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Alright!! Plyo Cardio DONE.. eating has been on point all day!! can't wait to see what kind of results i get with this program!! DECIDE COMMIT SUCCEED!!! Who's With me??

EMBRACE THE JOURNEY!!!

Tommy aka SWARM

SWARM!!!

Brother, I am SO GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN!! I really got a lot out of being on your P90X board!! I am excited to go along for the ride with you on this Insanity journey.

I will tell you that I have already completed 1 round of Insanity, and am currently doing a hybrid round of X/Insanity/running in preparation for a Bridge Run I am going to try in December!!

I need to do MUCH BETTER on my nutrition, and I know you are super keen on that yourself, thus you can help me too.

Sorry to hear about your shoulder injury, hope it gets better soon.

I actually did Plyo Cardio Circuit myself this morning!! Killer workout.

Great to see you again, and I'll check in here daily my friend!!

You were and still are ON FIYAH!!

KravFighter

Good morning Swarm!!

Hope you are going to Dig Deep today and bring thunder with your Insanity workout!!

After Insanity yesterday, I was supposed to run today. I decided to get on the elliptical instead (it's dark, wet,and creepy at 430am) so I did a "homemade" workout where I'd do 5 minutes on the elliptical (changing the resistance every 1 minute) then I'd jump off and do a 3 minute circuit of the following exercises: Push ups (P90X style- regular, wide, decline, diamond all with push up bars); Pull ups (P90X style- alternating hand position each time), Power jumps+ Pulse squats, Shoulder press with dumbbells, and bicep curls.

After the 3 minute circuit, I'd jump right back on the elliptical and start again!! I had everything all set up beside each other, so it was really easy, quick transitions.

#'s for today's workout: 41 minutes, 144 Avg HR, 594 cals burned, 33.20 minutes in zone!!

Tomorrow is back to Insanity!! Can't wait...I think I'm addicted to Insanity b/e even when I have a good workout with another form of exercise, I feel like I didn't get the "killer" workout like I do from Insanity!! Anyway, got a meeting with Shaun T in the morning at 430...

Swarm- how is the shoulder holding up? How are you liking Insanity? Which is your favorite workout from Month 1??

KravFighter

actually, some of you may not know who i am.... so i guess i will just "introduce myself" and give you my BB Street creds .. hah..

Tommy Mygrant, lost 112 lbs doing X/X+, men's 30-39 MDB game finalist and $50,000 winner last year, spent a LOT of time on the message boards with my own threads and after the contest things got sooooo crazy, just hundreds of emails, facebook started for me (yeah, that alone is enough to fill my day talking and chatting about X and the company and the opportunity, etc).. I've been honored to represent Beachbody in Washington DC when Congdon asked me to join their cause and use my testimonial, i've also been so honored to appear a few times on QVC live with Tony Horton, who is my good friend and an incredible role model not only in fitness but in life. and YES, that is me on the front of the Website.. it's crazy to just be an everyday small town guy who at one point was just very desperate and wanting to lose weight... it can also be a self identify crisis when you feel like you have to always live up to an "after" picture (totally another topic that i'm glad to discuss)...

The reality is that like many many people who have successfully had amazing transformations there is a HUGE "WHAT NOW" saga that they face.. it's been about weight loss for so long and all of a sudden it is NOT about losing weight.. it's about maintaining a lifestyle and just being active and healthy. With that said i have been 180-185 for the last few months.. not terrible, but not where i was in that "after pic" 9 months ago. In fact, I was 160-165 in that pic.. so I'm about 20 lbs off and fighting to just maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.. I think that SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE is about where i want to be.. 160 was wayyyy to thin for me, i felt weak, i looked good in pics but in person people were worried about me.. and above 180 I feel self conscious and fat and bloated. I spoke with the renowned Mark Briggs and he said "Tommy, pick a 10 lb range and try to live in it.." GREAT ADVICE.. so for ME that range is 170-180 .. so my goal with Insanity is to cut back to 170-175, i started at 184.6 so there, that's MY STORY!!! You can here more about my initial journey and transformation by just clicking my pic on the front of the website, or you can take my name, Tommy Mygrant, and find me on Facebook

ok.. heart on the sleeve right there.. I am READY TO FRIGGIN ROCK!!!

EMBRACE THE PAIN!!!

Tommy Mygrant

Tommy - thanks for inviting me over to this board. It is great to be working out with you with Insanity because your enthusism helps push me harder. To introduce myself, I am a regular over at Swarm's Chalene board and a lurker on his X board. I started my weight loss journey in July 2008, and I am now down seventy pounds. I am currently six pounds from by doctor perscribed goal weight. I probably should have reached that goal a while ago but when I added X to normal workout last Christmas, I really messed up my diet. It wasn't from eating bad but from not being able to determine my calorie burn. I floundered for seven months while doing P90X and Chalene. I got in great shape physically but no real weight loss. It wasn't until I found out about the body bugg and Insanity did I break my plateau. During Insanity, I lost 19 pounds.

I almost wish that Insanity was a three month program like X or Chalene but I don't know if my body could take that intensity that long. I hope that he comes up with a sequel program. Right now, I am in my second round of Chalene Extreme. On MWF, I do the resistance workout, ARX, and one of the first month Insanity workouts. On TTS, I attend a 1.5 hour fit camp.

KRAV and UARK: Fellas, i am sooooo humbled by all your kind words man!! the truth is that we are IN THIS FIGHT TOGETHER!!! I've missed these boards and teh friendships created through them. Insanity is the first program where I am truly doing THE PROGRAM and can commit to being here.

