2013 NEW YEAR JILLIAN MICHAELS FANS!

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New thread for the Julian Monkeys!!

Here's to a new year Shedded and Shredded, Ripped, with Killer Buns and Thighs, a 6 Pack, a Revolutionised Body and No More Trouble Zones

Any practitioners of Insanity, Turbofire and all other such insane DVDs come and join us too if you like

It's snacking that is my downfall. When I log on MFP I am horrified by the amount of calories I can get through in a day without even noticing it! My recent downfall has been the basket of mini eggs placed on the table so that every time I went past it I would pick one (/two/several)! So as of yesterday no more chocolate or biscuits for the time being, and snacks are now carrot sticks, apples, raisins, maltloaf, and yogurt. (Although I have to say one thing I have also noticed from MFP is that fruit - or at least some fruits e.g. apples and bananas - are surprisingly high in calories too - not that it's all just about calories..).

Hi all. Am very jealous of all this BR and Bobbing and Insanity and so forth! As I am away from home with slightly more time than usual, I have been trying to do my Callenthetics twice a day. Today I have taken advantage of some long awaited spring sunshine and done a 7 mile walk.

My weight hardly fluctuated at all of late. I think my appetite must have reduced due to less exercise and painkillers. Am around 10 stone 3 to 10 stone 6. Body fat usually the main thing i keep an eye on and try to make sure it is sub 25%. Having said all that, slightly TMI but these bloody codeine and morphine based pain killers don't half bung you up, so I feel the size of a house!! Trying not to take them unless I really need them and also drinking loads of water and eating good stuff, but still an issue.

In terms of snacks, I find having cooked chicken or turkey in the fridge (skinless) is great for snacking. Team with pickled onions or gherkins for flavour and fibre!! Really low cal but fills you up. Jars of cockles and mussels are similar (albeit not to everyone's taste.)

Am 5ft 10 btw so just over 10 stone is a fairly good weight for me where I comfortably maintain and look good (in my eyes.) I appreciate that may sound heavy to some of you but feels about right at my height.

Feel so much better mentally now I'm back on the jillian wagon - less sluggish. Even though ive only done L1 Shred. I think im going to do another 2 L1, 5 days L2, then back to L3 for 10 days straight. I'm not going to do the modified ones either, it's Natalie all the way have a beach holiday in June to motivate me

Will move to Ripped after Shred. Also. Using MFP for last week - am finding it really helpful in monitoring diet intake, think I need to keep a closer eye if I want to lose this last 5lb! Lost 1lb this week so on the up...

Feel such a novice compared to everyone else, you're all so hardcore! Good to have role models

Good luck notnowbernard I have to ask you what made you pick your user name? I think of 4 weddings and a funeral when I see it!
MFP is great. I like the bit in food that says show me what you are eating and there is some yummy food in that.
notyummy I'd LOVE to be 5 ft 10...I shall take some of that height. (am 5ft 0 so I need a lower weight to look good.) I think I have seen photos of you before though...you look fantastic! Im sure it's you

Notnowbernard - I'm sure you will lose that 5lb by your holiday. Can you add to the weights at all? I find this hard to do, but when I up my weights, I definitely feel it and sweat more.

CHST - you don't sound up yourself at all. I think we all come on here to motivate/be motivated. I can't wait to say I am maintaining, I am almost there. I just love the way you can change your body. This 6 pack idea of mine may be crazy, but I like a challenge! IF I ever get there, I probably won't keep it, it just would be nice to know I can do it.

Notyummy - you must be frustrated but good for you that you are doing whatever you can. A 7 mile walk on painkillers is quite amazing. If you want something to unblock you then I can certainly recommended a Bob Harper breakfast of oats, almonds and a chopped apple with boiling water poured over. I also add some seeds and a few currants. I have never been so regular .

I keep cooked chicken in the fridge and cottage cheese for snacking, and keep almonds and other nuts and dried fruit on the kitchen side to nibble on. I try to drink plenty of water too.

Did Jackie again today, and am feeling it in my glutes now. She really gets you to concentrate on your form and I am certainly feeling the benefit.

Is there a tip to drink water? I find it really difficult..would love to drink more water but struggle.

