30 Days of Shredin'

Day 2 Level 3

day012 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:51:56 +0000

Today was harder than yesterday. At least it seemed like it. But still not too bad. I’m pretty good to stay on track for today. I overate by about 60 calories the other day so I’m going to make up for it today by trying to eat under by at least 30.

I got a new (free) iPod app that let’s me journal all my food which is really handy. I was using the calorie king program on the computer but it was hard because I always had to be at the computer and I switch back and forth between users and only one user has my info so it was just annoying.

I think I might start doing a C25K sort of program PodRunner: Intervals. So that should be fun to do.

I’m not exactly sure what I’m going ot start doing when the 30DS is over. I was thinking about doing it over again, or stating to do The Biggest Loser Cardio Max and Power Sculpt. But while I’m in SF I’ll probably just do some of Jillian’s Shape Up series that’s streaming on Netflix.

Day 1 Level 3

day012 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:29:29 +0000

The first day of level 3 is done! It wasn’t NEARLY as hard as I thought it would be. I made it through the whole way with only limited stops.

But my shoulders are KILLING me. I was carrying around a lot of plywood the other day that was strangely sized and it feels like I lifted it with nothing but my shoulders. Ouch.

I’m kind of amazed that this is almost over. It seems amazing, and also like I’ve been doing it forever. I don’t know what I’ll do when it’s done. I’ll finish the shred when I’m out in San Francisco, so I might just do videos off of Nextflix until I get back and then maybe do some of The Biggest Loser workouts I have. I should be on about day 5 when I take off for San Francisco. I’m so excited.

Day 9 & 10 Level 2

day012 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:43:20 +0000

And so level 2 is officially over! Whoo! Tomrrow starts level 3… Yikes!

I didn’t weigh-in today because it’s TOM and I know that whatever I get is going to be off because of that (I’m sure it doesn’t help that I ate HORRIBLY, like “fuck dieting” HORRIBLY, over the weekend). So I’m going to wait until Sunday when I start my birth control again.

I was thinking about staying at level 2 for a few more days, but I really do think it’s time to move up to the next level. While it’s still hard, it’s not nearly as hard as it used to be. I’m not a pile of jelly on the floor liked I used to be. And while that takes an insane amount of work, it also burns an insane amount of calories.

Last night to make my numbers for the day I did a 20 minute Turbo Jam workout (which is annoyingly, really more like 15, at least Jillian doesn’t lie about stuff like that). It was SO easy, I didn’t even break a sweat hardly. I could have done it easily 3 or 4 more times.

It’s nice to get that comparison and know that Jillian really is kicking my butt. Speaking of which, yesterday I made a point to get lower than I normally go in the squats, and man am I feeling it today!

Day 8 Level 2

day012 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:08:07 +0000

Did today’s workout. For the past few days I have been getting killer foot cramps during the workout which sucks, but I most of the time manage to power through it without too much trouble.

What I really want to write about today is that I just opened up a Caesar salad kit, and I totally forgot how much I LOVE Caesar salad. I used to live off of it when I first moved into my own apartment. I should actually bring some into work with me. No one would steal that out of the fridge! And it would be a nice change from the micorwave mac and cheese I normally do.

Weigh in is in two days… dun, dun, dun. Right now I’m really bloated becasue I had a lot of salt the past few days so I have no idea what my actual weight is. But I’m going to try and stear clear of the salt until after the weigh in and make sure I get my water in so I can get an accurate reading.

Level 2 Day 7

day012 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:32:51 +0000

Yikes! I can’t believe level 2 is almost over! It’s still so hard! Although it is getting somewhat easier. I can actually get through everything now without stopping. Even the killer abs at the end. I just hope my weight gets back down by the end of this thing. Which means no pigging out at trivia tomorrow. I ate well yesterday and today, so I’m happy about that. I just have to not eat more than my fair share of calories tomorrow. I think I can do it, most of the time I’m pretty good at that sort of thing. We’ll see.

I was thinking about getting fries at trivia though, I wonder if I should do wings instead… just because fries might cause me to bloat with all the sodium… hmmm…. well I guess I’ll see what I feel like tomorrow.

Level 2 Day 6

day012 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:15:58 +0000

Much easier today, probably because I got up at 10 instead of 1 so I had time to eat first which makes everything much easier.

The scale said 129.2 when I got on this morning. Yeah… I ate a fucking ton of food yesterday. But I’m hoping most of it’s water or salt or something. Since it’s a week before TOM it might be that too.

At least I fucking hope so. Otherwise I’m gonna be super pissed.

But my eating plan for today is a net of about 1500 calories, so we’ll see how that goes. Hopefully well…

Level 2 Day 4 & 5

day012 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:41:53 +0000

I’ve gotten so horrible about updating this thing everyday. But it is keeping me on track with what day I’m on. Being sick and skipping those days really threw me off. But I’m now half way done with level 2!

I have been eating very very poorly, but I haven’t gained anything. Today, eating was also not great, but I think it’s okay.

I ate out a decent amount so it’s hard to judge calories on that. But I’m gonna do a quick turbo jam workout before bed to help kill off any extra calories. And I need to drink more water. But I’m getting a start on that while I’m doing school work.

Level 2 Day 3

day012 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:30:54 +0000

Wow. Doing the workout in the morning vs. evening is insanely different. It’s about 10 times easier once I’ve already gotten food in myself. Unfortunately the morning is best time for me to do it so it seems like that’s where it will have to stay. But either way it’s done, and I’m happy about that.

Level 2 Day 2

day012 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:16:37 +0000

I’m FINALLY better. When I weighed this morning the scale has 125.6 which would be amazing were it actually to stick around. But I doubt it. Either way, I did the second day of level 2 today. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it might be after taking such a big break so that was a welcome relief. But some of that might be because of the meds I’m on for the cold. I’m not really feeling much of anything.

But I’m back on track and that’s what counts!

Sick :(

day012 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:20:38 +0000

I am oh so ill. I could feel it coming on yesterday and now it’s here full-on today. So no shred, not until I get better, there’s no sense in pushing myself and just making myself sicker.

But being ill has made me really not hungry, so at least I’m not eating a ton.

Also puffs with vicks are a GODSEND!

I think I might just go back to bed soon. Ugh. This sucks!