Starting 30 Day Shred 11/14/11

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.

Hi everyone!
I did L1D4 today, and it was the last thing I wanted to do on an Saturday morning, but I did it anyway. I still can't do all the pushups, but I'm hoping that by the time this level is done, I'll be strong enoujgh to do them all. I've got a little soreness here and there, but nothing too bad. I also ran/walked for about 20 minutes on my treadmill. I'm planning to get up early and work out before church in the morning too.

My weigh in day is on Monday so it'll be interesting to see what's happening on the scale. I took my measurements when I started and I'll check them again at the halfway point. Do any of you have results from the scale or tape measure yet?

Anyone wearing a HRM while doing the 30DS? I love the workout but was disappointed in so few calories burned. I have since switched to Jillian Michaels Circuit Training at JillianMichaels.com/shred. 30 day free trail. It is awesome. But still need the HRM site says each day you burn 500 doing the online circuits and I only burn 350. Love Jillian!

I wore my HRM on day 1 and I only burned a little over 200, but I also was really bad at some things and wasn't able to do some of them with as much intensity. I'm hoping after a few more times I'll be able to keep up better and get a better burn out of it.

I'm about to (finally) do L1 D2.

Just did day 2 and I only burned 153 this time. But I had to take a bathroom break in the middle (sounds like a cop out, but after 2 babies when my nature calls, I answer LOL), paused my HRM and then of course my heartrate wasn't up as high when I came back, plus I modified some things. My knees were really really bad after day 1, so this time when I was doing things that I could tell we're going to cause me serious issues to or row, I modified and didn't do them as deep or intense, so I'm sure that cut off some of the calorie burn since I wasn't doing it as hard as I was supposed to. But this is why I love my HRM, so at least I'm not overestimating my calorie burn. I did all the arm movements 100% but I can't risk having my knees in the shape they were for 3 days after day 1. I'm going to try to keep progressing in doing the knee/thigh stuff more and more as I go. Might spend longer than 10 days on level 1, too. I want to be able to really get it right before I move on to level 2. I think since I modified the things that put me in so much pain last time, I should be able to continue with day 3 tomorrow. I anticipate sore muscles but hopefully not the dangerously wobbly knees. I was able to do the ah exercises a bit better today (still not perfect, but definitely hung in with them longer and better range of motion) so that's really exciting since that's a huge problem area for me. I took before pictures of my midsection, hopefully I'll have some good results at the end of the program so I can take a good after pic. :-)