The alarm woke me up at 5:00 AM this morning and, for the first time in my life, I didn't hit the snooze button. Instead, I
I had been waiting for weeks to get my copy of the DVDs. Being a Canadian, the "expected delivery times" were anything but what was expected. (Stupid Canada Post, urgh!) Anyway, I finally got the package this weekend, which gave me just enough time to read the Fitness Plan and the Meal Plan before officially starting Jillian's ass-kicking workouts this morning.I popped in the Workout 1 DVD in the player with a little trepidation. I had attempted Jillian's 30 Day Shred in the past, only to get my butt thoroughly kicked. While I am committed to doing the Body Revolution system for the entire 90 days (and beyond), I was afraid I wouldn't be able to finish the first workout (I haven't done regular exercise in over a year...). I was a little surprised, and quite proud, to see that I could do Workout 1 in its entirety without feeling like it was too hard for me!
Don't get me wrong, the workout is still challenging and Jillian has a bunch of modifications for those who need that extra "umph". She has one of the guys in the video (Omar, I think) do all the harder versions of the move. Poor guy, his muscles must've been burning by the end of the 30 minutes! I wanted to tell Jillian to let up on him, but of course, she never did! LOL.
Even doing the easiest version of the moves, I still worked out a sweat. There was nothing too complicated - no compound moves (yet). However, I've come to realise that I am severely lacking in the balance / stability department. During a very simple move (raising one leg up and doing slow front kicks while keeping the other leg on the ground), I almost fell on my butt several times. I guess having a good 75 pounds extra around my midsection screwed up my center of balance! (The joys of being an apple-shaped gal, hehehe.) My goal for next time: stay balanced! Oh, and increase the weight of my dumbbells. I went for 3 lbs and 5 lbs today, which I found a little too easy. I'll try to increase it to 5 lbs and 8 lbs and see how it feels.
Overall, Workout 1 was rather fun! The circuits go by so fast that, before you know it, half an hour has gone by and you're done for the day! I can't wait for tomorrow morning to see what Workout 2 has in store.
Today's Meal Plan
I really, really wanted to follow Jillian's 7-Day Kickstart Your Metabolism Plan but, as I'm on the go and at work by 7:30 AM, I don't have the luxury of cooking up what appear to be wonderful egg breakfasts every morning.
Instead, I'm doing a modified Kickstart Plan. I'll still cut out fruits, flour, grains and sugar for the week. I'll stick to her recipes for lunch and supper. However, I'll be having my usual Green Monster Smoothie for breakfast - except I'll make them without fruit this week.
What is a Green Monster Smoothie, you ask? It's an energy-boosting breakfast smoothie - made with spinach! (Hence the "green" monster colour.) You can find more info at http://greenmonstermovement.com/
So what's today's Meal Plan?
Breakfast: Fruit-less Cocoa Green Monster Smoothie (Spinach, Cocoa-flavoured protein powder, water, ice cubes). I gotta admit, it was pretty gross. LOL. As I was drinking it, I couldn't help but imagine how delicious it would've been with half a banana and a handful of blueberries... I'll need a better fruit-less recipe for tomorrow...
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| Mmmm. Awesome lunch! |
Supper: Perppercorn Steak with Wilted Spinach. (Can you tell I love spinach?) I can't wait to make this tonight. I'll pop by Costco after work to get a truly great cut of filet mignon. (Is it weird that I always go to Costco for my meat?)
Snack: Hummus and veggies.
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