November Shred-It Challenge Day 2

Did it but only partially as both my kids have come down with the stomach flu - ARGHHH - everytime I try and start something!!!! Hopefully I don't get it too

L1 D4 complete!! You all will definitely be hurting the first 3 days!! Today is the first day that I could move without grimacing. I felt great this morning and could do more push ups then yesterday. I will try to post my measurements tonight...didnt get around to it yesterday!

I struggle with a few things. I usually just run or take classes so I haven't done anything with weights in a really long time. Always afraid of bulking up. Although, I am going to try to add an evening run to see if that helps me get the results I want.

Pushups are the enemy. I think I was worse at them today than I was yesterday. Shoulder press isn't much fun either, but I am fine with the squats. Chest flys are really easy for me so to make it harder I lift my butt as high as I can. It also helps me to keep my abs tight that way as well.

Day 3 finished and feels great!

I am done with day 2. I will tell you that my legs and abs are soo sore though. I feel like an idiot though. I can't do a pushup not even Anita's modified version. I have to modify it myself. I also can't seem to do the bicycle crunch so I just do the regular crunch for now.

L1D2 done! Seemed a bit harder today than yesterday thanks to sore legs and shoulders. Thought I didn't ache too bad when I got up, but it got worse through the day, probably not helped by a few hours of shopping :happy:

Still can't do press ups, not sure i'll ever be able to do them!

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Ha ha ...yeah, sore is an understatement!! I definitely wanted to punch her in the face on days 2 and 3!!!
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I WAS punching her on day 2. every time we were doing punches, i was directing them at her face at the tv screen!

L1 D1 -- I was under my calories and felt great to get the shred in before bed, except I was feeling restless all night.

L1 D2 -- Complete! Cooking dinner currently, need to drink lots of water tonight, trying to stay hydrated.

Keep it up everybody!!

Day 2 of 30DS is done! Holy am I ever sore today!!! It hurts to move haha
Well went practicum hunting today and didnt eat untill I got back! Grabbed some subway-so good!

I am struggling with my water intake though, I need to do what I did before, get a big water bottle and fill it up twice or how many ever times I need. I know it did the trick before.

I have 600 cals left for the night. I need to eat them all right? I was thinking some rice, and a skinnycow ice cream sandwich...

oh and I am doing the shred without dumbbells right now...I will pick some up soon though. Wow, I would be even sorer haha

Ha ha ...yeah, sore is an understatement!! I definitely wanted to punch her in the face on days 2 and 3!!!
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I WAS punching her on day 2. every time we were doing punches, i was directing them at her face at the tv screen!
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haha me too! she says now "punch" and I do, her! haha thats funny I knew others had to be doing it too

and I dont do the fullout modified push up either, I know I cant yet, so I wont. I think pretty soon I can at least do the modified version though with keeping up with this

It's actually day 3, but I'm posting about day 2. Don't know if anyone will see this.

On day 1, I did my workout around 7 pm & that worked fine even though I prefer working out earlier in the day. I had also had a 30-min. neighborhood walk at 6:15 a.m. Until recently, I have been taking some boot camp classes at a gym and the workouts were very similar to this, so I was fine in terms of the level and soreness - but just like the boot camp, my biggest problem was pain in my knees! I chalk this up to getting older as well as being overweight, but taking a naproxen before bed helps. I will deal with that. I also tracked all my food which is an accomplishment since I usually start out well in the morning and then never record my night time snacking -- a big problem and weakness. I need to do better with staying in my allowance, but I feel optimistic that I will get better. Setting short and long terms goals will help. I really haven't done that recently -- it's just been a vague "need to lose weight" goal.

On day 2 (one of my busy work days) I planned to do the same thing - work out around 7 pm. But, after dinner I realized exactly how unprepared my 5th grader was for his social studies test and how much other homework he had and felt like I had to help him. I spent close to 3 hours doing this and was exhausted and worried afterwards -- so I'm sorry to say that I did not work out on day 2. Very disappointed. I did still track all my food.

Looking forward to Day 3 - plan to do my workout before noon.