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!