30 Day Shred - New Starts

[CatPower]

Hello everyone,

I know there are a lot of shred-heads on here already, but many of the current threads are full of people well into the programme. I just started the 30 Day Shred today. I'm 5'11", 258lbs (18st 6lbs ) and in dire need of getting fit, strengthening my core and losing some weight.

Has anyone else recently started, or are planning to?

Hello Ladies. I was on this thread a while ago as I started shred but I was very ill so I had to stop.
Today I found my disc and got back to it., Would have been last week but for kids etc... Mind you, I have no real excuse for not being able to find 20 minutes in my day.
So I started it. My shin bones feel like they are going to break! I think them shifting my large frame to jumping jacks is knackering them out! My knees are clicky too. A sign of being dreadfully overweight which I am now addressing.
I am using this in conjunction with hypnotherapy. Mind you. I would have had my lunch by now but I feel sick

Somehow managed D2 L1, even though I only got just under 4 hours sleep last night, after DS woke me at 4.30am not feeling well, and then spending the day either on the toilet or with his head in a bucket - poor wee man. Not sure whether its a bug or food poisoning from a christening on Sunday, but some of the people there are also suffering, so it could be abit of either. I must say it doesn't seem classic bug, in that he could go a couple of hours before running for the loo, but its definitely hit him hard and I think he'll be off tomorrow too. I feel like such a bad mum, leaving him to come to work, especially after he sobbed and begged me not to go, its so hard

My knees are really playing me up at the moment, not sure why, maybe its the change of weather or maybe I'm just getting old. Think I may invest in some cod liver oil or something to see if that helps over time. I don't get any pain at all whilst doing it, just a couple of hours after and the next morning. I don't think it helps that I have an awful habit of sitting on my feet at work, my knees really hurt when I then go to stand up. How do I change the habit of a lifetime at 37?????

Hello SpookyMadMummy. Welcome back.

Sorry to hear you have been so ill. Hope you've made a full recovery now and well done for getting back into it. If you're shins and knees are hurting, try to do smaller moves until you've built up some more muscle strength or modify the moves slightly while you are rebuilding your fitness level.

I can totally understand not being able to find the time to shred. I find the exercise itself might be only 20 minutes, but all the getting into my workout gear, then having a shower and getting dressed means it can take well over an hour some days - especially throwing dd into the mix.

Oh your poor ds Overtired. I really hope he's better soon. Horrible for you too, having to leave him when he's poorly.

Might sound a bit mad, but would you consider getting a sitfit or wobble cushion to use at work. It would discourage you from sitting on your feet and work on your core at the same time - two birds with one stone!

I've always had crabby knees and hips, was supposed to have them operated on when I was 12, but I lied and told them they didn't hurt anymore because I was scared to go through with it. Mum has had one knee and one hip replaced and needs the other one of each done too, so that's a scary peek into my future. I'm hoping that by building up my muscles and losing weight I will take some of the strain off my joints and hopefully avoid the same fate as Mum.

Well, I haven't done any workouts at all today. My lovely totm finally decided to appear last night, so I woke up feeling awful and have had to spend the day working on ds1's SA request anyway, in between two meetings at the school, so wouldn't have been able to fit it in. There's still a stack left to do on it, but I've stopped for the rest of the evening while I stress about my MRI in the morning.

Can't wait for this week to be over, MRI done and SA request winging its way to the Local Education Authority. Perhaps then I can relax a little and start to plan properly for Christmas. Although we are decorating dd's room at the weekend, so am not exactly looking forwards to that either.

Never even heard of a wobble cushion, but will certainly look into that, thanks.

Hope tomorrow goes OK. It will be good to get it done and out of the way. Will you get results tomorrow? x

Thanks Overtired. No, the results take a few weeks, sometimes even up to a month, as they have to be reviewed by specialists.

Here is the info for sitfits. My Mum has one that they use as part of her pilates and ds1 has one at school to help him build his core strength as he has hypotonic (basically weak/floppy muscles) in his core and upper body. They're surprisingly comfortable.

You can get cheaper versions, but the sitfit ones are really good quality.

Thanks Moosemama.

