Level 2, Day 9 and 10

Its still hard to do... I still sweat like a pig... it doesn't feel like I have completed 10 days of Level 2, so i will continue to do Level 2 for a few more days, till it gets easier for me, or till I get bored of it (whichever comes first...and the greater possibility is that I will get bored of it first)

I wanted to do the 10-day Beyond Calories Diet (a part of the Fat Loss for Idiots diet)... but it is too restrictive and scary for me :(

Now I have decided to follow the diet principles outlined by the website: www.fasttracktofatloss.com

I really like it because I have the free Silver membership and I can still find a lot of useful stuff for myself!

You can go ahead and click on the link, its not an affiliate link (teehee) :D

Happy shredding everyone.... and BTW, I would really like to hear from you .. have you started the 30 day shred? or are you planning to? Or if you are doing it, then which Level are you at and how do you like it? :)

Take care y'all :))

Level 2, Day 8

I gotta admit... I have to FORCE myself every day to do my Level 2.

Seriously, it is still very hard for me...although I have seen improvements in myself over these 10 days (I have skipped a couple of days in between)

I look at the watch when I start and calculate before hand by what time I would be finished and then I just do the exercise...and by the end of the 25 or so minutes, I am ready to DIE! It is hard hard hard... I just hope that i will have a good result at the end of this shred thingy.

I now HAVE to improve my eating habits... every time I get stressed out, I dive into my heaven by chomping on chocolate (hence my name; chocaddict, duh!) hee! I made brownies yesterday and they are almost gone today... I got some dark chocolate and inhaled it within a day... my son ask me to buy him marshmallows and he has eaten 2 or 3 and I have eaten 5 or 6 

*sigh*

ugh... where is my self control? :'(

Level 2, Day 2 to 7

I am so sorry for not writing my updates regularly... life and laziness happens!

Now back to business... today I completed the level 2, day 7. This level is HARD! Makes me sweat like crazy; the 3rd circuit is so hard that it makes me grunt and I swear I would swear bad bad words if I swore, which I do not! LOL

I have purchased 1kg dumbbells because I just cannot exercise with my 2 kg dumbbells when I get to the 3rd circuit. Jillian says something in the lines of... "I want you to feel as if you are going to DIE".... well, I actually feel like I am going to DIE when I am doing the last circuit of the video.

YES, Jillian is a crazy crazy woman... and I guess I love her for it... hahaha

I am planning to go on a 10-day diet starting in a couple of days; it is the "Fatloss for Idiots" fast track diet. it is supposed to help you loose your fat and not your muscles. The scary part is, it does not allow you to eat any grains/cereals for those 10 days and no sugar or milk either. I can live with no grains and bread for 10 days...but...but... what about my beloved chai? My breakfast tea, with milk and sugar...sigh! I am in love with my tea ritual twice a day..... sigh... I will have to convince myself to let go of my favorite tea preperation for 10 days and get my caffiene fix from tea or coffee with no added sugar or milk....aaaaaaaaaaaack! :O

Will keep you updated!

Ciao and happy shredding :)

Level 2, Day 1

Oh - My- God!

I thought after completing Level 1 for almost 14 days, I would be strong enough to atleast complete the easier/beginner version of Level 2, following Anita

BOY! Was i wrong!!

I sweated, I grunted, I got dizzy and I almost died by the end of the Level 2 workout.

Jillian said something like, "you must think I am crazy"...uhhh YEAH! You are one crazy chick, Jillian!!!

Lets see how my body adapts to Level 2 ... I guess if so many people can make it to Level 3 without dying, so can I.

uffffffff, it is hard work though.

I think I will get 3 pound dumbells for some of the exercises because I sure can't for the life of me, do them with my 5 pound weights...sigh!

Day 6 after my re-start :)

Today was the 6th day of Level 1 after my week-long break.

I am sweating less and following Jillian better... I am doing the harder versions of all the exercises except the push-ups. I am still doing girly push-ups :P

And I am still having trouble with the "side lunges with anterior raises"... they are oh-so-hard for me still.

Now I am getting bored with Level-1...maybe I will start Level 2 from tomorrow....eeeep, but I am scared of moving up a level :O

Level 1, Day 9

Today I was a bit sore in the front of my thorax...you know, where the shoulders meet the thorax, and just below the clavicles.... but that was all!

