Sarah’s Test Bunny of Doom…
Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred
Sarah has asked me to guest blog about the beatings and other joyness I will be suffering through in the next 30 days with my weight loss Jillian beatings.
I have always been a thicker girl, even hitting obese for my BMI (I’m 5’11″). I finally said enough is enough back in 2006 and joined Weight Watchers. I went from 228lbs to 166lbs. I worked out to Biggest Loser DVDs and followed WW plan.
Then came the holy one (my daughter)… Miss Galina herself!
Boom! 70lb pregnancy gain! 8 weeks after I popped her from the womb, I rejoined WW and lost almost all of the weight again.
Currently I am at 193.3lbs.
What happened?! Stress my sister’s minions/followers… stress. We DiLullo’s stress eat like no one’s business! I went from about 175lbs to 198.2lbs in about 5 months. Puh I tell ya… PUH!
NO MORE! Joined Gold’s Gym right before Christmas 2010 and been going faithfully with my soulmate, Melissa. We both also started WW at that time as well. I am currently 193.3lbs… so a 4.9lb loss in 4 weeks… not bad! My short term goal is 170lbs, long term 155lbs.
So… whew! All that back story just to get to what this post is about, Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred. Sarah is, of course, the one who brought it to my attention. As I am her test bunny… in well… everything… she thought it was a great idea to have me do this and tell the world my suffering.
I am currently on day 2 of Level 1. There are 3 levels of these 20 minute workouts. You do each level for 10 days (hence 30 day). Supposedly people swear by this workout.
Day 1 — tried to kill me. I had to stop and take a break. Me stop and take a what?! A break?! Nooo… but yes. Everything hurt, everything. I felt like I had inside bruises.
Day 2 — not so bad. I didn’t have to stop. I was able to control my breathing and not look like and feel like I was going to collapse.
I am on my short term mission with a completion date of May 31, 2012. I have a goal to start this summer looking (as one dude once said to Melissa) BANGIN’!
Ali is a badass single mom to the amazingness that is 3 year old Galina and even with her current super sad job loss… still is focused on losing her chunkies and squishies!
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I do both the DVD and the gym.
Thank you for the support!!
Good luck! I got to level 3 and quit because my knees are bad and level 3 was just to hard on them. Fortunately I found her yoga DVD and began that as a nice low impact work out. But I lost 20lbs from October 1 to December 1st by doing My Fitness Pal and the 30 day Shred so I have faith that it can work for anyone!
Good for you girlfriend! I find WW to work better for me than My Fitness Pal so props to you!
I finally realized food had to become less important to me, and my health much more important. I now weigh 158 pounds. I stopped eating between meals. smaller portion sizes, no real salt, I use a salt replacement and no red meat of any kind, no sugar or sweets. I no longer eat bread. plus reducing fats and using a cooking spray instead of oil. I walk alot and that is what I need to do more of is get more active.I was never heavy growing up or into my 20’s. But having twins and another baby a year later and I began packing on the weight. Sin months ago I looked at myself in the mirror and was shocked at what I saw. It is a life change that must be constantly watched. Once you lose your health you can never get it back. So taking care of yourself, for yourself is the way to go. Glenda ps good luck ali!!!
I honestly don’t think Sarah and I can ever remember you smaller than 200lbs Mom. I just know that I want Lina to never go through what we have with her weight. She even does jumping jacks with me which is hysterically cute.
Well, I just became tired of being so overweight. All the HUSTEDT WOMEN were big girls, and gaining alot of weight has always been a big problem for all of us. I love potato chips and I cant eat them anymore. If a bag of chips were in the house right now I would eat the entire bag! I realized I had to do something about myself and so I looked at what I was eating and decided to do a over haul on my food choice’s. Food has comforted me my entire life and all the years I didnt take good care of myself finally caught up with me.I am down 3 jean sizes. I have alot of fat clothes I am going to get rid of. I need to get more active than I am. I dont look my age and thank goodness I did something positive. I feel better about myself. GLENDA
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Good job! It’s hard to stick with it at times. I did the 30 day shred for all of a week. But it wasn’t for me. I need a gym. Dvd’s always fail for me. May is a totally doable time frame from now to get to a your short term goal! I hope you update us! =D
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