30 Day Shred Review - Day One!

Welcome to day one on my 30 day trek through Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD.  I am planning on this taking place from today, Day One - 20th January 'till Day 30 - 18th February.  I'm hoping you will be with me for this hopefully successful journey, so feel free to comment or even join me in the next 30 days of shredding!

I'm going to be doing this and try to eat healthy by following the Slimming World diet.  I'm hoping the mix of this diet (which I have seen results from before) and the 30 Day Shred will help me see serious results!  

I'm wanting to do this to try and lose some weight, tone up and hopefully improve my general health.  I'm currently scoring on the BMI chart as 'overweight' at 28.7 and my waist measurement is also in the 'increased risk' area at 86cm.  I would love to see both these numbers fall, not just for the health benefits but also for the 'look good naked' benefits!

Now whilst doing this 30 day shred and diet I will also be going about my daily routine, which involves looking after (aka running after) my 15month old niece, attending university lectures, taking the dog for a daily 2 hour walk, doing charity work and generally procrastinating on the internet. 

This is going to be a challenge for me, as I can't even be bothered to clean my 'floordrobe' and 'bedrobe' to allow easy access to my bed, opting for a very impressive Indiana Jones style secret path to my bed, which is clear enough to allow me to sleep.....so I'm curious to see how I cope with this exercise and lack of takeaway!

So every day I will update my blog with the previous days results, so Day One (today) will explain what I'm planning, Day Two will say how I did on Day One - if I managed the workout, got injured in the process and how well I stuck to the SW plan.  Well, that's the plan anyway, this may change if I get used to late night blogging, in which case I'll have a daily update!

I have taken key measurements and a photo to allow a day one and day thirty review to see if this works, so here I am at the beginning:

Height: 5ft6

Weight: 178lbs

BMI: 28.7

*All measurements are taken in centimetres and then converted to inches*

Arms: 30cm or 11.8 inches

Chest: 87cm or 34.3 inches

Hips: 100cm or 39.4 inches

Thighs: 57cm or 22.4 inches

Waist: 93cm or 36.6 inches

Let the 30 Day Shred BEGIN!