INSANITY AND CALORIES HELP!

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You definitely need to calculate your calories, according to the plan, or you will not have the energy or endurance to make it through the program. Believe me, you will still lose. I'm only 5'4", and weigh around 112-114, and I eat over 2000 calories a day most days...I still lost 2 more pounds doing that, and I wasn't even trying to lose. Insanity is an extremely intense program, especially in the 2nd month, and you need to refuel your body correctly, in order to stay healthy! You may feel okay right now, but by next week, you may notice a lot of fatigue, later on in the day. That happened to me, in the very beginning, and I had to increase my calories. Once I did that, I felt MUCH better. Good luck with the program! Feel free to send me a friend request, if you'd like.

Hello guys, I'm about to start Insanity on monday, i weigh 180.8lb and my goal weight is 127.9lb... I've seen infomercials on Shaun T Insanity and I'm really scared of starting and failing thats why i need motivation from u guys... please who is about to embark on dis journey? Pls I need a workout buddy. HELP!!!!
((((( my Details: female, 22yrs, height: 5'3, CW: 180.8lb, GW: 127.9lb)))))

I am new to this forum, so I want to start off by saying, WHAT UP!!!!

I am currently on my 4th week of Insanity, this is my second time doing it, however this is the beginning of a new life for me. I notice tons of women on her posting their weight and calories burned. But the rare times I do see a male posting the same information, he is never my size. I am 32standing at 6'0 tall and weighing in at 238 pounds. I am athletic, however, I just got off of disability and gained tons of weight. I began insanity at 250lbs. I am wondering, if a guy my size should be burning more than 650-800 calories each session. I average 773 calories burned (my HRM says so) since I started insanity. Is that good or am I not pushing hard enough?

I am new to this forum, so I want to start off by saying, WHAT UP!!!!

I am currently on my 4th week of Insanity, this is my second time doing it, however this is the beginning of a new life for me. I notice tons of women on her posting their weight and calories burned. But the rare times I do see a male posting the same information, he is never my size. I am 32standing at 6'0 tall and weighing in at 238 pounds. I am athletic, however, I just got off of disability and gained tons of weight. I began insanity at 250lbs. I am wondering, if a guy my size should be burning more than 650-800 calories each session. I average 773 calories burned (my HRM says so) since I started insanity. Is that good or am I not pushing hard enough?

thats a tough question. i noticed that the more in shape i got, the harder it was to hit the really high HRs.

that alone is going to make the HRM calorie reading much lower.

are you really burning less calories in reality? idk, seems like the answer should be no because most likely your doing a lot more then you were earlier. on the other hand, those intense/high HR workouts in the begining probably were producing a bigger after burn

i think the best answer is, if you think you can push harder then push harder. I've seen a lot of people post that they can 'make it through the whole workout without taking extra breaks'. i think this is a sign that they are doing something WRONG, pacing themselves too much. EVERYONE in the video takes an unschedueled break (many) at some point.

No one can flat out sprint for 20- 30 min even with the 30 second breaks here and there.

for what its worth, i never went by my HRMs calories, i just used the calorie intake formula in the nutrition guide and never logged exercise on MFP.