30-day Shred - class of June 2014

30DSL2D8 done. Not too bad, and I can finally do a full set of the oblique twists without falling over my own feet. I'm so uncoordinated it's beyond a joke.

Ri30 L1D2 done. Those Hollow Man exercises are weird, I can't work out how to do them at all.

Lambzig, wasn't it you on the other thread who said you had 36-inch hips? Unless you're under 5 feet tall, are you sure you need to diet?

No eating frenzy for me. I am on a diet that just isn't working, I have stuck at the same weight for about six weeks now. Measurements are smaller though.

I hate missing sleep...I think that's why I prefer my DC being older, lol, but mostly I hope he feels better soon just because he look so miserable.

And it means I'll end up doing Ri30 tomorrow and then everyone's in, it's harder to do then.

I have mad eating frenzy days from time to time, but haven't noticed an increase since starting the Shred. I tend to get them if I've cycled to work several days in a row.

Sorry about your dog, tabulahrasa. Hope he recovers soon and you can catch up on sleep!

RI30 L3D9 done. Finally it felt relatively easy except for the rock and roll crunches which I will never get. Maybe because it's my last level 3 day. L4 tomorrow.

Well I'm on a diet, so no mad eating frenzies, lol

I'm having an unplanned rest day today, my dog's not well, sick and lethargic...ended up at the out of hours vet late last night and syringing in rehydration stuff in the early hours of this morning, so I've had about 4 hours sleep and they were on the couch so I could keep an eye on him and he needs to go back in in a couple of hours.

I could do it now, but I feel almost as bad as he does, lol.

30DS L2D7. Not good - DS was up and my attention was distracted by him messing about. Hopefully I'll manage to get up before he does tomorrow! Those chair squats with a V-raise aren't getting any easier.

Abs and shred L1 today - knee is a little less creaky, but Achilles is tightening up. Will need to stretch it out a bit more than her cool down!

Hope so Errol, I've nearly finished level 2 so better happen soon

Anya - almost certainly, more literally than usual 'this too shall pass' .

Another thing that commonly happens when people first start working out hard is that their muscles retain some water - its part of the healing/strengthening process but it can cause a temporary weight gain and presumably a bit of size increase. So that might be another factor. This should subside after the first few achy days and following rest day.

Not quite but have gone from hardly eating fruit and veg to eating it every meal everyday.

Will give it a few more days and if no change ill ask the lovely folks in weight loss

lol, it's a possibility.

What happened with DP was I started slimming world, he decided he'd do it too and it's unlimited fruit and veg, he was doing things like snacking on whole bags of steamed broccoli and it was really obvious he was bloated, assuming you're not eating enough broccoli to feed a family of four you may be a bit bloated but not so obviously that you can tell that's what it is...if you see what I mean.

So I just need a good fart?

It could be as I did eat a lot of junk before. Now have a fridge full of fruit and veg

Oh and last time I had a drink was when the boxing was in at the weekend. Had 2 bottles of beer

Just with you saying about bread...are you eating more veg and stuff too? As that made my DP massively bloated when I changed food, the switch to wholemeal stuff and a load of extra fruit and veg instead of his usual junk.

Not that I'm saying you usually eat junk, lol, but switching foods did make him bloat up for about a week.

Could it be that?

I've cut out sugar from my coffee
Stopped buying crisps biscuits and sweets so not in the house to eat.
Gone from white to brown bread
Started to use a smaller plate for dinner and for portion size I make sure I can see the rim of the plate
Also stopped eating when I'm full.

Ouch Lamzig that sounds painful, hope it feels better soon.

Will look in to weights, I didn't do it yesterday so will have another go today.

Anya, that sounds weird.

What sort of eating better? Could it be portion size?

Lambzig, Ouch feel sick just reading that hope its better soon

Can someone explain to me why after eating better and doing my Dvd I was unable to do the button on my last pair of jeans this morning? I'm running out of clothes and refuse to buy more in a bigger size.

Ri30L1D6 done.

I still can't do the hollow man, well I can get into the position, I can't hold it, lol, so I end up bending my knees which means I can still feel it, but it's possible.

I only have 1kg weights as well, I figure I'll get bigger ones for when I start over. (actually I did have 500g ones, but my dog ate them, lol)

RI30 L3D8 done. Not too bad, only couldn't do the ab hold so substituted it with hollow man which I still felt.

Have worked out I have 10 days before my holiday that I can exercise (others - four days I have leave home at 6 for work and back at 9 days and one is friends staying). I think I will do one more L3 day and then try L4, so will be 9 of each.

Lambzig - gosh, that sounds nasty. Pigeons can be bastards (one dive-bombed my DH recently and shat all over him, which was rather horrid but at least injured only his dignity!) You probably know enough different moves to substitute things you can do - focus on legs/abs/cardio maybe? Know what you mean about the obsession - I decided I'd have a rest day today because I used bigger weights yesterday (inc. for extra free weights after JM) and I'm going to be active tomorrow hopefully - but if feels weird! Will be going for a walk with DH presently but that's not 'exercise'. think