Naisu!!!!!

wow, i go to bed and come back and this thread is now 2 pages long?! thanks guys!

i'm glad my nsv could help you out a bit!

to the person who asked about my measurements, i really don't know because i don't take them. i'm pretty stupid when it comes to that... i've tried taking measurements before on previous weight-loss attempts and i think i was taking my readings wrong, because it was sometimes a bigger number the second time i took them. lol. and it would just depress me. but like, it's not as if i have any way to know where i exactly stuck my measuring tape last time, so meh.

that machine i mentioned also writes my measurements, but for some reason, it didn't print the "last time" measurements on my paper... maybe i should go again and ask. but i'm pretty sure they went down a bit.

also, yes, 30DS is awesome and you all should do it!

Woohoo!! Jillian has worked you out good, girl! Well done =D

Can anyone tell me if the 30 day shred would be suitable for someone with back problems. It sounds so tempting, with the results people get, but I can't really take alot of jumping around or bending, twisting etc.

What kind of back problems do you have? I have lower back problems so I tend to be a bit more careful with these kind of workouts. Sometimes I feel a little pull and I just make sure to listen to my body and not push it.

i can't do much jumping either, and when i first started out i had pretty strong back pain cuz of an erroded disk in my spine... but actually, the pain lessened as i went along (my doctor also told me that exercise would help lessen the pain).

so i would say go for it, and adapt the moves that you feel you can't do. but i think you'd be okay with the 30DS. even when you have to do jumping or more stretchy moves, it's only for a short time (30 secs to a minute) so i think i'd be ok.

thats so awesome!

that is so awesome! congrads! that Jillian shes the devil, but she knows how to make a women work lol

Kawaii! Congrats! That is so awesome! This is the hardest part of working out for me. When I did the 30ds in the summer I knew I was gaining muscle and getting stronger but the scale did not show it! It was really hard to keep going because my weight went up while I was doing it ( I also did a 3 mile jog 4 days a week). I'm nervous to start a second round of the shred for this reason. Could you tell me what your eating plan/calories is like on the shred?

Wow! This is awesome!!! It makes me feel really good about continuing with the 30 Day Shred.

Super yay!!!

lauracore: my eating plan (minus these past 2 days...) has been to eat "clean" and mostly protein and veggies, with the occasional fruit. no carbs. i'm not counting calories.

so i would eat stuff like:

scrambled eggs, sliced ham and spinach for breakfast (with ma coffee, of course...)

then i might have a salad with avocado, chopped veggies and nuts for lunch

then i'd have salmon with asparagus for dinner, or some kind of veggie&meat stir-fry.

i also often make stir-fries and make a lot and pack the rest for a lunch at work the next day. i always make a huge side of veggies to make-up for the fact that i'm not eating any carbs