The really slow loss team!
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conlou1
Gold Member
lost 1lb ladies am pleased
well done hunni xx
Annya
Slimming tortoise :o)
I use the 1kg just now as I find the 2kg too heavy to do all the reps on some of the sets, especially now I am on Level 2... those chair squats with V rise are a KILLER and I want to make sure I am getting all my reps in on every circuit.
As I get stronger I will alternate between 1kg & 2kg weights on each set then progress to all 2kg (well, that's the plan anyway!).
Up to you honey, but don't overdo it as you will get injured and not be able to work out at any weight!
and I want to make sure I am getting all my reps in on every circuit. As I get stronger I will alternate between 1kg & 2kg weights on each set then progress to all 2kg (well, that's the plan anyway!).
Up to you honey, but don't overdo it as you will get injured and not be able to work out at any weight!
Pommette
Trying - very!
Lisa try not to be too gutted. As everyone else has said it could be all to do with body fat vs muscle - although to be fair muscle only weighs 18% more than fat for the same volume and you really cannot turn fat to muscle - it's impossible. And to take up the space that the fat has left is also pretty tricky.
The other thing to consider is that you have had 2 really good weeks so it may be that your body is just having a wee rest.
Try to shake it up a bit regarding food. Try some new recipes, swap your days around (red days are brill for me!) and see if that helps.
Hi everyone!
Lou I was blown away by your hot bod - very inspiring.
Well here I am back again after my third illness in as many weeks and showing a 3 lb gain now, so I guess I have to pick myself up, brush myself off and start all over again.
I have been thinking a lot lately about how I react to any kind of stress in my life or if things go pear shaped, and it is always to abandon my healthy eating plan and turn to comfort foods, especially chocolate and sweets. Things are so difficult lately for all of us, economic worries, fears of job losses in my family and the mental health of someone so dear to me who has suffered a heartbreak. I feel a bit tearful as I write this, as I feel pretty low and worthless right now.
So, as what I put into my mouth is about the only thing I do have any control over, maybe it is time to get honest with myself and try to keep that going even if everything else is going wrong.
I got so fed up of losing and gaining and feeling humiliated but I know that unless I shape up now, the loss I have kept off will quickly leap back on to my midriff.
So my new strategy is (another!), to try to eat half of what I normally do and cut out all junk. It is typical really that I have to go to a "do" on Saturday and I don't want to go - socialising with a load of new people when my confidence is rock bottom. I hate alcohol and apparently there is going to be gourmet food there - I don't want to eat any of it either, feeling the way I do.
Sorry about the miserable post girls, but if anyone understands, it is you tortoises. This grey weather is not helping anything either.
Lou I was blown away by your hot bod - very inspiring.
Well here I am back again after my third illness in as many weeks and showing a 3 lb gain now, so I guess I have to pick myself up, brush myself off and start all over again.
I have been thinking a lot lately about how I react to any kind of stress in my life or if things go pear shaped, and it is always to abandon my healthy eating plan and turn to comfort foods, especially chocolate and sweets. Things are so difficult lately for all of us, economic worries, fears of job losses in my family and the mental health of someone so dear to me who has suffered a heartbreak. I feel a bit tearful as I write this, as I feel pretty low and worthless right now.
So, as what I put into my mouth is about the only thing I do have any control over, maybe it is time to get honest with myself and try to keep that going even if everything else is going wrong.
I got so fed up of losing and gaining and feeling humiliated but I know that unless I shape up now, the loss I have kept off will quickly leap back on to my midriff.
So my new strategy is (another!), to try to eat half of what I normally do and cut out all junk. It is typical really that I have to go to a "do" on Saturday and I don't want to go - socialising with a load of new people when my confidence is rock bottom. I hate alcohol and apparently there is going to be gourmet food there - I don't want to eat any of it either, feeling the way I do.
Sorry about the miserable post girls, but if anyone understands, it is you tortoises. This grey weather is not helping anything either.
