Day 3 of 'the Shred'

Well today is day 3 of the 30 Day Shred. Not posted in a few days, so will have to do an update from the beginning!


Started the Shred on Monday, took my measurements before hand...


Weight: 263
Bust: 47in
Back: 39in
Waist: 40.5in
Hips: 51in
Arms: 15in
Thighs: 25in


Hopefully, in 30 days they'll all be at least a few inches smaller!! I might try and hold off doing my measurements until the 30 days are up instead of every week.


Day 1 I found a lot easier than I expected to be honest. It was definitely a hard work out, but I got through it all. Bought a Heart Rate Monitor with my tips from Saturday night and turns out I burnt 485 calories during that half hour, way more than I expected! I could do about half the push ups but totally failed at the bicycle crunches at the end, did about 2! Just had nothing left to give.


Day 2 was alright, had a little ache left over in my abs from the day before but got through it ok. It was both easier and harder at the same time! Could feel the burn more because I'd done it the day before, but doing each action was a little easier. Did most of the bicycle crunches at the end this time but flopped on the second lot of push ups, my arms couldn't take anymore!


Day 3 was so so! Was definitely the hardest of the 3 days because I could really feel it from the day before still. Half way through I wanted to just give up, I thought hell I've down 2 days, that's good, 2 and a half will still be good! But I pushed on, even though I didn't think I'd be able to and got through it all. I did much better with the push ups this time, I still didn't do them all though, I think I did 13 first round and 6 or 7 the second round. The bicycle crunches went pretty well, stop for a few seconds towards the end though. I have to do them faster than them, I find that if I'm too slow I find it far more difficult! Only burned 460 calories today, don't think I gave it quite my all like I did the past 2 days but I think I gave it all I had at the time!


Having a major attack of confidence today! There's a guy who has been showing interest in me and has mentioned meeting up for a drink, we've not met before as we've been chatting on Facebook through a mutual friend and then by text. Part of me thinks yeah it would be good to meet him. The other part of me thinks that he'll meet me, think oh I didn't realise that you were so fat and run a mile! He's lost weight himself, I don't know how much, can only tell by Facebook pics but it's at least a few stone. I just know that I'm very picky with my Facebook pics and so I'm not sure they really represent me, they do me too much justice and I'm far fatter than I look in any of them! I think it's one of these situations though where I'm always going to have something undermining my confidence levels and so, unless I want to regret never meeting him, I'm going to just have to bite the bullet and get on with it. I can't wait until I'm another stone down or this size or this weight. My life starts now, not when I reach my goal weight.