I am so grateful it wasn't anything like the time when I started shredding.... ouch and double ouch! i couldn't even walk and I had to take ibuprofen to be able to sleep! I was hobbling around... i couldn't come down the stairs without crying out in pain... My FIL saw me hanging on to the stairs railing and going "aaaeee, ooeee" and he thought I had some sort of a sprain or something LOL... when I told him I had started exercising, he couldn't help laughing at me
I was afraid that I would be really sore after not exercising for a week... but TYG, it wasn't really bad!

I did my Level 1 again today... I would have been very proud of myself if I had not just gobbled 4 chocolate chip cookies

Back on the horse!

Oh FINALLY!!!

My cough is under control, my nose can breathe and I don't feel like passing out when I stand up!

After a week... a @&%$#%%%%()&$@#%%$$#$$%&*%^ WEEK, I exercised again today.

It was not as bad as Day 1, but it was more difficult for me than the last time I did my Level 1.

I thought I would be back to square one after a week of not moving a muscle, but TYG it was not as bad as expected.

I think that may be I will be able to move on to Level 2 by the end of this week...we'll see

Happy shredding, everyone!

Can't breathe, can't workout

Wellll, another day of fever, a blocked nose and a terrible, terrible cough.

Even if I laugh I start a bout of cough and sound like a chain smoker in the morning!

*sigh*

No workout again.... why? why? WHY? Why did this happen? I was doing so well *sulk*

No workout today :(

It was supposed to be my Level 1 Day 8 but i couldn't work out because I got a nasty cough and a cold with a slight fever.

I figured the fever must be burning calories for me any way! (I hope it's true)

But seriously, I was not feeling well at all and as far as I know, you are not supposed to workout if you have a cold with a fever... so it was another off day

Frankly, I hate it that I couldn't workout today :( I really wanted to!

Level 1, Day 7

I thought I was not going to be able to do my Day 7 exercise because:

1. I was not feeling too well... hacking cough, blocked nose and a scratchy burning feeling in my trachea (just behind my sternum)
2. I wasn't able to exercise at my usual time, i.e. when my son is at his pre-school
3. Had tired myself out cleaning up my linen closet during the evening.

But at around 8pm I started feeling sooo bad thinking I would be skipping 2 days out of the last 8 days that I had started this workout.... "SHAME ON YOU!!!" shouted my angel on top of her voice from my right shoulder! So, I picked up my sorry behind from the bed where my cutie son was sleeping and fed myself to "The Shredder"... and I DID IT!!! 

I feel on top of the world! yaay me!!! :)

I am posting this before hitting the shower... more later!

Ok...here are my (dreaded) measurements

Like I said, today I am supposed to post my measurements (sigh)...well, here goes:

Day 7 measurements:

Height: 5' 7"

Weight: 145 lbs

Chest:  39.5"

Waist (narrowest part): 32" (yikes!)

Waist at belly button: 35" (double yikes!!)

Hips: 39.5"

I reeeally hope that by the end of Day 30, I will have some inch-loss to boast about! 

Wish me luck!!! :)

BTW, you look awesome today!

What this blog is about....

Hi!

I have absolutely no idea if there will be any readers of this blog (teehee... are my insecurities already showing?) BUT I am still going to write this to keep myself accountable for my exercise program that I am starting...actually I have already started it on Monday, January 31, 2011.

I am doing the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels. 

I am 38 years old (aack! how and when did THAT happen?), mother to a wonderful 4 year old boy.

I am on day 6 of the 30 day shred (yessss, I skipped a day!)

Aaaand I will write my current weight and measurements in tomorrow's post beeecause, its night time right now and I can't find my tape measure (I think the sandman took it to measure his beard) and I weigh myself in the morning only!

If someone actually somehow stumbles upon this blog, I hope I can help by being a good source of information about how the 30 Day Shred helps me. May be through this blog I will find an exercise & weight-loss buddy/buddies who will help me through this as well...may be I will find a millionaire who will adopt me and leave me insane amounts of money which will sustain me and my family through the rest of our lives.... ;) ... yes, I have a wild imagination and I do wishful thinking as my meditation on a regular basis!

Uh, is anyone even reading this? :-/

More tomorrow!