Kristen Chase
Kristen has been fairly lean and fit her entire life, but was left a good 25lbs overweight (and pretty depressed) after having her third child in October 2008.
With a family wedding looming in May 2009, she decided she needed to drop the pounds but as a writer, columnist, blogger, and work-at-home mom of three kids, she couldn’t spend long hours at the gym every day.
So she decided to do the 30 Day Shred for the entire month of March.
She lost 12lbs and dropped a complete size doing only 20 minutes of exercise a day and moderately adjusting her diet.
She continued working out daily with Bob Harper’s Weight Loss Yoga and Cardio Max, as well as a modified program from Exercisetv.tv.
She lost another 8lbs and five inches.
She’s run four 5K races (33:34, 30:ish, 28:37, and 26:50), two 10K races (1:12 and 56:30), and two half-marathons (2:19 and 2:14). And she’s lost over 30lbs since March 2009.
Kristen is currently mixing in kickboxing and spinning classes, as well as the 30 Day Shred, in with her running. Aside from just trying to eat healthy, she drinks only water and tea and doesn’t eat after 8pm.
In all, she has lost almost 50lbs, weighing in at 140lbs and now wears a size 6.
Ready for the before and after pics?
March 2009
June 2009
Bill Gookin
Bill’s weight problems all began when he got pregnant.
OK, that’s a bit of a stretch, even for The Internets. Bill is a stay-at-home dad who neither enjoys nor has time for the gym. Add to that a love of eating, and, well, he’s had to lose weight a few times.
You can read all the sordid details, but basically Bill grew up fat. He lost 90 pounds in grad school, gained it (plus 25) back, and then lost 115 pounds through Weight Watchers when he finally realized he was over 300 pounds.
Bill near his heaviest...mmm, lollypops!
In 2006, while he and his wife were expecting their second child, they moved and he stopped paying attention to myself, gaining 20 pounds in the process (by September 2008). A high-stress couple of weeks resulted in his gaining another 25 pounds in October alone, so Bill rejoined WW in November. By March he’d lost 35 pounds, but realized that diet alone wasn’t going to work this time – fortunately the Shredheads came along!
Doing Shred in March helped Bill lose another 5 pounds, and in April he continued doing Jillian’s videos (30 Day Shred, No More Trouble Zones, and Banish Fat Boost Metabolism). By the end of April Bill was another 7 pounds down, and was at his goal weight, having lost 48 pounds.
In May, Kristen goaded Bill into running a 5K, and he enjoyed it so much that he’s now run many 5 and 10Ks (and various distances in between), a half marathon (2:04), and a full marathon (4:53:26).
March 7, 2009, Before Shred
April 30, 2009, After Shred +1 month
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And holy crap you guys…you look amazing!! I started the Shred in January of this year, and I was consistently losing inches. I workout with Jillian’s DVD’s, run, and also just got Bobs new DVD set. I have 2 year old twins and HOPEFULLY my 15 pounds of baby weight that hasn’t come off yet, will by the end of summer.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi!!
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I just started level 2 and it was ROUGH. Reading your blog is very motivating. I’m on the same page. During my second pregnancy I started really bad eating habits. I NEVER ate fast food and now Im trying so hard to re-learn my good habits from the past. That baby had me craving cakes and anything greasy haha.
OMG!!! I have been looking for real life stories and I found them. I CANNOT believe the difference in such a small amount of time. 3 month Kristen!!! Sorry Bill you too look awesome. I don’t know what I would do if in three months I looked like that, I would shed that “fat girl” for sure. You guys are an inspiration and I have bookmarked this site.
Thanks,
Lynda
PS – I am thinking I need a before and after picture, I am already 2 weeks in but I don’t think that’s too late, if I could like that!!
Great post! I’m going to share this post along with some other success stories I’ve found on my 30 Day Shred results page. I hope to inspire others to try it out.
WOW, you two look amazing. Very inspiring!!! I just received the 30 day shred (ordered the dvd online) and did the first workout. Started a blog to document my progress – http://dumbbelldore.tumblr.com – I’d love to network with any of you who may be on tumblr… we can keep each other motivated!
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I am about to start writing about this on my blog! (onachoostring.wordpress.com) Love that you show the results – soooooo brave!!!
My copy should be in the post tomorrow.
I am expecting the words ‘bloody hell’ to come from my mouth multiple times (as with other Jillian DVDS)
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