Annya
Slimming tortoise :o)
A good decision about the weights Lou - believe me, each day you do they will feel heavier!
Try modifying some of the cardio work that involves jumping up and down, or wear a knee support to help keep the joint stable. I have had several surgeries on the cartilage in my right knee (old sports injury) and wear supports on both knees when I do any sort of impact exercise - that seems to help me, so give that a try too. As the muscles around the knee joint start to get stronger and tighten up the knee will hurt less, but you may well always need to wear the supports if you have a functional problem going on.
conlou1
Gold Member
ooh thanks!!! the clothes hide a multitude of lumps and bumps and stretch marks believe me lol. big hug for you, have you heard of metatone? its a tonic that boosts you after or during illness, my mil and her mum swear by it, its only about £4.00 from tesco, maybe worth a shot if you keep getting ill. i was in a similar place to you a few weeks back. i thought "i am never gonna lose this weight" which drove me to binge eat and made me feel worse. then i had an epiphany, i eat bad-i feel bad, why do i keep doing this to myself...no one is gonna come along and do it for me and i had to choose...be overweight and unhappy forever or get off my butt and do something about it. i chose the latter, im not having massive losses and last week i gained a pound but im ok with it, ive got into a different mind frame, ive stopped mentally punishing myself every time i have something 'naughty' i just have it then tell myself it was nice and now its time to eat healthy again and move on. as my consultant very very wisely says-its the guilt that weighs heavy. dont feel guilty, it serves no purpose. have an occasional treat then move on from it, having one bad day will absolutely not undo all of your good work but spiralling out of control cos you feel like youve blown it will. just take it one meal at a time...next time you go to eat something just make it a good choice, dont think that you have to have no syns, just start again like its your first week, and do it properly. if you fall off the wagon dont then punish yourself by cutting out syns the rest ofthe week, youll just fall straight back off the wagon again. draw a line under it and start again. my one tip for comfort eating is cheese on toast. i save an a and a b and have cheese on toast every night, it keeps me going
thanks for the advise annya, i think i have a proper knee support actually, ill see how i get on today and if it twinges again ill use one...its my right nee too, ive no known problem but it always plays me up, my mum had to have several knee operations when she was younger, something to do with cartalidge? im not sure but i wonder if its a hereditory thing. im using beans for the next few days cos the weights i was going to borrow the lady cant find them, so im just about to order some 1kg ones off amazon then if i feel i need heavier ill buy heavier at a later date.
hows everyone else today? gloomy weather is awful isnt it? but we needed the rain (apparently) and hopefully this means well have a lovely hot summer (yeah right). i felt really quite down yesterday i could literally feel my body out of kilter hormonally, i kept bursting into tears and everything was irritating me and poor hubby copped the lot. today ive woke up like a new person!!! i feel clam refreshed not tired, not sick its weird. so im hoping that means something has finally dropped after 3 weeks of hormone hell!! im out tomorrow night so ill probably come on lol. right im off to do my workout, i may be on crying later when i cant move hahaha
Annya
Slimming tortoise :o)
It will get better Lou, I promise. By day three of Level One I was very sore and by day four I had to take a day off as I couldn't even lift my latte cup up my arms hurt that much
Having said that, I got back on with it on day 5 (which then became day 4) and have been OK ever since.When I started Level Two 4 days ago I thought "This isn't too bad", but I am regretting thinking that now. I am sore again in places I didn't know I had! I am having a day off Saturday as we are away for the weekend and I don't have access to a DVD player in a tent
and I don't think it will do me any harm TBH. Apparently, for those who have done all 30 days, they say Level Two is the hardest so I can't wait to get it out of the way and on to Level Three..... the walk out push-ups and the chair squats with V raises are KILLING me :cry:I actually grunt and groan when doing them....and cuss very bad words at JM too
If it just gets too excruciating to bear then take day off to avoid potential injuries, but then get right back on it again the day after otherwise it's too easy to give up (I speak from prior experience here!).
