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!!!!!

Day 44 - Max Interval Circuit

Insanity is still kicking my butt. I did great through the first 2 series of exercises, but that third series I was really feeling like my tank was empty, and I just couldn't push anymore. By this time Shaun T was saying something about drinking your recovery formula if you need it. I usually drink it first thing after a workout, but I am wondering if on the days of these hour long workouts if I shouldn't have that with me also, right next to my water. I think I may try that tomorrow and see if that helps with that I don't have any more energy to push through feeling.

Day 43- Max Cardio Conditioning

I am not a huge fan of this video or at least not today. I woke up with an upset stomach, but I am a trooper, and it takes more than that to keep me down. I powered through, and I made it through. It was tough today though. Every muscle in my body is a little bit sore, and I was really feeling it in my legs during the workout this morning.

Yesterday I couldn't hold back any longer, I had to give Turbofire a try. I did the fire 30 video, and it was pretty good. It's not insanity, but I liked it. It would have been better if I had discovered the new to class option before I did the video, but I still did ok considering I didn't know the moves before I started.

I weighed in this morning at 147.6, which is exactly where I was last week. I am a little bit disappointed, but I keep telling myself that I am building muscle, and I know that because of the soreness in all of my muscles. My body is trying to adapt to the intensity of Month 2, and once it does the weight loss will come, I hope!!!

Day 41 - Max Interval Plyo

They should really call this one kill me with push-ups. It was crazy tough, but I made it through. I think that this video is going to be the one I struggle most with in Month 2.

I survived the first week of Month 2!!! I am so proud of myself so far. I am going to hold off on measurements until next week, with my fit test, but I will weigh in on Monday morning. I have to say that today I am wearing a pair of shorts that didn't fit 6 weeks ago when I started insanity, and today I tried them on and they are actually lose in the waist. That is such a great feeling.

Day 40 - Max Interval Circuit

I handled this workout much better than I did the first time. My muscles were tired by the third series of exercises, and I am guessing that my body has just adapted to the month one, and with this longer video I need to build up my stamina. But I am very impressed with my improvement!!

And my abs are so sore from yesterday's Max Recovery. I love this feeling. Not so sore that I can't function, but I know I really worked it when I can feel the burn!! LOL!!!!!

Day 39 - Max Recovery

Wow, I can't believe I am almost 40 days into this. Well that was one serious recovery video. Nothing was high intensity, but it is still one tough workout, just less jumping today. I love this workout, it is a bit addicting!!

Day 38 - Max Cardio Conditioning

This workout kinda reminds me of Pure Cardio from month one, just longer. I have to say, that although he didn't give me any water breaks for 34 minutes of this video, I am so glad that the workout was broken up into 3 or 4 minute chunks, instead of in pure cardio where they just put 15 minutes on the screen. I do well when I only have to focus on the time in 3 or 4 minute chunks. After the stretching portion in the beginning, I told myself that if 30 minutes pops up on that little timer, I am going to die, but thankfully for me they broke it up, just with no rest breaks in between.

This was a tough workout, and there were a few times that I had to take water breaks, but that's ok, I did my best. And I know from experience with month 1 that each time I do these videos, I will get a little bit better!!

Day 37 - Max Interval Plyo

The day I have been dreading. I know how much the Plyometric video kicked my butt in Month 1 and I was scared of this one, and ritefully so. This was tough, very tough. We did so many different types of push-ups, Squat push-ups, power push-ups, balance push-ups, and of course the fun level 3 drills, which are drop down do 16 push-ups followed by 16 floor sprints, and then jump up and repeat, and these are done in 3 consectutive sets for a grand total of 96 push-ups with just the level 3 drills. Ouch!!

I feel good though, and I am proud of myself for making it this far. I think what I love about these videos is Shaun T really seems to care, and I love that he makes a point to tell you not to keep up with him if you can't, to just do your personal best, because that is really what it is all about.

In all the excitement of starting the Max workouts yesterday, I actually forgot to weigh myself before I got started. Yesterday when I put my pants on, something crazy happened, they were looser than they were last week, so I just knew that number on the scale was going to be less. I just knew that this was going to be the week I broke 150. I stepped on the scale and I almost jumped for joy when it said 147.6!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!! That is a grand total of 6.2 lbs in 5 weeks of Insanity, and everyone says that Month 2 is where you start to see the real results. I say bring it on!!

Day 36 - Fit Test and Max Interval Circuit

I did my fit test yesterday morning, and after doing today's workout I am so glad that I did. There is no way I would have been able to do those two back to back. Here are my fit test results:

Day1/Day 15/Day 35
Switch Kicks: 47/49/52 ( I have the hardest time with these, but I feel like my form is much better and my legs are getting higher, even though my numbers aren't dramatically improved)
Power Jacks: 43/52/58
Power Knees: 81/89/96
Power Jumps: 26/29/37
Globe Jumps: 7/8/9
Suicide Jumps: 9/13/15
Push-up Jacks: 9/17/23
Low Plank Obliques: 30/39/52

Today, was the first day of Month 2. Through half of the video, I thought I was going to vomit. I had to take a few breaks to keep my stomach from revolting on me. At one point I was almost crying, "why are you doing this to me!" But I survived, and what doesn't kill me will make me stronger. The plus side is that this fast paced video made that hour pass by really quickly!!! I would be surprised my entire body isn't so sore I can barely move it by the end of the week. This feels like week 1 on Crack!!! LOL!!

