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Yay Gryffindor! Looking forward to earning house points with you guys. :)

Yay! Excited to get started. :) SW: 159 GW: 145

Hi everyone! My name is Ariel and I'm really excited to be doing this challenge with you all. :) I'm hoping that this will help me to hold myself accountable, keep up a decent workout regime, and also make some friends. :) I barely made the challenge yesterday, but I made it! Hope everyone is having a good weekend! Let's…

I'm in! awesome challenge. :)

I'm in! I love HP. :)

Yeah! Same here, actually. I went on vacation this weekend and missed about 5 days, but I'm going to get back into the swing of things this week. :) Let's do the last two weeks!

Since I started on April 1st, and have taken 2 days off, today was my first day of the level 2 stretch! :ohwell: I miss level 1 already! Anyone else doing level 2? I have so much trouble with the end... my arms are just not strong enough yet, so I ended up swapping out some plank twists with bicycle crunches.

That's awesome! Go you!

@schaffk I was wondering too! Let's post! Week 1 Week 2 Weight: 159.2 Weight: 160.4 Waist: 30" Waist: 29" Hips: 39.5" Hips:39" Chest: 38" Chest: 37" Stomach: 37.5" Stomach: 36" Thigh: 21" Thigh: 20.5" Bicep: 11.25" Bicep: 11.25" Gaining weight but hopefully muscle!

04/01/11 : 159.2 04/08/11 : 160.4 :huh: Not sure what happened! I've lost inches, so I'm hoping it's a water retention thing... or my scale is mad at me... :tongue: Congrats everyone! Keep up the good work!

There are a lot of jumping jacks, lunges, and squats involved in the shred, and in the later levels she gets into plyometrics, like jump squats, which I imagine would be very hard on injured knees. She does try to provide modifications for almost everything, but it may still be difficult. Does that help? Sorry about your…

@heather0mc I'm impressed! I can never work out first thing in the morning. Good work! I'm feeling so sleepy today! I did my usual cardio at lunch and I'm supposed to go to a pilates class after work... I think the shred might be too much today. Trying not to chicken out though! We'll see how I feel after my pilates…

Day two done! Feeling a little strain in my chest muscles... think maybe I shouldn't have used the 5 lbs on the chest flys yesterday. Stuck to 2 lbs today. :)

Aw, thanks! I'm really liking it here so far. :)

I am! Yesterday I made the mistake of doing 6 Week Six-Pack before doing the shred... I'm so sore today! How are you doing?

Hi everyone! I hope I'm not too late to join... I actually started the Shred on the 1st, but I'd love to keep on with you all, too! :) I've heard that switching up the levels every day works well, so that's what I've been trying so far, just alternating between 1 & 2. We'll see how it works out. Good luck everyone! :smile:

I'm in! Weight: 159.2 Waist: 30" Hips: 39.5" Chest: 38" Stomach: 37.5" Thigh: 21" Bicep: 11.25" Looking forward to this one. :) Good luck everyone!

Hi everyone! SW: 159.2 Goals: For exercise, I plan on sticking with my pilates and kickboxing classes, and working some elliptical and 30 Day Shred workouts in between, for variety. I'm also preparing for a 5k, so I'll be working on jogging for longer distances. :) For food, I plan on drinking more water and taking in less…

Weight for April 1st 2011: 159.2 lbs. Good luck everyone! :)

Thanks for this! I'm in! I'll post my SW and my plan on Friday. :)

Count me in!

You look like a totally new person! Congratulations on your success!

You look gorgeous! Congratulations! :)