Krav: dude... 4% body fat is sooooo low.. i think we sometimes get fixated on the scale that we fail to realize just how far we've come in so many other ways. Think about how much more FIT AND HEALTHY you are NOW!! That alone is an accomplishment to be proud of. The one thing i will say is that usually when weight is just stagnant it comes down to NUTRITION.. I can't emphasise just how important good disciplined clean eating is to RESULTS.. if you want that extra amount of result, the nutrition is where the exra amount of effort has to come from. So seriously, take time to really think about what you want.. if your goal is to maintain then 80-20 eating does that.. but to get results it better be 90-10 or better

UARK: wow man.. 70 friggin pounds!! hahah.. HOLY COW BROTHER!!! and 19 during 60 days of insanity ALONE?? YOU are a ROCKSTAR my friend!!! LOVE IT.. knowing that you rocked this program will definately help ME stay the course and get it done.. i'm loving it so far and day 11 is COMPLETE!!!

here is my accountability

WEDNESDAY 11-4-09 DAY 10 of INSANITY

Meal 1: 1 cup Kashi Go Lean - 1/2 cup milk, 1 banana (300)

Meal 2: Recovery (220)

Meal 3: Turkey Burger, 1 arnold select whole grain bun, 1 pickle slice (290), 1/2 cup ff cottage cheese (80)

Meal 4: Shakeology, 1 scoop whey, 1 tbsp peanut butter (370)

Meal 5: 6 oz grilled chicken w. 2 cups salad and veggies, 2 tbsp ff dressing (320)

Meal 6: P90X Protein Bar (260)

Miscellaneous: 1 tbsp sugar free creamer, X vitamiins, peak performance plus, omega 3

Total Calories: 1970

Workout: Insanity PURE CARDIO

EMBRACE THE PAIN!!!

SWARM

NEO: hahaha.. yeah brother, dude 3 rounds of X and you are JACKED.. LOVE IT.. so glad to have you hear on the thread man!! Let's rock this insanity together bro!!

JUST CALL US THE "INSANIACS" hahaha.. SWARM STYLE!!!

Tommy:

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, dropping the weight was a huge accomplishment for me. It was an incredible experience. Have to say though that the past year of working hard to be fit has been an even more incredible experience for me. A year ago, I knew I couldn't do P90X, but I wanted to get better muscle tone and to improve my overall fitness. I have been a hard-core tennis player since I was a kid, and I have played every weekend for at least the past 20 years (yes, I'm older than dirt!). So my lower body was always in decent shape. From the waist above, however, has always been a different story.

So in October 2008, I ordered TMT. It looked like something that I could actually do...it was realistic for where I was at. I set up a corner of our garage with matts, hooked up on old pc I had, wrapped the cardio belt attachment to one of the 2x4's on the shelves and started working out. I told a co-worker of mine (who is a fitness fanatic) what I was doing, and she challenged me to do P90X. She had gotten the dvd's but couldn't stay motivated to get through an entire rotation. I reluctantly agreed, and on Jan 4, 2009, we embarked on a journey that has changed my life!

The day I received my P90X package is a day I will remember for the rest of my life. I put my left hand on top of the box, got a Sharpie permanent marker out, and drew an outline of my hand. I then wrote, "...I will do this..." next to the outline of my hand. That was the moment I committed myself to do something about my fitness level. For the first week of P90X, I thought I was going to die. I hadn't done anything that intense in my entire life. But with daily encouragement from my friend at work as well as my on-line buds, I pushed myself like never before. It wasn't always pretty, and it certainly wasn't always perfect, I managed to get through the entire program. I continue to struggle with Yoga and abs--these are my weaknesses.

Once I had completed P90X, I then took on Chalene Extreme, and had a blast with it. I could see even more definition in my arms/shoulders, and I continued to struggle with abs and flexibility! At about that time, Insanity came out! I vividly remember seeing a preview of the program and saying, "...oh HE__ NO....he cannot be serious!" So when it was released, I immediately ordered it!!! As soon as I got Insanity, I started experimenting with the workouts and was truly amazed at how hard they were. This was my first mistake as I allowed the workouts to psych me out. I would start a workout, and give up half way through the warmup because I knew how hard the actual workout would be. I also got fixated on the timer that shows how much time is remaining until the next break! So I went for a couple of months of excitement and disappointment until I figured out what I was doing wrong.

Finally, about three weeks ago, I decided that I needed to adjust my mindset to get through this successfully. It is simply applying the same principles that Tony Horton has preached from day 1..."do your best and forget the rest." This is week three for me, and I am hitting the garage every morning with a sense of purpose and determination. Haven't looked back since.

I was telling some friends at work what I have been doing and have started a weekly Insanity Challenge in our fitness center. For the past month or so, I've been gathering a group of fitness friends to try a different Insanity workout. We've been having a blast, and I have found that having a group of people in the room with you doing the workouts is a great incentive to push yourself to the max. It's a lot harder to take a break when the person next to you is going full throttle.

Day by day, I am seeing some subtle changes to my body. I am feeling so incredible empowered right now. Can't believe I can actually complete some of these workouts. I am feeling like there is nothing I can't do. What an amazing gift from Shawn T. and Beach Body. Not sure where I will end up after this but am definitely enjoying the journey.

Best regards,

Darren

UARK: I was wondering if you could talk a bit more about your use with the Body Bugg. I bought one when I hit a plateau last year with P90X. I dropped some weight and then nada. "Floundered" if you will. It always showed I was in a defecit but nothing. So I shelved it. I just started wearing it again when I started insanity. I'm beginning to think I'm the "RESULTS NOT TYPICAL PERSON". Any tips or advice? Can you share what kind of calorie burn you average daily and how many you consume?

Thanks,
JP

Uark: Proatmeal is the oatmeal/protein/fruit/nuts recipe used in the Insanity meal plan. It's really good, easy to make, totally filling and full of healthy stuff. I eat it 7 days a week!!! I'm a creature of habit.