In my post last month, I went out on a limb and posted by “before” pictures from the Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred. I did it so that I’d hold myself accountable since, after all, not only did I tell you all I was going to commit to working out more, but I was actually SHOW you what would happen if I did.
The last few weeks (remember that I didn’t start with the rest of my Shredheads because I was sick) have been a bit of a challenge. I’ve had an unusually high number of afterwork activities, traveled on multiple weekends and have been really busy at work (including working late into the evening) which meant I was extremely tired and really didn’t want to work out. That being said, I wasn’t a total flake: I did the video a number of times and played in my weekly soccer game.
(Side note: I am definitely starting to get into soccer shape. I can finally run throughout the entire game – this is the first week we had girl subs – and my leg strength has increased so I can cross the ball from the wings again.)
The result is that, as of this Monday morning, I was down about 4 pounds from my weight one month ago. (That being said, a 4 pound weight fluctuation for me is not all that uncommon so don’t congratulate me too much.)
I’m going to keep up with my fellow Shredheads and join Team Bob. I decided to do this because it appears as though I don’t need weights to do this workout and I’m going to be traveling for a week. We’re bringing the DVD player and/or the laptop with us so I’ll be able to workout in the hotel room with the DVDs but I can’t do that if I’m going to need weights. (That’s not totally true. B likes to hang on me while I shred so that adds another 30 pounds or so right there, but not exactly the kind of weight I need.)
I picked up Cardio Max because one thing that the 30-Day Shred is missing is much cardio and Weight Loss Yoga. I’m excited to see how these compare to the Shred. I’m also looking forward to catching up with Scoot, who has been working out for the past two or so weeks at our new gym.
Here are my goals:
- Do the Bob videos at least 4 times per week, 5 if I don’t have a soccer game
- On days I don’t do the video, get at least some amount of exercise: preferably on our elliptical machine or by walking
- Start to track my food and exercise on sparkpeople.com (Perhaps a post is due on this because it’s a great tool.)
- Stop drinking sodas (a new but not cool habit)
- Eat dinner at home at least 5 nights a week
Can’t wait to update you on how it goes.
