Starting 30 Day Shred 11/14/11

I'm in. I did day 1 today. I will add my numbers later.

Just wanted to encourage you to stay with the program because I get great results from Jillian. She is the reason for my success.. After doing the 30 day shred try Ripped n 30 I got so much results from this one also. Remember the weight isnt as important as the measurements. You can lose 1 pound and gain so much muscle tone and look amazing.. Good luck to you and your crew..

Okay, so I did day 1 yesterday and now today I am in a lot of pain. I guess I really need this and actually did something right. LOL My thighs are screaming at me every time I walk up and down my stairs and the front of my armpits hurt from pushups. I can feel it in my butt and abs too, but not painful like the other areas. I'm going to take a day of rest from 30DS today and just do my usual treadmill routine with small weights - hopefully I'll be able to jump back into 30DS tomorrow. If I tried to do it again today, it would be a poor excuse for a workout b/c there's no way I could keep up feeling like this. But I look forward to it tomorrow. :-)

Is it too late to join? I purchased this video over the weekend and just started it today. It really showed me what bad shape I am in but this is a good start. I read through the posts and it seems that it shouldn't be done everyday? maybe I will try three days on and one day off and see how that goes. I dont want to lose motivation. Do you guys do the tape in the morning or at night. Does everyone count it the same? Aerobics or strength, it is really a combo of both...

I think the whole 'should I do it everyday' thing really depends on the person and their individual fitness level. This is a great workout but it's not a secret formula that has to be done every single day to work. ;-) It's exercise like any other exercise, doing it as often as you're able is great but doing it to the point of injuring yourself or not giving your body a chance to recover and rebuild muscle might be very bad. I'm hurting a lot today so I'm taking a break today and I'll be back at it tomorrow. Somebody that's not in such bad shape as me might be able to do it everyday or even several times a day with no problem. Hopefully the more I do it the better I'll get at it, and hopefully I'll be able to start trying to do it everyday if I keep working at it.

Personally I did it last night but I'm going to try to do it earlier in the day tomorrow - hopefully in the morning while my oldest is at preschool. I made up a silly code name for the workout in the exercise database and logged the calories according to what my HRM said I'd burned. If you don't have a HRM, I think a lot of people log it as 'circuit training' and go with the MFP calorie estimate. :-)

I started yesterday 11/15. I just finished my second session and man am I tired! I used to be a swimmer and always in shape, but the past few years I sure let myself go! My arms used to be strong and toned, but I seem to be having the hardest time with the arms! I can deal with the pain of the cardio and abs, but my arms can't handle it.

After seeing result pictures, I'm determined to finish this! 28 days to go!

Does anyone have anymore encouragement to keep me (and anybody else needing it) to keep going? I can see myself getting demotivated easily.

Just keep playing the part in your head where Jillian says "I have 400 lb people doing this, you can do it too!"

Finished L1D4 today. I hate using all caps, but IT DOES GET BETTER!!! My legs don't hurt as much as they did yesterday and my arms feel really good. I have to modify the cardio because I live in an apartment and shred at 6am. But I'm getting my cardio other ways - spin class 3x a week and walking at least 2 miles a day. I'm going to try to do it everyday. Can't wait to measure in again in 26 days.

I did Day 2 Level 1 today.

Here are my numbers:
height 5' 8"
SW 172
thigh 23.5
belly button 39.3
below belly button 41.5
hips 41.5
calf 15.5
neck 13.5
chest 37.75
bicep 11.3

Hey group! I just saw this, I know I'm a few days late but I'm in on this! I did exercise on the 15th & 16th (today) anyway, so at least I'm doing something

I'll take my measurements tomorrow morning. I don't know if I want to focus on weight or inches b/c I always get un-motivated really fast. So I think at this point I just want to start by exercising 4-5 days per week and logging my food (since I'm horrible at consistency) and know that my body will benfit from it either way!

yay just completed day 2 of level 1 im real proud of myself cos i came home and did it after working an 11 hour day on my feet so im feeling a real sense of achievement right now:happy:
i am doing shred every other day this week and going to increase to daily next week! i dont want to go to hard out and injure myself which is what normally happend tehe
the pushups are sooooo hard! i cant wait to be able to do them without pausing and shaking hahahahaha

hope everyone is going well with it


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Hey group!

WOW- my arms and shoulders are so sore from doing the pushups on Tuesday (I did a level 2 though on accident, so today I'll make sure to do level 1 for the rest of the week). I also heard that doing every other day is better to let the muscle groups rest, so 2 days per week I'm going to do like a spin class or some other type of cardio for at least 30 minutes.

I have a quick question though-

:ohwell: How are you guys logging the 30DS on your exercise diary? I just put "circuit training" for Tuesday but not sure if that's right.

Well I did day 1 on 11/15 and today I am STILL in pain. My abs actually hurt more today than they did yesterday and my thighs are still just as bad. Had no clue I was really THIS out of shape. Kind of embarrassing. Of course I did do a long walk on the treadmill yesterday when maybe I should have completely taken the day off, so it's probably my own fault. Hopefully I'll be up to doing day 2 tomorrow. It's obviously going to take me more than 30 days to do this. LOL

I go my starting measurements, wasn't really sure if I was doing it right at the time and probably measured more than I'm supposed to LOL, but here's what I wrote down:

right lower thigh - 15.25"
right upper thigh - 23.5"
butt/hips - 40.5"
navel - 36"
natural waist - 30"
under bust - 28.5"
over bust (wearing tight fitting sports bra) - 34"
right upper arm - 11"

day 1 starting weight - 139.6 lbs
5'4"

And my scale estimated my body fat on day 1 at 27%. No clue how accurate it is, just thought I'd throw it in for good measure. :-)

Ok so I did completed L1D2 yesterday and I gained 2lbs?.....hoping its just water weight but feeling reeeeaaallly bummed out right now. Still going to keep going on and do L1D3 today, and hope I see a loss in the next couple of days.

It's normal to temporarily gain a little weight when starting up a new exercise routine, especially if it's intense. Don't let it freak you out. If you didn't eat an extra 7000 calories worth of food the last couple of days, the 2 lbs you 'gained' is NOT fat. It should go back down as your muscles recover.

Hi all,

Day 5 here for me. Not as sore now but definitely still feeling it! Am thinking of taking the weekend off and doing it during the week, but will see how I feel tomorrow.

I finished day #1 today with my 13 year old. It went by SO fast. I was tired, but hard to imagine that only 20 minutes will 'shred'. I'm hopeful, but wondering if anyone else is adding anything to the end of this, i.e. additional abs, additional cardio, etc.

I did 30DS three times this week. I may do it tomorrow or Sunday, but may not as I worked out 5 days already this week. I didn't think I was sore today until I did kickboxing that included squats and I sure felt my thighs then.