Thursday Shredding Check In

Boston2Bermuda

Sleep training = No morning shred...boo!  My son was up for the majority of last night as was I so I had to catch an hour of sleep during my shred time.  The new plan is to shred this evening when my DH gets home from work.  I will be doing the modified version of L3 again...hey I noticed a bicep this morning when I was getting dressed...oh baby...bring on the spaghetti straps!  I know some people have admitted to falling off the wagon lately...stay strong and try to jump back into it today...it's a new day and you will feel great after those 20 minutes.  Maybe I'm  kind of a sicko for saying it but I cannot wait to see how many sidewalking push ups I can do today!

kagl04

Today wad D27 L3 with some modifications. I've been doing a modified version if L2 for a few days now and though I would try something different. I kicked L3's butt!! Just a week of a modified version of L2 and I am noticing such a difference with L3. My weight has shown no improvement but I have endurance now which I never did before! I am 3 days away from being "done" but I will probably keep at it for a while longer then move to something else. Really wishing I could see some weight loss though, but maybe in a few days I will notice something more.

CubbyMama

I'm back on the wagon after two days off that included a zillion-calorie dinner at Island's and an entire roll of Thin Mints. Yikes. To those who are wavering, I wanted to say that I was really discouraged with my lack of results for the first few weeks and almost quit a few times. Just in the past week and a half, I finally saw inches starting to come off, and although the scale hasn't budged, it probably would if I were eating better! Try to think of the first 2-3 weeks as an introduction and assume that the "real" progress will start to happen when you can do L2-3 like Natalie. If I'd known that would be the case for me, I wouldn't have been so frustrated when it look a while to see results!

OP, what's the sleep training situation? We had two non -sleeping babies and it's so hard, but I think I hated our attempts at sleep training even more, so we ended up being happier and feeling less guilty just waiting it out. I hope you all get some sleep soon!

shugs-n-sweets

D18 L2.  I agree with the PP.  Stick with it even if you feel like you are making no progress.  I have yet to lose any weight but inches are coming off.

Boston2Bermuda

As for the sleep training situation, I am in the process of Ferberizing my youngest.  I had to do it with my oldest at this age as well so I know the process and I remember night #2 being the most difficult.  I am hoping night 3 will be better!  This family needs some rest so we can be happy and healthy!

CubbyMama

Good luck, B2B!

I did Jillian's "Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism" DVD today instead of Shredding. Whew! It's 40ish minutes plus warmup and cool down, and has several of the same moves as 30DS (mountain climbers, butt kicks, jump ropes, punches) but some new kickboxing moves and standing ab exercises. It's 7 circuits, and each circuit goes through four different exercises, twice. I had to sit out a couple of exercises entirely but overall was pretty pleased with my ability to make it through a double-length Jillian workout! I've looked at some random "cardio" workout DVD's On Demand and they seem so slow and easy compared to Jillian (grapevine and step-touch??) so I give all of us a lot of credit for taking on a pretty intense workout regimen!