morty1966 Member

Does your gym offer Pilates? It's great for building lower back/core strength.

Nope, give yourself a day to recover or you may end up feeling worse. Or try but accept that you may not give it your all.

I found the first phase on iTunes for £5.99, don't know if it's available in the USA. It meant I could start while I saved up some money.

I like jillian michaels and lots of hers are on YouTube, saving you even more money. Follow the easier moves if you find it a bit hard.

I was in a similar position, I could diet for a while, then seemed to slip back and put the weight back on. A while back i googled 'how to eat like a slim person' and a lots of books came up. I read and followed Beck: Diet solution. It doesn't tell you what to eat, but helps you tackle your bad habits. The truth was I was…

I am halfway through phase 2, WO 5 is a killer but I've looked ahead (I know I know, I was told not to!) WO 7 scares the bejesus out of me. Oh dear!

Ha ha

Ergh, too white.

I'm on week 6, and I'm loving it. She starts gently then really cranks it up. I've seen some great benefits from phase 1, and I'm much fitter already. I thought I would struggle to fit it in 6 days a week, but it's only 30 minutes. You can do anything for 30 minutes,

I found the first couple of workouts easy, I did stay with them as I had a really bad cold for the first 3 weeks which slowed me down. 3-4 were more challenging but I didn't feel really stretched until workout 5, which is very hard. Edit: you could add weights to the workout as she is showing you moves that are used at a…

I'm doing jillian michaels body revolution, there is nothing easy about it!

I usually don't eat before a workout but today I decided to eat a couple of crumpets first as I was hungry and low in energy. Big mistake, I felt sick the whole way through even though I waited an hour. I still feel sick now. I won't do that again.

Crab dips are awful. That whole last circuit in WO 5 is so hard, it leaves my arms screaming. It is working though, my arms are more toned so I guess I can forgive her.

Side burpees? OMG

Well done lobster on finishing. What differences have you noticed? I've missed quite a few workouts due to illness so am trying to catch up. Workout 5&6 done once, 27 workouts done. Only 63 to go!

After a week of a horrible cold and not being able to exercise, I went for it today. I started phase two, and it was hard but great. I'm glad I did it, and am looking forward to workout 6 tomorrow.

Well done, you are keeping me inspired. I've had yo pause the programme due to a terrible cold that left me exhausted. I'm hoping to start phase 2 tomorrow, very excited and a little worried too.

Well done on starting again. I have a head cold so really don't feel up to exercising at the moment. I'm a bit dissapointed as I was making really good progress in my fitness. I can't imagine doing workout 9, or 12!

make sure you check your form when doing kettlebells. I hurt my knees doing a bob harper kettle bell DVD, and I believe this was because I was too far forward, putting strain on my knees. It took a long time for them to recover.

Wow, I am just starting workouts 3&4 this week, really inspired by your posts to keep going. I can see some differences already but not that much yet. I am looking forward to being so much fitter and toned. I will definitely make time for my workout tonight. Shame I have to work late. Keep it up, and let me know how hard…

Couch to 5k will get you running and build your stamina. Go slower than you think you should to build your stamina.

This is what I was going to post (except for the 4am wake ups, can't manage that). It was me that decided I needed to change the way I thought, and who followed the 'Beck:the diet solution' CBT programme, and it was me that worked really hard on eating well and exercising. Other people have been encouraging but it's up to…

Try separating off what looks like a normal portion of food on the plate. Push the extra to the side, or even put it on a side plate if you can. Then eat slowly and think about how comfortable you are. When you get to comfortable, look at how much you have eaten. If you have finished your plate and you are still hungry…

I'm proud that I did my 'the firm' 500 calorie burn workout today, and stuck with it even though it was really hard. I'm looking forward to going back to Jillian Michaels tomorrow.

Bwogilvie - that is a work of art. I'm very impressed. I think I would go slightly potty if I did that. My aim is to move away from my obsession with scales. I think daily weigh ins with recording and mapping and making graphs would feed that monster instead! However, that said, you are right, which is why I think monthly…

I'm thinking of weighing myself once a month rather than daily as I do now. I find the scales demoralising. Once a week easily leads me to slipping back, but 4 weeks is long enough to show a general trend and stops me obsessing. I will take my measurements though, after all being toned and slim is more important than the…

So true!

You look lovely, really pretty. Well done x

Thanks Lauren (who looks so much like a friend of mine!). My friend who started losing weight at a similar time loses every week, sometimes a lot, sometimes just a bit. But she doesn't exercise much. Sadyia, yes I am calorie counting and exercising. I don't eat my exercise calories generally unless I am very hungry. But I…

Thanks Weffie, that's good to know. I love her workouts, I am getting stronger with each one. I'm going to start recording my measurements too. Thanks for that tip everyone.