Insanity- Week 9 Day 6- DAY 62!!!!

ONE...MORE...DAY!!!!  ROUND 1 INSANITY DONE!!!!  Final fit test tomorrow to come full circle & then I can rest for a few weeks & let my body fully recover from all the madness!!  I'll post my final fit test results tomorrow!  I did it, I really did it!!  Thank you Shaun Thompson from the bottom of my heart for all you have done for me!!  I'll be back for more & can't wait to enter the Asylum!!  ♥

I can't believe I have completed Insanity!!  Like the infomercial says "you will feel great knowing you accomplished something most people will never attempt to try".  Ain't that the truth!!  Not everyone can do Insanity!  It is the toughest thing I have ever done, but it was so addicting & fun & Shaun makes you want to keep going.  I pushed myself to places I have never gone before, and the funny thing is, I know I can push further!!  I want more & better results from my body so I will rest at least two weeks & then start some more Insanity while waiting for TurboFire to come out.  Then I will do that & try to work in some Insanity as well.  Can't totally give up my Shaun T!!  LOL  Then I will hopefully have my body ready for the Asylum when that comes out!!

I was a little emotional this morning.  I was so addicted that I flipped around until I found the Insanity infomercial.  I knew it was on & kept saying "I know it's on here somewhere".  Then I found it.  LOL  I got a little choked up when the people in the infomercial were talking about their success.  I've watched it several times before, but since I am at the end I could relate to what they were saying.  Sure, I don't look like they do, but I followed through with the whole program & gave it all I could the whole time!!  Their stories really touched me & I realized just how much this one man, Shaun T, has changed my life!!  I think I might actually be addicted to working out now.  Wow!!  Sure a lot of days it's a struggle to get it in, but I know how much better I feel after it's done!  And on the other hand, I know how lousy I feel if I don't work out!!  I hope to hold on to this feeling & keep moving forward & making exercise a part of my every day!!  I'm going to incorporate several Beachbody programs in the coming months & I hope to also get back into a more structured running schedule!!

Final fit test results will be posted tomorrow & I will be taking my final after shots!!  Then I can send in for my t-shirt!!!!  :)

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ SHAUN T ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Insanity- Week 9 Day 2

Ugh, why do I feel like I'm going backwards??  Instead of wrapping up round 1 great & strong I am feeling like I'm worse off than when I began!  I've now had trouble getting through my workouts the last two days.  Yesterday it was max plyo & today it was max cardio conditioning & insane abs!!  Almost cried during all of them!!  I'm getting a little frustrated!  I'm nowhere near where I wanted, or thought, I'd be.  Humph.  I'm going to keep pushing forward & even do another round, but I just wanna know what's going on with me!!

Not happy...

Insanity- Week 8 Day 3

Dear Shaun,

I'm sorry, I just didn't have "it" in me today to push as hard as I normally do!  I was happy to have MCC today, but for some reason I felt like a ton of bricks.  My legs felt extremely fatigued & I just couldn't "dig deep" for you.  I am upset with myself!  Of course I pushed through & not only did MCC but also tried Insane Abs for the first time!  I just took a lot more breaks than usual!

Insane Abs is just that...INSANE!!  What the heck were you thinking when you created that??  Sheesh!!  I could barely do any of the floor exercises, but I tried my best.  I actually felt like I got a little energy back by the time I started that.  I went right into it rather than taking a break.  I figured if I was already spent from MCC I wouldn't get any more energy by waiting!

I have decided to start logging my calories & exercise again at the Daily Plate to see if I'm eating enough/too much, etc...  I'll try to see if I'm not eating enough plus keep track of WHAT I'm eating as well.  Today  I ate almost 1100 calories before working out, and I burned 795.  DINNERTIME!!  :)

I promise to try harder tomorrow & I won't let you down!  I can see the finish line & I'm going to sprint across it, not crawl!!  Tomorrow is recovery so I expect to BRING IT!!

Love always,

KJ ♥

Insanity- Week 7 Day 4

Well, today was going well & I was all ready to try out insane abs after my max cardio conditioning.  MCC went good & I even felt like I might have actually pushed a little further on each of the exercises than last time.  I still skipped some of the plank work 'cause my rib muscle wasn't havin' it!  Then I went to do insane abs...put the DVD in...pressed play...IT DIDN'T WORK!!!!  That S.O.B. sold me a bootleg copy!!!!  I am soooo pissed!  So I tried putting in the max sports interval/insane abs DVD to check that one and...IT DOESN'T WORK EITHER!!  Skips all around, not in the right order, etc...  Ugh...  The upper body weight training DVD does seem to be working OK, but damn!  So I've just spent the last hour or so on the phone with eBay, PayPal & disputed the charge on my credit card.  Since it's past the 45 days eBay can't do much, and the same with PayPal.  But PayPal opened a deferred case which means they'll mark the sellers account & try to contact him to let him know.  If he receives more complaints, up to 6 months from now, they can reopen the case & go after it to get me my money back.  In the meantime I disputed it with my credit card so hopefully they'll take care of it for me!

