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

It depends on the person how many calories you burn I have the new balance heart monitor and it says I burn 440 on the week one workouts.

I'll be starting on Jan 14, after finishing up P90X this week.

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 tried insanity as the first workout I ever did when I started working out. I failed...just couldn't do it as I wasn't at the level of fitness I felt I needed to be. Now that I lost 40+ pounds I felt like I could do it again. So I restarted & my first week I hated it. It was nothing like the other programs I had done. Now I am almost done with month 1 & I actually look forward to the way I feel during the workouts. It is still hard & I feel like I die each workout but I push through but I'm not hating it! Also, a 40 min workout feels like 10 mins now! Good luck...you'll make it! Just do what you can & each workout push yourself to do a little more!!

I started insanity Monday. I have an open diary and love to have more friends.

i have just got the cds and starting tomorrow when the kids are in school i do hope it works

Starting ROUND 2! I love it! Check out my Insanity results video on YOUTUBE! http://youtu.be/rRCPVSOrfJI
Hope if gives everyone some inspiration to stick through it!!