April 30 day shred anyone?

Errol I think level 3 of Ripped has done something painful to my lower back. As a veteran of JM do you think it might have been those drop back, legs up, roll forward jump up things? (technical jargon you see!) or the crunching with leg lift? Keen to avoid in future!

Errol yes, I think I will. I've been walking lots and going out on my bike so its not like I won't be doing anything.
You seemed to be towards the end of the program - what kind of results have you got?

RI30 L4 D8 (I think) done... will move onto something else next week. Not quite sure what - I've now got KB&T, 6W6P and NMTZ, which I intend to mix up so I'm focussing on different areas alternate days - as I'm starting to be able to work the muscles a bit harder I feel like I need to rest them alternately.

Power - it usually gets easier after D4 - have a rest day (essential to have 1 or 2 a week) and return refreshed.

Ri30 D5L1 done. Yay. Same planned for next week and then L2. Anyone downloaded the JM app to their phone? If so, any good?

30 DS L1D4 done.

I did struggle a bit today. I think I need a rest day!

KB&T L1 D25 done

Will be doing something else later not sure what so I'll report back!

So finally creaked onto L2D5 and actually it wasn't that bad. Managed to get all the way through without stopping and pretty much no grunting! A couple of days break really does help so if you are trying to do it all in one go I think a rest day or two does the world of good.

Lol Errol that sounds like a very apt description of me in the boat. Red faced, ungraceful and trying not to grunt too loudly! !

tabul - yes, these threads really do help... for one thing, you know there's other people who are in the same boat, ungraceful and red!

Been a bit patchy with Easter holidays and work getting in the way but I'll be back on it again tonight just as soon as all the workmen leave my house as there is no way in hell I'm demonstrating my moves

Oh I know it's supposed to be encouraging...it's just right at the end of the last cardio bit and by that point I'm bright red and gasping and they're all so graceful that it makes me go rofl.

I'm very bad at exercising and very good at procrastinating, that's why I started posting on this thread, I'm hoping it'll help me stick at it.

tabul - well done for stopping procrastinating. (I'm a terrible procrastinator). I think we are all in the same boat... but we're rowing and JM is the galley master cox.

Day 5 level 1 of 30DS done...but only because I was sat procrastinating and this thread kept coming up in I'm on, lol.

I lost 5 and a half pounds this week I've been doing slimming world for months and losing fine about 1 and a half pounds a week, but I don't think I've ever lost that much in a week doing anything...I'm alternating today between hating JM and her blooming "we're all in the same boat together"* and wanting to hug her, lol.

• Every time I want to stop it when she says that and go, no, Jillian Michaels, we are not all in the same boat together, well technically we could be because I could squash together all three of you fit people and make one of me, so I suppose I could carry you all in the same boat. I highly suspect given the lack of back fat and the fact that I can see abs that you're all finding this considerably easier than me...

we've got a workman in, and I didn't get ripped before he arrived and really can't do it quietly, so I went for a run/walk instead. Lovely day for it! Will try to get into gear earlier tomorrow...

I cannot manage without breakfast, I am starving by the time I have finished the school run otherwise.

KB&T L2D5. Getting easier now. Still can't do any form of burpees so I am subbing with more cardio and hoping to try a yoga class soon to get some flexibility in my back and legs.
Had four days off, awful, couldn't fit it in on Easter Sunday and Monday and was back to uni the last two days. However I did really push myself today to make up for it and have been walking loads on the other days.

First day of Level 3 Ri30 tomorrow, you have made me nervous now GandT!

Level 3 ,Ri30 done. But not very well. Seems like a big jump up and seem to have done something to my knee. Very creaky and grinding a bit. Might have another go at level 2 later as I'm frustrated at how poor my performance was this morning. (grrrr)

Ri30 D4L1 done. Eating mindfully is a big one isn't it? And I read on this blog called about living rhythmically rather than routinely which is about going with the flow in order to serve your ever changing requirements better. So this incorporates cleaning, eating, the whole shebang. It has really made me think about my own patterns and how to tune into them rather than crowbar them into another fit. Have fun with JM today, people.

30DS L1D3 done. Showered, dressed and ready to get on with my day :)

I feel so energised these days. I have been living in a lethargic fog for a while so I'm thrilled with my new routine :)

KB&T L3 D8 done

30DS L2D11 done yesterday so back on to level 3 ASAP. I can bend my arms a little on press ups now but I'm still rubbish at them so I've started doing some tricep work to try and strengthen my arms.

I don't always eat breakfast, it depends how hungry I am. If I have breakfast it's often late morning and then I don't eat lunch just my evening meal.
I never eat or drink before I exercise and I usually exercise as soon as I wake up. I find I get stitch if I have anything!

:) Bring it on Errol
I feel like I've found that miracle cure for my overeating that I've been searching for.
I've only been doing it since the weekend but I'm finding it easy. I add salad and extra veg to my meals (which is the same as what everyone else is having) and I have a mini magnum or 2 pieces of chocolate at the end of the day without any guilt. I feel like I can stick to this.

I liked that article so thanks for that. I googled some more and there are some really positive articles on skipping breakfast! I'm amazed. Its given me more resolve and convinced me that this is right for me.
One article said that skipping breakfast blunts the apetite for some people. That's definitely what I'm finding.

Ok. I'll shut up too now :)

Oh, and ThePower - picking on one word in your last post mindlessly - a sentence I liked in another piece I found was 'Hard-and-fast rules don't allow for much mindfulness, anyway-and that's an integral part of any nutritional approach' .... eating mindfully, whatever regime suits you, is definitely something to try to do. That can mean deciding not to have a meal if you're not hungry, chucking some extra veg in your meal, or deciding you're going to have an ice-cream because it's a nice day and then thoroughly enjoying it without guilt.

Sorry, seem to have gone a little OT with my 'food for thought'!

Just had a google, couldn't find the piece I was reading before but there's an article here which discusses the pros and cons of breakfast.

yadah, I find absolutely no problem exercising on a fast day or the next morning after just some tea/coffee. Good luck next week!

Oh wow Errol and Yahdah. Thanks for your comments.

Its good to hear that skipping breakfast makes sense for some people.

Its the only thing that's worked for me. I'm normally the type of person that will eat all day long. Eating meals and picking on food inbetween meals mindlessly and having a binge every now and then.

Since I started skipping breakfast, I can actually control what and when I eat. Its amazing. I really wish I'd known this before.