30-day shred in January

[juneau]

Anyone want to join me?

Level 3 done :)

Level 2 again for me

Well done all.
Orangina love the idea of faulty shoulders.
I did level 2 again last night. I don't think I'll have chance to shred tonight as I've a long day at work.
I think you need to do something else as well as shred to lose weight. I am on MFP and have lost 1/2 stone, however, I feel as if I've lost more. I don't know if this is because I've lost inches or if its because I feel better about myself than I have for a while.
Am mentally preparing to go up to level 3 soon, but not yet.

Can I join too please? Have just bought the DVD and done level 2. Do you try level 2 for a week or so to start with?

Hello mumof3 - I think you are supposed to start at level 1 and do 10 days at each level, but if you are already fit and managing level 2 I'd say go for it!

WiseKneeHair - I don't think I've lost much weight either, despite all this exercise and kicking alcohol/chocolate and caffeine (and therefore large lattes) since 1 Jan. I have been eating normally like a horse though. I feel more toned around the middle and a bit tighter.

I don't think i have lost weight (boobs bit smaller though) but my arms are defo more toned and i think legs are starting to be too. Sometimes i think there is an improvement to belly and waist, other times not.

I am not doing it today. Ofsted were in at work and I am shattered. Did 20 plank jacks to gauge energy levels as sometimes i feel knackerrd but am ok once i start but definitely dont have the energy tonight.

Ok thanks neither. Think I will keep at level 1 for a few days....

mumof3 - if you can do level 2 without dying you may as well stay on it .

Night off for me tonight. Up too late for the last few nights, and it's caught up with me. Early night and a run tomorrow morning.

OK - level 3 done

Right, had a bit of a break for a series of rubbish excuses e.g. I got fed up with being shouted at by JM. But I'm back and definitely going to do level 3 today at some point.

Well done everyone who is keeping at it :)

Well done everyone.
Welcome mumof3. I am very impressed you managed to start at level 2. I was a quivering wreck at the end of level 1 for the first 2-3 days. I'm now getting more comfortable with level2 and thinking of moving on to level 3, but not yet bit scared, tbh
I had a rest day yesterday as I was at work for over 12 hours and by the time I got home and ate, I was shattered, so had a bath and went to bed.
Off work today, so going to shred and do some 10 minute solutions in a little bit, then off for a pamper at the hair dressers.
wem get back to it, you know the longer you go without doing it, the harder it's going to be.

Level 2 shred done. Now relaxing at the hairdressers with coffee and biscuits.

Well done WiseKneeHair, I'm waiting to see if I can convince dd2 to have a nap so I can get on with it. Otherwise it'll have to wait til after dc bedtime. I'll do it though, promise!

Want to swap places WiseKneeHair? I'm just thawing out after an early morning run - it's -10 here. Once I got going I quite enjoyed it .

I woke up this morning having been in the middle of a VERY vidiv dream about having a completely flat tummy.....

(totally tragic dream, I know)....

It was because I had done SO MANY PLANKS, and in my dream, I could feel my stomach muscles all tense and taut.

sigh.

Ok, didn't shred yesterday, was at conference all day and went straight to choir afterwards, so no time. Will do this evening though and report in.....

Well done everyone who is still going! Love that the shred is rewarded by a trip to the hairdressers....!

(vivid dream....)

I dreamt about a man murdering his wife, marrying his mistress, then getting fed up of her, so he murdered her and did some voodoo magic to reanimate wife number 1!

I think I would prefer the dream about the flat tummy.

Neither no, thanks, I don't like the cold, or exercising outside. Where abouts are you? Am I right in thinking you are not in the UK?

That's an, erm, interesting dream Wise.

I'm back on track, sort of. The dvd kept getting stuck on the warm up for level 3 so I found it on youtube, but then that got stuck half way through circuit 2 so I had to go back to the dvd, so it was all a bit stop start. Oh, and dd2 made noises like she was waking up half way through as well.

So can't say I was particularly focussed! Level 3 is a bit weird. Or maybe I just mean hard...

Did 30 mins pure cardio this pm and walked 3miles getting to and from my conference today. So have hopefully burnt some kcals.

Im eating between 1200 and 1500 cals a day but have gained 2lb according to scales today. Hopefully that's muscle? Am definitely more toned. Wish i had remembered to measure myself at the beginning.

Getting quite disheartened by my stomach though, its still flabby and looks really wrinkly and cellulitey now too. Can exercise get rid of that? Or am i doomed?

Well done wem you are spurring me on to try level 3 tomorrow.
Freakoid I'm sure exercise will help, we've only been shredding for 20-odd days, I suspect it'll take a bit longer. I'm on MFP and my calorie target is 1350, which I'm pretty much sticking to.

Ok, Level 2 done again. am getting better at certain bits of it, but my knees really aren't loving all the squatty-lunge moves, so have phoned them in a bit and substituted some low impact moves (the punching it out from level 1 is a favourite....).

freakoid, know how you feel about the stomach, am hoping that if I really work hard enough, it is somewhat redeemable. Am finding cutting calories tricky at the moment, I think it is the weather and lack of light.... am eating quite healthily, but low cal it isn't!

(Eyes up chicken and chorizo casserole in oven and rice cooking on stove......)

I am NOWHERE near attemtping level 3 by the way.....

(lags behind)

If I'm completely honest my workout is mainly strength and cardio with only a couple of minutes of abs. Maybe I should do more abs work before i complain (though it was my understanding that it was the cardio that had most impact on reducing belly...)

WiseKnee - I'm in the US, Eastern Seaboard.

orangina - I'm with you, both on the knees and not being ready for level 3. I did get there last time I did the shred, a couple of years ago.

Done. It's been so cold and miserable that I've been eating lots of rubbish though. Never mind, generally quite healthy so maybe my body needs it :)