Jillian Michaels' 6 week 6 pack - anyone want to (re)start with me?

[TrucksAndDinosaurs]

I've just done Shred and had great results.
Am now starting 6 week 6 pack - does anyone want to start or restart with me?
:) hopeful smile

HinTrucks and Wriggle.

Trucks are you lapping up the compliments on your rejuvenated pre DC face and bikini bod? I hope so

Wriggle. I need new gear too. I need to get mmyself to Sweaty Betty soonest.

PILs are gone. Yesterday and today were low carb under 1000 cals. Or at least today was until 10pm where a glass of mulled wine lead to a
Packet of crisps argh!!
What was I thinking!!??'

Anyway PIL visit
And constant cooking and eating saw a 2 lbs gain of which one lbs went yesterday however given the wine and crisps the second one is still
Lurking.

Fast day tomorrow. Been g
Doing my Jillain and my hoola hooping with new larger hoop. Am
Sore.

Slight confession of the beauty type too (this explains mulled wine as it was for anaesthetic purposes....)I too want to upwamp myself and look a bit fresher.

Too chicken for most things but I bought a derma needle roller thingy and 100% pure collagen. So I derma rollered this evening

My face chest and stomach (Lower wobbly crinkly stetch marked bit yuck). I did a 0.5 needle on face and 1.5 on stomach. I did it without numbing cream (stupid) and it was a bit sore so I thought mulled wine and a solpandiene would sort it which is has. Now a bit erm wobbly.

So we shall see if over the next 45 days my wrinkles go and I glow youthfully again

Seriously. Laser treatment is risky and costly. Scared of Botox so it was this or wrinkles.

I bought Uk proper manufactured rollers and sterilising solution. Plus collagen. Which I used after mixed with pomegranate seed oil. Redness almost gone now.

I will report back on results but it takes a while....

Hence mulled wine + solpandiene plus = ranty pissed sounding post with confessions

Yikes. Sorry about the waffly over sharing late last nigh.

Oh dear. Never mind.

Redness from rollering is gone. Now I just need to wait 6 weeks for results....

Ooohhh. I hear great things about derma rolling. It sounds great. Is it good for scarring too? I have some bad acne scarring on my body and would love something to target it.. Do let us know how it works!

Trucks. It's main use is acne scarring. That's how it works on stretch marks as well.

My research said it is collagen induction therapy. Ie the micro needles pierce the skin and the skin rushes new collagen to that area for repair. It's more complex than that but that's the short version.

I would recommend numbing cream if using the 1.5mm needle roller rather than mulled wine and solpandiene though less fun but more sensible...

As you're in a sunny place you need to be careful with sun exposure after rollering. Obviously not an issue in the UK just now

Sounds really painful! I think I'll stick with the fringe to hide wrinkles for a bit. I'm 34 and have always had slightly greasy skin on my face so wrinkles aren't too bad yet.

And if you can't over share here then where can you? .

Did NMTZ yesterday so having a day off from Jillian today. Instead I'm doing some hula hooping and some weights in front of the tv. Managed a personal best of 7 proper push ups, so pretty pathetic really. Still, I can only get better .

Having a bit of a carb blowout this evening- garlic bread and spiced apple cake. Oh well, I'll balance it out later when all the cake is finished

L1D8 done (did D7 on weds). Very sweaty now but feeling good.

Just bought a second hand Callanetics book! Thought it might be good to have some slightly different exercises to do- instead of doing a big workout with them I think I'll do the moves throughout the day when waiting for dinner to cook etc. am looking forward to the 80s pictures, it'll remind me of my friends' mums doing it when I was younger.

Well done level 2 awaits wriggle!
Finally managed l1 again yesterday as both fitness classes cancelled so annoying.
Took DS to his first football class for mixed ASD and typical kids. DH went and will take from next week. We all loved it but I decided to make it exercise time and DH can do proud dad stuff!
Mrs F thanks will investigate rolling - though avoiding sun is major issue here ...

Hello! I see we are all mashing it up and moving to general JM thread :) - just using this to keep vague track. Did first half l2 then same l1 with weights on floor crunches then stretches and pole class crunch/invert prep moves. Fab pole dance class last night - we actually got to dance routine instead of dragging ourselves up and down pole and getting bruises body conditioned

Barre class tomorrow am, then JM on Fri and pole on Sat.
Hope everyone enjoying their ripping midriffs!.

Yes Trucks, I'm using this thread to keep track of where I am in 6w6p. Going to try and do it at some point today.

No 6 pack here, but definitely a flatter stomach and a small amount of definition appearing. There's still a little bit more padding than I'd like, but I can see that if I stick with this it will go.

I'm now nearly 2 stone down from my heaviest, I feel so much better.

L1D9- could tell I'd had a break as it was hard! Followed it with yummy curried pumpkin soup.

L1D10 woohoo! Very tough today, added in some jumps on the burpees and think it did for me. Second round of mountain climbers I couldn't keep up!

Well done wriggle!
Did yoga meltdown today as hungover.
Nothing on Friday as ran out of time doing errands but pole on Saturday.
Hoping to go to yoga class later if DH makes it back in time to look after DS.

I'm about to start doing this a couple of times a week on top of my running to build some core strength (and hopefully tone my tummy!). I am utterly rubbish at planks so looking forward to my torture session before work tomorrow!

L1D11, I'm doing 15 of each level so nearly there on L1 .

Welcome louwn, you'll be a pro at planks soon. I'm glad I was quite good at them before, but now I can feel how much stronger I am. Doesn't stop the spider planks followed by mountain climbers being a killer though on the second round of it!

I quite fancy trying some yoga Trucks, I just want one that's for exercise rather than one with lots of the mystical side of it though iykwim. Each time I've tried it the teacher has been a bit full on so it's put me off a bit. Maybe Jillian yoga is just what I need .

Jillian yoga is a cardio/ body resistance circuit in disguise: the main discernible difference to a usual JM DVD is she is barefoot. Yoga meltdown is like an extra long l3 Shred.

Hello and welcome louwn.
Planks get easier: check your back is straight in a mirror and then it becomes sec

...second nature after a bit :)

Well I did it. Didn't quite manage the full sets of mountain climbers but did almost do all the side planks which I've struggled with before.

Well done louwn, you'll get so much stronger soon. Yesterday I managed quite a few of the advanced moves which I never thought I'd manage!

L1D12, fasting today plus wine last night so quite a struggle! Starting to look forward to moving on to L2.

Hi Trucks and Wrigglebum.

Will be working out later. On L2 again and I have decided to do Ripped in 30 next. Want to be ripped for Xmas

L1D13, was a struggle after double Jillian yesterday (NMTZ and BFBM) but I got there. DS woke up just at the end of the cool down so I got to do it all in peace. Nearly at L2!

Cheesy chips for lunch- got a real craving for them . I think DS will love them.

I did a second workout on level one yest (aiming for 2 a week as am also running 4 times per week). Was very slightly better but still can't quite do all the moves as fast as jillian in the second round! On the upside less stiffness than last time today!

L1D14, going to do it once more then level 2 awaits! Please tell me it's not too awful!

Was a bit interrupted as DS woke up half way through in tears. So lots of cuddles then I put a video on the iPad for him so I could carry on. Meant I managed the mountain climbers without collapsing. Also managed about half of the spider planks with a rather puny push up.

L1D15, so will move onto L2 .