A 20-something intern at Women’s Post who loves food, chronicling her way through the world of working out and the 30 Day Shred.
Doing lunges last night hurt. Yesterday was the second workout of my journey through Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred. Whoever invented squats and lunges hates humanity. It’s just unnatural. The Shred uses a 3-2-1 interval circuit (three minutes strength, two minutes cardio and one minute abs). Squats and lunges are doubled with weights in the strength portion. I jump for joy (literally, there’s a part where you jump for 30 seconds) when we switch over to cardio. Doing lunges with barbells is not my idea of a fun time.
I also have no upper body strength. Zip. Zilch. Nada. When I carry heavy bags of groceries, I’m the type to say, “no need to work out tomorrow.” (And then I think to myself, “…not that I would have worked out anyway.”) So the strength portion of the DVD is also a big pain. Really, the entire strength portion is just a painful experience. But I have set a goal. I’m working my way up to eight pound weights. Yes, it’s a little pathetic but it’s a big thing for me.
I’m actually dreading the third day of working out because I know my muscles will freeze up from being sore. Is there anything worse than getting up the next day and feeling like an 80 year old? Not fun, people, not fun.
I’m also trying to eat healthy. I have to say something here before I continue. I’m Serbian. We are born lovers of food. Everything is made out of meat and calories are never taken into account. To me, spending money on a salad for lunch is a sin. I think I’ve ordered just salad in a restaurant maybe five times in my life. And that’s pushing it. I also believe in enjoying food and just living life without counting calories. If someone offers me a piece of cake, I will not turn it down. But I’m going to try to eat “healthy,” whatever that means. I might be shredding it, but I’m not starving it.
I respect food too much to do that.
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