Starting Insanity

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Well done Amber - you've made it!!! Am sooo very proud of you.

Would be a shame to lose touch, are you a facebooker? If so, pls send me a request, tamsin henman, profile pic is me and my hubby.

What are your plans after your hols? More insanity, something different?? I'm still not sure what to do. Fancied a bit of fun with hip hop abs but have been told it's no good. May go for another round of insanity.....really not sure yet..... xxx

Finally getting back to "normal" today. Long weekends seem to take a while to recover from! Well after completing Insanity Friday, I took the rest of the extended weekend off and got back to working out yesterday. I only did CC&B and today plan to do CC&B and Cardio Abs. I did not make the best food choices over the weekend and Bud Select 55 was my drink of choice but was still able to go all weekend without gaining any weight. I have now lost a total of 26 pounds and am ready now to try and maintain my weight and just continue working on fitness. As I said earlier though, I go on vac starting this Friday so i will have 10 days of no working out and probably poor food choices so I may have to work a little harder once I return to get back into the same shape! I really want to restart Insanity, but keep thinkning of maybe swithching things up. I am leaning toward the 30DS that seems to be so popular. I dont want to lose my Insanity progress but worry about getting burt out. Would either of you ladies be interested in that? I saw that i can order it on Walmart.com for 8.96 free site to store shipping. I really thought about doing that after vac. Then it will be time to go back to school and I can start back up with Insanity and a more rigid schedule. Well again another coffee fuel ramble!

Hi you two! Amber- congrats on finishing!! 26 pounds is fabulous and it sounds like you gained a ton of confidence in yourself which is even better!

M- Are you done? I see your last post was Thursday with only two days left, so you must be close! Awesoem jub pushing yourself through your final MIC. I always feel like I kick it up a notch when my husband comes into the room too since I want to jump higher or hammer out another pushup to seem extreme

It's so true about the quote you found, M. Insanity is definitely not for the inexperienced exerciser. All 3 of us should be so pround that we stuck with it and dug deeper. I remember how hard it seemed to do the Level 1 drills at the start, and now that we've done so many Level 3 drills it is funny to look back and see how far we have come!

I had a great vacation in Connecticut, the weather was great for the most part. I was so busy with the wedding stuff the first half of the visit that I went for a few short walks with my in-laws dogs, but otherwise didn't work out. The second half of the week I made time for some longer power walks which felt good. I came back yesterday and started Max Cardio Cond. I was amazed at how hard it seemed after 10 days away from Insanity! I did about half, decided not to kill myself since I was exhausted, and chalked it up as a good jump back in. This morning I did MIC, and I struggled but I made it through. My knees were killing like Week 1 again though! I was kind of disappointed that after a week and a half off it seemed like such a struggle for me. But I know I didn't sleep or eat well on vacation, and I definitely had a few too many drinks, so my body was probably showing how quickly it can be lost internally, even if I didn't seem to gain much weight visibly. Tomorrow morning I am doing a bootcamp class with my friend, which I know will kick my butt! I guess technically I'm considering myself done with the Insanity program. According to the schedule I still have a Max Plyo, Max CC, and CC&B left, along witht he final fit test. But given how much I struggled the past two days I don't want to do the final fit test right now. I don't feel like it will show my real results and that I'd need another solid week of Month 2 workouts to get back the fitness I lost during vacation. So I may do the test next week, maybe not, it all depends on how I feel. I'm really happy with my improvement at the 6 week fit test so I'm ok with not doing the final one before I leave for vacation #2 in London in 3 days!

After I come back from London, I'm going to do a mix of stuff for a couple of weeks- P90x weight workouts, spinning/kickboxing/bootcamp at the gym, and some of the higher intensity cardio Insanity workouts. I just need some variety. I got really burnt out with Insanity after about 6 weeks (same time frame as how long it took me to get bored with P90x, guess I have a short attention span!).

Amber- I've done Level 1 of the 30 DS a bunch of times since it is usually free On Demand with our cable. It's a decent workout, but I think that you'll find it really easy after Insanity. It is short, but I like how she incorporates the weight training.

M- I think Hip Hop Abs looks really fun, and even if it is easy, it's a nice way to give your body a break and some variety.

I'm not sure I want to start Insanity over again. Maybe once some time goes by I'll get over the boredom and feel like comitting again, but right now I don't see that happening. But if you guys do decide to do it again, maybe I'll do one of the months with you!

Take care!

Hi guys! Seems like I have been way out of touch this week getting ready for vacation. I am now sitting on the deck at our rented "lake home" while everyone else is out on the boats, so I thought i would check in.

Mb- SOOOO PROUD! What a great feeling to be able to say you made it to the end!! The way you seem to be able to get on those late night workouts and then bright and early start in again is amazing! I think that you are alot like me, having a schedule to follow makes a big difference, I thknk of it like my never ending to do list, I feel great each time I was able to check off another day. Cant wait to see your pics, like I said, I didnt take any before and kick myself for not doing so!

