30 Day pics and Measurements

Ok I promise I will update this post with measurements later, but I don't have them with me now, but I do have the pics.

It has been a while since my last post!!

I am back and in full force. This summer got busy, but it doesn't mean that I gave up on my fitness goals. I continued running and some Insanity when I could until after my summer trips were completed. I did some terrible eating, and gained a few lbs, but I am back on the bandwagon now with full force.

I am now doing p90x and Insanity 3 days a week on top of that. I am just starting Phase 2 of p90x this week, and I will post my phase one results and pictures a bit later. In less than 2 weeks I will start the 18 week marathon training schedule, on top of p90x. I will drop the Insanity at this point, because that's just too much to keep up with. I am really nervous, but I hope that I can reach all of my fitness goals, and being able to say that I have completed a marathon is a huge goal of mine. I really want to complete p90x also, and if the running gets in the way of that I will scale back to the half marathon training which doesn't overlap very much with my p90x schedule (just the last recovery week).

Done!!! Final Results!!!!

I am so proud of myself for completing this program!!! I have improved by leaps and bounds in 2 months. This was probably the toughest workout program I have ever done, and I can definitely see the results.

I was starting to get discouraged by the fact that I lost almost 7 lbs in the first 5 weeks, and gained 1 lb in month 2, but the before and after pictures speak for themselves. Just because I wasn't losing weight doesn't mean I wasn't losing fat and gaining muscle. I am so excited to share my results.

Here are my final fit test results (month 1 is in parenthesis):
Switch kicks: (47) 59
Power Jacks: (43) 65
Power Knees: (81) 106
Power Jumps: (26) 45
Globe Jumps: (9) 11
Suicide Jumps: (9) 21
Push-up Jacks: (9) 30
Low Plank Oblique: (30) 65

My before and after measurements and weight(before is in parenthesis):
Height: 5'4"
Weight: (153.8) 148.0
Arms: (11.75) 11
Chest: (36) 34.25
Waist: (31.5) 30
Hips: (40) 37.75
Legs: (23.5) 22.75

And here are the pics. I can definitely see the difference in the before and after.

Day 61 - Almost There

Good bye Max Interval Plyo. I think this is my least favorite workout. Of course I will still incorporate it into my post insanity routine, because I hate it because it hurts!! And if it hurts it is working me hard. The pushups are what gets me in this one.

2 more days to go until I complete my 2 months of Insanity. Stay tuned for after measurements and before and after pictures. I am excited!

Day 60- Done!! Just 3 more days to go!!!

Today was Max Interval Sports Training. I love love love this workout!! I think it is my favorite. It is tough, but fun. I can't believe I only have 3 days left of my 2 months of insanity.

Day 59 - Max Interval Circuit for the last time

Well not really for the last time, because I will continue with the month 2 videos 4 days a week, after a much needed week off.

It is getting harder and harder each day. I am more sore this week than I was the first week of month 2. I am putting everything I have into this so that I can finish up this week. I can't wait to take after pictures and measurements on sunday though!!! Stay tuned for the after pics!!

Day 58- Half done

There just isn't enough time in the mornings to do Max Cardio conditioning and Insane Abs, so I still have Insane abs to do tonight.

At one point in the video Shaun T tells you that this isn't a game. I would love to smack anyone who thinks it is, because I am dying and he is fussing about this not being a game. I always get confused when he says that, could anyone possibly confuse Insanity with a game, I think not. LOL!!

My body is achy and tired. I am looking forward to completing this week and then giving my body a much needed week break from the Insanity. I plan to do the 3 day shakeology cleanse, the Turbofire stretch 40 on cleanse days, and run the rest of the week.

Day 57 - Last week begins

I am very discouraged right now. Everyone said that month 2 was when you start to really see the results. I will take measurements again on Sunday once I complete the program, but the scale is really starting to tick me off. For the last 3 weeks I have hovered around 147, and I have been so frustrated that I can't lose weight no matter what I do. But this morning when I stepped on the scale I weighed 148. It was everything I could do not to cry. But I got up, and I pushed play, and I fought through the tears to do Max Interval Plyo.

On my way to work this morning, I started thinking that it is time to reevaluate my diet. I am not doing anything that I wasn't doing in month 1 so I am confused. I lost 7 lbs in month 1 and so far in month 2 I have gained 1. I know I am building muscle, but I should also be losing some weight with these killer long workouts.

I am trying to stay positive, and I am hoping and praying that the final measurements and the after pictures will show a difference. 6 days to go, I can do this.

Month 2 Week 3 Complete!!!

This has been a rough week. I over did it with exercise this past weekend, and everything has been a little harder this week. I vow that I will actually let myself have my off day this week. I really need to let my body recover from this rough week.

Yesterday I did Max Interval Circuit, and I like that one, but it always kicks my butt. Today I did Max Interval Sports Training, which is awesome. It was tough, and I was glad it was over, but I think that is one of my favorite workouts.

In the beginning, I didn't think I would survive 60 days, and now that I am almost there, I don't think I can live without my Insanity. Crazy right? It's like the hardest workout you will ever love!!! LOL!!!!!

Days 52 & 53

I didn't post yesterday, because my day just got to crazy. Yesterday was Max Cardio Circuit and Insane Abs. I am already getting up at 4:45am to get in the Max workouts, and Insane abs is 33 minutes long in addition to that, and I just wasn't willing to get up any earlier, so I did Max Cardio in the morning, and Insane abs after the kids went to bed last night. I got it done. I will be honest with you I always thought that some of the moves in the ab videos were harder on my legs because they were tired from doing a workout directly before the ab workout, but that was not true. Turns out my legs felt just as heavy and hurt just as much doing the ab workout independantly.

