Day 22- Rest Day

Good Evening All,

Today, was a very long day for me a work. SMH. I went in at 7AM and left at 7PM. *sigh*

I just recently got home and I'm exhausted... So I hitting the shower then bed to get ready for my 5AM workout.....

Pure Cardio & Cardio Ab...... Dig Deeper

Day 20- Plyo CC- NO STOPPING ME NOW!!

Good Morning and Happy Sunday,

As I promised myself, I completed Week 3 workouts this morning with a BANG!!!!!

I am so damn happy today. I'm thankful to see another beautiful day and I SMASHED Insanity this morning. Today, for the first time ever, I completed the entire warm up without stopping. From start to finish I kept moving and pushed harder & faster with each round (3 rounds). My mind was on a whole new plain field today. I started the warm up with a good pace and gradually progressed to hyper speed- but I'm so shocked at myself. I completed the entire warm up w/o stopping. yyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As for the res of the video- there were a couple of breaks- especially during those ski abs and floor sprints. Whew! My body is not too happy about those 2 moves, but hey- ya gotta do what you gotta do.

So week 3 is Done. 6 more weeks to go. On to week 4 guys. I hope you all are enjoying this great day.

Day 19- CP&R

Cardio Power & Resistance- DONE!!!!!

Yeah baby, your girl was getting it in today. I was determined, I set a goal and I made it happen. Like I stated earlier today- I did 2 workouts today. I just completed CP&R and I'm feeling AMAZING!!!!!!!!

I had to take a nap prior to doing this workout b/c like always, I was running around and doing stuff all day- so in order to give 150% I took a nap and when I woke up, I was itching to push play.

So lets get to it...

Warm Up- a killer as usual. I pushed hard today and my sweaty stinky skin proves it. LOL

Power Jumps- It never fails me- my heart rate went up, up, UP.

Belt Kicks- brought the heart rate back down, but had my quads & glutes burning

Hit the Floors- HR back up again, panting and grasping for air to fill my lungs

V-Push ups- LOL- I can only do about 7 or 8 until I feel as if I'm going to fall on the top of my head. Ha!! But I'm trying

These 4 moves done 3 times. Each time getting faster- Oh why does Shaun hate me so?????

Then into the tri-dips. Now real talk- these sucker hurt my wrists more than my damn triceps. I have to figure out an alternative. However, I do feel the burn

Ball Push ups- I likey!

Sprint Jump- I usually get my second wind around this time- but not today. Ha

Moving Push ups- If I don't have big guns by the end of this program I'm going to be highly upset. LOL. I've never done so many push ups in my life- keep in mind that 6 months ago (b4 BB) I couldn't do regular pushups- I always modified. Before I started P90x in April I could do 10 regular pushups on a good day- Now that I'm doing Insanity- I'm pretty sure I can knock out at least 30 w/o stopping- hmmm, I'll have to try it and let you all know the outcome. ;=)

Floor Sprints- I'm not a fan- but I suffer through it as much as possible.

8 jumpsquats/pushup combo- Oh why is this the last work out- It's so hard to do after killing your shoulders for the first 30 minutes- why is this the last workout dammit?? I did my absolute best. I did all the squats- but not all the push ups. I did the push ups slow to get the most of my moves.

All moves done 3x- each time increasing speed.

I think I'm forgetting some moves.. but you get the picture.

So there you have it- Brownie has 1 more video to complete then she'll be all caught up.

Whew- I'm looking forward to great slumber.

Almost forgot to mention my meals

1. Parfait- yogurt, blueberries, strawberries & granola
2. protien bar
3. garden salad
4. 1C brown rice w/ curry shrimp
5. Chocolate whey protien w/natural peanut butter & banana & flaxseed- MY FAV

TTYL

Day 18- Cardio Recovery

Good Morning People!!!

I just completed my Cardio Recovery and I'm feeling brand new. I got a good night's rest and I feel energized. Thanks to all of you who were publicly & secretly encouraging me. :-) I feel good right now after all of those squats, lunges and booty exercises. I could use some assistance in that area. LOL. Later on today I will be doing Cardio Power & Resistance (which happens to be one of my favs)- so I'm looking forward to that. Once I complete CP&R I will only have 1 more workout to catch up with and that's Plyo which will be done tomorrow.

Ok, so today is my weigh in day and as you can tell by the missing video.... I decided to skip weigh in this week. I wasn't on my A game this and I'm sure the results will show on he scales. So in order to avoid more discouragement, dissapointment and aggravation= I've decided to skip the scale this week.

