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I'd do anything with 4-6 oz of chicken (I'm not a seafood fan, maybe Tuna too but I don't know the average serving size) with some whole wheat carb, cottage cheese, milk, something with whey protein because it's the fastest digestion protein to help your muscles recover and grow. But give a few types of protein powder a…

I top my baked potatoes with a wedge.

This exactly!

I'll be honest, I'm eating crow and ordered a bag. I'm going to try it for a month and if I don't like it I can return the bag for a full refund less shipping.

If anything I think they are too quick, I'm only working out for 30 minutes tops.

Per the author, not enough of a rest for your muscles because each workout is a full body workout. Personally, I'm going to follow the program as outlined in the book because I am confident that they know what they are talking about and it works. I just push myself to the point where I couldn't do 2-3 more reps at that…

Personally, I think the workouts will be as easy/hard as you make them. I finished my first week yesterday, my first A & B workouts were more of figuring out what alternatives I need to do because I am working out at home and I don't have a squat bar, lots of weights, and keeping proper form in mind. So when I did my 2nd A…

Clff notes: BMR - The bare minimum that your body needs to survive if you were in a coma TDEE - Everything you do daily (sleep, work, eat, breath, etc.) including exercise TDEE - 20% - A healthy way to lose weight while not starving yourself and reducing the chances that your body will burn your muscle to fuel itself. We…

This is the first workout program where I am not working out 6 days a week. It's a nice treat to have the weekends 'off', I just have to get use to it.

You can friend me but my definition of CE is not 100%, my husband won't eat a lot of whole wheat products and I have a picky toddler so instead of being a short order cook I will eat white rice or refined pastas to make cooking easier. I just try not to eat processed, pre-packaged foods, cheat once a week and I do…

A quick one for me is greek yogurt/cottage cheese with 1/2 c granola or kashi cereal mixed in and frozen or fresh berries. I workout at night so a protein shake with casein is my go-to: Ingredients: 6 oz unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1/2 banana 1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter 1 scoop whey…

My diary is open, I don't know the exact cal amount by heart 2-3 cups a day with at least 1 tbsn of creamer and sugar free sweetener. Tomorrow I'm going to add a serving of vanilla into the coffee for protein.

Stretch, tylenol, light movement, but what ever you do don't stay seated because it will make things worse.

From what I've read and seen it just takes time. I was overweight to start with when I had my first so my pooch is pre-pregnancy, then lost 80 lbs and had baby number 2 in August. Here are my Insanity results, which I finished last week http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b217/kel_be/Insanity_zpsebd3dc38.jpg (copy & paste…

One of my go-to's is 1/2 cup cooked brown rice with 3-4 oz chicken breast and 1/2 cup of previously frozen veggies such as peas, carrots, corn, edamame, beans, etc. with salt, pepper and maybe some Liquid Aminos.

Feel free to add me, I just finished Insanity and now starting New Rules of Lifting for Women so I can put on some muscle.

I had it down until I saw the 6 reps. So I'll just keep ignoring them.

I am using the spreadsheet to log my workouts and make notes. The spread sheet lists 6 sets for each workout, but my understanding is that I am suppose to do 2 reps of each exercise. Am I suppose to do each exercise twice or 6 times? Then when I get to fewer reps I am suppose to use more weight, right? I thought I had this…

Sounds good, I'll try 10 lbs Friday.

Step Ups - How high is your step? I saw a video on the NROLFW forums that said it should be just below or at knee level but that seemed really high when I tried it (I used a chair that was at knee level). I can feel it now just above my knees but it was HARD for me to do all 12 reps with a 15 lb dumbbell in my hand. Should…

I forgot to add that Beef Jerky is a great source of protein too.

Protein powder mixed with oatmeal or a Green Monster/100% Fruit Juice Smoothies, chicken in my salad, peanut butter, whole grain breads, beans, nuts, milk.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b217/kel_be/Insanity_zpsebd3dc38.jpg (cuts off arm image) My starting point before my 2nd pregnancy from 5/2011 - 12/2011 (preggo 12/11 - 8/12), pre Insanity

My question is similar, did you eat at the maintenance cals or 300 cal deficit?

I started last night. I was really disappointed with my first night because I did some exercises wrong (single leg squats, too many jack knives) and not enough resistance (rows). Oh well, there's always Friday and I made notes so I can up the resistance, maybe try a traditional squat until I have to move to single leg when…

First workout done, it was the trial & error like I expected it to be. I have to get to know my machine, find the best resistance, find out the best way to do squats w/o a rack and pay attention to how many reps to do (I did 2-15 reps on the prone jack knives, oops!).

Very excited, finally starting tonight! I just want to make sure I understand everything, tonight I'm doing A; Workout 1, Wed. B; Workout 1, Friday A; Workout 2, etc.

It's perfectly normal to retain water (aka, gain weight) when start a new workout program. Your muscles are adjusting to new uses/work and in order to repair themselves they need extra water. So the weight gain is water retention. For example I gained 3 lbs when I started Insanity and now in the final week I'm down 5 lbs…

I wouldn't re-do it, rest the muscles especially if you pulled something. It sounds like it could have been bad form or just over worked, I would stretch them out really well now and again before you have Cardio Abs.