#insanitymaxintervalcircuit

Today was the LAST time I would do Max Interval Circuit for this round of INSANITY!

This is exciting news - since I think this is the hardest one in the program!  :)

Thus, my chalk board:

TRAIN INSANE OR REMAIN THE SAME

Last Max Interval Circuit!

Make it count!

I was hoping to burn at least 600 calories so I pushed as hard as I could (notice the sweat on my arm).  I even went back to my 'older' HR monitor (since the newer gave me issues yesterday) and 'only' burnt 565 (click the photo for Garmin Connect details).

I am lucky I did not write something like 'burn >600 calories' on my chalk board or I would have had to go running or do the warm-up again.  I have issues not meeting my self-inflicted goals...

I. Was. Exhausted.  

My hair was soaked.

At one point I was holding a bobby pin in my mouth while I was doing moving push-ups because I found it somewhere in the tail part of my hair instead of on my head and was trying to keep up with Shaun T.  I ended up spitting it out during plank push-ups because there was no time to put it in my hair.

My hair was in my mouth and eyes - headband Y U NO WORK!?

I was eating sweat.  It literally drooled and flew into my mouth.  That's weird, right?

The water I tried to drink went everywhere but IN my mouth.

My face below explains all of this.

I did not take a picture of my breakfast (it is the same every morning and I ate it in about 6 seconds), but I will show you the rest of my day!  Come to think of it... my hubby made this for me while I was in the shower.  Aww.  By the way - my daughter slept until a little after 9:30am.  Wha?  I did not get the sleep an extra hour memo.

Side note: The hubby made scrambled eggs (with the yellows - cringe) with ham and cheese for him and our daughter this morning.  The smell of eggs (with the yellows) and ham makes me nauseous.  It's horrible.  I do not eat either (yellows or ham).

I was STARVING by lunchtime, so (since he is off Wednesdays) the hubby fired up the grill and made me my lunch and dinner!  (He also made his own lunch for today and tomorrow - pork chops and corn).

Notice: we prepare our lunches/dinner at work BEFORE hand! :)  It avoids that 'what should I eat?', hasty expensive drive through decision later.

Since Jennie-O Extra Lean Turkey burgers taste better grilled (as opposed to the stove top pan cooking I usually do), I had two with (thin sliced low calories) Pepper Jack cheese on top!  I also had some grilled squash, zucchini and watermelon (not grilled).  Yum.

At work, my snack included a Scooters Chai Tea Latte w/ nonfat milk (there is no Scooters option in MyFitnessPal) because I wanted one, crisp green grapes from Hen House, and fat free cottage cheese.

My dinner was 6oz of marinated chicken breast with zucchini/squash (that was grilled at lunch), 2 kiwi, watermelon and some lite cool whip... :)

By the way, look what I found at a Price Chopper near my work (this would be the 9th or 10th store I have checked)!  Sadly, I cannot find the 'flips' kind anywhere and I like them better.  Hopefully, Chobani emails me back!

Since I already had the raspberry, I got the pineapple and coffee flavors.

I just tried the coffee one and it reminds me of if you left coffee out and it got cold with a sour aftertaste.  It was not the best - but I finished it.  If you like coffee - you would like this!

Today is Day 50 of INSANITY.  This can also be called all kinds of things, such as:

Gonna make you feel like dyin'!

1.5 hours of INSANITY!

Sweat in your eyes, ears, nose, and mouth - day.

Really going to need a shower, possibly a wheelchair, some food, and maybe to lay on the ground.

Go for a drink and ends up in face/down shirt - day.

Fit Test + Max Interval Circuit = PURE INSANITY TO THE MAX!

Luckily, this is the last time I will be doing a combined workout + Fit Test day!

I burnt a little over 300 calories during the 28 minute Fit Test.  I started this around 7:30am and my goal was short and sweet:

Beat the last Fit Test numbers.

Here are my Fit Test results:

Goal achieved - but barely.  My legs were sore from the Trolley Run yesterday, but I pushed as hard as I could!  I was holding my knees and panting after doing Power Jumps.

