Just to let you all know If you are thinking about doing Insanity or already started, The second month is (and I know this is difficult to believe but bear with me) even crazier than the first. I didn't think it could get worse but once again I was wrong......
Well Sunday was the last fit test (and the end of the Insanity program). I can't lie and say I'm not a little disappointed. Not that it wasn't difficult, It was quite possibly the most strenuous and sweat-inducing workouts I have ever endured. The disappointment is in the fact that I am not any skinnier. I lost absolutely no weight in the last 60 days. I worked harder than I ever have for 60 days straight and lost NO weight. I know I can be pessimistic sometimes but I feel like I have a right to be now!
Honestly I don't know how to feel. I know I have felt like quitting before but that was only because it was hard. Now I know I can work through that. But working THIS hard without losing weight just seems unfair. Life is not fair. So instead of dwelling what do I do? Change it up! Stanley and I have decided to give our workout a last push. He has a deadline so picking up the pace wouldn't be a bad idea. We have decided on a P90X and Insanity splice program, where we will be doing both programs simultaneously. We really liked our cardio increase from Insanity but we are missing our weight training which really seemed to quicken our weight loss results so combining the two sounded like our best bet. Our food intake has to change too. P90X requires extra protein, so we decided on a high protein low carb diet. I know that means we'll be grumpy/hungry for a while but I really think cutting the carbs is the way to burn the fat. Based on results it seems to be the best way my body loses fat personally.
Ok now to the positive although I didn't lose weight I did improve in overall fitness. I lost about an Inch all over which is definite progress. Fit test results as follows: based on amount of repetitions completed in a minuet First fit test Last fit test
Switch kicks: 100 110
Power Jacks: 45 62
Power Knee: 80 117
Power Jumps: 30 40
Globe Jumps: 6 12
Suicide Jumps: 10 20
Push-up Jacks: 15 30
Low Plank Oblique: 34 61
So as you can see there were many improvements, Just not the ones I was looking for :P
So I'd like to once again say goodbye to Insanity (though it seems ridiculous because we are starting up again anyway) but Maybe I'm really saying goodbye to my perceived failure to lose weight. I'll say goodbye and Let it go, move on. Stop whining over my inability to be perfect and revel in the benefits of my progress so far.....like size 12 pants!!!! Until next time KEEP GOING, as Shaun T.(Insanity trainer) would say "DIG DEEPER" it's in you but if you want it you gotta fight for it! Don't give up!
Me
Monday, July 2, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
The First half of INSANITY
THE FIRST MONTH OF INSANITY IS OVER!! You have no idea how good it feels to say that. This work out program defiantly has the right name!
I havent lost any weight (as with the first month of P90X but I am pretty sure I have been losing inches. James keeps telling me that my body is "shaped" differently. I'll have to take his word for it. I have to say I'm a little frustrated with the no weight loss part but I actually am really enjoying working out and feeling fit so it's not THAT big an issue right now. If I don't start shedding soon though I'm going to have to take a good hard look at what I'm taking in(dietary) to see how it can be modified, because there is no way I should be doing this hard of a workout everyday and not seeing some fantastic results.
The thing I'm more excited about right now is I am starting to grow some confidence(finally right it took long enough) I may not be as skinny as some of those gym girls but darn it I can run circles around most of them! I actually started this week to put together a resume. Now I initially thought this was going to be a confidence killer, seeing as I have only held one job in the last 10 years, I actually feel accomplished instead. I feel like it is (my life) moving in the right direction. I feel totally confident in my decision to apply to gyms in the immediate area. Like I actually have a chance at it, and as we all know confidence is a great thing to have when applying for a job.
Over all things are going well, although I don't know for how long seeing as I lost my most constant workout buddy this week. He'll be back but I don't know how this week without him is going to go......do I have enough motivation to do this on my own? Honestly I don't know but it's now or never. This has forced me to face the realization that Stanley will not always live with me. There will be a time (and probably very soon) when he will have to spread his wings and fly away from the nest (well the second nest really) and it's going to be difficult for me. He has been my biggest motivator and cheering section. Somehow I will have to find the will to go on without him. It's time to find out how badly I really want this!
ok so far I have lost 1 inch in my hips, an inch in my chest, and half and inch in my waist. so over all pretty good but people keep commenting on how different I look so things must be moving around. I don't know where they are going and at this point I don't really care as long as it stays away! I'll check in with you guys about a month from now when this Insanity business is over!
