New Insanity Challenge

The first title of this post was, "What Have We Done???"  but I decided to be more positive this cold Monday morning.  As the current title suggests, I am starting Insanity back up.  This time, I am not alone in my efforts.  Steve and I have decided to do Insanity together.  Together but separately, actually.  We have made it a competition.  We will be competing to see who can loose more inches, more bulk, more clothing sizes.  We will do this by percentage, of course, since we are nowhere near the same size to begin with. 

As you may, or may not, have noticed, I didn't do very well with Insanity last summer.  The program is six days a week, for nine weeks straight.  I never made it to six days a week.  The closest I ever came was five days the first week.  After that, it was four, if I was really good, but mostly just two and three days here and there for a few weeks before I quit altogether.  Results?  Not really. 

It's not that the program is overly difficult, it's more that it's not fun.  It's not Krav Maga, which is the most fun I've ever had with a physical activity.  Not being fun, mixed with 45 - 60 minutes a session, six days a week for nine weeks is a formula for failure, right out of the box.  Unless, of course, you have something, or someone to keep you accountable for your work out sessions.  That's what Steve and I are hoping to do/be for each other with our competition.  We've never had a competition for anything before.  This should be interesting.  I'm not going to tell you about the prize for the winner.  It's personal.  I will say this about it; if it doesn't motivate us, there is NOTHING in the world that will!

We have two huge obstacles in our way during the program.  Week four happens to be the week of Thanksgiving, and week nine, the last week of the program, is the week of Christmas.  Can we do it??  Can we work through Thanksgiving week and Christmas week??  I guess we will find out! 

Today is day one, week one. Steve got up at 4:45 this morning and did his work out before he went to work.  I stayed cozy and warm in bed.  Now it's my turn.  As soon as Gabriel leaves for school, in about 25 minutes, I'll get my work out on.  I will banish all thoughts of going back to bed, since Nathan isn't up yet, and concentrate on the prize at the end.  Here I go...