Insanity & nutrition guide

I just finished month 1 of Insanity. I didn't follow the nutrition guide, just counted calories on MFP. I lost 9lbs and a total of 15 inches of body fat all over. After a month you should see either some toning or weight loss. You may not be eating enough calories as the workouts are pretty intense?


How many calories were you eating while doing Insanity. I am thinking about starting insanity but it says i have to eat 2050.34 cal/day and 410.068 per meal, using Harris Benedict Equation. I am scared to even try and eat that much.

does anyone know approx. how many calories are burned during and average insanity workout? I havent started yet but getting ready to.

I've heard anywhere from 500-800 depending on how hard you push and how much you can stick with what they are doing. But the best way to know is to get a heart rate monitor with a calorie counter because depending on your height, weight and how hard you push will change it all a lot.

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I was eating about 1800 calories/day (including eating back exercise cals). It seemed like a lot to me since when I started out with no activity I was only eating about 1250 (and was starving all the time!) As long as you are working out to your full intensity your body will be burning those calories so I would follow what you are told to eat. I lost hardly and lbs but my body completely changed appearance. My clothes were looser, I had much more energy, I was trading muscle for fat. Give it time and don't give up!

I was given the Insanity Workout as a gift, but never received the nutrition guide. I didn't let that stop me, because I was determined, so I thought. I've tried doing the Insanity Workout a few times, but never made it past the first week. I didn't have a meal plan to follow. I guess that's why I stopped. I am now trying the workout again with a meal plan from another workout program. I hope that I will receive the same results as the meal plan provided from the Insanity Workout plan. The meal plan that I follow comes with 5 meals a day. (3 meals and 2 snacks). Would you recommend that I continue using the meal plan?

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I think that in a lot of cases the food plan is geared toward people who are overweight or simply have bad food habits. I think like someone else pointed out if you use a heart rate monitor, pay attention to your work outs and eat well then you are fine without it. But if you want to follow it nothing to lose. I have never been overweight but then again I always cook and always have and I dont eat junk food save the occasional and rare post beer street meat etc. Once in a while wont kill you. Like anything common sense is your judge. But also if you are in a habit of over eating, that is a different challenge so maybe a glass of water first to fill you a bit will work. I think its important to do the workouts consistently and step away from the scale and dont obsess. its not the meal plan that gets you results, its learning to eat cleaner. And the exercising. Hope that helps.