4.5 weeks into Insanity & I finally feel like I’m starting to burn fat & lean out. This is my “recovery week” where you do an easier dvd every day to give your body a break before month 2! Of course it’s going to get much harder. I’ve had several people ask me questions about insanity so I thought I’d go into a little more detail.
If comparing p90x to insanity, insanity is more cardio-based than p90x, geared more toward getting lean & toned. There is no equipment required with insanity, no weights, nothing. However I do use my yoga mat for the ab workout. There are a lot of push ups and workouts in the plank position. You are only using your own body weight for the workouts. Month 1 workouts have all been around 40 minutes long (that’s shorter than the p90x workouts). Also, insanity is only 2 months, where p90x is 3.
I wouldn’t recommend jumping into insanity unless you’re already in pretty decent shape. I knew my upper body was lacking the strength when I began & I’ve struggled quite a bit with all the push ups. But I’ve improved so much over the past month! I love feeling stronger… Makes me feel empowered 😉 I can’t wait to see what kind of results month 2 will bring!!
Here are some of my random recent eats:
•My favorite salad: spinach, chicken, red grapes, sliced peach, sliced almonds, & poppyseed dressing.
•Plain Chobani, 2 packets of truvia and fresh raspberries (more protein and a lot less sugar than buying the flavored stuff)
•Mashed sweet potatoes: peeled, chopped, then boiled the potatoes, mashed, then added a SMALL amount of smart balance butter, brown sugar & cinnamon to taste.
•Kashi frozen meal in steamer bag, with Green Giant seasoned brussel sprouts, also in a steamer bag.
•Protein banana pancake: 1 packet Quaker banana cream oatmeal, 1 egg, 1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein
•Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread, with spinach and tomato, no cheese! (when buying bread, you want to make sure the #1 ingredient is whole wheat flour.. A lot of “wheat breads” will say “enriched” flour which is not good)
•Egg, tomato, miracle whip, on a piece of toast
•Black bean burger 🙂 I ate it with a little salsa on top
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Your eats look bomb!
Congrats on your insanity achievements 🙂
Thank you so much!! I feel like they should be paying me to say all these nice things about their program haha… but it really does work!
I figure it would be better to jump into insanity when I’ve lost more weight. I’m glad to see someone blog about it because I was curious about it. Good post!
Thanks! I really am loving it! Even after I complete the program, I still plan on doing the DVD’s maybe 3 days a week, and going to the gym 2 or 3 days a week to mix it up. I did the Jillian Michaels “Get Ripped” dvd before Insanity, and it helped prepare me!
Love the blog, from a new follower! Keep it up, you look great! 🙂
Thank you so much!! 🙂
Love the updates as usual! Perhaps I need to get my fitness up before I start Insanity – from 0 to 100 might cause an injury.
Yeah, I wish I would’ve been able to do more push-ups before I started the program… It has really been a struggle in that area!
I think I need to start with Insanity because my arms are seriously lacking in size compared to yours. Jealous…
I think they’re small! I don’t want them to get big… Just want to tone and lower my body fat percentage! 🙂
well if you think yours are small, what does that make mine?!? totally jealous
Haha well thanks… But I’d recommend p90x over Insanity for guys, especially if you’re looking to get bigger
Idk about bigger, just in shape but thanks for the tip! Keep up the great work!
Thank you!! 🙂
You look fabulous! Keep up the good work! And I just love that quote from Jen Aniston. Love her!
Thanks so much!! 🙂