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one thing a lot of people seem to do is going 30 days straight without rest days! in one of her podcasts Jillian said that she intended it as a 5 workouts per week programme... she always stresses how important rest days are, in other podcasts she recommended one rest day per week so give yourself one rest day so your…

I recommend Tara Stiles' Yoga videos on youtube! she has several beginner videos and when I first started doing Yoga with her videos I really liked this one: http://youtu.be/4PgIfOOHwH8 I'd also add some stretches after Jillian's videos, she only does about three after her workouts and I always add some more. her stretches…

wow, Jillian is not kidding with workout 5!! when I saw the sun salutations warm-up I thought "oh what a nice low impact warm-up" but it gets really intense afterwards, these supersets are hard! especially my arms got tired fast... I feel like I'm doing these dumbbell swings wrong, it feels more like a static lunge and in…

you've already received great advice here so all I can say is: hang in there! i know how you feel! I've been having this disheartened feeling as well lately but after a good workout that makes me realise that I'm getting stronger and more fit I feel better :) stupid scales! really?? HALLELUJAH I love almonds :D

thanks for the advice! I'm eating more than 1200 kcal now as MFP wants me to net at 1200 but on days I workout I'm struggling to meet that number :/ i'm gonna eat more nuts as snacks! wow, today for the first time since starting BR I was really really unmotivated to work out! I kept telling myself "come on, it's workout 4…

I just recently started upping my calories and have gained as well :( I'm not stressing out too much about it and just try to stay patient... I'm in this for the long run! but the higher number on the scale does feel very discouraging at first...

wow, congrats on your results!! did you follow her meal plan and/or eat just 1200 kcal a day? I did that the first two weeks and lost quite a bit, but now I started eating (most of) my exercise calories back and the scale doesn't move anymore :( but I don't want to starve myself and not eating enough in the past has led to…

the last couple of days it has finally begun to feel like spring here so I went out riding my bike today instead of doing Cardio 1, it was such a nice change! I think I'll do that more often from now on, replace her cardio with my own if the weather permits it and depending on how I feel!

i know right?! 3 weeks! high five! and I'm the same, it's not about "if" but about "when" I work out! I think having a set plan helps tremendously, we don't have to think about what kind of workout to do today! plus I love the variety, I could never do her 30 day shred for example that has you do the same workout every day…

1. stress - when I was a student and deadlines for papers were fast approaching... then I'd pig out either to procrastinate or sometimes while working to make it more tolerable... 2. boredom 3. sitting in front of the computer or tv - when I'm in a binge phase (binging several times a week or even every day), computer and…

how was/is everyone's third week? some of the rowing moves of workout 4 felt really hard for me today, bc I was using my heavier weights (3kg / 6.6 lbs). I like workouts 3 and 4, they're definitely more challenging than 1 and 2! today I also went to a power yoga class in the afternoon which was harder than anticipated and…

some days I was netting 800-1000 kcal, eek! I mean I trust Jillian's opinion but I don't want to damage my body in the process and the more I read on MFP the more I get the impression that 1200 is too freaking low! thanks everyone for your input!

the first two weeks I was fine with 1200 kcal, but now I'm halfway through week 3 and I'm more hungry. I used one of those online calculators and if I put in sedentary activity level my TDEE -20% amounts to 1463 kcal a day so only eating 1200 worries me now. I think I should aim towards 1500 now!

I feel silly quoting myself, but concerning my last post: I found a video on yt in which Jillian recommends replacing the move I described with forward lunges as you use the same muscles. Just wanted to share that in case someone else is struggling with that particular move :)

running man and suicides hurt my knee so I go on my stationary bike instead. concerning strength moves it's plank ups in workout 3, they kill me!!!! going down is fine, but pressing myself up again is really hard.

o em geee, some of the moves in workout 4 are hard! I hate the move that makes you raise your hands above your head and then drop one knee to the ground, put the other knee to the ground and then push up with the other leg again :( my right knee doesn't like it even though I'm already using a cushion, I dunno how else to…

I did a lot of yoga this winter and that definitely helped! downward dogs, crescent and tree pose actually felt easier than in yoga class bc I was wearing shoes whereas in yoga you're barefoot which makes balancing a lot harder. I was very surprised that I managed 4 regular push-ups! o.o however, those last planks to lower…

my lower body is doing fine but I feel a bit sore in my shoulders and upper back, so the thought of rest day tomorrow motivated me through cardio 1 today ;) I'm excited and a bit anxious for the new workouts next week! Mostly just for the cardio parts bc of me knee, but I'll just have to modify any moves that involve lots…

^today was my last workout 1 day as well, I love workout 1! (except for planks right after modified push-ups, kills me every time) btw, I like the group of people that do the workouts in the background, they're all very fit and do just the right amount of cheering and clapping. I remember doing a billy blanks dvd a couple…

I use a heart rate monitor during my workouts and I noticed that my heartrate stays higher throughout the workout if I do a longer cardio warm-up! I do Jillian's warm-up and then hop on an exercise bike for 10 minutes. By doing this my heartrate is higher during the rest of Jillian's workout and I burn more than 100…

I started on Monday as well! I really like it so far :) workout 1 and 2 are a lot of fun and low impact on the knees. I haven't done any exercise like that for a couple of months due to knee issues. I'm a bit worried about the more advanced workouts and will probably have to modify quite a bit. I haven't done cardio 1 this…

How do you guys log your exercise calories of the Body Revolution programme in MFP? did Cardio 1 this morning and to me it feels like a high intensity interval training, but I don't know how to log that, unfortunately I don't have a heart rate monitor right now :(