Insanity Day 12: Cardio Power and Resistance

What is wrong with me? Why am I wimping out? I am not pushing harder despite feeling like I am and it's driving me up the freakin' wall. Is it lack of sleep? Just being a wimp? I don't know. I know I can do more. I just know that I can. I'm so disappinted in my results:

38 minutes - 511 calories

That's about 40 calories less then lass time. Okay, I know it's not all about the calories. Numbers just make me feel good. I need to step up my game and hopefully the next time you see Cardio Power and Resistance you'll see a happier Urbansoulsista.

Day 5: Pure Cardio

I don't understand why I don't look like Naomi Campbell right now. Pure Cardio is the most intense workout I've ever done. Five buckets of sweat must have poured off my body. All I remember thinking was - it's only 38 minutes. I can do anything for 38 minutes, right? It's hard and breaks were taken but I got through it. Here are today's results:

38 minutes - 551 calories

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Insanity Day 4: Cardio Recovery

Have you ever taken a long hard look between your thighs? If you have thunder thighs I must tell you that it's not pretty, people. It's like looking across the Rocky Mountains. If Insanity does anything I certainly hope my thighs get smooth and strong.

Cardio Recovery is the best thing ever. It's truly a recovery day in which you'll do a lot of stretching and looking between your thighs. The workout was still extremely effective in that I was sweating like a pig. The great thing about this program is despite the aches, which has been minimal is the energy I feel. I'm pretty sure it has a lot with eating better but I've never felt this good during my special lady week. I usually feel like the women in the Midol commercial but I'm hopping around like the ding dongs on the Tampax Sport commercial.

Here are my results:
35 minutes - 322 calories

I didn't burn as many calories but more than I thought I would. Overall, recovery day is still an effective workout and calorie burner.

Insanity Day 3: Cardio Power & Resistance

I feel like Florida Evans: Damn, Damn, Damn that was tough. Meal one consisted of my banana soy shake and I was rolling by 5:30ish. Here are my results:

39:41:63 seconds - 514 calories burned

I love my Mio watch!

Insanity Day 2 - Plyometic cardio circuit

Oddly enough I woke up excited. I couldn't sleep most of the night and kept dreaming that I slept through by 5:30 alarm. I work up on my own around 4 but forced myself to stay in bed until 5. I woke up earlier because it's honey's birthday and I want to cook breakfast for him. Anyway, here are my results:

32:01:31 seconds - 460 calories burned

I'm 6'2" but I was never an a hard core athlete. I cheered but our workouts pale in comparison to Insanity. This was the hardest workout I've ever experienced but early on I realized that I have to work at my own pace. I'll catch up with the folks on the video one day, but for now I have to work up to such a feat.

Digging deeper!

Insanity Day 1 - Fit Test

The Fit Test is supposed to be done every two weeks to gauge progress. I must warn you, if you decide to do Insanity, you will find out that the calendar follows a Monday start date. I wanted to begin immediately and couldn't see myself waiting until Monday. Waiting until Monday would only cause me to pig out and not take care of myself. Here are my results for day 1.

1. Switch kicks: 64
2. Power jacks: 32
3. Power knees: 70 (kicking left knee)
4. Power jumps: 20
5. Globe jumps: 8
6. Suicide jumps: 8
7. Push-up jacks: 10
8. Low plank oblique: 29

According to my Mio heart rate monitor watch I burned 206 calories in 27:16 minutes. The fit test includes a warm up, the 8 exercises above done as many times as possible within 1 minutes and a cool down. I think 206 calories is pretty darn good. I can't wait to see what my Mio tells me after tomorrow's workout.

Tonight is the last night that I will do Insanity at night. Here's my plan:

• Wake up around 5:30, have a protein shake and go INSANE
  
• Get ready for work
• Breakfast
  
• Proceed with my day as usual
• Treadmill/abs evenings
  

Like I said, it's a plan. Let's see if I can really get it done. :)

Measurements (in inches):

• Chest: 42
• Waist: 38
• Hips: 47.1 Hey, I'm a black girl with a big ba-donk-ka-donk
  
• Thighs: 27
• Calf: 15.6
• Upper arm: 14

Power through!

Why do it?

I'm totally and completely frustrated with my weight loss progress, rather lack thereof. I started using the Lose It! iPod application and for the month of January I lost 10 pounds. Woo hoo, raise the roof, right? Sure, I was ecstatic until my next weigh in 2.5 weeks later and I lost one whopping pound. One pound? What is this, water weight, muscle? Seriously, I didn't care. The simple fact is that I expected something more. A lot more. Why? I've been hitting the gym, hard 5 days a week. Additionally, I've remained under my recommended calorie intake. And I've gotta tell you, I'm okay with the muscle gain but I still need to get my body below the 200 pound mark.

All of my friends have been talking about this new informercial from called INSANITY. I watched it and thought, hey, I think I can do this. Yes, I've heard the vomit stories, the elite athletes only workout recommendation and still, I entered my credit card information undeterred. So now I wait for the arrival of the ultimate workout and look forward to putting my body through changes that I hope will reinvigorate my weight loss.

In the meantime, I'm going to cleanse my body doing the Fruit Flush Detox: http://www.wbaltv.com/health/10281092/detail.html.

Stay tuned as I post my numbers and eating plan day by day. The fruit detox begins Monday.