The Shred

I did a little punishment exercising today ha ha...Treadmill for 20 minutes a combination of walking and running. I did over a mile and burnt around 220 calories. I also did my Shred tonight. My legs were VERY sore and hurt during some of the moves. I did 21 pushup straights...tried to push. I feel like I not seeing many results but any kind of exercise is good for your body in general. I'm almost certain when I measure I won't see any changes...it's kinda disheartening but exercise is positive in itself.

Yet again I didn't do my workout. I was in bed all day because I didn't feel good. I got out of bed around 6 because my fiance was going to be mad if I didn't go to his house and watch the Super Bowl..I must say..I didn't really want to go. So need less to say...I didn't do my workout. It's after 11:30 and I just got home. I'll pick it up tomarrow and add some type of punishment like I did last time to make up for it! Hope this ucky sicky feeling soon goes away so I can stay on top of everything!

Just finished my workout for today. And I was rather impressed that my stamina and endurance has somewhat improved. For the warm up I actually had some dancing into the moves cause I had my hiphop/rap going and I LOVE to dance. I did 20 girl pushups with no break. I really tried today. And I actually danced and did a little more after the workout was over so that's a change from Day 1 when I was about to fall over and die after the workout. The music definitely helped me out. Also this may be weird...but I actually looked at some of the moves in the mirror while I was doing them and that kinda added motivation cause I can see my trouble spots and so I push harder and then its rewarding to see like your muscles in your arms flex..and your like..mmm I'm getting toned. HA HA ..might be crazy...but it did help me today :-)

My stomach has improved I think. It's been looking and feeling tighter and smaller. I wish there was more ab work in the video..that's my favorite part. If I could just get some self control over my food intake I think I'd be seeing some really good results...I had lost 4 pounds since last Monday..but I came home this weekend and have been eating out and eating my mom's food and so I think I've gained it all back. Redoing my stats on Day 11 so we'll see if there's any changes...*crosses fingers*

Btw I had another dress fitting yesterday to make sure my hem was ok...ahhh I'm so in love with my dress and it fit so perfect..except it was a tiny bit tight zipping up which shocked me because I've been working out!! Guess I got to work harder!

Day 4: I was bad last night and didn't do my workout. I had been feeling sick and I just felt like I couldn't force myself to do it. Plus I was studying for midterm also and my head was hurting so bad every time a stood up so I gave in to my excuses. I was sitting in bed at around 12 and was like I got to do something...so I got on the floor and did a load of ab exercises. I felt like at least I'd done something. I ate really good yesterday so at least I did that being that I didn't get my exercise in

Day 5: I punished myself...since I missed my day 4 I decided to do Level 2 today to feel like I at least caught up a little. There are some moves in level 2 that are ruff...but I think I actually like level two better than 1. I don't know they both got there ugly points about them. It was definitely intense. I definitely took some breathers..but I finished it. :-)

I just finished my workout for today. I did it with my roomate and turned on some ipod music this time. Music motivates me a little more. LoL especially if it's like some rap or hip hop music talking about a hot body or something LOL. Anyways about the workout...it is still not really improving for me. I was in pain today cause of all the soreness sooo the work out was very painful plus I've been sick today and in bed but I decided to still get up and do this workout. I'm trying to stay determined to finish this out. Day 30 seems so far away but I have to keep telling myself it's only 20 minutes a day...anybody can do anything for 20 minutes! Without any rest days...I'm wondering is the soreness ever going to subside or will it stick around. I really don't think it's good on your muscles not to have a rest day...but anyways I'm going to just press on :-) Off to study for a midterm!

btw...did yal know we got over 200 hits on our site yesterday?? I thought that was pretty crazy!

I had off today from clinical because of the icy roads so I was able to do my workout earliar. I just finished it and I'm so glad I have that part of my day behind me. My arms and legs are so tired. I can really feel it in my upper arms. I'm having to modify some of the moves and only do one arm at a time after a while such as in the anterior raises. Today was no better than yesterday. I'm going to need a miracle to push through 30 days of this. I'm going to be honest...I've already thought about quitting. The 20 minutes of this DVD is the worse part of my day. I wish God would give me a love for exercising. My endurance just stinks...it makes me feel like somethings wrong with me how tired I get so fast..and I'm so young. My HR gets up to over 180 sometimes when I'm exercising...do yal know what yours gets up to??

I've Got To Make It Through This With Yal!! I don't want yal to leave me behind!!
I've just got to PUSH!

GIRLS...Oh my goodness..I don't know what tape yal were exercising to but that about killed me! I must be sooo out of shape. I had gone to a few exercise classes a couple weeks ago and they were 50 minutes long...but I just couldn't hang with this. Push ups...oh my. I did most at the lower level for those but even that was ruff. I'm wondering if my weights are too heavy. What are yal using? I'm using a 5 lb in each hand...it was weights I had for some other exercises I used to do. Wow..I just can't get over how killer that was to me. I felt like I was going to have to turned off that dvd and quit. If it won't for this little blog thing...there's NO WAY I would have done it tonight. I did it after 11:30PM after I got home and I didn't want to have to post I didn't do anything today. This definitely was motivation...didn't want to be behind and I kept thinking well if everyone else can do it I CAN DO!

After all this work tonight...hopefully it will motivate me to eat better. I had lost 2 pounds this past week but today I went crazy and ate Bojangles and KFC. I really want to eat healthier but it's so hard..I feel like there's a lack of choices when you need something on the run.

Wow..I'm just floored at how hard that 20 minute routine was. I think I've said WOW too many times but that's the best word to describe my reaction to my first workout. I just don't know if I'm going to be able to push through this 30 days..I feel like such a downer after the first day. I hate exercising..that's part of my problem. Yal are definitely going to be the only thing that pulls me through this!! :

I'm so excited about starting this workout. I haven't gotten the video yet, I wanted to get it today but it snowed and iced so I couldn't get out and get to walmart. I'm goin to be so upset if walmart doesn't have this DVD in stock because I want to start it monday. It's the perfect time to start...It's a Monday and it's also the beginning of the month. I NEVER stick with anything so I'm going to try really hard to make it 30 days this time. If I can make it I'll be so proud of my self. Hopefully writing in this blog and doing it along with a few other people well help with keep me motivated and going towards my goal because nothing else has worked Ha Ha.

My Goals:
1. Get down to 128lbs
2. Lose the fat in my stomach area
3. Tone my stomach, butt, and thighs
4. Get rid of my love handles
5. JUST FEEL GOOD ABOUT MY SELF!

We're flying down to Puerto Rico and going on a cruise and all I can think about is being in my bikini. I've gained weight since last summer and it's just got to go. I think your wedding and honeymoon is when you want to look about the best you ever have! I just want to be comfortable and how I am right now...I'm very self conscious of wearing tight things and of course my bathing suit..and I want that feeling to go ADIOS!

Starting Stats:
Weight: 135.7lb (Measured at around 4pm..cause I wasn't around my scale this morning)...Must say I was shocked by this. I lost 2 pounds last week :-) . I was running in the 140's. It was a very pleasant suprise!
Bust: 35.5
Waist: 30
Butt: 39
Thigh: 22
Biceps:12

Good Luck to Everybody...I know we can do this!!