Sigh, pause from jillian...

So we have taken a trip north to visit my parents, and leading up to this trip I had taken a couple of days off from exercising. I hope to get back to it tomorrow, brought all the requisite equipment with me, now just need to kick the audience out of the room and get er done...

Mom has a digital scale, and its far less optimistic, 205... I like our scale better..

Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred: Day 14-15-16

Well well well, half way there... Honestly didn't think I would make it this far, and there have been moments where I was pretty sure I was done. This morning was one of those moments, with Jillian kicking my ass at 5am, and no weight loss to show for it I began to wonder why I am doing this.

Then I thought back to yesterday, where Kyle and I were outside shoveling the driveway. 6 inches of snow (pshaw you canadians say, well shutup) and we got started later than most of the neighborhood. I was secretly racing against the guy across the street with the snowblower, and the funny part is, we won... I ended that day, without the usual litany of aches and pains that I usually have from shoveling... I felt fine. Its a very subtle change, but I find I have more endurance than previous, I can exercise longer without falling into a quivering heap on the floor (though I do eventually...) and over all its a very positive experience.

I have found I am toning up, and I am sure if I had done this exercise twice a day instead of just once, I'd be even that much farther along... however something inside me refuses to exercise with an audience, hence the 5am exercises and not wanting to go to the gym... All my friends who do exercise, are telling me take it slow, ease yourself into it, you're doing fine. All my friends who don't exercise are laughing at the 2lb weights, and asking me if I worked out this morning when i reach for a bun at lunch... funny bunch of friends I have, seriously...

Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred: Day 12-13

OK well my posting is dying off a little bit because its not only boring to read, did the same thing, its also more than a little boring to write...;)

Weight: 201 lbs.

Hrm, would seem that I'm either doing something wrong (eating too much holiday foods mehbe?) or the weight loss should start soon...

I'm Surprised to not be too bumed about the lack of weight loss.. I know my goal was to lose the last 20 lbs I feel like I need to lose, but I'm gaining muscle mass and toning which is nice too... I'm not sure I can carry 200 lbs and look "good" doing it, so it will have to happen eventually, but yeah, still carrying on with the workout... especially since its still kicking my ass...

Back on Advil duty, and had to sit out a 30s interval of cardio... some of the moves make me feel like I'm going to dislocate something.... A couple of people have said I have motivated them into try it, I probably should have posted a starting pic to give you an idea where I started from, but basically I've never been in a gym, I've never voluntarily done a work out routine, and I can safely say other than going to work, I've never done anything for 30 days straight.... Its not impossible, anyone can do it. You just have to keep fighting yourself, this morning was a good example of that... 5 am, alarm goes off and the debate begins...

I made the mistake of drinking 1.5 cups of coffee last night (having poured most of a cup of coffee all over Tristen's homework!! He was stoked, now he had an excuse why his homework wasn't done, except it was on the page we had finished already!) and so when we went to bed at 11:30, I couldn't sleep... Secretly I think Jenn loves it when I can't sleep because we sit up talking for an hour, but thats just a guess on my part... anyways, after 4.5 hours of sleep lazy me was chanting that we could sleep another hour without a problem...and he almost won, I won't lie.... but I beat him into submission and went down to exercise, you can do it, keep it up.

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred: Day 11

Level 2. First off, I HIGHLY recommend that if you are thinking of doing this, that you watch the next level the day before trying it. There were quite a few wtf is she doing moments that made the work out a little less intense than it might have been. That being said, there was a lot more swearing and sweating this morning, it felt like day 1 all over again.

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred: Day 10

Well sort of, I took a 4 day break due to illness and not being able to find the damn dvd. This morning I played is safe and did level 1 but level 2 starts tomorrow.

Even after a 4 day break I still hate those skinny bitches... Though Jillian is right, its getting easier. Toon in tomorrow as I try all new exercises and flex some muscles that haven't been used since I was 6

Jillian Michaels on hold

So friday I wasn't feeling well, stayed home from work and spent most of the day in bed, that would be when the problems officially started I suppose, but it kind of went out of control from there. Nyquil is an excellent product, sure does what its advertised to do anyways.

This morning I tried to get back into the groove and my weights and dvd are missing.... Thanks kyle. So now I am up, its 5 am, and I have nothing to do for the next 45 minutes until I get ready for work... Tomorrow (secretly my fat self is laughing at me) I will be back on the weight loss bandwagon.

Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred: Day 9

Well 1 more day on zone 1 of the fitness regime, this morning (thanks to some late night homework *cough* Kyle *cough*) was really hard to get out of bed.. you know those days where the rain is pouring outside, and you think, bah I should call in dead... well I got up anyways, and did my routine.

Switched out the 2 lb weights for 5 lbs on the dumbell row and chest bobs (yeah not boobs) and it did make them more challenging so I'll probably hold onto that for tomorrow. My knees are giving me a bit of a problem on the lunges, and having trouble distributing weight on the correct leg to ensure they are getting exercised, but over all things are progressing nicely. I'm as surprised as anyone that I am keeping this up, both the blogging and the exercise, 1/3 of the way there, I'm sure day 11 will be amusing as the entire workout gets changed on me...