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So do you feel like it's doable--running five days a week and doing Shred for seven? It sounds like you combined it well with cardio and saw nice results. Or do I just do the Shred on the two days a week that my HM training plan calls for strength training?

That success thread is inspiring. I'd really like to try it for 30 days in a row doing each level for 10 days, but I'm worried it will be overkill with the half-marathon training, which calls for five days of running a week. Has anyone done the everyday thing along with intense cardio? I'm mostly concerned with injuring…

I would love to believe that I could get to lower than my goal weight in 30 days if I do the Shred for 30 consecutive days (I believe you also have to follow her diet, but I'm already doing 1200 calories here, so it must be comparable). But I really don't believe it. I am fighting tooth and nail to lose a pound a week!

I love all the helpful little tips I've gotten from this thread. Thanks, guys! It never even occurred to me to divide the number 30 by the number of levels, but I work with words (not numbers), so it doesn't surprise me that I'd make such a silly oversight. I keep thinking that I'd like to give the 30 days in a row thing a…

I was just thinking that. It must in an instructional part of the DVD that I skipped. Is it just me, or are you forced to watch Jillian give her little speech each and every time you put the DVD in? That drives me crazy.

Is it meant to be done for 30 days in a row? I tried to look on her Web site but didn't find anything but a bunch of videos for sale! Also, thanks for the reply. Math has never been my strong point, but three levels in 30 days totally makes sense! :)

My guess is that if MFP adds 500 calories, you should at least be eating some of them. What I'd look into (and I'm not sure where you'd research this) is whether nursing a six-month-old burns fewer calories than nursing a newborn (if that makes sense). You obviously don't want to be eating the extra calories if you don't…

Where did the calorie amount for breastfeeding come from? Is that an option in the MFP database? It has been a while since I nursed, so I don't recall what they recommend for nursing women when it comes to calories. My guess would be that you should be netting 1700 calories at a minimum, even if you don't eat back your…

Calculator didn't work for me. I know I have 122 pounds of lean body mass based on a body fat analysis I had done. But the calculator gives me something like 100. I'm short though, so I'm wondering if that's what throws the calculators off. Most height/weight calculators don't want me to weigh more than 122 to begin with.…

Maybe someone said this already, but shin splits can also be caused by adding mileage too quickly--too much too soon. I definitely agree with everyone that said it's a good idea to go to a local running store and get fitted when starting out. I've been wearing the same type of shoes (Mizuno Wave Inspire) for the past four…

Yay!! As someone else mentioned, Shut Up and Run is pretty funny. But another really great source for beginning runners (and I'm not sure I mentioned this previously) is Another Mother Runner. They have a book called Run Like a Mother, and it's hilarious and informative. I've been following them for years, and you'll learn…

This is the point that keeps messing me up though. 1500 calories a day when eating exercise calories? Or in addition to exercise calories? I'm a female on 1200 calories a day. Running five days a week. Eating all my running calories back. I've spent a good portion of the day trying to determine if I'm eating too many…

Curious about the poster who reads her kindle while running. Does that work out okay? I've tried reading an actual book while running on the dreadmill, but it doesn't work really well for me. As for the OP, I have run as much as 12 miles at once on a treadmill. It's not my first choice, but Midwest winters/summers…

Right. That's what I find too. 100 calories per 10 minutes, more or less.

Okay, thanks, guys. That helps. I'm doing a 500-calorie deficit with 1200 calories a day and eating back every single exercise calorie most days. On long run days, I'm sometimes leaving as many as 200 or 300 in the bank though. I had been averaging a pound per week loss, but I've had a tricky few weeks with family in town,…

MFP will do the math for you. I get confused by the numbers, but if you plus your information into MFP for a pound a week, you should get the correct numbers. Then, yes, the calories you are burning will be calories you can eat back. One question: How far/long are you running for that 700-calorie burn? I've heard that…

Also, Runner's World.com will do a "smart coach" plan for you if you plug in your race date.

I've run three halfs and a full with Hal Higdon. He hasn't let me down yet! :)

I am not going to be of much use to you, I don't think. You'd die if you saw my diary. On the days that you are coming in under your calorie goals, I'm thinking you must be starving? That just doesn't look like a lot of food, which is why I am the last person who should be trying to help. :) My biggest thing though is that…

Man, I wish I'd known this before! I've been counting pasta all wrong (but too high, which is better than too low, right?).

I think maybe (based on previous conversations we've had), you are weighing too often and possibly putting too much stock in the day-to-day differences? Believe me when I say that I can sometimes see a five-pound jump from one day to the next. I was making myself a crazy person until I stopped to reason with myself about…

Hey lady, I have 30-day Shred and really like it. But yes, it's hard on the knees. I can run five a days a week with no ill effects (knock wood), but the Shred even hurts my knees sometimes. It's a lot of pounding with the jumping jacks and such. Of course, I'm doing it on hardwood floors, so maybe that's why. Can you rent…

It's hard to immediately love something that feels so challenging, maybe. What I would tell you is that I currently love running and have for a few years now. But I don't remember whether or not I felt that way when I was first getting more serious about it. I was completely hooked after I ran my first 8K, and it has been…

I have this. Had a lot of problems with it many years ago. Did different splints, tons of PT, etc. Somehow got it to calm down and I've since run three half-marathons and a marathon without any issues. Anyhow, only mentioning that because it was such a huge issue for me many years ago, and I want you to know that there's…