Hello everyone,
Here is an update on how much I weigh well I have to say I'm slightly disappointed because I have plateaued so yeah I did not lose weight I only lost like 0.3 kilos because before I was 60.65 kilos now I'm 60.3 something but that is not enough and I'm not happy about that, however I think must have developed some muscle already from the Insanity workouts because since the beginning of this week I have been very sore from the work outs plus they have been getting very firm and tight so that's a plus and could also explain why I haven't lost any weight at least that's a plus as I want to gain muscle.
I also think I may have miscalculated how much I burnt on the insanity workouts and maybe without realising that I might have consumed more calories as in enough to maintain which I do not want to do yet because I want to lose my belly fat but I'm not sure how much it will take to lose all of that. Anyway I'm going to lessen my calories and I'll see how it goes when I check in next month.
Well that's it for my entry stay tuned for my week 6 review on Insanity!
Love
Alice
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Insanity review week 5/Recovery week + before and after photos!
Hey guys
Here is my week 5 review of Insanity. Well this week is the week where you take it easy for the workouts so basically the workouts in this week are a lot less intense than usual so they were a lot more easy to do. You also have to make sure your heart rate doesn't go up the roof although it should only be up just a little and you are not allowed to be overworked in this week as in you have to make sure you don't get burnt out after your workout.
So yeah this week is kind of of like semi rest week where you work but you don't go crazy as you normally would because you've already been, as Shaun T says in the DVD "Been pounding your body for about 4 weeks" so you need to give your muscles a bit of a rest.
as far as how I found this week well I found it slightly easy lol but there were some push ups involved in the routine which I always find hard, although funny enough they didn't burn me out too much. I also towards the end of the week managed to do the push ups without my knees on the ground as in I could managed to do them military style but I still need to improve them as they are kind of sloppy. It really wasn't so hard this week but I will admit some of the exercises were a bit tricky to do as towards the end I had to do the hip flexes which really burns! and then also the last exercise I can't remember the name but you move your arms in different positions whilst you stand in a plie pose and that really burns your arms! however towards to end of the week I found that I was feeling less pain from those exercises but they don't burn you out after you've done them but it really burns whilst you do it! welI actually.. no, I got used to the arm one towards the end of the week but the hip flexes were still very painful, even towards the end! Like no matter how many times I did them it was still very hard to keep my leg lifted, in the DVD some of the people were struggling in that exercise as some people had to stop and then continue that also happened to me.
As far as changes in my body I don't notice any thing yet but this brings me to my most hated part of this blog which YES my before any after pictures and I can't believe I am actually gonna show them to you guys as I am a very self conscious person. But I am gonna show them anyway I am also gonna show you pictures of my earlier success way before insanity so here it goes. gosh....I am literally starting to cringe now...
These first 4 ones were before Insanity they were actually taken shortly before I started this blog but I was too embarrassed to share them.
These ones were taken after the first week of Inasnity
And these ones were taken today
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So those are my before and after photos and yes I know shouldn't feel ashamed of them as I would not recommend anyone to feel that way. But yeah as you can tell my belly is my trouble zone area hence why is still disgustingly big I don't know if it will be gone by the time I complete Insanity I highly doubt that it will as I know it took other people on their journeys a really long time. But I can tell by looking at these pictures how much my body has changed as I notice there are a fair bit of differences in the way I look.
And that's it for now I hope you found this blog inspiring and good luck to you on yours journeys
catch you all later
love
Alice
Here is my week 5 review of Insanity. Well this week is the week where you take it easy for the workouts so basically the workouts in this week are a lot less intense than usual so they were a lot more easy to do. You also have to make sure your heart rate doesn't go up the roof although it should only be up just a little and you are not allowed to be overworked in this week as in you have to make sure you don't get burnt out after your workout.
So yeah this week is kind of of like semi rest week where you work but you don't go crazy as you normally would because you've already been, as Shaun T says in the DVD "Been pounding your body for about 4 weeks" so you need to give your muscles a bit of a rest.
as far as how I found this week well I found it slightly easy lol but there were some push ups involved in the routine which I always find hard, although funny enough they didn't burn me out too much. I also towards the end of the week managed to do the push ups without my knees on the ground as in I could managed to do them military style but I still need to improve them as they are kind of sloppy. It really wasn't so hard this week but I will admit some of the exercises were a bit tricky to do as towards the end I had to do the hip flexes which really burns! and then also the last exercise I can't remember the name but you move your arms in different positions whilst you stand in a plie pose and that really burns your arms! however towards to end of the week I found that I was feeling less pain from those exercises but they don't burn you out after you've done them but it really burns whilst you do it! welI actually.. no, I got used to the arm one towards the end of the week but the hip flexes were still very painful, even towards the end! Like no matter how many times I did them it was still very hard to keep my leg lifted, in the DVD some of the people were struggling in that exercise as some people had to stop and then continue that also happened to me.
