robinr515

WOW!

I love it--however, of the six of her dvd's I have, it is by far the most difficult. You will get a great workout in, but I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner--it's better to start out with 30 Day Shred.

When I did it, I took two weeks for each level, with Sundays and Wednesdays off--believe me, it helps to have an occasional rest day in there. As far as the weights go, if I were you, I'd try to do as much as I could with weights, and finish whatever's left without them.

I log it as circuit training.

I often go for two weeks or more without seeing a loss. Then I get on the scale and suddenly I'm down three or four pounds. I wouldn't consider myself in a plateau unless I'd gone for at least a month without seeing a change. I've also noticed that even if I am not losing pounds, I am still losing inches. Take your…

I lost 14 pounds and 14.5" overall doing the shred 5 days a week (it took 6 weeks start to finish).

Target has yoga pants on sale for $10 through Jan. 5 (Saturday).

There are three options that came up when I typed in "moving" under exercise. You just need to choose which on was closest to what you were doing.

I got on the scale the day after Christmas to see how much I gained, but to my surprise, I lost a pound. Thinking it was a fluke, I got on the scale yesterday...lost another pound. Did the same thing today, and again lost another pound. I don't know how or why it happened, but I'll take it!

When I did it, I took two days a week off (usually Sunday and Thursday), so it ended up being two weeks on each level--taking six weeks total. It seemed to work pretty well.

You're in my prayers. Good luck.

Just finished. Lost 13lb. and 14.5" overall.

"If I woke up tomorrow morning with my head sewn to the carpet, I couldn't be more surprised than I am right now."

It's funny, I had a similar thing happen yesterday. I pulled down some old pants that haven't fit in at least three or four years, and tried them on--eight pairs fit! One pair was a little snug, but the rest fit nicely, and one or two were even a little loose. It is a great feeling.

I'm not sure if it's normal or not, but I caught three colds and some other flu-like bug in the first six weeks after I started my weight loss journey. In the two months since then, however, I've been totally healthy, even while everyone else around me has been sick. I think when you change your diet and/or exercise…

Pancakes with maple syrup and a slice of American cheese between each pancake.

I've been doing the 30DS on top of my normal workout. If you can handle it, go for it.

You might want to research carbs a little more, before cutting them out completely. In a nutshell, there are good carbs and bad carbs. Vegetables and whole grains are the good kind.

I'm getting over a head cold. I've been able to do it some days, but not as much as I'd like. By the time I finished on Friday, I felt like I was going to vomit--since I've never experienced anything close to this, even when I've worked out for a couple of hours, I took it as a sign that I need a break. I'm taking the…

Hi, I've lost 32 lbs. since Aug, but still have a long way to go. I got on the scale the day after Thanksgiving to see how much I'd gained, and was delighted to see I'd lost a pound. I'm going to work extra hard to lose more than 10 lbs. by Christmas, because I'm currently at 213, and it's my goal to be under 200 by New…

I'm halfway through level 2 and I've lost 7 lb. and 11 inches overall. I've also gone down two pants sizes. I was able to put on two different pairs of jeans this morning that I couldn't even pull all the way up two weeks ago. Very exciting!

Try taking measurements. I was frustrated earlier today when I realized I'd only lost 3 lb. in the last 3.5 weeks, but when I measured I realized I had lost 1.5" in each thigh, 2" on my waist, and 1" on my bust. Realizing I had lost inches, I decided to try on several pairs of jeans that didn't fit me two weeks ago (three…

I just watched a clip from the Jeff Probst show, and they showed a picture. She was kind of chunky in her early teens, but not grossly overweight.

I went on Jillian Michael's website to figure out mine when I first started. When I logged it on MFP as 20 min. circuit training and 5 min. stretching, it was only off by a few calories.

Here's some motivation for you... I started the Shred along with ripped in 30 last week--I'm doing both on top of my normal workouts, with two days off a week. Anyhow, Thursday was a day off, Friday and Saturday I did both (it was exhausting, but I muddled through it), and Sunday was a day off. I did both again this…

30 Day Shred is a Jillian Michaels workout DVD. It's only about $10---and very worth the money.

Hi, I'm Robin. I started 30DS yesterday. It was hard, but not horrifying. I plan to take 1-2 days a week off, so, I'm glad I got an early start. Good luck to everybody.

I agree with you completely. This is my first post, and there probably won't be another one for a while. I use Facebook to socialize, and was under the impression that the forums on MFP were for help and support, not a b**** fest.