INSANITY - Updates & Progress- New Group

Just finished day 11. I can't believe I've made it this far with Insanity. I attempted to do it a few months ago and quit after day 2. I found many reasons (or excuses) not to do it.. so I'm very proud of myself...


Now if only I could magically wish away this belly fat I'd be extremely happy!! :laugh:

Day 5, Pure Cardio... My least favorite so far... I was surprised that I only burned 466 Calories, I thought for sure it would've been higher... The one thing about this video that did make me feel better about myself, Is all those inshape people working with Sean T falling out durning the exerices... They're in whole lot better shape than me, so when they have to break, it doesn't make me look so bad when I have to. That's wrong for me to say...

On a more positive note, I can already see a difference in my heart rate... My recovery is a lot quicker... I checked my heart rate as soon as we finished and it was at 91%. Then about 3 minutes later it was already down to 65%. To me that seems like a quick recovery.

Enjoy the burn and Keep Pushing!!!!

I say it's worth investing in a heart rate monitor or body bug to track your calories burned. I've had a body bug for over a year now and live by it when tracking workouts.

I don't use the lists that MFP has in their database. I just create my own each time with the Workout plan and day (IE: Insanity Day 2) and the time and calories my monitor says I burned.

Veronica, I stay on my toes and just get in as many pushups as I can (which isn't many :laugh:).

Infowler, keept at it! I think it really helps to have this group here for support and encouragement, so come back if you're feeling like giving up again! We'll root you on!

Ed, as weird as it seems, Pure Cardio is a lower burn for me too, but it's also shorter. Great job on the workout and woohoo for improving your recovery time!!

Dolly, I too have a HRM. I then create a workout on MFP for whatever exercise I did that day (Pure Cardio, etc.) and log the time and calories burned according to that. I think I've seen people without HRMs input it as high intensity aerobics or something similar to that.

Booty, again :frown: I hope the rest helps and you can continue on Monday. Even if you can't, you know I'm here for you. Come on, knee, don't fail her now!!!

Reese, great job!! I know what you mean by muscles not cooperating with the brain. It mainly happens during the warmup though. :laugh: I stepped on the scale today too, and was shocked at what I saw. I'm also trying not to jinx myself but if that number stays, or even goes down, I will be a VERY happy girl! Good job on finally seeing it move, even if it's not your weigh-in day. :happy:

As for my workout today - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs - more of the same. Still enjoyed Pure Cardio. Unfortunately, when I got to Cardio Abs and was doing the tuck jumps in the beginning, I felt a sharp pain on the outside of my right knee. It wasn't something that made me stop, but it did make me a little cautious while jumping, so I didn't do as many. Even when I was in child's pose, the little pain came back. It didn't bother me any other time so I'm hoping it's nothing.

Have a great day, everybody! And an even better weekend!!

As for my workout today - Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs - more of the same. Still enjoyed Pure Cardio. Unfortunately, when I got to Cardio Abs and was doing the tuck jumps in the beginning, I felt a sharp pain on the outside of my right knee. It wasn't something that made me stop, but it did make me a little cautious while jumping, so I didn't do as many. Even when I was in child's pose, the little pain came back. It didn't bother me any other time so I'm hoping it's nothing.

Have a great day, everybody! And an even better weekend!!

Oh no!! Stupid knees!! Mine is the right knee too but now it hurts all the way around it.

Dolly- I don't have an HRM and track it as circuit training.

Infowler- Good job! Keep pushing through!

Ed - They take breaks in the 2nd month ones too. I LOVE it

ShakemyBooty - That so toally sucks about your knee. I hope the few days rest will get it back to where it should be.

Ceelovejay - Good job pushing through. I hope your knee isn't going out either.

Jabdye - Great job getting it done! I hope you can figure out the weight issue.

Mamareese - WOOHOO on the scale moving in the right direction. I hope it continues that trend!

Veronica – I used to go the girl push ups but then it was annoying my knees so I just did as many of the full pushups as possible and rested when I couldn’t do them anymore. That really seemed to help my strength which honestly surprised me because I thought doing more of the girl push ups and not resting would be better than doing less of the full ones and having to stop. Hey live and learn.

