Is there a 30 day shred thread for March yet? If not, this can be it!

Oops just checked back and realised that was D28....only 2 more days to go!!

Ri30 D27 L3 done....also been for a 30 minute run :)

Well done Crazy!!

GandTnow....I'm not a cream egg fan but the smell of hot cross buns wafting through the supermarket is so hard to resist!! I have to though as I can't just eat one!!

Thanks everyone for the encouragement
If it wasn't for you lot I would've given up.

30DS L2 D5 - done!

Had a really busy day and hardly any sleep last night so I practically had to force myself to do it. Was scowling a lot at the beginning but once I got going became less resentful

Sounds like you've had a particularly tough day today Lindt . Try not to be so hard on yourself! Tomorrow is another day

Did someone mention creme eggs?

Just checking in as Shredding (or Ripping actually) has been rather sporadic recently due to life being busy.
Have a day off work tomorrow with DC at school / nursery so will try and get a session in before my late morning appointment.
Well done to all, however long or short your JM effort today

Hey Lindt - you sound like you have a lot on.some days it just doesn't happen.

Crazy - dont beat yourself up and count tomorrow as day one!

Well I'm moving on from shred I think. Been tinkering with BFBM which I like but next stop is Ri30! I think my split stomach muscles (since baby 2) are definitely worse so I'm going to replace some of the stomach stuff. It had got so much better - I think due to my kettlebells I had been doing so will mix it up.

Anyone else had this?

Good luck miss smiley! I'm craving bloody creme eggs too :)

I have no excuse now. My DVD turned up today. Ran today so Jillian tomorrow. Mooing to count as day one and count my effort last week as a practise!

I'm managing to do the exercise but am struggling with sticking to healthy food - ate a Cadbury egg today and felt sick afterwards. Why do I do it?

Oh Lindt....you do sound as though you had quite enough to do today without JM!!

Don't be too hard on yourself, hope it's better tomorrow for you!

6W6P L2D1 - half done. Level 2's very different to level 1. Loads of cardio which is not my strong point. Did the first circuit and then got part way through the second circuit (which is just a repeat of the first and then that's the end of the session) and found myself switching it off! Never done this before.

Feel utterly deflated and demoralised.

I'll give it another go tomorrow and I'm sure it'll be fine. I know the problem's really that today was not a good day to try a new level. I had a meeting this morning that I thought would be about half an hour and ended up being about 2.5 hrs. While I was in the meeting I was sent something pretty complicated to work on so I now have that to do plus a load of new stuff from the meeting on top of what I already had planned for the day.

I've got to go on school run in a mo and then will be cooking and ferrying kids to dancing and rugby. Really didn't have the time for Jillian today.

Still feel so annoyed with myself. Plus, whole body is actually shaking from the effort of doing HALF a level.

G&T - the one thing this isn't is a spectator sport!

Well done yadah for not being derailed by the interruption.

Ri30 L2D2 done for me. The squat thrusts felt like they were straining my back so did more mountain climbers instead.

Flippin' heck - D2 of L1 completed and someone came round 10 mins in (the neighbourly bugger!) so I had to start it again once they had left and so while I am feeling quite chuffed with myself (doesn't happen often, believe me), I am also a bit wobbly from just that extra 10 mins. Come on Crazyhours, summer is coming!

Ri30 D27 L4 done!!

Crazyhours Keep going, it will be worth it and as Lindt says....you'll feel fab afterwards!!

Lindt bet you're looking forward to moving on to L2!

Thanks Lindt. You're right, I am thinking too much! It's too late for me to do it tonight, will fit it in tomorrow and report back so I can't back out of it. Thanks

Come on Crazyhours. You've come so far, don't stop now. Try not to think too much about it and just put the DVD on and work your way through another session, you'll feel so pleased with yourself at the end.

I'm having an epic fail of motivation. Haven't shredded or done anything else except drink huge quantities of wine since Friday. Help.

Tried 30 DSL 3 today after a hips ,bums and tums class so was buzzing!
Wasn't too bad,not as bad as I thought actually.

6W6P L1D16 done. That's it for level 1 now. Hoping to start level 2 tomorrow but have now got a couple of meetings lined up so not sure if I'll be able to fit it in.

Hello Chesterado! Stick with it, you know it makes sense.

Hello can I join you? I've just finished Day 2 of L1 30 DS and aching like mad so need motivation to continue. I know I should stick at it as I've done it twice before and had great results, but 8 months post second baby it feels harder than ever! That said sunny holiday at Easter looms as does a hen do and wedding so now is the time if I can stick it out.

Full BFBM done and I have a Pilates reformer lesson followed by circuit training later so I'm putting my feet up now!

Thanks Errol & StuntNun - I shall nip down to TKmaxx later and get em. Very excited about the 30-day factor. Last year I was a bit more active in the winter months than this year and so felt quite light on the old tootsies come spring. This past sunny weekend, however, left me feeling like the incredible bulk hufting round the garden...boohoo. But feeling good about playing catchup with this workout.

You won't add bulk with these kind of exercises Yada, you would have to be doing high weight low reps to add bulk. I second Errol's recommendation to get a set of fitbells of 1-2.5 or 3 kg in weight. Then choose the heaviest weight that you can complete the exercise with. One of the ab exercises in level 2 only requires you to hold the weights while you do leg lifts so you could use a much heavier weight for that than for say the military press where you're having to balance on one leg, lift the other leg and press the weights all at the same time.

Welcome, yada.

I'd recommend getting 2 or even 3 sizes of weight, as some exercises are much harder than others. For instance, the 'anterior raises' I use a 1.5 kg pair - some people find 1kgs enough, or stick to the bean cans for that one. Whereas bicep curls/chest flies I'd use 3kg (or more nowadays).

You guys seem so motivated to be doing this workout a few months after having had babies. Amazing. I was wedded to large boxes of bics and mugs of anything caffeinated in the aftermaths of my 3 much to my own horror. However, drumroll this morning I did the first day of L1 and was really into it. And having read all the positive results on this thread I am going to stick to it in the hope that I will be feeling good for summer. What size weights is good to use tho? Do not want to add bulk (nosireebob) but feel the baked beans cans are a bit too lightweight.

Ri30 L2D1 done. Can't do the squat thrusts at the moment, it was hurting my back a bit good excuse or some of the abs things with raised legs.