!!!SERIOUS SHREDDERS!!! 17TH OCTOBER 2011 :o)

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  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    hello shreaders, i started shreding this morning, and must say loved it, come on we can do this as a team, can't wait to start seeing results , i done my shreading as soon as the little darling went to school, then headed to the local gym for pump fx, to my surprise the instructer is on holiday so they decided to do a circuits class instead OUCH did that work the abs legs ect, but what a buzz i got once i had finished. i will post my goals later, :heart: :flowerforyou:

    Fab to hear you got right on with it and then more at the gym too, this is impressive!! '

    I must get cracking myself, time is ticking away and I will run out of time if I'm not careful :huh:
  • MJCalver
    MJCalver Posts: 29
    Hi Gang!

    I'm up to L1D5 but have had to take a day off due to illness :(

    I'm loving it though - and having been to the doctor today and found out that I need to lose MORE weight, I'm even more committed! I was aiming for 154 lbs and I'm now aiming for 147lbs. It's doable, I'm not getting discouraged!

    My aim is to lose weight without hitting scary starvation mode and losing too much, so I'm having to make myself eat all my calories so I need you all to make sure I don't come in under!!!

    I'm hoping to be back on it in the next couple days - I'll be adding some of you, feel free to add me if you want!!

    Lets do this guys - we can do it :)
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    Hi fellow shredders! I started mine yesterday since for some reason I thought yesterday was the 17th- oops! I have already done mine early this morning and I think I will take pics and measurements later tonight. I will be doing my normal workout with the 30DS for maximum results! Please feel free to add me other shredders!

    Wow started a day early!!!

    Great to hear your doing ok with it, lets do this thing!!!
  • xXmimiXx
    xXmimiXx Posts: 564 Member
    MEL :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE STAR! You deserve some BIG LOVE for being such a dedicated amazing friend to us and spending so much of your time and putting in so much effort to help your friends achieve their goals as well as your own. You truly are amazing and I love you! As do alllllllllllllllllll of the other (150+! WOW!) guys and girls on here! Such a star! :smooched: :smooched: :smooched:

    I cannot wait to start the shred tonight! I have don’t it before but not for almost a YEAR! Wowza! I think I am definitely going to take measurements now and at the end and also take a picture of my belly, arms and thighs if I am brave enough and then compare at the end! I promise I won't upload the before pictures if they're too scary...haha!

    GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! I look forward to speaking to you all throughout the 30 Days!

    Feel free to add me fellow shreddies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Mimi :heart: :heart: :heart:
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    Day 1 done! I made it through it for the most part, as much as I could with my 3 year old "helping" me. I had to rest a bit here and there and the bicycle movement in the last ab workout was hard for me. I had a hard time holding my legs up to do it. The base of my spine hurt after the ab workouts too. It hurts when I lay flat on the floor so those exercises slow me down. The past couple of times I've attempted the shred I've always had a hard time doing those workouts because of the pain. It's funny that the parts that are supposed to hurt, that I'm supposed to be exercising, aren't what's hurting me and slowing me down. It's other parts of my body that are. That kind of sucks :(

    I do have to say though, the first time I attempted the shred (a couple of months ago) it was when I decided to get off my fat butt and finally start exercising and it KILLED me. I couldn't even make it through a set of jumping jacks. I started C25K (I'm in week 4) and noticed that the shred was much easier this time around. I can get through the entire cardio circuit now without stopping.

    Well I'm proud of you for fighting through it.
    Sounds to me like you need to do this. Some yoga or soothing stretching may also help you but as you say you have seen an improvement since doing the C25K I would guess that you were just out of condition, even though this may be tough for a while I think you should stick to it and see how you go, just take your time and if you need to pause then do, I think after a while you will see some serious improvements and will feel much better for sticking to it, these things do take time and I think you will be ok if you hang in there :flowerforyou:
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    Hi Gang!

    I'm up to L1D5 but have had to take a day off due to illness :(

    I'm loving it though - and having been to the doctor today and found out that I need to lose MORE weight, I'm even more committed! I was aiming for 154 lbs and I'm now aiming for 147lbs. It's doable, I'm not getting discouraged!

    My aim is to lose weight without hitting scary starvation mode and losing too much, so I'm having to make myself eat all my calories so I need you all to make sure I don't come in under!!!

    I'm hoping to be back on it in the next couple days - I'll be adding some of you, feel free to add me if you want!!

    Lets do this guys - we can do it :)

    Sorry to hear your under the weather :cry:
    I think a few days rest will do you good and you can rejoin us fighting fit!!

    See you soon, get better quickly :flowerforyou:
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    MEL :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: :heart: :flowerforyou: YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE STAR! You deserve some BIG LOVE for being such a dedicated amazing friend to us and spending so much of your time and putting in so much effort to help your friends achieve their goals as well as your own. You truly are amazing and I love you! As do alllllllllllllllllll of the other (150+! WOW!) guys and girls on here! Such a star! :smooched: :smooched: :smooched:

    I cannot wait to start the shred tonight! I have don’t it before but not for almost a YEAR! Wowza! I think I am definitely going to take measurements now and at the end and also take a picture of my belly, arms and thighs if I am brave enough and then compare at the end! I promise I won't upload the before pictures if they're too scary...haha!

    GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! I look forward to speaking to you all throughout the 30 Days!

    Feel free to add me fellow shreddies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Mimi :heart: :heart: :heart:

    MY DARLING MIMI!!!! :heart: :bigsmile: :heart: :bigsmile: :heart:

    So good to see you here!!

    I'm excited we will be shredding together!!

    I can't wait to get started, things have been a bit slow with my exercise plan lately, no real direction and keep finding myself putting it off.

    NOT ANYMORE!!!

    We can do this together, such a massive group of shredders surely means success for all!!!

    Can't wait to see how you do tonight, I'm sure we will rock this!!! :flowerforyou:

    PS, I love you too xxxx :love:
  • mbnharrison
    mbnharrison Posts: 57 Member
    Day 1 of 30DS with all of you Day 6 of Shred for me :) I'm a stay at home mom most days but I work about 10 days a month and will have to make do with hotel gyms and doubling up a couple of days. Today's shred will be coming during baby's afternoon nap. I don't know any of you, but I'm accountable to all of you. I think I may have to up my weights....ekk!
    Happy Shredding!
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    Day 1 of 30DS with all of you Day 6 of Shred for me :) I'm a stay at home mom most days but I work about 10 days a month and will have to make do with hotel gyms and doubling up a couple of days. Today's shred will be coming during baby's afternoon nap. I don't know any of you, but I'm accountable to all of you. I think I may have to up my weights....ekk!
    Happy Shredding!

    Good to hear your are still at it!! The extra days will benefit you I am sure!!

    I'm sure you will know a lot of us very soon, we are all here for you too!!!
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
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    Well my lovely shredders!!!

    I have shredded!! My arms are shaking slightly so I know I have done well!!

    I used the bigger weights nearly all the way through the weighted parts and the smaller weights on the bits with no weights, even warm up!!

    Only bit I couldn't do with the bigger weights was the second lot of side lunges, the moves on the arms with big weights is tough but I managed the first set, just about, I will build up to this over the coming weeks and will be doing all with big weights by the end. I also only managed 1.5 sets of the full push ups before giving in and finishing with girly ones!!

    I'm shocked as I could do these before so it goes to show what happens when you ease off of exercise!!!

    Either way I'm proud of my efforts and I am feeling great for doing it, my first proper workout besides running in weeks!!!

    I will do an ab workout later and arm weights, and maybe get my first run in this week this afternoon, shall see how much time I have, I need to clean the house as have lots of people coming here tomorrow for my son's birthday party!!!

    Get shredding everyone!!!!

    <<<OK>>>

    My start weight: 109.0lbs

    Have not measured yet but will do that tomorrow or later tonight!!!

    Good luck today everyone, I will check in on you all later on!!! :drinker:

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  • SarabellPlus3
    SarabellPlus3 Posts: 496 Member
    Yay! Excited to start today!

    To intro a bit, I started the Shred about 15 days ago, so I'm on level 2, but I want to to work with the group, and I think I have things to gain by starting over, anyway, since I've been struggling more with level 2. So I'm re-starting today with everyone.

    Perfect day for it for me, my baby is not feeling well, so I have to skip the gym today. Normally I'd go to yoga, and Monday's teacher is very strength-oriented, so I'll have to kick level 1's butt to make up for missing!

    I totally recommend everyone take pictures! I didn't take any before I started the Shred, and I regret it. I can REALLY see results. I did take some photos about 10 days in, if I show progress at the end, I'll post them all.

    My stats to start:
    height: 5'8"
    weight: 155.7
    waist: 30.5
    hips: 39
    thigh: 22
    arm:12.5

    I also really recommend noting inches, weight means less with this! In those 10 days I'd measured, I lost an inch and a half in my waist, 2 inches in my hips, and I look a LOT tighter, but I've only lost a few lbs; so try not to focus unduly on the number on the scale. I've gotten huge compliments from people who didn't know I was doing it, so something is going on regardless of the scale!

    For the record, I'm also working on C25K (week 5).
  • wendyc122005
    wendyc122005 Posts: 123
    Ready to START! Mornings are already way to packed with getting ready for work and getting 2 kids out the door with all their required stuff. So although I contemplated trying the AM I simply know that my time SHREDDING would be lost when I just couldn't manage it. So I start tonight!

    I have to say that I am a little bit nervous about gaining lbs during the process. I totally get that muscle weighs more than fat and the scale is not the true result when you have a muscle building fitness program, but I have worked really hard to see the scale go down and I really hate to see it go up. I think I may have to ask my husband to hide it for the 30 day duration! I also need to take measurements.

