Shred - Day 0

So I'm a quitter. Somehow I managed to hurt my knee pretty bad and just couldn't bear the thought of working through the pain. I took a break to allow my knee to get back to normal and now I need to start Shredding again.

The only problem is I'm not sure if I hurt it while shredding or if I hurt it doing something else. I guess that just means I need to be more careful of anything involving knees next time around.

I'm going to start all over at Day 1 next week because as much as I hate getting up to exercise, I hate even more than I'm not doing it. If nothing else, starting out my day with a sense of accomplishment is worth it. Plus, I was actually starting to feel a difference in my body.

This time around I'm going to shoot for 5 days a week. If I try to do more than that I'm just setting myself up for failure because I know I won't do it. So, 5 it is. I can do 5, and maybe even a little Wii Fit in between.

I can do this.

Shred - Day 9

So. Yeah.

So much for 30 days straight.

I did it for 3 days, took a day off out of exhaustion, shredded another day, took a day off for Mother's Day, took another day off because I was too tired. Plus, I was mad because I GAINED 1 1/2 pounds when I should have been losing.

On Tuesday I got up and Shredded again. Today? I slept in. I may make it up tonight if I can manage to muster up the energy.

So, I'm 5/9 so far. I really thought I could do this for 30 days but apparently I just don't have the drive. I'm not quitting though. I'm going to keep going. It may take me two months to complete the 30 Day Shred, but at least I'm exercising way more than I was before. It has to help, right?

Clearly, I need to re-think my goals a little. Exercising every day just doesn't seem practical for me right now. I know it's a bit of a cop-out, but perhaps 5 days a week with 2 days off would be a better schedule. I'll have to think about that.

I think the biggest hurdle in all of this for me is getting myself to bed at a decent time. If I get to bed early enough, getting up to work out isn't so hard in the mornings. From what I read, getting enough sleep will make the weight loss easier as well. I just wish I didn't have so much to do at night!

Shred - Day 2

I nearly groaned when I got out of bed this morning. I stayed up too late and forgot to stretch out my stiff muscles before bed. But I got up and did the Shred again. Once I got moving the muscles didn't hurt too much but did feel a little weaker today. Even with the weakness I felt like I kept up better, probably because I knew what to expect this time.

I'm thinking I'll need to get up and move around a bit more at work today though to keep my muscles from tightening up too much. It was a bit of a struggle wrestling the kids around and getting them dressed this morning!

Shred - Day 1

So, I did it! Two major accomplishments today:

1. I got out of bed before 7:00
   
   
2. I completed the first session of the 30 Day Shred!

It wasn't horrible. I did have to take a break a few times to catch my breath and had a little trouble with my tailbone hurting during some of the crunch portions, but I made it through.

The soreness started setting in about 12 hours later and now I'm getting rather stiff but I know that will go away in a few days. I'm just a little worried about how it will feel in the morning.

As far as my eating goes, I did ok today. I didn't count points but tried to keep my portions low and eat healthy foods (for the most part). I'll do better tomorrow.

30 Days To A Better Me

Tonight I found myself flipping channels just to see what I could find on TV when I came across the exercise On Demand channel. I was curious so I clicked on it and found the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. I watched a little bit to see what all the hype was about and decided right then and there that I'm going to do it.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to get up early, get dressed, and SHRED!

I don't know why, but I'm finally ready. I'm motivated. I want to lose this weight and I want to do it the right way. I started Weight Watchers (again) today. I will start shredding tomorrow. This time I'm going to do it.

My immediate goal is to lose 20 pounds. As of this morning I weighed 224 pounds. I need to lose a lot more than that, but I want to lose 20 pounds in the next 30 days. I want to be healthier, for me and for my family. I want to have more energy. I want to be a better me.

I am going to do this. It starts now.