Working out With Jillian: Week 2

I feel like such a slacker but as you know on Monday and Tuesday I'm still on my break because my sister is in town.   In fact, I feel so guilty that I'm planning to double up workouts a couple of times this week.  That didn't work out so well last time but we'll just see how it goes.

I mentioned in an earlier e-mail that this workout system comes with a full Jillian meal plan.  I opened up the plan knowing full well that it was going to tell me to eat things like bugs and bark.  I mean how else could she possibly get a body like that?!  The very first thing that I see is a statement from Jillian directing me to quit "alcohol and caffeinated beverages".  I almost threw that meal plan right out the window.  I mean seriously...those are my two favorite vices!!  I could probably cut out one or the other but cutting out both would quickly lead to Evil Biotch Aimee.  I'm not talking just plain old evil.  I mean the full head spinning, psycho, mean kind of evil!  In spite of that...I read on.  There were things on the meal plan that I didn't even recognize.  There are some great ideas and recipes but in the end I just don't think I'm fully prepared to adopt the bugs and bark lifestyle.  So, in the interest of full disclosure I should tell you that I'm following the Weight Watchers Diet and working in some of Jillian's foods, ideas and advice.  I am limiting my caffeine intake to once a day and alcohol to once a week. This should help make me a slightly lesser version of Evil Biotch Aimee.

Monday:  Sister Time:)  I ate like crap.   Jillian would NOT be pleased.

Tuesday:  Last day of sister time:(

Wednesday:  I'm secretly afraid that Jillian knows about my last few days of slackerness.  Onto the program tonight...

Tonight's workout was Workout 1 (Shoulders, Triceps, Chest, Abs, Quads). I found it slightly easier tonight.  I don't think it's because I'm in any better shape than  last week but  maybe it's because I had an idea of what was coming next so I was able to relax a bit.  I took some time to admire the bods of Jillian and her biotches (I feel certain that she secretly or not so secretly calls them that)....not an ounce of fat anywhere!!!  Sigh...

Thursday:  Up at 5:30 am to get in my workout.  Imagine my total shock when I woke up and my muscles did not feel like someone was trying to rip them out of my body.  Go me!!!  The workout was "Workout 2:  Back, Biceps, Hamstrings, Glutes and Abs".  I did pretty well but did have to take a break on the "plank".  A plank is when you hold yourself up in full push-up position (no girlie push ups...I'm talking the beastly man kind).  Jillian's Biotches hold it up there like they are about to take a nap.  Seriously, they have smiles on their faces.  WTF?  It looks a little different when I do it...arms shaking, face bright red, forehead vein bulging, sweat dripping....not pretty.  My plan is to do another workout tonight to make up for my slackerness on Monday and Tuesday but I'm slightly concerned that my thighs may protest loudly later from the thousands (possibly a slight exaggeration) of squats I did this morning.

Second workout is not going to happen tonight.  While I'm not miserable (yet) my quads are definitely feeling the burn!  I feel certain that a second workout would turn me into the zombie-like creature that I was last week.

Friday:      5:00 am workout....Cardio 1.  I HATE Cardio 1 with a passion that burns like the sun!  I want to smack Jillian in her perky little face every single time that she says it's time for suicides.  AND...the hunk of muscley hotness behind her that looks like he can and does run suicides all day long...I could strangle that man regardless of his perfect washboard abs.

BTW:  Yesterday's decision to not do a second workout was a very good one.  I was pretty sore in the morning.  Not zombie sore but enough to know I made the right choice and wasn't just being a slacker.

Saturday:  I did Workout one in the morning.  I'm not saying I'm smiling through the routine like Jillian’s Biotches or anything but I just may be getting the hang of this.

I did Workout 2 in the afternoon...and even upped my weights for some sections...feeling great.

Sunday:    Cardio 1....grrrrrrr!  I have yet to make it through this one doing every single suicide.  As much as this one sucks it makes me really scared to find out what is in Cardio 2 (thank God that I still have 3 weeks before I have to discover the joys of that little gem). 

Week one down...only 11 to go...gulp.