It'll take a lot longer than 30 days to shred me

So, I picked up a copy of 30 Day Shred yesterday.  I liked the idea of a 20 minute workout, because 20 minutes seems to be about the exact amount of time I get to myself these days.  I love my Turbo Jam DVD, but 45 minutes?  45 minutes may as well be a freaking ETERNITY in child-time because I can't even get through half the workout before someone has poked someone else in the eye or someone has poop running down their legs, or someone has a death grip on the dog's ear and I must intervene before Fancy's amazing patience goes straight out the window and she starts eating my children for lunch.

What I didn't count on was that 20 minutes of 30 Day Shred will make me collapse on the floor wimpering like a baby.  Alex was supposed to have friends come over this morning, but thank goodness they cancelled because I can barely lift my sore limbs under my own power.  Chasing three children around the house with a baby in my arms, may have actually killed me.

The workout itself seems easy.  Jumping jacks?  Sure!  Crunches?  Bring it on!  Push ups?  Ok, if you say so.  I'm not sure what made this work out so challenging, but by the end I was begging for mercy and calling Jillian Micheals horrible, horrible names.  And this was level 1!

I'm encouraged that I'm in this much pain today because that means that the workout is doing something, and if it really is doing something, I will gladly spend 20 minutes of my evenings doing this godawful workout.

I also like that Jillian isn't trying to be my friend.  Chalene (of Turbo Jam) is relentlessly perky.  She insists that I'm having a great time, that exercising is SO MUCH FUN! Jillian doesn't bother bullshitting me.  She tells me straight up that yea, this is awful, but I'd better SUCK IT UP and TAKE IT because if I want to only have to work out for 20 minutes, I'd better BE IN PAIN!  I can appreciate that kind of honesty.

Thankfully John and I are going out tonight and I have a decent excuse to not have to do the workout because I'm not sure I COULD do it tonight anyway even if I wanted to.  I'm going to try to do it at least every other night after the kids go to bed.  While I HIGHLY DOUBT I'll be shredded by 30 days, I am hoping for at least some visible improvements.