Insanity workout day 7

Rest day

On day 7 I was on the couch all day and felt like I would regret my minimal movement during the workout on the following day. So, I went to the gym and walked/jogged on the treadmill for 3 miles and used a stationary bike for approx. 15 mins.

Insanity workout day 6

Plyometric Cardio Circuit

It has been a few days since this workout but I remember feeling energized after it.  Notable eats on the day of this workout was a sashimi dinner...

Insanity workout day 5

Pure Cardio

Wow. Today was insane on my heart and most of the push-ups I changed to being on my knees.

Insanity workout Day 4

Cardio Recovery Workout

Today I awoke more energized than yesterday. I ate cookies but unlike my first three days, I did not double my daily caloric intake limit. I baked cookies yesterday (as my excuse of getting rid of the junk in my pantry). So, I ate them because they were around but the memory of the nausea from the bulk of them with milk in my belly yesterday kept me from going crazy.

Before my workout, I stretched on my own for one hour. My body felt great overall but my muscles were begging for stretches. I was only the slightest bit sore and stretching felt amazing. I did not know that today's workout was going to be mostly stretching but it was a welcome relief from all the jumping and I am still glad that I did my own stretches too.

The first few days I averaged 424 calories burned per workout. I figured it would be helpful to write my stats here, so from now on I will.

Today's stats

Average heart rate: 138

Maximum heart rate: 171 

Caloric intake: 2453 

Calories burned: 229 

Weight: 114 

Today is the lowest amount of calories I've had in a while. I'm still supposed to have considerably less because I'm petite. Perhaps I must stay away from eggnog too since I'm gaining weight.

I'm tracking my calories through my fitness pal. At the end of each day of data input (re your food and activity) the app tells you how much you'd weigh in the future if you continue the same intake and your activity.

Insanity workout Day 3

Cardio Power & Resistance

I did not get to the workout until midnight on day 3. Sure, the time I spent making cookies... and eating them could have been spent on insanity but honestly I was dreading it a bit today. My calves were quite sore today so before and after today's workout I spent more time stretching.

To commit myself to a lighter workout than yesterday I set my heart rate monitor to warn me when I reach 170 beats per minute but I still do not know what percentage I should stay in (especially since I have palpitation problems). I heard the watch beeping like crazy so I ended up modifying a lot of the exercises so that I had less bounce or jump but I still kept hitting up to 182.

After the workout I felt great. The time flies by. During the workout I felt the milk and cookies bouncing around in my belly. It felt awful. I know I was going to wait until the new year to work on my diet but I will start behaving more tomorrow. My meals keep me horribly sluggish.

My only problems with the workout is that I sweat so much. I shower right after the workout but if I keep washing my hair every day I am afraid it will dry it out.

Insanity workout day 2

Day 2 is over!

Since yesterday I forgot the post workout protein today I set up my shake before my workout.

Aside from these ingredients, I added a teaspoon of peanut butter, ice, & smart water.

Workout review

Working out with a heart rate monitor really shows me that I used to overexert myself in the past. I used to go as hardcore with workouts as I would as a child thinking that if I could physically bring myself to do things then I should. I thought my body would stop me if I could not go further. While that is true I think I may have been pushing myself towards a stroke.

Today's workout was the plyometric cardio circuit. I had to stop myself from fully doing the exercises even before I felt I needed to stop because my heart rate was quickly going over 180s.

The worse part of the workout was that I felt nauseated. But I think that was related to some of my bad eats of the day...

Tarte flambée

This was a pan of flan that I ate over the last week
except for a shared 3 inch row

I have no idea nor do I want to find out how many calories were in that flan but this picture should keep me from eating flan again... until next Thanksgiving or Christmas. ;-D

Post workout protein

As I head off to bed I grabbed a jar of Nutella and spooned away at it for a while until I realized why I was hungry. I did not feed my body after exercising. Since I started around 10pm I had already eaten dinner and two servings of dessert. So consuming something didn't cross my mind.

You're supposed to feed your muscles within one hour of beating them up. To prevent deprivation of nutrients I'm going to move up my workout time as often as I can.