Jillian Michaels is NO joke!

I dont know how many of you are familiar with Jillian Michaels. She is one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser. If you've been under a rock, The Biggest Loser is a reality show where severely obese individuals lose a ton of weight. When I use to watch the show I was always amazed by the weight loss. Now I see how they lost it

Man Jillian Michaels is NO joke. I was commenting on facebook that the workouts were only 20 minutes....how much damage can she do in 20 minutes????? I got my answer ...... A LOT! I started out with level 1 and even then I followed the young lady in green ..... the "easy" version .... yeah right.

Jillian has you doing 3 minutes of strength training, 2 minutes of cardio and 1 minute of ab work. I never imagined I'd enjoy doing crunches, sit ups and ab work the most LOL Within that time frame your body is really worked. I mean things were aching on me ..... and I had just completed 2 hip hop ab workouts.

My least favorite are the strength exercises. I'm not a strength girl. However I have been using 2 lb weights all summer so while these exercises were my least favorite, I did them better. The cardio was my weak area. While I loved jumping jacks as a kid, my size D breasts and jumping jacks do not get along. My favorite were the ab exercises. Not only were they quick(ONE minute) they were effective. My tummy still HURTS!

So day one of the 30 day shred is done. I can see myself being on level 1, green girl for the entire 30 days. I'm just being real. If level 1 is like this, imagine level 2..... and I dont even want to think about level 3. Child please.

A shower, dinner and 5 miles await me!

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KL

Look what I got!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been hearing good things about Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. I recall seeing it one day while looking for weighted gloves in Walmart. After hearing so many positive things about it I decided to add it to my fitness plan for the month of July.

So now I am doing hip hop abs(I'm about 2 days away from completing blue and going to green YAY!), 5 miles of walking and the 30 day shred. Seriously I'm in beast mode and I dont care. I actually laugh when I wake up(like this morning) and my body is aching. I have a goal and I know what I want to be and how I want to look before I return to work.

I never in a million years knew that this summer would be dedicated to fitness. I didnt plan it that way but some how this fitness thing has taken on a life of its own. Its all that I think about and I think I'm way more than a little obsessed with myfitnesspal and this blog. If I cant work out I'm sad and I'm disappointed if I can only get one workout in. Trust me, I dont know who this person is either but I like her. She's motivated and determined and I'm falling in love with her work ethic.

Of course being this determined has its set backs. You see that picture of me(look up) ... I look a hot mess dont I? lol Working out is like kryptonite to my hair. I dont even bother anymore .... my wardrobe lately consists of jeans, a tshirt, sneakers and a baseball cap .... thats IF I bother leaving the house.  I get by knowing that this phase will not last long. In a month and some days I will return to work and then my workouts will dwindle down to two-a-days. Til then I'm beasting .... I'm getting everything in that I can get in!

30 Day Shred .......................... Lets GO!