Starting 30 Day Shred 11/14/11

Hello everyone,

Took yesterday off to rest my knees. I did level 2 for the first time today and it was not that bad. Very different though. I want to get better at it. I plan to weigh myself tomorrow in the morning and do my measurements.

How have you guys been doing with eating? I have been staying below 1350 most days and I feel pretty good. Want to get to a point I can workout 4 days a week and eat a little more.

One thing I am so happy about is that I have stayed consistent since starting this challenge. Even with life throwing things in my path I have still put exercising as a priority. It helps so much to be accountable to all of you.

Shred on!

I've been sticking close to my MFP goal (1200) and eating back my exercise calories. Doing the Shred twice usually earns me 400-450 extra calories for the day, so I've been eating at least 1600 on those days and sometimes more if I do additional exercise (treadmill, extreme house cleaning, etc). I wear my HRM so I trust my calorie burn. I've also been diligently trying to get in around 100g protein per day (spread out throughout the day) since so many people on here talk about how important it is to get plenty of protein when you're exercising harder, strength training, etc.

I weighed in today - I've been stuck at the same spot since I started the shred (about 2 weeks - I've had to take off a total of 5 days so I'm still in Level 1) but as of today I've lost another 1.4 lbs.

I'm on Level 1 Day 8 today - going to do it twice.

L2D3 complete. Still feeling good. The last set of strength moves kill my shoulders. I've been doing the first set without weights and then adding them back for the second set (5 lbs). I'll try to make it through with weights tomorrow.

Sorry have not been able to do the 30 day shred due to knee issue. I had surgery in July but still not able to do Jillian's workout. I have been trying to keep busy. Good luck to everyone who has been able to keep up..great work.

Did L2D1 today. It was hard, but It was fun to do some different moves for a change.

Today was weigh in day for me but I only lost .8 lbs this week. Disappointing since I've been working so hard and I've been pretty consistantly losing around 2 pounds per week until now. It better show up on the measuring tape next week!

Did L2D1 today. It was hard, but It was fun to do some different moves for a change.

Today was weigh in day for me but I only lost .8 lbs this week. Disappointing since I've been working so hard and I've been pretty consistantly losing around 2 pounds per week until now. It better show up on the measuring tape next week!

Keep in mind that the closer you get to your goal, the slower you tend to lose. Plus with all this intense exercise, you could be holding onto some water weight. Don't let it get you down. .8 lbs is still a success! :-)

Thanks for the reminders. I needed that today

Any advice on the best way to record the 30DS workout on here?

Any advice on the best way to record the 30DS workout on here?

People that have a heart rate monitor log the calories that it tells them, people that don't have one tend to log it as 20-25 minutes worth of 'circuit training' which gives a pretty decent estimate. :-)

That's kind of what I figured. Thanks so much!

Some of the moves really bother my knees too - I modify things if I get worried. Like I usually do the punches instead of the dang jumprope thing - that kills my knees. And I am more careful with squats/lunges/etc. I still follow along with the routine but will substitute in other moves if something is not working well with my knees at the time.

But if you need a break for recovery, you need to take it. Don't want to injure yourself or make anything worse.

I did try to modify but still had some pain. Jumping jacks, jumping rope impossible. I am wondering if I drop some weight if knees will not hurt so much during exercising. They say for every 1lb loss is 3lbs off your knee.

L1D8 done x

Level 1 Day 10, DONE! Tomorrow, moving on to level 2. I'm scared!

We are in the same boat! I start level two tomorrow. I had a really funny pain like feeling in my upper thigh when I started doing the knee stretch today in the warm-up. I am thinking I should take a one day break from the shred and the elliptcail but I really dont want to.

I'm starting the 30 Day Shred tonight, and I was just looking on my exercise tracker so that I could update it.... is there a way to tag the DVD so that I can get an accurate calorie burn count? How do you chart your exercise when you use the DVD?

As promised my new measurements after two weeks.


Height-5'2"
SW 138
CW-134.4
GW- 118
Bust- 36" - now 36"
Waist- 34" - now 31.75"
Hips- 39" - now 37.5"
Thighs-24"- now 23"

Awesome results already!

I just finished day 10 today, I'm thinking the morning after day 15 I will probably do my 'halfway' measurements... Unless I wake up tomorrow and just can't help myself.... LOL

L2D5 and man did I feel strong during the workout today. No modifications except for cardio sections (I live in an apartment and my neighbors would not appreciate any jumping jacks). It felt great!! It's official, I drank the Jillian kool-aid. I love this workout!!

I am with you. I started it a week ago and am like it so far. Lets all get in this together and get sexy!!