Working Out and Weight In: Insanity

Hey! I hope your week is off to a great start or middle!  Today I am linking up for Workout Wednesday with Skinny Meg and Weigh in Wednesday with Heather.

This is a quote I am constantly reminding myself of.  I often wonder where I would be in my weight loss journey if I had kept up with it and not taken time off when I started this journey.

I will start with the weigh in.  Now, bear with me, because I have never officially put my weight on here.  {deep breath}  My weight this week was 176.8, which is a loss from last week.  Do you remember when I said the nurse mistakenly put a 6 or a 0?  Well, that was because my weight last week was 180.  So, I have lost 3.2 pounds, which isn't bad for a week.

P.S.  I hate toes in scale pictures!

Now, for the workout.  Last week I shared that I was using the Hal Higdon plan for a 10k.  At that point, I was really struggling with the idea of Cross-fit options.  But, once again this awesome blog community came through and after many comments and numerous emails with advice (seriously, thank you all so much) I got a better understanding on what it is all about.

On my cross-fit days I have started doing the Insanity program.  I bought the program a long time ago and had it laying around with dust all over it waiting to be used.  I am using the "Polymetric Cardio Circuit", which is periods of intense max interval circuits with short periods of rest...think sprints or football drills.  It reminds me of conditioning from back in my dance team days...except harder or I am older and out of shape...either one.

Why yes, it is laying on the door we are re-purposing...it is a table for now. :)

This is a video of before and after...it is just humorous...I suck!

Insanity is really hard, but I feel like it is a good contrast from my running days and it is defiantly challenging me. 

The pros of this program for me are:

• It is interval, so right when I think I am done and about to quit it gives you a 30 second water break.
• It moves at a fast pace, so you don't get bored.
• The pace makes the workout go by fast.

The cons of this program for me are:

•  It starts at a very intense level.  The program is not made to work you up in endurance.
• Sometimes I wish I could punch Sean T in the face.

On a running note, I did my longest run this week:

 And, the virtual 5k for Maggie: