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Here are our 30 Day Challenge members (Shred and other):
(Yay! we’re at 33!!!)

• Paula
• Cristina (Yes, I added you to this list!) 😉
• Kim
• Angi
• Maria
• Lori G
• Amelia
• Linda
• Ashley
• Ree
• Alison
• Susan
• Mette
• Irene
• Josephine
• Zaida P
• Janell
• Susie
• Dawn
• LA
• April
• Patricia
• Andie
• Cynthia
• Monica
• Veronica
• Amber
• Mary
• Kay
• Rachel
• Amy
• Michelle
• Ann
• Amyshy

1. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go here for more info

2. If your name is not on the list and you want to join in, please let me know in a comment here

3. Be sure you are signed up at Facebook Page so we can discuss at great length – plus it just helps me get to know you all better!

Go Team Go!

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Ok gang…you with me tomorrow? I could not be more excited that YOU are doing this with me!!
Spread the word today please, if you know anyone that you think may be interested!

Today I just wanted to reinforce the idea of planning and intention with the 30 Day Challenge.

Funny I just had a Twitter conversation about this just a bit ago with JoannaSutter (great one to follow by the way!)

She asked me: “what’s been 1 secret to your success?” to which I replied…

“#1 would be goal setting/planning…being intentional!”

That’s what we are doing here friends. Giving some serious intention to the next 30 days.

My greatest hope for both you and I (besides weight loss!), is that at the end of the 30 days we would feel:

• MORE powerful
• MORE capable
• MORE determined
• MORE conscious
• MORE connected as a support group for one another!

I hope you all know how much I appreciate you! 🙂

Onward…

1. PLAN for your success by choosing your best time of day the next day to complete the challenge.
(for 30 Day Shred, allow min. of 30 min start to finish)

2. Be willing to modify as needed each day – to me, this means I WILL NOT go to bed without being able to x off the day on my sheet. (for me, the earlier the better – I like to get it over with!)

3. Track daily – I am planning to do some videos with my nifty little Flip (love this little gadget by the way!) and if any of you are able to do video, audio or pictures/comments to document your 30 days, I would love to be able to publish this at the site/FB page. It will inspire others! Feel free to contact me about this if you are interested.

4. PLEASE be involved here by leaving a comment for the Day (Bookmark 30 Day Shred), participating on Facebook, Tweeting me on Twitter – others will be inspired by YOUR words!

Below you will find two forms that I’ve been using for my own 30 Day Challenges. Feel free to use them or your own.  The first is a template that you can print out and use for additional challenges that you would like to do. The second is the one I will be using myself for the 30 Day Shred Challenge – I just x out the box as I go – something about putting pen to paper when complete!

**To view the files you will need the free Adobe PDF Reader.

Right Click your mouse and choose “Save Link As…”
30 Day Challenge Template
30 Day Shred Challenge

Here we go!  🙂

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Yay! 2 more days until shredding with my besties!

Not joined up with us yet?! There’s still time —>Go here now!<—We start on Wed!

For today’s pre-challenge assignment, I want to encourage you to be sure to take your measurements and weigh yourself before beginning the challenge on Wed. Not making any promises here of course, but people do say that they’ve lost inches from doing this bad boy and we ARE committing to 30 DAYS here! lol

Of course you recognize that a great consciousness of calorie intake during this time will probably contribute to best results if weight loss is your challenge intent. 😉

When taking your measurements, I don’t think it matters so much what you  measure as long as you measure in the same places at the end of 30 days. For me, since the beginning of my weight loss, I’ve measure once a month from arms, chest, waist, hips and thigh.  Here’s an example of my latest measurements.

Friends, I know more than anyone that it can be difficult to do this BUT trust me when I say that this is just your starting point…that’s all – they are only numbers and a reminder to the commitments that YOU are making.

Hey, if you feel bad at all PLEASE take a look at my initial measurements (link above) AND drop me a note.

I am here to support you!  I 100% believe in you and the fact that if I can lose 110 lbs, so can you my friend…need more proof? Have a look at the early pics on my home page video! 😉

It’s a process and we ARE making progress!

Please DO comments that you’ve taken this step (don’t feel that you need to share results unless you want to) – I’m really loving and appreciating your interaction here. Thanks and enjoy the day!

