October Shredders!!!!!!!!

Oy. My 2 1/2 yo woke up this morning going COCKA-DOODDLE-DOOOOOOO - WAKE UP MOMMY !

My 2 1/2 yo put stickers on me while I was on the floor doing the abs part. Gotta love kids!

Just finished day 5 (I think?). Finally bought some actual weights so I bumped up to 3 lbs for shoulder presses (oh god those still slay me) and anterior lunges. 5 lbs for everything else.

I bought a set of dumbbells that are Jillian Michaels brand. I could care less that they're JM, but it's a 3, 5, and 8 lb set for $30 which is way cheaper than buying each individually. Also comes with a DVD and a packet with pics of some exercises, plus a rack to hold them all on, so it's a pretty good buy!

Put my measurements and weight on there; I have some weight looming from the weekend; I drank too much and ate some not so great stuff, but I know it will come right back off when I drink enough water.... just gotta give it a few mornings.

Looking forward to being HAWT by Halloween :happy:

If I could reach through the screen and slap Jillian, I think I might.

Agree ! I want to slap JM - but I REALLY want to rip off Anita's face with that smile of hers throughout the entire time.... Maybe if I cover half my TV screen, her half, I will be less annoyed..... :laugh:

I will be taking the dredded pictures tonight.... ahhhhh..... had to find my camera and charge up the batteries.... think I can take it with my eyes closed? Hehehehe..... wouldn't that actually be the best way if you think about it? Have someone else take the pic, post it for you and don't look at it for a month... that way when you take the after picture and you look at the before picture, you can go, "wow, I look better than I did before!", instead of going "wow, I look like that now? :frown: "

Oh well.... I'll suck it up, take the picture, post it up and tell myself that this picture will show me at the worst I will EVER be and it will only get better from there..... :bigsmile:

ok. I did day 1 last night, day 2 this morning and I had 2 eggs with a little salsa for breakfast and a glass of OJ..... Its was past lunch time and the htought of food is yuck. is this normal after starting big exercise? i feel kinda gross but I know I need calories. what's up with this? anyone else?

Just a question for everybody. Do you do the shred in the morning, afternoon, or evening and why? I normally wake up for work at 4:30 and don' t want to get up any earlier but after the first workout (that nearly killed me) I'm starting to think I should do it in the morning just to get it over with. I don't get home from work until 5:45-6:00pm then with dinner and waiting for awhile after I eat would put me at about 7:00-7:30. Ugh, decisions decisions. So let's hear what you do.

Hey Ladies!

How are we all doing tonight?

My knees are omg I hate you hurt hurt hurt.

I'm hoping another long soak in the tub before bed will help some. I already took one earlier today after workout! Besides what else will I do? I'm still waiting on the bedding to dry. Packed up the summer stuff and now for the warmer sheets and blanket!

Enjoy your night or morning depending on the time zone. :laugh:

xo

Amber

could i still join? i started yesterday and took my measurements, but i didn't see this until today.

Just finished day 2. Yay me. I didn't feel like I was going to vomit and I was able to do almost everything they did. If I couldn't do all the jumping jacks I still kept moving. I think it will get better with each day until we move onto the second set where I will once again scream horrible and mean things to all three of those ladies.

Hang in there everybody.

It's not so much screaming at Natalie. She seems alright. Jillian and Anita though well that's another story. LOL! Screaming at them oh yeah most definitely.

I'm still hating the jump rope.

Just finished day 2 and I am very hopeful that by the end of this I won't hear my fat slapping when I do jumping jacks. LMAO Seriously embarrassing.

Oh, and can I say how hard it is to do bicycle crunches with a 2 year old sitting on your stomach???

Great job today ladies!!! Can't wait until tomorrow.

The fat slapping is EXACTLY the reason I suggested someone create a sports bra for the belly.......

Ah Donovan just wants to help you !! And this is the reason I need Zoe to fall asleep so I can go do it - the very first time the I did it last month, or I should say the only day I did it..... Zoe sat there staring at me for a while, then got up, started laughing and said : "Mommy, you are sooooo silly ! Whah you doin ??" It kinda made me unsettled to have my 2 1/2 yo calling me silly and laughing at me.....:laugh:

Ok, I am going to go update my blog with my Day 2 experience...... Have a great night ladies ! :yawn:

Wow....so because i'm SOOO sore...i have to use the damn handicap bathroom stall to slowly sit down and lift myself up LMAO.... i hope day 3 is a little better...dont get me wrong No pain no gain....so i'm on the road to success..but DAMN!

I can't pick up my legs. The darn bicycle and reverse crunches do a number on my hips. Any suggestions for stretches for that (other than the pose in my avatar lol)? Otherwise I'm feeling pretty good!

Finished day 2...yeah. My two youngest boys started out doing the workout with me before daddy put them to their bed. And my Shi-tzu Emma was in my face trying to give kisses when I was doing my pushups.

Day 2 was definitely harder because of the soreness! My legs were screaming at me. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Aw man, I started it on the 1st by myself as like a countdown to Halloween. Didn't know there was a group =[