30 day shred- 3 days left

i have been doing the shred still, but just not managing to update you with my efforts, sorry :( but i have 3 days left, but i think i'll carry on with level 3 for a bit longer and try and do the advanced moves. it has been slow going with all this cold weather and i've have to start doing it every other day, as my knees won't play at the moment. i've even had to cut out the rock star jumps, and replace them with super fast star jumps instead. the squats hurt as well but i really want thinner legs so i'm working through the pain on those. i'll be back on it monday night, but i last did it on thursday as we have family over. i'll update you again soon, i'm off to go take a pretty snow picture x

30 day shred- days 22,23,24

so not managed an update for a few days, but i have kept the shred up, but i still haven't taken a pic of my shopping or a card i have made. the shred is going well and i can see abs developing!!!!! still not doing the advanced moves of most things but i managed a full sit up today which was quite exciting as i have never managed to do that before! just got to decided what dvd to do next, a davina that i've had in for a while or buy another gillian either this or this. i have the davina ready and waiting, but i don't find them explained very well and Jillian explains it really well, but that means buying another fitness dvd when i have davina just waiting to be used. i suppose i'll give it ago to see but will be buying those jillian dvd's soon.

30 day shred- day 21

so i had yesterday off and started level 3 tonight. it was probably not the best idea to start it feeling so tired, but i gave it a good go, apart from my strop in the middle as i was feeling pretty annoyed at my rubbish body and they way it played up for either modified planks (knees) or advanced (shoulder). i'm sure some people think i make it up or exaggerate the pain but believe me no one would want to wish this upon themselves. i've had several cortizone injections that don't really help, i now wear inserts in all my shoes, which help with walking, but kneeling.........

hopefully tomorrow night will be better, i'm going to try and leave work earlier and get straight on it but tonight i had a meeting and then a spanish lesson to go to so was feeling quite mentally tired which was the problem!

hopefully i will be taking some pics of my shopping from the weekend tomorrow as well  and a few pics of my amazing nails- i love them!

who know i might even make a card, rather then sitting watching christmas films making up the tons of decoupage sheets i had i a draw but never used as they weren't made when i needed to make a card.



oh and i won a card competition :)))


so happy about that!!!

30 day shred days 19 and 20

well i have managed to complete level 2, i didn't use the weight for some of the moves in the latter part of the workout, but i did manage to do the final abs section, but i think i preferred the abs from level 1. very pround of myself today!!!

30 day shred- day 17 and 18

So here's another double update, sorry about that but life sometimes gets in the way. I've had to keep on the modified plank moves and do normal jacks because of my silly shoulder, but everything else I've done fully and even upped the weights when I'm not lifting the weights above my head or using my shoulder. We're still using steps greatest hits to power through, well I am! I am slightly scared of level 3 now and its approaching quite quickly!

30 day shred- day 16

so i didn't manage to do the shred last night. we had no heating in work yesterday and my shoulder was killing by the time i got home, so i dosed up on ibuprofen and had a bath at 6pm!

tonight i was determined to do the shred, so popped some more tablets and sprayed my shoulder with deep heat. i didn't use the weights on most of the arm movements, but i did do all the cardio and changed a few of the plank moves. so instead of plank push ups, i just help the plank, normal jacks instead of plank jacks and level 1 circuit 3 abs rather then level 2 circuit 3 abs. it felt good to do the shred, but i'm just annoyed at my body for being so rubbish!

30 day challenge- day 13, 14 ,15

sorry i've not been back to update you, i misplaced my laptop cable so ran out of power :( luckily i found it so here i am. i can now do a push up!!!!! my arms are now hurting because of this, but it feels good! also the shoulder blade are aches a little, but in a good way! i am doing plank jacks, but the husband has banned me from the squat planks because of my knees. but the worst thing on level 2 is the arms and shoulders, i'm hoping in 5 days time i will have good arms- i deserve too!!!

the good news is that i am now back to my pre christmas weight, so lets see if i can lose another 7lbs, to win a bet!

