Day 20:
I worked a ten hour day, didn't pack enough food, was starving and in a grumpy mood by the time I got home. So I had some dinner and went right to bed. No workout =/ My first day missed. I figured it would do more harm then good tho cuz I was just wiped.
Day 21: LEVEL THREE!!!
So Level Three is sure intense. I actually said outloud a few times "Are you serious?" to the TV. All the cardio moves are also strength moves...for example she has you do jumping jacks WITH FIVE POUND WEIGHTS IN YOUR HANDS! Crazyyyy. During one of the plank moves my shoulder literally gave out. Like I was doing the move and then all of a sudden I was on the ground, my shoulder was just like, nope, not doing this anymore.
I always feel like I don't bring it very hard the first time I try a new level because I'm so busy trying to figure out how to do the moves so I'm sure tomorrow will be more difficult.
I'll do a more in depth post tomorrow all about Level Three!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Day 18: I Forgot to Post because I don't really remember.
Day 18 did happen. I didn't skip it. I just don't really remember much from it.
But I promise it happened.
I know I also went on a two mile walk and didn't even get winded! That means my endurance is up! And that is GOOD NEWS!
But I promise it happened.
I know I also went on a two mile walk and didn't even get winded! That means my endurance is up! And that is GOOD NEWS!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Day Nineteen!! Success!!!
THE SCALE SAID 129 TWO DAYS IN A ROW! It must be true! Finally!!!
Yesterday I think I pulled something in my stomach doing an ab move so it was a little sensitive today. I had to do just planks on the walking pushups instead of full pushups. I also did take one five second break during the chair squats with the vflies just because that move makes me so freakin' tired and sore. I have been using the five pound weights the whole time and I know thats why it hurts so much but I CAN do it so I'm going to keep using those five pounders.
Tomorrow will be my last day on Level Two. I'm really bored of it and I know my body is getting lazy. It like gets itself into these positions where it won't hurt as much but then that means its also not working itself out as much, so I know its time to move on but I'm so freakin' scared for Level Three.
I took pics again today and I am noticing a HUGE difference from Day One. YAY!
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is not making it to the gym very often anymore. I was going four times a week before I started the Shred and now I only go like two. I think once I'm finished I"m going to do an every other day Shred and hopefully hit the gym more often. I think that will help to maintain the results I've already gotten and hopefully even improve them.
So yeah, I feel like I don't have much to report cuz its kinda just the same old same old but I'm sure once I hit up Level Three I'll have ALOT to say....
Yesterday I think I pulled something in my stomach doing an ab move so it was a little sensitive today. I had to do just planks on the walking pushups instead of full pushups. I also did take one five second break during the chair squats with the vflies just because that move makes me so freakin' tired and sore. I have been using the five pound weights the whole time and I know thats why it hurts so much but I CAN do it so I'm going to keep using those five pounders.
Tomorrow will be my last day on Level Two. I'm really bored of it and I know my body is getting lazy. It like gets itself into these positions where it won't hurt as much but then that means its also not working itself out as much, so I know its time to move on but I'm so freakin' scared for Level Three.
I took pics again today and I am noticing a HUGE difference from Day One. YAY!
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is not making it to the gym very often anymore. I was going four times a week before I started the Shred and now I only go like two. I think once I'm finished I"m going to do an every other day Shred and hopefully hit the gym more often. I think that will help to maintain the results I've already gotten and hopefully even improve them.
So yeah, I feel like I don't have much to report cuz its kinda just the same old same old but I'm sure once I hit up Level Three I'll have ALOT to say....
Monday, March 5, 2012
Days 16 and 17: Gettin' Stronger!
Day 16- I waited til about eight o'clock to do my workout. It went well, nothing much to report. I was able to take a shower and head to bed right after. I like doing it at that time cuz I know I can go right to bed after, haha.
Day sixteen was now three days ago so thats why I don't really remember much of it. I know I was really sweaty as useal afterwards.
Day 17- I was in Glouster visiting my finacee and we were making some sushi for dinner! yum yum. He said he would finish making it so I could do my workout, how kind of him. It was a little weird doing it in a different place. I only had five pound weights with me so I used them the whole time. Let me tell you, I am getting a little sick of Level Two. I'm glad I only have three more days on it. I always put on workout music instead of listening to the DVD and its a good thing cuz I think I'd be driven crazy otherwise.
