Insanity Max 30 Results and Confession Time

For the past 60 days Joey and I have been following the Insanity Max 30 program.  This is the most challenging program that I have ever done and completed!  I have gained so much from this program.  I've gained knowledge, endurance and strength!  My endurance is the thing that I have seen improve the most.  When we first started I was maxing out around 7-8 minutes.  Now that we have completed the program I was maxing out anywhere from 23 minutes (THERE ARE A LOT OF PUSH-UPS) to 30 minutes!  What a huge improvement!  The best thing about completing it is that I DID IT!  I made a goal and I followed through.  There is nothing better than that feeling especially when the journey is really hard.  I also loved that my husband, Joey, and I were able to do this together as a team.  Working out together truly does bring you closer together especially when you are both working towards a similar goal. With all that being said....I have a confession to make.  I'm pretty nervous about this confession but it is a part of learning how to live a healthy lifestyle and it was a lesson I needed to learn.

Below I have my stats from beginning, middle, and end.

January 1, 2015                                       Feb. 1, 2015                                        Feb. 28, 2015
Weight - 122                                          Weight - 124.2                                      Weight - 120.0
Bust - 32                                                 Bust - 32                                                Bust - 32
Waist - 24.5                                           Waist - 24.75                                         Waist - 24
Belly Button - 27.75                                Belly Button - 28                                   Belly Button - 27
Hips - 36.5                                             Hips - 36.5                                            Hips - 36
Thighs - 18.5                                          Thighs - 18.5                                         Thighs - 18
Calves - 13                                             Calves - 13                                       L Calf - 12.75 R Calf - 13
Right arm - 11                                         Right arm - 11                                        Right arm - 11
Left arm - 10.5                                        Left arm - 10.5                                      Left arm - 10.5

Here are my pictures from beginning to middle

Some of you may be asking "What in the world happened?"  Why did you gain inches and weight while doing such a hard workout program?  Well, I will tell you why..... NUTRITION!  Did you know that 80% of weight loss is nutrition?  YOU CANNOT WORK OFF A BAD DIET.  And that is exactly what happened.  I was working out every day and putting my all into it.  However, I was eating whatever I wanted.  I got derailed.  I was eating sweets, pizza, etc.  Things that #1 make me gain, #2 don't let my body function the way it should, and #3 that make me moody and not get good sleep.  It doesn't matter if you workout like crazy.  That is not going to make up for a poor diet.

Here are my pictures from Feb.1 and Feb. 28

What did I change to get these results?  Did I workout more?  No.  I did exactly what I was doing before.  I changed my diet.  I used the 21 day fix nutrition plan in the last two weeks of the program and that is where I saw the biggest change.  You will notice that not only did I lose weight and inches but you can see my muscles better.  That is the effect of clean eating.

Here are my pictures from January 1 to Feb. 28

Those are good results for someone my size.  I don't need to lose weight and inches.  But, I believe if I had stuck with clean eating and portion control that I would have been able to see more muscle definition because I worked HARD!  So, the moral of the story is..... Nutrition and Fitness go hand in hand.  I have had friends in my challenge groups who have gotten sick or injured and worried immediately that they would gain weight because they couldn't work out.  I am here to tell you that that IS NOT TRUE.  Nutrition is 80% of weight loss.  If you are sick or injured and you stick to clean eating and portion control you will continue to lose while your body is recovering.

Now...with all of that being said I want to share Joey's results!  Joey is now at the lowest weight he has ever been since he was a CHILD!  How exciting is that?!  He is just 14 pounds away from his goal weight.  In the past two years he has worked so hard despite working 12 hour days.  If anyone has an excuse to not workout it's him.  BUT....working out is a PRIORITY to him so he MADE TIME.  Here are his Insanity Max 30 results.

"After 8 weeks of Insanity Max 30 the results are in!!! 12.6 pounds lost, 1/2 inch lost around my chest and 1 1/2 inches lost around my belly. It feels so good to be done with the program, and it feels even better to see such awesome results!!"

 

 

 

 

Living a Healthy Lifestyle is a learning process.  Slow and Steady wins the race.  There is no quick fix.  There is no magic pill, or magic wrap, or extreme diet that is going to give you LASTING results.  If you want to lose weight, feel great and learn how to keep it off this is the only way.  Hard work and dedication.  I will tell you that the hard work is worth every amount of effort I put into.  No one did this but me!  To give you an idea of where we have come from.... here are our before and afters from when we first started our journey about 2 years ago.