Lovers of Jillian Michaels meet up here

Do you have anything different to me Kick?

Well done Kick

I have
BFBM
NMTZ
Ri30
30DS
KB&T
Yoga Meltdown
And 6week6pack which I haven't tried yet! Wow quite a collection

Still not tried kettlebells workout, scared I think!

KB&T Day 30 done!!!!

Hooray, now I can rotate my JM workouts and do what I fancy

Today I've also down Yoga Meltdown Levels 1&2....I really like this dvd, my arms and legs are aching a little from just doing L1 yesterday. L2 is quite fast moving and a step up from regular yoga. I really felt like I was getting a good workout and I worked up a sweat

Thank you all for a lovely welcome! I started my morning with week 2 of RI30, it was really hard but I managed to get through. I did a combination of the advanced and beginner versions, at the end I was a sweaty mess! I do feel like I've had a really good work out though.

I love Jillians attitude, in the past I've found other celeb DVD presenters so annoying :)

Hi,

Thanks for the support!

My lift share friend has offered to take my children to AND from school tomorrow which means I can walk the dogs between 8 and 9 and hopefully squeeze in some time with Jillian over lunch. The working day while the kids are at school is so short, particularly as I have to fit in the hour's dog walk too. I'm self-employed and haven't had a huge amount of work in this year but it's suddenly all flooding in which is good but makes it harder to fit in quality time with JM. Still, it's not just me, we all have limited time don't we!

Anyway, tomorrow's the day I hope to flick my mental switch. Friday will be tougher as I've got to do the school run both ways and then I'm having 13 people round for book club - I'm not good at entertaining and find it really stressful.

Welcome Fizbo. You've done it before and loved it and now you've got a nice goal in mind so I'm sure you can get to enjoy it again!

Also KiaOraOAotearoa, I totally agree with ErrolTheDragon about taking your rest days at the weekend. When I was successfully managing to fit in 5 sessions a week that's what worked for me too. Had forgotten, so was good to be reminded!

Lindt ime the first session back after a break is by far the hardest, mentally. So you've got that over with and hopefully can get back into a routine now.

Fizbo if you've been fit before, I reckon it'll be easier and quicker to get fit again (I say this from comparing my experience post-dc1, when I was getting fit for the first time, to post-dc2, when I'd done it before? If that makes sense).

Have been Shaun T-ing, yesterday and today. May Jillian tomorrow, to mix things up!

fizbo - for sure you can do this. (If you do have any problem with ripped, do some shred again first)

Hi fizbo and welcome

You'll be surprised at how soon you'll get back into it and feel fit again and Ri30 is fab

Lindt, well done for doing something, maybe that was the kick start you needed to get back into it

Hi can I join? have just started Ripped in 30. The plan is to do this 5 times a week. I have done the Shred before and loved it. I have a 9 month old and am keen to loose the last bit of baby weight before I return to work in July.
I really need to motivate myself to do this, my OH is under instruction to remind me how much I want to get fit again. Before my pregnancy I used to go to the gym twice a week for an hour do JM Shred, and do a weekly yoga class. I am so unfit now :(

Also, my kettlebell dvd arrived yesterday but I've not tried it yet. I did watch the first bit last night (the half hour tutorial) and it looks hard but it must be really good for your legs with all those squat moves!!!

I guess if you're rotating JM dvds or other sorts of exercise then it's ok to exercise daily as you're using different muscle groups

I've done day 29 of KB&T and Yoga Meltdown which arrived today! I enjoyed the yoga but didn't work up a sweat, I only did L1 but would have also done L2 if I'd had time. Yoga and Pilates always make me light headed, does anyone else find this?

Thank you for your replies. It didn't sound right what I was doing, that's why I checked. Oh, I listened to you, went shopping instead and found a couple of 'gems' that I am most proud of. :)

KiaOra - you really should take one or two rest days a week. What works for me is simply a routine of doing it every weekday morning but not at the weekends (we'll usually do something active at least one of those days). If you regularly swim a couple of days a week then those could be your scheduled 'shred rest days' . So the mindset isn't that you aren't bothered, it's that you are purposefully doing something else (and that something else could be deciding to 'rest and repair' on a particular day)

I've been doing JM since about last July with just a few (deliberate, planned) breaks during the hols on this basis.

Hello.

This morning I've done half of 6W6P L1. First exercise I've done in 2 weeks having been really good and managing 5 sessions a week since the new year.

I don't know what's happened to me. A switch has flicked in my head and I just don't feel part of it any more. I was breezing through this level a few weeks ago. Actually I was breezing through it today, it wasn't that it was difficult. When she said, "Bad news, we're going to go back to the beginning ... blah blah blah" I just thought, "Well, I'm not going to" and switched it off.

Feeling very frustrated with myself. I need to make the mental switch back.

KiaOraOAotearoa, I think you're supposed to take one or two rest days a week but I know exactly what you mean. I would have been fine if it was part of my every day routine but the moment I take a break it feels like something I have to make myself do instead of something I just do.

Marking place! On day 2 of 30DS using cans as hand weights :)

Hi everybody,

May I ask what you think (I am really new at this wholeDVD fitness thing):
I'm on day 10 of Level 1 30DS, I am ok-ish with it, some days better than others). I do it every day, no break/recup period.

I thought I should do 10 days on each level, is that realistic? Am I going to burn out with no break?

I'm in no rush to finish it, in fact it makes me feel so good once I've done it, I am seriously considering continuing it indefinitely. However, I am one of those people who need to become slightly fanatical about things, if I take a break I can see myself slipping into:oh well, can't be bothered today, I'll do it tomorrow, and in fact never go back to it. I know it has to suit me and my life style, so far I've been ok fitting it into my morning routine etc. it is the wear and tear that's worrying me. Should I be taking a break on the days I am swimming, for instance?

Hi everyone! I did 6W6P L2 yesterday - I still think it's one of the hardest of Jillian's. Ripped L1 today (I tend to do them all in rotation and I'm back to working through all the levels of Ripped & Shred alternately). Used my 8kg kettlebell for the deadlifts & squat swing things. My 4kg one arrived yesterday - just waiting for the SIWW DVD now! If I get on OK with them, I might order Bob's Kettlebell one. Keep up the amazing work!

Well done Kick

Haha I wish, it's definitely looking better though! My dp said its perfect now I'm trying to get it a bit rounder.....not like Kim Kardashians, I think gets looks ridiculous!!!! Just round and firmish

Hi ladies

I've done KB&T D28!! Only 2 more days to go and then I can mix it all up a bit