INSANITY...two days later! OUCH!!!!

Happy Hump Wednesday St. Patrick's Day...no wait, that didn't sound right. Hehehehe!

Crap! What the hell was I thinking??? Shaun T wants to KILL me!!!!!!!

So I did the Fit Test for Insanity, which consists of a set of 8 different moves which you will "test" yourself on every 2 weeks:

• Switch Kicks - I did 109
  
• Power Jacks - 29
  
• Power Knees - 75
  
• Power Jumps - 20
  
• Globe Jumps - 5
  
• Suicide Jumps - 4
  
• Push-Up Jacks - 17 (I did regular push-ups...hahaha)
  
• Low Plank Oblique - 5

As you can see by the numbers, I was pretty much dead after the 4th exercise. I can't do push-ups on my toes, let alone do a "jack", so I just did regular ones. My office/workout-stuff (can't really call it an exercise room yet, still have some moving boxes to put away) is upstairs, so after my workout (which is 30 mins, BUT each fit test section was only A MINUTE, so technically I bounced around for 8 minutes, give or take?????) I had to walk down the stairs. DAMN it hurt!!!!! My thighs and my back were hurting! What the...!!! Then on top of that, my Dad and Mom kept bugging me to hurry up 'cause I had to DRIVE all the way to Pearl Harbor Garden shop to buy a new patio umbrella and a bag of potting soil. Crap!!!

Needless to say, I was in pain after all that...so I didn't get to workout yesterday and I am still sore today! Ow!!! But I've managed to bear through the pain without taking any Tylenol or Ibuprofen. Blah!!! I think I can only do Insanity 3x a week. I'm planning on alternating with Turbo Jam, Chalean Extreme (Circuit Training), and some other vids I have.

Today I managed to do Turbo Jam Live - Cardio Party Remix. Only 1/2 hour or so, but I always try to bust my ass even in the short amount of time. It is still difficult to get a workout in during Mom's dialysis days, but I promised myself to do something tomorrow; perhaps I'll do some circuit training before eating dinner. :)

Proud to say I passed up butter mochi, chocolate mochi and fresh choco chip cookies at work today. Also managed to go without eating sunflower seeds (I am seriously an addict) for 4 days now. Went to Costco to buy my 2 weeks worth of work meals, actually stood in line wanting to buy a berry smoothie or mocha latte, but changed my mind before it was my turn to order. Sometimes you have to stop and think "why" you want to eat/drink certain things before you actually eat them. "Why" should I drink this smoothie when we're already going home to eat dinner? :)

I'll try Shaun T again on Friday or Saturday. I GOTTA do this!!!!

Insanely Genius begins...INSANITY!

Okay, down another 6 lbs. from eating clean (I choose Sundays as my "chill" day; eat something I normally wouldn't eat during the week; like a coffee drink). I was debating on trying P90x or Insanity; and since I am the Insane Genius (mwahaha) I decided to go with Insanity instead. I admit I am a little intimidated because it looks pretty hard core, but if I could survive Turbo Kick with Rose and Blasi at 24 (now THOSE ladies are truly insane! I miss going!) then i'm sure I can survive insanity. It's just the right time too, about 1/2 hr. per workout, which with my schedule of working full time, taking care of the new house and taking care of the parents is pretty much all the time I can afford to workout these days. :)

INSANITY starts tomorrow; a Fit Test to gauge improvement throughout the 60 day challenge. Jumps, kicks, squats...a lot of cardio and plyometrics. The program's slogan is "Get Fit or Get Out". Crap! Well I might as well get used to kicking my own ass, if I truly want to make this room into a workout area/office!

I'll try to login again to report my results! I hope...eeeeks...so scary. But I'm excited! Plus, Shaun T. is kinda cute (and before you ask, yes, I do own the Hip Hop Abs series as well). Hahahaha!

5 Months Later...

My friend Lilo has reminded me that I haven't posted in "forever" so here we go! After the challenge, A LOT of stuff has happened and changed in my life, including:

• after 8 years being forced to move out by our @##$% landlord
• moving in with my bro's GF
• buying a house! :)
• moving into house and fixing it up
• Mom and Dad having back to back surgeries...yikes!
• etc.!

With all that happening, I fell off the fitness/health wagon a bit and gained 7 lbs. BUT...I'm not going to beat myself over it and am getting back on track again. More to come later!