I need a Shred buddy

Happy Birthday Orangina!
Am v impressed you are intending to workout on your birthday!

L3d2. Really good today, felt strong.

Happy Birthday Orangina! What was that slogan - 'shake the bottle, wake the drink'?

Right, must work

d6 L1 oh shit ill be needing to move to L 2 soon, i sometimes find it easier but today felt hard but naughty baby last night so prob tired.
Orangina happy bloody birthday sweetie,im already there mate and still think im 25 that is untill i look in the mirror.Grrrr

Good morning!

Today I am 44 years old!

(aurgh!)

On the upside, I did L2 shred on friday evening (was getting v bored w L1, despite being unable to do a press up), went to pilates on saturday morning, and did another L2 shred on saturday evening.

(polishes elderly halo).

Day off yesterday, right back on it tonight. Am determined to SHIFT this farkin' lard that has set up long term residence around my belly/thighs/upperarms/back.....

Good Morning

Level 2, Day 6 completed. I'm getting a bored of Level 2, even though it is still most definitely a challenge.

Orangina and Ishallwearmidnight, where are you? Come on back... You can do it!

L1D4 and surprisingly....not so bad. Definitely ache less.

L3d1 ( had a break yesterday). That was...weird! Very different, but OK - I think, and quite fun in bits. Very much following Anita, knees on the floor & donkey kicks all the way.

Brianstorm, I agree about the last abs, I can't be doing it properly because I can do it! Also not feeling it in my abs particularly. Otherside, I also agree about the plank twists from level 2 - never felt it was as hard as any form of crunch but she described it as 'intense'.

Flew in today. I actually felt pleased at the end when Jillian goes on about how well I'm doing.

Otherside-I wont be doing planks as it does my shoulders in,shall have to adapt. I do a bit more stretches at the beginging and end and i havent ached that much or for long.
Ill be doing d5 of L1 in abit.I was loving the fact that i could do all the cardio vigorously yesterday,gave me a real boost. I think psychologicaly its great for me to stick at something and get better at it,i am feeling much better about my flabby baby body now as well and that is a vast improvement from feeling like i didnt want to go out.Going to add in some Nathalie today

Good morning!

Level 2, Day 5 completed.

Chickens, I find the cool-down a bit short, perhaps you would be less stiff afterwards if you added some leg stretches?

Brainstorm, I'll be trying level 3 later this week, will let you know about the abs exercise.
Personally I feel the plank twists at the end of Level 2 aren't doing much for my abs, all I can feel is my shoulders screaming "enough!". I expect I'm not putting in enough twist because I'm concentrating on not collapsing!

Day 3 complete. And now I'm walking like I have no knees.

Chickens yep i hurt after the 2nd day it goes by night. I am in no pain due to the fact my baby didnt settle untill 8 and then i was too tired o bother. Am doing it today defo tho.

OMFG. I can't bloody move today. I had to come down the stairs one step at a tome, sideways. I'm walking like I've been kicked in the non-existent nuts. Please tell me it gets better?

Good morning fellow shredders.
Level 2, Day 4 completed.

I am jumping about as much as Nathalie for that skating move but not travelling as far due to having legs about half the length of hers!

No shred for me today as I am shattered from spin class this evening

Keep going everyone, you are all doing well.

Chickens, I like the idea of your whole family doing it together, DS who is 2 sometimes comes and has a chuckle at me and jumps around a bit but DH will never do it, he thinks Jillian is a he-she!
Oh, and yes, the hate is good, it definitely keeps me motivated!

Lol at Badpoets analysis of Anita and Nat. Thing is you can tell Anita is dead fit (check out her washboard!) and that she could easily do all the moves, shes just pretending to be crap!

Day 2 level 1 done. Even the DC joined in. And laughed at me and DH gasping for air and wincing in pain.

we are doing it too,about 7.30 and before an Asda curry and some wine

We are going to do this tonight, but it might actually kill me. I really hate Jillian's abs of steel and granite jaw. When I box, I am fantasising about smacking her right in the kisser. The hate is good, right?

chickens have been daring dh to do it with me,he has thus far refused,i think coas he doesnt want to get beaten by a girl!!Any chilli sauce?
I aggree about having to priorotise.I did the shred yesterday surrounded by baby paraphanalia and dirty nappies and then had a wet wipe down to keep me going till bathtime as i had an appointment

Well I am seriously impressed. I have done Shred for about 2 weeks (missed 3 days as was hurting to the point where I was going to get a proper knee injury but did other exercise 2 of those days) plus extra abs exercises some days and already have my belt a few notches in. I have cut down the cr*p I eat a tiny amount but not much and have been drinking more water. Is this possible or a coincidence?

Afraid you are going to have to abseil out the window, Chickens. Or bump down the stairs on your bottom. What's a few more aches and pains?

L2d10! 2/3 of the way through and I don't hear as many horror stories about level 3! I'm not listening to you Pat I hope Anita gets more attention though, I was finding myself getting a bit annoyed at how much Jillian fawns over SuperNat. Although Nat's so nice, and kind of goofy in a tall gorgeous, athletic and enormously fit sort of way. Yes, I have given them personalities and created conflict. It helps me through.

I have to dash, sorry not got time to reply to everyone - keep going!

I started shredding last night with DH. We are both unable to walk downstairs. Please send help, and preferably a kebab.

Orangina, didn't mean to mislead you. It was my 10th session not 10th day in row.

Keep up the good work everyone.

OP seems to have disappeared but she was right, if you know others are doing it and you are not, it helps to motivate.

Just finished L3D2 - I'm in the nice wee bit when you still don't really know what you're doing so the time passes really quickly! Isn't much harder than 2, just different. I sweat more with 2 - don't know whether that makes much difference. The abs exercise at the end I haven't a clue how to do - I'm definitely not doing it right - is anybody else struggling with this one?

Midnight - I can sort of do press-ups now, but have really struggled with any attempts at the full version. Figure it will keep on getting easier, but I don't have any shoulder injuries to be worried about.

Orangina - something is better than nothing, but Maureen said up thread, that it's about losing something else for 20 minutes, and I've kept that in mind ever since. Usually it's MN that's losing out at the minute - sometimes it's the hoovering/dishes/insert any other boring housework here. But I deserve that time , and I'm feeling a million times better for making it part of my routine. It's now on my daily to-do list [list-lover emoticon]

OtherSide - you must be fit to move up early. I really did need the 10 days, if only as a milestone in my own head as to when I HAD to move up. Otherwise I would have lived in fear of the next level being too hard [grin0

Ledkr - can't believe how well you're doing already!

BadPoet, Pat and SuperSal - keep on keeping on

So I didn't manage to shred last night as I went out and I couldn't squeeze it in between feeding/bathing kids etc. I did manage to do about 10-15 minutes of hula hooping while they have a bath though, so not ALL lost I hope?!

Will definitely shred tonight.

Otherwise, am v impressed you have hit the 10 day mark.... best I have managed to date is about 6......