March Madness! 30 Day Shred

I can't believe it's already March 1st. FYI, ladies, there are 3 months until summer and you know what that means.....bathing suit season! If you aren't ready by June 1st, don't say I didn't warn you! Along with my half-marathon training I decided to focus on some strength training. I am not interested in becoming a gym rat - I wouldn't go. Ever. Call me lazy, but I just don't want to spend the time driving back and forth, packing extra clothes, etc., etc. So what's a girl to do? 

I am (neurotically) faithful about logging into MyFitnessPal and keeping a food diary and I saw a forum post about people doing Jillian Michaels' workouts. I started clicking around to sift through some of the threads. I saw some really good reviews and if you remember how seriously I took the real-life reviews when picking my detox diet, you know that I am a firm believer in listening to the masses. Consumer reports, baby. I promptly went to Target and picked up Jillian's Ripped in 30, but after reading some of the reviews it sounded like her 30-Day Shred was a tad easier and would be better to start with as a newbie I figured I'd do that first and then in April move on to Ripped. Molly had a copy of 30DS and was nice enough to loan it to me. Let the March Madness begin!

Tonight I got home from work, took all my measurements, and some 'before' pictures. I'm in decent shape already from running so let me be very clear that weight loss is NOT the goal for me. I really don't expect my weight to even change. I'm more interested in toning up because let's be honest, running can only do so much. I won't post any of that info right now, I'll wait until the end and give the comparison. I really plan on sticking to the thirty days unless it wears my muscles out to the point that it gets in the way of my training for the Country Music Half. That is way more important at this point.

I'll try to post updates as I move through the program. Mercifully, I am not alone in this process. I managed to recruit Samantha to follow it with me. Gotta love the buddy system :) MAYBE I can even get her to post a couple guest blog posts on her experience. Sam?????

Oh, before I sign off here, if you're not familiar with Jillian's 30-Day programs, basically you do it for 30 days straight. No rest days. Calm down, 30-Day Shred workouts are only 20 minutes. No excuses. Wuss.