There is one exercise in Insane abs that involves balancing on one arm and one leg in the plank position while lifting the other arm and leg, and I can't do that to save my life, so I just held the plank position during that exercise, which was still killer on the abs!!!

Today was Max Recovery. I hate the recovery videos, they seem to move so slowly. It is a killer workout, just not as much jumping. I did look on my calendar and I saw that this is the last day I have to do the max recovery. Yay!!! Next week it is substituted with the Max Interval Sports Training, which is a little more fun.

By the way, today is day 53 of 63 days of Insanity. I can't believe I only have 10 days left. I think my plan after those 10 days are up, is to do the 3 day shakeology cleanse, and then repeat month 2, which should bring me to my vacation. What will I do after that? I am not sure yet!

Day 51 - Max Interval Plyo

Well, although I stand by the fact that this is my least favorite Max video, I was so happy that I only had to do one video today. I really pushed myself hard, maybe a little to hard this weekend, with adding the running and turbofire, and with the fit test back to back with the Max workout yesterday, and I am sore.

I also used the last of my recovery formula, and I won't get my new container until the end of the week. Ahhh, how am I going to survive these workouts without it? That stuff really does help, with my energy levels post workout, and I am less sore when I use it. I will survive I guess.

Day 50 - Fit test and max interval circuit, and the weekend

Saturday I did the Max Interval sports training from the deluxe pack. It was a series of sports intervals (boxing, football, basketball, gymnastics, and track). I was for the most part able to keep up with it, thanks to quite a few breaks between exercises but there were some parts that I struggled to keep up with. It was intense, not as much jumping as the rest of the max workouts. Definitely tougher than the Core cardio and balance that it replaced. I am glad that I got the deluxe dvds, this one and Insane abs are killer.

Saturday I ended up eating some frozen yogurt that my mom bought for my 16 month old who was asleep in the stroller by the time she got to her with the yogurt, and I felt terribly guilty, so I decided to punish myself for it. Saturday night I did TurboFire HIIT 30. It was tough, but it was fun at the same time. Not as tough as insanity, but I didn't really expect it to be. Great workout, I really enjoyed it.

Sunday morning I got up early (on my day off), because I wasn't done torturing myself, and I ran 4 miles. I had good intentions of doing my Insanity fit test sunday night, but I was to tired from the day, so I decided I would suck it up and combine them in the morning.

I took new measurements, and I weighed in this morning. I am 147.2 lbs, and frustrated at the number on the scale.

Chest - 35.25 inches (same as 3 weeks ago, total loss of 0.75 since day 1)
Waist - 30 inches (loss of 1.5 inches since day 1)
Hips - 38.25 inches (same as 3 weeks ago, loss of 1.75 inches total since day 1)
Arms - 11 inches (gain 0.25 inches in 3 weeks, loss of 0.75 since day 1. My only explanation of this is that Month 2 has an insane amount of pushups and I must be building up muscle in my arms, they are getting more muscular, but still flabby too.)
Legs - 23 inches (loss of 0.5 inches in my legs, woohoo finally a loss in my legs)

That brings me to the torture of today. I pushed hard through the fit test, and I didn't think I was going to even make it through the warm up of Max interval circuit. It took everything I had to finish today. I also ended up on the floor with no desire to move, then my kids woke up to remind me that not moving wasn't an option. LOL!

Here are my fit test results (the fit test is the maximum number of these exercises that you can do in a minute):

day 1/day 15/day 36/day 50
Switch kicks - 47/49/52/57
Power Jacks - 43/52/58/63
Power Knees - 81/89/96/103
Power Jumps - 26/29/27/40
Globe Jumps - 7/8/9/10
Suicide Jumps - 9/13/15/19
Push-up Jacks - 9/17/23/25
Low Plank Oblique - 30/39/52/57

I am pretty proud of my fit test results!

Day 47 - Max Cardio and Insane Abs

Well Max Cardio always Kicks my butt, but today was the day I added Insane Abs into the mix. Thankfully I didn't have to work today, because that was crazy long. Insane abs was torture. But I have learned to expect torture with this workout, the crazy thing about it is that after it is all done I am always so glad that I did it.

I am thinking that in the future I am going to do the Max cardio in the mornings before work and throw in the Insane abs in the evening. I was also thinking about upping the insane abs to 3 times a week, in the evenings after the kids go to bed. My stomach needs the most work, I have to make it look like it did before I had kids.

Tomorrow I get to try out another new video from my deluxe pack!! I am a little nervous.

Day 46 - Max Recovery

I have a love/hate relationship with this dvd. By the time today rolled around I was so happy for a slower paced workout with out all of the jumping. But the workout is still killer. Last week my lower abs were so sore from this workout, and I love that feeling, because my abs need the most work!!!

I am looking forward to trying Insane abs tomorrow after my max cardio dvd. I have heard it is crazy. And I may be crazy but I am considering adding in the Insane abs 3 nights a week, but I guess I should wait and see how tomorrow goes!!!

Day 45 - Max Interval Plyo

Oh, this workout kicks my butt every single time. My goal everytime is to crush it, and I think I am doing a little bit better. I will be honest though, I am looking forward to the slower pace of the recovery workout tomorrow.

I tried drinking the recovery formula toward the end of my workout when I felt myself running out of steam, and that did not go over so well. It was instant nausea, I just couldn't handle anything but water during the workout, so I guess I just need to power through the last bit, even though I feel like I am running out of energy. Dig Deeper!!!!!