THEN, I had to complete Max Interval Circuit.  Downside - my daughter just woke up and the hubby had to leave which meant I had to move my 'workout room' to the main floor and onto the laptop.

Bum bum buuuuuuuum!  This face:

I took 'voice memos' on my iPhone because my daughter was hanging on me, things were moving too fast in the workout, and I kept sweating on the screen of my phone making it impossible to type in the Notes app.  

If I were brave enough and could figure out how to easily export and upload them, I would share them with you.  However, (in my weird, heavily breathing, sarcastic voice) they basically said:

'This is like doing a Max Interval after a 5K.'  Truth.

'I need to mop the floor.'  I was sweating everywhere and am not used to doing INSANITY on wood floors.  The carpet in my workout room absorbs it - gross but effective.

'My daughter put the baby doll under me during floor kicks.'  And waited for me to sit on her and then laughed.

'She held my hand during high low jabs.'  That required talent.

'Some stroller pushing, some frog jumps.'  Done by my daughter as well.

'Spit...'

'Kicked her twice during floor kicks.'  She was in front of me and thought it was time to sit on my stomach.  She is not as breakable anymore so she figured it out... eventually.  :)

'Punched her twice while trying to do plank punches.' 

'This is very hard.'

'Need to wipe the floor after plank punches.  Maybe I'll do that now...'  (I wiped the floor).

'This sucks.'

'My daughter was under me during the second circuit of plank punches so that made it hard to fall.'  I guess that kept me going, right?  See bottom right photo... taking that photo during Plank Punches required talent too.

'Sweat everywhere, stroller dodging, not enough room for moving push-ups.'

'I was Swiffer moppering (is that a word?) at the end during the cool down... and sweating on top of it.. so that was weird.  Now, Layla is mopping.'  We were both slipping all over the place.

Lesson: it is hard to do INSANITY with a toddler toddling around.  I had PBS playing on the TV in the living room but she found my jumping around and crazy moves more interesting.  She did try doing some of them which was cute but made for a toddler-sized obstacle.

My chalkboard told me:

NOTHING WORTH HAVING EVER COMES EASY!  (My Fit Test numbers are on the left for my reference). 

I burnt 1011 calories in about an hour and 38 minutes!  This included a couple minutes between the Fit Test and Max Interval Circuit and time to move rooms.  Yes, my daughter is planking on the couch and table.

Which brings me to...

I only have 13 days of INSANITY left!

I had my wedding ring sized down last Friday because I was tired of it twirling around and me having to take it off during INSANITY.  What does that mean?  My finger is smaller than I thought it was (I was surprised when he told me the size) and I am losing weight!  (The ring is still slightly too big).

I bought two new pairs of jeans last week because all of my other ones were too big.  (The hubby bought one).

I had a quick run last Monday and ran 4 miles (Trolley Run) on my 'OFF' day yesterday.

I got on the scale this morning, which does not happen often because the scale is a jerk and I go by measurements.  However, I have lost 7 pounds since the start of INSANITY.  I told my friend that I would probably weight 5 more pounds later this evening.  I was happy to see the number I did, however.  It has been several years.

I have also continued to log my food on MyFitnessPal since the start of this journey.  It is helpful to see what is going in my mouth and to lose the weight/body fat I am aiming for in order to build/see the muscle.  

Yesterday was probably the worst day for eating healthy during this journey but I 'earned' half of it during my 4 mile race that morning and 'burned' the rest off this morning so I will not torture myself.  It was a buffet (I always try to stay away from these) and I ate dessert (they were 'mini' things but still unnecessary calories and sugars).  I am pretty sure I ate at least 1,000-1,500 calories during 'brunch' but consciously compensated by not eating a big dinner (I was not hungry anyways).  Shaun T calls this 'treating' yourself, some call it a 'cheat day', I call this life.

