Day 13 and 14 of Shred

I worked out on Friday but didn't get a chance to write about it because I had to go to dinner with a student and meet his whole family, which was PRECIOUS. I even volunteered to babysit. I KNOW! Me?! But whatever, they were adorable and I really adore my student. On Saturday I did some curls and pulls for my triceps and a few crunches for my flabby abs. On Sunday I did the same...but a little lazier. Today I did shred again. I have switched from level 1 of shred to level 3. I need a break from level 1 and for some weird reason, level 2 is a bit too intense for me. I like level 3 because it seems he easiest of all of them, but after my body feels really sore and worked out. Maybe because level 3 is working out different muscles or maybe because the bits that are a bit too tough for me I am modifying for my level of exercise experience, I'm not sure. BUT!!! My goal this week is to work out every day and push myself super hard. On the 8th of March is an event that I would like to wear a dress too. And any of you who know me know I don't wear dresses...ever...pretty much. So for me to want to wear a dress is bizarre. I have the dress in mind and the shoes...Oh! The shoes! They are sooo hot. I want to be that hot. Ugg. I really should be at day 28 of shred, not 14. Fuck my laziness.

Day 12 of Shred

Man, I was hungover on Saturday. Opted to see True Grit (really adorable western?) and drink some spritzers with a friend instead of work out. On Sunday I lifted weights targeted towards my triceps, also known as elephant trunks. On Monday I lifted weights again. On Tuesday I focused on abs. Today, with a little encouragement from my friend, I did some Shred. I realize that when I don't Shred I feel a bit guilty, like I'm cheating myself. I'm glad I've been lifting the weights though and not completely slacking off. When I say weights, my hand weights weigh like 5 pounds each. They are kind of sissy. Oh well. Crossed fingers for day 13 to be tomorrow.

Day Eleven (of Shred)

I seem to be doing my work outs on an "every other day" pattern. I'm not 100% pleased with it, however, I'm not 100% disappointed either. Before I started this blog, I had not worked out in six months. The fact that I am working out with any kind of consistency pleases me greatly. I have also started to lift weights during my lounge time. That way, I am putting some productivity into my laziness. Anyway, I will do my best to work out again tomorrow. I think it will happen. But for now...steamed broccoli with cheese and a cocktail later.

Day 8 and 9 with some pause; Day 10 too

So I know I haven't been updating and this is going to be a quick update because I need to start to work out in about 15 minutes. Last post was on Thursday when I did shred. I spent Friday lifting weights to work the muscles I felt like were getting neglected (triceps). Saturday I did day 8 of shred. Sunday was the first day I was completely COMPLETELY lazy. Shame on me. Monday I did shred for day 9. Yesterday I took off AGAIN. I don't know why I did it. Maybe the bf and I were getting along. Maybe I just wanted to watch movies after a 9 hour work day. But I was LAZY and that shit is NOT acceptable. I can forgive myself for Sunday because I really had done quite a bit of physical exercise everyday until then, but yesterday, I really should have bit the bullet and did the shred. So I'm gonna do day 10 today. Cramps and all. Ugg.

30 minutes later. Workout completed.

Sedm Den and Then Some

I didn't do 30 Day Shred yesterday, but I did work out in my own personal and private way. I can honestly say that my legs and abs were incredibly sore this morning and all throughout the day ;). I did do shred today though. I am counting it as day seven of my workout, but honestly, I feel like I've gotten some good exercise every single day since I started this blog...even if not everyday is in the most conventional way (ie yesterday). I've also started walking up the escalators instead of standing idle...most of the time. Some of the escalators here are insane. In reality, the longest escalator in the European Union is here...I don't walk up that one...yet. I'm also trying really hard to eat better and drink at least two litres of water a day. The boyfriend says he sees a bit of change in my upper abs. I don't know if it is true or if he is just saying that to make me feel good and keep me motivated. Either way, I'm another day closer to not being a fat, lazy slob of a person.

"Laziness will cause you pain." - Seen on a t-shirt for a self-defense school

Den Šestý

I'm not doing an hour today like I said. I feel like I have shin splints and I have a huge cramp in my side. Time to chug a bunch of water and chow down on a protein snack of almonds. Wow! I smell foul. It's also time for a shower. Maybe I'll do yoga later when I get home from work. It is possible, I suppose. On a side note, I didn't feel so winded by the work out today. Maybe my muscle memory is waking up.


"Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for." - Marian Wright Edelman

Yesterday

I didn't get to work out yesterday. I worked from 8am-6pm and then went to the Reel Big Fish concert from 7pm-12am. I did, however, jump around like a crazy person at the concert, so maybe that counts as some exercise. Just in case though, I'm going to do an hour today. Starting in... 15 minutes or so. First the shred, then thirty minutes of yoga or something.