As far as changes in my body I don't notice any thing yet but this brings me to my most hated part of this blog which YES my before any after pictures and I can't believe I am actually gonna show them to you guys as I am a very self conscious person. But I am gonna show them anyway I am also gonna show you pictures of my earlier success way before insanity so here it goes. gosh....I am literally starting to cringe now...
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So those are my before and after photos and yes I know shouldn't feel ashamed of them as I would not recommend anyone to feel that way. But yeah as you can tell my belly is my trouble zone area hence why is still disgustingly big I don't know if it will be gone by the time I complete Insanity I highly doubt that it will as I know it took other people on their journeys a really long time. But I can tell by looking at these pictures how much my body has changed as I notice there are a fair bit of differences in the way I look.
And that's it for now I hope you found this blog inspiring and good luck to you on yours journeys
catch you all later
love
Alice
Saturday, 20 July 2013
Insanity review week 4
Hey all,
Here is my review on week 4 of insanity.
well I must say I can't believe that I am half way through this program already I am now going on to the recovery week where I do the exact same routine/DVD for one week unlike the first four weeks where I do the different set of DVDs.
As far as week 4 has been, well pretty much the same I am getting a lot more stronger in the workouts, in week 4 I felt the strongest compared to the first three weeks but still I got tired in the power jumps, suicidal jumps and some of the push up workouts even though I felt a bit stronger in them. So yeah Insanity is not easy at all, no matter how strong you get I can only imagine how tough month 2 will get ooooh boy! lol
With changes in my body I don't notice some difference in my abdomen area all of my belly fat hasn't gone away yet but its gotten a bit smaller and the top part of it looks toned as in I notice its starting to take shape even a little bit around the lower area but not much I did measure my belly today and I lost at least half an inch I think, but yeah my belly looks different compared to before. Also I am getting very firm I notice that my forearms have gotten tighter it looks like I have gained muscle around that area and my legs have also gotten firm mostly my calf muscles. My body seems to be changing and I really hope I am not imagining things!
Well that's week 4 for ya catch you all later
love
Alice
Here is my review on week 4 of insanity.
well I must say I can't believe that I am half way through this program already I am now going on to the recovery week where I do the exact same routine/DVD for one week unlike the first four weeks where I do the different set of DVDs.
As far as week 4 has been, well pretty much the same I am getting a lot more stronger in the workouts, in week 4 I felt the strongest compared to the first three weeks but still I got tired in the power jumps, suicidal jumps and some of the push up workouts even though I felt a bit stronger in them. So yeah Insanity is not easy at all, no matter how strong you get I can only imagine how tough month 2 will get ooooh boy! lol
With changes in my body I don't notice some difference in my abdomen area all of my belly fat hasn't gone away yet but its gotten a bit smaller and the top part of it looks toned as in I notice its starting to take shape even a little bit around the lower area but not much I did measure my belly today and I lost at least half an inch I think, but yeah my belly looks different compared to before. Also I am getting very firm I notice that my forearms have gotten tighter it looks like I have gained muscle around that area and my legs have also gotten firm mostly my calf muscles. My body seems to be changing and I really hope I am not imagining things!
Well that's week 4 for ya catch you all later
love
Alice
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Insanity review week 3
Hey everyone,
Here is my review of week 3 of Insanity.
The beginning of week 3 you take your second fit test and I did but my results were pitiful lol I mostly got the same results as last time and some were worse than the first time. But oh well I might do better next time.
As of how I feel after week 3 well even though my results were pitiful the last few days of week 3 I noticed that I was getting a lot less tired doing the workouts more particularly on the warm ups because the warms are very tiring. I still get tired but just not so much with doing the warm up routines and my heart rate doesn't seem to go as crazy as it used to, I'm gradually getting more and more fit as I go along as in I felt more fit after week 3 compared to week 2.
I notice some changes in the way my body looks. I really hope I'm not imagining things but my lower body looks different and my belly looks toned but it hasn't really shrunk. My body just looks different compared to when I first started. I really hope this is not wishful thinking! I don't know I just find that I look different when I wear my skinny jeans I also find that they have loosened but only a tiny, tiny bit not so much. I think my body might be taking some shape, well I'll have to see after I take my second picture after week 2 as I did take a picture after week 1.
And that's that for my review of week 3 Stay tuned for how week 4 went. Catch you all later!
Love
Alice
Here is my review of week 3 of Insanity.
The beginning of week 3 you take your second fit test and I did but my results were pitiful lol I mostly got the same results as last time and some were worse than the first time. But oh well I might do better next time.
As of how I feel after week 3 well even though my results were pitiful the last few days of week 3 I noticed that I was getting a lot less tired doing the workouts more particularly on the warm ups because the warms are very tiring. I still get tired but just not so much with doing the warm up routines and my heart rate doesn't seem to go as crazy as it used to, I'm gradually getting more and more fit as I go along as in I felt more fit after week 3 compared to week 2.
