Week 3 of Jillian Michael's Body Revolution Complete

I've completed Jillian Michael's 3 weeks now, and I have to say I am pleasantly surprised.  My muscles are sore from the new workouts this week, and sore is good when you're into being in shape and staying in shape.  Your muscles won't change and develop if you keep doing the same thing over and over, so through muscle confusion you surprise your muscles and keep them developing.

I love that the workouts are only 30 minutes, but in general I have to say that 30 minutes for me just isn't enough for the calorie burn that keeps me energized all day.  I'm finding I'm burning between 300-400 calories a workout, which is certainly great, but I prefer to burn more than 500.  So I have started to add a little extra cardio in on the weight and cardio days to give myself a little more burn.  I suppose it's unfair for me to use week 3 as my week to judge if 30 minutes is enough, primarily because I was on vacation and decided to indulge in wine and sugary deserts.  Not only did I gain 5 pounds, but I felt gross, so I'm now back to my low sugar happy eating habits.  It's the only thing that works for me to make me feel good and keep my weight at bay.

This morning instead of doing the Jillian cardio DVD, I decided to go for a run.  The run was great.  I did almost five miles, but for the last mile I did intervals of walking and running since my legs were revolting against me.  I absolutely hate running - it's painful, but I LOVE the feeling I get afterwards.  You can tell from the look on my face in this photo that I was in the last 1/4 mile and hurting but happy to be done.    Here's what I did on my run:

Warmup running slow: 9 Minutes
Run fast: 4 minutes, Run slow: 4 minutes
Run fast 3.5 minutes, Run slow 3.5 minutes
Run fast 3 minutes, Run slow 3 minutes
Run fast 2.5 minutes, Run slow 2.5 minutes
Run fast 2 minutes, Run slow 2 minutes
Run fast 1.5 minutes, walk 1.5 minutes
Run 1 minute, walk 1 minute until I got home
Total: :53 minutes
Calories Burned: 907
Stretch (very important!!)


I'll be baking some more Paleo treats this week, trying to make things that don't impact my blood sugar but make me feel satisfied, and I'm looking forward to sharing them here.