30 days of Hell... I mean shredding.
A lot of you who know me knew that 2 years ago I lost over 50lbs. I went from 200 lbs (after Jake was born) to under 150 lbs. And then within months of meeting that goal got pregnant with Jordan. I'm happy to say that I didn't gain a huge amount of weight with Jordan (Thank God he came early) but the nagging 15 lbs are sticking to me like glue.
I've discovered that my current willpower is stuck at a minus 10. The thought in my head is that I'm on mat leave and barely leaving my house so what does it matter what I look like. That's not the way I want to think about it. I want to be fit. I want to lose the weight but more importantly I want to be healthy. I want to play a game of Ultimate Frisbee and not feel horribly out of shape. I don't want to get all huffy and out of breath. So I'm about to do something humiliating to help me find motivation.
Does that make sense? Not really. But here's my logic. I find that promises to myself are too easy to break. I feel like I need to make a spectacle of myself and show everyone who reads my blog my progress. This way maybe people will leave me inspiration and help me motivate myself. This way, although I'm not technically leaving the house, I'm still out in public. I still need to take care of myself.
This is what brings me to the humiliating part. Some of my Twitter folks were talking about Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. It's an intense 20 minute workout you do everyday for 30 days. Everyone who's done it says it's amazing. So my plan is today I will start the 30 day routine. Today I will post a before video and every Thursday I will post a new video to show you my progress.
I won't be solely relying on this workout though. I will also be playing Ultimate once a week, watching what I eat and drinking 8 glasses of water a day.
So here goes....
Day 1
Weight: 164 lbs
BMI: 30.1 (Although I don't feel it this number qualifies me as Obese)
Waist: 38 in
Hips: 40 in
Thighs: 24 in
Upper Arms: 13.75 in
Neck: 14 in
After the workout:
It's definitely intense but I surprised myself. The Ab workouts were great and didn't need a break doing them. The leg and arm workouts KILLED though. I will definitely be sore tomorrow. I found she moved on to other exercises quickly so the time flew by. It was easy to push myself through it. So far am very much liking the workout. If it shows results in a few weeks I'll be very happy. Yay me!
posted by Jen_n_Jake at 8:30 AM
9 Comments:
lol, how cute are you?! And BRAVE! Day 1 is "easy", it's days 3-7 that you'll be crying and wanting to die. Stick with it if you can! I injured my knee (it was a little messed up to begin with from running) so I had to stop at the beginning of week 3, but I saw results.
Oh wow. I'm bookmarking your website - I really like you <3
Good luck to this and as someone who has THE EXACT BELLY still, after 2 years? i think you are really brave to make this public i would not be as honest about what i wasn't happy about.
you forgot to list another something that making this public can do - motivate others. <3 maybe i'll give this a try. i'll listen to what you have to say first :-)
good luck and i hope you feel WONDERFUL at the end of 30 days!
Jennifer -- you are too awesome!!! Where is this 30-day workout?? Randy and I might give it a go... We have been sadly disappointed in our progress as we have not worked out in over a year. Fingers crossed for your continued progress, I'm sure you will see the results you are looking for - Love you!!!!!!!! xoxoxo Jeanette
Best of luck JP..
Don't just measure your progress by your inches, Jennifer. You'll see a great difference in the number of pushups or jumping jacks or whatever you measure to test your fitness and endurance. Sometimes that's more motivating in the time when nothing seems to be shifting.
Good luck with the shred!
Amanda C
I love that you are doing this. I will take pics over the weekend and "humiliate" myself a-la-blog as well. Only I will be furiously pedalling my way to a great new shape. My goal is to end up on your doorstep without a car :)
Good Luck, you CAN do it!
That's GREAT Jen! I think you have just inspired me to do it too. I 've been toying with the idea so today is just as good of day as any. I do go to the gym but really only when me and Ty go and we can't go nearly close to everyday having Cole but this is a good way to do a workout everyday.
Good luck and I will keep track of your progress :)
Miss you, Tracy
You are so cute and I miss you! Good shredding luck :)
you can do it buddy..we're watching :)- mona
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