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I put mine on top of fruit and yoghurt or just sprinkle it over salad after squeezing lemon juice on or over veggies. Make sure I get one portion a day as that's all a body really needs.

Forgot to say you can get 30 Day Shred on YouTube for free or buy the DVD. Insanity is a set of DVDs that are quite expensive

30 Day Shred is one of a series of DVDs by Jillian Michaels. There are three levels and you do each one for 10 days before moving up to the next. She does 3 mins of strength, 2 mins of cardio and 1 min of abs for three circuits with a warm up and cool down. Insanity is a bodyweight programme that you do for 60 days and…

I put her DVDs under Circuit Training General

I started using the stairs. I'd increase one at a time and, when I could do ten, I'd move down a step (still doing the 10 from the step above). By the time you get to the floor, you can do several in a row as you've already gradually increased your body's ability to do them! Worked for me!!

I use vanilla whey protein from myprotein.com. Mixes well with water and tastes ok. They have many different flavours which you can buy in sample packs to see which you like

Try going slower and landing on the middle of your foot rather than the heel. Think of your feet as moving in a circle - almost like a bike - with the contact point under your centre of gravity, rather than a stride in front of you. Feels a little strange at first, but it might help. Make sure you stretch your calf muscles…

Hey thanks for that link - given me ideas for my assignment!! And as you say, if he can, I can!!

@jc - the trick is not to think about it, just do it! Don't give yourself the choice!!!

Are you losing inches? If you are, I'd stick with it as something's working!!

I use an HRM too - mfp's calorie estimates are way too high for me - usually have to reduce it by 50-100 cals

I've just bought that too! I put it down as circuit training as I did the warmup, shadow boxing and circuit training. The warmup alone is exhausting!!!

It's supposed to be 10 days at each of the three levels (ie. 30 days), but I did two weeks at each level

I've got level 3 of the shred to do, then I think I'm going to do one of the others too

The first time I had to stop many times, but I tried to just take the 5 sec rest and carry on. By the end of Level1, I could just about do it all the way through (those shoulder raises!). I actually did 2 weeks on each level and I'm due to start Level 3 on Monday. I've only had one day where I didn't do it. I lost inches…

I've used my HRM and it burns between 213-230 cals, depending how much effort goes into it ( I'm 5ft 2, 176lbs, 55). From warm up to end of cool down is 28 mins and I put it under circuit training, general if that helps!

Most places, if you tell them what you want, will do it for you. It helps if you ring up first and check, but most are really helpful. It's not uncommon to do it for people who are on special diets for health reasons. Then the choice of what you eat is yours - grilled whatever and a plate full of veggies!! They might even…

Done my 60 in one go!

Completed Day 2!

Done mine for today! :happy:

Humans are hunter-gatherers - that means exercise on empty stomach then eat!!

Purple Team Hi! My starting weight is 178.6 - I want to get down to 140. Not going to do that in 8 weeks, but hopefully at least 10-15 (more would be good!) Currently just started Level 2 of 30ds - also going on my rower daily as I want to get fit enough to join the local rowing club. I'm hoping to start running more…

Bravissimo - you can order online and send it back if it doesn't fit!

I've just got a DVD - the Bellydancing twins - it's supposed to be quite good but I haven't tried it yet.

What a brilliant thread - now I'll have to think about what I want to lose!!!!

I find that concentrating on breathing out slower helps me - the breathing in takes care of itself! What did help me a lot was going to the pool and swimming freestyle with my head under the water - you have to pace yourself properly to turn your head to breath. I started breathing on every second stroke, when that felt…

Did my 50 yesterday and it seemed better! Did 20,15,15 this time

I've been doing them without the push-up - might try adding them in. Wondered why I wasn't taking as much time as you!!

I've done my 50 today. Are you doing a push-up at the bottom or just the straight Burpees?

I've done my 50 but my shoulders hurt rather than my thighs!!! And the gas man didn't come at all!!!!