I am done.
Well, I am kind of done. Tomorrow is day 30 and I never in my life would have thought I would have made it to level 3, much less continuing for more than 30 days. My goal was to establish a routine or habit out of getting up and getting active. I have succeeded because I am way too guilty to miss more than a couple of days of exercise...Jillian seems to keep creeping into my head. I did a few more days of level 1 so that I knew I was ready to move on, by the time I got to ten days of level 2, I just found myself bored so I started level 3. I have found a couple of DVDs to substitute on days when I don't feel the Jillian. I will let you know how those go as I progress.
I bought a scale (boo hiss). This was weird for me because unlike most women, I have never been scale obsessed. I know what size I am comfortable as, I know I haven't been gaining weight since Little Monkey, just struggling to make it come off. I decided to weigh myself now at the end of every month as well as tape myself so I know what progress is being made. I regret now not doing this when I first started because I don't have a number to measure from at the end of December.
I am still doing protein shakes on the day I do a very physical exercise. Sunday has become truly a day of rest while Saturday is a day BF in the evening. Saturday AM I walked a mile with the BF, did some yoga with Little Monkey and went for a western dance class with the BF in the evening (we are moving to Latin dances after this first session of classes). I think I have managed to incorporate physical activity into my daily life and I am excited to see what this brings me.
So, tomorrow with be day 30 but I won't be blogging on it daily any more. I like to write about a lot and Jillian is driving me nuts so I am going scale back on that progress. Since I have set the last day of the month for weigh-in, I have decided that I will post my progress as I go.
Here is hoping you are all working on a happy, healthy life! It's so worth the sweat equity. :)
Peace and Chicken Grease!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Day 22 - 25: 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels
Geeze, time flies as they say.
Wednesday, no significant issues. Noticing I really like the second cardio set in level three a lot but it causes me to push harder so that by the third set, I am dying. Gotta figure out how to pace myself better.
Thursday was interesting. BF had to be home because of appointments, etc. he is attending.
Afterwards:
Rotflmao. Okay, so if you don't know him, he's a former Army PT stud. It was nice to see that even he struggled with some of the moves. I swear she is trying to kill me with the plank stuff. Sometimes I have pulled muscles in my feet...how is that even possible?
Friday was uneventful in terms of the workout but I have dubbed this "Stripper Friday" from here on out. A couple of years ago, I took an AOED workshop and just LOVED it. This would be the same workshop that friends said they would take with me then, at the last minute (shocker) decided not to. It was great and very liberating. I bought the core moves video and have decided to pick that back up...I figured it would come in handy with the shoes! I worked through the "walk" and stationary hip rolls. This will be my little fun thing at the end of the week.
Saturday I opted for walking, which may have been a mistake. While I didn't do the over exaggerated, hip swinging walk, I walked faster than I have previously jogged and MAN did my legs hurt Sunday. Mental note there, more stretching. Sunday I took the day off because of the 100 million things I had to do this weekend...I am not sure I sat down and all. Today, I got back on it and upgraded to the 3 lb weights. We will see if that is a problem tomorrow or if its time to just go back up to the 5 lb weights that started this total fun fest.
Next weekend is Superbowl which means fatty foods and beer. This also means I can't take a day off on the weekend, UGH. Regardless, I am looking forward to it.
Have a great week!
Wednesday, no significant issues. Noticing I really like the second cardio set in level three a lot but it causes me to push harder so that by the third set, I am dying. Gotta figure out how to pace myself better.
Thursday was interesting. BF had to be home because of appointments, etc. he is attending.
QOTU: You wanna work out with me?
BF: Sure, you have been asking me, let's do this.
Afterwards:
QOTU: Well, what did you think?
BF: You are right, she's the devil.
Rotflmao. Okay, so if you don't know him, he's a former Army PT stud. It was nice to see that even he struggled with some of the moves. I swear she is trying to kill me with the plank stuff. Sometimes I have pulled muscles in my feet...how is that even possible?
Friday was uneventful in terms of the workout but I have dubbed this "Stripper Friday" from here on out. A couple of years ago, I took an AOED workshop and just LOVED it. This would be the same workshop that friends said they would take with me then, at the last minute (shocker) decided not to. It was great and very liberating. I bought the core moves video and have decided to pick that back up...I figured it would come in handy with the shoes! I worked through the "walk" and stationary hip rolls. This will be my little fun thing at the end of the week.
Saturday I opted for walking, which may have been a mistake. While I didn't do the over exaggerated, hip swinging walk, I walked faster than I have previously jogged and MAN did my legs hurt Sunday. Mental note there, more stretching. Sunday I took the day off because of the 100 million things I had to do this weekend...I am not sure I sat down and all. Today, I got back on it and upgraded to the 3 lb weights. We will see if that is a problem tomorrow or if its time to just go back up to the 5 lb weights that started this total fun fest.
Next weekend is Superbowl which means fatty foods and beer. This also means I can't take a day off on the weekend, UGH. Regardless, I am looking forward to it.
Have a great week!
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