Weekly Weigh-in

1.5 lbs up

Back up to 161

I thought I had a pretty good week as far as my intrinsic drive and calories in and out. Unfortunately the scale shows that something invisible was going on...

I'm pretty sure I know the culprit.

I've been doing Insanity for 13 weeks. I repeated the first 5 weeks then moved onto the "Max Insanity." I have one week left. However, the last couple weeks of doing "Max Insanity" have been so incredibly grueling. I don't recover between workouts so the next morning I can hardly get out of bed and the workout is that much harder. I noticed this happening so I started making sure to get some recovery calories in me afterward. That helped throughout the day, but my legs and arms were still completely worthless the next day. I don't mean sore, I can push through sore, I mean WORTHLESS. Jello. I can hardly walk up the stairs anymore. By the time I crawl into bed my joints are aching and I just want to cry. I gave it a couple weeks thinking I'd adjust. I haven't, and now I'm gaining weight from the stress...

I think I'd better stop, it's doing me harm. Yesterday I skipped the workout. By bedtime I was still running around the house, cleaning, etc. I felt great. Waking up this morning was easier.

So, my dilemma is:

Can I go back to doing a less intense workout and still lose the 24 pounds I have left?

Am I a quitter?

I don't have time to experiment with the level of exercise that will be good enough!!

I liked what Insanity was doing to my shape because he focuses so much on glutes.

I'll be doing on online shopping of workout videos (Tae Bo is my favorite, I'll see about Jillian Michaels, etc.) and get something new, something harder than what I have, but less intense than Insanity. Amazon has cheap used exercise videos. Hopefully it doesn't take me too long to find a new video that gets me out of this funk!