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!