Pátý Den

Well I got off my ass and worked out. Surprised? I am. But I don't want to be fat anymore. I don't want my weight and my body to be yet another thing that depresses me. I'd like to get that issue completely off my table of worries because I have enough things going on as it is. You know what's sad? I think if I can get back into shape then maybe my boyfriend will love me more. Pathetic, right? 

Whatever. Five days down, twenty five to go. 

"Just do it" - Nike  (yeah, I know, I'm having an off day)

Shit

I have no desire whatsoever to work out. I'm sad and frustrated and an emotional mess and have no motivation to work out. UGGGG.

I need to get off my ass and start my work out right fucking now!

Den Čtvrtý

Woke up this morning in...not the best mood. First thing I do with my bad mood is get on my work out clothes and hit the mat for some shredding. Day four completed by 11am and the pain is subsiding. I still think squats and lunges are the most evil exercises ever, but I like to pretend I can feel some kind of a difference in my body. I definitely feel like I have more energy and overall I feel happier knowing I am doing something positive for myself that really is just for myself and no one else. Now I need a shower and to get ready for the day. Slight problem though, why does all czech food have to be soo unbelievably fattening and really unhealthy. What's on the menu for lunch today at the boy's parents house you ask? Duck soaking in butter and its own fat with sugared cabbage and bread dumplings. Healthy right?!

Also, juice is delicious.

"You can do it!" - The Waterboy

Třetí Den

Day three completed. Really feeling it in my butt, thighs and arms. I just keep telling myself that this is not how I want to look; That this does not have to be the way I look; That I can improve myself. It helps to motivate me. How weird that I get more motivation from a personal blog that no one knows about than I do from my boyfriend.

I've been working out listening to The Kleptones or Girl Talk. Fantastic mash-ups to get me off my ass and moving around. I can't imagine working out without music. Without music it becomes just work and frankly I work enough.

Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred claims you can lose up to 20 pounds in 30 days. C'mon! We all know that's a bunch of bologna. I would be happy if I lost half that. I'm sure anyone would for only 30 days of exercise. Either way, I have to stick with this all 30 days. No excuses. None.

I will not be fat anymore. I will not be fat anymore. I will not be fat anymore!!!

"There's no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!" -Oprah Winfrey

Druhý Den (Day Two)

So I worked out again today. Go me. I didn't wake up in pain but moving around at work definitely brought on cramps in my stomach, thighs, shoulder blades and arms. But I was determined not to let the pain distract me from my goal of not being a fat and lazy blob of waste and I persevered. I'm sweaty and my lungs feel like they are in a corset. Maybe it really is time to put that nasty smoking habit behind me.

I also took shitty shitty pictures of myself (looking like shit, forgive the hair and facial expressions), which I will include for you, my two very lovely and supportive friends. I am in my sports bra and undies because I don't want to hide behind the lie of baggy work out clothes. Seeing how my body looks now I am just so disgusted with how little I took care of my it over the last six months, let alone twenty years. It's really frustrating but also really good motivation. I haven't found a measuring tape yet, but I will.

Tomorrow is a whole new day and another step towards a whole new me.

"Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional and mental states."- Carol Welch

Owwwww.....

I hurt.

Huzzah!

Ok, I know it's just day one BUT I cannot believe I actually got off my ass today and worked out. Not gonna lie, I had my doubts as to whether it was really going to happen but IT DID! I hurt so much doing the exercises, especially the lunges and the squats but I pushed through it...well most of it.

The biggest bummer is that I knooooow I'm going to wish for death tomorrow. Luckily, I remembered to bring IcyHot from America...and Vicoden ;). Tomorrow is day 2. I hope I am not too sore or too full of excuses to work out tomorrow.

I must work out. I must work out. I must work out.

Accountability; Day One

Hello Blogger.

So the whole point of this blog is to give me something to be accountable to. Since I have moved to Prague and more realistically, since I got into a relationship, I've become UNBELIEVABLY lazy. And then I got fat. Not like Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor with the fat suit fat, but fat in a way that doesn't flatter my 5'0 frame. I've gained 4.5 kilos, which doesn't sound like anything to people who weigh themselves using the pound, but thats 10 pounds people! On top of that, I was already 5 pounds overweight when I got here. I NEED to lose 7 kilos (ideally) and I need to lose it as soon as possible. No more bullshit excuses. No more putting off until tomorrow what I NEED to do today. I look like a bubble of crap. Worst of all, I think my boyfriend thinks I look like a bubble of crap too.

So I have Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. It's my first objective. 30 days. 30 minutes a day. No excuses. I've used this program before and it was tough as nails but really effective until I got sick and couldn't work out for 3 months. I know when I work out I feel great, it's just the getting off my ass and starting the process that is so hard. Hence this blog. Anyway, today is day 1. Tomorrow I will post pictures of how I look now so that I have a record of any change that happens to my body. I will also try to get a measuring tape to see what my measurements are at the beginning of the 30 days...pretty much for the same reason of documenting any changes.

Goal number 2 is gonna be P90X. But that is for next month.


"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction." - Anne Frank