JILLY814's SparkPeople Blog

Day 1 Isagenix

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:28 EST

249 Today is my first day back on Isagenix, I had used it a few years ago but then life got me. I had children, bought a second house and the weight came back a bit but my main body "flaw" is how much it changed after children. I can't believe despite being 10 pounds less than when I got married NONE of my clothes from my honeymoon fit. So here I am.

DAY 1.........................................

I updated my weight tracker and I have 56 pounds to lose to be ...

Happy Measurement Day!

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:27:26 EST

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Today was day 12 of the 30 day shred and I took my measurements again. While the scale hasn't moved much in two weeks ( I had some poor food choices lately) my measurements changed a lot (I think... for 2 weeks)

Here they are:
In 2 weeks:
-1/2 in bust
-1/2 in EACH bicep
-1/2 in hips
-1/4 in EACH thigh

IN the last 8 weeks (since I truly started my journey):
neck: 0
shoulders: 0
bust: -1
biceps: -1, -1/2 ...

I kicked my own butt!!!

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:35:43 EST

Quite literally!!! I did butt kicks with the 30 day shred and I kicked my own butt....... even with it getting smaller!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!!

Today way day 8 of level one 30 day shred and I am up to sing 5 lb weights for most of it and I am still doing jumping jacks!

Today is a good day.

All time record.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:01:17 EST

Today was a productive day. 7am: Jillian Michaels 30 day shred (20 minutes), 12:30 pm 15 minutes on the treadmill and 6pm 30 minutes on a family walk around the neighborhood.

All in all an energetic day!

Day 4

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:22:37 EST

I finished Day 4 of level 1 and I feel good. I have been doing it every day despite sore muscles... I mean REALLY sore. My abs have the exact same feeling as my 2 c-sections! Today I even did all of teh jumping jack that were on the video. I despise jumping jacks. I'm not sure why but they are horrible! I can't wait to be out of level 1 and I hope that level 2 has less jumping jacks, but none the less I am doing it!!! 104

Day 1

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:32:01 EST

Today was Day 1 of my 30 day shred (this am). All I can say is OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I am aching.
I got out of the shower (maybe 10 minutes) after I finished my 20 minute video and I was still sweating!

Now after an annoying day at work and my fantastic husbnad making us a healthy dinner (lemon chicken with onions, rice and beets) I am headed back upstairs (dreading) to jump on the treadmill for a bit.

I pray my legs function!

30 day shred.

Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:59:12 EST

I did measurements and took pictures yesterday. Tomorrow I will start the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred program. Let's see how much this works!! I plan (hopefully) to get through the program without skipping any (many) days and eventually getting to level 3. I need some good rewards to finish this!

Measurement day!

Mon, 5 Sep 2011 18:53:55 EST

It has been 6 weeks of diet (not so much exercise until this week) and today was my bi weekly measurements. I have lost a total of 21.1 pounds and DO NOT see any difference in myself! My husband tells me I am crazy but that's me 30

So anyway, today I decided along with my measurements I would take pictures of myself. After locking myself in my bedroom and stripping down I took some full length (neck down) pictures of myself. We will see in a few weeks what I think.
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A new love

Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:57:52 EST

I was trying to get into jogging a while back and got sick, got excuses, blah, blah, blah. I have decided (thanks to the 10 minute challenge) to get back into it. I do not have a jogging stroller and I think adding almost 40lbs of child weight (plus that heavy stroller) to my routine will just deter me again. SO.... I have set up my treadmill in my daughter's playroom. She gets to play and set up a table with all the (plastic) goodies she cooks for me in her kitchen and after my jog/brisk wal...

A fun exercise day.

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:13:26 EST

Today my daughter (3) and I are packing a lunch and headed to a fantastic park in our area. It has a new multi age playground, a few swimming pools, 1.1 mile track and zoo full of rescued animals. I will have no trouble getting in my cardio while I chase my child through the zoo looking at all the animals and feeding the goats. Oh, and the field next to the track is always full of geese..... her favorite thing to chase!

We also like to climb the DOZENS of home made stairs (maybe 6...

Fear almost gone!

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:19:06 EST

I have had a big fear lately of riding my bike. I recently bought a new bike and installed my daughter's rear bike seat. I am very nervous because last week we went for a ride and the seat on my new bike was too low and we had an accident and fell down. My daughter was very upset, not really hurt. I on the other hand was terrible upset AND hurt.

As my bruises and cuts heal and my daughter's fear diminishes my fear and embarrassment grew. Today I got up on my horse (bike) and rode ...

This is it....

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:55:12 EST

I have been saying for years that I will take care of myself but I always had a "good" reason for putting myself last. My husband needed me, I was going trough medical treatments, I was pregnant, my daughter needed me. Now I NEED ME! I am doing this. I will finally put myself first, well not first, no mother does that but I will at least put myself higher in the ranking of this family. I should be at least above the dog and fish! So after years or happiness, sadness, heartbreak and joy I wil...