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Hi, Lorraine.

I am so glad to find someone (or a work group in this case) who will be starting the same day. I am actually expecting my package today according to UPS tracking. When Insanity came out a couple of months ago, I was already abut five weeks into P90X Plus. I had just completed Round 1 of P90X and wanted to keep it going. In the meantime, I was reading the Insanity message boards just about everyday to better prepare myself for this 60 day challenge.
Before doing P90X, I was taking spinning classes and lifting heavy weights. Naturally, I thought I was in good shape. However, I WAS WRONG. Beachbody has totally opened up my mind to what fitness is really about. Now, I can do things with my body I never thought possible. You can definitely count me in for mutual support. However, don't expect a picture until we are done. 2009 has actually been rebuilding year for me all the way around. From career & relationships to health & fitness, I project 2010 to usher a whole new me since I will be turning 40 in late March. Anyhow, lets keep in touch and hopefully more people will join our bandwagon. If you happened to count the weeks until we are done, you will notice that we should be done around Christmas. So, we could not have picked a better time to start!!!
Take care,
Caesar (Dana Point, CA)

I just ordered Insanity yesterday and I am really excited and terrified to get started. I hope to be ready to start on the 26th as well. I am hoping to lose some weight, tone up and beach ready by next spring.

Great job on the 20lbs!!

Good luck tonight with Kenpo. Have you completed the 90 days of P90X? I have not, but know many people who have.

Thanks all for the support! The dvds arrived while I was out of town and I am so looking forward to starting on Monday. I have not done the complete P90X but a coworker has the dvds so we are doing them until Monday. I want to do something while I am waiting on Monday to arrive but I don't want to start the Insanity early. We might follow the Insanity with P90X, I checked the dates and we will be done on December 27th, just in time for New Year Eve and we could start P90X in January or start the Insanity again.

I was not going to take measurements but after everything you all said and the other message boards I have been reading, I am going to on Sunday. I still have quite a bit of fat to lose so I expect to end at a lower weight but the added muscle will be great too. I am glad I lost the first 20 already, a good starting point for this program.

Did you all get your dvds yet?

Lorraine

I am very excited to say that yesterday I came home to my Insanity program. Yippee!! And now the fear and shear terror sets in...I quickly tore open the package to read through the Nutrition guide and all other information. The food is not so bad, but wow it sure seems like I will be eating all day long. I know that the program is set to get your body burning through the food you take in.

dmcmillan - I feel like you took the words out of my mouth "I am fat, tired, depressed, and cannot wait to get out of my slump." Somehow in the last few years I have let everything get away from me. Last Decemeber I moved 45 minutes away from my work, so that means that I have to get up earlier and it takes me longer to get home, so working out has become a thing of the past. It is my goal to be up and beginning my workout at 5am. This is the only way I will get the workout in during the day. Problem is I am not a morning person, so it will be a challenge just to get out of bed. I know in the long run i will defintiely feel better...but I am sure that the next month will very difficult with the exercise and adding in day light savings time in Novemberwill make it that much harder.

I am new to using a site like this so I look forward to beginning this journey with all of you. I can't wait to get started.

LagNiguelGuy, I am glad you are here! You are so encouraging and I look forward to this journey with you and the others here.

SwtGracey
I havent taken a photo of myself yet. Although seing myself au naturel in the mirror the other day prompted me to step on the scale. I had bene treading along for over two years at 168, now, I am suddenly 175. I also have Polycistic ovaries, which makes me even more depressed. My hormones are so messed up. I will post my photo more than likely, but only because I know that you all wont judge me.

Maybella,
I know what you mean about not finding the time to do the workout. I tell myself everyday I can do it while they nap, but nap time turns into me napping most of the time. I am not in my 40's, I am 25, and i feel like i am 50. I cant even keep up with my mom who is 49.
I am so glad we are building this group. We all need it.

Lorraine,

I just ordered my Insanity dvds yesterday but hopefully they will be here soon. I got a confirmation today saying that they were shipped and on the way. I would luv to join you guys on this 60 day journal. The only thing is i'm going to use insanity as a supplement to my workout because i go to a trainer 3 days a week. I go to her on Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. I plan on doing Insanity on Wednesday and Thursday. So i will actually start on the 28th. So count me in. I am excited to hear everyones stories and the great results that we will all have.

Nikki

loinga: Thanks for starting the thread. I am really excited to learn and share with the rest of this group.