I'm able to do all the moves, for the whole time now. I still do the modified plank cardio moves but those are the only ones I do modified. So Thursday I will be trying Level Three! Yes!
Oh, and the scale here tells me I am finally 129. I think the scale at my house is broken because it keeps saying Low battery and telling me I am still 131. I need to buy a new scale....
Until later today...Day 18!
Day sixteen was now three days ago so thats why I don't really remember much of it. I know I was really sweaty as useal afterwards.
Day 17- I was in Glouster visiting my finacee and we were making some sushi for dinner! yum yum. He said he would finish making it so I could do my workout, how kind of him. It was a little weird doing it in a different place. I only had five pound weights with me so I used them the whole time. Let me tell you, I am getting a little sick of Level Two. I'm glad I only have three more days on it. I always put on workout music instead of listening to the DVD and its a good thing cuz I think I'd be driven crazy otherwise.
I'm able to do all the moves, for the whole time now. I still do the modified plank cardio moves but those are the only ones I do modified. So Thursday I will be trying Level Three! Yes!
Oh, and the scale here tells me I am finally 129. I think the scale at my house is broken because it keeps saying Low battery and telling me I am still 131. I need to buy a new scale....
Until later today...Day 18!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Day Fifteen - OHHHHH WE'RE HALFWAY THEEEERE!
...Ohhh ohhh, livin' on a prayer.
So. Halfway point. Go me!
I did this for fifteen days and I can do it for fifteen more! I can I can! I will I will!!!!
I ended up not getting a chance to do my workout until about 9 30 at night and I thought it was going to be really tough cuz I'd be tired but nooo, I think nightime is my best time to workout. I powered thru it with no breaks, using five pound weights for most of it. I didn't need to lay in my bed afterwards, I hit the shower and then went to bed and fell right asleep.
Don't be fooled and think that I thought this was easy this time. No no no, interestingly enough, sweat flew off me today. That has never happened to me but it literally just like flew off my face. Cuz I was sweating so much and working out so hard. It was like those workout motivation pics where the person is all sweaty and the sweat flies everywhere. That happened to me. I know- I'm kickin butt.
I also got in forty mins of cardio at the gym. I was able to RUN for five mins STRAIGHT. This is a huge! I used to struggle to run just two mins straight and I did five no problem. My body is changing and I like it. I also feel like I'm getting back and arm muscles. I haven't weighed myself in awhile, I'm kinda scared too. But I've really been feelin good lately. I am getting a little sick of Level Two and I have one more week left of it...well, five more days of it. So by Wednesday I can switch to Level Three. Scary.
I'm trying to do the non modified version of the plank cardio moves. I can do them for a few times and then my form gets messed up so I switch back to the modified version. I feel like thats more important, the form. And trust me, even the modified versions are crazy intense.
So that about covers Day Fifteen. It was a good good day.
So. Halfway point. Go me!
I did this for fifteen days and I can do it for fifteen more! I can I can! I will I will!!!!
I ended up not getting a chance to do my workout until about 9 30 at night and I thought it was going to be really tough cuz I'd be tired but nooo, I think nightime is my best time to workout. I powered thru it with no breaks, using five pound weights for most of it. I didn't need to lay in my bed afterwards, I hit the shower and then went to bed and fell right asleep.
Don't be fooled and think that I thought this was easy this time. No no no, interestingly enough, sweat flew off me today. That has never happened to me but it literally just like flew off my face. Cuz I was sweating so much and working out so hard. It was like those workout motivation pics where the person is all sweaty and the sweat flies everywhere. That happened to me. I know- I'm kickin butt.
I also got in forty mins of cardio at the gym. I was able to RUN for five mins STRAIGHT. This is a huge! I used to struggle to run just two mins straight and I did five no problem. My body is changing and I like it. I also feel like I'm getting back and arm muscles. I haven't weighed myself in awhile, I'm kinda scared too. But I've really been feelin good lately. I am getting a little sick of Level Two and I have one more week left of it...well, five more days of it. So by Wednesday I can switch to Level Three. Scary.
