body looks better than it did a week ago and my butt/hips are definitely shrinking because my pants fit way better than they did last week. I will take measurements and weigh in again after Day 10 (which should be Thursday) and hope for better results.

The Good: As for progress within the workout I'm very happy I went out and purchased a set of 3,5,8 weights because my 3s were not cutting it anymore. I switched to 5 lb weights for the back rows and chest flys and stayed at 3 lb weights for the lunges and squats because of my bad knee. I will say my knee has been pretty sore but I'm being more conscious of how I land on the jump ropes/jumping jacks to hopefully eliminate any injury.

Happy Monday everyone!

well, i decided to take yesterday off so i did my L1D7 today. i actually felt WAY better today after taking one day off. i think my muscles needed it! looking forward to weigh in/measure in day! i know i've lost some inches here and there and i weighed yesterday but i guess we'll see what another couple days brings me!

I checked my heart rate every circuit and Im sad to say that level 1 isnt doing it for me anymore. My heart rate goes down after the ab moves at 105 and thats not in my "zone" So I feel like Im getting much of a work out. I hope level 2 changes things up and get my heart rate back up to the 130s.

Bust: 40
Waist: 38 (this is obviously the problem area lol)
Hips: 43
Thighs: 22.5

Finished L1 D9 today! Will weigh in and do stats on Wednesday morning when I start Level 2! Eeek, the side lunges aren't getting any easier!

I feel a bit bitter, but am not sure if I've actually lost any weight or inches, we'll see on Wednesday I guess!

Good luck everyone!

I was trying to be 'strong' and was using a 5lbs weight for all the workouts...the one I have the most problems with is the side lunge (my knees kill me!) but the I switched my weights to 2lbs for that set only and I was able to get through the whole set with no problem...just an idea!

Will need to purchase some 2lb weights, might use soup cans until then haha!

I meant to say I'm feeling a bit BETTER not bitter !!

Last day of Level 1 today EEK!

I hate that part when she trails off too, after doing the video 9 times I feel like I have her motivational talks memorized as well, 'hurts so good doesn't it?' haha!

Good luck everyone, nervous for my stats tomorrow!

today was day 8 for me, since i took sunday off. it went well and i started C25k last night. looking forward to weigh in day. should i weigh in tomorrow or wait for thursday since thursday will be by day 10? i don't wanna mess up weigh in day. hope everyone is having a great day!

I did Level 2 Day 1 tonight after doing 7 days on Level 1. I felt like I needed a challenge so I moved on. I will be missing a few days next week when I am away at a conference, so this should keep me on track with everyone (I plan to do at least cardio while I am away).
Looking forward to the weigh-in/measurements tomorrow, although I don't feel like that much has changed yet.
Keep up the good work everyone!

Weight 160.9
Measurements = same as posted on monday.

I did level 2 one day because i had skipped a day... it's not that hard and the walking pushups are nice..( i think ) .. and we all will weigh in **wednesday** no matter what day you're actually on, just so everyone is on the same page and i can get the spreadsheet made and posted sooner.

good thing i read this!! i'll go weigh in shortly and report back. i just weighed in on sunday so its probably not much different.

WEIGHT-193.5
WAIST-37
HIPS 46
CHEST 40
I hope you ladies had more success than I had Lost inches, but gained pounds!