In other words, I hope all this working out is working! I bought myself a new bathing suit since we’re heading to the beach for the weekend. Eying myself up in the mirror I want to say that I can see a difference from 3 weeks ago. My abs have a hint of an indentation on each side of my belly button now (until I sit down). I think my thighs might be a little smaller too. Now I really wish I would have taken my measurements before starting so I would know if this is wishful thinking or not. Oh well, the important part is that I feel good and working out is good for my body any way. I held at 132.4# at my weigh-in on Tuesday. Isn’t week 2 usually the toughest on biggest loser? I think that is when they typically lose the least amount of pounds. Level 2 is getting much easier. I am amazed at how well I can handle the strength moves now after just 1 week of trying. The cardio still gets me, it is really hard and I “feel like I’m going to die” like Jillian says. My muscles are not
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Fitness Friday
Fitness Friday was started last week by Amy over at Muddy Boots. I see she hasn’t done a FF post yet today so it may not be an ongoing thing. However, I’ve been working my butt off and I’m ready to talk about it!! I haven’t mentioned this sooner because I know how I am. I get all fired up about things and forget them the next week. I didn’t want to talk about working out if I was going to quit. Well, not this time!! I started Jillian Micheal’s 30 Day Shred Workout on Monday, June 15th. I’ve worked out Monday – Friday for two weeks now. I heard about the shred from several different places right in a row, even from one of my new favorite blogs Cents to Get Debt Free. For those not familiar with the workout it goes like this:There are 3 levels, progressively harder.Each level is a short warm-up, 18 minutes of hard work, and a short cool down totaling around 22 minutes.You do 3 minutes of strength, 2 minutes of cardio, 1 minute of abs and repeat 3 times.Each 6 minute circuit features different exercises so it is NOT BORING, which I like.
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