Monday, February 11, 2013

JIllian Michaels 90 Day Body Revolution - Day 1






When I said HELL starts today and it is thanks to this lady!!  Today, February 11, 2013 I started the 90 Body Revolution Challenge.  Now I know some of you may be thinking, "oh I've heard this before"  Well you are right.  I have tried to start programs in the past and failed but at least I keep trying.  I pray that I will be able to complete this challenge.  It is only 90 days, I can do it!!  I know it is going to be hard and some days I am not going to like it and someday I will most likely cry and say some choice words but I just pray (literally) that I can endure it make it through.  I thought maybe if I blogged about it each day it would help me to stay motivated and dedicated.  So hopefully at least one person follows along to cheer me on through out this journey.   I also decided I would do a little overview of my diet and exercise and hopefully that will encourage others to get active and eat healthy.  I am going to do before and after pictures but I do not dare post the before pictures until I have nice after pictures to show with it. :)  I wouldn't want to embarrass myself or anyone else.

Week 1 Day 1 - 

The first week you have the option to do a Kickstart week.  This consists of twice daily workouts and a strict eating plan.  She has you do an AM workout and a PM workout.  The nice thing is that the works outs are only half an hour so you don't have to get up super early to do the morning one.  Now I have always had a hard time working out in the morning because you don't have any food in your system and I am weak.  But since I work unless I get up at 3 am to eat something and let it settle before I workout that is just something I have to deal with.  And again it is only for the first week so I guess I will make it through.  (If anyone has any suggestions on how to make this easier, let me know)  

I went to bed last night excited about starting this program.  I then laid there thinking about it forever and then all I dreamed about was doing it so by the time I woke up I felt like I should already  be done.  ha ha  but I got out of bed, got dressed, peeked on the baby, closed her door so she wouldn't wake up and got moving.  Surprising, it wasn't as bad as I had anticipated.  Granted it is only the 1st work out but still Jillian is brutal so I was pleased.  The AM workout consisted on Shoulders, Triceps, Chest, Abs and Quads. It was a good workout but I was feeling the lack of nutrition in my belly.  Once I was done I went to make my breakfast which was 1 Cup of Plain Non Fat Greek Style yogurt, 1 tsp of cinnamon and 3 Tbsp of slivered almonds.   Now I like yogurt and cinnamon and almonds so I was thinking it would be that bad but boy was I wrong!!  Greek yogurt is disgusting!!! If anyone likes this stuff, PLEASE let me know if there is a certain brand I should buy because I seriously had to choke it down.  BLAH!!  But I ate it cause I want to stick strictly to the eating plan this first week for maximum results!

If you want to know what my end of the journey party is going to be, read the post below and join me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 comments:

BiggsFamily said...

You know I'd be there along side ya if we lived closer!!! Buy still far away I'm an awesome cheerleader!!! You can do it!!! And I think Greek yogurt is an acquired taste :-/. Keep it up!!

BiggsFamily said...

You know I'd be there along side ya if we lived closer!!! Buy still far away I'm an awesome cheerleader!!! You can do it!!! And I think Greek yogurt is an acquired taste :-/. Keep it up!!

BiggsFamily said...

You know I'd be there along side ya if we lived closer!!! Buy still far away I'm an awesome cheerleader!!! You can do it!!! And I think Greek yogurt is an acquired taste :-/. Keep it up!!

BiggsFamily said...

You know I'd be there along side ya if we lived closer!!! Buy still far away I'm an awesome cheerleader!!! You can do it!!! And I think Greek yogurt is an acquired taste :-/. Keep it up!!

BiggsFamily said...

You know I'd be there along side ya if we lived closer!!! Buy still far away I'm an awesome cheerleader!!! You can do it!!! And I think Greek yogurt is an acquired taste :-/. Keep it up!!

Kelli said...

I eat Greek yogurt every morning, but I don't eat plain (I do USE plain yogurt as a substitute for sour cream in/on anything I would normally use sour cream in/on). It's not as low in sugar or calories, but you might want to try a vanilla Greek yogurt or another flavor (I like Oikos although it's not strictly traditional, and I eat flavors, Key Lime, Vanilla Coconut, Raspberry [awesome frozen for a sweet treat], and Banana cream), the flavors are always higher in sugar and calories, but still, for under 150 calories I'm getting 22 grams of protein and that's a pretty decent breakfast for me (it's my pre-workout breakfast and often my post workout protein kicker as well).