Later today, since it was around 80 degrees, we played outside and blew some bubbles before I went to work.  :)

How cute is she?  She is full of personality (including 'no, no, no' and the finger point and shrugging) and currently does not nap during regularly scheduled nap time.

I leave you with this:

By the way, I found a good use for the chocolate milk I took from yesterday's Trolley Run:

Today = INSANITY Day 44 = Max Interval Circuit = exhaustion.

I challenged myself to burn more than 600 calories and beat it by 56 (63 if you go by Garmin Connect).  DONE.  You do earn your body.

I am excited to almost be halfway through Month 2!  A little bird (Shaun T) told me that the next challenge is a Asylum/Hip Hop Abs hybrid.  Since Hip Hop Abs is not my style (not hard enough) I may be moving on to Body Beast or Asylum 2 again.

I also signed up for the Susan G. Komen race today which is on August 11th!  My best friend and I ran it last year in honor of her mother who passed away a few days earlier from Breast Cancer.

I hope you can find a race near you because this is a great race and for a great cause.  :)

These are some of the topics that came up between a friend and I the other night.  I thought it was worth sharing! :)

My obsessions:

Fitness - If you could not already tell!  AND blogging about it.

Tennis shoes - More specifically - running shoes.  It used to be cross training shoes for INSANITY, but now I need ones that do both.  I also hate tongues of tennis shoes that move.

Eating cereal at night - I love Cheerios - any kind basically - with unsweetened Silk Almond Milk.  I have to stop doing this - but I love it so much.  I am usually careful and make sure I have the available calories to eat it and I think it fuels my morning workouts.  Sometimes I even mix Crispix:

Massages - usually Swedish ones.  This is more of a 'wish I could have more often' kind of thing but I love them.  The hubby will sometimes try to give me a shoulder/back massage but they are painful and too quick and I have to reciprocate - fail.

My daughter - of course.  She is my life and I revolve around her schedule.  She wears me out but I am always focused on making sure she is fed, taken care of, and loved.

My favorite fruits (it all depends on the situation, by the way):

Bananas - I love their convenience (in a shell), before a workout/after a workout, in a protein shake, or as a snack.  I also think they are one of the tastiest fruits.  I do not love that they go 'rotten' fast nor the stringy-weird stuff.

Strawberries - I love the taste (especially with Lite Cool Whip) and the sweetness.  However, these take a little washing, cutting, and storage and can go rotten/sour.

Golden Delicious Apples (not any other kind) - Again, these are convenient (in a shell), taste great with peanut/almond butter, are soft and sweet.  However, I had a thing about washing them with soap because you do not know what has touched them.

Watermelon - Seedless.  I have taken a new love to this fruit and eat it as a snack all the time.  It is low in calories and had great benefits.  My daughter also loves it so we always have it around.  However, unless it is rip and sweet - it is a fail.

Pineapple - I love the stuff if it is pre-cut.  It is a little sticky, sometimes has the brown skin on it which is hard and freaks me out, and is like candy - which can be overwhelming in mass quantities.  Do not ask me to cut a pineapple when it is in its natural form.

Kiwi - I love this fruit but it is hard to peel/cut.  I love it dried - but that, unfortunately, turns it into eating candy basically and that's a road I need to stay away from.  :)

Cherries - These are awesome when in season and like a game of find the pit and spit it out.  However, these can get addictive and I find myself eating a whole bag in a day.

Peaches, Mangos, Plums, Cantaloupe - These are all great when in season and maybe with a little lite Cool Whip.  :)

Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries - I like these best in a fruit salad, oatmeal or in a yogurt parfait of some kind.  My daughter is obsessed with blueberries.

I could literally dive into a giant bowl of this and swim around in it with my mouth open:

Least favorite fruits:

Oranges - These are too much work to peel and and the white stringy stuff creeps me out (as do the ones on bananas, but are much easier to remove).  However, I will eat a clementine from time to time because they are less work.

Red/black grapes - I like the green ones if they are crisp and come with cheese cubs!  However, these darker color grapes are a fail and remind me of eating gelatin raw.