I think there's a support thread for the 30DS on Minimins - perhaps you can hunt it out??? I am a member of one on MFP and it's encouraging to know you aren't the only one who can barely move and hates Jillian Micheals with a passion
conlou1
Gold Member
Yeah I noticed no one talks about it on here all they all quit and I want to hear success stories. What's MFP? I'm determined not to have a day off cos 1 day off for me will roll into several days off. I'm determined to do this. I am going to do extra stretches after cos I don't think she stretches enough and that's important to stop injury. I'm also upping my protein cos that helps repair muscle. I decided today I don't want to be thin I want to be toned and slightly muscular and strong. So this is what I'm aiming for. I just need to see success stories to really make me believe I can do it. I googles 30 day shred results and some of them don't look any bloody different which isn't very motivational!!
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vander
Full Member
its hard but worth it hun and JM actually says to have a day off hang on i fund this post on another site x
Jillian Michaels (the person, not the marketing ploy) intended the 30 Day Shred to be a workout followed in the following format: 2 days on, 1 day cardio, 2 days on, 1 day cardio, 1 day rest. So when I did the shred, for instance, I did
Mon: 30 DS
Tues: 30 DS
Wed: Cardio
Thurs: 30 DS
Fri: 30 DS
Sat: Cardio
Sun: Rest
Breaking it up did help a lot. I think 30 days straight, or even 5 per week would be too much for the muscles to get optimal healing time. But I guess that's just my preference. :O)
I did the 30 DS in March with very little rest days - if I skipped a day, I would do a double workout on the weekend because I THOUGHT you had to do it for 30 days straight ... then I found out how Jillian actually intended it which is exactly what this says - I wish I would have known that when I started; HOWEVER, I did lose 11 inches all around so I was very happy with my results. I don't own a scale so not sure if I lost any weight, but I definitely lost inches. Please don't get discouraged if you don't lose the pounds while doing this program - you do lose more inches for the most part. I did this and only this workout, so if you are incorporating other workouts, then you may have way better results. And eating better helps as well. Count your calories. I am currently doing her Ripped in 30 and I like it a lot. If any one has any questions about the program, feel free to ask. Anyone can friend me as well. Good luck to all who take on this venture - it's not easy, but it's worth it!
** the above part was supposed to be quoted from another poster - I didn't post that originally, sorry for any confusion!
Jillian Michaels (the person, not the marketing ploy) intended the 30 Day Shred to be a workout followed in the following format: 2 days on, 1 day cardio, 2 days on, 1 day cardio, 1 day rest. So when I did the shred, for instance, I did
Mon: 30 DS
Tues: 30 DS
Wed: Cardio
Thurs: 30 DS
Fri: 30 DS
Sat: Cardio
Sun: Rest
Breaking it up did help a lot. I think 30 days straight, or even 5 per week would be too much for the muscles to get optimal healing time. But I guess that's just my preference. :O)
I did the 30 DS in March with very little rest days - if I skipped a day, I would do a double workout on the weekend because I THOUGHT you had to do it for 30 days straight ... then I found out how Jillian actually intended it which is exactly what this says - I wish I would have known that when I started; HOWEVER, I did lose 11 inches all around so I was very happy with my results. I don't own a scale so not sure if I lost any weight, but I definitely lost inches. Please don't get discouraged if you don't lose the pounds while doing this program - you do lose more inches for the most part. I did this and only this workout, so if you are incorporating other workouts, then you may have way better results. And eating better helps as well. Count your calories. I am currently doing her Ripped in 30 and I like it a lot. If any one has any questions about the program, feel free to ask. Anyone can friend me as well. Good luck to all who take on this venture - it's not easy, but it's worth it!
** the above part was supposed to be quoted from another poster - I didn't post that originally, sorry for any confusion!