Woke up this morning not feeling as achey as last time so that bodes well. I am off to the supermarket this morning as its real Mother Hubbard stuff here but when Dd3 goes for her nap I am going to get the Disc out again and shred.

Well done Spooky. You'll be moving up a level before you know it.

I'm not working out again today, feel a bit shakey after my scan and still have stacks left to do on ds's SA request. Am just curled up on the sofa with a couple of Christmassey magazines at the moment though!

Phew. Done. I managed to do more than yesterday too. I find the cardio hardest and the abs easiest bizarrely. Whats the easiest for others?

I think cardio was the hardest for me at first too, along with the push-ups.

Now I hate shoulder exercises involving weights.

I've just finished my second round of level 1 and started level 2 again this week using dh's 5lb weights instead of my 3lb ones and boy does the last circuit kill my poor shoulders. Hopefully this is a good thing and means I will have nice shapely arms for Christmas! [wishful thinking emoticon]

I seemed to manage ok with the push ups today. Although I am doing the easier version of them my shoulders can cope with that.

I still do the 'Anita' push ups Spooky - I injured my shoulder doing push-ups in level 3 and can't do the full-on/proper push ups now. I can just about manage one per walk-out push up on level 2, but can't drop that low or it sets my shoulder off again straight away.

How did it go today Mama? Hope it was OK.

Got my TOTM today but am feeling OK so far, and I managed L1 D3 too. My knees are feeling abit looser today, so hopefully its just settling back down.

I too can only do Anita push-ups, but am not too worried about that, because I know I can plank ok, which is completely different. Apart from that, I did it all Natalie.

DS was home again today, better but very tearful and clingy, which is most unlike him, but I think he will be ready to go back tomorrow.

Thanks for asking Overtired. It was horrible, but I managed to hold it together long enough to get through it. I was much worse with the claustrophobia this time though, especially for the spinal scan, as they remove the periscope thing you have in the head cage for the brain scan, so you're trapped in a tiny tunnel with your nose a couple of inches from the roof and you can't see out at all.

Have spent the rest of the day feeling a bit shell-shocked and exhausted, so no workout and lots of feeling sorry for myself. I am planning to be back in action again tomorrow though.

As if we've not got enough on this week, we had a big problem with ds1 at school today as well, which hasn't helped my mood. Basically, he was forced to eat someone else's sandwiches by a dinner lady who wouldn't believe he had just found them on the floor and picked them up! He cannot eat gluten fgs and she made him eat the lot! He's even on their 'list' so that they know he can't eat gluten. She tried to defend herself saying she can't possibly know all the children who have food allergies and they can't exactly have photos of them all etc - but she's on a sticky wicket there, because she knows perfectly well who ds1 is, as she was our next door neighbour until she walked out on her husband a few months back!

We have ongoing issues with her, as despite living next to us for a few years and us only ever having been amicable, smile and hello type neighbours, ever since she started working at the school she has made a point of causing trouble for my boys at lunchtimes. She makes a beeline for ds1 in particular, as she knows she can get a rise out of him, because not only does he misunderstand things sometimes and takes things very literally, he also treats adults and children all the same and can therefore come across as rude. She tends to start an argument with him accusing him of something he hasn't done - then when he gets stressed and upset reports him to his teacher - when in actual fact he's done nothing wrong.

She's had the autism awareness training along with the rest of the staff, but for some reason refuses to 'get it'. Yesterday, another child accidentally knocked his lunch on the floor and she accused him of deliberately throwing it on the floor, then made him eat it, despite him having OCD type anxieties around germs. She then went and told his teacher that he'd argued with her and the teacher agreed that he was in the right. Today she accused him of trying the same thing again, because he got away with it yesterday! When in actual fact, he found someone else's sandwiches on the floor and having been taught about litter, picked them up and took them to the bin, where she intercepted him, accused him of trying to throw his own sandwiches in the bin, started a huge row then made him eat them! Luckily they were cheese not meat - as he's veggie as well as gluten free.

Dh is fuming and has finally had enough of her. He's writing a formal letter of complaint to the school this evening.

Sorry, for the off-topic rant. I am just sooo angry about it all!