I'll keep you all posted on my progress.

Have a great Saturday

Day 17- Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs aka- The Killer

Hey Guys,

I'm so upset that it took me this long to post. So lets get right to it.....

Today I got up, thats right, I popped out of bed at 5AM in the morning and pushed play. Not only did I push play, but I pushed my body so hard this morning, that while driving to work, I kept having flashbacks of the workout. LOL. I pushed myself today- I told my body that it had to work b/c we were slack for the last 3 days. I felt absolutely great afterwards.

Of course, b/c I was working so hard- I had to take a number of breaks. When I took a break, I pressed the pause button and then hit play when I was ready. I was determined to "get it in" this morning. I did it all. So thank you guys for your motivational tips.

I honestly think I needed some more rest. My body was really tired from the weekend work and the long days at work. So the last couple of days I went to my bed at 9PM. So I woke up bright and early with energy.

My diet today was ok.

Breakfast- 1/2 bagel

Lunch- turkey sandwich w/ tomato soup

Dinner- curry chicken w/ steamed cabbage

I didn't have any snacks today b/c I was super busy today at work and again.

I got home too late again tonight. So no workouts tonight- again. Anyway, tomorrow, I'll hit the ground running.

Peace

Brownie

Day 16 Again!!!!

Ok, I did it!!! I rolled out of bed this morning at 5:20 AM. Now- I woke up feeling cranky and NOT looking forward to hearing Shaun T in my ears. I guess I knew the undeniable torture that was coming my way.

So I slowly made my way to the garage aka my gym and pushed play. I started out the warm ups really REALLY slow. I did the running, jacks, heismans, 123's, butt kicks, high knees & mummy kicks. I hate mummy kicks. Anyway- I did the warm up moves, however- I only did it 2 times instead of 3. And I was moving in real slow motion.

Next I did the stretch. Nah, let me stop lying- I skipped the stretch. Partially b/c I wasn't motivated & partially b/c I was running out of time and had to get ready for work.

On to the "workout" I hit the suicide drill (i think that's what it was). I was trying to get my mind focused and back into the game, but I was having very little success.

Next I hit the jump squats- I enjoyed this move, but where the hell is my energy

Next I hit the mountain climbers- aaaggggghhhhh!!!!! Why are these so damn hard??

I'm sure I'm missing something but I did the above moves 2 times.

Then we did a bunch of stuff, level 1 drills, basketball shoots, in & outs/ski abs (OH GOSH!).

Ok, let me go back to the I & Os and Ski Abs- My motivation was so damn low his morning that I completely left the workout... not physically, but mentally- I started daydreaming about a whole bunch of shit that had nothing to do with the workout and when I woke up out of my daydream- the segment was over. Hhhhmmmm, I guess that gives you a good idea as to how "focused" I really was.

Ok so I did the remaining of the workout- I BS'd my way through the majority of it, but I still managed to get a good sweat. I burned 400 calories (usually in the mid 600s) but any way, that's what happened to me today.

I was supposed to hit Pure Cardio tonight, but someone is using my gym as an auto shop :(

That's not an excuse, I could have done it in my living room, but to be completely honest with you guys- I'm just not in the mood.

Laura & Danielle- thanks for the motivation ladies, I wish I read it a little earlier- but I'm done for today... I feel like a loser once again today- but that's what happens when you do things "half ass".

I'm praying for a better Friday.

Day 17- What the F%$@!!!!!!!!!!!!

Calling all BB vets! Calling all BB vets!

Guys today is the 2nd day in a row that I haven't been able to wake up and workout. Even worse, I don't have the energy in the night to do the work out. So here I am 2 days gone & I haven't worked out. SMFH. *aaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh* What the heck is going on . I can't wake up in the morning and I get home at 8 PM so I don't have the energy to actually dig deep and do he work out. Uggghhhhhh- I'm feeling like a big fat failure today. I'm going to bed now.... I'll be damned if I don't wake up tomorrow to do Plyo.

Day 16- Rest Day????

Ok, Ok. I have to admit- today is not working out well for me at all.  First, I couldn't wake up this morning at all. I was so tired and exhausted that my body simply wouldn't budge.  I mad the promise that I will attack Insanity once I get home from work...... Well, here I am after a 12 hour shift and I'm done for the day. There's simply no way for me to dig deep for anything.  So I'm making the decision that I will rest today and then I'll push play in the AM.  If I worked out tonight, there is no way I would be able to work out tomorrow morning.  I would basically be hitting the same wall all over again. So ladies and gents- I'll give you an update in the morning about my workout. 


