New Thread and New Home for the JILLIAN MICHAELS DEVOTEES....

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Hi guys, hope everyone finds their way here and also hope that I manage to successfully link this to the old thread!

This thread is for anyone and everyone who loves is a fan of Jillian

Welcome all the old-timers and please come and join us new people, it will be great to see you!

Happy JM'ing all :)

I did 6w6p yesterday and planning something this evening but not sure what. That T25 looks great Jackster- fingers crossed Santa is generous.

Oh, an update on the firming cream. I bought the Jergens firming cream that was on offer in Boots. I can see it has made a bit of a difference and there is less flabby skin hanging down when I do planks . It's nice and cheap too and absorbs easily. I'd definitely recommend it.

Ooo wrigglebum the firming cream sounds brill. I know exactly what you mean about the plank hang - I never look! Equally depressing is the sight of my belly hanging lower than my non existent boobs!

Forgive me JMers but I've lost the ball recently. Was away for a 4 day weekend and before and since that I've been preoccupied with my mum's upcoming operation date (next Wednesday) and my ailing canine.

Instead of putting aside 1/2 hour for some exercise and feelgood niceness, I've been slipping and falling in cheesecake, chocolate, biscuits, and nuts (I've gone totally bonkers on nuts - macadamias, almonds and cashews in particular - does obsessional need for nuts indicate a deficiency for something?)

It could be worse, but if I don't reign it in now it will spin out of control.

Soooo, this week I'll be YM'ing and doing S&S, with something more challenging at the weekend (not Bob, definitely not Bob, I'm not ready...)

Hope everyone is doing well - sounds like there have been good endeavours... Sorry not to go properly through the posts but feel a bit left behind so will have a read through later and will keep up now !

Bye for now :)

(I don't mean 'left behind' in a poor me kind of way lol)

Hello, new to thread but have done some shred before- got to L2 D7 last time. Thinking of starting RI30 as a change :) The pre-christmas body attack starts tomorrow morning...

Great to see lots of activity! Welcome Standing, good luck for this morning! Threesteps, really hope all goes well on Wednesday . Waves to everyone else.
Last week was a bit hit & miss but did manage all levels of Shred, plus Ripped 1 & 2. Had the weekend off (staying with friends). Monday did Ripped 3, and yesterday Ripped 4. Rest of week is planned thus:

Today - 3 circuits of NMTZ with 2 x 2 mins cardio inbetween
Thurs - 4 circuits of BFBM
Fri - L1 S&S
Sat - off
Sun - either Bob or YM depending on time

Am determined to do as much as possible in the run up to Christmas, and hopefully only take a couple of days off over Christmas itself. Oh well, onwards & upwards will not fixate on plank hang.

3steps: well done for taking the first step to getting back in control and making exercise plans for the week. Can you throw away all the chocolate/cake etc so there's none left in the house? We are here to listen if it helps you to talk on the thread. (((Hugs)))

knotty your plan for the week looks great! standing, how did you get on this morning? And wrigglebum thanks for the cream recommendation.

Wrigglebum here, decided on a name change.

Well, no Jillian last night. Did about 25 minutes hula hooping, some calls ethics stomach exercises and some chest/bicep/tricep work with free weights in front of masterchef.

Hopefully I'll get another 6w6p done today if I get time.

Callanetics not calls ethic!

Well I was away at the weekend but managed a shred before I went and a gym session at the hotel on Saturday. Was too hungover on Sunday though. On Monday did cross trainer, day off yesterday and 5 mile power walk followed by L2 S and S today. Plan is cross trainer tomorrow and Bob ( if I feel up to it) on Friday.

Hi folks, thank you for checking in on me. I missed this morning, but have just done Ri30 D1 L1 as promised - just a bit later than planned! It was ok actually, but i could only find 1 1kg handweight so had to use a bottle of water for the other so I think i got away quite lightly.

I did 3-Shred with 2kg (goodness only knows where DS2 has hidden them,. I reserve judgement until tomorrow when i may be too stiff to move . I was not happy to see my most hated exercise of shred - front raises and side lunges - make an apperance!

Hi all
First time using freeby tablet so this will be emoticon free ha ha
Jacskster, knotty and everyone else - can't read back! Thx so much for your kind words xx
I'm back on track today with a level 1killer, yay!
Welcome standing!
Congrats on l1 ripped. Keep posting and let us know how you're getting on...
Earslaps loved the new name lol
Core blimey this tablet typing is hard work!

Will check in tomorrow from PC. Ym tomorrow, both levels if I have time but defo ones level..

See u all tomorrow, good work everyone!

Ah ha!
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Hmm.....

Good to see you back on it threesteps!

Standingonlego- this may not be what you want to hear, but there is (IMO) and huge gap between L1 Ripped, which I think is the easiest of all her workouts, and the other three levels. Just so you are mentally prepared- and also to know that others find them hard too.

notyummy that is good to know, as i was finding it a bit easy going at times and was a bit surprised by that! I might do another couple of days and then step it up to L2 then - need the benefits before the Christmas party season :)

BFBM done. Missed the second half of the last circuit as DS woke up in a grump but it's still a hell of a workout! I also missed off the warm up- thanks to whoever on here suggested it. The first circuit is pretty easy and I'd just walked a mile home from playgroup at pace so was already quite warm!