Day 32- Core Cardio and Balance Day 4

Same old thing. My shoulders are a little sore, but at this point, although I am not bored with this workout like I thought I would be by this point, I am ready for this week to be over. I am ready to start something different. Bring on Month 2!!!

I probably won't be blogging the rest of this week. There just isn't much more I can say about doing the same workout again on days 5 and 6.

I have been thinking hard about this and I decided that I am going to do the fit test on sunday instead of monday morning. My logic is this, one of two things will happen if I do the fit test before my first Max video, one, I will give the fit test my all, and then run out of fuel for the Max video which I am sure will kick my butt all on its own, or two, because I want to have something left for my Max video, I won't give my fit test my all, which in my opinion defeats the purpose of doing the fit test at all. So I am moving it to my off day.

Day 31 - Core Cardio and Balance day 3

I am surprised to say that I am not totally bored with this yet. The problem that I am having is that I don't feel like I am exerting enough energy to keep me from getting too antsy later in the day. I keep wanting to add on, and then I keep reminding myself that this is supposed to be the recovery week, and I am not supposed to be killing myself. Shaun T will do that for me next week.

Day 30 - Core Cardio and Balance day 2

I so far don't mind this workout too much. I am surprised that I am a little bit sore from it. I did workout yesterday without my knee brace (bad girl, shame on me), and I paid for that in the middle of the night I was up for an hour with knee pain, but also pain in my quads. I wasn't expecting to be sore this week. After the Advil kicked in I was back to bed, and this morning I played it smart and put the knee brace on.

I feel surprisingly good for someone who was up in the middle of the night. I am still betting by the end of the week I will be really bored with this workout. It is faster pace than the cardio recovery, but still slower than the rest of the month 1 videos and it feels like it lasts longer because of the slower pace.

Day 29 - Core Cardio and Balance

Day 1 of core cardio and balance wasn't bad. Not as fast paced as the rest of the workouts, but this is Insanity, so rest assured it is still a good workout. I feel good and not like I killed myself today. I had been debating whether or not I was going to try to add on to these workouts or not. I decided that I think I am going to do my Cardio abs a couple times this week but beyond that I am going to let myself recover for fear of what month 2 has in store for me.

I weighed in this morning. I am at 150.2 lbs, and it is killing me to be so close to being under 150, but I know it will come in month 2. That is still a loss of 0.4 lbs, for a total loss of 3.6 lbs in month 1, which is not too bad considering I have been hearing that the majority of the results are in month 2.

Day 28 - rest day and the end of Month One

Yesterday I did Plyometric Cardio Circuit for the last time. Month one is officially complete. I am honestly not looking forward to this recovery week, 6 days of the same workout sounds boring!!

This morning I woke up bright and early at 5:45am. So I got up and went for a run outside. In this heat that really is the best time of the day, before it gets to obnoxiously hot. I got in 3 miles and didn't see one car. I guess my body is getting used to early morning workouts when I can't even sleep in on my off days.

Measurements:
Arms - 10.75 (loss of 1 inch per arm)
Chest - 35.25 (loss of 0.75 inches. Not sure I am happy about losing inches here, but I will take the good with the bad.)
Waist - 30.5 (loss of 1 inch around the waist. Nice!!)
Hips - 38.25 (loss of 1.75 inches, Holy Wow!)
Legs - 23.5 (no loss, but it really is hard to tell if you are measuring the exact same spot on your legs. No worries, my legs definitely feel more muscular than they were a month ago.)

For a grand total of 5.5 inches in month 1. I still can't see the difference, but everyone on the team beachbody meassage boards says that is common and you start to see real results in month 2 so I am hanging in there, I am clearly doing something right, to be losing inches.

Tomorrow I will weigh in and have that to report. (I am crossing my fingers that I have finally broken 150.)

Day 26 - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs

I am definitely stronger than I was 4 weeks ago. I am almost sad that this is the last time I do the Pure Cardio workout, I will miss it. Goodness what has happened to me. I actually love these workouts. I love that they push me to do more than I thought I could, and I love the feeling of completing a workout that pushes me to the max. Month 2 watch out because here I come!!!!

Day 25 - Cardio Recovery

Oh how I have grown to dread Cardio Recovery day. Sure it is at a much slower pace than the rest of the videos, and I do enjoy all of the stretching. But I also know now that Shaun T is going to make me sit and hold squat and lunge positions until I feel like I can't anymore, and just when I don't think I can hold it anymore he wants me to pulse. Ouch. Plus even though that is the shortest of all the videos, it feels like it takes the longest because of the slow pace. I never thought I would say this but I like the fast paced craziness much better!