CHST - lol re 4weddings! No, that wasn't the inspiration. When I joined MN 6 yrs ago (!) it was my Dd1s favourite book and I had to read it ALL the time... So I picked it as a name and have been 'notnowbernard' ever since
I have also been aiming to drink 2.5l water a day. I try and drink a pint with breakfast, a pint with lunch and a pint when the DC are having their tea. The other half pint I have before bed

MissTfied - thanks, I hope I'll lose the last bit too... Another 4 to go as lost a lb last week. Just about coping with my 2.5lb weights have a feeling I'll be sticking with them a while yet

First time trying 6w6p L1 this weekend & like others have mentioned, think the speeded up circuit is difficult - I tried to stay normal speed to concentrate on the moves. It will take a bit of getting used to.

Then today did L1 Extreme S&S. OK during the workout but dammit sore knees again afterwards. I must be doing something wrong. I have exercised and done squats / lunges for 20 years and never had a problem, but the last couple of weeks I have started to get sore. I am going to rest for a couple of days then gradually back into it.

as have been enjoying the DVDs so much, I don't want to rest.

Ponks - can you wear knee supports? My right knee is a little weak so I always wear one.

CHST - it sounds like notnowbernard has a good water drinking system there. I can't really help because I just love water (bottled supermarket own brand). It's all I drink, apart from tea. Never liked squash. Diet coke is now out as I'm avoiding anything with sweeteners in. I also seem to get very thirsty and it's the only thing that hydrates properly. It's recommended that you drink a large glass on waking, and also a large glass before each meal. I am going to try to be extra healthy and switch the green tea too.

Thats sounds like a good plan :) thanks!

Up at 6.30 this morning to start the workout....wow I forgot how quiet it is. I used to get up this early to do my workouts but it is harder in the winter.
Anyway started my hybrid today with workout 1. I made it tough for myself using heavier weights....I really felt like I had a good workout which is good. Jillian is much faster paced than Chalene and well insanity too so it is going to be strange getting re used to the pace.
Working out so early is definitely the best for me...no interruption from anyone and then I can enjoy the rest of my day. I am really going to try and make this a habit

Am staying at fab hotel with DH whilst my mum and dad look after Dd. Did a 3 mile walk before breakfast and we are planning a 7 mile route later (with a cake stop!) Have just had BIG breakfast and 3 course dinner last night so must keep moving to avoid turning into beach ball!!

I have a massage booked later and DH has downloaded 6W6P L2 to his iPad so he can do it in the room using a water bottle as a weight whilst I am pummelled.

Double Callenthetics again for me. Believe it or not, the Callenthetics have led to a v defined six pack. You can get the book on Amazon if anyone is interested- something like 30 Days to a New Body. Would be easy to do as well as Jillian etc, as you can do in the evening whilst watching TV, or whilst waiting for kettle/kids in bath. Not quite as good for arms and legs, but good for core and bottom I think. It genuinely makes a difference.

Notyummy - wow! A six pack? I may well look into Callenthetics. Have a lovely time at the hotel.

CHST - it definitely helps doing an early workout doesn't it? Like you say, no distractions or interruptions, just time to focus. And make "that mind body connection blah blah". I am being a bit lazy this week by doing workouts at 9.30 or so, but will do a 6am start tomorrow.

MissT - I may start using a knee support in the future but want to give my knees a chance to recover first - don't want to repeat my mistake last year of continuing to aggravate my achilles by keeping on exercising when it had starting flaring up - I used an ankle support + lots of spray ice to keep me going but in the end I had to give up & I think I was lucky not to do serious damage.

So for this week I'm giving the squats & lunges a rest which wipes out swathes of Jillian's exercises. Instead am walking and following it up with 3 ab / core circuits from NMTZ. May as well work on the six pack (if only) while my knees recover!

notyummy - hope you enjoyed your massage and hotel hol! You are so keen - I would have enjoyed a lie in rather than a pre-breakfast walk I must admit!

Rollergirl1, I am starting level 2 of 6W6P tomorrow. If you have been doing BFBM already, you will breeze through level 1 of 6W6P. I have had to work up to BFBM, it is evil.

Also, has anyone else found that they have lost inches but no weight doing Jillian Michaels DVDs?

My weight hasn't changed at all, but I am getting smaller. I am being very careful about diet, so I'm not overeating.

