MONTH 1 IS COMPLETE!

So today is Monday 19th August, it's Day 29 and later today i'll be completing the first day of the Recovery Week: Core Cardio & Balance. 

I thought i'd do a bit of a round up on the past month, i've wanted to cry and quit. But i haven't. I may have cried a little but quit i did not. From the first day of doing the first workout which was Plyometric, i knew i was in for some serious exercise. Saying previously, i'm a dancer and my job is to keep myself fairly fit and flexible, but nothing could have prepared me for this. The amount of research i did on Insanity still always had me thinking 'it'll be a breeze, this is for people who need to lose a lot of weight quickly'..I was so wrong. Hell yeah it'll help you lost weight, and quite quickly as your doing some sort of cardio 6 days a week for 63 days, if you didn't lose some weight at the end of that, your doing something wrong! But it gives you something else, which is better than losing weight...it makes you feel amazing. During the workouts you might want to stop or just sit and watch, DON'T. I can guarantee afterwards you will feel like a new person, waking up on a morning i no longer feel lethargic and like i don't want to get up. I want to eat healthy, unhealthy food just doesn't appeal. Most of all i think of how much good it must be doing my insides not just my outer appearance.

I'm going to upload some progress pictures and measurements this evening. I initially was going to do that after 2 weeks, but i think now i'm at the month goal, i can see the difference and feel it, so i'll share it! And it'll help me see on paper what i've achieved. 

So check back for the progress pictures and i'll post on the new workout's later tonight!

A. 

DAY 27: PLYOMETRIC CARDIO CIRCUIT & MEAL PLAN

LAST PLYO! AND OFFICIALLY THE LAST WORKOUT OF MONTH 1.

I'm again a flurry of mixed emotions, happy as it's my last one, but then scared of the harder version that is to come and reduce me to a former shadow of myself once more. 

As with some of the other workouts, although i really despise this, i find myself being able to get through it so well, to the point i'm only taking a rest on the last few seconds of a drill if i need to. The third set of the drill more so, it's just so much and because now i know exactly what's next, i'm either thinking 'okay, the next one isn't bad' or 'please no, pleeeeeease NOO'. Majority of the time it's the latter!

So my next scheduled workout is on Monday, this is Saturday's workout (done on Sunday..which should be a rest daay). I have a full recovery week next week! It's not really recovery, as i don't get to just not do Insanity for a weeek, can you imagine?! No..it's like part of my life now haha. 

We have a full 6 days of Core Cardio & Balance, for the first few days it'll be good and new and i'll be raring to go, but i think have six whole days of the same thing could get a bit samey..we'll see though as i might have a new favourite on the way. 

Stay tuned!

MEAL PLAN 

BACON! I haven't had bacon in so long, but i had it .... today i broke a little rule and had some bacon, on whole meal bread though..so it's kinda all good. It tasted amazing, but i can assure you i'll be leaving it off my diet plan for the next month at least. With Month 2 i've decided i'm going to be eating super super clean, i mean no sugar (at all, even in my coffee) .. minimal carbs (only on an evening meal) ... max protein (more chicken and fish with lunch and dinner)...and i'm going to actually cut out bread. It's not that i think bread gains weight etc, i NEVER eat white bread as it is...but it just makes me feel so bloated, i think cutting it out for a month and seeing the change, if there is any will give me an idea on what i need. 

So on Day 36 which is the start of Month 2, i'm going to post a list of my groceries, which will have every item i'll be using for the next month when it comes to food. If it ain't on the list, i won't be eating it! Even eating out, i'll have to be fussy, making sure things are cooked the way i want them, and no condiments etc. Hard life ey, but to get the results i want it's a change i'm willing to make!

Happy Blogging!

A.