Infowler – great job! Isn’t it amazing to see how far you have come? I was dreading this program. Ok I was scared to death of it but I am so proud I have made it this far. I think I will be one of the criers when I take my last fitness test :sad: hehe

Ed – Just like you and Cee, Pure Cardio is a lower burn for me too. Plyo Cardio Circuit is my highest so far. They all feel like the same amount of torture though when I am doing it.:laugh:

MissBrandy – have you noticed with your Bodybugg that your caloric burn was higher throughout the day (or at least for a few hours after) when doing Insanity? I hear the afterburn with Insanity is awesome but I wasn’t sure how true it was.

Booty – Thinking positive thoughts about your knee! :flowerforyou:

Reese – I totally get what you are saying! That is why I feel like I have been dragging in some of my workouts lately. :yawn: What day are you on? Great job on the scale! Today was my weight day as well and it was good for me too.

Cee – So from what I hear you also saw a drop in the scale numbers? Looks like all your hard work is paying off!!! Doesn’t it just make your day to know after all this you are seeing the results on the scale?:drinker:

Julie – Ah welcome to the weight gainers club on Insanity. You are not alone but there is hope! Several of us seemed to gain or hold steady and now things are starting to move for us (see above). I personally upped my protein (thanks to Cee’s good eye) and calories and saw the scale move in the right direction (feel free to look at my diary).


Ok so….for me day 21/63. Rest day and weigh day. Unlike last week's meltdown over my 1.4lb gain this morning was much better. I was down 2.4lbs since last week so I lost what I gained and an additional 1 pound. This week I increased my calories and protein (thanks Cee, never would have thought about more protein). The only other thing was that I did drink 2 cups of green tea yesterday (as opposed to my usual one) and felt like I was going to the bathroom alot more. Hopefully that was not just water weight from the diuretic effect of tea. Either way I am finally in the 150s again!! And I am in the BMI healthy range today (24.9) :happy: whoop!

5k tomorrow. We shall see how that goes! Have a great weekend everyone!

Well I am debating on doing my exercise today (max interval training). I stepped on the scale and another pound weight gain.. how is this possible...my muscles arent as sore today as they were yesterday. I weigh 161.2 now and 2 weeks ago I weighed 159.2. what gives?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I am really trying to stay positive but when you are gaining and inches are the same than its hard not to :sad: :sad: :sad: :grumble:

Well I am debating on doing my exercise today (max interval training). I stepped on the scale and another pound weight gain.. how is this possible...my muscles arent as sore today as they were yesterday. I weigh 161.2 now and 2 weeks ago I weighed 159.2. what gives?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I am really trying to stay positive but when you are gaining and inches are the same than its hard not to :sad: :sad: :sad: :grumble:

I know you've heard this before, but are you taking measurements? You've probably gained some muscle, which will help you lose fat. I know just in the past week my muscles are getting stronger and bigger. I can see it and I can feel it. Keep pushing and you're going to reach your goal...

Well I am debating on doing my exercise today (max interval training). I stepped on the scale and another pound weight gain.. how is this possible...my muscles arent as sore today as they were yesterday. I weigh 161.2 now and 2 weeks ago I weighed 159.2. what gives?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I am really trying to stay positive but when you are gaining and inches are the same than its hard not to :sad: :sad: :sad: :grumble:

ajs -- I'm having the same problem. Everyone assures me that there will be a turning point. I just don't understand how I can work so hard and not see any results. Keeping pushing through -- here's hoping we both get the loss we are looking for.

I know! I don't understand how it works but my only suggestion would be to increase your calories for a week and see what happens. I had to force myself to do it but it really seemed to help this week for me.

I've been using "General Circuit Trainigng from the menu and putting in how many minutes I've done but I see everyone uses a HRM. I got one and I hate it:explode: Which one are y'all using?

Good morning Everyone!

My wonderful loving 2.5 year old son kept me (and my husband) up half the night, and I have no idea why (he isn't sick). He better be glad he is too darned cute to stay mad at for long! Regardless, I still managed to push through Max Interval Circuit this morning. 60 minutes of pure torture today.

On a positive note today was my weigh-in day and I had another 1.6 lb. loss this week. I haven't been this weight since the first trimester of pregnancy with my 4 yr. old daughter.

Glad everyone is continuing to push through and dig deeper!

Awesome job! I can only hope to get results like yours and kudos to doing the workout on half a nights sleep. So far I have been lucky and my daughter has been sleeping through the night but I dread the night when she is up or sick half the time and then my alarm goes off at 5am for Insanity. May I have your same resolve and determination

Thanks, Jennie. I am sure I didn't do my best workout this morning, but did the best I could.

Good luck tomorrow. I am sure you will do great! :happy: