Huuuuuuurting... ;o;
Feb. 10th, 2009 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
candylandOn the recommendation of my sister, some folks at Best Buy, and ninety-five percent of the reviewers at Amazon-dot-com, I bought and started a new work-out DVD: Jillian Michaels: 30 Day Shred. According to just about everyone, it's a miracle routine that can drop you up to twenty pounds in a month as well as toning, shaping, and probably curing various diseases, the way some folks are talking.
I'm trying to be realistic XD But I have to say that it's tough. Bright stars, I did my first day of it yesterday, and I was fairly sure that I was going to die, though part of that might have been that the only set of hand-weights I had available were waaaaaay too heavy.
The program comes in three stages: hard, murderous, and "oh god just let me die." Okay, I'm kidding. Slightly. But you do stage one (where I'm at) until you think you're ready, then up to stage two you go, and so forth. It's HARD. But I will say that even doing it this morning for day two, it felt like my endurance was a bit better. So we'll see where this goes!
The downside is that my arms and legs are hurting. It's not so bad now in my upper arms, but that muscle on the top of your thigh? Yeah. Every time I would try to do something radical today, like...sit down, or walk up stairs, or kneel to get something off a low shelf, that muscle would remind me why I have spent twenty-three years of my life being a couch potato. But it's the good kind of hurt! *VICTORY POSE*
I have Shaymin. It's such a cute little Pokemon! (And according to the guy at the store, my DS is starting to die, sadface T_T) I wound up takingkaitodoushi's DS and game with me to get her one as well, since she had class and work yesterday. Her DS is still sitting on my nightstand. Hope you feel better, sweetie D:
Oh! And during my driving escapades yesterday, I listened to Coraline on CD. I must see this movie, because if the movie is half as amazing as the book is, then...gaaaah, I can't even think of an appropriate analogy. But seriously, it's a GREAT BOOK, and it made for a really great way to pass the time in the car.
I also think I like Neil Gaiman's writing style, and if his other stories follow similar subject matter (the supernatural, the vaguely macabre, etc.), then I think I would like to read more by him. I'd heard of him, but this is my first exposure to his work. I rather like it. And I would rather like to drag Kat and Rach to see this movie!! *plots evil*
I'm trying to be realistic XD But I have to say that it's tough. Bright stars, I did my first day of it yesterday, and I was fairly sure that I was going to die, though part of that might have been that the only set of hand-weights I had available were waaaaaay too heavy.
The program comes in three stages: hard, murderous, and "oh god just let me die." Okay, I'm kidding. Slightly. But you do stage one (where I'm at) until you think you're ready, then up to stage two you go, and so forth. It's HARD. But I will say that even doing it this morning for day two, it felt like my endurance was a bit better. So we'll see where this goes!
The downside is that my arms and legs are hurting. It's not so bad now in my upper arms, but that muscle on the top of your thigh? Yeah. Every time I would try to do something radical today, like...sit down, or walk up stairs, or kneel to get something off a low shelf, that muscle would remind me why I have spent twenty-three years of my life being a couch potato. But it's the good kind of hurt! *VICTORY POSE*
I have Shaymin. It's such a cute little Pokemon! (And according to the guy at the store, my DS is starting to die, sadface T_T) I wound up taking
kaitodoushi's DS and game with me to get her one as well, since she had class and work yesterday. Her DS is still sitting on my nightstand. Hope you feel better, sweetie D:Oh! And during my driving escapades yesterday, I listened to Coraline on CD. I must see this movie, because if the movie is half as amazing as the book is, then...gaaaah, I can't even think of an appropriate analogy. But seriously, it's a GREAT BOOK, and it made for a really great way to pass the time in the car.
I also think I like Neil Gaiman's writing style, and if his other stories follow similar subject matter (the supernatural, the vaguely macabre, etc.), then I think I would like to read more by him. I'd heard of him, but this is my first exposure to his work. I rather like it. And I would rather like to drag Kat and Rach to see this movie!! *plots evil*