Working Out Days 3 & 4

I didn't have time to blog yesterday, so I decided to combine it with today.

Tuesday night, I was up late doing homework. Needless to say, I was not too excited when my alarm went off at 4:30 yesterday morning.  (That's not entirely exclusive to yesterday.)  As I sat at the edge of my bed, trying to convince myself - and my aching muscles - that I needed to get up to workout, I thought to myself, "There's no way I am doing 30 Day Shred for 30 days."

One thing you probably know about me is that I get bored quite easily.  Sure, there are some things I can do every day and I'm fine with.  Playing with my kids, listening to Elvis or eating a hamburger, for instance.  (Although I haven't eaten a burger in almost three months.)

When it comes to exercise, though, I need to change it up or I get bored and it's difficult for me to get the desire to work out.

I'm sorry, listening to Jillian Michaels cracking jokes to her overly fit companions while I am struggling to do one more push-up is just not going to cut it for me.

So I looked in my exercise DVD collection (which is bigger than I thought) and I found Bob Harper's Biggest Loser Boot Camp.

Don't get me wrong, the 30 Day Shred is an incredible workout and I have had great results with it in the past.  But the problem is, when I put on 30 Day Shred, P90X or Supreme 90 Day, I am greeted by scantily-clad people with 1% body fat and biceps bigger than my head.

And that's just the women.

But with the Biggest Loser workouts, the people doing the workouts are...well...like me.  You know, the "mostly overweight, struggling through jumping jacks, wouldn't dare wear a shirt that didn't cover my belly" kind of people.

And I'm fine with that!

So I did round one of Boot Camp yesterday and loved it.  (It also helps that Bob Harper is not as scary - or manly - as Jillian Michaels.)

This morning my plan was to do the Biggest Loser Yoga DVD, but due to "unforeseen circumstances" - meaning I ate too much fiber yesterday - I could barely get the workout started before I had to quit.  To paraphrase George Costanza, I knew this intestinal requirement was going to surpass anything in the exercise realm.  (A little TMI, I'm sure.)

I may try to do something tonight.  I am giving blood, so heavy exercise is out of the question, but a nice walk around the neighborhood with the family may be fine.