Going Insane With My Insanity Workouts.

Hi again, as I said at the end of my last post. I was going to tell you a bit about what came after P90X and what it did for me. Let me start by saying that the day I finished P90X I had a follow up doctor appointment to see how things were going with my meds. I had done my blood work the week before and was kind of excited to see if there were any improvement. I was not at all prepared for what happened next.

The nurse came out and called me back. We did the usual formality stuff. Weight, blood pressure, pulse and temp. She write it all down in my file. As she is leaving the doctor walked in. he opens up my file and starts looking. He says "blood pressure....good". "pulse.... good". Then he pulls out the sheet from my blood work and starts comparing to the previous one from 4 months ago. He goes back and forth. Then he starts shuffling papers in my file to compare them. All the while I am busting, waiting to see if there have been any improvements. He looks at me and says "oh my God, what have you been doing? your blood work is perfect and you are in perfect health. My goodness, your pulse is down to 60." Then the most wonderful thing happened. He took me off all my meds. I have to admit, I cried when he did. I never believed it would happen.

Determination set in strong after my doctor's appt. I started doing Insanity even though I didn't believe I was ready. Hell, I wasn't ready for P90X and I did it so what the heck. Insanity was a 60 day program and there were no weights involved. Just a ton of cardio and plyometrics. I pushed through the workouts and noticed that every couple weeks my clothes were fitting different and I was feeling different. I was almost discouraged because the weight loss wasn't as rapid as with P90X. Not even paying attention to the fact that my body was shredding fat and looking different.

The first 30 days was over and I had a total of 15 pounds lost in that time. To me not that impressive but once again I wasn't paying attention to my body. I should have thrown that scale away in the beginning. I moved on to the final 30 days and decided i would push myself even harder. I did and let me tell you. It was tough, but I did it. I graduated from Insanity with another 15 pound loss in the last 30 days for a total of 30 pounds lost in Insanity.

I was truly amazed at the changes in my body more than the weight. I had a very large stomach before I started working out so at the end of these 2 programs I have a lot of loose hanging skin. But under that I noticed that I had a rock solid 6 pack. I could feel all the lines of it and everything. I was super excited about that. Now I just need to get rid of or tighten that loose skin so I can show that 6 pack off. So I figured I would Purchase Insanity: The Asylum which is a 30 program and the toughest workout ever put on a set of dvd's I am really seeing that. I am currently 4 days into it and I am as sore as my first week of P90X.

Today is a rest day for me and I am taking it. I need it. We start back up on Saturday. I will try to post up daily how the workouts are and what I thought. This way all my posts arent this long. If you made it this far, thank you for reading and please leave a comment so I know you were here. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Also if you are looking to get in the best shape of your life, click here, become a free member and I will coach you for free. Have a great day and please remember to make healthy choices.

About Me

Hi everyone, I am new to this and wanted to tell a little bit about me. I am a 45 year old husband and father of 4. A while back I was very overweight and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and then high blood pressure and then high cholesterol. My highest weight was 300 pounds. On this 5'-6" frame you can imagine how big that really is. I managed to lose some of that and got down to about 250. Still way overweight and taking meds for the above mentioned health issues. I basically got to a point where I said I give up. I can't lose any more.

One day about 2 years ago, I would say about summer of 2009 I was watching the golf channel (which was all I ever did) when an infomercial came on for P90X. I could not turn it off for some reason. I remember thinking to myself, "I could do that". Well of course I didn't. I kept seeing that infomercial over and over all the time and I kept talking myself out of it. All of a sudden one day about a year after I saw P90X on an infomercial for the first time I saw a Facebook friend of mine (another thing I did all the time) post up something about the fact that he did P90X and his results were amazing. I started to see these posts more from him all the time. 

Fast forward a bit to about Christmas 2010 after I had been to the doctor again and all my meds had to be doubled. I contacted this friend and asked what P90X was all about. I thought these people on the dvd's were all just paid actors. He told me all about it. I finally said I'm in and ordered it from my friend who had such success with the program he became a Beachbody Coach. 

My package arrived the first week of Jan. 2011. I went through and watched all the dvd's wondering what I had gotten myself into and thinking there is no way I can do that. Well I set my start date for Jan 10th. I actually started on that day determined that it wasn't going to work. After my first workout that very first day, I could barely move. I mean I could not even lift a fork to my mouth. I was convinced that was how the weight loss comes in. Seriously though, it was tough. I kept going day after day. Every day it started to get easier and hurt less.

Before I knew it I was through the first month and down almost 20 pounds. I couldn't believe it so I kept going and going to see where it would take me. It almost seemed like over night but I finished the entire program. The very next day I got on the scale and I had lost 40 pounds. I went from 250 to just under 210. I could not believe it.

One thing I have to add to this is that I had a lot of help and support from my family and friends. 2 friends in particular were right by my side so to say through this all. The first is George Kucharo who is my coach. He was always there with the motivation and inspiration to get me through day to day. Thank you George. You are a great friend. The second is Karen Wilson. Karen was paramount in getting my diet and nutrition where it needed to be to get the results that I did. Karen, I love ya to death and I owe you so much. She also got me drinking Shakeology which is the best, most nutrient packed meal replacement shake available. Get some. If you would like a sample just e-mail me and I will tell you how. Or just click on the blue link.

Once I finished my P90X I really needed to keep going and keep losing fat so I decided to move it on to The Insanity workout. Wow, what an intense workout program this was. I loved it. By the time I finished my 60 days I Had been down another 30 pounds. That is 70 pounds in 5 1/2 months. I am now 180 pounds and about to start the Asylum. Wish me luck folks. I thank you so much Beachbody for saving and giving me back my life.