Level 2

Well I started level 2 of the 30 day shred and it was definitely a change from level 1. I spent a lot of today making sure I had the correct form so not pushing my hardest but I still worked up quite the sweat. There were a lot of moves that involved plank and it was more difficult to get the correct form down than I would have assumed, but that is my first concern to make sure I'm doing the moves correctly so I don't hurt myself and maximize the workout. So I was pleased that it wasn't has horrible as it could have been, even with skipping my workout yesterday, but its definitely going to push me to the next level. And can I say I much prefer this set of exercises rather than the ones she had chosen for level 1, funny that I'm actually saying that I like exercise. 


I have been struggling with getting up early enough to eat breakfast. I've been waking up at around 10 and just getting right into my workout so I know I will do it and not find other things to do. But when I do that I skip breakfast and I know I really need to make the time for it. But I'm afraid that if I wait too long I'll skip out on the workout and go about my day. I guess its just tweaking life a step at a time. 


I read on another blog somewhere about beginners wanting to see results either from the scale or by looking in the mirror all the time. I combated the first by not really measuring my progress through the scale but my measurements and I have it already planned out when I will check those. The thing I really hadn't thought about was how I would look for changes whenever I looked in the mirror. What I read was that its normal but to remember you probably won't see physical changes for at least 60 days. Now I'm about 15 days into this whole new take on life so I need to give myself a break from looking for some significant change. It's something you know in the back of your mind that you won't see changes for a while cause it takes work but you forget whenever you are in the mirror. So I try to remind myself whenever in front of mirror that its not been very long so you can't see the difference yet, but I know I sure feel the difference everyday.


The progress....

12-Jun		8-Jul
17	right arm	16
18	left arm	17
43	upper waist	41
45	lower waist	42
28	right thigh	28
29	left thigh	28
20	right calf	19
21	left calf	19
52	hips	50

See it's nice to see some change, even if its only a few inches at a time...