Anyone doing Insanity

I have similar issues and just finished my first week too. I think cooking your meals ahead of time, counting calories, eating a meal two hrs before your workout like lentil soup will help. I also bought a nutribullet and make a shake with spinach, fruit and protein powder. Good luck with the program. Im terrified of the second month but am sure Ill be ready for it by then

Hi all. I am currently following the Insanity program. I have done one week, but got sick and have had a week off. Today I am starting day 1 all over again. I have friends who are following along with me, which is great motivation, but I can use any and all advice. I have the hardest time with my caloric intake. I was always hungry the first week and I was nauseous while doing the workout. I am 5'3. Last week and for the past 2 years I have weighed 155 lbs, today the scale says 164. I am so disgusted by this as I never gain weight. Only one week off and all of a sudden I gained 8 lbs?? So anyway please anyone who has great advice to follow, I would love the help!! Also if you are doing the insanity program, I would love to add you or you can add me. TIA

same thing kind of happned to me, after the first week i got naseuous and dizzy and went to the dr and he said i had vertigo! possibly from all the jumping and i wasnt eating enoguh. i was at 1500 calories, bumped it up to 1800 and now i feel better. i had to take more time off when i got sick or had other engagements. i didnt lose weight (im not done but i am about a week away) but i can def see definition in my stomach, arms, shoulders and back. i love it!

Hi all. I am currently following the Insanity program. I have done one week, but got sick and have had a week off. Today I am starting day 1 all over again. I have friends who are following along with me, which is great motivation, but I can use any and all advice. I have the hardest time with my caloric intake. I was always hungry the first week and I was nauseous while doing the workout. I am 5'3. Last week and for the past 2 years I have weighed 155 lbs, today the scale says 164. I am so disgusted by this as I never gain weight. Only one week off and all of a sudden I gained 8 lbs?? So anyway please anyone who has great advice to follow, I would love the help!! Also if you are doing the insanity program, I would love to add you or you can add me. TIA

same thing kind of happned to me, after the first week i got naseuous and dizzy and went to the dr and he said i had vertigo! possibly from all the jumping and i wasnt eating enoguh. i was at 1500 calories, bumped it up to 1800 and now i feel better. i had to take more time off when i got sick or had other engagements. i didnt lose weight (im not done but i am about a week away) but i can def see definition in my stomach, arms, shoulders and back. i love it!

This is awesome!! Thank you for that. It is hard not knowing how many calories I am burning. I should be getting my HRM shortly. I think I may need to stay around 1800 calories too. I now have a beach body coach who is helping me and I am eating some of the meals from the guide. Did you follow the Insanity Nutrition Guide?

I am not following the nutrition guide, i am a pescetarian who is allergic to dairy and gluten (i still eat it sometimes but for the most part stay away) so its kind of impossible.

Started again on Monday so Day 3 today

When you start an intense workout routine, your weight can fluxuate quite a bit. With Insanity, I would see gain, steady, steady, big loss, gain, steady, loss, etc. So don't sweat the scale and just stick with it and do what you can! Good luck.

Hi, well done for getting onto it.

I am just completing week 4, this is my second time round of doing the whole program. It is hard work but rwally worth while and gives you such a great sense of achievement.

I couple the workout with the 5:2 diet program, i eat pretty much what I want 5 days a week (within reason of-course) and for 2 days a week I only eat about 600 calories, for me Tuesday and Thursday work well for this. Obviously I take into account how many calories I have burned in my workout on those days, so if I have burned 500 then I need to eat around 1100 to have a net intake of 600.

Using this method I have lost a total of 13 kilos 28lbs over a period of 14 weeks and my fitness levels are so much higher than before.

Works for me, so I thought I'd share :-)

You can eat that little and still do insanity? I would pass out

Whilst it is hard, I have found that coupling the 5:2 diet with the Insanity program of workouts gives me significant fitness gains as well as the weight loss that I am seeking. With the reduced calorie intake only being 2 days per week, and not consecutive days, it really isn't very noticeable in terms of energy levels etc.

