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Hezzer · 04-29-2009, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by WhitneyG

I haven't tried the 30 day shred, how is it?

I would say it is fun if it didn't practically kill me every time I try to do it.

I can get through the first 7 or 8 minutes and then I can barely catch my breath. I am incredibly out of shape, though. I'm winded just walking upstairs at home and there are only like 10 or 12 steps.

Also, I have a very extended PCOS belly. Picture a woman six or seven months pregnant and that's how my belly looks. There are lots of jumping jacks and similar exercises in the video which makes my belly slosh up and down to the point where it's actually painful.

The last time I tried the video, I wore a pair of shorts that were too small trying to hold my belly in, but it was just to uncomfortable.

So I'm going to commit to the walking for now and after I've dropped some more weight and improved my stamina, I'm going to give the video another try.

I've had a lot of people talk negatively about choosing walking as my form of exercise because it's not intense enough or efficient enough. But, for now, my attempts at other forms of exercise just discourage me because I can't get through them without keeling over.

Plus, a few years back I lost 30 pounds in less than three months (July - September) with strict dieting and walking 30 to 40 minutes every day, though it was a rate of about 4 mph, which is a pretty good clip.

By the end of the summer I was shaving so many minutes off my route that I had to extend it. When I got to the point where I could walk up steep hills and not even break a sweat, I started adding 5 pounds weights to each leg to kick it back up a notch.

So I'm feeling good that the walking is enough for now, but I can't wait for my body to get in shape enough to do more.