I'm trying to do the non modified version of the plank cardio moves. I can do them for a few times and then my form gets messed up so I switch back to the modified version. I feel like thats more important, the form. And trust me, even the modified versions are crazy intense.
So that about covers Day Fifteen. It was a good good day.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Day Fourteen- Two Weeks Strong.
This workout is killing me, have I said that yet? I feel like such a wimp. I think I'm just hitting a bump in the road here, tomorrow will mark the halfway point and I need to keep reminding myself if I got this far, I can do it one more time and finish strong.
I think the biggest thing thats bothering me is the lack of major results. I know it takes time but man, I'm workin hard here.
Today the only five second break I had to take was during the squats with a v-fly. That move is all kinds of crazy. My arms are strengthening up really well-when I do the plank moves I can really use them to hold myself up and feel them being strong. I do the modified moves for the two plank moves during cardio and for the vflies with the squat but other then that I do the non modified moves. I use the five pound weights for half and the 2.5 for the other half. I use the 5 pound ones for the static lunges with the arm pull things and the pendulum lunges with the bicep curls. And also for the ab workout, you can either hold the weighs to make it harder or just put your arms on the ground and I hold the five pound ones like a boss!
I think what I have to remember is yes, alot of other people could do this way better then me, alot of other people are much stronger then me, and alot of other people wouldn't be sweating and so tired like I am. I may have been alot smaller a few years ago, I may have had a nice flat tummy and no flab a few years ago but this is now. and this is me now. and for who I am right now- this is really really good. Working out for Fourteen Days in a row, doing my very best, doing all the moves and not doing them halfway. I have lost inches and I will lose more. I look MUCH better then I did fourteen days ago and I CAN be proud of myself. Now.
And that is all I have to say =]
I think the biggest thing thats bothering me is the lack of major results. I know it takes time but man, I'm workin hard here.
Today the only five second break I had to take was during the squats with a v-fly. That move is all kinds of crazy. My arms are strengthening up really well-when I do the plank moves I can really use them to hold myself up and feel them being strong. I do the modified moves for the two plank moves during cardio and for the vflies with the squat but other then that I do the non modified moves. I use the five pound weights for half and the 2.5 for the other half. I use the 5 pound ones for the static lunges with the arm pull things and the pendulum lunges with the bicep curls. And also for the ab workout, you can either hold the weighs to make it harder or just put your arms on the ground and I hold the five pound ones like a boss!
I think what I have to remember is yes, alot of other people could do this way better then me, alot of other people are much stronger then me, and alot of other people wouldn't be sweating and so tired like I am. I may have been alot smaller a few years ago, I may have had a nice flat tummy and no flab a few years ago but this is now. and this is me now. and for who I am right now- this is really really good. Working out for Fourteen Days in a row, doing my very best, doing all the moves and not doing them halfway. I have lost inches and I will lose more. I look MUCH better then I did fourteen days ago and I CAN be proud of myself. Now.
And that is all I have to say =]
Feelin' Down =/
So this isn't a "I did my shred today and here are the results" post. This is just a bit of a rant. So I found these old pics on a CD I had when I used to workout and eat well and I was down to like 120 pounds. I compared those with my pics that I took yesterday and felt really discouraged. I've been working out harder then I ever had and while I am getting results they aren't the results that I got before. I'm wondering if I'm eating to much because I kept a food diary when I used to go to the gym every day and I really didn't eat much at all. I do feel like I eat more now, but I'm also more active and working out harder.
I'm so sore today and I just don't want to go do this workout again when I'm not getting the results I really want. I know it took time to get to this point so its going to take alot of time to lose the weight I've gained and I need to just be patient. I also made the mistake of weighing myself this morning and I was stilllllllll at 130. arughhh.
Well I'm going to look at pintrest to give me some motavation to go do my workout in a few...I'll be blogging later saying that I did it even tho I DONT WANT TOOOO! =/
I'm so sore today and I just don't want to go do this workout again when I'm not getting the results I really want. I know it took time to get to this point so its going to take alot of time to lose the weight I've gained and I need to just be patient. I also made the mistake of weighing myself this morning and I was stilllllllll at 130. arughhh.
Well I'm going to look at pintrest to give me some motavation to go do my workout in a few...I'll be blogging later saying that I did it even tho I DONT WANT TOOOO! =/
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