30 day shred- day 12

so we did level 2 last night. i didn't get home until gone 7:30 so it was 8pm when we started the dvd. The cardio was manageable, i just need to work on getting my knees higher but i am doing more then the modified moves. but seriously can anybody manage the double skip arms???? the husband is struggling with his shoulders in the plank moves, mine are coping but i don't want to try the advance moves yet. also i'm scared i'll fall over doing jumps whilst in plank!

i'm hoping to be back later on today with day 13, which i'm doing after curtain shopping but before nandos eating!!!

but now i'm going to go and make a card x

30 day shred- day 11

wow level 2 is a massive step up! i only managed the modified moves and even the husband had to drop down to them a few times. it is a lot harder on the knees and my hips started to click on some of these moves, that was a new one even to me! i hope it gets better as i go through the next 9 days, and i can upgrade the weights from 1.5 to 2kgs.

30 day shred- day 10

Level 1 complete! I managed to complete it all at advanced level, apart from the push ups. I also managed to have less drink pauses as well. It is amazing how quickly your body adjusts to this, but having watched level 2, I think I'm back to the modified moves again! I just hope she doesn't make me get up too quickly from lying down, coz I have to pause it to get my balance!

30 day shred-day 9

a good day today, exercise done, no pain. even after work i didn't get a stitch! I  did try to do a proper push-up, but i failed dramatically!

30 day shred-day 8

wow only 2 days left at level 1!!! It is so much easier when i haven't been at work, even though we didn't get it done 'til 5pm. when i do the DVD after work i get a stitch during the 1st cardio, but after the abs section it disappears, no idea why!
I've still not managed a proper push up but i can now do 15 and then 10 of the easier level.


oh and the house is cleaner as well!

30 day shred- day 7

back to the shred!!! we managed it today :))))) it's been a quiet, day but we have a new sofa and chair, done the DVD, been to beauticians and had the old sofas, footstool and a tv collected by a local charity. we then spent the rest of the day, clearing the Living room out and removing stuff that we kinda ignored for years. we knew it was there but we managed to turn a blind eye to it. so we have cleared out loads of old videos, CD's, old handbags and lots of dust! we are now nice and clean in the living room, but it looks very bare without the coordinating accessories. oh well it's a reason to go shopping!

back to the shred, my knees are better today, a slight ache after the workout but nothing like on day 6, 3 more to go until level 2!!!!!!!!

30 day shred- day 6 again

So today I didn't manage the shred :'( but in my defence I have removed 2 sofas from my living room ready for the new arrivals in the morning. I also managed to click my knee out of place yesterday, but did click it back in somehow, accidently using one of the sofas! I was slightly worried that I had done something worse to my knee as I have bad knees and have to wear insoles in my shoes so I can walk without pain. I also think I was too tired last night and not thinking about my posture, which would not have helped! Hopefully the new sofa and chair will be early, so we can do day 7 before lunch and my eyebrow appointment and get back on track.
Sorry about the lack of shopping and craft updates, hopefully tomorrow I'll show you my Xmas eve online shopping that arrived on. Wednesday, and maybe the new furniture x

30 day shred- day 6

this was my 1st proper day back at work, and then we went to see my mum and have tea with her and my dad. we started the shred at 8pm and i was pretty tired but i gave it a good go, but did struggle on the last set of abs, when will i manage to complete the evil sit ups! i'm supposed to be getting up at 6am to complete day 7 but that may not happen........

30 day shred- day 5

Do not want to do it today!!!!!!!!! I am suffering from 1st day back itus :( but used a new recipe before pointing it up and i really need to point it up :((( and there was a buffet today and i didn't manage to avoid it, even though i'd got up and made a salad to take with me- why do i do this?????

lesson learnt though- point a new recipe before trying!

i'll be back after i've completed day 5 , but hopefully it'll be ok as even after increasing the weights i'm not in pain................... yet!

and i'm back!!! the only problem was a stitch during the 1st cardio section, but after sit ups it went. obviously i'm not as awake as i am in the morning ( when we started this) but we wouldn't function doing this every day before work, so twice a week we are going to to it in the morning and the rest of the week after work. weekends will just happen once we get up. i'm happy with how it all went today, just got to work on the side lunges and the evil sit ups.


thanks for reading x

30 day shred- day 4

so the husband went back to work today and we did the DVD once he finished work. i upped the weights today and managed 14 push ups, but the last round of abs were painful and i bailed on the last few abs in section 3. but i feel good and hopefully after the 1st day back at work i'll be able to manage it!

