Flab Redux Day 1

[heathergw]

Did you exercise today? What did you do?

[Gemma]

I done mine this morning, I stored all my stats in the notes on my phone as I done them at the gym lol.

I did -
7.35 km on the bike.
1 mile walk(on the way home lol)
And I did 4 x 10 reps on 3 different weight machines.

I do normally do 15 mins on the cross trainer too, but I was waiting to go on for 30 mins today as it was busy and when I went to get on someone who had just walked in the gym jumped on it before me, I wasn't happy lol!!

It was also weigh in day for me and I've lost another 2lb since last week!

[heathergw]

that's awesome Gemma, congrats on the 2lbs!!!

[scrappurple]

I just got back from jogging/walking. Actually I call it the "broken foot shuffle". I still have to do weights and situps. I am going to try to do my DVD as extra, but we will see. Gotta loose this "40ish" weight. Turning 39 sucked. Just sayin.

[ColleenSwerb]

Great job ladies Just wanted to pop in and send some encouragement to everyone since I was offline all weekend. I'll be joining in as well (doing 5 days a week or so). The weather tonight will determine whether I go for a run, or do Jillian's Ripped in 30.

[MamaBee]

I'm suffering from a migraine today ... so all I got done was a short walk around the neighborhood with Jake...

[aly321]

How do you like the Jillian workouts? I need to do something. Last night we went for a walk, but I REALLY need to get in gear!!

[Tracyfish]

Elliptical - 1 hour, 4.63 miles, 641 calories burned
Followed up with 15 minutes of weights

[ColleenSwerb]

Originally Posted by aly321

How do you like the Jillian workouts? I need to do something. Last night we went for a walk, but I REALLY need to get in gear!!

I can never say enough about Jillian. She's a witch while you're doing it, and a saint afterwards, LOL! Her workouts are TOUGH, but they for SURE get results. I dropped 10+ lbs over the summer before my wedding doing 30DS.

I have 30 Day Shred (30 mins), Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism (45-ish mins), No More Trouble Zones (45-ish mins), Ripped in 30 (very similar to 30 Day Shred, but I like it a lot better - also 30 mins), and her yoga workout. I love love love the yoga workout.
Ripped in 30 is her newest. It's the same principle as 30DS, with the 3 mins strength, 2 mins cardio, 1 min abs, for 3 circuits. It's some of the same moves as 30DS, but they're all mixed up so I don't mind it as much. Realistically, there are only so many she can come up with, you know? LOL! I like Ripped in 30 because the strength has 6 moves (3, repeated) whereas 30DS had only 4. She's much more even in doing each move for the alloted time (in 30DS I often felt like one strength move was done WAY longer than the other, and it bugged the heck out of me, lol).

She's TOUGH and you have to push yourself, but it's 1000000% worth it in my mind. If you stick with it and do it every day, and really push yourself, you'll see results by the end of the week. And I mean, "my pants fit better and my love handles are going away" results, not necessarily scale results. But I try and focus on non-scale victories over my actual weight anyway.

ETA: There's nothing wrong with walking. Lots of people lose weight walking (in addition to a better diet). But it should just be a leisurely stroll around the block, you know? If your heart rate isn't elevated, it's not really exercise (in my book).