Sorry to hear your ds was still so out of sorts today. Hope he's better tomorrow.

Good news that your knees are loosening up

Didn;t shred today. I had a very rough night with nightmares and I had so much to do while childfree today. I felt sick for most of the day too for some reason. back shredding tomorrow though. Don't know if I will get to shred over the weekend but will see.

Me either Spooky. Still didn't feel up to it after yesterday.

Sorry to hear you had a bad night. Are you still feeling sore? If so, its just a thought, but would taking some ibuprofen before bed would help you to get some better quality sleep?

I've actually only managed to shred once this week (on Monday) which makes it my worst week since starting working out at the end of August.

Am starting to feel a little better this evening, but have a ridiculous amount of work to do tomorrow to get ds's report finished, so probably still won't have time to shred and we are decorating all weekend, so its anybody's guess if I'll manage at the weekend either. Harrumph!

Ah well, maybe I should just write this week off and start afresh on Monday.

I did, I did, L1 D4 complete. Day off tomorrow though.

Mama, that is really awful about the dinner lady, I'm afraid I would not have been able to hold my tongue, is there much they can do about it though, I mean in terms of can they re-allocate her elsewhere? I know it makes it harder for you, but could yo threaten to take your DC out for lunchtime until they rectify the situation. Can't believe she actually forced him to eat them?? That is atrocious!! Could you not claim that as abuse and threaten to take it to the Governors if the Head does not sort it adequately?

So sorry, you have had such a terrible week Mama, I definitely think you should put this week on the back-burner and start again Monday. I love decorating, wish I could be of help, but think we are opposite ends of the country! You can't beat a paint brush in one hand, a glass of vino in the other, and some wicked music on to keep you going. Can the kids not help? When we decorated the kids room, we gave them each a brush and small lid with some paint and just let them do some funny faces etc before being painted over. We all had a great time. Then a nice chinese Saturday night and a snuggle on the sofa with DH - what more could you ask for? You deserve the break, so have one xx

Spooky - hope you're ok too. Do you mean you had the nightmares or your DC? My 2 have never had nightmares, but they do tend to chat to each other in their sleep, which DH and I lie awake and listen too - usually ending up rolling with laughter. DD who is 2.5 really has a go at DS (6) in her sleep sometimes, whilst the other night DS was roaring like a lion - hilarious! Anyway, sorry, went completely off tangent there, really hope you're OK x

Well done for keeping at it Overtired, you've got far more commitment than me at the moment.

The dinner lady thing has moved on a bit since parent's evening tonight. The Head has been informed and she has been spoken to, again, about it. His teacher is also steaming mad about it and as she's Deputy Head as well, was straight onto it. We've told her if there is even a hint of this woman upsetting ds1 again we will put in a formal complaint about her and copy it to the LEA and she said she will make sure the Head is aware of that. She also said she is going to insist she comes in to have a 1:1 session on Autism awareness and how she should be considering ds's needs and handling him accordingly.

Other than that, parent's evening went really well for both dses, which is lovely after two years of hell from ds1's various teachers.

We are shipping the dcs off to Mum's during the day while we're decorating. We're doing dd's room and it hasn't been decorated since I was a child, so it's a ground up overhaul. We did let the boys help paint their own room - and still have several bright yellow patches on their carpet to prove it!

Everyone except me in this house sleep talks, so it can get pretty noisy around here at night. Dd jabbers away, having great long conversations and its so funny to listen to. Ds1 has suffered from night terrors since he was tiny though, especially when he's particularly anxious - and those are pretty scary sometimes. At the moment, he's just not sleeping really, which could explain why I feel a bit like a zombie.

Morning Ladies.

It was I who had the nightmares. I didn't last night though although I was disturbed at 3.45 ish by what I can only describe as the sound of a sobbing child outside I looked out but couldn't see anything. It could have been a fox of course, but I went back to sleep upset.

Going to shred today though for definite. Am not sore although I did get the odd ache from the last lot I did.

I am packing to move house. Hoping its imminent, waiting for a call f romt he solicitor to tell me a moving date. I got a fair bit done yesterday even though I was so tired. I am hoping to do both today, shred and pack LOL

Work for me today, so no Shred, but I did do it yesterday.