Hs- Gladto hear you had a good time on vacation, I am hoping I can do like you and try to get in a little exercise while Im here, walking back and forth from the cabin to the dock has alot of steps, so it may be all the exerxcise I get. Its supposed to be close to 100 for the next few days with heat indexes well over, so maybe I can just sweat! I have a feeling that it wont feel the same as a good ol soak your clothes Insanity sweat though! Thanks for the info on 30DS, I may try it just to change up a little, then restart Insanity after that. Ill let you know if I decide to do it and maybe we can chat about that too! How exciting to be going to London, I have only been to Cancun a couple of times, my only out of contry travel.

I really struggled whether or not to bring my scale with me. This will be the first week since Jan that I have not weighed daily, Im not really obsessed with the scale, it just seems to keep me in check. I convinced myself not to and that one week will not ruin 6 months of hard work. Im gonna tell myself that i deserve to let loose! Im off to a pretty good start, I ate more at dinner tonight than I normally would and then enjoyed cheesecake and a few drinks! Life is short, you gotta live a little sometime! I guess that why we have vacation, to stray from the norm and relax!

Ill try to check in later in the week, glad to hear from you both.

Well I've posted some pics but pretty hard to 'spot the difference', From the side you can see my middle is thinner, otherwise can't see any extra definition or anything.Haven't done my final fit test yet but took measurements yesterday. Everything the same except the following:

Biceps + 3/4"
Bust - 3/4"
Thighs - 1"
Tummy - 3 1/4"

Feeling like I've finished exams and don't quite know what to do with myself.....think I may need to start again pretty soon, motivation is rapidly decreasing!!

Hope you're both having/have great vacations. Speak soon xxx

Hey- where did everyone go?! I finally uploaded my 'after' pics and made some comparison photos. I really don't see a huge difference, maybe a bit of toning, but nothing major. I did GAIN 4 pounds during Insanity because I didn't watch my food very well and I ended up eating a lot more carbs to fuel the workouts, but I don't think the gain was obvious, and I feel like I gained evenly, while toning my legs down still. I don't feel like my metabolism got "sped up" because with the 2.5 weeks of vacation I have gained another 3 pounds in the past month, so now I'm 7 pounds above where I was in April. I'm dissapointed that I didn't have more obvious results, but I am happy I did Insanity. I feel a whole lot stronger and have a much higher endurance now.

Great to hear from you HS! I had not posted bc I thought that you guys had disappeared! I think your pics look great! I can really tell a difference in your waist and thighs. Your whole body looks more toned over all. I do agree that diet has so much to do with Insanity and I like you felt like in month 2, I ate a ton just to have the energy to do the wokouts. I though, lost during that time, seemed like what I had been eating must have been right bc my inches and weight both went down. However...the past month since finishing Insanity July1 has been a real struggle. I am actually up 3 pounds since then. I started the 30 Day shred last week. Although it is nothing compared to Insanity, after a week of vacation, it was just about right. I do enjoy that I can be done in less than 30 monutes, but I was so used to burning TONS of calories with Insanity. Like you said, we ate so much more with that, now I feel like I am starving without that much! I decided to do either Cardio Abs or CC&B also every other day to add to my calorie burn and also started to walk/jog in the evenings. I started last week walking for 5 min, jog for 2 for an hour and this week decided to shorten the walking to 4 and hope to continue until I can jog the whole time, we will see about that! But, even with all that, I am still not going back down on the scale! I think that Insanity is so intense and works your body so much harder and differently than any other exercise that even doing the same amount of exercise still does not compare. I will stick with this routine until I complete the 30DS and see what happens. If you remember I was doing Insanity in the garage and its just too hot! Calling for 104 today! I plan to start Insanity back up probably beginning of Sept. My husband is going Elk hunting in the mountains in Oct and says that he wants to try to do it again to get in shape for his trip. it may all be mental, but I just feel like I looked and felt so much stronger while doing it. Have a great day, maybe we will hear from Mb today!

Hi

Sorry....have been MIA big time.

HS - pics are amazing, your extra tone is fabulous!!!

Once I'd finished Insanity I felt really out of sorts, I didn't ever do my last fit test or even bother to apply for my T-shirt. I've not done ANY exercise since, and my diet has been appalling!!! I did order Hip Hop abs in the end but haven't even had the motivation to start that. Is a real shame.....haven't put on any weight yet thankfully but the tone I'd worked to hard for has gone already. Every week I intend to start again healthy eating and exercising again but I just can't be bothered - as I've said before, I'm very much an all or nothing person. Think I was so disillusioned after putting so much effort into Insanity that the results weren't more extreme that I couldn't see the point of doing anything else. Not the attitude I know. Am very impressed with all of your continued efforts - I shall endeavour to give myself a huge kick up the behind and get back on the horse.

Mb xxxx