Starting Over October 25

Lyadeia

Well, I've been at it for about 3 weeks now, and I can honestly say that I know for a fact that my cardiovascular efficiency and endurance have both drastically increased in this short period of time. I know that doing cardio everyday will always give you increases, but I have never seen as much improvement than when I have been doing Insanity. It truly is the best cardio workout that I have ever done, when the goals are improved heart and lung functions. I have also seen my resting heart rate drop dramatically as well. Back on October 25, my resting heart rate was around 90 when I was just lying around on the couch. Last week I noticed that it was consistently around 80. This week it was even lower than that, and before I started exercising while I was putting on my shoes, it was only 68. I didn't think that was correct, so I checked it a couple more times...the highest it was before exercising was 73 and that is when I got up to put the DVD in the player. My max heart rate and average heart rate while exercising stayed the same as usual, but I also noticed that I am definitely able to push through more of the video with less breaks. So all in all, I see this as a great success in bettering my health! And I have 6 more weeks to go before I am finished with the program. :bigsmile:

Today was Cardio Power and Resistance, and I burned a total of 571 calories. I also worked off the soreness that I was feeling in my hip flexors after doing Cardio Abs last night. I want to get to the point to where when I do ab exercises, my hip flexors don't get so sore as they do now. As your core gets stronger, this will happen, because those muscles are connected to the core...and even though you can't get flat abs by doing a million core exercises, I feel that it is important to strengthen all your muscles anyway. So it all works out in the end.

I still just can't wait to see my final results...or even just those at the end of next week which is the "mid-term" of my program. Hopefully not just my weight went down, but I wanna see a reduction in body fat percentage and that hideous waist measurement. :flowerforyou:

Lyadeia

I didn't have as good a workout as normally today, but I still was able to get rid of 610 calories with Plyo Cardio Circuit. I felt a little nauseous during the plank moves in the second circuit, so I had to take a few breaks. That's why my calorie burn was a little lower, but I still did good burning all those calories!

I think I burned off quite a few more calories cheering for my COWBOYS today! It's about time we started acting like a real football team. A little too late in the season, though, but it was still a good day to be a Dallas fan. :bigsmile:

I did pretty good with my diet as well, so I should see some good numbers when I step on the scale and take my measurements right before Thanksgiving. I am hoping sooo much that my weight will be under 140. I don't even care if it says 139, as long as it is 130-something that's cool with me. :flowerforyou:

Tomorrow I have that big calorie burner again...Pure Cardio followed by Cardio Abs. That demolished a lot of calories last time, so I am hoping for much of the same again. I am going to kick up the intensity this week to get maximum fat burn right before stats day...shoot, I mean even burn 1000 calories total. That would be nice. :happy:

I hope you guys had a great weekend!

Lyadeia

I burned 820 calories today Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. I was thinking that I might burn more today since I was able to get through more of the workout with less breaks. I think that my cardio health is vastly improving, so my max heart rate and average heart rate are just not as high as they were even a week ago while doing these workouts. That's a good thing, because I have more goals than just weight loss. I want to be in the best shape of my life!

I am not disappointed with the calorie burn at all, though. I mean, wow, 820 calories! :bigsmile: That gives me a huge calorie deficit so I can still eat a good bit of food.

This is the last week of the month 1 workouts on Insanity. Next week is "recovery week" when I get to do Core Cardio and Balance each day (and also take my measurements and hope for a good return!). And then after Thanksgiving I have to turn it up a notch and blast out those month 2 workouts which I have heard are really killer! I know they are huge calorie burners, so depending on how I do the first couple of days I might need to adjust my food intake. I certainly don't want to be caught not eating enough. I have gone that route before and am glad that I have the tools on this website to help me out and make sure that I am eating the right amount of food on a daily basis.

Time to hit the shower! I need some relax time...so maybe it's time for a nice bath instead, lol.

Lyadeia

I took the day off. I had my cheat meal for the week, and I also did not exercise. It actually felt pretty good to do nothing, as weird as that might sound.

For the previous 6 days I had been under my calorie goal (except for one day when I hit it right on the nose, which is weird) and I had also burned lots of calories each of those days with insane exercise. So even though today wasn't my normally scheduled rest day, I turned it into such so my body could get a break.

I have no idea how many calories I ate, lol. I went to China Buffet, so it was packed with calories and I have no way of counting them. It was good and I have no regrets. And I like to take a break from working out every 6 days, so this works out great for me since it was technically right on schedule.

I will be back to eating "right" and exercising when I wake up, though. I just feel that cheat meals once a week have actually been a vital part of my weight loss journey since I am basically telling my body that I am not depriving it of the foods it loves, and I am also not allowing starvation mode to ever set in cause once a week I go way over my calorie limit. But since my metabolism is in hyperdrive due to the exercise I have been doing, those extra calories will be zapped faster than if I had a cheat meal while just dieting (which I believe sabotages success in that case cause it is exercise that increases your metabolism, so if you are not exercising those cheat meals are hurting you just like before).

I will be doing Cardio Power and Resistance, and hopefully burning at least 600 calories...just a week or so left before I weigh-in again. Please let me be under 140! I would jump up and down for simply 139. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou: :bigsmile:

Lyadeia

Well, I am back at it again in force! I burned more calories with today's Cardio Power and Resistance that I have all of the other times. I demolished 669 calories!!!

I slept at night last night...because it's my days off work from horrid third shift...and I have found that when I am on a first shift sleeping schedule not only do I sleep better, but my workouts are better and I am more willing to stick to healthy eating.

I am still praying hard to get on a better schedule than this stupid third shift garbage...

But on the plus side, at least I am finding ways to make it work so that I can lose weight, inches, and ultimately body fat!!!

Lyadeia

I worked out again last night because I not only had some cake, but I also had some left over energy. So I did Turbo Kick Round 39, and I burned a ton of calories. 857 to be exact. I had heard that you can burn up to 1000 calories per hour doing Turbo Jam and Turbo Kick, but I guess I never really believed it until now. I didn't ever use my heart rate monitor with those workouts before, either. But last night's workout only lasted 47 minutes because I skipped the legs section and the abs section (I just wanted the cardio, not the toning parts) and I burned 857!!! WOO HOO!!! Of course I had to eat a little extra last night to compensate for that big burn, but I still did great.

I just can't wait until that annoying stomach kangaroo pouch is gone for good!!!

Lyadeia

I knew that I had to get that measuring in before Thanksgiving because that is the ultimate cheat day for me...but I didn't know when else I would have time, so I went ahead and did it today. I lost 1 more pound and 1.5" from my waist!!! I am so excited about that!!! :happy: :bigsmile: :happy:

And while I know that this is supposed to be a recovery week, I haven't done the Core Cardio and Balance video at all. I have done Turbo Kick a couple of times wiping out over 800 calories each time. I think next time I will be doing Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs because I actually want to do some push-up and plank moves...I guess that makes me weird or something. :ohwell:

So far so good. I know that I have been cheating much more than I should, but then again, I am still getting good results. :flowerforyou:

I recently bought the Biggest Loser cookbook, and there are quite a few items in there (especially breakfasts) that I want to try very soon. They look really good, and I am always looking for more recipes. I can't stand having the same things over and over again. I get bored too easily, lol.

I haven't calculated my body fat percentage yet, but I will tomorrow. I look forward to seeing how much it went down since my inches and weight both went down and I know that it will be a good result! I hope you are doing well, too!!!