Don't you, forget about me

I hope you haven't lost faith in me....I have not given up on my journey through this insanity....I've just thought the fewer the posts, the more inclined people will be to read.  I have been doing workouts religiously up until this weekend.  This program does not take in to account that you can get sick.  I had a nasty cold all weekend....felt like a sumo wrestler was sitting on my chest.  I went to do my work out Sunday and could only get through the warm up...Yesterday was worse....So I skipped (EEGAADS!)...BUT....Usually I work out Sunday-Friday with Saturday off.  So that the guilt of skipping a day didn't plague me I shifted my weekly workout to Monday-Saturday.  This is my last week of regular "insanity". Next week is my "recovery" week and after that everything is to the "MAX"...literally...that's what it says.  Anyone who's done insanity know what this is about? Should I be scared?  Please help me in knowing what to expect?

On the bright side of things, my jeans are quite comfortable and loose around the waste.  I feel like you can finally see some differences, esp in my apple bottom (hehe) and my face.  The number on the scale is slowly lowering.  I am hoping to see some major changes in the next month!

I couldn't help but wonder...

Tomorrow will mark 3 weeks into the program.  Same workouts....3 weeks in.  The work outs are not changing, yet I seem to struggle through them each and every day.  No crazy physical changes...I guess I shouldn't expect that either.  I suppose I am slowly losing some inches.  My stamina has definitely improved.  All good things!!! But I want some poundage to DISAPPEAR!  I have one more week of, oh I dunno...regular Insanity work outs?  I get a week of "recovery", and then I begin MAX workouts.  I'm terrified.

In the words of the lovely Carrie Bradshaw:

I just can't help but wonder....will this ever get easier?

AND THE RESULTS ARE IN!

I just finished my 2nd fit test!!!! Here are my first week as opposed to my second week results!!!!

-Switch Kicks Wk 1: 12 Wk 2: 35

-Power Jacks Wk 1: 8 Wk 2: 52

-Power Knees Wk 1: 12 Wk 2: 64 (WOW!)

-Power Jumps Wk 1: 5 Wk 2: 23 (ANOTHER WOW!)

-Globe Jumps Wk 1: 3 Wk 2: 8

-Suicide Jumps Wk 1: 5 Wk 2: 11

-Push-up Jacks Wk 1: 7 Wk 2: 16

-Low Plank Oblique Wk 1: 10 Wk 2: 33

In FIFTEEN days my progress is UNREAL!  This is EXACTLY what I needed to motivate me!! YAY!

Week 3

Today starts week three....it begins with the Fit Test, which I took at the beginning at failed miserably.  Not a whole lot of weight is coming off at this point, but I did do measurements yesterday and I have lost an inch here...half an inch there...so that's good news I suppose! Would love my number of lbs to go down. I'll take what I can get!!

Staying motivated is becoming increasingly DIFFICULT!  I took yesterday completely off...I was supposed to have a training session at my gym but cancelled due to the snow.  So instead...my trainer sent me a text of a work out! Did I do it? YES I DID!!!  But I won't really count that.  I'm feeling rejuvenated and ready to begin my third week!!!!

Needing a little motivation

Maybe it was the weather...maybe it was the fact that the workout began a little later than normal...but today was a very hard day to get motivated for my workout.  I have to stop getting on the scale.  Or at least...only weigh myself in the morning.  I weigh 2 lbs more now than I did this morning....I should not have stepped on that scale.  Regardless, my muscles were real stiff today so the entire warm up was like hell to get through.  Once I got through it was better, but I am not seeing an improvement in myself through the work out...I spoke with a few friends today and one said that it's normal to not go without stopping...at least at this point I shouldn't expect it.  I have to take so many breaks!!  I guess that is sort of discouraging to me....that I can't make it through one circuit without stopping every other change of move.

Weight watchers is definitely working out...to anyone on WW....Check out Muscle Maker Grill.  My roomate and I went this past weekend and it was incredible!!  Big portions, low points.  I had it for dinner last night...a pasta dish..it was literally a pound of pasta!!  I ate half and it added up to 8 points and I was STUFFED! It tasted great too!

A lesson learned...

Today, I learned a valuable lesson.  Do not...eat any part of a Jersey Mike's cheese steak before a workout...or any day that you are doing Insanity.  I literally had 1/3 of a sandwich and my work out SUCKED because of it.  I began week 2 with a bump in the road....although I did complete the work out, it was painful.  There is no such thing as cheating on this insanity regiment.  You can NOT cheat by eating shit.  You will more than pay for it during your work out!

This weekend I purchased "Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60" from GNC to help with recovering after a work out.  I'll let you know how that goes.  I know waking up after a work out has NOT been fun.  With my GNC purchase, I also got a bunch of fat burner samples.  I did try one today...didn't feel too much of a difference in my work out other than powering through a damn cheese steak.  I had a training session with my trainer Sam yesterday, and I wanted to KILL him.  I think he thinks I'm a big wimp.  But after my first week of insanity you think he'd give me a break!! Nope..so instead I made another appointment for my NEXT day off from insanity....awesome.

WEEK ONE DONE

Today I completed week one!  I feel like SHIT.  BUT....I am down 1.5 pounds....in just a week!  I am following my WW plan, using my activity points that I earn through my insanity workouts.  I am definitely eating a LOT better.  I didn't eat out at all this week and I think that really helped.  Boy, carbs have never tasted SO GOOD...I can feel my muscles getting stronger everyday!