Day 24 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

The last couple of days I have had the hardest time getting out of bed, but I have been forcing myself, and I am always glad I did when it is over.

This workout always kicks my butt. By the end my legs are so tired. The great thing about the early morning workouts is that I feel great when they are over, knowing that the rest of the day is mine, plus I have burned off a lot of my nervous energy and I can focus better throughout the rest of the day.

Day 23 - Cardio Power & Resistance

Ahhh, the last time I do this video, at least for this round of Insanity!!! It was really hard to get out of bed this morning, but I did, and I am glad. I had my best day ever with this video. It was tough getting started, but I almost made it through the entire workout without taking any extra breaks, I sometimes can't keep up with the pace of the people in the video especially on the third round of each exercise, but I always do my best. I did have to stop the last time on the moving push-ups, but in my defense, 4 weeks ago I had never done a "man push-up". I feel good!!!!!!!!

Day 22 - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs

Still tough, and I still take a couple breaks but this one doesn't intimidate me like it used to!! This is the start of week 4, the last week of month one, and I feel great. I will be honest I am a little bit nervous for month 2.

I weighed in this morning and I am at 150.6 lbs. That is a loss of 1.8 lbs since last week. I am dying to get under 150, so close.

I started using the P90X recovery formula on saturday after my workout. The only thing I know so far is that it doesn't do as good of a job of curbing my appetite like my protien smoothie with fruit and milk in it does. But I am going to use it all week this week, and see if my muscles feel any better by the end of the week.

Day 20 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Feeling much better today, I think I did a little better with this workout than I did last time. Still tough though. I am officially finished with week 3, so I don't have to do anything until monday!!! But I have had a mad urge to go running this week, and the weather has not been cooperating with me, so I may just do a little running on my off day.

I can't believe I only have one more week left of Month 1!!!

Day 19 - Cardio Power and Resistance

I think this cold is killing me. I do feel a little bit better today, but this workout was tougher than usual. I hope I feel much better tomorrow, because I need all I have for the Plyometric workout!!!

What doesn't kill me will make me stronger, right?

Day 18 - Cardio Recovery

I think I have a little summer cold. I can't get rid of the nasal congestion, and it is making my workouts much harder!!! I struggled through this one this morning, but I was grateful that it wasn't one of the faster paced videos from the other days. I will keep pushing through, I don't give up that easily.

I can't believe that I am almost done with week 3. I am already starting to get excited to see what month 2 has in store!!

Day 17 - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs

This one is tough, but each time I do these videos I find I do a little bit better. I am still a bit tired, but I can live with that. Last night was the first night that I wanted to go running since I started this. I didn't make it because of all the unpacking, but this is the first time that I have had the desire to do it. I know my cardiovascular strength is improving, so I am hoping that I may run a little faster after these 60 days are complete. I may give it a try tonight.

I weighed in this morning and I am at 152.4, which is a gain of 0.6 lbs. I am trying really hard not to get discouraged. I have lost inches in these past 2 weeks, and my body fat has decreased. I am going to start tracking the body fat percentage that my scale gives me, I am not sure how accurate it is, but it does at least follow the right trend. I was at 39+% body fat on January 1st, and on day one I was 34.5%(I think it may have been a tad higher like 34.6 or 34.9 but I didn't write it down), but today I was at 33.6% body fat, so although I am not dropping lbs, I think I may be gaining some muscle and losing some fat. My husband says that my legs look more muscular than they did 2 weeks ago.

Back from the beach

I managed to keep up with my workouts while I was gone.

Friday morning - Cardio Power and Resistance
Saturday morning - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs
Sunday - off
Monday morning - Fit Test (My mother watched me do this and saturday's workout, and after I was done with the fit test, she says, "that's it?". I think it is enough!!)
Tuesday morning - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

Here are my fit test results so far. I am pretty impressed that I was able to increase in every exercise in 2 weeks, especially that I was able to almost double the amount of push-up Jacks I was able to do. I am definitely getting stronger.

Fit Test--------------------------Day 1-----Day 15
Switch Kicks (2 kicks = 1 rep)---47--------49
Power Jacks------------------------43--------52
Power Knees-----------------------81--------89
Power Jumps-----------------------26--------29
Globe Jumps (4 jumps = 1 rep)---7---------8
Suicide Jumps-----------------------9--------13
Push-up Jacks-----------------------9--------17
Low Plank Oblique-----------------30--------39

Now for the measurements:

Height - 5'4"
Arms - 11.5" (loss of 0.25")
Chest - 35.5" (loss of 0.5")
Waist - 31" (loss of 0.5")
Hips - 39" (loss of 1")
Thighs - 23.25" (loss of 0.25")

A grand total of 2.5 inches lost in 2 weeks. I will weigh in tomorrow and post that here as well. I am a little nervous about that because of this beach vacation. I did my best to eat well but it wasn't always easy!!