The Commitment

I just finished Day 3 of a 30-Day exercise program called, "Jillian Michaels' 30-Day Shred". And, oh my word! This is a butt-kicking 20 minute workout!

I have to admit, I heard that this was a killer workout and that one wants to usually curl up into a fetal position during one. But, when I saw that it was just 20 minutes, I thought to myself, "Maybe I should do two in a row to get a longer workout in." HA! I was panting within five minutes. PANTING. Gasping for air, desperate for water and wanting to curse, but I couldn't, because I couldn't breathe!

Ok, that last sentence may a be a bit of an exhageration, but in all seriousness, wow. W.O.W. This workout is fantastic and horrible all at the same time! My commitment (since that's what I titled my post) is to workout every day for 30 days. Every day. I have 27 more sessions to do and that's a bit daunting. But I just did three. IN A ROW! And that's amazing! My sister and I are doing it "together" 40 miles away. If we don't do it one day, we owe the other person $1. And I can't let my baby sister get any of my money. :) We just haven't figured out what our reward will be for keeping to our commitment. We decided that something involving food may not be the best decison. :)

I'll give updates here and there to let you know of my progress. I'm really hoping that this will jump-kick start in me a desire to workout more. During one of the routines in the workout I found myself saying to myself, with my eyes closed, "This is for my family. My kids. My body is a temple..." and that helped me. I'm thinking of taking a before and after picture so that I can see the results (scale broke - yeah, ha ha - so I don't know my starting weight), but the problem with this plan is that I have to take a BEFORE picture. Ugh. :)

So, here's to 27 more days of working my body into a sweat. I CAN DO IT!