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I've done it before but not the full 30 days so I'm sticking with it this time! Difference in lbs and inches after week 1, I love Jillian!

I've been doing it for a week (every day) and I've lost 2lbs and 5 inches overall, keep at it!

Life's too short to stay in a situation you aren't happy with.

30DS is jillian michaels 30 day shred, amazing 20min workout :) Body brushing involves getting a stiff bristled brush and brushing your skin in circular motions from your feet up towards your heart to improve circulation. http://spas.about.com/od/skincare/a/skinbrushing.htm

Double post, sorry!

Body brushing, moisturising, drinking more water & cutting down on caffiene help :)

Great thread!! Sent a few requests :-) 25 5'3" CW~141lbs GW~126lbs Gonna see how I feel when I get there though! Focusing on toning & measurements more than weight. Add me if you're similar x

Makes perfect sense, thankyou :-) Always tempting to go back to my 1200 net but it's below my BMR so I know this is UNHEALTHY.

Fantastic difference! That's basically what I'm aiming for :-)

BMR + 200 is what I'm aiming for each day as net (1450) so that's great thank you :-)

On a 250 deficit do you eat your exercise calories back?

I found this helpful, thankyou.

Would be grateful for any more input.

5'3" and goal is 9st (126lbs), then I'm going to see how I feel. It's bang in the middle of my healthy weight range.

Thanks for the response. Was on 1200 plus exercise calories before but keep reading posts about how it's dangerous to eat below BMR but wasn't sure if this was eating or netting!

My thighs are 23 inches at the largest point and I have thigh gap! Think it's cos I have really wide hips?! I used to have the whole thighs chafing together thing when I was younger and it sucks, you don't need a thigh gap like a model to combat this though!

^^^^love these posts, thanks so much guys!

I'm 5'3" and experimenting with eating 1500 per day (maintenance for 8st-I'm currently 10st so my maintenance is 1700 apparantly). This equals less than 1lb a week weight loss but is apparantly healthier. Not sure how I feel about it yet!

I started with 0.5kg too but I'm moving up to 1kg on Monday :) was using 400g soup tins originally so I've improved a little bit!

Im a little taller at five three & currently 142, looking to get to the 120s at least & tone up :)

Thats great thanks for your replies :]

Never done this before & I hate myself for it but - bump.

It's so hard knowing which ones to go with! I tried measuring BF% using various websites & got the same massively differing results (21% which I know is way too low-37.5%). I know it's all trial & error but it's so tempting to stick with the neat little 1200 calories MFP recommends...

I put it as 20 mins circuit training so I know I'm not overestimating time wise, however it doesn't take into account how much effort you're putting in/what weights you're using so it's only ever going to be an estimate without a HRM (and even then from what I've heard on here).

What I like about fat2fitradio.com's calorie levels are that it's the calorie level for maintenance of your goal weight so in theory you just keep eating that forever, therefore making a lifestyle change rather than dieting. I've not actually managed to stick to their calories for long enough to test it though, I end up…

Wow that's the most useful response I've had on this so far, thankyou! I think I'm going to finish 30DS, then have a go at 6W6P, then move on to RI30 once my fat's gone down a bit :P

i started doing this too, did level 1 and 2 one day, level 1 and 3 the next etc. have started doing it again and am doing one level per day.

thank you! it seems different to 30ds and ri30 (which ive heard is a harder version of 30ds) then, im gonna get it and have a go :)

does 6w6p REALLY focus on abs? or does it give you a general workout as well? also do you need weights for it? thanks guys.

i haven't done it 30 days in a row but have done each level quite a few times. at the moment i'm alternating days so i don't get bored so it's going to be 10 days of each level in total but day 1-level 1, day 2-level 2, day 3-level 3, day 4-back to level 1 and so on!