Melon - You know, the green stuff that thinks it is cantaloupe but fails in flavor/juiciness and is usually never ripe?  Meh, do not waste my time with that!

Lemons/Limes - I do not need these.  Leave this sour couple on the stands.

 Favorite vegetables:

Green Beans - I like the canned, fresh, frozen, etc.

Asparagus - Preferably grilled.

Broccoli/Cauliflower - Cooked and with cheese helps!

Sweet Potatoes - Grilled/baked/fried/etc.

Tomatoes - These go great on my turkey burgers, inside egg white omelettes, or simply by themselves with a little salt.

Peppers - I love them all and I like them grilled.

Eggplant/Zucchini/Squash - All fantastic when cooked right!

Cucumbers - I can eat these from time to time.  I like them raw with a little salt or in salads/on turkey burgers.

Avocados - These are yummy and I eat them on turkey burgers.  Although, they are expensive and go bad fast so this is rare.  I like guacamole - but this is a gateway drug to doom.  It requires something to dip into it and I won't stop.  This is a lot like hummus for me.

Lettuce/spinach/kale/green leafy things (aside fro cabbage) - I like these if they are paired correctly.  For instance - in a good salad or on a good turkey burger.  If I were to make a protein shake - I could throw spinach in and drink it.

Least favorite vegetables:

Carrots - I can tolerate these if they are cooked but they really just taste like grossness in my mouth.

Onions - Ugh no.

Corn - This stuff taste fine - but it goes right through you.  Therefore, I have better more useful things to be eating.

Mushrooms - They freak me out and should only be in Mario Bros.  However, from time to time I will eat small pieces in things like omelettes.

Celery - What is this?  This is like eating stringy grass.  If I had peanut butter I could drown out the taste of celery but I have better things to be putting peanut butter on.

Peas - I remember sitting at the dinner table for hours because I would not finish my peas.  I never did either.  Nowadays, if I had to eat them, I would.  However, they are gross and should only be baby food.  My daughter loves them though - so they are in our house.  :)

Brussels Sprouts - No.  Just - no.

Beets - I feel the same way.  They are gross.

My internal alarm clock woke me up around 6:45am this morning so I got ready and started INSANITY around 7am.  It is day 40 which meant Max Interval Circuit - an hour of intense sweating, punching, squatting... you know the drill.  

I found this new app called Insane Tracker, if you were wondering.  Click the photo for the link.

AWESOME side note: When I do these workouts I end up spitting sweat that drools into my mouth throughout the hour - yum.  You're welcome.

My board told me to:

Smash the workout

Smash the 5K tomorrow

and to NOT injure myself.  

All good pieces of advice, I thought.  :)

I burnt a heck of a lot of calories (as always) and was pretty darn happy with it.  Take THAT MAX interval.

Oh, and, you gotta love when Jeff makes the blonde girl mad at the end:

Then, after a shower and doing my hair (which takes forever to dry and straighten) we went to the grocery store.  I stood in the cereal aisle and drooled over the Cheerios for a moment:

If you did not know already, I have a slight addiction to eating cereal (usually Cheerios and/or Crispix) at night before bed with Silk Unsweetned Almond Milk.  I am not ashamed!!  :)  I usually have the calories left in a day, love the taste, and I am pretty sure it fuels my morning workouts (since I do not eat before).

Then, I pondered the ironicalness of this 'Registered Dietician' sign in the cake/frosting aisle.  For the record - I was getting olive oil, not cake.  AND this sign did not say 'do not pick up the box of cake'.

My daughter and I are playing and watching cartoons today.  I am trying to keep my legs loose (not happening).  She is currently napping, thus, my writing to you (and soon to be stretching).  :)

My plan is to go to sleep early tonight (I fell asleep around 10/10:30pm last night which was unplanned but fantastic) so I can get up around 4:30am tomorrow to prepare for the Garmin OZ (5K for me) Marathon.

Stay tuned tomorrow to see if I survived the run and my results/photos!