JMBR Day 83

Cardio 3 this morning was hard. My legs just din't have the same energy as usual. Not sure why. I am glad that tomorrow is my rest day. If I were only doing 12 weeks, I would be done today, but I will be doing 1 more week for the full 90 days. 2 more times through each workout.

Vacation is fast approaching. I am looking forward to spending a week in the sun with family. I can look forward to it even more knowing that I won't be making the "I just had 2 kids" excuse for the shape of my body. Since my youngest is 2 1/2, it was a pretty lame excuse when I used it last year. I won't be the skinniest or most in shape person on the beach, but I'll be feeling pretty good in comparison to where I was 3 months ago. It will be so nice to feel good in my own skin again and not feel embarrassed that I have let myself go.

Have a good week everyone!

JMBR Day 86 : End of Phase 3 Results

I am going on vacation tomorrow, so I am reporting my Phase 3 results today, even though it is only day 85. I will continue on to day 90, but don't want a week at the beach to be included in my results. For those of you following my progress, I stuck to the workout regiment and did not miss any workouts. I did not follow Jillian's meal plan, but tried to follow her guidelines. I had many good eating days and many bad ones over the 3 months. I am so pleased with what 30 minutes a day has done to my body!!

Phase 3 may be the end of the program, but I will keep going and hope to get even more fit.

Starting Measurements:
Weight: 189
Waist: 37
Hips: 43
Bust: 43
Arm:12.3
Thigh: 26
Dress Size: 14
%Body Fat: 37

End of Phase 3 Measurements:
Weight: 168.2
Waist: 32
Hips: 39
Bust: 38
Arm: 12
Thigh: 24
Dress Size: 10
% Body Fat: 34.5

Total Difference:
Weight: 20 pounds
Waist: 5 inches
Hips: 4 inches
Bust: 5 inches
Arm: .3 inches
Thigh: 2 inches
Dress Size: 2 dress sizes
% Body Fat: 2.5%

So that is 20 pounds and 12.8 inches in 13 weeks, and I only measure a few body areas, so my inches are not comprehensive.

I did not take before photos, so the first side by side full body pictures are from end of Phase 1.


Phase 1 ******************* Phase 3


Phase 1 ******************* Phase 3


Phase 1 ******************* Phase 3


Phase 1 ******************* Phase 3


Phase 1 ******************* Phase 3


I also posted this to the graduates topic, so that it would be there for folks who are looking at a collection of results.

90 Days Completed and a Vacation to Celebrate!

Well this will be my last post in this Topic/Thread, as I have officially completed my 90 days of Jillian's Body Revolution. You saw my results from last week, and I cannot tell you how proud I am of myself for making it through the program. I left for vacation last friday and completed my final workouts while even being on vacation. It felt so great to make 90 days.

Being in a bathing suit was liberating. I was so nervous that my old body image frustrations would creep up on me and derail my feelings of being proud, but happily, all I felt was proud of the changes in my body and everyone noticed the results of all my hard work. I had 2 moments from the week that I'd really like to share:

1. My sister in law who is in great shape and has exercised her entire life decided to join me in Cardio 3 on my 90th day. Before completing the program, I wouldn't have wanted anyone to do a workout with me, but by day 90, I had no problem. She was so impressed with the workout and how hard it was and kept saying how strong I must be to do all of the moves as well as I do. It felt great to hear and I really do feel strong!

2. I went to the Outer Banks of NC for my vacation, and they have a monument there that sits on top a pretty steep hill. On a number of the mornings, a group of us went for a walk and we would walk the hill a few times. Someone joked that we should run up it. So my sister in law (who did the workout with me) and I ran up it. Not just once but 3 times. It was hard, but I did it. I even ran it fast, like a JMBR cardio interval.

I want to share these 2 successes, because I know over the course of my 90 days, I felt discouraged and unsure that I was really seeing the results that I wanted. In both of those times on my vacation, I felt proud of my fitness level : something I haven't been proud of in years. The program works if you do the workouts. I am proof. I am thinner and more toned, which is GREAT, but I am proving to myself that I am capable of doing more and more. Keep making the workouts a priority in your day, and before you know it, you will be celebrating your 90th day too!!

I've started up Phase 2 again and plan to complete it and Phase 3 again until I get bored and find something else that I think will be equally as successful. I will start up a new topic/thread to cover my second time through the program.

GOOD LUCK ALL!!!!!

One last post to showing a before and after shot. The before is from Thanksgiving 2011 and the after is from my vacation after the completion of my 90 day Body Revolution.

Before:


After: