Feb Shred Thread - come on, you know you want to join us!

Just found a great way of doing some of the Natalie style exercises from Level 3-do them in the swimming pool! Just managed to do the jumping lunges and rock star jumps

30DS L3 D4.
Still slightly aching but motivated!
Agree Magpie about checking in here to help with motivation!

Well done Magpie!

30DS L1 D9 complete!
Checking in here is giving me great accountability as well as being able to speak to people who've done it. Thanks everyone!
I'm very excited to have almost finished L1

I'm in the same boat drspouse - I fit in Shredding when I can (I think I did the '30 days' wherever I feasibly could over about three months around dodgy naps, ill DCs, days when I was just too fecking tired etc etc) and I really don't know if I'll get anything in when I'm back at work FT in April.

Nevertheless, I shall cram it in where I can and, Scarlett O'Hara stylie, I'll worry about everything else tomorrow

Hello
I decided to start 30DS as something I can potentially do during naptime, I've done L1 twice now but I can't rely on doing it every day. I'm assuming I should just therefore do L1 10 times, then L2 etc?

I can't see this working very well for me after I go back to work but then I have some hope of going to the swimming pool during a working day etc.

Evening all
Happy Lent to Imogen. It's nice to think in 40 days or so we will be in proper springtime (in the UK anyway). 30DS l3 D5 done today and it felt good actually. Feeling chipper. Happy weekend.

Happy holiday Imogen.

Have achieved my exercise goal for this week and done all 4 levels of Ripped - plus 2x PiYo workouts, so feeling pretty pleased with myself!

Enjoy your holiday Imogen, and good luck with your lent MN break!

30DS L1 D8 complete!

Have a good hol, imogen and see you in April - there always does seem to be a new thread each month.

DDs inset day, I had a lie in and decided not to exercise. I'm meant to be working but it's a tedious stage of things... I need to shut my laptop and get back to my work machines!

Have a good hol, imogen and see you in April - there always does seem to be a new thread each month.

DDs inset day, I had a lie in and decided not to exercise. I'm meant to be working but it's a tedious stage of things... I need to shut my laptop and get back to my work machines!

fukki Alas the videos I desire aren't on youtube, I will just stick to the oens I have for now.

The eating back exercise calories is really up to you. When I joined MFP about 6 years ago, everyone on the forums were very adamant that you definitely had to eat all of your exercise calories or you Would Not Lose Weight. I tended to just eat as many of them as I felt like that day, and lost weight pretty well.

Now there seems to be more difference of opinion on MFP, some eat them, some don't. As you're pregnant then it's probably best to eat them.
I think I would find it harder to motivate myself into exercising if I didn't log the exercise and be able to reward myself with some more calories accordingly.

Thanks for all the advice.
I'm being sensible with the calorie counting. It's more about being aware of what I eat, not snacking all the time, not eating the kids leftovers etc.

'starvation mode' doesn't really apply to overweight westerners! But if you're doing calorie restriction every day for protracted period then taking exercise into account may make it sustainable.

Well done to all those loosing weight, and competing their programmes. It's good to hear positive news. I've got to L3 D5 of 30DS and I am improving. I did the Natalie version of the mountain climbers today. A small victory

Yes you're supposed to eat your exercise calories back on MFP, i think its because you have a certain calorie allowence, but if you burn some of those calories off it will put you under your allowence and into "starvation mode" (depending on what your calorie limit is, mine was always 1200)

30DS L3 D2.

Well done everyone who's completed the 30 days!

Slightly aching glute's and arms from stepping up a level, but in a good way that makes we want to keep going!

I don't do weighing or diets, other than cutting out alcohol, and just notice toning/how many sizes I drop when Shredding.

strictly measuring* portions

Dunno what happened there...

You are most definitely supposed to eat your exercise calories on MFP - I can't remember the ins and outs as to why, but you are supposed to lose more weight by eating them than not eating them. And yes, there's no point in using MFP unless you're strictlh portions. It's...eye-opening.

fukki Active weight loss now if you're pg is probably not the best idea. Exercise by all means (although not too vigorously as you shouldn't raise your core temperature too high in the first trimester) but don't head into calorie control too aggressively.

Forgot to add - well done on the weight loss guys!

Well decided not to do cardio kickboxing tonight, done level 1 of the 30DS instead, and a 20 min power walk on the treadmill.

I don't weigh myself really, i have a fabric tape measure at take measurements instead, will only actually weigh myself every other month or so.

Tone is good! My tummy is just so blobby and wobbly, it grosses me out. And I'm already seeing some change there, and that's fantastic.

In my experience, you don't lose much weight from exercising alone. But you do change dramatically in terms of overall tone.