Grace: That is awesome. So happy to have you part of the team and ready for the 26th! That is pretty cool to have some 40-somethings in our thread. Maybe we can compare some 80's music sometime. Ha! In regards to your "before" pictures, don't even sweat posting those. I believe the "before" pictures are more important for your own personal reference. When you have completed the program, then you will be able to better appreciate what you have accomplished when comparing to the "after" pics. If you feel okay about sharing at the end of the year, then feel free. Otherwise, the most important thing is that you gave what you could each workout. As you will see (or what you may already know), it will be a day-to-day thing that can EASILY be affected by diet, sleep and/or mood. No matter what, you will be burning calories, building muscles and turning your body into a machine!!! As for your core, that is where you are likely going to see the most change. In fact, even the most fit post-P90X grads saw little change in their weight but additional inches off their waist when they thought they had already peaked. Either way, the fat weight will disappear if you have it to lose. Lastly, you have already won half the battle by simply saying, "I will be doing what I am able and capable."


Dmcmillan: When I first started Beachbody back in April, I also traded in the wine bottle for a juicer. My intent was to both help strengthen my liver for more effective fat/protein/carb processing and maximum nutrition to fuel my workouts and speed recovery. As I continued to educate myself on the variety of organic veggies and what they were providing me, I began to experience positive changes both physical and mental that I was initially not expecting. To date, my energy is off the charts, my sugar (and wine) cravings almost non-existent and my optimism has not been this high since I went away to USC and joined a fraternity. Two months after I started juicing, I bought my Mom a juicer and advised her on what she should start consuming. At the time, she was suffering severe depression (work and family related), excess weight and poor digestion to name a few. She is in her fourth month of daily juicing now and I am actually shocked about the transformation. Her weight, blood pressure, digestion and most importantly her mental health are better than I can even remember. Two days ago, she even bought Chalean Extreme! I am not saying that a juicer is the answer to everything, but I am a firm believer in the power of the sound nutrition it can provide. Now, I could write a whole book to you here on what I have learned (through testimony, books, daily internet research, experience, etc.), but all of it can be quite overwhelming. Even more, nutrition includes all the other important stuff like whole grains, fruits, lean meats and so on. However, I will suggest that daily juicing of a variety of organic greens, roots (radish, beets, carrots, etc.) and fish oil (Omegas) serve as a great catalyst and would do amazing things for you or anyone who doesn't already. It is really the body that heals itself (hormone balance included). Nutrional support through this medium just help give your bodily organs what they need either directly or indirectly to succesfully accomplish this. One reason I say indirectly is because of the benefits that daily detoxification can do for your body. My Dad would argue that he could get the same from eating a big salad everyday. My counter is that even if he did, his body would excrete a lot of it (whole) whereas the powerful juice of live enzymes, minerals and vitamins are over 90% absorbed within half an hour by the villi in your intestines. What is even more exciting is that the benefits keep on coming for months and years later. Anyhow, if just for the sake of Insanity, an eight to ten ounce juice with whey protein powder following each workout would be advised anyway. If you are interested, I can suggest some web-sites for more information or you can simply punch in "juicing," "juicing benefits," or any other similar keyword combination in a search engine to research yourself. However, if you already know all this, then I will feel really stupid after you respond. Otherwise, I hope my own experiences may offer something to help you on your upcoming journey. As I have only been this pro-active with my nutrition for close to seven months, I am really looking forward to where I will be on the one year anniversary of when I started this path. Like I mentioned, the benefits keep on coming.

Take care,
Caesar

Darn! I was all excited to do the Fit Test today and then I realized it starts tomorrow. Good luck to everyone tomorrow!.

As for the juicing...I have done it every day since I got my Juicer for Christmas last year. I love everything about it and couldn't live without it. I pretty much throw everything in it (celery, carrots, radishes, beet, spinach, kale, romaine lettuce, cucumber, apple, and broccoli). The apple and carrots sweeten it up. If you buy one of those BLENDER or GNC drink bottles, throw in some ice and shake it up...it is almost like having dessert. ALSO, if I plan on making any type of spaghetti sauce I will juice any of the above (MINUS the cukes and apple...hold off on putting these items in) and toss the pulp into the sauce. It's double duty for nutrients...you get both the soluble and insoluble...and it doesn't really alter the taste of the sauce.

Grace