Not too shabby - but it's only Day 3

I did it!  Day Three!  

I actually felt pretty good this morning - very little soreness from the last two days.   The first time that I had done this workout, I couldn't walk up and down the stairs normally.  I actually had to go up and down sideways tightly gripping the rail.  It was excruciating.  

And today's workout went pretty smoothly.  I did have to pause for a brief second during the jumping jacks/jump rope circuit.  Man!  that part kicks my butt!  I'm always relieved that it's near the beginning of the workout and not at the end or I'd pass out.   

I worked out to Depeche Mode today.  Not sure I'll do that again.  It didn't seem to match very well.   I really need to get a good playlist; it would make it so much easier.

Still haven't weighed myself yet.  I think I'll make it a point to just weigh at the end of each week.   I absolutely need to lose 10 pounds.  I don't expect this to make a huge difference in my clothing size but I won't care about what size I'm wearing as long as I look good in what I have.  I don't ever expect, or even want, to be a size 2 or 4 again.   That was scrawny.   I like the curves that being a mother has given me.  I just want the baby belly gone.

So,...Here's to Day Four! 

Mmmm...Bacon!

Day Two - Take Two!

Well, after tackling another attempt at this whole 30 Day Shred thing, I woke up sore.  But not so sore that I couldn't move.  So that's good, right?

I made it through Day 2 and only had to pause twice during the jumping jacks/jump rope circuit.  It's been a little easier to get through the whole thing if I'm listening to music and not to Jillian's voice.  Sorry, Jill.  Today I put in Bruce Springsteen.  That helped.  Especially when I imagined that his voice was coming out of Jillian!  That would be hysterical!!!  

I weighed myself yesterday to have a point of reference: 135 pounds.  I forgot to weigh myself before I ate breakfast and had two cups of coffee today.  So I won't be weighing today.  I just don't want to know.  It can wait.  

I need to take my measurements but my little thieves/children have taken the soft measuring tape and probably are using it to tie up pretend Indians or pulling wagons with it. 

I also took a "Before" picture of myself but there is no way in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks that I am posting it before I have an "After" shot!  I wore the bikini I bought last year.  Ugh.   What a mess.  Moving on.

I need to start eating better but that is the hardest part for me.  I am a lover of Mexican cheese dip, Coca-Cola, chocolate, cream sauces, bacon and sour cream    I don't think any of those things are in the Food Pyramid.  Crap.  Pray I develop a love for brown rice and more salad.

If I can actually get to Day Three tomorrow it will be like a mini-milestone for me.  I've never made it that far.  Something always seems to be in the way.

I think that something is Me.

The Dread

Day One - Take Four!

That's how many times I've done Day One of Level One of Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred.   This here blog will be an experiment in perseverance.  

My husband has been working out and at age 39 he is in the best shape I've ever seen him.  He'll be 40 this summer and, though it's not on his wish list, I want to give him what he's giving me.  A new body to look at!  We've been married 12 years and I think our best years are ahead of us.  But in order to have more years I need to take better care of myself. 

That means starting with losing about 15 pounds.   It doesn't sound like much to some people but it feels like a lot to me.  I'll save the psychology of this journey I'm about to take for later posts. Today I'm just gonna say:

Day One - Not too shabby. 

We'll see how I feel in the morning.