Let me say it again – getting fit is a LOT of hard work! I’ve moved up to Level 4 of Jillian Michaels’ iFit program. I didn’t think I was going to make it but I pushed through my rough patch – and I made it. Day 1 of this level and it didn’t defeat me. It may not look like much, but it kicked my butt.

I rewarded myself with one fo the meals that I really like – the Supreme Pizza Bowl. It had the flavor of a sausage pizza. The “pasta” is zucchini and yellow squash with all the right spices to fool the palate into thinking it was pizza without the crust.

I was going to take a picture of the Spaghetti Bolognese before I ate it yesterday. But once I heated it up the aroma captured my appetite. It was delicious. I am very happy with the “pasta” meals. I had no idea that I liked zucchini and squash prepared this way that made me forget it’s a healthy meal.

Tomorrow is day 2 of Level 4. I’m sure I will still feel that I want to stop when it gets too hard but I’ll never get anywhere if I do. I have to do the hard work to get fit. I should make a sign and post it over the treadmill – Getting Fit is Hard Work! So get to it. I know that’s why I “gave up” so many times before. I don’t mind hard work but exercising takes so long to build up to being fit. It take so little time to lose it and so much time to get it back. This time, I’m not letting myself give up.