Grab Your Tuna!

Well done under I've not done any exercise since Thursday, but I'll be back on it tomorrow.

Thanks for the confidence boost velma I'm pretty sure I have spaghetti masquerading as arms!

Today I've done the warm up and fat burner and then abs. I did the fat burner again in an effort to relieve some of the pain in my legs and bum from yesterday: how can 7 minutes do so much damage?! I mean, it's good damage because clearly it's worked me, but ouch ouch ouch. Still, am pleased I've done two days in a row. This is good for me!!

Swimming for me today. I'm not sure what I will do tomorrow, it depends on what time I wake up as to whether it is swimming or davina.

under you will soon be able to do press ups. I could only do 1 or 2 at the very most when the thread first started I can now easily do 10 -12.

I have Grabbed My Tuna. Just got the DVD and have done the warm up, the fat burner and tone and sculpt. I cannot do press ups..... Hopefully in a few weeks I will be able to do press ups

Thanks for the inspiration

Warm up, UF Burner, boxfit, UAbs and stretch all done. I think I am going to have to do the stretch section twice a day because my thighs and hamstrings are all tight from sitting down doing my marking. Thankfully, I've only got 5 more large pieces to do and that will be done today, although I think the tightest will remain for a few days.

Well done Cherry!

Between starting the fitness workouts on 1st March and Friday, I have lost 14 pounds/1 stone! I now have a healthy BMI and am feeling much more healthy.

Since Friday DH has been home, I haven't done the workouts and I've put on a pound! I know, one pound means nothing, but I put weight on whenever he's home. If I do workouts I can keep from putting as much weight on (but it's not always easy to be that confident. He asks to video me ...and join in.) It's also the food we eat, so I've asked him to show more interest in what is healthy for him, and stop behaving like Homer Simpson over fatty and sugary foods.

Anyway, did a 25 minute full body taballa/pilates/yoga session today and feeling good. :D (my foot has recovered much more quickly too, even without orthotics, so it's more than just weight. I'm getting fitter.)

Bloody hell cherry well done! I wish my eating was so in control.

Last week I ended up swimming on Wednesday and Thursday and I've done no exercise since. My period was horrid.

I have Davina'd this morning with warm up, Fat burner, U fat burner, abs and some stretch. Just under 4 weeks until my holiday and now that TOTM has tailed off I am going to try and get a grip on my eating to get a few pounds off before the holiday.

I'm still here, still Davina'ing several times a week. Tried to take up jogging but hurts my legs for some reason, so power walking a few times a week instead.
Sorry if someone has already explained this but in answer to PP's question, HIIT stands for high intensity interval training.
I've lost two stones in total, 17lbs of which was once I'd started the 7 minute workouts and gave up sugar and processed food. I've gone from a size 14/16 depending on clothes cut/type to a loose size 12.

I feel GOOD!!

Took 2 days off to rest my foot (and bevause I just couldn't fit it in) and really noticed my mood takeva nosedive.

Back at it with a short core workout today.

I didn't exercise on Tuesday I felt to blah, my TOTM arrived in the evening.

I swam yesterday and will be swimming again today. I'll either Davina or swim tomorrow, but I think the swimming will win because apparently it's going to be horrible and muggy tomorrow here in the Midlands and I don't fancy getting all sweaty in those type of conditions. I will just have to see what time I wake up.

Ouch peace I hope your aren't hobbling around too much.
amazon you're doing great. Don't compare yourself against anybody. Remember, be the best you!
kitty have you done it yet?

Warm up, Ultimate legs done and dusted. Should have done another one but dp got up so I left it. As much as he's encouraging I love being completely on my own when excersising!

Ouch Peace, I remember hurting the ball of my foot when I attempted the shred DVD. Bought better trainers with extra support for that area.

Have been keeping up the 10 minute workouts. Yesterday I pulled a muscle in my foot (doing star jumps, I think) so it was just a bit of upper body workout with weights for me today, and will bedigging the orthotics out to use until the foot feels better.

Thanks and hi. It took til Saturday to arrive. so hopefully i can unwrap it tonight. Will report back.

Afternoon everyone.

Just need to add yesterday's session, warm up and UF burner. Not a lot but still logging it on here.