Today's work out was rough.  Just when I thought I was getting stronger, Monday's workout showed it's nasty ugly face.  I started off strong but deteriorated quickly.  Tomorrow I have an appointment with my trainer and have already warned him that he better take it easy on me.  Hopefully lots of yoga and stretching because I pick right up with week two on Sunday!  I hope next week I can keep up a little more!

I have to say , it has been really inspiring the amount of people who are keeping up with my blog and it is pushing me even harder because I feel like I'll disappoint you if I slack!! Thank you for reading!  Weight and image is something we all struggle with so it's nice to know I'm not alone!  Life can get so busy and hectic, but that should never be a reason to forget about our body and our health.  I've been feeling the oncoming of an upper respiratory thing all week but I feel like the working out and the eating right has been fighting it off.  It's AWESOME!

Insanity, Day 3

I decided the best way to write this is to do it directly after a work out....While the high of the work out is fresh.  You know, before the lactic acid pours over my already aching muscles...before the wheeze kicks in...while the high of having a great workout fills my head.

So I'm three days in.  It's hard.  It's real hard.  I think it helps that I am so mad at myself for being the shape that I'm being that gets me through it.  It's the "LET'S GO FATTIE....STOP MAKING EXCUSES LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO AND DO THE EFFING THING".  Yup...That's what's getting me through it.  And honestly...once you get through the first 15 minutes, you are almost done!!  I get the best sweat of my life and I don't even have to leave my house.

I'm not following the meal plan that INSANITY outlines for you to the T, but I have to say...I am certainly thinking twice before I eat just ANYTHING.  Sticking with my weight watchers....With having to eat 5 times a day, I am finding that I easily go over my points, but I'm doing it with the right types of food, and after an insanity work out, I get 6-7 activity points daily...Don't even touch my Weekly Allowance.  Today, in the faculty lunch room there were like 3 boxes of chocolates....weird thing?? I DIDN'T EVEN WANT ONE.....I said to myself, Jenna, you are going to feel like SHIT during your work out if you eat that.  I have also been drinking nothing but water...or Milk....Milk after a work out thanks to Kristin's advice.

That's today's update!!

Feelin shitty!! But i feel STRONGER EVERY DAY!

Day 1-Fit Test

Yesterday my neighbor from upstairs texted me and told me I had a package in the mail room!  I was so ecstatic!  My INSANITY work out had arrived!  It was like Christmas morning!  I opened up the boxed and read up on what was to come!  I even invited my neighbor to join me for workouts!!  I was so excited to go to sleep and start my body transformation!

This morning...I woke up REALLY excited.  I took my before pictures...which NO ONE will see until I can take my after pictures.  I started my day with a hearty bowl of oatmeal and planned to start my first INSANITY work out 45 minutes later.  My neighbor knocked on the door and I couldn't wait to get started!

....And then I pressed play.

Holy......Moly.  People.  Listen to me when I say, that it was the hardest 25 minutes of my life.  I wanted to puke, pass out, and die all at the same time.  Luckily, I didn't do any of those things...which I can't say the same for my poor neighbor, who probably had NO idea what he was getting himself into.  I started off strong and slowly deteriorated throughout the work out.  I am discouraged to say the least.  I guess I didn't realize how out of shape I was...or maybe I didn't expect the INSANITY right from the start!!!!

I am determined!  I WILL get better at this!!!!!!!

My angst against WW

Alright...I've been nervously checking the mail area of my apartment for days....Just tracked my INSANITY and it is IN Haddonfield...which means I'll probably get it TOMORROW!!!  Amongst the WONDERFUL things I've heard about INSANITY...i've heard this it's going to KICK MY ASS....I've been trying to prepare myself...back on Weight Watchers....Which they LOWERED the daily points for!! It is hard enough to stay within 29 points, but sure, take 3 more away!  Somehow, I have stayed within my points reasonably.  On day one I went over by 2 points.....Day 2 I was UNDER 2....today I will probably go over by 2 again.  I suppose it could be worse.  I've been downing water like it's my job.  I just don't want to puke my first day doing INSANITY!  Any pointers?

Here's to no more "lose weight" resolutions.

Every new year comes and goes.  Every new year since puberty, I feel I have had the same resolution 75% of the female population in America.  Lose Weight.  (Find a man has been a reoccurring second.)  I'm tired of these skinny bitches populating my life!!  It's time to join the ranks!!  I want to be a skinny bitch!!  I can be easily persuaded into gimmicks and fads.....the pilates fad....the jazzercise fad....the ZUMBA fad...so much that I became an instructor......the rowing fad...the weight watchers fad.....(although I do believe this to be a goodie)...I have counted calories, I have cut carbs, I have cut out sugar....Nothing has stuck!  I can't seem to find a lifestyle that I have been able to stick to!

Well 2012, I challenge you.  I've got a great job, a great apartment...time to have a great body so I can go out that and get a great man!  I have been sucked into yet ANOTHER FAD.....INSANITY!  On facebook yesterday, I posted to my friends "P90x...or insanity".  I have seen amazing results on my friends from both...but insanity was the clear winner, so that second, I purchased the discs.  Today was my final day of fatassness.  I did not go to the gym.  I did not care what I ate.  I sat....on my fat ass....and didn't do too much.  So, January 1st! Screw you!  I saw....give yourself a 2 day buffer.  Tomorrow I begin my journey into insanity.  I have a week until it arrives and to whip my endurance-less whimpy ass into survival mode...because I've heard there ain't no babying in this program.  I hope to use this blog to help others who struggle the way I have been struggling!  And hopefully as motivation to myself...because everyday I will post my failures...and my triumphs!!  Hope to inspire MYSELF and others!!