Insanity Restart

Sunday, May 19, 2013

I restarted Insanity this week and wow! workouts are amazing!

I am dripping wet with sweat with each workout.

There are a lot of personal things going on in my life right now that I cannot discuss. I don't think I have ever been this stressed ever. And unfortunately things will get worse before they get better. However, I am trying to stay strong, gain more confidence and fight for what I believe is right. I know this will all work out in the end.

Due to this stressful situation I wanted to make sure I take time to work out at least 5 -6 days per week. I need the release that working out hard gives me. I was going to do Insanity plus Chalean Extreme but I think I will try to do one round of just Insanity. Then, hopefully, in 60 days I will have more time to dedicate to working out each day and can add in ChaLEAN Extreme as well.

I do want to try to blog regularly and cannot wait to see my results with Insanity. So far I love the program. Lets see what week 2 brings starting tomorrow!

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Insanity Pause

Sunday, May 05, 2013

Unfortunately I am currently dealing with some intense and very large personal stress. As a result I am pausing from Insanity and hope to restart in a week.

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Insanity Days - Week 1 - Days 1 and 2

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

So yesterday I began two new healthy challenges:

For workouts I began the 60 Day Insanity Program

And I began the Eat Clean Lifestyle


I say 'lifestyle' because this isn't a short term diet - it's a way I plan to eat from now on.

I went grocery shopping on Saturday and got everything I needed. On Sunday I cooked a large batch of Turkey meatballs from the online community for the Clean eating. I chopped veggies, and my fruit. I also ground my flax seed. I was all set to begin Monday.

So far the clean eating is going really, really well. I was bloated yesterday but I remember my body doing this to me years ago when I introduced flax seed. After a few days, and ensuring I get my water intake in, I no longer bloated. So thankfully I don't need to go anywhere for a few days! lol

Now on to Insanity....

Yesterday, Day 1, was the Fit Test


It was 25 mins...and wow. I really thought I was fit due to my Turbo Fire workout. But I guess some muscles just were not used. I was dripping with sweat and my legs felt like jelly!

Day 2: this morning...was Plyometric Cardio Circuit


So after only 10 minutes of this approximately 41 min workout I am huffing and sweating like mad. Then Shaun T goes "now that the warm-up is complete lets do a few minutes of stretching before getting into it." I seriously laughed out loud. hahaha

It was a crazy tough workout. I hate stopping during a workout but there were multiple times that I had to stop because my legs were completely jelly or my arms were jelly. While doing some of the moves where you are holding yourself in plank and jumping feet in, or to the side,etc, there was literally sweat pouring off me onto my mat. It was crazy.

But I love it. What I love is I now have workouts that I cannot complete easily at all. It's going to take work to get there and I am pumped to get there.

I also cannot wait to see what sort of results I get! The next 60 days are going to be awesome!

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Ending one for Another

Thursday, April 25, 2013

So I have plateaued again. I decided to purchase the Eat Clean Diet book I mentioned in my last blog as well as Chalene's Push book.

I feel my life has gotten a little off track lately and I need to get it back on track. So far I am on day 8 of Chalene's 30 Day Push and it's pretty good. I think although I had goals they were not very well defined and broken down. Right now I am breaking everything down into steps and finding out what research I need to do in order to complete the little steps to succeed at my overall goal. I do feel much more focused.



I have been doing Turbo Fire for a few years now. So much so that I know exactly what Chalene is going to say and when. I feel that perhaps my body is too used to these workouts and I need to shock my body to continue to see results.

i still love Turbo Fire and will probably throw in the odd workout here and there. But I have decided not to complete the 20 weeks.

Beginning on Monday I will be doing the 60 Day Insanity workout program! I am so pumped for this program and actually pretty motivated and sure of myself that results will come.



It looks hard and I am excited for the challenge.

It also looks like it's more cardio based. After a week I will assess the workouts and then add in the Chalene Extreme Weight workouts. One of my main goals is to firm up so I am not giving up my weights.



In addition, I have already read the Eat Clean Diet Recharged book completely and I only got it on Monday!!! hahaha I have to say I thought I was eating pretty clean but there is A LOT of room for improvement in my diet.

Thus, also beginning on Monday I will be following the Cooler 2 meal plan from the Eat Clean diet.

Now I am waiting until Monday to begin for a few reasons:

1) I want one last week of Turbo Fire.

2) I need to organize a grocery list and go shopping. As there is food I don't know where to find I may have to make a few stops...so the weekend works better when my husband can watch our little one.

3) It's my birthday this weekend and I plan to have a treat.

I hope to blog once or twice a week about my experience with all three; Eat Clean, Insanity and the Push 30 day program. There I now have new mind, diet and exercise programs and goals to work towards. I am very pumped!

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TF - week 14

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Best thing is the scale has finally moved! My changes that I last blogged about are working! Thank goodness!

I also found that push ups are a lot easier for me to do now! I am actually doing all reps on my toes for regular push ups!



I still have to do tricep pushups on my knees but that's not bad.

I bought myself 15 lbs dumb bells yesterday so I now can have 15 and 20 lbs to add to my weight routine.

Been adding in more weight training and it feels great.

I am also getting in some runs on the nice days and it feels amazing to get outside! Loving it!

I want to work on some relationship/ work/ money/ mind/ confidence/ issues I have so I just ordered Chalene's Push book. Hoping to build myself up from the inside as well as the outside.

I think I push people away. I have struggled with keeping girl friends all my life. Mind you some friends were toxic and I am much happier without them. However, I would like to be a better person overall. I find that I am so scared of silence when talking to people that I just blabbler on...and about myself. In researching Chalene's book she goes through how to stop being afraid of the silence and be a better listener.

I also think it will help my marriage. There's nothing wrong with my marriage, but sometimes I over react or just can't go with the flow. Everything has to be planned out. So I want to take some steps to loosen up a little. Especially since my husband doesn't plan anything! hahahaha

I also purchased Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Recharged book. (Just wanted the Eat Clean on but they didn't have it on Amazon any more; just the new Recharged one). I am pumped to get both of these. I should get them this week or next! Cannot wait.

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