"I'm shopping for a size 8....right?!"

The first week "off" of INSANITY has been odd. We've worked out every other day...which is almost more difficult to keep up. When we were doing it everyday, it was easy to make it happen...when it's every other day...things come up that make you want to postpone it to the next day. Like today, some friends of ours wanted to grill out. I was great with that! The hubs, on the other hand, said, "No, we have INSANITY tonight!" I was cool with putting it off until tomorrow, but I was glad that he insisted on doing it tonight. I don't want to slack off at all...and I probably would without realizing it if it wasn't for him!

After fussing to my husband about how I have NO pants that fit...I went shopping today! I knew that I had a couple of pair of 8's that I was wearing (as mentioned previously), but I had not purchased a size 8. In the back of my head, I thought maybe the ones that I already owned had stretched with me as I gained weight back then. So, I was very interested to see what size I would wear when I shopped for new pants this time.

In order to avoid the food temptations of an all day shopping fest, I cooked breakfast for the shopping buddy and myself. The thought was that we'd eat a big breakfast, which should hold us until we get ready to come home...and maybe we'd have to stop and get a cereal bar or something...and he plan worked!! We had scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, and choc-chip banana pancakes! Those pancakes were SO freakin good! I have made them once before, and they were just as good this time! It is a healthy recipe that I found on Pinterest! Only 178 calories in 2 of them!!

The first store we went to was Express. I had gone in and tried on pants since I had lost some weight, but that was after the first month...so I was ECSTATIC to fit into a 10! I haven't really shopped in Express in years. The last thing I bought in there were mentioned previously in this blog (my "stage 1" pants), and that was almost 4 years ago. Past that point, I did not feel like I was "up" for anything in that store. Today was different! My purpose was only to buy pants, so that is all that i tried on...I tried on their "Editor" and "Columnist" pants in a size 8. I told my shopping buddy, as I pulled up the first pair over my hips, "Cross your fingers!" AND THEY FIT!! I am a cheap-skate, so those pants were not on sale enough for me to buy them...I was just excited that they fit!!

Every store that we went in, I was a true 8! I was so excited to be in single digits again! I bought three pairs of pants and ALL of them were single digits!!!

I EARNED IT!!!!! WITH PICTURES

Well, we just finished our last workout of the INSANITY program!!! We are officially graduates!! No words can express how excited, proud, and amazed I am that we have stuck with and completed this program! I really don't know where to start in typing this EXCITING post!! I feel like such a goob, being so excited about something like this. I feel like I have really accomplished something and, better yet, proven something to myself! I did not hit my weight goal, but I would have never imagined that my body would react to this workout as well as it has! My physical results definitely surpassed any goal that I could have set!! Shaun T., I HATE you...but I LOVE you even more!! I "dug deeper" and got the results that I wanted!!

I guess I will start with my Fit Test results! Be prepared to have your mind blown!!!! Keep in mind, this has only be 60 days! We started the program on January 2! For descriptions of the fit test workouts, see previous posts.

First of all, my weight: starting weight 176.4    weight on Sunday, 3-4-11 - 157.3  for total of 19.1  lbs!!! Don't hate me for rounding up to 20!!! lol
Switch Kicks  1st-59    2nd-70     3rd-85    4th-100   5th-112     89% increase
Power Jacks  1st-37     2nd-45     3rd-49    4th-53    5th-55       48.6% increase
Power Knees 1st-60     2nd- 65    3rd-80    4th-100   5th-104     73.3% increase
Power Jumps 1st-13    2nd-20     3rd-23    4th-40     5th-47      261.5% increase!
Globe Jumps 1st-5       2nd-8       3rd-9     4th- 10    5th-10        100% increase!
Suicide Jumps 1st-9     2nd-12     3rd-17    4th-18    5th-22       144.4% increase!
Push-Up Jacks  1st-8   2nd-16!!!  3rd-23    4th-26    5th-30        275% increase!
Low Plank Oblique  1st-32   2nd-47   3rd-52   4th-60    5th-70   118.8% increase!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!?! I know I can't! Seeing the percentages REALLY makes it incredible!

Now for the measurements!!!
\Waist: Jan 2- 33 inches                 March 4- 28 inches             TOTAL LOST: 5 inches
Hips: Jan 2- 38.5 inches                 March 4- 33.5 inches          TOTAL LOST: 5 inches
Butt: Jan 2- 45.5 inches                 March 4- 41 Inches             TOTAL LOST: 4.5 inches
Thigh: Jan 2- L & R 26.75 inches   March 4- L & R 23 inches   TOTAL LOST: 3.75 each leg
Calf: Jan 2- R: 17   L:16.5              March 4- R: 15   L:15.5       TOTAL LOST:  R: 2  L: 1
Arm: Jan 2- L&R 12.5                   Feb 12- R: 11  L:  11.5        TOTAL LOST: R: 1.5  L: 1
GRAND TOTAL OF 27.5 INCHES LOST!!!!!!!!

SOOO close... (beware, bragging to follow)

Well, tonight we did our last "Max Interval Plyo" session! It is amazing to see how much I have grown since we started the Insanity program! I can do more pushups now than possibly ever in my life! We have one more full workout to go, and a fit test on Sunday. I cannot believe we are almost done! I am AMAZED at the changes that my body has accomplished in 60 days...just 60 days!!

The compliments continue to roll in, and I don't foresee me ever getting tired of that! My stomach is so much flatter now than it was when I started, my waist is close to the size that it once was, my quads are firm, my calves have definition (yes, my cankles have definition), and I have biceps!! I put on some old bathing suits the other night, and they fit! That's right!!! Two piece bathing suits!! I will not hit my goal weight of 150 pounds, but I did not expect my body to react to it this way! Regardless of what the scale says this weekend, for my final weigh-in, I am calling this process a COMPLETE success!! Let's be honest, people don't see the number on the scale when they look at you...they see YOU! I'm still not done trying to lose weight, but I'm not discounting this process because I didn't hit the elusive number!

We both still groan when we see certain exercises come up in each video. We still don't make it through the videos without taking unscheduled breaks, but we feel like we are burning out on each circuit...and that's what we're supposed to do!!

The next post that I have will say that we are DONE WITH INSANITY!!! We'll continue to do the videos 3 times a week...but we'll be done with the program! I can't wait to post the before and after pictures! I'm trying to figure out how to get pics side by side now, so that'll be figured out by then!