Jillian Michaels Body Revolution!
 

This thread will be dedicated to those doing Jillian Michaels Body Revolution 90-day program.

The official start date is Monday, February 27th for the majority of the group, but anyone can join in that's using the program.

I'm still working on 30DS, after that I will get either Ripped in 30 or Body Revolution. I will follow this thread to see how it goes.

Good luck!!

Day 1 tomorrow!! Got me a set of 5, 8, and 10 pounders to begin. I have one of those adjustable weight sets but I find them too cumbersome and never used them much. Psyched to start, I'll take some before pictures and measurements tomorrow!!

Looking forward! Can't wait to get mine :)

My am workout is done! I have to figure out my heart rate monitor cause its been over a year since I've used it. I have some weaknesses to work on. I thought my right leg was stronger than my left but the balance work proved me wrong. Planks and push ups were modified so I have to work on building on those too as well as abs. I hate working abs.

It's 6:30am now and I'm done!

I'm in! Starting tonight! How exciting!

What do you think?

Is there some science to splitting the workouts or did she do it because she thought people would commit better having the workouts broken up?

Did the first DVD. Easier than I taught, but I know it won't be easy all the way. I think of it as a warm up for what's to come! Dvd 2 tomorrow... can't wait.

Day one done. Did measurements and tons of pictures from every angle before.

I LOVED IT!!! Chalene just doesn't motivate me. I usually hate working out at home. This is the first time I do a Jillian workout and it was awesome (the Wii game, not so much, but totally different with the DVD experience). This was actually fun and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

I train for triathlons so my triathlon training today was a 36 minute swim. Also did an hour of Zumba at the gym. My week's going to end up with about 3 hours of Jillian, 6 hours of TurboKick/Zumba at the gym, one hour cross-train class, 1:25 swim, 5:05 bike, and 0:50 run. Started my Triathlon training at the beginning of the year so still going low-volume, and it will slowly overtake the TurboKicks and Zumba.

Can't wait to take 30-day pictures!! I love it that it's only 30 minutes a day because it's very easy to fit. I just wasn't expecting it to be this much fun.

The 5/8/10 weight combination I got was perfect. Also how brilliant is to have a band that's adjustable? That band's awesome and if she sells others like that with more resistance I'll be getting them.

I'm a Jillian convert!! I actually pointed to the screen and said out loud "Love you Jillian" at the end lol

Had to modify some things. Just plan to show up every day for 30 hours minus rest day and take 0/30/60/90 day pics and see what happens. If you all don't mind belly shots I'll post them here lol But it's not pretty!! ;)

Forgot to add, not following her eating plan. I want to reach goal by 7/3/12, third year anniversary of losing weight, so I need ~500-1000 calorie deficit per day. I'm following a 1200 calorie per day regime, eating whatever I want to keep me satisfied at those calories, until I reach goal, which will be in about 14 weeks if I keep at 1K deficit per day. Not forever, just for a few more weeks!!

Workout 2 is done! I'm actually looking forward to a cardio only day...lol. My soreness got better as the day went along, but I know I'll be sore tomorrow.

Day 2 was even better. Love my first Jillian DVD experience, can't wait for 0/30 pics to see if I can notice a difference!!

Considering JM Body Rev
 

I am considering getting this workout but can't seem to find out how the plan is laid out. Is it a 7 days a week workout plan, 5 days a week? If someone who is doing the workout could let me know I would really appreciate it!! Thanks!!

Half an hour six days a week. But it feels like five minutes, it's that much fun :( Now day 2 was 36 minutes with the cooldown and warmup and such so it's around 30 minutes each. Strength strength cardio strength strength cardio.

Will complete the cardio tonight... Can't wait to get my butt kick! I was wondering... will you gals weight in every week, after each phase or at the end only? I wanted to wait at the end but don't think I can wait!

Wow, just did cardio 1! Mimi had me laughing and mimicking her moves during the last circuit run. I almost wasn't gonna do it and do a cardio in its place but I got it done! I don't think my downstairs neighbors appreciated the suicides though.

Weigh in? I wasn't going to, but I think I will on sunday. I've not been following her food plan, nor logging my food. I have changed a lot of my eating habits though so we will see where I am. I don't expect a change yet though.

See ya tomorrow!

Ok.. think i'll weigh in after each phase... Cardio 1 is the best cardio I ever had with Jillian, it's so much fun. Felt like 5 minutes to me!

I see everyone is doing great! I'm almost done with week 2 and just loving it. So far I been able to do all the moves, but the planks :( I need to work more on this to get stronger.

I'm planning on do my weigh in on Sundays.
How are you doing with your diets? and drinking water?

Workout 1 is done! I think I can increase the weight the next go around. I finally figured out my heart rate monitor and it says I burned 477 calories.

Muffin, my diet is ok. I'm eating mainly whole foods. I do have my snacks that are made with wholesome stuff. My fav brand is Back to Nature. I found them via the Dr Oz show. I need to work on eating more vegetables. Water is also a challenge, but I'm getting better with it.