I havent lost any weight (as with the first month of P90X but I am pretty sure I have been losing inches. James keeps telling me that my body is "shaped" differently. I'll have to take his word for it. I have to say I'm a little frustrated with the no weight loss part but I actually am really enjoying working out and feeling fit so it's not THAT big an issue right now. If I don't start shedding soon though I'm going to have to take a good hard look at what I'm taking in(dietary) to see how it can be modified, because there is no way I should be doing this hard of a workout everyday and not seeing some fantastic results.
The thing I'm more excited about right now is I am starting to grow some confidence(finally right it took long enough) I may not be as skinny as some of those gym girls but darn it I can run circles around most of them! I actually started this week to put together a resume. Now I initially thought this was going to be a confidence killer, seeing as I have only held one job in the last 10 years, I actually feel accomplished instead. I feel like it is (my life) moving in the right direction. I feel totally confident in my decision to apply to gyms in the immediate area. Like I actually have a chance at it, and as we all know confidence is a great thing to have when applying for a job.
Over all things are going well, although I don't know for how long seeing as I lost my most constant workout buddy this week. He'll be back but I don't know how this week without him is going to go......do I have enough motivation to do this on my own? Honestly I don't know but it's now or never. This has forced me to face the realization that Stanley will not always live with me. There will be a time (and probably very soon) when he will have to spread his wings and fly away from the nest (well the second nest really) and it's going to be difficult for me. He has been my biggest motivator and cheering section. Somehow I will have to find the will to go on without him. It's time to find out how badly I really want this!
ok so far I have lost 1 inch in my hips, an inch in my chest, and half and inch in my waist. so over all pretty good but people keep commenting on how different I look so things must be moving around. I don't know where they are going and at this point I don't really care as long as it stays away! I'll check in with you guys about a month from now when this Insanity business is over!
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Goodbye p90x Hello CRAZY!
So it has come down to this P90X is DONE!!!! It was so much fun to say goodbye. Unfortunately we didn't give ourselves a break we went right into Insanity(but more on that to come shortly). So the pictures and measurements you have been waiting for are here!
I started P90X at 205lbs and I am now down to 185 which puts me at almost exactly 20lbs of weight loss through the program and a whopping 50lbs since I started my weight loss Journey last September! I lost half an inch on my arms, 5.5 inches on my legs, 7 inches on my waist and 5 on my hips. Stanley said he doesn't take measurements but he feels smaller LOL! James hasn't really lost much weight (and he didnt need too)but he lost some inches and developed a lot of definition while increasing his stamina. He recently recived a 288 out of 300 on a PFT(physical fitness test, used for military service) which is better than he has ever done in 12 years!
P90X was a challenge and we rose to it so I'm very proud of my family. I'm really glad we did it and surprised that I was strong enough to pull it off. Still kind of in shock about that last part. How I feel physically, that is a different question. I feel almost unstoppable, where as I started this journey thinking that maybe one day I would feel like I could run one lap around a track, I feel today like I could run 3 or 4 miles if I put my mind and heart into it. I am still not in TOP shape but I really feel like it is totally possible now for me to come ALL THE WAY back from this weight gain nightmare. I thought when I started "Boy it would be nice to lose about 60lbs" but I have decided to go all the way now. What started as the best I thought I could do, has now turned into I want to lose 100lbs. Stay with me, it sounds crazy but I really think I can do it, and it would put me back to what I weighted 11 years ago when I got married.
Also what has come from this, is a decision I'm almost 100% sure about. I have decided when this craziness is over, fitness is a very viable career choice for me. I don't know wether it will be teaching fitness classes or becoming an actual personal trainer but I really think I could be good at encouraging other people especially women that feel hopeless about their weight situations like I did before this all started. I want to prove to women that they can also be up to the challenge....or atleast I did until we started Insanity!!!!
