To Insanity and Beyond

Finally, a loss that I can be happy about. Somewhat.

After four weeks of doing my second round of Insanity I lost three pounds in a week. I still can’t figure out why it took this long to be able to get this done but I am pretty stoked. And it couldn’t come at a better time since next week is recovery week and I am pretty sure I won’t be losing any weight next week at all. We’ll see though. This time around has been so much different than the first time around that I’m thinking that just about anything can happen.

I think I might be hitting a wall with Insanity as it relates to weight loss. I only say this because I am kicking butt pretty good but am not seeing the dramatic weight loss results like I did the first time I did the program.

I am working harder, pushing more, doing more and digging deeper than I have ever done before. Yet the pounds seem to be sticking to me. I wish I knew why this was happening because honestly, this is really frustrating.

Still, a loss is a loss so I’m celebrating it. And hoping for more next week.

It seems that I am playing around more with weight loss technique than I am trying to actually lose any weight. Once again I had a weight loss, but once again it was a very small loss. And while I will never squawk at a loss, I am a little disappointed that it was as small as it was.

Hopefully next week I will start to see a more dramatic weight loss trend than I have the last two weeks. Perhaps I am spoiled by my first round results. Or perhaps I am just expectant, given the intensity of my workouts right now. Whatever the case, seeing small losses is a little discouraging having just come off a massive weight loss over nine weeks.

This week was a bit of a trial week for me. I was still playing around with my diet and my Insanity schedule, so I didn’t expect much of a loss this week. I got what I expected.

I spent the better part of the week playing with various foods, portions and eating styles. It really wasn’t a week of focused weight loss for me as I really wanted to see how I could tailor my diet to help me build muscle in this round of Insanity. As a result, my weight was all over the place this week, even spiking as high as 254.5 lbs at one point. Regardless, I still managed to squeak out a small loss which, for me, is always a win. And looking back on my first week of Insanity Round 1, I did a whole half pound better.