Jillian Michaels 30 day shred

Reviews on this workout DVD have been pretty amazing, and there are a bunch of videos on Youtube with great results too. I decided I wanted to do this, so I bought a box set of 4 Jillian Michaels DVD's which includes the 30 day shred. It hasn't arrived yet but level 1 is on Youtube, so until it comes I'll be using that.

I'm hoping to see my clothes get looser by the end of it. I've taken my measurements so I can compare at 10, 20 and 30 days. I also took a frightening picture of myself, if there's a big difference at the end I'll post!

I'm looking forward to getting on this and powering through. Today is day 2 for me, and I ache, but not so badly I cant move so...we shall see what tomorrow brings!

Swimsuits....BLARGLFKJDFLKLWF

Swimming costumes are so unattractive unless you are in good shape.

Whenever I wear my swimming costumes I feel like a heffalump, and definitely just focus on all the lumps and bumps that are in the wrong places. Sometimes I think you may as well swim naked because you see your whole shape through them anyway! (Having said that, I am glad people don't swim naked. Inappropriate much?) I think it makes getting yourself to the pool that much harder because you don't feel comfortable.



They're marketed as either athletic, or sexy. They look good in the pictures-on the models-then when you buy it and put it on for the first time, you expect to be transformed into either a beach babe, or an athlete. Thought process: 'that looks good, if I buy this I'll look like that!' That doesn't happen! But we fall for it every time. I say we, I mean me, and hope that I'm not the only one.

Click to find my less vain approach to exercise and weight loss

Something to aim for...

This is a size 14 dress that I have never worn.

I would love to wear it, I'm hoping that the next time I go home I will fit into it. If I manage to drop a dress size by my birthday, I should fit into it shortly after that. 

When I fit into it I really want to get lots of wear out of it!

you can follow my weight progress more closely here 

Mountain of Clothes!

 While I've been at home I have tried to hunt down the many bags of clothes I have hidden away from the world. I think I was pretty successful, but I have a funny feeling I may have missed one or two!

 Tops, Jeans, Skirts, Trousers...

 Dresses, tops, trousers, jackets...

As you can see There are a lot of clothes. As well as the piles at my Uni flat!

Uni flat pile : 

My goal is to drop a dress size by my birthday (mid Feb) I have a few items to aim to get into as motivation, I'll post pics of those soon!