This is our last week of Insanity! We've made it through almost two full months of the hardest exercise I've ever done in my life and, surprisingly, it's gone much faster than I expected it to. The one thing I look forward to most is doing my before and after picture. I can see a huge difference in my stomach, so I'm curious to see just how much of a difference there is. I know from doing the occasional comparison picture of my abs that there's quite a bit of definition there that wasn't before, but I'm curious to see what the head-to-toe pictures reveal.
The funny this is, when we first started Insanity I was sure I was going to hate it and have to force myself to get through it. I've actually come to enjoy it. The biggest hurdle is motivating myself to actually just do it, but it's not that I don't want to do it. I just have other things I would rather do. So it's a challenge to just make myself work out, not to make myself do Insanity if that makes sense. Once I'm actually in the middle of the workouts, I'm usually enjoying myself. It's hard work, obviously, but I enjoy it. Last night was Max Cardio Conditioning again and I'll be honest and say that was the first time I've ever actually thought, "Okay, I'm done for the night." But the second I turned it off, I felt this overwhelming sense of disappointment with myself. Now, please keep in mind that it was 87 degrees in our living room with the AC on, so it was like working out in a sauna. I'm going to go on record and say that was 100% of the reason I almost quit. My heart rate was through the roof 98% of the time and my temperature felt like it was hovering somewhere around 400. I knew it wasn't healthy to really push myself in those kind of conditions. But, there were only 17 minutes left out of a total of 47 minutes. If I'd made it that far, I might as well just finish it. I got angry with myself for even considering quitting, turned it back on, and rocked the hell out of those 17 minutes. Then I had so much of an endorphin high that I went right into Cardio Abs. I didn't do the warm-up for that, mostly because I was having problems getting my legs to move the way they were supposed to. I tried to do it, but my quads were completely dead and I couldn't lift them even to jog so I gave myself a break before getting into the ab routine. By the end of that, I was dead, drenched in sweat and pretty damn proud of myself.
Today, my upper abs are sore and the rest of my body is just tired. I've been focusing on packing in the protein as much as I can because I know my muscles are probably starving for it, along with water. I've discovered my new favorite breakfast - Bear Naked Granola Morning Power Packs. There's 8g of protein in one tiny bag which is perfect and it tastes amazing! My plan is to start adding it to some Greek yogurt in the mornings for some added protein and to change the taste up a bit to keep it interesting. As far as water goes, so far today I've gotten about 51 oz down. I know the general rule is half your weight in ounces each day, which would put me at roughly 65 oz, but with as much as Insanity makes me sweat I try to get at least 100 oz in to replace some of the fluids I lose with all that sweat. That's a good thing, though! I don't regret the sweating. I'm all for it. That's all the toxins and crap seeping out of my pores and leaving my body so I'm 100% down with that. But it's important to replace the fluids lost otherwise I'll get dehydrated and start to backslide. No bueno.
So, as of Sunday we will officially be finished! Sunday is the final fit test and after that, we'll be able to say we did the whole thing. Granted, Doug's done it before in the past, but I'm looking forward to being able to say I've done Insanity from beginning to end. And you better believe I'll have a shirt to prove it!!
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