More Jillian . . .

Tonight I decided to do BFBM because I needed something that was going to be soft on my knees. My left knee was a little tweaky today, nothing I'm not used to, but I wanted to play it safe and I knew this one wasn't too terribly bad when it came to knees (sure there's a TON of jumping, but that is easy enough to do without causing knee heartache).

I'm surprised at how well I did this time around compared to the last time I did this workout. I guess I must be doing something right :-) But I remain as flexible as a piece of steel. It's funny, when the warm up started and she did the toe touches, um, yeah, that was knee touches and not a centimeter lower. I really need to work on my flexibility. I mean, I know that I have a gut in the way of doing a lot of those moves, but the inability of my hamstrings to let go is quite impressive. I don't think I've ever been this tight.

The only moves that gave me trouble this time were the burpees (come on, my gut is in the way and my legs aren't flexible enough for me to just put my hands on the floor and jump back like that ... it's a PROCESS), the mountain climbers (the same reason, my thighs can't get forward quite enough because of the impediment called my gut) and the oblique twists (ditto on the above). I do have to say though, this time around I actually was able to do the oblique twists, just not as bendy as Jillian would've liked. I know that my upper body is getting stronger because these plank moves aren't killing me as much as they were when we first started doing this. YAY!!! It means, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!!!

And So It Begins ... Day 1

Well, today is the first day of our second round of Jillian Michaels. As Janet said, we are changing it up a bit this time around - actually looking forward to this 30 day run.

Today --

Well, today wasn't such a great day for me. I got up this morning and after a few songs on Guitar Hero I had to head into work. I was at work until 9pm this evening working on a brief that has to be filed on Tuesday, so needless to say today was definitely not ideal. For the first time in a very LONG time I ate fast food today ... I got a sandwich from Chik-fil-et (or however the name goes). I was starving, hadn't eaten all day and wanted to have something in my stomach before starting Jillian, but not something that just went down the gullet before starting. I have a feeling this is going to be a mistake ... my body is no longer used to eating that kind of food, so I don't think tonight/tomorrow will be very pleasant. Oh well, it gave me the boost I needed to get through day one.

The Workout --

Holy Shit. I miss Anita. This workout was like looking at Natalie and Natalie 2.0. What happened to the nice modifications?

I do have to say, I loved circuit one. I was breathing hard at the end of circuit two. By circuit three through the end of the workout I was running on fumes. BUT, I made it through the entire thing. I am very proud of myself for hanging in there. There was even a nice little tribute to one of Denise Austin's famed moves in there - the knee raise, ab crunch in the last circuit. Ah, the days when it was Denise Austin kicking my ass ... but I don't remember her kicking quite this hard.

On a positive note, I think I am going to try and work this one in more than once a week. I felt great after finishing it and knowing that I made it through. Tomorrow will be level one of the 30 day shred and then it will be an alternate Jillian Michaels. Perhaps I will try and work this one in again on Thursday. We will have to see how my body is adjusting.

I really do miss Anita.