Week 1 Review of Insanity Max: 30 and my mad gains/progress!

So my challenge group started July 1- Canada Day. Which also marks the start of my personal challenge at getting fit.

My goals were:

1. to complete Month 1 of Insanity Max 30 (video below, if you are curious about what it is).WITHOUT THE MODIFIER!!! eek!
2. to abide by the Max 30 meal plan 
3. to lose 5 lbs

So far, I have done a week and a half of workouts. So far, I am loving it. 

I have also been following the Insanity Max 30 meal plan. Its very similar to 21 Day Fix in that it uses the colored containers for portion control - I LOVE THIS. I can say that enough. I am not hungry, am eating well. It is beyond easy to follow. I love it!

I am going to go on about this a little bit more - these containers are a game changer. No more counting calories bullshit! I can fill my plate with the proper portions, and not feel any guilt. Its incredibly easy - and it takes a huge amount of the stress out, it actually has made the diet portion kind of enjoyable to me - and usually it is such a stressful, almost tortuous part.

I feel like these photos don't do justice to the changes.
But its my progress so far!

And I am having success to boot! Here, let me show you. These are my measurements so far:

July 3/16 July 10/16 Weight (lbs) 178.2 177.2 Waist 38 36 Hips 43 42 Chest 43 41 Right Arm 12 11 Left Arm 12 11.5 Right Thigh 24 24.5 Left Thigh 24 24 Total Inches 196 190 Total Difference in Inches 6

This is awesome to me! I never used to take my measurements, all success was based on weight  - and clearly, weight is not a good indicator of my success. Because, hello, I only lost 1 pound - BUT I ALSO LOST 6 INCHES! Boo Ya!

One awesome thing I noticed the last few days  - the fit of my necklace has changed. A few months ago it was mid chest, just below my collar bone, now it almost hits my cleavage! My daughter also seems to have noticed, and loves playing with my necklace even more than usual!

It is truly awesome to be feeling good in my skin again, I cant tell you that enough! I'm starting to feel sexy again, not to mention the confidence I get every day as I can do the harder moves on the video... and, well I could go on and on :) And this is ONLY after 1 week! I cant wait to see what I'm like at the end of these 30 days, better yet the end of the full 60 days of the program! 

As mentioned above - here's what Insanity Max 30 is. It is hard, but it is awesome! "If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you!" - couldn't be more true about this program!!! If you wanna try it, please send me a message and we can get you started!