We started Insanity last week and like I posted on Facebook the reason they call it "Insanity" is you would have to be crazy to do it more than one day!!! The first day was a fit test, a test of your fitness only and It had me so tired out I was ready for a nap. By the time the first workout came I was terrified, but I finished some how and that is just about how everyday goes. I make it through some how. I still don't know how I do it. In that sense I am also glad we finished p90x first because it boosted my confidence. It was hard but I finished it. In my opinion the Insanity is SOOOO MUCH HARDER! If I had tried it before p90x I would have quit on day 2 for sure. It's only the knowledge that I thought p90x was SOOOO hard when I first began that keeps me going on this plan. p90x had some cardio but it mostly focused on building muscle as compared to Insanity which is about losing weight and building endurance. Honestly I still don't know that I'll finish but I'm going to give it my best. Oh get this, if I fill out some paper work with my before and after pictures beachbody(the company that puts out the Insanity workout) will send me a free Insanity shirt so I guess I'm working for a shirt as absurd as that sounds when I have so much more to gain than that. I'm glad I could take you guys all on my journey with me so I don't feel quite so alone. I hope to take you with me till the end if you would be willing? Sometimes when I would think of quitting I thought "but what will I tell everyone I blog too that I'm a quitter....a loser?" I just couldn't do it so thanks for keeping me accountable ya'll!
pictures = Febuary to May transformation
so if you are all tired of waiting I finally am going to post some pictures in my new P90X shirt to prove I completed the program!
I started P90X at 205lbs and I am now down to 185 which puts me at almost exactly 20lbs of weight loss through the program and a whopping 50lbs since I started my weight loss Journey last September! I lost half an inch on my arms, 5.5 inches on my legs, 7 inches on my waist and 5 on my hips. Stanley said he doesn't take measurements but he feels smaller LOL! James hasn't really lost much weight (and he didnt need too)but he lost some inches and developed a lot of definition while increasing his stamina. He recently recived a 288 out of 300 on a PFT(physical fitness test, used for military service) which is better than he has ever done in 12 years!
P90X was a challenge and we rose to it so I'm very proud of my family. I'm really glad we did it and surprised that I was strong enough to pull it off. Still kind of in shock about that last part. How I feel physically, that is a different question. I feel almost unstoppable, where as I started this journey thinking that maybe one day I would feel like I could run one lap around a track, I feel today like I could run 3 or 4 miles if I put my mind and heart into it. I am still not in TOP shape but I really feel like it is totally possible now for me to come ALL THE WAY back from this weight gain nightmare. I thought when I started "Boy it would be nice to lose about 60lbs" but I have decided to go all the way now. What started as the best I thought I could do, has now turned into I want to lose 100lbs. Stay with me, it sounds crazy but I really think I can do it, and it would put me back to what I weighted 11 years ago when I got married.
Also what has come from this, is a decision I'm almost 100% sure about. I have decided when this craziness is over, fitness is a very viable career choice for me. I don't know wether it will be teaching fitness classes or becoming an actual personal trainer but I really think I could be good at encouraging other people especially women that feel hopeless about their weight situations like I did before this all started. I want to prove to women that they can also be up to the challenge....or atleast I did until we started Insanity!!!!
We started Insanity last week and like I posted on Facebook the reason they call it "Insanity" is you would have to be crazy to do it more than one day!!! The first day was a fit test, a test of your fitness only and It had me so tired out I was ready for a nap. By the time the first workout came I was terrified, but I finished some how and that is just about how everyday goes. I make it through some how. I still don't know how I do it. In that sense I am also glad we finished p90x first because it boosted my confidence. It was hard but I finished it. In my opinion the Insanity is SOOOO MUCH HARDER! If I had tried it before p90x I would have quit on day 2 for sure. It's only the knowledge that I thought p90x was SOOOO hard when I first began that keeps me going on this plan. p90x had some cardio but it mostly focused on building muscle as compared to Insanity which is about losing weight and building endurance. Honestly I still don't know that I'll finish but I'm going to give it my best. Oh get this, if I fill out some paper work with my before and after pictures beachbody(the company that puts out the Insanity workout) will send me a free Insanity shirt so I guess I'm working for a shirt as absurd as that sounds when I have so much more to gain than that. I'm glad I could take you guys all on my journey with me so I don't feel quite so alone. I hope to take you with me till the end if you would be willing? Sometimes when I would think of quitting I thought "but what will I tell everyone I blog too that I'm a quitter....a loser?" I just couldn't do it so thanks for keeping me accountable ya'll!
pictures = Febuary to May transformation
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Holy P90X Batman!
WEll the second phase is over and phase Three has come to pass. I have to admit it took me several days to come up with what to write about this blog, I don't know why I guess I felt like we are almost done and I just wanted to ride it out to the end. Maybe I don't feel like there has been enough progress which is ridiculous because plenty has so lets get to it.
I dropped about a whopping 10lbs due to a new diet of one of James's friends design. He is a personal trainer and a weightlifter and he sweetly took the time to to write Stanley and me out a day by day diet with more carbs on the days where we work harder and less on the days we don't. There is also a cheat day which i'm loving (so far pizza and sushi have been on the cheat day list) Stanley lost 3 inches on his waist and also started talks with a recruiter so we are very proud of that. The recruiter told him that he still has to lose like 8lbs before he can ship but we got that in the bag since when this last 4 weeks of p90x are up we are starting Insanity!!! (Insanity is another insane workout regiment that requires no weights and a lot of cardio for weight loss....google it people)
I know I know that it is still to early to be thinking about what we are going to do when it is over but honestly at the pace we have been going I figure we might as well it keep it going cause I still have more than 40lbs to lose and stanley also has weight to lose (though not as much as me) Also I'm afraid at this point if I take too long a break I might lose all the progress I've made so far. Technically we are in week 10 of 13 so it actually is coming to a close and I took some pictures to show the progress....but then I thought to myself I want to before and after these photos....and I want to use the start and finish pictures so you guys will have to hold your breath a little longer sorry.....hahahah suspense suspense :P thanks for thinking of me and praying for me I felt comforted so I know it must have been working! see you in a couple of weeks!
I dropped about a whopping 10lbs due to a new diet of one of James's friends design. He is a personal trainer and a weightlifter and he sweetly took the time to to write Stanley and me out a day by day diet with more carbs on the days where we work harder and less on the days we don't. There is also a cheat day which i'm loving (so far pizza and sushi have been on the cheat day list) Stanley lost 3 inches on his waist and also started talks with a recruiter so we are very proud of that. The recruiter told him that he still has to lose like 8lbs before he can ship but we got that in the bag since when this last 4 weeks of p90x are up we are starting Insanity!!! (Insanity is another insane workout regiment that requires no weights and a lot of cardio for weight loss....google it people)
I know I know that it is still to early to be thinking about what we are going to do when it is over but honestly at the pace we have been going I figure we might as well it keep it going cause I still have more than 40lbs to lose and stanley also has weight to lose (though not as much as me) Also I'm afraid at this point if I take too long a break I might lose all the progress I've made so far. Technically we are in week 10 of 13 so it actually is coming to a close and I took some pictures to show the progress....but then I thought to myself I want to before and after these photos....and I want to use the start and finish pictures so you guys will have to hold your breath a little longer sorry.....hahahah suspense suspense :P thanks for thinking of me and praying for me I felt comforted so I know it must have been working! see you in a couple of weeks!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
1/3 of the way...
Well we made it through the first month, and I know everyone is disappointed because there isn't any Fatty pictures pt. 2 but I didn't have time to have some one take my picture so you get what you get, but I do have a lot of stats for you.
