A New Regime!

I decided that I am going to start Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD workout today. It is a fairly intense 20 minute workout with three levels so you have something to work toward. The workout is designed to burn fat and build muscle by combining cardio with strength training. Sounds pretty easy until you are in the second or third round of jumping jacks for two minutes straight after doing two minutes of lunges with hand weights! I felt awesome after though and Jillian didn’t yell at me once, which was a just a little disappointing. Maybe I should buy the LAST CHANCE WORKOUT!! DVD so I can the real Jillian experience.

Even with eating out for lunch today, I consumed my daily allotment of points, a little less actually. We had a combo birthday lunch and I modified everything I ordered: chicken sandwich, buffalo sauce and blue cheese on the side with a side salad instead of fries. No dressing please, a side of balsamic vinegar instead. And please move away the dessert that is sitting right in front of me saying “Eat me! Eat me!” Gee, I really love passing up dessert. Not.

Tonight’s dinner was Chicken Parmigiana and Roasted Eggplant with Tomato. I modified the chicken dish a bit because I didn’t want to use egg to coat the chicken and actually forgot to add parmesan cheese. It turned out great though. The roasted eggplant was a little disappointing after eating the Filipino version last week. I’m really happy that the Weight Watchers recipes from the website are fairly easy to make and taste pretty good! You’d never know how healthy it is!