Elated and Getting Shot

Guess what! I reached my loss goal for March +1!!! I had said I was aiming to lose 5lbs and I lost 6! I'm totally elated. I'm sure it's water weight mostly coz I didn't do anything drastic - However - I'm taking it and I'm pumped.

I did say that if I reached my goal in April I would bump up the intensity and I'm doing it. There are some ladies at work that started doing a 'Jillian Michaels 30 day shred' DVD at lunchtime in one of the training rooms here and I'm like...I have to do this. It's 30 minutes, it's intense, but it will bring results and it's FREE!

Yesterday, I completed Day 1 of Jillian Michaels. It is a hard workout. But after my legs stopped wobbling and my heart rate was back to normal, I felt great! After cooling down a bit and having some lunch I went and got changed back into work clothes and felt really proud of myself. 

There were even  a couple people in the office giving me the 'up, down' and in my head I was all like "that's right...I'm losing weight...check me out..." it was great..Until about 2 hours later I went to the bathroom and realized my frikin zipper was ALL the way down...like WIDE OPEN....Like, when your pants are too tight and you have to lay down to zip them in the first place kind of Wide open...sigh...

Anyway...I finished out the rest of the day feeling pretty good and Dre picked me up after work and high fived me for doing my workout and told me he was proud of me - it was great! Then we get home and I went to go up the steps to the door and nearly wiped out...I blamed the ice...but I knew deep down I could barely lift my legs coz of the workout. I didn't say anything, just popped a couple of tylenol and took it easy for an evening snuggled on the couch with Dre binge watching Alias.  Man, I love that show!

I was really "feeling the burn" when I went to bed and even woke up a number of times throughout the night from a recurring dream that I was getting shot in the thighs...turns out I was just moving.
I'm sure watching Jennifer Garner kick every bad guys butt in Alias probably didn't help...

I know the burn is a good thing! So...even though my legs were on FIAH I still did Day 2 with Jillian...and I'm going to continue it. It's HARD but I'm getting so encouraged by the ladies doing it with me (especially Jenny, my Spin Class/Yoga buddy...that one time...) and also by the people that read this. I never know who does and then someone will put a comment or come up to me and sometimes my reaction is "oh crap, I hope they didn't read the Body Polish one.." but still, your comments and encouragement is totally motivating me!  Thanks you guys!

Now, my lunch break is over and I gotta get back to work...can someone please carry me?