Day #1 Workouts

Wait. Workouts. Plural?!?

Ahhh Jillian you are a crazy woman.

I know I mentioned in the last post that the eating plan includes a 7-day jumpstart your metabolism eating guide... well, the fitness guide also has a jumpstart for week 1. I've decided that given that I have the time, it makes sense to stick to the plan as closely as possible. Well, this jumpstart includes TWO workouts a day.

First workout - The very first workout was mostly strength training. I got through it fine, there was only one point where I wanted to scream obscenities at Jillian - seriously, who makes you do a 1000 pushups and then go into plank and hold it right afterwards??? Haha, actually...I take that back, that sounds like something my favorite yoga instructor would do (and I still love you Caitlin!). All in all with the workout and a brief cool down, it ran about 32 minutes. Not too bad, and to be honest the time flew. It wasn't until maybe an hour later when I went to go down a set of stairs that I realized my legs were burning. Guess that's the sign of a good work out.

I made the mistake of telling Colleen (my twin sister) about this workout right after it happened, and then a few hours later she yelled at me because I didn't blog about it. It was then that I explained to her that Jillian was a bitch and was making me work out TWICE today.

I had a semi-late night, but alas when I got home I knew it was time to get down to business.

Cardio 1 - This workout felt like it was longer than the strength one, though start to finish it only ran about 26 minutes. Despite feeling long though, I killed it. I do wonder what the expected fitness level is for people doing this... I'm happy that I've been working out pretty regularly for the last year, I'm not so sure I would have been able to do this a year ago and 40 lbs heavier.

Consensus so far...I like it. A lot. Some people don't like Jillian but I do, and she actually just seems fun and funny and real in these workouts. The people that she has doing the workouts all have personality and so it just makes it even more fun to go along with them. It's very motivating too...the thing about these kind of workouts is that it's easy to fake it and half-ass it...but there's something about it that just makes me feel like I have to try my hardest or my doorbell is going to ring and Jillian is going to be there with a stopwatch and megaphone in her hand.

Grocery shopping for me tomorrow...need to sit down and take a look at Jillian's suggested meal plan, decide what I want to follow and what I want to modify, and then make a list. I think I'm going to be big on lists for the next 90 days. Scratch that. 89. Wooooooo.