I measured myself before I started to lose weight so it was a while ago and I added to the measurements a week ago. I lost an average of about 2.5 inches all over! I only got one inch on my arms(everybody says thats because i've gained muscle) but I got a whooping 4 inches around my waist! I've lost about 5lbs which isn't that much but the inches are what counts. I have lost 2 pant sizes, hold your breath, i've gone from an 18 to a 14. I had to buy all new workout clothes because none of them fit any more and next month for my birthday I think I'm going to have to go shopping for some new pants. In addition to the visual changes in my body I have also excelled physically. I went from pushups on my knees to doing 15-20 regular pushups at a time. My flexibility has improved so much I had to purchase a yoga block for stretching. No pull ups yet but according to James I'm really close.
Stanley and I (and now James) are moving on to the second phase of p90x. I'm a little scared(it starts on monday) because Stanley and I have elected to do the doubles program which means we will be doing cardio and strength training programs congruently. I am having serious doubts. I know this first 3rd I've made a lot of progress but it was A LOT of work! and to know I'm not even half way (and the fact that I have so much weight to lose that they recommend 2 cycles of p90x for full results) I'm so tired already. Now I'm not saying I'm going to give up and I know it might even sound ridiculous but I expected more results than I got. Maybe it's my own expectations. Perhaps I have to work on my brain as I work on my body. WARNING GRATUITOUS WORKOUT ENCOURAGEMENT SLOGANS: I didn't get this way over night, and nothing worth having is easy to get.... and if I hear any one of these phrases again I'm going to hit somebody, but maybe it's true. What can I do? I can't quit, not after all the suffering I've already endured...No it would only let the people that are rooting for me down. I have to power through. I have to put more thought into what I'm eating if I want more drastic results. I have to work out to exhaustion. I have to put everything I have into the journey I've started because that is the only way to get what I want. The only problem is that in the past doing something for me hasn't had as much weight in my life as doing something for someone else. I have to decide I'm worth not giving up on and that is the struggle I'm left with today. The only way I know out of this thought pattern is to encourage others. Pray for me, Think about me and Think about if you perhaps short change and think of yourself as less important than others.... You deserve to love who is in your skin don't settle for less for yourself than you would for someone you love! You are not alone. see you guys in 30 days......
ps: James saw how hard we are working and wanted in so now we are a fitness family! plus it makes me feel better to see that, although in different ways, he struggles and sweats through the work outs too!
I measured myself before I started to lose weight so it was a while ago and I added to the measurements a week ago. I lost an average of about 2.5 inches all over! I only got one inch on my arms(everybody says thats because i've gained muscle) but I got a whooping 4 inches around my waist! I've lost about 5lbs which isn't that much but the inches are what counts. I have lost 2 pant sizes, hold your breath, i've gone from an 18 to a 14. I had to buy all new workout clothes because none of them fit any more and next month for my birthday I think I'm going to have to go shopping for some new pants. In addition to the visual changes in my body I have also excelled physically. I went from pushups on my knees to doing 15-20 regular pushups at a time. My flexibility has improved so much I had to purchase a yoga block for stretching. No pull ups yet but according to James I'm really close.
Stanley and I (and now James) are moving on to the second phase of p90x. I'm a little scared(it starts on monday) because Stanley and I have elected to do the doubles program which means we will be doing cardio and strength training programs congruently. I am having serious doubts. I know this first 3rd I've made a lot of progress but it was A LOT of work! and to know I'm not even half way (and the fact that I have so much weight to lose that they recommend 2 cycles of p90x for full results) I'm so tired already. Now I'm not saying I'm going to give up and I know it might even sound ridiculous but I expected more results than I got. Maybe it's my own expectations. Perhaps I have to work on my brain as I work on my body. WARNING GRATUITOUS WORKOUT ENCOURAGEMENT SLOGANS: I didn't get this way over night, and nothing worth having is easy to get.... and if I hear any one of these phrases again I'm going to hit somebody, but maybe it's true. What can I do? I can't quit, not after all the suffering I've already endured...No it would only let the people that are rooting for me down. I have to power through. I have to put more thought into what I'm eating if I want more drastic results. I have to work out to exhaustion. I have to put everything I have into the journey I've started because that is the only way to get what I want. The only problem is that in the past doing something for me hasn't had as much weight in my life as doing something for someone else. I have to decide I'm worth not giving up on and that is the struggle I'm left with today. The only way I know out of this thought pattern is to encourage others. Pray for me, Think about me and Think about if you perhaps short change and think of yourself as less important than others.... You deserve to love who is in your skin don't settle for less for yourself than you would for someone you love! You are not alone. see you guys in 30 days......
