60 days ago I started on a journey that I honestly didn’t think I would finish, but someone at church let me borrow his set of Insanity dvd’s so I decided to give it the ole college try. I’m glad I did…
I’m married with three kids and my wife is pregnant with our 4th. I don’t really have anywhere in our small cape cod to get up early in the morning and workout without waking someone up, so I knew this was going to take some serious dedication on my part and a tremendous amount of support from my wife to help me find time to get the workouts in. I have the best wife going and she was great during the process.
I love so many things about Insanity, but most of all I love that there is nothing to buy except the dvd’s. No extra equipment to purchase or store and the workouts aren’t as long as P90X. I love the variety it gives you. You don’t do the same 1 or 2 workouts 6 days a week, it keeps it fresh.
I do have a love/hate relationship with the actual workouts… I’ve yet to complete one without taking a break. The workouts truly are Insane! Heck the “warmup” is rough to get through until you get several weeks under your belt. I can honestly say I’ve never, and I mean never, sweat as much as I do during a workout. I quickly learned to have a towel within arms reach while working out.
Results… I’ll be honest and say I didn’t really expect 6 pack abs in 60 days and I didn’t follow the meal plan it recommends. I didn’t measure my chest, arms, etc. I simply weighed myself and snapped a picture on day one, day 30 and I’ll snap one on Saturday when I complete the program. Now before I get too far I want to say I didn’t start Insanity to lose weight, I don’t think I was overweight (I’m 6’1″ and weighed 187 lbs). I started Insanity because I was 36 and out of shape.
So about 10 days in I started to feel changes to my body. Besides waking up sore every morning (that is still the case today) I could feel my posture changing. No longer was I slumped over when I sat or walked. I could feel things tightening up in my legs and chest area, there wasn’t much happening with the gut I had.
About 30 days in I really felt different… Seriously in one month I knew my body was changing. I snapped a picture and it wasn’t until a week or so later when I looked at the two side by side that I could see that gut I had was about 1/2 the size it was just 30 days before. I was shocked and motivated.
About 45 days in I started to really see differences. I now have real biceps, granted compared to a lot of men they aren’t much, but they are the biggest I’ve ever had, lol. My gut continued to shrink and It was about this time that I realized I was going to complete the program.
After 60 days… My legs are toned, my shoulders are toned and my body in general is much tighter. My gut continues to shrink and I’ve lost 6 pounds. I started to feel the room in my shorts/pants from my shrinking stomach about 2 weeks in the program and I can honestly say that now I should buy pants a size smaller than I have, but I’ve got some money invested in my jeans 
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The bonus! When I started the program I didn’t plan on going on a diet or really changing much in the way I was eating. But I quickly realized how difficult the workouts were and decided that I wasn’t going to waste all that effort by continuing to overeat, so I decided I was would watch my portion control. Shortly after that decision I decided I would start snacking on more healthy foods and drink nothing but water and/or Gatorade (with an occasional soda). So what’s the bonus?
The bonus was the byproduct of working out was the change in my eating habits. This isn’t to say I didn’t have a weak moment here and there and overeat, but those are extremely rare moments. Me busting my tail for 40-60 minutes a day naturally changed my eating habits. That my friends is a bonus!
This idea isn’t new… When I start my day with some scripture reading and prayer, the byproduct is me thinking about Christ more during the day. I’m more in tune with what God is doing in my life and what God is doing in others.
I love what Insanity is doing to my body, but I love what God does to my soul…
We all have things that are byproducts to the things we make important. The question is what’s important in your life and what is the byproduct of it?
-Rainey
