Insanity- The Transformation

Took 60 days

 Stats: Lost 7 lbs, 10.75 inches, and I'm at 19% body fat. 

I've attempted Insanity 3 times and the 4th time stuck. The difference was not just deciding to do it however, committing to it. DECIDE COMMIT SUCCEED. The first attempts were difficult. I felt extremely sick whenever I'd try to complete them. I could never get passed day 3. I just couldn't understand how anyone could ever put themselves through that. I HATED feeling sick. It was awful. I then decided to try and start running again. I used to run all the time prior to giving birth to my first son. It was awesome! I was in the best shape of my life! The downfall, INJURIES. I started out running too hard, too fast. I ended up getting what is called ITB. It felt like the tendons along the outer sides of my knees were on fire. I couldn't bend my legs because it hurt so bad. One night after running I remember that I had to drag my leg behind me to get from my parking spot into our apartment. PLUS we were on the upper level. YIKES! I went to the doctor and she couldn't figure out what was wrong however told me to cross train (Elliptical, Stationary Biking) and that I was overtraining. That I needed to stop, or not go so long or so hard. I thought BORING. How am I ever going to give up running? The runner's high? Well it happened. I stopped running. It would hurt just to run across the lawn or for a min. I couldn't even run 5 min straight. After 5 years I can say that I can run 20 min straight! YEP! No pain along my IT band. NOW I WARMUP- walk briskly for 5 min, then start running, run for a certain amount of time and then walk again, repeat the running and walking, COOL DOWN for 5 min and then STRETCH. I wish I would have know how important it was to warm up, start slow, cool down and most importantly stretch back then. It would have saved me so much pain. My life saver this time around was research. I stumbled across Couch to 5k and started the program. I am still on week 6 to this day but that is because I do not want to injure myself. I still have some pain in my knees but it is not the IT band, it is my joints. Running has helped with Insanity tremendously. I no longer feel sick when I do a workout and I can keep up without feeling as winded. Insanity is hard. It isn't easy, but it gets easier. If you have more questions in regards to Insanity, or making me your personal coach message me on FB or comment below. I look forward to chatting with you!

My Fit Tests

Switch Kicks   100 121  116  125  126

Power Jacks   48  55  52  61  61

Power Knees   91  97  105  110  116

Power Jumps   30  31  36  40  55

Globe Jumps   9  10  10  12  11

Suicide Jumps   16  16  19  22  24

Push-up Jacks   22  27  23  34  34

Low Plank Oblique   50  52  60  64  74

Week 1: July 16- 23
Already down 3 lbs.

Week 2: July 24-31
Down 1 lb.
I've noticed I've leaned out a lot and I can hold a quad stretch without stumbling all over the place. This is a tough program though!

Week 3: August 1- 7
Whoo excited to say that I've finished week 3! Only one more week and this 30 day challenge is over (I give myself 30 day challenges for goals) and I'll be on to the second half of this 60 day challenge! Only 42 days left! I'm noticing my legs and glutes are stronger and I can actually feel the muscle when I'm doing an exercise. Starting to see the top 2 abs poke out also.

Week 4: August 9- 16
I've made it! I finished Month one of Insanity! I cannot express how exciting that is for me because I've attempted this program many times. I was beginning to feel burned out this week. If there was a 5th week of these same workouts I'd be really struggling to keep going. Glad to be onto Recovery week!

Week 5: August 21- 28
Recovery week is not easy! It's just as tough! On day 3 of this week I noticed my Hammy! I haven't seen my Hamstrings for awhile. If they were there I didn't notice them. Push-ups in full form are becoming easier also. Keeping up with the full minute workouts (taking very little breaks). I've also incorporated more resistance training in this week. Doing that 3 days a week. Took progress photos also and I'm ecstatic! I can't believe how much change there is in only a month! Down 4 lbs.

     

Week 6: August 29- Sept 5
Just finished the Fit Test. Really pushed myself and some numbers went up, some down. That's ok though. I took measurements and I've lost 7 inches, 3.5 from the waist. Down 5 lbs. I'm down from my second pre-pregnancy weight (135 lbs.) also so I'm pretty excited. There for awhile I couldn't drop passed my second pre-preg weight (135 lbs.) to get to my first (125 lbs.). 

Week 7: Sept 8-17
Finished week 2 of month 2. I was so nervous for month 2 thinking I was going to die. Well it's tough but I'm loving it. I'm not experiencing any problems. I thought I'd injure myself for sure with this program but I'm so happy how everything is going. On to week 3!

Week 8: Sept 18-23
Have been eating really clean this week (0-1 cheat meals a week) and I hope to continue for awhile. I was eating out more (2-3 cheats a week) because my husband deployed this last Friday and we just tried to enjoy ourselves before he left for 7 months. Weighed myself this morning and hit 129 lbs. Haven't seen the 120's for awhile. SUPER EXCITED. Just did the Fit test again. Pushed myself to the limit! Numbers above! Let's get this done!

Week 9: Sept 24- Oct 3
FINALLY finished this beast! I feel so many things, good, empowered, strong and proud of myself. This was mentally challenging as much physically. My overall stats: Lost 7 lbs, 10.75 inches, and I'm at 19% body fat. Numbers were hard to beat on the last and final Fit Test.