beckminster

It truly is hard on the knees. Both my workout buddy and I (alumni of the 30 Day Shred Academy) had knee problems when we started the shred. (Though not the Ripped in 30 workout, which I think is harder, go figure.) But yes, modify the things that hurt and it really will get better as you get stronger. I also took advil…

It's true, the shred is hard on knees! And I was about 180 when I started (155 now). For a while they were so sore that I worried I had really injured myself. But if you just modify the moves that hurt your knees the most, and take advil or a joint supplement, they will get stronger and better. You can do it!

Right, it doesn't take into account your exercise goals, but it DOES take into account whether you said you were "sedentary," "lightly active," "very active," or whatever. Try going in and changing your settings and see that your caloric target changes.

Hmmm. First, congrats on working out that much! I have friends (men) who were pretty heavy to start with and who were given caloric allowances way up over 2000, but I don't think I've heard of a 3000. I think if when you were setting up your account and your goals, you told MFP that you were very active, it could push that…

Hey guys, I'm glad I found this thread! I just joined MFP, from WW, and I've been doing the 30DS since about Halloween. That would be longer than 30 days. :) I too was wondering how to log it. The circuit training seemed like it might be too many calories. I was thinking maybe just aerobics, high impact (level 3 of the…