Day 5: Insanity Workout Review - Pure Cardio

I woke up today a little nervous for today's Insanity workout, because yesterday I read up on the Pure Cardio workout and it said that there were no rests. Leave it up to Shaun T to give you a recovery day and then absolutely kick your ass the next day. I've got to be honest I used to kind of make fun of Shaun T because of all his dance workout videos, but his insanity workout is serious stuff...I will no longer be making fun of Shaun T...never ever again. Anyway, went over to my parents house yesterday to weigh myself and I have actually gained a couple pounds. The only thing I can think of is that I am starting to build muscle again in my legs, because I have been eating pretty darn healthy ad drinking lots of water. I am not drinking pop and I am only having non-fat milk. Hopefully after this week I can go back and start seeing results on the scale, because God knows that I have a lot of fat to lose. I am totally going to be up front with my progress, so right now I weigh 206 pounds, which is not good!! A few months ago I was 195, but I took a few months off of working out and BAM...I gained 10 pounds. My ultimate weight goal would be to get down to 185 pounds, I am not sure if that is possible in 60 days or healthy, but I AM going to reach that goal regardless. Even if it does take me the rest of the year to get there.

Let's get to the Insanity Workout! Today, as you already know I did the Pure Cardio workout. This workout started off like every other workout, with a warm up that kicks your butt...literally...there is an exercise that is called "Butt Kicks." I still get tired and sweaty through the warm up section, but today my body felt pretty darn good. After the warm up you do the stretching portion of the workout. I always love this part, even though your heart rate is dropping, you still sweat like crazy. After that there was 21 minutes left in the workout, and it was time to die. Even Shaun T was nervous about this workout, which does not give yourself much confidence, if the trainer is nervous. This is a very intense workout because there are NO SCHEDULED BREAKS! You can take breaks if you want...I had to...but you need to jump right back in. This DVD is very entertaining to watch, because half way through the workout people are pissed, annoyed, and tired. If that wasn't enough, Shaun T gets in their face and tells them to sit down and take a break, because their form is out of whack. The exercises in this workout are pretty tough, and you do every workout for a whole minute. The Pure Cardio Workout is about 38 minutes long.

For my food yesterday, I had a roast beef pita sandwich for lunch, I can't remember what I had for my mid-dinner. But for dinner I had a Top Sirloin Steak, USDA PRIME BEEF BABY! Later on that night I had a veggie burger. I am trying not to eat to late at night, but I was just so darn hungry. Today, I again had a bowl of Kashi Cereal, with a whole banana, more my mid-lunch I had a Turkey BLT. The sandwich was made on whole wheat bread, and had turkey bacon, a slice of tomato, and some lettuce. It was actually pretty darn delicious! I am going to have lunch here pretty soon, but I will let you know tomorrow what I had.