Week 3 Review

Just wrapped up week 3 of Insanity, aka, almost done with Month 1.  Every time I check the box off on the calendar, I feel a real sense of accomplishment.  We're gettin' there folks, slowly but surely...

So, I've actually started to see some results from this thing.  I weighed myself this morning:  down 4 lbs., but I don't know how accurate that is considering it was early in the morning.  My measurements are still the same from my pre-Insanity days, but interestingly enough, I've noticed that my clothes fit better.   Like I said before I started this thing, I've always had fairly muscular legs.  This I did not expect to change, but I'm seeing some minor improvement.  Now granted, it's not a drastic change, but my pants def fit more loosely than before.  I'm excited...probably more than I should be.  Every woman has that pair of pants or that dress that she dreams of being able to wear again...

Yeah...we're not at that point yet, but we're getting there.

In terms of progress in the program, I've noticed I've been able to move a lot faster and I don't tire as easily.  That fact, however, doesn't change the difficulty of the workouts; in fact, it only makes them harder.  So  I've been sweating like 3x as much as I was before.  I mean, sweat be ROLLLLIN' down my face, man; have to stop and wipe it from my eyes because it makes my eyes burn, kinda sweat.  But like they say, "sweating does the body good."

...Actually that might just be me who says that, but I'm sure there's some stats out there somewhere that would support that statement.

New Diet Works Well

Anywhos, I think the new diet is pretty solid.  I wasn't hungry at all last week even though I was eating few calories.  I tried to set my meals up like this:

Meal 1:  7:30am - cereal + 8 oz orange juice
Meal 2: 10:30am - low fat yogurt & 1/4 cup of almonds
Meal 3: 12:30pm - whatever lunch is for the week + fruit melody
Meal 4: 4:00pm - protein bar
Meal 5: 8:00pm - whatever dinner is for the day + protein shake

Naturally these are approximations.  I try to make Meal 4 a little later in the evening because it's the last meal I eat before I do the workout. If I had to guess the calories, I'd guess somewhere around 2000??  Next week I'll try to get specifics.  In theory, you're supposed to be eating between 1,500 - 2,500 calories a day on the Insanity diet, so I guess I'm doing OK.  The largest meal is #5...kinda of a "save the best for last" type thing.  But really I want to make sure my body has enough munchies to recover from that workout. One scoop of the protein powder is like 120 calories by itself plus the 30 calories from the milk...that doesn't really leave me with much wiggle room for that last one.  But we'll reassess at the end of this week.

Weekends

I wish my weekends were as on point as this song is.

My biggest difficulty with the whole diet thing is still the weekends.  That's why all my well-constructed plans start to unravel.  Although I've been working on it recently, I don't usually allow myself to get out of the bed before 10 (((don't judge))), which means that entire schedule I just laid out for you is completely null & void. Not to mention the fact that I'm usually out and about during the day, so it's a little difficult to have structured meal times.  Aaaaand, "quiet as it's kept", I sometimes eat out on the weekends.  Now, this doesn't actually happen that much anymore since I started Insanity (R.I.P. Fat Friday), but I def don't stick to the prescribed dietary regiment on  Saturday and Sunday.  I just try to make sure I don't over do it, aka, not eating out of boredom and whatnot.  I'm working on it though.  It's just hard to have such a restrictive diet that doesn't allow for any wiggle room...you gotta live a little, man.  Even if that means thrownin' down a cheeseburger every now and then.  Since Operation Fatty Throw Down is bound to happen, I've taken to making an honest effort to make healthy choices; no more bacon cheeseburgers, no more side of fries, and no more trying to force myself to eat everything on my plate.  In the words of that Dos Equis dude, "I don't always eat out, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis make healthy choices".

Or at least I try.  Baby steps.  I remember reading a quote from the Honorable Bruce Lee, something along the lines of, "I don't live to eat, I eat to live".  Sounds like the motto of AA for food addicts.  I may have to make a poster of this and put it in my kitchen...

So like I said earlier, next week is the last week of the month. The following week is some kind of "recovery week" where I do the "core balance" routine the entire week.  We.shall.see how I feel about that about half way through the week.  Doing the same routine for 5 days is likely to make me vomit mentally, but I'll try to hold on to give you guys review of that as well.  But yeah, that's basically where I am right now.  Week 3:  finally starting to see results.  Sequel...Week 4:  finally starting to see results (again)?  Eh, maybe.  No one ever said I had to be creative.