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I think everyone just puts Jillian Michaels videos under circuit training, general. That's what I do with the Ripped in 30 video. I'm sure it's not perfect, I mean depending on how much you exert yourself day to day it will vary, but it's an estimate.

I'm right there with you! I'm 30, and i had twins at 25. I finally got down into the 130s last year and then over these past holidays gained 5lbs back which put me just over 140. I haven't worked out in years. Now I've been working out 5 days/week and logging all my food for a month and NOTHING. I took measurements before…

Just did my first day of week 4. Not AS bad as I anticipated, but definitely really challenging. Can't wait to be done with Jillian lol. I'm going to do BBL when I'm done bc I acquired it from someone else and it'll be a nice change to be doing different workouts every day instead of the same thing for a whole week at a…

Age: 30 Height: 5'7"/5'8" Cw: 140 Gw: 130-135

Hey all, just did my last workout of week 3 (thank god). Looking forward to a new workout tomorrow. Not sure if I'm getting results, but I've been keeping to around 1200 calories and working out so I hope to see something in pictures if not on the scale :/

Congrats on your progress! You look a lot younger in your after pics too :)

I have one on my stomach under my belly button. After a pregnancy with twins, it still looks good.

I lost about 40lbs without exercise and got to my goal weight (doing weightwatchers). You won't be muscley and tight when all is said and done, but you'll be smaller for sure! Then of course, you'll want to start exercising...

I'm 5'7", 140lbs, and I'm currently in a size 4. I guess I'm okay staying a 4, but I really want my butt and legs to be a different shape. I think doing butt exercises might make my butt bigger lol, so I doubt I'll be going down a size, even if my legs get a little smaller. I really just want everything to be TIGHT. having…

yeah spot reduction is a myth... you can work to change the shape of the muscles underneath so that when your fat% goes down you have a better shape, working a muscle does not directly affect the fat cells around it. Unfortunately you never know where the last place on your body will be that holds onto your weight, depends…

OMG, started week 3 today... I do it in the gym in my basement and watch it on my laptop. I actually said "holy ****" out loud several times. It killed me! lol. This week is going to be horrible... if the freakin scale doesn't start movin', I don't know what the hell I'm doing wrong... not sure if I'll be taking tomorrow…

I'm starting week 3 tomorrow. I'm not doing any other workouts, it's hard enough for me to find the 30min to do RI30 5x/week!

I haven't lost anything (wtf) but I feel like the angle of my body right above hips changed due to the ab workouts if that makes sense. I'm hoping that after the next two weeks, I will see a good change. I did take before photos (gag), but I don't know if I'll be posting them. We'll see lol.

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Good luck! I had a bad day yesterday too. I worked out this morning (I'm almost done week 2) and I feel a bit better. Forget about yesterday, and focus on what you are doing in the present!

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can't wait to try this..

You can request me (and anyone else). I only have a handful of friends on here. I am on several times per day logging. I'm doing ripped in 30 for exercise right now since my schedule is crazy. My calorie goal was 1200, but I changed it to 1300. Haven't been seeing a change on the scale unfortunately, but I'm hanging in…

My husband is a personal trainer. He said it takes 4-6 weeks for your body to really adapt to an exercise routine. Meaning even if you're adding weights to the same moves, you need to change it up.

So I made this tonight.... it was really good... HOWEVER the crust totally fell apart, so we had to eat it with a fork. I'm wondering if other people made the crust thicker, or if it had to do with using part-skim mozzarella as opposed to full fat?? anyone???

In the beginning of the video, she says try to do the workouts 5-6 times for one week. For week one, I only did 4 times because I hadn't worked out in years and needed rest days bc my muscles were so sore. This week is going better.

I'm a professional therapist and just wanted to reply that I think many of you have shared very insightful thoughts. Unfortunately so many people have misconceptions about depression and mental health in general, so it's important to share experiences and information. Most mental health conditions are caused by…

That's amazing! I'm feeling the same way... On the second week of ripped in 30 and the scale isn't moving. This is really encouraging!

I hate them!! I really have a hard time keeping up with all the plank stuff. My shoulders just can't hang! I just finished 10min ago and at one point i just went back to "jump ropes"... better than nothing I hope. Sometimes I'll do push-ups instead too. It's just the staying still that kills me lol.

Some of these are so great... definitely going to print out a couple of the pictures to put on my mirror where I do my makeup every morning as motivation to have a good day with my diet/exercise. I'm totally gonna work out in a half hour after I put my kids to bed too, which I definitely was not motivated to do an hour…

I have this scale that does body fat % and is supposed to be really accurate... http://www.walmart.com/ip/Body-Composition-Monitor-with-Scale/14829938?ci_sku=14829938&ci_src=14110944&sourceid=1500000000000007346330 I went to that website and entered my info and it only came out 2% away from what it actually is, so maybe…

I'm in week 2. I worked out the first day, then took yesterday off cuz I was sore. I'm going to do it again tonight. I can't do the 5-6 day in a row thing. Not letting your muscles recover from a workout just does not make any sense to me. I try to do my yoga dvd on in between days if I have time, because her videos have…

In your case, it looks like you answered your own question. You stated yourself that you're pretty content with where you are. Being comfortable makes motivation for change much more difficult. In order increase motivation, there has to be a big discrepancy between where you are and where you wanna be (felt or actual).…

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