    Day 1 here we GO!
  • mi_tai
    mi_tai Posts: 5 Member
    Day 1 done with 5lb weights, followed up with a 15 minute run. Feeling great, glad I got it done early!
  • windyweather88
    windyweather88 Posts: 52
    Day 1 (well, I started last Tuesday, but whatever :smile: ) Using, 3 and 5lb weights... I've done the shred before, but never all the way up to level 3, so I'm excited to finally get there. Jillian, Natalie cheats with lunges and definitely doesn't sink low with the punches either! Man, those lateral arm raises get me every time!
  • franciellejoyce
    franciellejoyce Posts: 7
    Just completed day 1 and uuuugh i was shaky after..
    I really had to push myself through it thinking hey if 150+ ppl are doing it, i have to too.. can't let them down! haha
    The jumping jacks are a killer and i had to do the push-ups the "girly" way, better than not doing them.. i have no upper body strength and i'm hoping by day 30 that will change :)
    so..
    1 month ago with just using the diary and no exercise i started at 145lbs, after exercising a little here and there i lost 6lbs and i'm at 139 right now.
    My finishing goal is to be in the 115's-120 by christmas! I'm hoping now that i have the 30DS i will be SHREDDING those pounds away and hoping that i can turn my legs into muscle :)

    Good luck with the first work-out today everyone.. it's hard and i'm sure i'll be sore but that's okay in the end we will be very happy!
  • lackie09
    lackie09 Posts: 123 Member
    hello fellow shredders! i am going to get my shred on as soon as i get outta classes for the day too excited =) cant believe there is over 150 of us WOW!!!!! add me if you would like to but im very delete happy, meaning a week with no posts and Ur gone from my friends. =) however i love to encourage people... this said i am no friend collector. good luck all!!!
  • kel7298
    kel7298 Posts: 1,542 Member
    Day 1 finished! I used 5 and 3 lb weights. HRM calories burned 215. I then walked another 20 minutes on my treadmill, HRM calories burned 125. Total calories burned 340.
  • sdgarcia9220
    sdgarcia9220 Posts: 9
    I would love to join your group but I'm new to this forums. I don't know how to go about it! Can you help????
  • sdgarcia9220
    sdgarcia9220 Posts: 9
    I would love to join your group but I'm new to this forums. I don't know how to go about it! Can you help????
  • ksludwig
    ksludwig Posts: 310 Member
    Can;t wait for day 1 tonight! Measurements to follow, if I have time tonight. Good luck to everyone! :happy:
  • ZydecoBeauty
    ZydecoBeauty Posts: 30
    I am new to MFP and would like to join this 30day challenge. I don't have the 30day Shred dvd yet but will stop by wal-mart and pick it up this weekend. In lew of this I will do Turbo-Jam and Power-90 daily.
  • CamayB
    CamayB Posts: 14 Member
    I am ready! I did start last night (just to see the video) since I have never done it before but i am still going all 30 days starting today. I also took my measurements and a before pic so hopefully I get some good results! Good luck everyone
  • kcrojas630
    kcrojas630 Posts: 145 Member
    I completed day 4 of level 1 last night. Feeling great about it! I will probably add 4 days to level 3, to end when every one else does. I am really going to focus on my eating for the next 30 days and hopefully maximize these results! Good Luck everyone!!!
  • ysamatar
    ysamatar Posts: 484 Member
    Can I please join you wonderful shredders? I bought the DVD 3 months ago and never tried it. I'm ready to shred this time while doing C25k.
  • dreamz48
    dreamz48 Posts: 50 Member
    Day One Level One Complete. 3lb weights. Only did 18 minutes of the video, I woke up late and ran out of time. Did my workout before getting ready for work. Will do 20 min on my treadmill to make up for whatever I missed on the video. Feel great!! 29 days to go!! How do I log it into my exercise journal?
  • sarahkatara
    sarahkatara Posts: 826 Member
    Can't wait to kick some butt! (and havemy own butt kicked!) my DVD hasn't come yet though, so i'm going to be a few days behind :(
    i am going to take all measurements and a before picture today though. Ah! scary!
  • RedPaperClip
    RedPaperClip Posts: 17
    Hello! I'm on Level 1 Day 2 using 1.5KG (just over 3lb?) weights. Feeling the burn ;)

    Are we going for 10 days per level yes?

    Height: 5' 4"
    Current Weight; 137lb

    I will measure this evening as I'm not sure what I currently am :)

    I also have a before picture, eek.
  • vegangirl88
    vegangirl88 Posts: 104 Member
    Just about to start the shred : ) Though I had no idea what weights to get and sister's boyfriend told me 3kg to start and then move onto 5kg... Could only get 2.5kg and they are SO HEAVY!! Will see how I go with them lol, might swap them for cans of beans if it's too much to start with lol.

    Stats:

    Weight: 181lbs
    Waist: 32 1/2"
    Hips: 42"
    Bum: 44"
    Thigh: 25"
    Calf: 17 1/2"
    Neck: 14"
    Upper arm: 14"
    Lower arm: 10"
    Chest: 33"
  • needtotrack
    needtotrack Posts: 2 Member
    I'll be doing my 40min power walk at lunch today, and WILL DO the shred tonight! If you all can do it, I can too!

    I really want to get back to my at home workouts.
  • melgibson
    melgibson Posts: 702 Member
    Can I please join you wonderful shredders? I bought the DVD 3 months ago and never tried it. I'm ready to shred this time while doing C25k.

    As long as you can start today you can join!! :drinker:
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