For me my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is around 1800 per day, so on my non fasting days (5 days a week) I burn on average 500 calories per day working out, and therefore intake about 2300 calories to maintain my net 1800 calories. On my fasting days I only want to intake 600 net so I intake 1100, burning off 500 in my workout.

Clearly this is an individual approach that works well for me, I use a HRM to track my calorie burn per workout and I do calculate accurately my calorie intake per meal/day etc.

Each one of us needs to understand what works and what doesn't and where necessary should seek professional advice.

Hi, well done for getting onto it.

I am just completing week 4, this is my second time round of doing the whole program. It is hard work but rwally worth while and gives you such a great sense of achievement.

I couple the workout with the 5:2 diet program, i eat pretty much what I want 5 days a week (within reason of-course) and for 2 days a week I only eat about 600 calories, for me Tuesday and Thursday work well for this. Obviously I take into account how many calories I have burned in my workout on those days, so if I have burned 500 then I need to eat around 1100 to have a net intake of 600.

Using this method I have lost a total of 13 kilos 28lbs over a period of 14 weeks and my fitness levels are so much higher than before.

Works for me, so I thought I'd share :-)

You can eat that little and still do insanity? I would pass out

Whilst it is hard, I have found that coupling the 5:2 diet with the Insanity program of workouts gives me significant fitness gains as well as the weight loss that I am seeking. With the reduced calorie intake only being 2 days per week, and not consecutive days, it really isn't very noticeable in terms of energy levels etc.

For me my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is around 1800 per day, so on my non fasting days (5 days a week) I burn on average 500 calories per day working out, and therefore intake about 2300 calories to maintain my net 1800 calories. On my fasting days I only want to intake 600 net so I intake 1100, burning off 500 in my workout.

Clearly this is an individual approach that works well for me, I use a HRM to track my calorie burn per workout and I do calculate accurately my calorie intake per meal/day etc.

Each one of us needs to understand what works and what doesn't and where necessary should seek professional advice.

Interesting, ive never heard of that. What kinds of foods do you eat on your fasting days?

Hi, well done for getting onto it.

I am just completing week 4, this is my second time round of doing the whole program. It is hard work but rwally worth while and gives you such a great sense of achievement.

I couple the workout with the 5:2 diet program, i eat pretty much what I want 5 days a week (within reason of-course) and for 2 days a week I only eat about 600 calories, for me Tuesday and Thursday work well for this. Obviously I take into account how many calories I have burned in my workout on those days, so if I have burned 500 then I need to eat around 1100 to have a net intake of 600.

Using this method I have lost a total of 13 kilos 28lbs over a period of 14 weeks and my fitness levels are so much higher than before.

Works for me, so I thought I'd share :-)

You can eat that little and still do insanity? I would pass out

Whilst it is hard, I have found that coupling the 5:2 diet with the Insanity program of workouts gives me significant fitness gains as well as the weight loss that I am seeking. With the reduced calorie intake only being 2 days per week, and not consecutive days, it really isn't very noticeable in terms of energy levels etc.

For me my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is around 1800 per day, so on my non fasting days (5 days a week) I burn on average 500 calories per day working out, and therefore intake about 2300 calories to maintain my net 1800 calories. On my fasting days I only want to intake 600 net so I intake 1100, burning off 500 in my workout.

Clearly this is an individual approach that works well for me, I use a HRM to track my calorie burn per workout and I do calculate accurately my calorie intake per meal/day etc.

Each one of us needs to understand what works and what doesn't and where necessary should seek professional advice.

I was doing 5:2 for a year until I started Insanity. I felt that I wouldn't get enough food doing it as I only ate 500 calories (as a woman) and didn't eat back any exercise calories. I may go back to 5:2 when I finish Insanity in a couple of weeks

I think she was eating her exercise cal on her fasting days? she said she intook 1100 burned 500 and that equals 600 net. Still not sure if i could do Insanity on that little food. i am still always hungry at 1800!!! lol