That's Insane!!

Most likely you've seen it on television. Shaun T. and his insane workouts. The truth of the matter is, sometimes when you let yourself get to what I've become, the best thing for you is just a little Insanity!!!!!

I'm on my 2nd week of Insanity. The first week, I'll admit, was hell! By this time last week I couldn't move. My muscles were frozen, in pain, and not liking the new hobby I had taken up!!! Last Wednesday night, as I slept, it hurt to roll from one side to the other. My ribs hurt. My hips hurt. My shoulders hurt. It would probably take less time to list what didn't hurt. And that, my friends, was NOTHING physically.

Mentally I was hurting as well. I wondered if I had it in me to do these workouts. Maybe my muscles were telling me something!

Thursday morning I had given in to this attitude that maybe I didn't have it in me. I slept in. I still couldn't move because my muscles ached so much! Fast forward to Friday morning...I somehow managed to muster up enough pride, motivation and courage to get my butt out of bed, put on my clothes, go downstairs and push play on the DVD player!!! And it was soooo worth it!

When I first began this program, which is 6 days a week for 10 weeks, I realized that our weekends are so unpredictable that exercising on Saturdays might not work out. So my Insanity program will go 5 days a week for 12 weeks...no matter how you look at it, it's still 60 days. If I happen to be home on a Saturday I may throw in an exra session.

So after my first week, I have to say I expected to show up at my Weight Watchers meeting a couple of pounds down. Nope! Gained 0.8 pounds! Are you kidding me??!! Okay, that's not what I wanted to say. I was so angry at that scale that I didn't even stay for the meeting. I was out of there and immediately on the phone to my husband, who of course calmed me down and reminded me that this is a process.

Doing a workout like Insanity, I am probably not going to lose weight every time. And no, it's not because muscle weighs more than fat. A pound of muscle is equal to a pound of fat. They're both a pound! Muscle, however, is denser than fat. And as you lose fat, you're replacing it with muscle. What I really should be doing is measuring myself on a weekly basis. How many inches am I losing? How are my clothes fitting? After all, I'm also in this to look good, right? And if I start looking good, but I weigh a little more than I'd like, hopefully it's because I've got the muscles to show for it!!! (No, I don't want to be ripped...I just want proof that under all those love handles there is muscle!)

I still have a lot to work on mentally when it comes to this journey. But I'm on the right path. My life is going to get so much better! I'm excited to see the results on January 18th! Seems like a long ways away, but it's so worth the wait!!!