I hope you all had a better workout day than I did.  

Hey Guys,

This 3 day weekend has definitely threw me off schedule. I couldn't wake up at 5 AM this morning. I just kept hitting the snooze button. Lol. I will

update you guys after my workout.

Have a great day!

Day 15- FIT TEST 2

Hey people, 

Here are my FT2 results....

1. Switch Kicks.....55....46......(-9)  Dammit
2. Power Jacks.....40.....58.....(+18)  WOW!
3. Power Knees....80.....89.....(+9) 
4. Power Jumps....16....17....(+1)
5. Globe Jumps....7.....9.....(+2)
6. Suicide Jumps....7....6.....(-1) Aww crap!
7. Push up Jacks....14....12....(-2)  Ewww
8. Low Plank Obliques..... 34.....44.....(+10) MY FAVORITE

So there you have it...My most recent fit test. I struggled a lot during this work out  b/c my muscles were really soar and my legs started to cramp up.  I was doing a lot of manual labor over the weekend and I didn't get any rest until last nigh... so with that in mind, I think I did pretty good w/ my fit test.  I'm looking forward to improving by leaps and bounds for my 3rd fit test. 

Now I'm going t rest. Have a great day. 

Day 14- Rest Day

Hey Guys,

Today is my rest day, which sucks b/c I got NO REST. I've been doing manual labor all around my house since Friday night and I just got done completing some of my tasks at 7PM tonight. SMH. Any how, I'm completely soar- from my Insanity workout yesterday and all the work I've done this weekend.

Tomorrow is fit test #2 and I'm super excited. I'll be sure to keep you guys updated as to how I did the 2nd time around.

Grub for today-

1. 2 Ihop pancakes w/ 1 egg & turkey bacon

2. Pear

3. Stewed chicken w/ boiled provisions (plantains, sweet potato & casava)

4l. Bowl of special K chocolate cereal.

I'll do better tomorrow. Have a great night guys.

Day 13 Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs/ Video Update

Hey Guys,

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!!!!! Well as promised, I've posted my weekly results.

NOW that I'm using BB my weight is starting to move downward... it's slow moving.... but moving nonetheless.

Well I'm completely done with week 2 and I'm ready for week 3. If you guys have any tips or advice on food consumption... please send the info my way. :-)

Have a great day/weekend.... Peace!!!

Day 12 Cardio Power & Resistance

So this morning I rolled out of bed at 5AM thanks to my sick dog, Cocoa who had to go to the bathroom and insisted that I got up to let her out. LOL.  Anyway,  changed clothes and pushed play. CPR WAS HARD TODAY.   I felt as if I was moving in slow motion. I kept digging until I found my groove.  Todays workout included floor sprints (my nemesis), globe jumps, moving push ups, squat jumps and a whole bunch of other things that made my legs extremely week.  My favorite part are the sprints. I love it.  I think I need to drink more water because I didn't start sweating until 15 minutes into the video. I'm usually covered in sweat by minute 4. So I drank a lot of water today.

After CPR I had a protein shake- chocolate w/ banana, natural peanut butter & flaxseed w/ almond milk.  Yummo!!!

Grub for the day...
1. Protein shake
2. egg, turkey & cheese on ww bread
3. grilled chicken w/ cheese, lettuce & tomato. (1/2)
4. 2nd half of grilled chicken sandwich

That's all so far... but to be honest, I'm really not that hungry today. The sandwich I had for lunch  (#3 &4) was huge.  So I think I'll probably have a bowl of cereal or a shake.

Well, weekly weigh in & video is coming tomorrow guys. Wish me luck- I need it.

Day 11- Cardio Recovery

Thank goodness for today, b/c I had Cardio recovery. Cardio recovery is basically a low impact workout. All the other workouts during the week are fast paced, high enery workouts. CR today was low impact, but you will sweat during this workout. There are tons of pushups, planks, squats and lounges (uuuggghhhhhh). 


I was sweating pretty hard today. After my workout today I decided to try my Shakeology greenberry sample that my coach sent to me.  I mixed the following.....
1/2 packet of greenberry
2C almond milk
4 strawberries
1/3C of blueberries
1tbs honey
1tbs yogurt
splash of OJ


I blended everything together and got a shaker full.  I'm not completely in love with greenberry. I can see that it has potential to be something great- if I can find the right smoothie mixtures. My only problem with it is that it has this chalky taste to it. I'm assuming if I add some ice to the mix it would smooth out a lot more.  What do you thing? Any suggestions. 


