Did Day 3 of Insanity on Monday, and damn are my calves feeling really tight. It sucks that I can keep up with most of the exercises, there are times I feel like my heart is going to explode. Hopefully I can gain strength and endurance as time goes on.

Day 8 Pure cardio: Did better time around on this. Needed 30 second breaks on suicides, frog jumps and ski jumps but kept up with the rest at close to full speed through the first 30 minutes and varied between 50% to 100% on the last 5 - 7 minutes of cardio (then the rest was stretching). Don't skip the stretching! I have gone up a little in weight 163 to 165.5 and back down a little to 164.5. Yes, I know I shouldn't weigh myself daily (but I like to. I have done it for years and small daily fluctuations don't bother me. More concerned with staying within a range). Thought I would be going down especially since I have been having trouble eating back all the exercise calories. I know it is more about fitness and inches than weight loss.

I eat a banana about 1/2 hour before the workout. Easy on the stomach and healthy source of carbs for energy and potassium for muscles.

I have been drinking chocolate milk for post workout recovery followed shortly after by a high protein dinner. Anyone else drinking chocolate milk as a recovery drink?

Day 9 Insanity Pure Cardio
I noticed improvement again today but the last 10 minutes were killing me. My legs and knees did not want to move. My mind was thinking fast but legs did not want to listen. My legs felt like they weighed 100 pounds each.

This workout is going to be a killer workout in 4 more days. Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. I can't wait. Looking forward to it. I want to dig deeper. Awesome job everyone. Keep digging and bringing it.

Okay this eating healthy stuff is insanely time consuming. This week I've been waking up at 5:30a to get all of my food prep done for the day with enough time to get out the door to work at 7a. I get home at 6p and then do my Inferno workout(s), followed by cooking and eating dinner. I just finished at 9:10p. So from 5a-9p I'm either working or focusing on being healthy. Booooo. Where's my slacker lazy time?? (Or god forbid I want to see a friend). How do people have social lives when they're following these programs and working full-time jobs?

A lot of my friends prepare their meals for the whole week each Sunday. I have not tried that but I do prepare my lunches and snacks 2 to 3 days ahead of time if possible. My dinners are rarely prepared ahead of time unless we have left overs but that rarely happens in my house.

June 10 Power 90
Hard time pushing play today because I worked all day then had to cut the grass. After about 10 minutes into the workout I took control and crushed it. Another day done and glad I stuck to it.

Great job all. Keep it going and digging deep and bringing it and whatever else you do. You got this.

Early work day for me... workout done by 5:30 AM - Yah me! Insanity day 9 - done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feels so good. Seriously, everyone should be doing this.

Okay this eating healthy stuff is insanely time consuming. This week I've been waking up at 5:30a to get all of my food prep done for the day with enough time to get out the door to work at 7a. I get home at 6p and then do my Inferno workout(s), followed by cooking and eating dinner. I just finished at 9:10p. So from 5a-9p I'm either working or focusing on being healthy. Booooo. Where's my slacker lazy time?? (Or god forbid I want to see a friend). How do people have social lives when they're following these programs and working full-time jobs?

Hang in there. I find when I adjust my schedule or try new things it takes a while to settle into and adjust to the new routine, but once I do it takes less time, becomes easier and what I used to need to think through becomes a habit.

I work 12 hr plus night shifts. For me what has worked and would work well for others, plan & prep everything ahead of time. When I grocery shop, everything and I do mean everything (except plain veggies) gets broken down into single serving sizes as I put it away. Adds about 15-30 mins extra.

Then, yes I put aside a few hours on my day off to fix all my meals ahead of time. Cooking everything from scratch takes 1-2 hours. If I get fancy do something with lots of ingredients it may go up to 3 hours. Other Half always helps me and the time includes prep & clean up and it is snacks, lunch, & dinner for 6 days.

The only draw back which does not bother me, eating the same thing or similar for the week. If I make a roast which I will this week, it will feed me all week long. I have made up plates and frozen them for later to help mix things up a bit. I happily trade it though as I spend 2 hrs cooking for the week!

I literally reach into the fridge or pantry, grab my food and go.

MAn this is a fantastic idea. Do you have children? I think I need to incooperate something like this. Thanks for the idea.

im still going by the schedule, in order, but i skipped a few days since the hubby had a long weekend (i prefer to get insane alooone or i get distracted lol)

so technically im on day 8, cardio p&r.. i'm feeling good though. i feel so good once i finish. i skip the final stretch and cool down for a few minutes then get right up to go walk our new dog.. so i've been getting a little extra in!

i've been taking my husbands preworkout, c4, to get me going.. but i take 2 scoops.. the same as he does, and hes about 50-60lbs bigger than me, and i have little to no reaction to it.. it says take 20-30 mins prior to workout.. here i am almost an hour later with not much energy still!

anyone have a suggestion for a good preworkout? i apparently have a high tolerance to caffeine because most people are crazy about this preworkout and my body has the opposite reaction?

I have never tried a preworkout drink before a workout. I also have a high tolerance for caffeine so I am not sure if it will help me or not. I used to drink monster drink after monster drink and not get energized. The 5 hour energy drink did nothing for me either when I tried it.

My brother ordered some E&E and said it works great for him. I am getting a sample from him to try. I will let you know how the E&E works. Today would have been a great day to try it.

i think i may try an amino blend instead of c4. c4 also has some creatine in it, which is something i am not looking to utilize at the moment. but i can drink coffee right before bed, 5 hours and energy drinks have zero effect on me... i feel like a weirdo because the things that pump most other people up, have me still yawning! i'm hoping the right mix of aminos will maybe help me out, been researching a ton the past few days to find something that may work.


i've got pure cardio today, i've got to REALLY push today. i've been saying that everyday LOL but today, i'd love to skip it.. but i know how good i feel when i know the cool down stretch is only a few more minutes away and i'm almost done! but i'm contemplating a heavy leg workout either today or friday, maybe friday because the days after leg day are brutal and i want to be able to at least finish this weeks insanity workouts and run a bit with the dog.. then waddle around all weekend lol