When we got engaged last June, I decided I needed to stop whining about my weight and do something. Since then I’ve lost 30 lbs and have about 10 more to feel my best. My wedding is a great motivator, but also the fact that I decided to do boudoir photos for my wedding gift to the future husband. They are being taken on April 13th, so now I’ve got another big date looming. :)

I do Spinning classes 2-3 times a week as well as Body Pump at our gym (it’s quite similar to the idea of 30 Day Shred actually.) We are moving in a month into our first house so I will have the ability to do 30 Day Shred and I think I will try it out. (Now we live upstairs in an apartment and the neighbor doesn’t dig the jumping jacks at 5:30 in the morning. I also started a running training program (I could never run before!) back in November and just completed my first 5k a few weeks ago, am signed for another in a week, completed an indoor triathlon, and am signed up for another in June. All of these things keep me active since if I stop training, they will be much harder…sometimes it’s just easier to keep on keepin’ on, I suppose.

Well, anyway, sorry for all the rambling and way to go again – you’re very inspirational!

I also wanted to put in a plug for Jillian Michaels’ videos for anyone on the fence – they are amazing! I did the Shred for months and recently became bored with it, so I bought her two other videos, and I’m a Jillian devotee all over again! My favorite thing is that there’s really no excuse not to work out with Jillian – you don’t need equipment, you don’t need a lot of space, you don’t need nice weather – all you need is commitment. No excuses.