Bet you thought I quit! Absolutely not. But I did take a pause. I went back to Asia for 2 weeks, this time Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Unlike in Round 1, I didn't have anything to prove. Doing Insanity while traveling for 2 weeks on business, with a 12-hour time change, is not fun, and not necessary. I brought some exercise clothes and ran on a treadmill one day, but I'll admit that was it. I decided the best thing was to restart Week 2 of Round 2 once I returned to the U.S., so that's what I did today. I make no apologies or excuses. I'm committed to Insanity and will continue this round until completion. No more Asia trips are planned or likely in the upcoming 2 months, so I'm good to go from this point forward.
Anyway, back to business...
I restarted Week 2, completing Cardio Power & Resistance today. I felt great all things considered. Those "things" are primarily still recovering from some severe jet lag and also recovering from a pretty good stomach bug from this past weekend. In the end, I burned 704 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 187 and averaging 160.
In Asia I ate everything in sight, but they don't eat cheeseburgers in Asia (well, some people do I suppose), so I kept the cuisine locally focused, and ate mostly seafood, so my diet has been pretty good overall. But now I'm back to vitamins, lean meat, egg white omelets, lots of fruit and vegetables, and of course Insanity "crack", also known as the P90X recovery formula. I'd like to lose a few pounds before my beach and pool debut Memorial Day weekend, but I'm actually down a bit since I began the "pause", so I'm confident I'll be able to do that.
It's good to be back, and I look forward to the next few weeks of Month 1, and the Recovery week that follows. As for looking forward to Month 2, uhh.... not so much. Round 1 Month 2 memories are still fresh in my mind, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!
Have a great week!
Anyway, back to business...
I restarted Week 2, completing Cardio Power & Resistance today. I felt great all things considered. Those "things" are primarily still recovering from some severe jet lag and also recovering from a pretty good stomach bug from this past weekend. In the end, I burned 704 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 187 and averaging 160.
In Asia I ate everything in sight, but they don't eat cheeseburgers in Asia (well, some people do I suppose), so I kept the cuisine locally focused, and ate mostly seafood, so my diet has been pretty good overall. But now I'm back to vitamins, lean meat, egg white omelets, lots of fruit and vegetables, and of course Insanity "crack", also known as the P90X recovery formula. I'd like to lose a few pounds before my beach and pool debut Memorial Day weekend, but I'm actually down a bit since I began the "pause", so I'm confident I'll be able to do that.
It's good to be back, and I look forward to the next few weeks of Month 1, and the Recovery week that follows. As for looking forward to Month 2, uhh.... not so much. Round 1 Month 2 memories are still fresh in my mind, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!
Have a great week!
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