So I decided to try a new exercise DVD that I've been hearing about called "The 30-Day Shred." The instructor is Jillian Michaels, the trainer on the tv show, "The Biggest Loser." I figure, hey, if she can help them?....
Popped the DVD in yesterday for the first time. Apparently there are 3 levels and she recommends starting with Level 1. (Now I understand why she was smirking as she said that.) I made it through all of 12 minutes of the 20-minute workout before collapsing. Oh. My. Word. I've lost 30 pounds over the past 4 months. I've exercised. I've walked regularly. Long multi-mile power walks. But nothing that has even come close to comparing to those 12 minutes. Within half an hour, every part of my body was aching and I knew it was only going to get worse from there. By bedtime, I crawled into the fetal position, moaning.
This morning I had two choices: 1) suffer for a couple more days and be done with "shredding" or 2) push past the pain and try the workout again. I'm happy (I think) to report that I managed to complete the entire 20 minutes today. I'm glad no one was here to witness the ugliness...... or to hear my protests when it hurt really badly....... which was pretty much the entire 20 minutes. I am going to do this. I am going to do this every day. I am eventually going to make it to Level 3. But right this moment, I'd settle for being able to tee-tee without falling the last 4 inches to the potty seat and whimpering.
Here's what I think of Jillian today..........
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