Week one was completed today!!!!
Ok so this is what's been going on. I bought a Jillian Michael's DVD called Ripped in 30 almost 2 years ago. The program basically has four weeks of exercises that recommends you commit to doing 5-6 days/week and following Jillian's suggested meal plan and at the end of 30 days, you're supposed to be able to see visual and dramatic results and changes to your body! Well I'm not sure if it's supposed to be dramatic, but Jillian says "if you follow this DVD and meal plan, at the end of these 30 days, you're going to thank me". Either way, like I said, I've had the DVD for almost 2 years and in those 2 years, I have started and stopped and started and stopped this DVD over and over again. I've never did the full 30 day program and I certainly have never followed the meal plan. The farthest I've gotten was completing week one for at least 4 days/week of exercise.
Now I will say the DVD is challenging. Jillian's programs are definitely not a walk in the park by any means! As she says "you don't buy a Jillian Michael's DVD and think it's going to be easy". I would say I haven't finished the program because I usually divert my attention to one of the other many workout DVDs that I own, or I just give up on regular exercise all together.
This time, I am truly trying to stick to this commitment. And now that I've shared this with all of you, I'm going to let you guys hold me accountable and I'm going to do it!
I've been doing the DVD every morning this week around the 5 o'clock AM hour! Some mornings I have tried to talk myself out of getting out of bed telling myself it's ok if I don't do it today because I'll just workout in the afternoon after work at the gym. I've also been cold in the morning and much warmer under my covers. Thursday morning, I was so incredibly sore that I almost convinced myself that I should just take the day off because it'd be better for my body that way. A lot of self-talk occurred this week regarding doing this workout. This morning when I woke up, it was unusually warm in my house so I had no problem springing out of bed to head downstairs to get to work. After I finished, I just thought to myself, I DID IT!!! I was so excited that I accomplished working out every morning this week as I said I would commit to doing.
I've also been eating very clean this week! I have found lots of great recipes and food ideas on several websites! Some of my favorites that I've found is The Gracious Pantry, recipe.com, The Eat Clean Diet. and of course good ol' Pinterest is always a winner for looking for recipes. I actually found out about the Gracious Pantry on Pinterest. One thing I've learned is that anyone who has a nice body that they had to work at (meaning it's not just genetically a nice body) will tell you, it's not just about working out, it's what you're eating too. One week of eating clean has totally changed my life! I went to a faculty meeting Thursday and there were all kinds of cookies and sweets that I usually crave and am weak not to eat them, but I didn't even want them after doing such a great job eating clean throughout the week.
I feel amazing and I'm so excited about this new lifestyle! I will be honest...there is one downfall....
Eating clean is E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the first week, I've already spent over $100 on food!!! I think I got a little too excited and did not consider that this clean food which is mostly produce will not last me longer than a week. Right now, I'm on a mission to figure out how I'm going to make it through the rest of the month and how am I going to do it "clean". I know that I cannot afford to spend $100/week on groceries, but I don't want to go back to eating anything just because it's cheap. I've been thinking of some creative things I can do so stay tuned for that. I'll post how my first month of eating clean went at the end of this month.
I also plan to post progress pics! The one I took this morning looked pretty good, but there is a lot more work to go! I can't wait to see what kind of progression I will have at the end of this month and then at the end of the 7 weeks!! Stay tuned.....
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