Ladies with big Insanity workout results!! Where yall at?

I'm replying to the calorie burn post- (about burning 1000 calories) well, first of all, I love Shaun T and all his workouts. I am thankful for him and what he puts into a workout program and how he designs his programs. I have achieved great results. However, I want to respond to the calorie burn issue. As a woman who is 40 years old with a resting heart rate of 52, I burn about 450- 500 calories in the hour long workouts in month 2 of Insanity. My HR stays around 130 to 150 bpm. It is true that some men may burn up to the 1000 calories per workout in an hour. But for women, that would be hard, we are smaller and have less muscle mass than men, so It really depends on your size, resting heartrate, and duration of the exercise/heartrate zone that you work in (the higher the heartrate, the more calories you burn). A 1000 calories is a lot to burn and you would really need to be in the top of your heartrate range to achieve this in a hours time...

Just by seeing some of the before and after pictures it seems that this is really working for everyone in one way or another. I looked up this product to see the cost and this is just not something that I can afford right now at least not from the beach body or even the amazon site. Anyone have any suggestions on where I can find this at a much better cost possibly? I would like to give it a try if I can find it at a price I can afford. Thanks in advance for any input I appreciate it. The ones that posted pics you all look great. It sure does seem like everyone is very supportive of everyone else. That is great.

A friend of mine is thinking of trying this workout programme so it's encouraging to see so much helpful advice and encouragement (not to mention the results). Since there are a number of questions regarding how much to eat on this I wanted to try and pass on some calculations to try and help you all out. These come from a sport nutrition seminar I attended not so long ago. Basically this is what is going on behind the scenes of the myfitnesspal calculations when it works out your calorie intake...but this might help tailor it to your specific needs a bit more.

Men: 66 + (13.7 x wt in kg) + (5 x ht in cm) - (6.8 x age)
Women: 655 + (9.6 x wt in kg) + (1.8 x ht in cm) - (4.7 x age)

Then multiply that number by 1.6-1.8 depending on how high your workout intensity is (the more sedentary your lifestyle the fewer overall calories you require and can even drop that number as low as 1.2 for someone who doesn't get off the couch.

For a complete detailed run-down of the calorie intake and food breakdown please check out a recent post I wrote here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1135069-a-general-calorie-breakdown-guide-the-healthy-way

For those of you with great results - weight loss or cm loss... did you up your calories to the recommendation made for the insanity program?

I follow the TDEE method now (what they recommend in the book). I've neither gained nor lost weight, but I have lost inches so their recommendation is working for me.

I'm coming to the end of month 1 and although I lost some lbs early on, I haven't felt any different since. It's hard to keep going but I'm enjoying the pictures and stories on this thread. It's great to know there are people on here who started experiencing results in Month 2.

keep working at it ladies :flowerforyou: My heaviest was 147 at 5ft 7 pics are from 143 -> 130

Bump for inspiration!

Finishing week 2 of Insanity and still unable to totally complete all the exercises in each video. Is this normal? I'm a healthy weight I just wanted to tone but I feel like I should be able to do the whole workout.

Completely normal.
By the end of the month you might be able to keep up with the videos (maybe not with everything, but it'll be better than now), but then month 2 comes around and you feel like it's your first workout all over again.

bump.
I have been wanting to do this but fear not committing after the expense. I lost over 50 lbs with healthy eating and exercise but lately I am not doing well with either. Need tone too.

Will check back if I start and hopefully get some people to join for support.

Just started week two of month two.

I had a two week in between month one and month two owing to a wisdom tooth removal and therefore me feeling sorry for myself! - I am down 14lbs from 146 to 132. I am quite pleased with the results so far. I am by no means an athlete and would say that I go at 40% of what the demonstraters like Tania do for some of the strength exercises and 70% for others that are more cardio orientated. I also do two zumba classes a week. I tried to get into running and spin but could not handle either.

On the diet front I average 1200 calories net and usually eat between 1100-2000 calories/day with a bulk of the weekend calories being Pinot Grigio wine!

I do not know how to post any pics but I don't see any real physical difference yet

I dont get it...I thought less calories it better if you want to loose weight? Can someone explain why this system calls for such a high amount of caloric intake PLEASE?????

I graduated Insanity about a month and a half ago and surprisingly did not see huge aesthetic results, but I still think it is a GREAT programme. From being a complete couch potato, it helped me build up a lot of strength (I can finally do full push-ups now haha) and cardiovascular fitness that allows me to pursue the active lifestyle I have today.

Don't have any pictures but I managed to lost 4kg and an inch off the waist. Even now I do Insanity workouts on the days I can't be arsed to head to the gym or just want to up the intensity a little.

I know these results are not 'insane' but hope that it does inspire people to try it! :flowerforyou:

bump--I'm on Day 2 myself. So far Shaun T is kicking my a@@.
Oh ya, I'll be 45 in April, and plan to be in the best shape of my life for it.

it's ok if you need to rest while doing Insanity. You will improve your fitness and get better and better as the days go. The program is based on HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) I have days when I feel great and can make it through the program with no problem, then I have other days where I struggle- even the participants on the DVD are taking breaks and resting when needed- you are working very close to your anaerobic threshold, especially when you first start. But, this does change as you progress through the program and your fitness improves. Listen to your body and you will see great progress

Hi I have had insanity for some years now. i have started the programe twice. Sad to say I never earned the t shirt. I am now 46 over weight and really want to do some thing about it . I am sitting in bed watching the advert for insanity writing this post. I have now decide to start insanity on the 1st dec 2013. I have taken my pictures and will measure my self. I will do this I must do this. Any way just had to share. Thanks Ruth