Day 2 of Insanity

INSANITY Day 2

I did day two of INSANITY yesterday and I can confirm that it is in fact insane. GOOD GRIEF is it INTENSE! I thought I was going to pass out from the warm up alone! But I finished the whole thing, subbing in my specific ab exercises when needed and I felt really awesome afterward. I have never actually dripped sweat on the floor before, but there's a first time for everything!

The warm up is about 10 minutes long, if you can get to the 30 minute mark then you get a nice 6 minute stretch session, then it's time to push yourself to the max with awesome cardio plyo circuits. Each circuit is about 5-6 exercises for one minute each, then you get a 30 second water break. You repeat that 4-5 times then move onto another circuit until the last three minutes of the workout when you get a cool down stretch.

I have to say that I'm really impressed with this so far, I feel encouraged to push myself to my max thanks to Shawn T (he's really motivating even though he's inside my TV), but I also like the fact that it's okay for me to take a short rest if I NEED it. Another thing that helps me make it through is the timer at the bottom of the screen. If you feel like stopping for a rest, but you see there's only 10 more seconds left, chances are you'll push yourself which will make you stronger.

My Diet Day 2*

Breakfast:
1 egg scrambled in some soy free Earth Balance (my favorite butter substitute, tastes better than butter IMO)
1 piece of Nature's Own 100% whole wheat toast with about .5 Tbsp soy free Earth Balance
2 pieces of Oscar Meyer turkey bacon

Snack before workout:
1 Apple
2 Tbsp all natural peanut butter

Lunch right after workout:
Turkey hummus wrap...
1 large flour tortilla
3 pieces Hormel Natural Smoked Turkey
1 Roma tomato
7-8 fresh spinach leaves
2-3 Tbsp homemade hummus (made without olive oil, and I knock the tahini down to 1/4 cup)

Mid afternoon snack:
Roma tomato hollowed out with hummus inside
1/4 cup crunchy sesame snack thingies
1 apple

Dinner:
Non dairy stuffed shells (I add 1 pound of browned lean ground turkey and 1 Tbsp lemon juice to the stuffing mix).

Now before you turn your nose up to these tofu stuffed shells, let me just tell you that these things are AMAZING. So lick your fingers good in fact, that my husband who hates all things healthy, cleaned his plate and went back for seconds and was none the wiser until I told him ::he he he::. Now, even though he knows these are full of tofu, he still eats them up!

After dinner snack (oops:)):
1 bowl of cinnamon toast crunch with Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla almond milk

*I am breastfeeding my 14 month old about 3 times a day still, so my calorie intake is a little higher than it normally would be.

And here I leave you with some motivational "fitspiration" photos. Please remember, your goal should be healthy not skinny!!!