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More days than not, I work out twice a day. take a look at my workout record. I bicycle on the road, and then I do INSANITY. I don't think you can go wrong with supplementing your workouts.

I have no heart rate monitor. I just use my two fingers,and calculate my heart rate at each interval. From that, I have a general estimate of my heart rate for the duration of the workout and the warmup. I take that and I put it into the HR based calculator on shapesense.com. I will try that calorie calculation next, and…

I have looked over your diary, and I do see that you are definitely eating well. One change I would try to make is to keep the carbs/fat in balance. I track my fat intake, and I have goals set for how much healthy fats I take in compared to overall fat. I see that on most days, 60-80% of your energy source is comprised of…

I would also add that if you are trying to eat more, you should eat more frequently. The best way to increase your metabolism, which is the action of your body taking food and processing it in the most efficient way, is to give it food more frequently. If you read the meal plan for Insanity, it says to eat about every 3…

I am a dude, so any quantities of what I eat are irrelevant to you. But I do keep things pretty simple, and I do eat frequently. My diet consists of simple meats, dairy, fruits (summer fruits are awesome right now!), and starches, like cereal or rice. I eat some sort of dairy every day, usually about 5-7 servings. This can…

They are very strict about making sure someone isn't showing the actual video, so you will have to be watching an actual person working out. what I would do is write down the workouts and then just hit it with some music....you know the workouts are a minute, and there are 16 of them. But if you don't mind watching someone…

The best thing you can do for soreness is to rest(sleep), and then stay in motion. If you had a day like I had yesterday, you would laugh at that statement. But I got up this morning stiff as a poor-man's tetherball pole. I drank some coffee, and had work at 11am. I could have taken the bus for free, not exhausting but 5…

kinda funny saying "tried" when Master Yoda appears on my ticker. I failed twice at INSANITY, for one reason or another. That is more accurate.

Well, there are a couple ladies on there that ain't so bad to look at either hehe. This is my third attempt at INSANITY. I tried it twice in the last year, but got caught up with other things, or got bored with the routine. It is very tedious in the first month, and I never made it to Recovery Week. But I chose it because…

I have the calendar, and Week 3 Day 2 (the day after the off day) is Plyometric Cardio Circuit.

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They are out of the freezer because they are in season. Wait a few weeks, they will be back in there!

My Cherries are $1/lb at Sprouts. I bout 4 lbs at once....I never have cherries, because they are a novelty. They are sooooo good! Oh, and Avocados are a good buy right now. Love me some healthy fats! And Cantaloupes....and Mangos......and watermelon.....ah, the list goes on. Its an awesome time to be a produce lover!

Finished Day 1- Fit Test! Results in my Journal. If you are doing this workout, befriend me! Josh

July 9, 2014. INSANITY STARTS TODAY!!!!! Anyone else starting this week, please let me know. Maybe our success can be paralleled. I will post Fit Test Results in my Journal. I am starting on a Wednesday, because I have failed at it twice, and on those times I started on Monday. But not this time! because if I did start on…

And what is a "bodymedia calorie adjustment"? If you are saying you are burning between 800-1000 calories per insanity workout, you are probably overestimating it. That is about 1100-1400 calories per hour. That is virtually impossible for anyone. Please explain your calorie burn each day.

I guess my question would not be with nutrition, as enough people ask about that, and you are probably eating where you need to be, but instead: How are you participating in the workout? What is your average heart rate? INSANITY is High Intensity Interval Training, which means you will get nowhere unless you are going to…

Try this: either go on a treadmill, or look up the topographic maps in your area. If you use the treadmill, instead of trying to run, simply turn up the incline. It has the same cardio effects as running on level ground. Your heart rate will go up, and that is what matters in weight loss. If you are considerably…

Don't be afraid to bring a lunch. If you bring a lunch, you won't have to eat at the cafe. A diet is what you make it to be. eat what you feel is good for your body, and do not give in to social pressure. If you give into social pressure and just eat what others are eating because you are "not cool" if you don't, you don't…

Lena....I would recommend trial and error. I think that is what most people do on here. MFP cannot be right 100% of the time, but their method is very simple. Calories in/Calories out. If you eat more than you use in any 24 hour cycle, you will gain weight (although, I should mention this is from one time to the same time…

Calorie burn is completely based on heart rate. What you do to get that heart rate up doesn't matter to the calories burned. the difference is is muscle gain. Since you use different muscles for different activities, they will grow at different rates. Ever notice how swimmers have such broad shoulders? Cyclists have skinny…

0.5 calories x 470 servings (1/4 sec spray)= 235 calories divided by 15-20 uses per can = 11-15 calories per pan minus what isn't absorbed by the food. I correct myself....sprays are "relatively" calorie free.

To clarify...they are not irrelevant in general, but irrelevant to this topic. I do use olive oil and spray oil too, to a lesser extent. But those are pretty much absolutes. Pure oils are healthiest and most calorie dense, sprays are calorie free and more chemical-based. Butter and margarine fall into a middle ground. That…

Taste is a subjective characteristic. Some people like onions on their burger, some don't. I don't. I bet you do! :-)

Seems like the consensus is that butter is the better tasting. I agree that the more ingredients are in something, the worse it may be for you. Butter and margarine, to me, is like comparing water brands. To me, I will drink water out of the tap just as easy as drinking water out of a bottle if it is based on taste. My…

Well, trans fat is not an issue. The margarine I use has none of it. If margarine is not "natural," then it is only partially not, because the formula calls for 57% vegetable oil (on the one I use). But if trans fat is out of the debate, because it has none, how do they get the Polyunsaturated and Monounsaturated fats if…

I just threw 2 tbsp of Country Crock original in a pan, and sauteed some mushrooms, fresh baby spinach, and roma tomatoes. The taste is phenomenal! Almost night and day compared to using Olive oil. Man!

If you have 140 to lose, you are at least in the 200-300 lb range. 1000 calories is maintenance for someone in the 115-130 range, not counting workouts. If you are starving yourself, and not eating when you should, that is telling your body to hold on to what it has, because it will have to make it last. The body's ONE job…

I guess a good question to raise for this would be: What combination of fats and workouts are most ideal for lowering belly fat the most? It is quite algebraic, because it would compare two functions to create an optimum amount of change. For instance, would running burn more belly fat for the person that eats more…

Nice... I read the summary. I will bookmark this to read after class. It sounds interesting.