I watched the fitness test today... while eating some chocolate covered cherries I might add and I thought... How in the world am I gonna do this? How many of you thought the same thing and how did you get through it?

I will admit to being a bit worried. I'm planning on starting on Monday. It's not so much the fit test that has me worried, but I was watching the Max Cardio and thinking about halfway through...'yup, heart attack #1 should happen right about here'

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Hi everyone! And Happy New year.

I started Insanity yesterday (the 2nd). My muscles are sore, but I'm glad I did it. I had done it before in 2011 and saw great results, but then I got lazy. I am determined this time to not only get my weight off, but get my body into shape. My day off will be on Tuesdays, and I'm actually excited about it.

Last night I was able to get through most of it without stopping for too long. Heck, I was thrilled I was able to get through the warm up without stopping.:laugh:

I didn't do the fit test, I started with Plyo.

Feel free to friend me so we can encourage eachother.

Question for you all:
I use a heart rate monitor that has a calorie counter on it, but I find it hard to believe that I burn that many calories. For even 25 minutes of Plyo it stated I burned 587 calories. Do you find these things very accurate? I have the one with the chest strap. Would love to get your feed back on that.

Also, are you doing anything else but Insanity? Have you tried any other BeachBody workouts?

Good luck everyone!

Actually, in the previous times i've done the Insanity workout, i've not followed the nutrition program at all.
Before I gained 5KG this holiday.... ): I actually lost 9KG just by exercising and following the myfitnesspal 1.2k calories.

I have started and going to be on day two
I love this program!!! I never finished the
First time but I will this time it's hard but it
Does get easier I cusses Shaun t a lot at
first lol

Yes Tomorrow! I know your supposed to start on a Monday but hey.. my big butt says different...lol

One week to the Insanity finish line for me. It's been great. Anyone worried if they can do it, my advice is to take a break in the exercises when you need it but stick with it. You'll be surprised at how quickly your fitness ramps up.

When you stop, do you stop the dvd as well, or let that continue and pick up when you can? That's what I do and wanted to know how others do it.

I let the dvd continue. I've progressed to the point where if I rest, it's not for very long. Just enough to catch my breath.

I am currently half way through the 2nd week of insanity, but a training group I am part of on Facebook are running a challenge starting on Monday, so I will be going back to the beginning on Monday. Looking forward to it and will still be logging my calories on MFP so will still be around the forum boards.
I also only recently started using a heart rate monitor, and it reckons I burn over 700 calories for an Insanity month 1 workout. I wasn't sure if this was accurate either but have decided to just go with it for now and see how it goes.

Hi! I'm looking for some motivators! I just finished month one of insanity & am in recovery week. I'm nervous, (after reading these forums), about dropping out in Month two! I just ordered my HRM, and will have it for month two, so hopefully I can balance the diet and calories burned a little better.

I had a baby in October. So I have about 23 more of babyweight to lose as well as wanting to drop an extra 10-15 to a goal weight! Since starting insanity in Dec, I dropped 7 lbs the first week, lulled for a few weeks, and then another three this past week. All together 3 inches on the waistline. I don't expect insanity to take off allllll that for me, but I would be happy for it to be the start of a long term fitness goal.

Modifying the meal plan, but trying to do what i can to keep it close. I was undereating at first (approx 1000 cals), someone told me to raise those calories, so now I'm eating the 1500 5 meals of 300, and will likely up it once I start month two. I usually eat two egg omelet for breakfast, whole grain cereal meal 2, some sort of chicken/meat/rice/fajjitta (brown or whole grain) meal for 3, peanut butter celery/whole grain sandwhich meal 4, repeat of meal 3 as meal 5. All water. Add in fruit as snacks. And if course my weakness some chocolate haunts me and finds me during the day.

Add me!! As a stay athome mom, I'm constantly on!

I'm starting Insanity tomorrow
Jan 7th