Master Bulldog
Expert Burger Muncher
Yeah I'll join in! I'm loosing slowly as well, in 9 weeks I've only lost a few Ib!
Annya
Slimming tortoise :o)
Yeah I noticed no one talks about it on here all they all quit and I want to hear success stories. What's MFP? MFP = My Fitness Pal. Because I am now calorie counting rather than doing SW I go there to log my food and exercise calories every day as it's free and very useful. There are some good groups on there.... but there are some really EXTREME ones too (Yanks - what more you say
I'm determined not to have a day off cos 1 day off for me will roll into several days off. I'm determined to do this. If it gets really bad, take a couple of pain killers about half an hour before you work out.... helps with the pain and also helps reduce inflammation of the muscles whcih is, in part, what's causing the soreness. I am going to do extra stretches after cos I don't think she stretches enough and that's important to stop injury. Good idea Lou. I have a lovely 15 minute yoga stretch DVD that I have had for donkey's years that I do every day anyway, so I just run that after my 30DS now and it works a treat. Keeps the muscle long and supple and helps with repair and soreness too. I'm also upping my protein cos that helps repair muscle. Yep, I was always more of a red day girl when I was on SW - I love my proteins! I decided today I don't want to be thin I want to be toned and slightly muscular and strong. So this is what I'm aiming for. Me too..... at knocking 53 the last thing I want to be is thin - I'd look like an old leather handbag
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Oh, and don't be worried if the scales rise for a while - it's only your muscles holding water to repair themselves because they are not used to being cranked so hard. It will come off again so try not to stress about it........
Annya
Slimming tortoise :o)
its hard but worth it hun and JM actually says to have a day off hang on i fund this post on another site x
Jillian Michaels (the person, not the marketing ploy) intended the 30 Day Shred to be a workout followed in the following format: 2 days on, 1 day cardio, 2 days on, 1 day cardio, 1 day rest. So when I did the shred, for instance, I did
Mon: 30 DS
Tues: 30 DS
Wed: Cardio
Thurs: 30 DS
Fri: 30 DS
Sat: Cardio
Sun: Rest
BL88dy Hell. No small wonder I struggle sometimes then, I have done 14 days straight with one day rest in that time...... and I am doing Pooch to 5k with Lily every day and also cycling or elliptical for half an hour most days too
Thanks for sharing - it makes no mention of this on the DVD which I think is a shame. Just the usual manadatory disclaimer in case someone injures themselves - or worse! Mind you, it might be in the recommendations section: I, like many others I expect, haven't looked at that part!
conlou1
Gold Member
I think I looked at recommendations and it didn't say that. I will see how the day goes tomorrow. Morning I'm alone with the 2 kids then all afternoon I'm working or biking to and from then I have to come home bath the kids do tea and then get myself ready for a wedding so I think I'll have to take a day off tomorrow. I really don't want to as I feel like I'm failing but my 5 mile bike ride and 2 hours solid cleaning is a good replacement exercise. Doing it Saturday will be a killer cos I'll be hungover lol. Thanks for all the info and advice.
Wow annya ymyouve done real well. I'm expecting a small gain Tuesday cos I always gain when I start exercise and this is intense!!! I'm drinking plenty of fluids to try combat it. But I know it's only temporary. I'm doing it along side the success express plan and I'm really focused at the min so I'm hoping that once my body adapts I'll get good results. What do you do once you've completed the 30 days? Can you just do it every other day or something? I don't want to stop then just go back. I want to really keep motivated.
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Wow annya ymyouve done real well. I'm expecting a small gain Tuesday cos I always gain when I start exercise and this is intense!!! I'm drinking plenty of fluids to try combat it. But I know it's only temporary. I'm doing it along side the success express plan and I'm really focused at the min so I'm hoping that once my body adapts I'll get good results. What do you do once you've completed the 30 days? Can you just do it every other day or something? I don't want to stop then just go back. I want to really keep motivated.
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