Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred - Make Up to Make Out

I know some of you are keen to know how I’ve been doing at the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, and if you can’t guess by the amazingly professionally photoshopped image below, I failed.

Well, I actually think ‘fail’ is probably too harsh a word for it. I did the workout religiously every day for 10 days. I wanted to do it more but I couldn’t. You see, on about day 9 I tried to go to sleep one night and realised my left hip hurt like crazy. No matter where I laid, it ached and pained. After a very painful night of not sleeping and pointlessly changing from one painful position to another, I got up at the crack of dawn, necked two Ibuprofens and limited my movement to nothing. Eventually the pain went and I could actually sit, stand and walk without flinching in agony. The pain hadn’t completely left, but it was about a million times more bearable.

So after a day of frequently taking super strong Ibuprofens, I decided by evening I could probably try the work out again. In fairness, I did okay. I was careful around that particular hip and managed to complete it. That was on a Friday. On the Saturday I had to leave to go to my friend 30th (which was a festival on a farm in Sussex, there was camping involved – worst timing ever for hip probs!) my hip felt okay (back on the Ibuprofens) but it wasn’t fixed. I came back the next day and it still felt wrong. Even now, two weeks or so down the line my left hip plays up after a history of never having played up before. If I stretch my legs too wide it hurts. If I’m sitting on an uncomfortable chair, it hurts. If I get a little too fresh with the boy and move funny, it hurts. I feel like an OAP who moans about their bad back, and no one really believes or understands them. It’s embarrassing!

I guess for legal reasons I can’t state for sure that it was the 30 Day Shred that did this, but I’ve got a serious hunch that it was. Having since read a few reviews on it I’ve discovered a few other people have reported similar problems – I think it’s the 2 minute warm up that is blame for much of it; it simply isn’t enough for a warm up!

But from the 10 days I did do it, what do I think? Well, it did work. I had noticed improvements and felt more toned, but I hadn’t noticed any major weight loss. I do wish I coulda stuck it out, but I just don’t trust its safety and really don’t want to risk gaining any more injuries, so I’m out. Sorry. I might go back to it for a ’once in a while’ workout, after doing my own warm up prior, but definitely will not be doing it on a daily basis again!

How have you guys been doing on it? Any success? Similar probs to me? I’d love to hear it!

Hello, it’s me! Have you missed me? I’ve had NO INTERNET at home for a whole two weeks and haven’t been able to blog at all! Oh, the horror. But it’s fixed now (hooray!) and I can continue with my very very important thoughts on make-up and all things superficial.

So I thought I’d keep you up to speed on what I’ve been doing, as of Sunday (18th July) I started my very first fitness video, it was none other than Jillian Michaels’ ‘30 Day Shred’. I had never watched ‘The Biggest Loser’ or had ever seen her on telly working her so-called magic, but I did notice some chatter on Twitter a few months back about this DVD, generally all positive, so decided to invest six pounds something and purchased it online. I hadn’t opened it for months, it had literally been sitting in my drawer with the cellophane still all wrapped around it until this Sunday, when for some reason I decided I had to get in shape. My sister looked at the cover, and commented, “Isn’t this meant for obese people though?”. Oh sister, I am obese. I may not look it, but I saw this programme once where a woman who was a size 10 and looked technically healthy had actually internal obesity – that of the same as someone who is clearly physically obese! So I think I have internal obesity too as I literally do NOTHING, no exercise, no moving, I get out of breath running up the stairs and moan every time I have to walk more than two steps. I am so unfit. So anyway, yeah I’ve started it.

The DVD claims that it’s possible to lose 20 pounds if you stick to the work outs every day. There are three levels, and each level lasts only 20 minutes, so really doable. Whilst I don’t rush to do it every day (after day one I really have to force myself to want to do it, it’s not fun and I am dripping with sweat after each work out) I still do do it. I’m not expecting to lose 20 pounds in 30 days, but I would like to lose 7-14 pounds and get rid of my bingo wings and what I lovingly call my ‘three month pregnancy belly’.

I haven’t taken any before pics yet (or measurements), I will though (cringe) despite the fact that I am on day 4 already, so sorry it won’t be 100% accurate before/after pics. I’m not sure whether it’s psychological, but I swear I do feel my body is already better, more toned. But on day 10 (6 from now), day 20 and day 30 I will be doing progress reports and letting you know exactly how I’m doing with measurements, what I’ve lost, etc. Exciiiiting!

So that’s what I’ve been doing the last 4 days!

Have you tried the 30 Day Shred? Has it worked for you?

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