Jillian Michaels...the Devil!

Realizing I am going to two beach weddings next year - one in Costa Rica and our wedding in Cabo San Lucas, I decided I had better tone it up, or at least start working out now that winter has officially hit (even though it hit a record 75 degrees today).

Now I knew just what to use those randomly earned travel rewards that were about to expire for...I ordered not one, not two, but three Jillian Michaels (from the Biggest Loser) workout DVD's. Between those three workouts and playing soccer twice a week until December I figure I have to have it covered, and will be looking my best EVER next year.

Earlier this week I was feeling fairly energetic after work so popped in "Jillian Michaels - Trouble Zones" workout DVD, and looking at her and her ripped buddies, I immediately started to sweat. After a warm up of old school cardio moves she instructs you in five different exercises for one circuit and then repeats it all twice so by the end of the circuit you are sweaty, exhausted, and already feeling "the burn". At this point she yelled at me through the screen, "Come on, you should still be feeling fresh, this is only the first circuit!". That's when despair sets in, because I realized I was really only about 7 minutes into the workout!

I managed to claw my way through 2 1/2 circuits before my legs suddenly became jelly and I collapsed onto the rug in front of the TV, totally spent. Now even though I do know better, after years of being coached in soccer and doing yoga, I was so disgusted with myself for only lasting 20 minutes that I refused to do the cool-down after the workout...and I sure paid for that for the next two days!

That night I convinced my man to take pity on me and give me a massage for a change; my tired ol' legs were killing me and felt so tight I could barely do the stairs!