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

I am on my 5th day of the shred today!! I must say I feel stronger I will post my measurements from the start when I get home this evening. I have them written down. I also took before pics so Ill wait to post those when the 30 days is over. Good luck everyone

Today was technically my 7th day of the Shred but for the sake of avoiding confusion it is Day 1 of Level 1 and I had 6 bonus days . I did and completed the Shred back in March with only 2" lost so hoping for better results on this round. My diet is 1330 calories and I do eat my exercise calories. I am an extremely picky eater so I simply try to maintain portion control and make better choices when possible.
So today Day 1 I did Lvl 1 with a 270 calorie burn followed by Jillian's Killer Buns and Thighs with a 485 burn for a total of 755.

Last weigh in was 167.6
below ribcage 34"
waist around bellybutton 39"
Hips 40"
Thighs 25"
Arms 12"

ah someone else who measures their belly twice

Day 1 is done happy happy and aching already!

Today was technically my 7th day of the Shred but for the sake of avoiding confusion it is Day 1 of Level 1 and I had 6 bonus days . I did and completed the Shred back in March with only 2" lost so hoping for better results on this round. My diet is 1330 calories and I do eat my exercise calories. I am an extremely picky eater so I simply try to maintain portion control and make better choices when possible.
So today Day 1 I did Lvl 1 with a 270 calorie burn followed by Jillian's Killer Buns and Thighs with a 485 burn for a total of 755.

Last weigh in was 167.6
below ribcage 34"
waist around bellybutton 39"
Hips 40"
Thighs 25"
Arms 12"

ah someone else who measures their belly twice

Day 1 is done happy happy and aching already!

I have 3 points of my waist that I measure for my own records! Lol I only posted one here, but in my own list, I watch the smallest point of my waist, the point at my belly button, and the point 1" below. It's fun to see them change! I make up for the extra effort by not measuring my bust at all-- it would be demotivating to watch the gals shrink! Lol

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I did day one, felt great! I am a restart, the level 2 I was working on the last few days doesn't feel as good to me, I guess I just really like level 1. It's by no means easy yet, though! By the end of some movement cycles, I'm not even sticking with the advanced movements, someone mentioned the arm raise with side lunge earlier... That is SO HARD! My arms get lower and lower with each raise.

Anyway, great luck to everyone! Can't wait to watch all of our progress!!

I just started the 30ds on Saturday. I would love to join this group as well if possible.

Here's to all of us bringing our SEXY back with Jillian!

Have you tried doing them against the wall? Maybe making your one hand a fist? Just some suggestions that have worked for me when I broke my thumb.

PHEW!!!

Started the shred today (obviously! lol) and it was ROUGH!!! I went to the gym and did Week 6, Day 1 of C25K, then came home and did Level 1, Day 1 of the 30DS. I'm using 3lb weights and it was really really tough. Like, in tears, tough!! I did have to take some of those "5 second breaks" that Jillian mentions but I managed to push through it - definitely feeling like I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I feel like the leg movements/workouts are the hardest for me. Not sure if that's because I'm doing this alongside of the c25k or what.

Really hope it gets a little easier from here on out because that was super tough. Anywhere here's the low-down on what I'm doing throughout this:

1200 cals per day // C25K 3 times a week (mon/wed/fri) // 30DS, 10 days on each level
Also I swim and play basketball with my fiance sporadically through the week usually anywhere from 15-60 minutes extra.

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Starting stats:
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 115lbs
Chest: 32"
R. Arm: 10"
L. Arm: 9.75"
Waist: 28"
Hips: 34"
R. Thigh: 21.5"
L. Thigh: 21"

Great going everyone!! Hope to see lots of updates throughout tonight and tomorrow on how it went for everyone else!!
Oh by the way - I also plan to make a banner of some kind for the group - I'm kind of a photoshop nerd so look forward to seeing that posted somewhere along the way

Okay this is the day!!!

I started changing my eating habits for the past two weeks,dropped 5.5 lbs already. I'm very excited because I usually see changes in my body in the very first days of working out, this should be fun!!!

I'll do the shred at night when I'm at home from work and my baby and husband are ready to go to bed.

Posting measurements and a sore review later! hehehe

I did a search yesterday for "Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred " to show my mom and found a link to the whole video though the picture quality wasn't great, so if you just do a google search, you should be able to find it.

Yay! Day one is done! Feeling good!

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:

That's exactly it, I was very out of shape and still am for the most part. The C25K program has really improved things in the cardio department, now it's my muscles that need some attention! I'm going to get there, slowly but surely. I'm going from being a literal couch potato to exercising and watching what I eat so I'm just taking things slow. I don't want to overdo things coming out of the gate and either hurt or overwhelm myself. I'm also very overweight, have about 60-70 lbs to lose, so I know there will be other aches and pains along the way. All I can do is take it one day at a time and do my best

Hey Mel, just got it in the mail! so happy i can start today :happy: also dreading it as i did the elliptical in the gym so my legs are already sore! :grumble: