The July 2014 Shred Thread - Go on, you know you want to

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Okay, it's not just 30 Day Shred anymore but if you would like to log your daily JM fix and get some tips and tricks from fellow Shredders, step this way.

How was your hols bimble?

I'm impressed that you're getting back on it! V dedicated!

Body revolution phase 2 week 1 workout 5 - cannot bring myself to cardio at the mo. Feeling really overcooked with busy weeks and weekends. Have decided to let myself off it for this week and hopefully the other metabolic training will do its magic.

30DSL2D5 done today. Think I got a bit carried away yesterday as today took a lot of effort, I've found aches in muscles I didn't know I had!

Hi all

Missed yesterday as didn't get home until 9pm and while I planned to shred DH made food and then it was bed time. I will try level 2 for the first time today.

My 0.8lbs loss is back on . I am feeling I hardly eat as not hungry much and yet I am just getting fatter .

Kids fed

Level 2 Day 1 done

Mussels with onion and tomato sauce on a piece of home made bread with a bit of lurpak on it.

I didn't find it quite as bad as I expected but I know that is only because of the 10 days of level 1 I have done.

She is claiming 20lbs off in 30 days. There is no way that is going to be the case with me .

Holiday was absolutely lovely, thanks Tango - a week of relaxing by the pool, with a bit of Italian culture and lots of Italian food, all done with good friends and family.

Had to get straight back onto Shred to get rid of all the salami!

Itsfab - remember that your body will be building muscle at the same time as it's burning fat. Muscle does (unfortunately) weigh more than fat, but it does also help your body to burn fat faster. Try not to think so much about weight, but more about changing your body shape. Did you measure yourself before you started? If not, perhaps do it now and then again at the end of the 30 days, then you can really see what affect it's had on your body. Also, remember that your weight can fluctuate 5lbs over the course of a day. Please don't be downhearted about it!

I have lost 4cm off my stomach iirc but I do need to lose weight. I am over weight, no longer obese thankfully, but I come from a family of fat women and really don't want to be this big. I will do the 30 days and see how I am after that.

I lose 1 stone when I follow a weight loss plan then get stuck. Always happens. Is very [confusing] but after the 5:2 I no longer have a big appetite and I think my body thinks there will be a lack of food so keeps it all on. .

Hi everyone! Hope you've all had good weekends. Back on it today after a run Saturday and a rest yesterday. It was hard to motivate myself after a day off and DS has been rather trying today so really I just wanted wine ????but I managed to haul myself off the sofa and have completed 30DSL1D6.

30DS day 19, level 3, day 1 done.
It sounds masochistic, but it was a relief to get off level 2. Remembered a lot of the moves from last year, but was still a bit stop/start. Am much better at the rock star jumps than I was before. Managing to follow Natalie, with the exception of the jump lunges, which I follow Anita for as I don't want to much my knees up.
For some reason am incapable of doing the final side abs crunches on my right side - my elbow just can't do it, even leaning on a cushion. My left side is fine, shooting up and down - easy! Very odd.

Hi all. Had two rest days over the weekend, just couldn't motivate myself as was child free. Have just don't 30DSL3D7.

I think I'm going to struggle to stick with it this week. I've got family stuff going on and although I feel fine and positive about decisions I've made I think I am bottling up a lot of stress. I'm really struggling to eat. I managed about 550 cals on Sunday and 1200 today. It's nowhere near enough. I'm just feeling horribly sick at the thought of food, which from experience I know is likely stress. Need to sort myself out sharpish. I kept dropping things today and tripping over which is def from not eating enough, and couldn't sleep last night which is also from not eating enough. Ex is having kids one day this week and the weekend so hopefully that'll give me the headspace to get myself sorted and then on Monday we are off on holiday which will be good and much needed!

Had an accidental rest day yesterday (slept in) but have done day 30 of 30DS this morning. Really pleased to have stuck at it, think I'll move onto RI30 next, but going away so will have a weeks break first.

Did my measurements and have lost a total of 12 inches off the measurements. Only lost 1.5lbs though so guess there's some muscle built up there.

Sorry to hear you aren't feeling too good Shadows. Can you buy yourself something you wouldn't normally eat but which you would really enjoy eating?

I am also not eating enough. I think the 5:2 has messed with my metabolism. I haven't lost anything, stick at 11 stone 13 and if I was right that I had lost 4cm it appears I have put about 6cm back on but still the same weight .

I am seriously fed up. I am fat and I don't even eat anywhere near what I used too never mind the amount of crisps and chocolate I used to put away.

Well done Chococroc!!

Hope you feel better soon shadows, I have periods like that, where eating is unappealing, but I do know from experience that forcing food down does actually help recover both my appetite and also helps the stress. (Low blood sugar v bad for my mood) In the absence of any appetite I dare myself to eat a bowl of cereal for every meal and eventually it comes back. Hope some downtime helps you out.

itsfab my weight and measurements fluctuate A LOT, daily. I used to drive myself nuts jumping on and off the scales and thinking nothing had changed. Now I'm only allowed to weigh and measure every 2 weeks, it helps to get the step changes, I find it much more motivating to see 3lbs off after a fortnight than half a pound here and there going off and on.

bimble I'm much better at the sideways abs on one side too! (Not v good on either, mind). My right side is rubbish too, I decided it was because I had a torn rotator cuff (irreversible shoulder injury) years ago, have you got any shoulder probs? (I am an absolute menace for self-diagnosing my excuses)

I've just had a huge bowl of stir fired chicken with mushrooms and an orange sauce. Unfortunately it's fairly low calorie. I was very underweight as a teenager due to issues at home and whenever I'm stressed I seem to revert back to eating how I did then. I've had loads of drama this morning, I think the whole street is talking about me! My mother who I am no contact with after an abusive childhood turned up outside my house this morning with my younger brother. They proceeded to stand in the road yelling my name to try and get me to open the door. They kept this up for TWENTY minutes. All the neighbours were curtain twitching, it was bloody awful. I am SO looking forward to this holiday.

Am going to shred later, I think it's quite good for releasing anger and stress, esp with the punches in level 3!

Thanks Tango. What worries me about not keeping an eye on my weight is loads will go on without me realising. When my baby was 12 months old I became ill and the medication put 2 stone on me and I didn't notice. My clothes seemed to fit and no one said a word. It makes me sound so stupid but with the 1 year old and a 3 and 5 year old I had other things on my mind, plus the meds were vital so even if I had realised I would still have had to take them.

Home from a long walk as we got lost. We walked for about 1 3/4 hours in hot sun, cheese sandwich and a mars bar for my lunch - real treats - and now I am going to sit and write a letter and take a few minutes before shredding. Made me laugh while out. I bent down to pick up the Frisbee and did a movement at the same time.

I had an unintentional rest day yesterday, but managed to get back to the shred today. Just done 30DS L3D2. Not enjoying level 3 at all! I don't seem to be as sweaty and out of breath as I was on level 2, but I'm certainly more tired and achy. Feeling pleased with my progress (22 days done, 8 more to go... and then I'll need a new challenge).

I'm having a rest day today, partly as I'm feeling exhausted and partly because I haven't had a chance to during the day and I'm out at a meeting until 9.30 tonight.

Will be back Shredding tomorrow!

I am resting too as I forgot about doing it until this evening and I decided the long walk today will count as exercise. Hopefully one missed day won't make a difference, what with no apparent benefit yet though I must be getting fitter if fatter as finding each day easier.

30DSL3D4 done

Was v hard this morning. Too knackered to type. Hope everyone's ok - hang in there shadows

I was part way through day 2 level 2 when it stopped playing. I am doing it via youtube on the tv, is that why?

Just done 30DS L3D3. I think it is starting to get easier (but still hate rockstar jumps).

oubliette DS (5.5mo) naps while I'm shredding and invariably wakes up whilst I'm rock star-jumping and laughs and laughs at me. It's v cute but doesn't help my confidence one bit!

I'm so glad nobody has seen me doing rockstar jumps. I'm always scared I'm going to fall on my arse overbalance. I don't think I'll ever get the hang if them properly.

Well DS woke up screaming this morning.

Probably nightmares about 13 stone of mummy juddering up and down, poor lamb, hope he isn't scarred for life...

30DSL3D5 done. Still largely Anita but definitely getting into some first-trimester clothes now...

30DS Level 1 day 1 - am gutted as the copyright police obviously discovered the Body revolution videos i had been accessing - and really enjoying. i had a two-day rest due to ultra-knackeredness and came back to find it has disappeared. I went back to Shred and found it pretty tiring but was super pleased to find out that I am following Natalie through all of it and even did the dreaded anterior lifts without any great problem. So despite being sad at the loss of BR (am I likely t buy it for $70? nope) I was pleased to catch sight of my progress over the months since about March when I began this whole shenanigan.