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I need all the motivation I can get, so I'll play with you! 20 miles, 2 weeks. Sounds like so much...but I guess if it's not all at once, it shouldn't be too bad. Only about 1.5 miles a day right? Not too bad.

Really Brandy, all ya had to do was ask! Jeez. Yeah, we use soy all the time--I usually use it to get the protien with less calories/fat than actual milk, since we have it anyway. But I also like to use yogurt a lot too, which I've never tried with soy yogurt because we don't usually buy it. Probably pretty good though, so…

Aww...thank you. I appreciate the encouragement very much--especially the validation that my back at least looks better than it did--even if that's it. Skipping the gym today to play with my son and do homework, but I'll be back on tomorrow after the I finish day 1 of level 2 and then it's off to the gym! Yay!!

I am back people. Though I was depressed yesterday and ate a whole crapload of food because I just didn't care anymore because it wasn't doing anything anyway, I got my happy *kitten* up and did my shred this morning. Today was significantly better than yesterday and the first day I didn't stop at all during the lunges!…

Today sucks. I got up this morning to do the shred, but then didn't do it after all. I did go to the gym where I rode a bike for 35 min and ran 1.25 miles (at 4.8 mph), then came home and did the shred after that. This was definitely not a good plan. I was so tired and out of breath and thought I actually was going to…

I totally understand where you're coming from! I've lost about 5 pounds (if you can call it that because 1/2 way through I started weighing without shoes because I was so discouraged I just wanted SOMETHING to report), and now I'm just stuck. It's been at least 2 weeks, but I think closer to 3 since I've lost anything and…

Welcome to the hell that we like to call the Shred! It's funny how many people are starting on here everyday. I too had to stop a few times for water the first few days, but it does get better. I still have to stop like twice during the workout (my legs just aren't strong enough to do the entire set of lunges all the way…

So I just finished level 1, day 8, and it was crazy, as usual. I'm still finding that I'm sweating more and it's harder to catch my breath over the last 2 workouts. Not sure if my body's crazy or I'm trying harder or the 3 days away screwed me up more than I thought, but I'm surviving I suppose. Anyway, after I finish day…

Ok, so I'm going to stop replying to specific people now and actually post because now I'm just taking up a bunch of space. I did level 1, day 7 today which was totally exciting! I'm almost done with level 1!!! Today seemed like I was more sweaty and out of breath than I normally am, but I didn't have to stop for water…

If you download the utorrent program you can download a torrent of the video for free and do it on your computer instead of the dvd. That's what I did. If you need some more details, let me know.

I'm still not up to level 2 yet, but I'm doing 3 pound weights, and I think once I finish all 3 levels I'm going to start again at level 1 with 5 pound weights. Hopefully by the time I'm done with 2 cycles I won't have too much more to go! LOL. Good luck and good job.

Oh good--it's not just me then. My daughter made fun of me about that too. LOL. But that was the only time I had to pause the video--which I was super proud of. I think tomorrow I'm gonna try to bust out some real pushups. I'm now more than halfway through level one and I'm getting excited about level 2! I keep hearing…

Alright ladies, I'm back! So I am completely lame and didn't end up doing the shred yesterday because life happened. Today though, I put my baby down for a nap and did it then. I made my 8 year old do it with me because she's always laughing at how much it kills me--I totally smoked her. Lol. Anyway, today was day 6 for…

Ok,so I got up to day 5 (level1) and now I've been on hiatus for the last 2 days. And that's from everything--I have been eating like crap and not logging my calories or going to the gym OR doing the shred. Kinda feel like I suck at this point. So today I woke up to do the shred and spent 20 minutes with a lack of…

I've tried so many times to just not weigh myself--I got to 3 days one time and it drove me crazy! So I gave in and I'm back to weighing myself all the time, but I only check in and post it on Mondays. I try not to take it to heart when I weigh myself and it goes up and down--it's just that it's not going anywhere on…

I was about to post today a very similar post. I, too, have been pretty good on my calories, and been doing the JM 30 day Shred and doing about 1 hour of cardio 5 days a week at the gym. Yet, I am not losing anything. I started at 186 about 3 weeks ago, and I absolutely cannot get below 181. It's so frustrating! I am…

Alright, I finally forced myself to do day 3 (I say finally because I didn't want to, not because I've been away), and it was horrible. As usual. I am noticing that I'm not getting tired and having to stop to breathe as much--now I have to stop because it hurts. Everyone else says that by day 3 the pain starts to subside,…

Congrats on the 8 pounds so far! That's great. And welcome to mfp, I love this site. I log in all the time and it's really helping me to control what it is that I'm eating...though not so much with the weight loss somehow...but hopefully that'll change soon. Anyway, welcome and good luck.

So ladies, I did day 2 today and I hurt. A lot. Not unbearable pain, just a dull, constant pain. I'm using 3 pound weights and doing a hybrid of advanced and beginner moves. Turns out I can do full squats, but the lunges I have to stop multiple times or feel like falling to the ground. And yes, this is doing the beginner…

I know the feeling. I've been doing pretty good with my calories but the other day I decided to eat 2 pieces of pizza cuz I was short on time and went almost 400 over. I know it's not quite the same but still gives that "I CAN'T believe I just did that!" feeling. Just don't let it frustrate you to the point that you give…

Today is my first day doing the Shred, which I'm doing with my friend Brandy and anyone else I can drag down with me. Figured it would be good to have some other people relating with me and maybe be able to compare notes (or aches, pains, hatred for Jillian, etc). So here I am. I'm starting out at 3 lb. weights and doing…

Normally I would suggest water and lots of fiber, but you said you're already covering that. Not sure what you're doing exercise-wise, but running really gets your body moving, if you know what I mean. I heard something about it "massages" your intestines or something gross...anyway, you could give that a try. But I think…

Stretch marks are essentially scars, caused by skin ripping when it stretches too far. I have a bunch of stretch marks from when I was pregnant, and am sad to say, they will be with me forever. They will get lighter and thinner (usually they're kind of raised and red at first), so they will end up like little silvery-white…