My wife and I started this on Monday and are doing the 7 Day Metabolic blast to start with. Following the diet and doing the twice daily workout. Is anybody else doing this?

ericc, we are at different points in the program on this thread.

Group Question,
Did anyone else read this for phase 1 "The goal of Phase 1 is to remove your initial 20-30 pounds and prepare you for the intensity of Phase 2." Sooo, for those of us with weight to lose...thoughts?

Did it!
 

Just placed my order! So excited!

PhillyGirl, I did read that :) However, I don't think this apply to someone that has been eating healthy and exercising regularly. Usually when you first start a exercise plan and a diet you lose a lot of weight, but pretty much it's just water retention.

In my case I been clean eating and exercising for almost a year now, so my body is adjust to this routine. The first week I did follow her kickstart menu but only did the AM exercises, however I rode the bike pretty much everyday for added cardio and instead of losing I gain 4lbs :( ???

This week I went back to my normal clean eating diet with calories ranging between 1200-1300 daily and so far I have lost 8lbs. I been doing her rotation and adding 1 hour of biking daily.

I have a question regarding the calories intake. I use MyFitnessPal to keep track of my calories and try to stay on a 1200 calories daily. When you say you are eating 1200 calories daily does that included your exercise? On MyFitnessPal when I train it adds on calories I can eat. For example, I start my day with 1200 if I burn 300 calories, my journal says I can eat 1500. My questions is do you eat only 1200 calories no matter how much you exercise? Thanks for the help!

Originally Posted by jenliz1185:
I am considering getting this workout but can't seem to find out how the plan is laid out. Is it a 7 days a week workout plan, 5 days a week? If someone who is doing the workout could let me know I would really appreciate it!! Thanks!!

The plan is very easy. It's a 6 days a week plan. You have 3 phases of 4 weeks each. Here is an example of the first week:
Monday: Workout1
Tuesday: Workout2
Wednesday:Cardio1
Thursday: Workout1
Friday: Workout2
Saturday: Cardio 1
Sunday: Rest

All the workouts are 30 minutes and very enjoyable. You also have a meal plan with the program but I don't follow it.

Hope this can be helpfull! :)

Mahora, I just make sure I eat about 1200 no matter how much I exercise. I might go a bit higher one or two days, but do not exceed 1400 calories.

jmfan317- congrats girl, good luck next week!

I weight in this morning and I'm down a total of 8lbs now I'm moving to week 3.

Originally Posted by Mahora:
The plan is very easy. It's a 6 days a week plan. You have 3 phases of 4 weeks each. Here is an example of the first week:
Monday: Workout1
Tuesday: Workout2
Wednesday:Cardio1
Thursday: Workout1
Friday: Workout2
Saturday: Cardio 1
Sunday: Rest

All the workouts are 30 minutes and very enjoyable. You also have a meal plan with the program but I don't follow it.

Hope this can be helpfull! :)

Thank you so much!

Originally Posted by Mahora:
I have a question regarding the calories intake. I use MyFitnessPal to keep track of my calories and try to stay on a 1200 calories daily. When you say you are eating 1200 calories daily does that included your exercise? On MyFitnessPal when I train it adds on calories I can eat. For example, I start my day with 1200 if I burn 300 calories, my journal says I can eat 1500. My questions is do you eat only 1200 calories no matter how much you exercise? Thanks for the help!

I don't think exercise is a factor because we burn different calories. Your journal says you can eat 1500 because its subtracting the 300 calories from exercise leaving you with 1200. I would not eat only 1200 no matter the exercise. Even 1200 is too low. If you exercised like I did on friday and burned 600 calories, that leaves only 600 for my body to use throughout the day if sticking to 1200 a day calorie allotment.

Finished day 1 of wk 2. 5 more days to go. Hope to see sum gud results this wk on Sun like I did last wk.

Originally Posted by PhillyGirl2012:
I don't think exercise is a factor because we burn different calories. Your journal says you can eat 1500 because its subtracting the 300 calories from exercise leaving you with 1200. I would not eat only 1200 no matter the exercise. Even 1200 is too low. If you exercised like I did on friday and burned 600 calories, that leaves only 600 for my body to use throughout the day if sticking to 1200 a day calorie allotment.

Thanks for pointing this out PhillyGirl :)

So this is my first post. I started Jillian's plan yesterday. Workout 1 was a beast. My shoulders are sore, but it feels good to work out. I can't wait to start losing weight and getting healthy.

Started Body Revolution Yesterday
 

Started Jillian's body revolution yesterday and I am feeling pretty good. The diet is hard for me being I'm very picky and don't like much of the food choices, but I'm doing it :) Anyhow know whether or not you can drink anything besides water?

I missed yesterday's workout. I'm guessing because of recovery time that I can't make up the workout I missed which was workout 1. Tonight I did workout 2 for a calorie burn of 529 calories. I used 8lbs for all moves. Last time I dropped the weight doing the step ups in the last circuit. This time I held them. Cardio day tomorrow!