Forward…

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Hope your weekend is off to a wonderful start!

Just a quick weekend/early week assignment for you as we get ready to begin the 30 Day Shred Challenge together next Wed.  I’m so excited and impressed by all of you that have given me the thumbs up that you’ll be doing this with me…I think it’s going to be great for us all!

It would be a great idea to have a look at the routine sometime before next Wed. Maybe you’ll even be inspired to try out a few of the moves. I just want everyone to feel comfortable really giving it 100% when we start on Wed.

Linda, (one of my Facebook group fav’s) did this last week and she had the following comments for us which I think may be helpful.

“I bought the 30 Day Shred today and tried it out to see what adjustments I’ll have to make because of my knees. I made it through Level I by walking in place when they jumped and doing push ups using the wall instead of on my hands and knees. It was tough but I managed to get through the 20-min workout–yahoo!”

I really believe that we can ALL do this and Linda shows a great example of making it work for you no matter where you are at with your physical capabilities…thanks again Linda!

By the way, if you’ve not joined us yet on Facebook please do so. There’s a great bunch of folks there and it’s a place where we can encourage and support one another. I am REALLY loving how this little group is shaping up…thanks to YOU all! 🙂

I wrote the following last week in the post A Confession: I’ve Been Quitting…:

“We are the same, you and I…full of endless possibilities, full of greatness not yet realized, full of achievements yet to come to fruition.”

If you are just beginning a journey or you’re in a place where you’ve not been feeling your greatness, THIS is the most important thing I want you to get from the 30 Day Challenge together. You can do amazing things, beyond even what you are imagining right now…let it begin with this commitment…a commit to YOU! I believe in you SO much!

OK all…have a wonderful weekend!

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OK folks we’re 1 week away from our 30 Day Shred Challenge! (just click that link if you need the skinny on what I’m referring to – there’s still time to join in on the fun!)

I’m getting very excited and I’m SO happy that so many of you have joined up with me in this! I think it’s going to be great doing it together.

Today, I’d like you to think about what it is you hope to have accomplished at the end of the 30 days. I think it is VERY important and useful to have some serious intent behind our goals and actions…not just with the weight loss but with pretty much everything we do in life, right? 😉

Maybe you have not seriously begun your weight loss or exercise efforts and your intent would be to get into a nice exercise groove? Maybe you’re struggling with a plateau and are hoping that this change-up in your exercise will kick your weight loss into gear again. You get the idea.

For me, I’ve been hovering in the range of 167-170-ish for awhile now. It’s a tricky place because I know I want to reach my goal (138 ) and at my low (158) I felt fantastic BUT 167 still has me feeling pretty good.

So, my intention with the 30 Day Challenge is to have 30 days of exercise along with serious calorie counting – determined to get back to those low 160’s at a minimum.  I also intend for us, as a group, to be a source of encouragement and support for one another…and that is happening! Thanks SO much gang! We can do this together and thank you for joining in and believing in yourself.

I’d love to hear what your intentions are in the comments…

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OK team…we’re 9 days out from our 30 Day Shred Challenge and I just wanted to start putting some tips out there for you all.  Do I think we’re gonna make it through the 30 days?  You bet, I do!!!  Do I think there may be some challenges along the way?  Yes!!!!  lol

So, being the planner that I am, I want to try to nip those challenges in the bud now.

IF you are not currently exercising, there will definitely be some soreness when you start with the infamous Jillian on the 21st! Heck, I’ve been doing strength training for 2+ yrs now and I’m expecting that I will have to push through some sore muscles.

So…if you’re not currently doing anything with your dumbbells, I’d suggest doing some bi-cep and tri-cep work every other day or so. Just do something light – maybe during commercials of your favorite TV program.

I’d also do a few sets of squats and lunges to get that lower body ready.

At the beginning of my fitness routine, I was fortunate to have access to a gym which is where I did my upper body work. As the months progressed, when I wanted to change up my routine a bit I purchased the book below and created a little upper and lower body routine of my own based on some of the exercises in this book.

I will include the link below in case this is something that would help you out.

Here you go: The Biggest Loser Fitness Program

Let’s go team! 🙂

P.S. Do you have everything you need from the shopping/tools list?