Did 6w6p yesterday, think I'll take a day off tomorrow and then another 6w6p on the weekend.

Good work on Ripped Lego. I'm really looking forward to getting that one. As per the advice here I might go straight to L2 since I've done a lot of other Jillian stuff.

EarSlaps - good one. BFBM rocks!

standing - I agree with notyummy re Ripped. Just done L2 actually - love it - but there are some seriously nasty plank cardio circuits in there so brace yourself .

3steps good to see you getting to grips with the new technology

x

Jackster I am being dragged kicking and screaming into the new technological century!

Standing good point from notyummy - sounds like a plan to do a few days on L1 and then move on up.

Earslaps - 6w6p followed by BFBM the next day is brilliant! I love BFBM because although it's cardio it also has that great abs/core circuit in the middle. I am never redder than finishing BFBM lol

Had a great day today :) Got lots of work done, then did my once-weekly shift at the charity shop (I'm like a pig in sh*t clover in there - I love charity and junk shops!).

Came home and did double YM. This is now without doubt my favourite JM DVD. It's such a shame she only did the 2 levels - a third level would have been fab.

I know I'm missing the cardio element though so am going to have to wean myself off it a bit. I managed the crow pose for about 11 seconds today - felt like a Strong Amazonian Warrior

Hope everyone is doing well. Nearly the weekend, yipee!

Hi all....not been on here this week as basically it has gone a bit tits up pear shaped (excuse the pun...)
Planned a L2 week (one each of L2 Shred, Ripped, ES&S, Killer and then something else)... in the event I have only managed to fit in Ripped L2 on Monday and Killer L2 today...
Both of those are probably my least favourite levels on both DVDs. I still feel a little sick after finishing Killer 10 mins ago! Its those lateral jumps followed by star jumps right at the end..
There is so much going on here- miss a week and you are so far behind so won't name check everyone ...but hi to Standing ! Brace yourself for L2 Ripped ('who does 2 minutes of cardio in plank? Me that's who') yuck!
Will try to be better next week now Xmas shopping finished, turkey ordered, Christmas cards made by kids, house clean (nothing like an in law visitation to get ones mind focused on dirty baths!), hair cut, teeth sorted etc etc
Maybe a L3 week next week (except for ES&S L2 I think!)
Happy weekend everyone.

Ooh happyp that "level 2 week" idea is totally insane awesome! A seriously tough one. There's still the weekend - any chance of you salvaging the week with a workout on one or both weekend days?

3steps glad to see you seeming more positive and enjoying YM.

Yep it would have been tough if I had actually done it!! No time this weekend as In laws visiting. No way I can exercise with them around would not want to subject them to my sweaty exercising self too embarrassing...
Next week is another week....

Well I did L1 S and S on Wed and it really didn't agree with my back. Think it may be the yoga stuff, as it's not that hard in itself IFYSWIM. So I just 45 minute on the cross trainer yesterday rather than any Jillian or Bob stuff. Did L2 S and S and a 5 mile power walk today and although L2 is harder than 1, it is ok on my back. Psyching myself up for Bob tomorrow.....

Late night call to you all, hello!

Just got back from a friend's birthday party and feeling a bit wibbly

Notyummy, that's interesting re the back. I've been seriously overdosing on the YM and it's done my back the world of good. You might remember the chiro said I had a flat back (no arch)? x weeks of doing YM (4?) and my back has an arch that Marble Arch would be proud of lol

I can't wait til my next chiro appointment to show him!

I don't think I've ever got the sense of achievement, or more generally the feeling of ease with my body, than I have with YM. I will be contacting her to berate her about the lack of a L3 - hopefully she will pop out a new DVD to redress the situation

Happypiglet, whether or not you matched your schedule, any number of JM level 2s is to be proud of!

I think we should always remember that this is something we build into our lives - so if we don't fit in as much as we hoped one week, all is not lost. We just carry on the next week...

I've exercised (yoga) all this week but have eaten like a pigleto, I kind of felt like is was a nice balance...

I've had a seriously scary swerve off the path but all it took was a few days and I was back into the swing of it again :)

So yesterday, double YM, and today, double YM - so this weekend I have to do some cardio!

This is the most sustained period of time I've ever felt so fit and sorted. when did I first post - 3 years ago?

If I'm feeling really brave I may post a photo over the weekend cos I'm feeling happy in my skin :)

Hope you all have a fab weekend

Will check in on Sunday :)

sounds like you had a good night . Well done you for getting back on track.

notyummy I agree with you re L1 S&S being a bit dodgy on the back - and I don't even have a bad back! I try really hard to keep my core tight and steady on the yoga/kung fu-type moves which seems to help - but I'm sure you're doing that already.

Well I did all 4 Ripped levels this week which was what I wanted to achieve - yay me! I always think of L3 of being the nasty one and somehow forget that L4 is pretty evil too - in fact I think it might be worse as it combines the cardio-hardness of L2 with the ouch-factor of L3!

Are you all exercising or relaxing, or both, this weekend?