Insanity- Week 9 Day 5- 2 MORE DAYS!!!!

Wow, 2 more days until my Insanity graduation!  I'm so excited!  I need to have a party!  LOL  One more workout & then the final fit test!  Awesome!

I learned something today, too...even if I'm not noticing the big changes in my body yet from Insanity, I have become very disciplined to do my workout when in the past I would have just skipped it & given up!!  Ran some errands on my way home today & got home late.  I was gonna skip the workout & just eat diner & relax but instead I ROCKED Max Plyo!!  It's amazing to look at how much I have accomplished over the last 60+ days!!  I am committed to this program & I am committed to Shaun T & more importantly I am committed to myself!!  Maybe I am finally turning a corner & have begun my lifestyle change!!  Now if I could just incorporate my diet at the same time I'd be good to go!  For some reason I can do one or the other, not too good at doing both at the same time.  Eh, small steps!!

I'm going to try some new Beachbody programs in the next few month & will still incorporate some Insanity in there as well.  I'm looking into getting some weights so I can try the upper body weight training DVD.

Let the countdown begin...

Insanity- Week 9 Day 1

Hmm...well, I didn't like my effort today.  Wasn't able to dig deep like I wanted to.  Humph...why is the last week of round 1 so hard??  Well, I never pressed stop & made it through max interval plyo but I need to step it up!  Especially with all the crap I've been eating!!  :/

I did try to do more of the exercises, but I'm still not strong enough to do all of them.  Power push-ups just aren't happening & the level 3 drills are hard to keep up with the push-ups.  I do girlie ones still but even those I can't go that far down.  I hope to see some great improvements when I go through round 2!!

Tomorrow is a new day & I hope to able to bring it better than I did today!  And I really need to figure out how to get my eating back on track.  I'm just so drawn to all the bad foods again & I need to stop it!!  I'm loving my caprese salad I've been making lately so I just need to keep eating those fruits & veggies & really try to focus on keeping my carbs down!!

I won't let today get me down, but I will push forward tomorrow!

Insanity- Week 8 Day 2

Whew, Plyo kicked my butt today!!  I got light-headed a few times but kept pushing through.  I took breaks & drank water & now I'm OK.  Drinking my results & recovery drink & eating a PB&J sammie.  :)  I do think I'm starting to feel a little stronger, but my body is having trouble pushing too hard.  I am digging deep, but I always feel like there might be more in there.

My push-ups today were girlie ones as usual, but I felt like I could go down further than I have before.  I also did more in each set.  I definitely can feel the changes in my insides & my strength, I'm just hoping to have my outside start to catch up!!

I signed up for a buddy's weight loss challenge that starts May 2nd.  It's to lose 15 pounds in 28 days, but I'll be happy losing anything.  10 would be great!  I'm really going to focus on my eating plan & try to stay away from the bad stuff too often.  Things do come up and life sometimes gets in the way, but I am going to make a conscious effort to make better choices!!

Looking forward to seeing my final results!!

Insanity- Week 7 Day 2

I'm bringin' it today!!  Max Plyo wasn't too bad today.  I still can't do all the push-ups because of my rib & my lack of strength.  But I did try a few power push-ups...interesting.  LOL  My right knee was really bothering me today but I pushed through.  I can't let any more injuries hold me back anymore!  I am listening to my body & if it feels like I've done something major I will cut back, but for now I just put on the knee brace & dig deeper!!  I'm definitely feeling a little stronger, but I'm not seeing the changes in my body as much as I'd like to yet.  But I'll wait & do measurements on Monday & really see what's going on!!

I'm still having trouble getting through all of the sets but I'm really trying to push harder as best I can!!  No turning back...I can see the finish line...kind of.  I might limp over it but I'm going to see it through!!  Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to get through the Broad St. Run in a week & a half!!  I have barely run in the last few weeks.  I may try to run tomorrow since I only have recovery, but I have to see how my knee feels.  If I do, it will be no longer than 3 miles.  I hope my body holds up!!

Insanity- Month 2 Week 1 COMPLETE!!

Max Plyo- DONE!!  1st week of month 2- DONE!!  Moving right along!!  Things are going OK, but my body is fighting to cooperate.  My right knee is now giving me some twinges behind the knee.  Ugh...  Put my knee wrap on & pushed forward!!  I'm having trouble getting through the exercises but as I always say, I do what I can.  The power push-ups will not be attempted for a while.  I tried to do one & it was so hard I figured let's not hurt myself anymore, so I did girlie push-ups.  I will work my way up to them & will do at least a few before I'm done!!  The side push-ups didn't go as well today either, but I did a few modified ones.  And the level 3 drills were girlie push-ups with the run-outs.

I'm going to have to keep an eye on what I'm eating, etc... because my energy level isn't great for this month.  I don't know if I derailed myself from hurting my rib or if it's just a harder workout!  It is more intense & longer so I'm not that surprised.  I'll keep pushing through & moving forward.  I did drink some results & recovery drink along with water during my workout today as well.  It may have helped a little bit, not too sure there.

I am hoping to start seeing more changes in my body by the time I do my next fit test & take more pix!!  When Shaun says you only get out of it what you put in I really try to dig deeper.  I want to see those changes & more than what I'm seeing so far!!  I'll keep pressing play!!!!

Insanity- Month 2 Day 2

That looks amazing!!  I love being able to put my days again in my title line!!  For the last few weeks I had to get creative with my titles.  It's the little things...

Today was Max Plyo.  Whew...I like those words better separated as the names of my froggies, not as a workout!!  Max is no joke!!  But I made it though!!  As I always plan to!  There were a lot of different types of push-ups, and I couldn't quite do all of them, but I did girlie push-ups instead just to keep moving.  One day I will do all those push-ups & ROCK IT!!!!  The squat push-up was kinda fun.  Everytime I fell forward to do another rep I would say "whee".  :)  I didn't even try to do the power push-up because I just knew I wasn't strong enough yet.  I will get there & maybe by next week I'll give it a try.

I had my first potential Beachbody client call today!  It was with my "old" college friend, Jodi.  If you're reading this Jodi, you know what I mean.  Like I said today, I might be broken-down but I'm not old!!  HAHA!!  She's hoping to start up soon with the Slim-in-6 program & possibly Shakeology & I'm so happy & proud of her!  And if she hurries up & orders soon she will be my first client & will get a BIG shout-out on my Facebook page!!  The competition begins...  :)

So all in all things are going great this week!  Looking forward to pressing forward with my workouts & hopefully getting back out on the road & running again this week as well!!