Jillian Michaels Making the Cut

Making the Cut week 1 results

Today was the long-awaited weigh-in after the 1st week of the plan. And the result is.....4 lbs gone! :hurray:
It's working! I have NEVER lost 4 lbs in a week before.
 
Question about meal plans for Jillian Michael's Making the Cut

I just bought Jillian Michael's Making the Cut and am going to give the program a try. However, it will be quite expensive to buy ingredients for all the meals. Will I still get results if I repeat meals throughout the week? The meal plan (at least for week one) also seems light on veggies. I wonder if the results will be different if I add green veggies to the dinners.
 
I'm on Day 8 and it's going well so far ~ I've lost just over six pounds! I haven't been following her exact meal plan, although I'm eating only what she suggests within the book. I have been repeating meals here and there, because otherwise I was ending up with leftovers that needed using up. When I felt the odd meal was a bit too shy on veggies, I followed my gut instinct (no pun intended) and added some in.
 
At home exercise alternatives?

Hi! I am on day 2 of Making the Cut and so far so good! My challenge is that I can't get to the gym each day and some of the exercises require gym equipment. Have you found any good substitutions that would allow you to do some of the exercises at home (e.g. wide-grip lat pulldowns) and static lunges with reverse cable fly? Thanks!
 
Runningjunkie said:
Ok, as promised, here is a workout. This was today's workout, which is Day 4:

Circuit 1
Dumbell press on body ball (20)
Dumbell flys on body ball using 1/2 the weight of the press (15)
Squats (50 fast)
1 min sprint at 7mph

Circuit 2
Plank (hold 10 sec)
Close grip push-ups (5)
Side planks with inner thigh raise (10)
Plank (5 sec)
Close grip push-ups (5)
Side planks with inner thigh raise (10)
Burpies (10)
Sumo squats (50)
1 min sprint at 7mph

Circuit 3
Frog push-ups (20)
Squat thrusts (20 then hold static squat for 30 sec)
W shoulder press with leg extension (10 each leg)
Jump rope 1 min

Circuit 4
Bench dips (20)
Rope tricep press (to failure)
Static lunge with lateral shoulder raise (10 each leg forward)
Mt. climbers (1 min)

Circuit 5
Jump rope 1 min
Bicycle crunches (50)
Extended plank (30 sec)

And there you have it. When I get done, I am dripping sweat. This is a TOUGH workout, and I LOVE IT!!!!
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This sounds fantastic for boosting the metabolism, I wonder how many overweight people can actually do it properly though!
 
Just started to use 30 day shred dvd. So far it has been a great workout. Really like Jillian. BIG FAN :)))
 
hey i have been reading about this program before i start. I'm still reading the book but i wanted to clarify about the amount of weight. It's a percentage of your maximum and it increases each week. it starts low (55-70%) and ends higher (75-90%). I have also noticed that the workouts get more... well idk if challenging is the word because i haven't done it, but they are definately more complicated. the first workout you can do in your living room, but and by the end you need to be in a gym with decent equipment.


hope that helps

ebony


anyone who finished it let me know your results (esp. women)
 
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