The Shred- Day 3

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Day 3 of the Shred:

Woke up this morning sore, kind of wanted to stay in bed all day until I had to work as is my norm, but I eventually got up. Max has taken it upon himself to be my personal cheerleader, and he does his job annoyingly well. He jumps on the bed and pushes his face into mine, sniffing at my ear and licking my face. When I respond by pulling the covers over my head he uses his paw to pull them off. Damn dog is too smart! I tell him "Mommy wants to sleep in!" But he just cocks his head at me and slaps me in the face with his paw. I tell him "That hurts Mommy, ow!" but of course, he isn't buying it, because it doesn't really hurt and I thought I was being clever and trying to trick him. He slaps me again and paces back and forth on the bed until I wake up.

Then its coffee and a light snack of string cheese for 4 points total. Outside with the dog for number twosies, and then time to turn on Shred.

I am not feeling it today, and Maxwell will not let me skip today. He looks at me with disapproving, big brown eyes and seems to say "It's your challenge..."

I turn it on and get it started. I grab the 3 lb weights. As I do the warm up and the jumping jacks, I see he is laying down near me, not close enough to get hit or stepped on, but close enough to let me know he is there. I look at him and he looks up, wags his tail, and does his doggy smile. I tell him next time he is doing the jumping jacks for me. He doesn't think so.

As we move into circuit one and it's time to hit the floor for abs, he stands up and comes over to where I am laying on the floor and pushes his face into mine. He gives me encouraging licks across the face, as I come up for each crunch. His tail is wagging. I can't help but smile, even though my abs are crying.

Circuit two is where I really get my "first wind" because this is where I start doing everything correctly. I concentrate on form, on breathing, and on squeezing the muscles. I start repeating the little mantras Jillian says.

"I want every second of this workout to count!"
"You are strong, you are capable of working out, and you are capable of working out hard!"

Circuit three though, this is where I really push myself. Here Jillian says "we do not get to the finish line and quit, we finish stronger than we started" and other such encouraging things.

I actually give it my all. I blast my heart rate up with the cardio, I do all of the strength training movements as much as I can, and I can almost- but not quite- finish all of the bicycle crunches.

After the cool down and guzzling as much water as possible, Max lets me know I did a good job by licking my face one more time and giving me a high five! He lets me catch my breath for a moment and then lets me know it's time to go out. He has to pee.

We go outside and I just wear a light jacket, despite the fact that it is February and there are 12" of snow still on the ground. I grab my gloves and we run and play in the snow as a cool down. Yeah, I wouldn't have believed it either a few days ago!

I'm left in better shape today than I was yesterday and I am kind of excited about tomorrow. I have never done 4 days in a row before, so this is the furthest I have gone. Tomorrow, I am officially pushing myself farther than I have ever before, which is exciting in and of itself!!

Last night was really great eating wise, I had 35 points for my meals and then Brian and I went out to get cookies. I had half of them (5 in case you are wondering) and it was 27 points. Which, of course, I ate greedily. In my haste, I had ripped off the nutritional information on the label so I had no idea how many points they were until I looked it up. I was going to guesstimate at 7 pts per, but it was actually 5 points per, unless you eat 5 in a row, then it is 27. Which made me happy because I still have 8 WPs left! Weee!!

Meals: 35 points
Snacks: 27 points
Total: 53 points
Weekly remaining: 8
Activity earned, prior to today: 12
Activity remaining: 12

Yay look at me! I'm such a bad ass!! Just two more days until Weigh in! I'm 10% done with the Shred, and I am going to continue to push myself just a little bit each day.

30 Day Shred, Day 2

After working out and a shower, Brian and I took a nap. I woke up so sore. My thighs were killing me and my arms were shaky still. I went to sleep early too, I was completely worn out. I ate exactly 32 points. And that brings me to today...

Day 2:

Woke up extremely sore. Had to work for a couple of hours, then proceeded to do 30DS immediately. I was not looking forward to it. I switched from the 3 lb hand weights to the 2 lbs, so I could give myself a little bit of an easier work out. Turns out, doesn't really matter. It still sucked.

I did all of the cardio again, save for the butt kicks. I was too out of breath to kick my own ass, so I marched in place. I took a few sips of water, here and there, but mostly sweated and groaned.

The bicycle crunches are still the worst.

After it was over, I lay on the floor, breathing heavy like a cow in labor. I tried to get up, but my abs hurt too bad. I lay there, eyes closed, and whimpered. Brian came over to give me a hand, and told me how impressed he was that I completed day 2. He said that he is insanely sore, so he can only imagine how I feel.

I am secretly thrilled. Though its not much of a secret now, is it? 

Eating is on plan!

Breakfast: Smoothie, for 6 pts (3 servings of fruit, yay!)
Lunch: Double JR Bacon Cheeseburger from Wendy's - 12 points. I wanted the Asiago Chicken Club but that was 21 points. No thanks.
Snack: I also got a Wendy's Small Chili, but saved it for later. 4 points.
Dinner: 7.5 ounces of chicken breast*, 3/4 cup of Green Giant Corn Niblets, and Green Giant Potatoes and Green Beans in Rosemary Butter sauce, for 13 points total (Pre-tracking for the *win*!)

*Note: That is the frozen weight. I'm sure the cooked weight will be a little less. 


Looked in the mirror today and liked what I saw. I can tell that I am definitely working those muscles and I hope to see some definition at the end of this 30 Days.

2 down, 28 to go!