ps: James saw how hard we are working and wanted in so now we are a fitness family! plus it makes me feel better to see that, although in different ways, he struggles and sweats through the work outs too!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
p90x the beginning
Well I just finished my first week of p90x. I have to admit I did better than I had anticipated. My husband and I purchased this video set several years ago with the idea to get in better shape together. Well about 5 minutes into the first DVD we were totally done. I don't know about James but I just felt it would be impossible for me to continue And so it was relegated to the DVD shelf.
Well several months ago my nephew Stanley came to stay at our house. He had graduated from high school and wants to join the marines. We embarked on a mission to get fit, traveling to the gym daily, running through a c25k program(an interval training program designed to help you go from non runner to running at least 3 miles at a time)and trying to get our diets on the healthy road. I initially lost a good bit of weight (I still have a long way to go) but soon hit a plateau. The idea hit both Stanley and I in almost the same moment, we needed to change it up. I thought, you know perhaps now that we are in better shape p90x would be more "doable". We started this past monday, and it was harsh. Day 2 only got worse. I was hobbling around for the better part of a week, but I found that I was making it through(despite my pessimistic ideals) and strangely after only a week my abs feel a little tighter, less flabby.
Now when I started my weight loss journey I tried to seem noble but I really just wanted to fit into my clothes. I find it somehow transforming into something else, something more. I feel like this road is not just about looking cute in a pair of jeans. Its about dedicating your life to health. It's about not repeating the mistakes of the past. Not falling into genetic pitfalls, doing everything I can to stay fit and not make it about anyone else or how they think, but about me. It's going to be difficult to unlearn all the things I have been doing and all the cravings for unhealthy things....but that also makes it fun, a challenge. I fully intend to finish this 90 day program and though everyone keeps telling me you don't loose much weight at all this has not deterred me, because it is about health. Living a healthy lifestyle is bound to have a good effect on the rest of me just as the unhealthy life style was holding me back from being who I am supposed to be.
As of today I am 5'4 and weigh a little more than 200lbs...... I know generally people take before photos with their stomach showing but no one wants to see that! more to come, health to follow.
"Do your best and forget the rest"- Tony Horton (p90x creator)
Well several months ago my nephew Stanley came to stay at our house. He had graduated from high school and wants to join the marines. We embarked on a mission to get fit, traveling to the gym daily, running through a c25k program(an interval training program designed to help you go from non runner to running at least 3 miles at a time)and trying to get our diets on the healthy road. I initially lost a good bit of weight (I still have a long way to go) but soon hit a plateau. The idea hit both Stanley and I in almost the same moment, we needed to change it up. I thought, you know perhaps now that we are in better shape p90x would be more "doable". We started this past monday, and it was harsh. Day 2 only got worse. I was hobbling around for the better part of a week, but I found that I was making it through(despite my pessimistic ideals) and strangely after only a week my abs feel a little tighter, less flabby.
Now when I started my weight loss journey I tried to seem noble but I really just wanted to fit into my clothes. I find it somehow transforming into something else, something more. I feel like this road is not just about looking cute in a pair of jeans. Its about dedicating your life to health. It's about not repeating the mistakes of the past. Not falling into genetic pitfalls, doing everything I can to stay fit and not make it about anyone else or how they think, but about me. It's going to be difficult to unlearn all the things I have been doing and all the cravings for unhealthy things....but that also makes it fun, a challenge. I fully intend to finish this 90 day program and though everyone keeps telling me you don't loose much weight at all this has not deterred me, because it is about health. Living a healthy lifestyle is bound to have a good effect on the rest of me just as the unhealthy life style was holding me back from being who I am supposed to be.
As of today I am 5'4 and weigh a little more than 200lbs...... I know generally people take before photos with their stomach showing but no one wants to see that! more to come, health to follow.
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