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I'm not sure what's so objectionable about this idea. Not everyone has the same problem, but I find stopping a carb or sugar binge nearly impossible once I start. Eating those kinds of foods actually triggers the reward and pleasure receptors in your brain. For some people who struggle with addictive food behavior,…

I know you're being facetious or whatever, but depending on which ice cream bars you buy, 3 of them could be 350 - 900 calories. That's about 25 - 65% of the calories I usually eat in a day. So yeah it's not a large quanity of food as far as size, but it's a f*ckload of calories and over time it adds up. So that's my only…

I don't know why people freak the fsck out about this on here all the time. 1200 calories a day for a small, relatively sedentary person is fine. We're not all giants. I'm 5'1 and I exercise for 45 minutes to an hour 6 times a week and I rarely eat over 1400 a day. That's how much I want to eat and that's how much I lose…

i remember that the 3rd day of week one I was the most sore. I took just a few days off because of work getting in the way and my calves felt tight and my muscles felt tired but I haven't been sore like I was the first day. There were a few times where how to do a certain move sort of clicked and I was doing it with better…

I started July 22, so I'm just going into my 3rd week and just finished day 16. I just wanted to pop in and say that the first few days are the absolute worst and if you can make it through those you can get through anything. I used to hate the plyo cardio circuit the most, I would pretty much want to throw up by the…

I'm either the last one standing from this thread or everyone is just really busy. Oh well. Just took fit test 2, here is how much I improved: Switch kicks 57 ---> 80 Power Jacks 48 ---> 53 Power Knees 65 ---> 83 Power Jumps 33 ---> 39 Globe jumps 4 ---> 9 Suicide Jumps 14 ---> 15 (and with correct form, my first round was…

Some random woman stopped me the other day to tell me she really loved my dress. I was like :flowerforyou: and I felt good for the rest of the day. The rest of the time I just get hit on by old men at the grocery store. It seems like the grosser I look, the higher % of a chance some retiree will try to get my number.…

Thanks for the encouragement, SleeplessinBerlin! :flowerforyou: Did you go through the whole two months without shoes? I started without shoes and it hurt my feet and knees to jump so much. I was thinking about adding my mat over the rug because wearing shoes when I'm sweating that much grosses me out. Like my feet get all…

Week 2 is DONE. Rest day tomorrow. This was the first day with cardio abs added on. It's short but it's a killer but I think I might switch it up to insane abs instead because I really need to extra core strength.

This thread has been quiet. I'm on day 11 and I bonked after the stretch (!!) on cardio power and resistance. I paused it and then ate some food and 2 hours later I did a light warm up, unpaused it and finished from the first set of power jumps. Maybe not totally legit, but I'm counting it. Sometimes your body just says…

Same here, I was 35% off, but I'm only 5'1 and my body looks nothing like the one it said I matched. The one it matched me up with is really thin and I have an obese BMI. It also said I'm pear shaped and I am your classic "ruler" shape when I'm thin and tending more toward an apple shape when I'm overweight. I would say I…

LOL. I have a wi-fi scale that syncs to MFP, so it just logs every time I step on it. I weigh myself almost every day so my ticker gets crazy sometimes but whatever. There's an app that goes with the scale and you can turn on the trend line. I don't pay as much attention to the fluctuations, just the the trend line and…

Oh, I was going to post these in case anyone is getting a little down in the middle of the second week... Day 1: Day 10: I'm not taking my "official" progress pictures until Monday when I do the fit test, and I know the angle is a little different (and oh yes, that's a dryer sheet on the floor in the second one, blame the…

LOL, no but I was in the living room and my front door was wide open so I had to scoop them up quite promptly because there were some people outside! :glasses:

Ok so my shorts fell off (all the way to the floor) during the warmup for the plyometric cardio circuit! :blushing: That was rather unexpected... Meanwhile, the scale won't budge, but I've heard that happens so I'm just looking forward to measuring and doing new progress pictures on Monday and taking another fit test. I…

French Fries. Someone mentioned 5 Guys and I died a little inside. McDonalds too. Tater Tots Potato chips Etc. Potatoes, you are dead to me.

Oh I took my measurements today too. In just one week, I've lost: An inch off my neck An inch off my chest (bra band) 2 inches off my waist 1.5 inches off my hips 1.5 inches off my thighs So in total, 7 inches. That is completely crazy. I initially lost 5.6 lbs but I think I gained a couple back so I'm trying to stay off…

This is an inspiration. I started 1 lb less than that and 132 is my second goal (normal BMI range). I'm not sure where I'll want to end up after that since I tend to pack on muscle and I'm always sort of heavy on the scale relative to my size, but it's nice to see someone who started where I was at and has been successful.…

I'm not following it. I think I've mentioned on here before that wheat and a lot of grains give me GI issues if I eat too much of them and the plan is really heavy on whole grain foods. So I'm trying to keep the approximate macros from it but subbing things like fruit or vegetables. I can't really eat more than a couple of…

YES! First week down! We made it! My boyfriend has been listening to me go on about Insanity and was sort of intrigued so he just started yesterday too. If you look at it that way, there's actually only 3 weeks left until the recovery week! :smokin: (Yes I know month 2 is brutal, just let me have that little shred of…

5'1 here. I started at 188. I just started Insanity this week. My next goal is 158, which is out of the obese BMI range and I'm 10 lbs away as of this morning. I was 4 lbs closer but then I went on vacation and gained 394848483 lbs in like a week. :explode: Con of being short: If you lose 5 lbs, it shows. Pro of being…

Anyone still there? Pure cardio = :sad:

I take my measurements every other week but I weigh myself nearly every day first thing in the morning on a Withings Wi-Fi scale. Not only does it sync to their site, but to MFP and an app I have on my phone. You will get my scale when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands. I am not going to stop weighing myself every day…

I agree with above, so I didn't want to just pile on some more because I think the message is pretty clear. What's stunning to me though is how much more you can eat if you switch to actual, real and minimally processed food versus a bunch of refined carbs. So that takes care of a lot of the problems you have with being…

Glad it was helpful. I think I'm trying to write a novel today! :) Also bear in mind that weight loss will not be constant. Everyone plateaus at times and there's a lot of good advice about breaking plateaus that you can try to shake things up a little if you get stuck in one. I think it gets harder/slower to lose the…

I see a lot of women who get very good results eating above 1200 calories, but I think it really works better if you're exercising. I'm just about to turn 34 and I'm only 5'1, so I'm not sure that I really need upwards of 1500 calories. I always find it difficult to eat that much anyway and I usually feel sluggish and…

Overslept today so I didn't have time to workout until way late, but still managed to sneak in today's workout. Cardio power and resistance is tough. Tomorrow is cardio recovery, so hopefully I can actually get out of bed on time and get it done early. Unfortunately, getting up on time to do it before work requires me to…

Nice! Mine are: Switch kicks 57 Power Jacks 48 Power Knees 65 Power Jumps 33 Globe jumps 4 Suicide Jumps 14 Push-up jacks 8 Low plank oblique 18 I really lost steam at the end, I have been pretty lax with diet and exercise lately and just came off a long vacation that included too much beer, too much food and plenty of…

Done with cardio plyo a little bit ago. I'm not really sore today but my muscles feel really tired, especially in my legs. I bet tomorrow or Wednesday I'm going to be really sore though. MrsAgi, sorry you didn't get any sleep last night. :(

Just finished the fit test. I didn't do stellar by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm also not as out of shape as I expected either. I wish I could have done the fit test earlier, since I'm going straight into the first workout at 4:30 tomorrow morning and it might be hard to get going after that. Can't wait for it…