I feel soooo bad!  I wasn't trying to buy a bootleg copy, I researched the seller & the item & everything looked fine.  When it came I checked it all out, too, and had no reason to think it was fake.  Damn he did a good job!  Times are tough these days & I was just trying to save some money.  I should have just gotten it from Beachbody.  :(  This seller has sold hundreds of copies so they're obviousy not real.  And I learned that Beachbody doesn't shrink-wrap their boxes, and this listing said "factory sealed" so that would have been my first clue...but how would I know?  Ugh...

Hopefully this will all work out & I'll just replace what's not working with the deluxe DVDs directly from Beachbody!  Damn...

Oh, so anyway, since I couldn't do insane abs I just did cardio abs instead.  I can't believe I only have a little over 2 weeks left of round 1!!  WOOHOO!!  I won't let this derail me & I'll just have to hold off on the max extras until I get this all straightened out!

Insanity- Week 7 Day 1

I'm baaaack!!  I'm feeling much better today & got right back into it!  I just finished up Max Cardio Conditioning & I'm actually thinking of doing what I was supposed to do today- Max Interval Circuit.  I've never done two Insanity workouts in one day, let alone two MAX workouts!  But I'm feeling ready & I'd rather try to do both today & have my rest day on Sunday then to have to go straight through.  Especially with another fit test & workout planned for next Monday!  I'll probably slide the fit test to Sunday again.  I am tired since winding down from my workout but I'm going to see if I can get myself pumped back up to do another hour workout!!  We shall see...

UPDATE:  Oh yeh, how ya like me now??  I DID IT!!  Max cardio AND max interval circuit in the same day!!  I ended up eating dinner first & then doing it but I made it through.  I feel like I had a hard time getting through a lot of the exercises but it wasn't because I was tired from the earlier workout.  It's because my rib muscle is still acting up so I can't do the side suicide kicks or the full body drills, etc..., so I filled in with regular suicide drills & girlie push-ups.  Just tried to keep moving.

Calories burned today: (approx. according to HR monitor)
Max Cardio Conditioning: 560
Max Interval Circuit: 680
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED TODAY: 1240!!!!

I am soooo proud of myself for getting myself back on track!  I definitely don't want to have to do that too often, but for slacking off yesterday I'm glad I am now back on schedule!

And now...I relax...

Insanity- Month 2 Day 3

I DON'T LIKE MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING!!!!  I feel like it's going to be my Plyo of month 1!!!!  I felt like I barely did any of it!!  I can't figure out if the exercises were just too much or if my body just wasn't feeling it.  I was sore, I had no extra pep, it was hard to push through.  Thought I was going to cry but didn't!!  I know how to move on & I will be ready to tackle it next time around!  But DAMN!!  Not sure why I thought today would be better than Plyo.  Humph... :(  (HR monitor still says I burned 555 calories!!)

I felt like half of the workout was spent just sitting on the floor looking at the TV.  Most of it was just because my body felt like it had nothing left to give.  The other part was some of the push-ups were just too hard on my rib area.  This was a rough time in month 1, too, so I won't panic...yet.  But it was a bit frustrating.  But just imagine how many more calories I would have burned if I kept going!  I'll be ready for it next time!!

I'm getting a little frustrated with some of the people on the Insanity board on Facebook as well.  It's such a great, friendly & supportive place to be, but lately some people on there have been trying to overtake & cause tension.  Purposely or not it's getting a little crazy.  They're giving OPINIONS & making them sound like medical fact.  NONE of us are qualified to give answers, at least most of us aren't, so all we can do is give our own personal thoughts & opinions.  But a select few seem to act like they know everything that is correct with nutrition & exercise.  What scares me is that some naive person just starting out is going to take their opinions as fact & end up getting sick or hurt.  Oh well, not much I can do about it & I'm going to try to stay clear of getting in the middle of it.  Because if I start to express my opinions towards those individuals it will get ugly!!

Anyway, it's a beautfiul day today, I'm heating my rib muscle drinking my results & recovery drink & relaxing for a bit.  I'll be ready for recovery tomorrow!!