I notice some changes in the way my body looks. I really hope I'm not imagining things but my lower body looks different and my belly looks toned but it hasn't really shrunk. My body just looks different compared to when I first started. I really hope this is not wishful thinking! I don't know I just find that I look different when I wear my skinny jeans I also find that they have loosened but only a tiny, tiny bit not so much. I think my body might be taking some shape, well I'll have to see after I take my second picture after week 2 as I did take a picture after week 1.
And that's that for my review of week 3 Stay tuned for how week 4 went. Catch you all later!
Love
Alice
Sunday, 7 July 2013
Insanity review week 2
Hey Everyone,
I have now completed week 2 of Insanity.
I notice myself getting a lot more stronger as I do it each day, however it is still very tough as it is so easy to get tired. Some moves look so simple yet very hard to do, there is this move called power jumps to me they looked easy to do but when I did then oh boy did I struggle and I also would get very tired after doing them. I personally struggle with exercises where you jump up and down especially when you have to lift your legs in the air, I did get a little bit better at them but I still struggle a lot, I will have to see how well can do them the following maybe there will be some improvement on those, I hope. There are also push ups incorporated in this program and I really suck at push ups as in I can't do the military type, I always have to have my knees on the ground when I do them. They don't mention that you can go on your knees in the DVD but I go on my knees anyway because it is just too complicated for me. I would still really love to master that move one day though. But at least its still challenging when I go on my knees as I find that is really works my upper body.
As far as any changes in my body, I don't really notice much of a difference, but as I mentioned earlier in my week 1 review the second day my heart was going through the roof to a point where I was gargling my heart and I could not stop coughing, that has disappeared completely. My heart rate still goes pretty fast but I am able to manage because I have found that I get stronger each day I do it. It still wears me out. I also have sore muscles mainly around my abdominal muscles because yesterday I was to do a workout from the program which included workouts for the abs and you don't really do sit ups mostly plank poses and other moves where you life your legs and those really worked the abs out. So yeah my abs are still sore from yesterday.
That's all I have to say about week 2, catch you all later!
Love
Alice
I have now completed week 2 of Insanity.
I notice myself getting a lot more stronger as I do it each day, however it is still very tough as it is so easy to get tired. Some moves look so simple yet very hard to do, there is this move called power jumps to me they looked easy to do but when I did then oh boy did I struggle and I also would get very tired after doing them. I personally struggle with exercises where you jump up and down especially when you have to lift your legs in the air, I did get a little bit better at them but I still struggle a lot, I will have to see how well can do them the following maybe there will be some improvement on those, I hope. There are also push ups incorporated in this program and I really suck at push ups as in I can't do the military type, I always have to have my knees on the ground when I do them. They don't mention that you can go on your knees in the DVD but I go on my knees anyway because it is just too complicated for me. I would still really love to master that move one day though. But at least its still challenging when I go on my knees as I find that is really works my upper body.
As far as any changes in my body, I don't really notice much of a difference, but as I mentioned earlier in my week 1 review the second day my heart was going through the roof to a point where I was gargling my heart and I could not stop coughing, that has disappeared completely. My heart rate still goes pretty fast but I am able to manage because I have found that I get stronger each day I do it. It still wears me out. I also have sore muscles mainly around my abdominal muscles because yesterday I was to do a workout from the program which included workouts for the abs and you don't really do sit ups mostly plank poses and other moves where you life your legs and those really worked the abs out. So yeah my abs are still sore from yesterday.
That's all I have to say about week 2, catch you all later!
Love
Alice
Monday, 1 July 2013
What I have lost so far #3
Hey guys
Just an update on my journey its now the first day of July and that's my weigh in day so here's an update. I have lost about 2 more kilos which makes it now 28 kilos altogether! My current weight now is 60 kilos and my previous weight from last time was 62 kilos.
I'm so happy that I am reaching my goals I know 2 kilos in 1 month is not a lot but still I am happy that I am losing a bit more. Some months are different though like one month I will lose 3 kilos another month 4 kilos. But this month I lost about 2 and I think that has to do with me increasing my calorie intake because as you all know I am currently doing Insanity so I had to increase my calories a little bit so I can have proper energy for the workouts. But it's still healthier to lose weight slowly rather than fast.
Anyway that is my update on what I've lost so far.
Hope you all are well and staying positive in your own journeys
love
Alice
Just an update on my journey its now the first day of July and that's my weigh in day so here's an update. I have lost about 2 more kilos which makes it now 28 kilos altogether! My current weight now is 60 kilos and my previous weight from last time was 62 kilos.
I'm so happy that I am reaching my goals I know 2 kilos in 1 month is not a lot but still I am happy that I am losing a bit more. Some months are different though like one month I will lose 3 kilos another month 4 kilos. But this month I lost about 2 and I think that has to do with me increasing my calorie intake because as you all know I am currently doing Insanity so I had to increase my calories a little bit so I can have proper energy for the workouts. But it's still healthier to lose weight slowly rather than fast.
Anyway that is my update on what I've lost so far.
Hope you all are well and staying positive in your own journeys
love
Alice
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