INSANITY Day 1 (Fit Test)

After a weekend of rest and eating whatever (and feeling gross and uncomfortable because of it) I started Insanity today with the Fit Test.  Below are my results (so I can compare them to the Fit test 2 weeks from now):
Switch Kicks: 105
Power Jacks: 52
Power Knees: 80
Power Jumps: 35
Squat Jumps: 9
Suicide Jumps: 14
Pushup Jacks: 20
Plank Move: 22 (44 total)

I am going to track what I eat on MyFitnessPal.com and try to stay around 1900 calories and try to eat clean 80% of the time or more but I'm not going to be quite as strict as I was during P90X.  I will use the scale and my progress to judge whether I need to rein it in.

Here's to fantastic results 60 days from now!

P90X: Final Results

I finished my 3 day Shakeology cleanse yesterday.  My weigh in this morning showed 122.5 lbs which is 6.5 lbs down from my weigh in Wednesday morning (I was high anyway from poor eating last weekend and bloating).  My guess is I will gain 3-4 lbs of that back but I'd be happy to end up around 125 for now.  This morning we took my final 90-day measurements and pictures.  Here are the stats:

                       Day 1          Day 90          Change
Weight            128              122.5            (5.5lbs)
Chest              33"               31"               (2")
Waist              34"               29.5"            (4.5")
Hips                41"               39"               (2")
Thighs             22"               20"               (2")
Biceps             11.75"          11.75"          none
Body Fat         31%            28%             (3%)
If you're counting that's a total of 10.5" gone!  Woo hoo!

P90X Round 1: Done!

Yesterday was officially Day 90.  Although I definitely slacked a bit this last week (had some not so clean food at Sarah's shower this weekend and a slice of Reese's birthday cake Tuesday night) and didn't get every single workout in this last week due to travel fun, I am proud that I made it to the end.  I decided to finish it off with a 3-day Shakeology cleanse (am on Day 2 today).  So far so good.  I will take my final measurements/weigh in/pictures Saturday morning after the cleanse is over.  Then probably rest a bit for the weekend and it's on to INSANITY starting next week.  Wish me luck!

Day 78- beginning of week 12

Today beings Week 12 which is the last "tough" week of P90X since Week 13 is a recovery week.  I have been doing pretty well these last few weeks.  I have not missed a core P90X workout but have not made all of my double workouts with my travel schedule.  I have also not be as good with my diet.  I'm probably about 80% with clean eating and although the 20% is not cake and ice cream, it's also probably pushed me over my calorie targets on a few days.  Anyway I would like to commit to finishing strong so I'm going to try to do every workout and eat well for the next 2 weeks.  I'm also considering doing the 3-day Shakeology cleanse at some point, probably towards the end so it falls in the recovery week.  13 days to go!

Day 68

I put on my brown suit this morning and the pants were HUGE.  While this made me smile it did make for a dilemna as I didn't think to pack a belt this week.  A safety pin from a co-worker, however, saved the day.  I did my Cardio X workout this morning and was wiped throughout.  I think I may not be eating enoug carbs.  I had a weird day yesterday after working late Sunday night in the ER so didn't get in all of my meals/calories.  That probably affected my energy level this morning. 

I made a great stir fry from CE magazine this weekend and liked it so much I made it again last night for dinner with leftovers for today's lunch.  It's weird to think I only have 3 weeks left.  I'm feeling good but now starting to worry about how I can maintain this while also incorporating more cardio, different exercise, etc.  I want to keep the muscle tone but also do more cardio and I don't think there's much more time in the day to add workouts so I'm going to have to create some kind of hybrid.

Day 59 (Phase 2 stats and pics)

Here are my 60 day "results":

                               Day 1          Day 29           Day 59

Weight                    128              129                125

Body Fat                 31%             30%              29%

Chest                       33"              32 7/8"          33"

Waist                      34"               31"              30.5"

Hips                        41"               40.25"           39"

R Thigh                   22"               22"                21 7/8"

L Thigh                   21.5"            21.5"             21.5"

R Arm                    11.75"          11.5"             11 1/16"

L Arm                     11.75"          11.5"             11"

Here are the Day 1, 30 and 60 pics side by side:

I'm certainly happy with the progress, especially in the last 30 days.  I like that I can see ab muscles again and I feel a lot stronger.  I'm muscling through my double workouts and still hanging in there with the diet plan.  Overall I am pretty pleased.  The real question now is should I break out the fake tan and airbrushing/makeup for my 90-day pic? ;)

How cute is this?

Day 58

I stepped on the scale this morning and...125!  I hit my first goal weight and now weigh what I did when I got pregnant with Reese.  I'm pretty happy with that and it's nice to see the hard work paying off.  Got up and did my Cardio this morning (after a double yesterday) but still have Plyo this afternoon.  This will be the first time ever doing Plyo on a day with another workout so I anticipate it being pretty rough.  The necessity of a Friday-Saturday-Sunday doubles schedule because of my travel is going to be rough.  6 workouts in 3 days.  But it's worth it to get them all in and try to finish what I've started.  I also switched to the Phase 3 eating plan which is 20% fat/20% protein/60% carbs so that should help get me some more energy.