Afternoon all!

Betty there's a very good chance you'll be losing inches but not pounds. Don't be disheartened though. The lean muscle you'll be building doing her stuff will weigh more than fat, which is why you might see a change in shape but not on the scales.

Also your body apparently retains water after exercise so that may be showing on the scales too.

It's all good :)

I've been very slack! After my double-session last Thursday I've done not a thing. I was away over the weekend but no excuse really. Is anyone else finding this endless weather dreariness uninspiring?

Had a back appointment yesterday too and my lower back feels very stiff today but I will definitely be doing something later, most likely L1 S&S. Going to aim for at least one double S&S at the weekend.

Hope everyone's doing well :)

Ponks sorry to hear about your knee, what a bugger :(

I think you're doing exactly the right thing though. If you try and push through, it may get worse and you'll end up on the injury bench for longer.

Wishing you as speedy a recovery as possible...

Thanks threestepsforward.

I did a double seesion the day before yesterday. Level 1 of 6W6P and BFBM. I had such sore thighs yesterday and they are still hurting today. It's either a sign to gat more rest, or sign that I should stop being such a wuss.

We've had some sun recently. I was on holiday in Cornwall the week before last. I had a week off Jillian Michaels, but went on some long walks including a 14 mile hike up and down steep cliff paths. I never knew I had it in me. Doing Jillian Michaels workouts really do get you fit.

Hi ladies,
Ponks have you tried 6w6p yet?

I'm moving onto level three shred tomorrow, the goal is to do it with 6w6p...see how that goes :-)

Betty i jogged around the park today, without my heart burning or feeling sick. It's true your fitness just gets better.

Notyummy are you doing callanetics? They are very powerful i do a few tagged onto jillian. The waist one is fab.

That sounds fab betty! I live in Dorset so know all about the steep cliff paths, not so much now sadly now the dog is aged. Did you suffer jelly legs going downhill? Your hols sound lovely...

That is a very impressive combination - 6W6P + BFBM and that makes you most definitely not a wuss at all!

My double was Extreme Shed & Shred and the aim of the DVD is to get you doing both levels back-to-back, 1 hour in total - so not as hardcore as it sounds!

Right, I shall report back later when I'm back in the game

Well done for getting to level 3 of the shred Khaleese. Level 2 and three are killers.

threestepsforward, walking down a steep hill is worse than walking up one. I've never sayed in Dorset but I've driven through it. It's beautiful round that way.

Is Extreme Shred good then and it kick your arse like BFBM?

For some reason 6W6P really hurts my things. Must be the squats and lunges.

That should have been thighs, not things!

Khaleese congrats on arriving at L3 :) I found L3 easier going than L2 so you may be pleasantly surprised! Let us know how you go...

Betty me too! There's a hill on the coast near us that we christened 'jellyleg hill' as you're legs just turn to rubber going down the other side! I find downhill much more of a challenge than uphill too...

Extreme S&S is a really good workout, I'd recommend it. It doesn't knacker you quite as much as BFBM I don't think (especially if you do just 1 of the 2 levels) but it's a really good all-over workout - cardio, strength, abs, bum etc.

The aim (says Jillian) is to start with just 1 level and work up to doing both together, which is actually quite doable. Both levels makes it a bit longer than BFBM at 1 hour but the time goes fast!

You can also adjust the difficulty like with all her stuff by adding more weights where you want.

I did L1 S&S today and it was good fun, although my back felt stiff at some parts. Am pushing on though as chiro said it was ay okay to exercise damn

Have a good evening all :)

And I don't know if anyone else feels the same, but do any other S&Sers find the warm-up tough?? I think it must be the cardio shock - I almost feel spent by the time circuit one starts!

Back from holiday. I have started workout 9 and 10 of body revolution. OMG. It is going to kill me. Good job I have done an extra week of workout 7 and 8.
Jump training with weights is not for me. It has to be said though that doing workout 7, 8 and cardio 2 on consecutive days gave my me massive highs. My body was pleasantly buzzing all over. JM knows what she is doing.
Enjoy your holidays and / or Julian-sessions. Sorry, but writing from a phone, so cannot do proper responses.
It is cardio 3 tomorrow, and I am quite scared.