I haven't really lost any weight, maybe 2-3 lbs, its keeps fluctuating. And I haven't been doing my measurements but my clothes don't feel any looser. Its definitely challenging and I am getting stronger, but I am a little disappointed in the lack of weight loss--I'm not anywhere near my goal weight so I definitely have weight/inches to lose. I am mainly a runner so I started this hoping that changing my workout routine would help. I feel like as difficult as the workouts are, I am not really burning many calories. I still love the program and intend to finish it though. hopefully i will see more results in month 2

Might want to consider a program with a lot of resistance training, like p90x if your down for it. that would be more of a dramatic change from running

I did my measurements, up 2-3 lbs, down a pant size, and lost 6% body fat. Not too shabby.
And from what I've read the weight loss/changes are more drastic in the 2nd month.

who cares about the weight when your going down a pants size and losing body fat! wish i could say i gained weight and lost fat. The pharmacists i work with would tell me thats not supposed to be possible biochemically speaking... but obviously sometimes it can happen. you should be pleased

well I am getting frustrated. I did measure my waist after that last post one week ago, no change since then and I'm pretty sure no change since I started since my clothes all fit the same. And I've got 30 or more pounds to lose so its not like I'm near goal weight. But I will keep at it. I have actually been trying without success to lose this weight for 1.5 years now, like I can't even lose a single pound. I am tracking everything, seeing a nutritionist,etc. Before insanity I was only managing to workout 3-4 days a week so I was really hoping this would make a big difference for me. I actually just made a doctors appt for the end of the month, right around when I finish insanity. So I can see about ruling out any medical conditions. And I'm overdue for a routine checkup anyway so if I start having results in the next few weeks I needed the appt anyway.

I did do the first month of p90x twice before (a few years ago, pre-kiddo and before I gained all this weight)--the first time I had to stop because I pulled something in my abs. I let it heal up but it took several weeks so I started over, but then I quit because it was so time consuming and I was still trying to run a few days a week too. I thought about doing it again but chose insanity because I thought the time commitment would be less--even though these second month workouts are about the same length, I don't need to drag out all my weights and pull up bar. I don't have a dedicated workout room and the time it would take to do all that is too much--I know that sounds lame but with a toddler and working full time I am barely getting these workouts in. Maybe when he's a little older I can try it again, I did like it.

Thanks for the suggestions. Honestly, if I end up not having any weight or inches lost from insanity, and my doctor doesn't find a medical reason or have any other explanations or suggestions, I don't know what I will do. So I will try your suggestions if that happens . . . I've always had a hard time losing but I've never been this overweight. And I do want to try to get pregnant again sometime at the end of this year--but I really feel I need to get to a healthy weight first. I don't want to put on even more and end up very obese and unhealthy. Before I put on all this weight I was athletic and healthy and I ran 50 mile ultramarathons, I never thought I would gain this much and have so much trouble losing it.

It says I'm stubborn and maybe not that bright : )
You're probably right about being too used to cardio. My muscles definitely give out before my cardio feels totally maxed out. Especially with my upper body since I've been neglecting that for a long time.

You might be right, I have no idea anymore. I have upped it this week, or been trying to at least. When I am eating healthy food I just find it difficult to eat that much. For most of month 1 I was trying much lower, like 1200. Over the past year and a half I have tried several different calorie levels for few months at a time, but nothing has seemed to work. My nutritionist was recommending 1300-1400 so I was aiming for that for a few months in the fall, but again, no results. I did do the calculation. I am hesitant to raise it as much as the nutrition guide tells me too (it would be around 1900) because I also have I tried the "in place of roadmap" suggestions (which put me around the same calorie intake) and I gained several pounds over a month. Of course I wasn't doing this program back then, but according to my heart rate monitor I was burning just as many calories on my runs as I do even in a month 2 workout.
Thanks for the link to the group, i will check that out. I do have a gym membership, so I could try this lifting program next.

I suppose I don't have much to lose by trying to keep my calories up again since nothing else is working.

Yeah, I didn't do any sort of recovery drink in the first month but I have also started doing chocolate milk with 3:1 carb:protein. I need to get a new protein powder to add to my smoothies. I tried a vegan one that I won in a gift basket from vitamin world and it is awful, very chalky. I know there are decent tasting ones out there so I'm just going to toss it.

Dymatize is supposed to be one of the best tasting. I know their Casein is very tastey. A local gym near me makes thier own brand of Whey thats some of the best tasting i've ever had, but that doesn't help you.

I would definetly try to hit the calorie goals in the guide... or very close

I was supposed to be eating like 2400 ish. I was eating like 1800 in my first round of insanity. i lost a lot of weight but some of it was definetly muscle because my bench press and other lifts went down.

Do you feel hungry?