Chronicles of “Insanity”

it is my 6th complete day on this current eating plan.  I did not think it would be so different since I already wathch my carbs, fats and proteins.  I was wrong, this is completely different and much harder.  All Protein, no carbs and  a lot of fat (I have not quite figured out the fat part I think I am not taking in enough)

I read a bunch of articles before I started and one if the interestign things I read involved food dreams, I laughed and moved on, but after day 2 I started to have them.  At first it was Giant oatmeal/chocolate ship cookies, but then it switched to lemon cake with lemon frosting, being at a fancy restaurant and having a supersized stack of pancakes, sitting down with a gallon of soy milk and a box of captain crunch (with the berries) and carrot cake ice cream (although I have never had it in real life).  Oh what I would do to a bag of Ruffles and some dip…better yet a honey bun……  I could go on but I am getting hungry as we speak.

Has anyone else tried this diet?  Did you have any success? Do you know of a cake with lemon cake and lemon forsting with no carbs?  Holla at me.. (LOL)

5 days to go until I refeed….

Any advice from those who have been on it?  I am just starting day four, and I had my first dream about dessert last night.  How long have you cycled it before?  What results have you seen?

I am so happy to bein my own home and no onger sick.  I had to travel for work last weeka nd right before I left my wife was sick, which in turn made me sick a day later.  I was in Phoenix (hot as hell) and coffing and sneezing and had a major headache.  I had brought my "Insanity" DVD’s with me but had no strength to do them.  I came back a day ealry and just rested and loaded my body with vitamins and rest and that did the trick in 36 hours.

Since I lost a week of insanity progress I went back two weeks in the program to start from there.  I also added a three day lifting split (started today chest/Back) and to top it off I started a ketogenic Diet today.  (I guess I am a bit ambitious)

it just feels so good to get back in the saddle!

Part of the Insanity program is something they call a fit test.  It is 8 exercises to test out your endurance before you start the program and then to track your progress every two after that.  Below are definition of the fit test exercises as well as my number the beginning of week one and then the beginning of week two.  Each exercise is a minute long.

Switch kick:  Arms up (as if you are in a defensive mode) and kick your legs out in front of you.  Left kick, right kick equals one.  Week 1= 50 week 3= 68

Power Jacks:  Jumping jack into a squat.  The up down motion equals one rep.  Week 1= 45, Week  3= 68

Power Knees:  Think of a Muay Thai knee.  You lean to one side and make your knee and your hands meet at your naval.  For you MMA fans imagine you are holding someone in the Thai clinch and you are trying to knee them.  Week 1= 72, Week 3= 103

Power Jumps: Start off in a squat jump in the air, pull your knees up with your core and land softly.  Week 1= 15, Week 3= 31

Globe Jumps:  (I think this is the hardest one): Start off in a squat position Jump to your left (land in a squat), jump to the back (land in a squat), Jump to the Right (land in a squat), and finally jump to the front (land in a squat) that is one rep.  That is nuts right?  Four jumps = one rep.  Week 1= 5, Week 3= 9

Suicide jumps: Down into a plank position, pull your legs through to a squat and launch yourself up.  Week 1= 6, Week 3= 10

Push Up jacks:  This reminds me of a jumping jack lying down.  You start off in a plank position, as you lower your body your legs go out, and when you go up you pull them back in.  Week1= 15, Week 3= 29

Low Plank Oblique:  Start off in a low plank position, contract your oblique as you bring your knee to your side.  Week 1= 20, Week 3= 30

I feel good about my progress and I cannot wait to weigh myself in two weeks.

Today was a marathon day! Up at 3:30 am out of the house by 5am.  Drive two hours to my destination.  Work 8 hours, and drive two hours back.  Did I mention that I was up at 3:30 am?

The decision to stick with the Insanity routine was really challenging today.  I was beat and really did not want to do it.  The only way I made it through was thinking that if I gave in today…what is going to stop me from giving in another day and then another day and so on?

I completed the 40 minutes of Cracked out.. I mean Pure Cardio, but today they threw in a littke wrinkle.  Cardio Abs…17 more minutes of cracked out exercise and it was hard as hell.  As I type I am hunched over sweating.

Two weeks into it, I believe (to me anyways) that this program is worth every penny.  I have commited to finishing every workout no matter how tired I am or how sweaty I am or how much i curse at the screen (yeah I have called that dude several names).

Tomorrow is a rest day and I intend to do just that!