New Insanity Thread

Just finished Day 2 of my second week. I am absolutely loving this workout. It is brutal, but I feel so good after I complete it. I am looking forward to seeing my results. We are supposed to check results every two weeks right?

Hey Herewego,
Paul's right - the fit test is written in to the schedule. However I'm also weighing myself once a week, and measuring every two - so depending on what you meant, you could be right!
I also had a look at your food diary earlier (just cos I was a) curious and b) trying to put off doing some work!), and noticed you are only eating 1200 calories a day... according to the Insanity manual, you should be eating WAY more than that - or eating back at least 1/2 to 2/3rds of your exercise calories... A lot of people on this thread and others have made the same mistake and realised to their cost that their body just gave up after the initial reserves were burnt through. I know it is counter intuitive. For the first week on 1700 calories (Insanity calculates 1900!) I thought - there's no way I'm going to lose anything with this. I lost 2lb... I'm half way through week 2 and have lost a 1lb already, despite being TOTM (which usually means 2lb ON!) (Sorry for TMI folks! I'm sure you needed to know that ;-) )
Do you check your average heart rate during the exercise? If so, it might be worth going to a web based heartrate calorie burn calculation site as I burn about 100 more calories than you each time. It probably is because I'm older, unfit and heavier, but worth checking, as I don't think in this case MFP really does Insanity justice (I enter it as Cardio Interval, but alter the calories according to the calculations based on my heart rate, not on what MFP estimates for duration and exertion level). That way, I eat 1700, and burn about 500 calories (walking the dog as well as Insanity). Which brings me to the magic 1200 number but with fuel in the tank for the workouts...
This is purely based on interweb psuedo science and all of 2 week's browsing the threads and working out what my body is doing, but I can already see the results so something is working for me... However if 1200 is working for you then fab! Ignore me and my unsolicited advice ;-D

Thanks Paul for your encouragement - and well done on your workout. I'm so impressed that you do Yoga on your rest day too - I may try that this week. I'll have to dig out my old Gerri Halliwell Yoga videa (! - yes, it's that old!) or do Darcy's Pilates routine...

Anywho, this isn't getting any work done, plus I'm sitting in my workout clothes ready to press play again shortly, so I'd better finish up and get on.

Keep it going all!

I didn't press play yesterday...but it was my rest day so I took full advantage with doing nothing and now I'm so ready to press play after work today. Week 1, Month 1 complete...down about 2 lbs and I'm already feeling a bit tighter in my mid-section - did anyone else notice a difference too? Can't wait to see my results in a week when I measure and complete my first fit test comparison!

Thanks for the feedback guys (: it's always good to hear from someone else that they can see a difference, I'm still pushing play, today was core cardio and balance, day 4 of recovery week done! Hopefully month 2 will kick up my results a bit, everyone says month 2 is where the results are!

Hey Herewego,
Paul's right - the fit test is written in to the schedule. However I'm also weighing myself once a week, and measuring every two - so depending on what you meant, you could be right!
I also had a look at your food diary earlier (just cos I was a) curious and b) trying to put off doing some work!), and noticed you are only eating 1200 calories a day... according to the Insanity manual, you should be eating WAY more than that - or eating back at least 1/2 to 2/3rds of your exercise calories... A lot of people on this thread and others have made the same mistake and realised to their cost that their body just gave up after the initial reserves were burnt through. I know it is counter intuitive. For the first week on 1700 calories (Insanity calculates 1900!) I thought - there's no way I'm going to lose anything with this. I lost 2lb... I'm half way through week 2 and have lost a 1lb already, despite being TOTM (which usually means 2lb ON!) (Sorry for TMI folks! I'm sure you needed to know that ;-) )
Do you check your average heart rate during the exercise? If so, it might be worth going to a web based heartrate calorie burn calculation site as I burn about 100 more calories than you each time. It probably is because I'm older, unfit and heavier, but worth checking, as I don't think in this case MFP really does Insanity justice (I enter it as Cardio Interval, but alter the calories according to the calculations based on my heart rate, not on what MFP estimates for duration and exertion level). That way, I eat 1700, and burn about 500 calories (walking the dog as well as Insanity). Which brings me to the magic 1200 number but with fuel in the tank for the workouts...
This is purely based on interweb psuedo science and all of 2 week's browsing the threads and working out what my body is doing, but I can already see the results so something is working for me... However if 1200 is working for you then fab! Ignore me and my unsolicited advice ;-D

Thanks Paul for your encouragement - and well done on your workout. I'm so impressed that you do Yoga on your rest day too - I may try that this week. I'll have to dig out my old Gerri Halliwell Yoga videa (! - yes, it's that old!) or do Darcy's Pilates routine...

Anywho, this isn't getting any work done, plus I'm sitting in my workout clothes ready to press play again shortly, so I'd better finish up and get on.

Keep it going all!

Thanks for all the great advice. I have been stalled at this weight for a few weeks. I know I have been told before that I should up my calories a bit. I am going to try and work on that. I am going to get a heart rate monitor so I can more accurately check my calorie burn. I log my Cardio Recovery Day as yoga as well. I saw that on another thread when I was trying to figure out how to log it. I added you as a friend and look forward to working with you. Thanks again!

Nicolette's back, yay! Water gain tends to go away quickly when you get back into the routine. Just get back to what was working before and your body will soon forgive you. I'm working off fat gain from the bulk phase of the Body Beast weight training program. Trying to cut fat without losing muscle gain is a bit tricky, but seems to be working.

Keep the daily chatter up everyone as its really helpful to both the givers and the receivers. Checking in everyday is almost as important as pressing play for achieving your goals. Speaking of goals, simply publicly articulating WHY you are doing insanity is extremely motivating too. Please post your goals if you haven't already done so.

Completed x3 yoga on my rest day. Insanity recovery week is over. Makes me sad. That said, it was actually my best yoga session ever. Every pose worked really well. Thank you insanity!

JLWyatt...good, I'm glad you'll be posting some before & after's when you're done. I'm still finding it really good. I did my Month 1, Week 2 workout last night - Cardio Power & Resistance - and although I'm still having difficulties with the up/down/pushups and the walking pushups (partly due to my limited space to workout), I was able to make my way through a lot of the moves, much better than my last time with this video. Pretty inspiring to see how in just 1 week, you can see noticeable improvements in your endurance.

I'm eating between 1500-1600 calories. That might be a bit low but I feel satisfied after my meals. I'd like to get a heart rate monitor to confirm how many calories I'm burning so that's next on my list. With MFP's estimates on my excercise calories (I'm logging my workouts as circuit training), I'm netting around 1300 calories/day.

What about all of you?

I'm currently running at 1743. I was higher, but recent,y recalculated things and dropped it to this level. Since making the change I have started to see results. I use this calculator and find it works well if you follow instructions exactly.

http://theathleticrider.com/clean-eating-101/bmr-for-rider-fitness/

Id just split the difference at 1700 Jennifer. When I was doing Body Beast, I learned what an amazing difference little 200 calorie swings could make. The thing people don't realize is that these calorie targets need to be regularly readjusted as your body changes. I also have found that the MFP calculators tend to be too light for people working out on these Beachbody programs. The calculator you just used seems to work well. Oh one more thing. With this calculator that is your calorie target. Period. Ignore the MFP net calories calculations.