On another note i tried the clothes on that i bought yesterday the wrap around dress has to go back :( but i'm keeping the other dress and skirt :)

30 day shred-day 3 and the past 24 hours

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to the seaside. As you can see the weather was amazing, we picked the wrong day to go but we had yummy fish and chips with my mum and dad (in the 2nd pic). once we got back we watched the lion the witch and the wardrobe. The husband bought me Voyage of the Dawn Treader for christmas and i want to watch the first two before i watch it, i do love narnia and could watch it every day :)

We needed to go shopping today and i managed to convince the husband that we needed to go to the supermarket in town, and back to the retail park i nearly passed out in the day before. i didn't dare go back into the actual shop it happened in so we just went into hobbycraft and i bought3 packs of promarkers £4.89 a pack, i didn't have any of them in my collection so they were an absolute bargain!!!

Hobbycraft sell docrafts magazine now so i picked it up, the decoupage looks good, but its not die cut and i'm not the best with scissors!

To go with my hummingbird bakery book from my mum (and her 30+yr old palette knife). I have bought icing bags in the past and they have leaked out everywhere, so i'm hoping this in the answer, please let me know if you have can recommend any amazing baking apparatus.

and then my escape to warehouse!!! I nearly bought the 1st dress for £30 but the 10 was slightly too small, so i hunted the 12 down. didn't find it, but whilst looking for it, i noticed it had been reduced to £20- well i couldn't leave it on the rail at that price!!! So i need to keep the shred up!

the 2nd dress has yet to be tried on but was £10 so i thought i'd give it a whirl!

and the skirt; my cousin bought me a just below the knee pleated skirt for christmas, but i didn't feel comfortable in it, so i have asked for the recipt and i have bought this in replacement as i thought i would try and stay with the pleats, but i feel more comfortable in a short or long skirt rather then just below the knee.

And finally the 30day shred day 3!!!! We managed to complete this today and i even managed to do more then 10 push ups (the basic ones). the after effects this morning from day 2 were better as well, hopefully tomorrow morning will be slightly better.

thanks for reading this really  long post, see you tomorrow for day 4 x

30 day shred-day 2

Happy New Year!!! would really have liked to stop in bed and not do day 2 today, but having started yesterday i wasn't quitting on Jillian, she might hunt me down from dvd-land and shout at me :s. Day 2 went quite well, i struggled on the push ups, but noticed the 'used to be super fit marathon running' husband was also feeling the burn, so didn't feel too bad at that.
if you did want to put yourself though this torture then you can buy the dvd here for the amazing price of £5!

Now the side effects, i'll start with yesterday. make sure you keep your fluid up, i went all dizzy and light headed yesterday in a shop (it was more embarrassing then anything- i was trying to buy a dress but had to walk out and crouch on the floor, whilst the shop assistant cancelled the transaction and brought me by card). but lesson learnt, make sure you drink lots afterwards!
 the 2nd side effect occurred this morning, i feel pain in my thighs, stomach and shoulders. but this is good, it has to be so i'll put up with it for the inch loss/ weight loss.


i am now going to cancel this all out by having a trip to the seaside and demolishing some fish and chips, but after today the healthy eating will restart and you never know i might even share some recipes with you.
thanks for reading x

30 day shred-day 1

2 posts in 1day! I'm hoping that blogging about doing this will be motivation to keep me going as I have been reading the amazon comments about the 30 day shred and it was quite scary! But I like the sound of the results you get, so I'm determined to complete it. I have a bet on with my brother in law, I want to lose 1/2 stone and he wants to lose 1. I have also promised myself I can buy some nice pants after 10 days on level 1 is completed!
Yesterday we (the husband is attempting it as well!) watched the 1st level, day 0, and it seemed manageable, so today is THE day I start it! I know everyone else is the new year with resolutions but today is a good day to start and there is no time like the present ( must get out of bed and into exercise clothes 1st) I'll be back later to let you know how it went!

and here i am!!! i survived!!! i can definitely feel i have done some exercise and i think tomorrow will be harder with muscle ache on top of the pain from the exercise ( as well as some NYE hangover!). i followed the easier moves of the 2 on offer but hopefully after day 5 of the shred i will step it up as much as possible to the more advanced moves. i may struggle as i do have knee problems but i don't let them hold me back-unless they collapse!

thanks for reading x