30 Day Shred Results

Is it really August already? I'm in shock! I thought the day would never come. I love Jillian, but 30ds gets old very quickly for me. Too repetitive in my opinion. But, it gets results. Which is the whole point, of course. I missed a few days here and there, but I was doing it along with JMBR, so I didn't sweat it too much. Let's get right to it, shall we?

 

Weight wise, I only lost roughly 5/6 lbs. 

Inches:

Start:                                 Finish:

Waist: 36"                          34"

Tummy: 40"                        37"

Hips: 40"                            39"

Left Thigh: 22.75"               22"

As I was getting my result pictures ready this morning, I decided to go further back and look at my mid-section progress. I took a bare stomach picture in April, after I was down 10 pounds to use as a reference for myself. I never planned on sharing them with anyone else, but I'm so happy with my progress today, I've decided to be brave...

I still have a ways to go, but I'm happy with my progress so far!

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Yesterday was my Burpee Comment Challenge. I posted that I would do 5 burpees for every comment I received. Around noon yesterday, I opened it up to IG as well and ended up with enough comments and "likes" to give me 80 burpees. You guys are the best!

There was no way I was giving up my run, so I headed out right after work for a 5k. As much as I love the runner's high and challenging myself to run faster/further, I don't enjoy running. I notice every step, every breath and constantly check my phone to see how close I am to being able to stop. But not yesterday. Yesterday's run felt nearly effortless. I enjoyed my surroundings and music. I said hi to people as I passed them and felt amazing. I PR'd my 5k, then went home and did my 80 burpees before I found an excuse to put them off.

80 burpees after 3 miles were torture, and I LOVED it. I had to take a 30 second break every 20 burpees to stretch my quads, but I got 'um done! Thanks to everyone that helped me out with my challenge! I think I'm going to start doing comment challenges regularly.

Burpee Comment Challenge!

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 Let's play a little game, shall we? To celebrate my completion of JMBR, breaking through my plateau, and new readers, I thought I'd do a little (possibly huge) challenge today.  Today is my cardio day, and I do have a run planned for this evening, but lets kick it up a notch...Are you ready?

Share your favorite type of exercise, activity, body part to work on etc... in the comments and I will do 5 burpees per comment! Deadline for comments to count is 5 PM MST. I've really been trying to push myself in my workouts and be comfortable with being uncomfortable. I figured this would be a fun way for me to do it! So comment away and torture help me out!

 You guys left me some of the sweetest comments on my JMBR Final Results post on Monday. You sure know how to lift a girl up! I started this blog to document my journey and hold myself accountable. As in, "if some random person happens to run across my blog today, I want to be able to show progress along with the failures." I never imagined to find actual support through this, and it has meant the world to me.

I have quite a few new followers, welcome! I'm happy you're here and I love feedback. Hearing from you all keeps me going and motivated! I reply to all comments via email, but if you're a no-reply blogger, I'll try to find your comment and reply to you on the blog.

I'm going to be taking a 1 month break from the scale starting tomorrow, so I thought I'd link-up my weight today. Still sitting at 169.5. Hopefully the next time I weigh in, I'll be in the 150s!

What's your favorite exercise, activity or body part to work on?