Insanity Baby

So last summer I purchased the dvd workout system called Insanity. Usually I find those things to be ridiculous. Lose 10 lbs in the first week blah blah. Insanity never made that claim, but they did say at the end of the 60 days, if you worked your heart out you would see results. I bought it because I wanted something new to do instead of the walking, running, elliptical and strength training I typically did. However, I made it through like 2 days last year. I'm not sure why I stopped probably because I was weak. Insanity also indicates you should be an intermediate/advanced exerciser. Last time I barely workedout prior. I decided to whip out the ol' Insanity dvds and give it a second try. I had been doing a variety of workouts before hand: walking, kettleball, taebo, zumba and another dvd called Ripped, which is taught by a Canadian woman. Its basically strength training intervals with shots of cardio mixed in. I love doing that and hope to get some more of her dvd's. So I've been getting a variety of cardio and muscular work done prior to restarting Insanity. As indicated above I only made it 2 days the last time I tried. I currently jsut finished the day 5 workout. Tomorrow I do day 6 and then Saturday is my day of rest. I can honestly say, I have never pushed my body harder than I do with this. I try not to take that many breaks, because I know your body won't change if you don't push it. I still need a few breaks here and there to catch my breath, even the dude who runs the show, Shaun T, has to stop. I haven't noticed a ton of difference with weight, but i do feel stronger and each day that passes I take less and less breaks which I find to be a good thing! :) There is a mix of cardio and plyometrics and some strength training. So even though, I'm still the same weight I was when I started 5 days ago, I think I'm just gaining muscle. (Let's hope so, cuz I've been eating exactly what I should.) Also the workouts are about 35-40 mins in length and I feels like I only work out for 10 mins by the time its done. It's crazy, but I'm hoping it shows results. I will try to update once at the end of every week to see where I'm at.