If it's June it must be Jillian - all Shreddees and other Jillian devotees check in here!

Oh those chair squats with v raises completely kill!!!!!!
I hate them but they must be good.

I now have laryngitis so I'm gonna be out of action for a few days :-( my mums coming to take my girls for the afternoon to let me sleep it off.

Have had a terrible bug (won't go into details

I watched hip hop abs and found it all over the place too. Not loving Sean T as a trainer. There's something about Jillian that motivates me though.

I've had a terrible day food wise at my dad's 60th and now have a chest infection so think I may need to take tomorrow off workouts too just til I get back on my feet. Feeling so run down.

Took a bit of convincing but L1D5 done and I'm so pleased I did it because it was so much easier, even the push ups! The whole workout seemed to just fly by.

There's nothing like progress to stoke up your motivation!

I'm following the Shred with Yoga with Adriene's 30 days of yoga programme on YouTube, which is just lovely after all that the hard work And I'm finding it really helps ease the muscle soreness too. It's so much easier to get on and work out when you're not in pain!

Now to work on cleaning up my eating.

Haha sycamore I'm sure Jill would forgive you (maybe she'd make you star jump for 10 minutes to make up!) Thanks for the tip. I think the extra stretching might have helped a bit, either that or I'm slightly more used to it now. Either way I'll definitely try and bear that in mind tomorrow. Oubliette 6 out of 7 days is really good! Tomorrow is my early day at work so it's going to be harder to get it done in the morning, I'm going to try and get up super early but we'll see!

Great to see so many new names! ChubbyDancer, if your calf muscles hurt a lot, check your form on the jumping moves, especially skipping rope. Jillian doesn't mention it but you should land softly and come right down on to your heels. Don't just bounce up from tippy-toes. This helped me a lot with the same problem.

I have a confession - for some reason I cheated on Jillian today and did 40 minute cardio-power from Insanity with my husband instea. It was the first time I tried Insanity but I didn't enjoy it much. It was all a bit frantic and confusing with the dozens of people in the video and while a very tough workout, it didn't convert me. Do any of you do Insanity, how does it compare generally to Kill Jill? Back to Jill tomorrow, and I'll just hope she doesn't find out about my dalliance with Sean T!

Just done L1D6. I'm feeling quite pleased with myself. I started 30DS on 1 June, and so far I've managed to do it on 6 out of 7 days

30DS L1D4 Bizarrely today was easier than yesterday. Very almost didn't do it as well!

OublietteBravo Thanks for the link, I've tried doing a few more stretches today to see if it helps.
blody Thanks! I'm such a quitter usually but I'm determined to keep going with this. I like it being only 20 minutes, it doesn't feel like it takes too much of my day up like other things I've done in the past.

Did workouts 1 and 2 of Kickbox Fastfix today. Great alternative to BFBM so will be part of my routine. KF is part of a 5 disk set I have recently invested in so will report back if there are any other good workouts in there I like .
Welcome to all newbies!

I have sore legs too ChubbyDancer - and mine were especially bad after D4. So I think it is normal - I always try and do a bit more stretching in my cool down, which seems to help. (Have a look here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=X07BTufWnUk).

Morning everyone, I've just started 30DS for the first time ever (it's been in its wrapper for the last 3 months!) and I'm on day 4. I hope you don't mind me joining in. I just wondered is it normal to have such sore legs? Thet are so so stiff, especially my calves...am I doing something wrong? Will it go away eventually? Thanks!

L1D4 done and I didn't feel sore today either, which is a massive plus!

I'm 100% ok with the cardio portions, they come as a welcome relief from the strength moves. I have such little upper body strength, push ups and lateral raises kill me!

I like that idea Harry. I cannot do the jump rope. I end up just skipping.

Oh, and I've never had any upper body strength: press-ups, monkey bars, it's all beyond me. Is that normal?

Reading this has just inspired me to do my lunges and squats even though in feeling rotten with this cold. I know if I don't do anything ill fall off the wagon.

Oh that's an idea Harry, it's definitely the toughest part, isn't it? Butt kicks are a breeze compared with shitloads of jumping.

I cheat Yoko - I do jumping jacks/butt kicks in circuit 1 and jump rope/boxing in circuit 2. It is much easier.

All of it killed me today!

I find the worst bit to be the first set of cardio - always kills me - starjumps followed by skipping. Eurgh.

Oh god I've just started this...

...does it work?!?! Level 1 was manageable, is L2 far worse?

30DS L1D3 with weights this time.

Away for the weekend so have decided to take a rest day from the Shred. Still on level 1, I am finding most moves much easier though I find the press ups harder each day. I definitely need to work on my upper body. Good to be back in a Jillian groove though

30DS L1D5 completed (with some extra ab work & stretching). Feeling much less tight after yesterday's rest day.