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anyone else gaining weight on this? I'm up a lb but re-measured and have lost an inch off my waist, 1/2 inch off my hips and 1/2 inch off my thighs. So I guess I'm still good! I did day 5 of level 1 today (doing 8 days each and running 1-2 days a week) and it felt good.

my MIL has this but has been diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. You may want to google it...

I did shred fri/sat/sun and then went to the gym today and did some weights and ran. Back to shred tomorrow! I worked out my running days and decided that I will be doing shred 24 days this month so 8 days on each level. So 3 down 4 to go on level 1!

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I was doing it and just found this post, lol. So here I am. I'll do pics later. I did day 1 yesterday morning after working night shift and the kids joined in, lol (3+5!). Quite hilarious to see them doing jumping jacks. Not so hilarious to see them fighting over my 3 lb weights (I guess it's one way to make sure I use the…

I work nights and pack my breakfast. I have some small round containers. In one I put 1/2 cup of quick oats, a tsp of PB, 1/2-2/3 tsp of cocoa and a tsp of sugar (had been doing splenda but I've cut out artificial sugar). I add hot water from the hot water part of the coffee machine (I work at a hospital so coffee machines…

I would up the heaviness of your weights

they are! And if you microwave them for 10-11 seconds they are divine. YUM

wow, I need cool whip now!

very awesome! When I lost weight the first time (35 lbs pre-kids) it was because my scrubs weren't fitting-they were getting way tight so instead of buying new scrubs I decided to loose weight. Well I had to buy new scrubs after all, lol. At least my old scrubs made great maternity scrubs! It's hard to see at the time but…

welcome!

welcome!

I have Jillian's shred DVD and she advocates reverse crunches but also says you can't just crunch them away-you have to do cardio. She's an advocate of interval training (mixing cardio/strength together). A reverse crunch lay down with your arms down at your side, bend your knees up at 90 deg angle and lift your butt off…

welcome and good luck! I lost 40 lbs before starting this website-break up your weight loss into smaller packages and reward yourself! I did something for each 5 lbs lost (lost 1-2 lbs a week).

congrats!

the day before I work a night shift I hit the gym hard for a 50 min workout and try for 550ish calories. That allows me another meal at night (I pack fruits/veggies plus a smart ones frozen dinner plus a starbucks double shot or similar to keep me awake). For me the key is water, low cal munchies (I take a ton of fresh…

I'm the same way! I go to the gym for a break. I do work outside the home part time so I don't make it every day and when I do go several days in a row I try to mix it up a little. I do a class one day, run another, do the elliptical another. I think "they" recommend a day off a week so maybe take a weekend day off? Good…

That's great!

welcome and good luck!

I gained weight on BCP and now have an IUD (after using condoms for a couple years) and don't feel like it has made me gain weight. I have a mirena

wow! good job on your loss!

I fell off the myfitnesspal wagon and I'm back now. Just logged today. I'm not sure what happened this week. Somewhere between working, sick kids and Christmas I just lost my motiviation. Anyways did level 2 again. I think it was day 3 of it.

thank you so much! that was exactly what I needed to know

I've been looking for a 5K to run since I finished the program. There's one on NYE that supports a great cause. I'd love to do it just to feel like I've completed this KWIM? I've done all my running inside on a treadmill in short and a t-shirt-what should I buy to wear on an outside run? I figure I'll need to practice…

Did day 2 of level 2 today. I really like it-except the stupid skater thing. I need to clear more room in the living room. I'm between 2 12 hour nights so didn't feel up to clearing it out so I just did jumping jacks. And those stupid cheer squats. They feel great for the first set and then by the second set I'm dying and…

congrats! that's awesome!

gained 0.5. Oh well

I did level 2 yesterday for the first time. It was amazing to see how the different muscles came into play. I did get 3 lb weights and I think that is helping me ease into this level! I'm certainly feeling shredded!

wow! congrats!

down just 0.5 this week, but that's OK. It's getting harder....