Restarting L2 tomorrow for the week and then L3 next week, then will be starting NMTZ after that until Ripped comes out.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend and Mama hope the decorating is coming along x

Decorating was abandoned Overtired, as ds2 was delivered back to us at 1.00 am in a terrible state after not being able to cope with his best friend's birthday sleepover.

Have been trying to keep things low key, quiet and as normal as possible for him all weekend, but he's still in a bad way.

I am restarting level 2 myself this week and hoping to get onto level 3 next week - so we can do it together. Last time I managed to fit in a workout was last Monday!

Dh has put me to shame, managing a whole BFBM with ds2 (who stuck it out through the whole thing, bless him) and a level 2 shred today.

On a more positive note, since I stopped working out and have been really stressed, the weight has been falling off me - I've lost over 4lbs this week and I was only losing a pound a week. Could be losing lean tissue/muscle though, so that's not so good.

Thats a shame mama, hope DS is ok.

Thanks, he's much better tonight after writing his christmas list and having his nintendo time.

Just had another major panic though. Dh suddenly realised no-one had seen our old dog for a couple of hours, went to find her, searched the house and garden - no sign. She's nearly 13, a bit deaf, very daft with terrible skin and a scar on her neck from a recent op that means she can't wear a collar!

Grabbed a torch and my coat and ran around in the pitch black in the park calling her, not helped by the fact she's black herself and obviously being deaf can't always hear if she's some distance away - still nothing. Trawled all the local roads - nothing. So had to give up and come home.

Called the out of hours dog warden number and a man said they'd had a german shepherd reported as found in the same area. We don't really get strays round here and she is actually a border collie cross belgian shepherd, but it was definitely her.

Just called the lovely lady that took her in and apparently she's been clipped by a car, but seems fine - will get her to the vet for a check up anyway though.

Dh has just gone to pick her up and she's quite a way away - amazing how far they can travel in such a short space of time.

The thing is, we paid over £4,000 to have our garden fenced last year. We are responsible for the fence to the right and the one at the end, but there was no way we could afford to pay for the one on the left as well, as it would have been closer to £8,000. A panel keeps blowing down on the left and has been doing so repeatedly since the spring. We've codged it, wedged it, jammed it and done everything we can to keep it up as well as asking repeatedly for the guy next door to get it fixed, but he just can't be bothered. That's how she got out, into his garden and through his non-existant fence into the park. Half the time he leaves his back gate open as well and we've asked several times if he could get the fence fixed, because if the dogs got out the front, they have no road sense, we live on a busy road and they would almost definitely get hit by a car. He's a blooming builder as well, so could fix it really easily himself. I think we've been too polite and need to get shirty with him, but its not really in either of our natures.

Oh my heart! I'm still shaking. Its only a couple of weeks until the first anniversary of our other old girl being put to sleep and I couldn't bear it if we lost her as well. Our other dog is whining and pacing, he's going to be so pleased to see her!

Hello folks, how's it going.

I chickened out and restarted level 1 today - thought level 2 might be a step too far for me after a week off. I did manage the two BFBM kickboxing circuits straight afterwards as well though, so not too shabby after a long break.

Added advantage was that my shoulder didn't hurt at all during the push-ups (although I am still doing Anita for them) and I was able to do twice the amount I could manage a couple of weeks back. So it seems the week off has been beneficial in giving that shoulder some proper rest time.

Think I'm going to stick with level 1 for five days and then shift up to level 2 again, unless I suddenly start finding level 1 too easy and feel the need to do something more strenuous. (Yeah right! )

Hi all, sorry been busy busy busy, so not had chance to get on here. Have done L2 every day so far this week. Had DH home today with a sickness bug (what is going on???) and think I probably pushed myself alot harder than i would have done on my own, my ribs are hurting. Will be taking tomorrow and Friday off, as I have lots to do, but then have a Saturday, Sunday and Monday off, so will do L2 at the weekend and then start L3 Monday for the rest of next week.

We are off shopping Monday to finish off the Christmas shopping for the kids. Looking forward to that as DH has made no attempt to have any input into their presents so far, so he can make a few decisions