I daren't wear a HT monitor, I'm sure it'd go through the roof. Velma, you're doing amazingly well, for me to see a vast difference I need to do what you're doing. Well done to you.

Warm up, fat burner, box fit, abs and some stretch all done. My hamstrings were tight this morning so I think I'll do the leg stretching bit again later in the day.

It's great to read everyone's experiences.
Yes, the Davina videos must be high intensity, judging from how you all talk about them!

Day off for me yesterday, kust had too many errands to run. Did a 15 minute HIIT metabolism booster today and that feels good. My weight is coming back down again at a sensible pace too now.

So, I've done warm up, UF Burner, fitness challenge, U Abs and some stretch.

I did it wearing my HR monitor, the average HR = 131, max HR = 170. I went over 160 at the end of ultimate fat burner at about 164 bpm, then the full max was in the fitness challenge. So from that data, we can suggest that davina is indeed HIIT exercise, thus very good for managing insulin levels, burning fat and providing 'after burn'.

(The blush emoji is not really blushing, it is me puffing and panting)

I'm still here. I swam yesterday, so that is Tueday, Wednesday and Friday. No exercise for me today, but I think I'll do Davina tomorrow.

I've noticed with regards results, I get better results when I exercise first thing before eating and with regards fat burning, HIIT works really well when done this way.

When I swim I incorporate HIIT by doing some sprint swims, so a swim will be 10 x 25m breaststroke, 1x25m frontcrawl then 1x25m all out fast as I can front crawl and repeated up to 10 lengths with then a minutes rest at the end of the 10. 10x25m front crawl, then to take me up to 30 mins swim I do 3 x 25m medley of breastroke, backstroke front crawl. I wore my heart rate monitor on Tuesday and my max heart rate was 180bpm on the sprint, but it recovers quickly. The average heart rate is 145ish.

If I do a recovery swim I know that my heart rate averages at 115-125, so it clearly shows that HIIT makes you exercise anaerobically, which has shown to burn more fat in the long term.

If I do Davina tomorrow I will wear my monitor to see what my heart rate does and I will report back.

Welcome rosey and well done everyone. I can't believe we have kept the exercise up this long!

Welcome Rosey! Yes, the Fitness Blender YouTube videos I use incorporate HIIT as well, it makes a big difference to my fitness, but I have to build up to it to avoid losing my balance and hueting myself! Good to see someone else who has had a similar experience with weight and exercise over the years. Welcome aboard!

I'm tempted to try Davina!
HIIT is just high impact intensity like the shred where your doing cardio mixed with strength at quite high impact for short bursts.
I much prefer it to long cardio sessions which just don't suit me x

Welcome Rosey.

I love this Davina DVD, I've really tried to stick with it (despite having a few slack says) and it's been great having these threads to keep coming back too.

Can I just ask, what's HIIT?

Have hust found this exercise board. Very excited.
I'm someone who hated exercise until after my first pregnancy, where I gained 47lbs on top of the 17lbs I had gained since my wedding. I discovered HIIT and have never looked back. It's so easy to fit 10-15 mins into your daily routine and because it's high impact I see results so quickly. I've dabbled in the gym before and the odd exercise class but never saw much impact of an hour a week. Now I'm doing 15 mins a day it's so much better.

Morning!

Warm up and ultimate fat burner done. Should have done more but ds is up and talking non stop so will hopefully do something else later.

I know you're all out there somewhere, come back ladies. I'm updating every time I do something as this is a great place to look back on.

Off for a shower.

Evening!

Quick check in - warm up, ultimate fat burner, ultimate legs done.

Hope you're all enjoying the weather!

Great to see you still hanging in there, Peace and Velma.

Tonight I've done warm up, ultimate fat burner & legs. Did fat burner first this time to give me a proper warm up

I did have a blip. Must confess I weighed myself at my Mum's house and haven't actually lost any weight. I think I need to look at my diet too. I knew this would be the case but I tried to kid myself that I could do bits of Davina here and there without putting the effort in elsewhere. Anything is better than nothing though so I'm proud of myself for sticking with the DVD (on and off) but I could do a lot more.

I do feel firmer though especially my bum so I'm happy with that for now.