Holy moly, I’d forgotten how much Jillian’s boobs like to dance around in Level 2!
Those distractions aside, I’m enjoying this level more than I did way back when. And by “enjoying,” I mean it’s working me harder, way harder, than I remember. I’m having to modify the v-fly things by doing a few reps single-armed, and the squats and lunges are also really difficult.
And yes, I feel like I’m gargling my heart during the twisty jump things.
It’s not helping (or it IS helping, I guess) that I did it after a 22.6 mile ride that was really hilly. Results, baby, I want results!
Definitely a case of an unsupportive sports bra, she is all over the place. hahaha.
I’m kinda discouraged. My eating has sucked. I’ve been going through some emotional crap these past couple of days and haven’t been able to drag myself off the couch to do a workout. And I’ve been eating my feelings. Could use some words of encouragement.
Ugh, that’s the worst. Beyond trying to find someone to talk to about the emotional crap, I can say that as far as I can recall I’ve ALWAYS felt better after doing a workout. Starting it, well, that’s not so easy. Get the stuff out so there are no excuses and know that you are worth it!
Hey Julia, my name’s Jessy. I’m not gonna tell you I know exactly what you’re going through because honestly I don’t. What I do know is I’ve been depressed and my weight skyrocketed to 215. Here’s what I did to get down to 170. I started doing the stretches from the workouts and before you know it, the tape was done. You are beautiful and strong and you can do this. If you wanna cry by all means do so. Yell if you want to. But you gotta get up from this. If you wanna chat lemme know.
Julia — Sometimes when I feel like that, what works for me is really, really small things. I don’t go for a run or do a workout video because it feels like a mountain, so instead, I tell myself to do something small. Like, go for a 10 minute walk. Or do 5 push ups. Or do 10 squats. I find that I can commit to doing those SO much more easily than a longer workout. And then I think, “Hey, that wasn’t so bad,” and I do another. Maybe I do more, maybe I stop. But either way — I did *something* and that makes me feel so much better than just doing nothing.
julia – so sorry for where you are at. after baby #4 was born 2 months ago- i was hit with brutal ppd. medication has me at a better place now – praise God. so while diff – i get the feeling of not wanting to get off the couch. heck, it was a feat to get out of bed.
we all know it’s hard!!
you can do it. FIGHT.
baby steps. just get off the couch and go from there.
big hug to you!
I started Level 2 last night and OMG I totally thought the same thing. My next thought was, “I don’t remember if Bill mentioned that last time around but I’d have a hard time believing he didn’t notice.” Ha!
I’m sure it’s been mentioned here at some point, because how could we not have mentioned THAT?