Grub for today...
Shakeology
Protien bar
Baked chicken w/ collard greens
activia yogurt
cereal bar
brown rice w/ shrimp and veggies


Well I have 1 full day left before I do my weekly weigh in. I'm excited/nervous to see what Insanity has done to my body in the last week.

Day 10 Continued

Ok, so now I'm at the end of the day. My diet was ok-well maybe it was off a little bit. I went to a job fair today and was busy talking to hundreds of candidates so I really didnt get a chance to eat properly. On top of that- I brought my lunch, but I left it in my car. So I decided to get some of the food that was provided.

Here goes...

1. bacon, egg & cheese on ww bread (turkey bacon) w/ OJ

2. Mixed fruits (grapes, pineapples, strawberries, canteloupe )

3. Chicken breast (fried then mixed into a sauce- it was an Italian dish & I don't remember the name of it) w/ roasted marinated mixed veggies (eggplant, carrots, squash) and a stuffed shell (stuffed w/ spinach & cheese- i think).

Note- I didn't eat much of this stuff b/c I was extemely full after eating 1/4 of my plate.

4. Kashi nutrigrain bar

5. I don't know what I'm going to eat as yet- but I'll post tomorrow.

Have a great one guys.

UPDATE:  I had a bowl of Special K chocolate cereal w/ almond milk.

Day 10- Plyo Cardio Circuit (PCC)

I DID IT!!!

Today, I got up at 5AM and completed my Plyo cardio circuit workout. Yay!!! I'm very happy that I just completed my workout.

Plyo had suicide drills, mountian climbers, push ups, floor runs (i don't know the name for it) scissor runs- oh goodness... within 15 minutes of the video (including the 10 minute warm-up & stretch) I was pooped. I mean, I really wanted to push STOP instead of PLAY. However, I didn't do it, I made it through the work outs. Shaun T- I love your workouts.

Off to work, I got a long day of recruiting ahead of me. TTYL

Day 9- Pure Cardio HELL!!!!

So today was PURE CARDIO HELL (PCH). OMG, I did this workout before, but it felt like the 1st time. I can't take it. I felt like my lungs were giving up on me. Well PC(H) is all drills that last a total of 1 minute each. Oh goodness, there's frog jumps, switch kicks, suicides, ski jumps, football runs, pedals, jack push ups & a whole bunch of other stuff. Oh my goodness!!!! In 39 minutes I burned a total of 712 calories. I was drippin in sweat all the way through this workout.

I was supposed to do this routine this morning, but I couldn't role out of bed. I was so beat- as the day progressed I realized why.... I'm coming down with a cold. AAAGGGHHHHH!!! I'm a little upset about it b/c Cold = Miserable Brownie. I was all stuffy all day. I had to come home and really push myself to push play.,

On top of that, I was really, REALLY hungry today. So I came to the conclusion that my breakfast wasn't heavy enough- which lead to my day full of cravings.

So here's my daily grub.

1. Cereal (no wonder I was starving) w/ almond milk

2. Pear ( I might as well drank a cup of water)

3. Activia peach yogurt (not a fan, but I bought 8 of them so I will eat it)

4. Brown rice w/ grilled chicken in a tomato sauce

5. Popcorn (individual bag- light butter)

6. Baked chicken with collard greens (no pork included)

I'm really hoping the last meal hits the spot- if not, I'll be drinking a cup of tea or water & going to my bed. Alright guys, I'll check in tomorrow.

Day 8- Re-Do!!

Ok guys, you already know that I've recently re-focused on doing Insanity. Today was week 2, day 1. I had Cardio Power & Resistance. It was bananas!!!!!! I woke up and got my sweat on!!!!!

Food for today:
1. Oatmeal w/ almond milk w/ brown sugar & raisins
2. Cereal fruit bar
3. Brown rice w/ shrimp stir fry (no soy sauce)
4. Fiber one snack bar
5. Chicken salad w/ whole wheat crackers
6. Lots of water. Yeah baby

See you guys tomorrow.

Update- Renewed and ready DIG DEEP!!!!!

Hey everyone,

Today I'm feeling new, refreshed and ready to burn some calories. Check out my 1st video blog. LOL. I hope you find some inspiration in my story. Have a great day!!!