Jillian's 30 Day Shred

I bought this DVD back in July right before I went on vacation and never got around to doing it until this past month. I've got to share my results!

First off, I had heard of Jillian Michaels but didn't know much about her. I knew she was a trainer on the Biggest Loser, and since buying this DVD, I have started watching that. She is brutal on the show. She really is. I'm a decent regular to the gym, so I knew it would be challenging, but was sure I was up to the challenge.

HA! I had no idea how brutal Jillian can truly be. For 30 days I have diligently completed a 25-minute workout. I did Level 1 for 10 days; Level 2 for 10 days, and Level 3 for 10 days. I'm not even sure which level I would say is the hardest . . . they were all brutal in their own special way. I would be dripping with sweat when I finished it. I knew I had to be doing something right!

First off, I did not alter my eating at all. I tried to be sensible like I usually do, but did not count points or follow any diet plan. I ate pizza when I wanted pizza, I had honeybun cake when I wanted honeybun cake (I'll have to tell you about this cake in a different post!). I did step it up in the gym during my lunch hour workouts on some days. I had tacked on 10 extra minutes to my usual 30 minutes. That's the only change I made aside from doing this Shred for 30 days.

With that being said, here are the numbers:

Weight loss - 4 lbs. not huge at all - but I'm ok with it considering I truly did eat what I wanted to eat. This actually is unofficial -- the Wii batteries are dead, so this is based on my other scale.

Inches lost:
waist - 3"
hips - 1/2"
upper arms - -1/4"
chest - -2" (had to be those planks!)
thighs - 1 1/2" (i can visibly see this!)

So I think, if I did my math right - overall 7 1/4" lost. Actually that's only counting 1 arm and 1 leg -- I'm assuming I lost the same in both. LOL! I am very happy with this and know that if I would really watch what I'm eating and continue with the dvd, I could really slim up some more. I can tell in my clothes -- pulling out winter clothes from last year -- they fit much better.

So, even though this dvd was VERY hard to do every single night, I would have to say it is worth it. I'm planning to do it again -- probably not every night -- but at least 3-4 times a week.