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First, I need to say that if you want some REAL inspiration you should visit my husband’s blog.  He is on his second Insanity round and has lost over 50 lbs.

Second, my calves are KILLING me!  But that’s a good thing.  Even though I felt increasingly worse and more tired throughout the day, I managed to do my fit test in the morning, and it turns out it did some good.  Delayed onset muscle soreness, which shall be known from here as DOMS, happens in the next day or two after exertion and contrary to popular belief it is NOT a buildup of lactic acid.  It’s your muscle’s response to stress, you know, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and all that.  How do I know this?  I’m on the road to becoming a certified personal trainer, after many setbacks.  But that’s a different story.

Anyway, I really needed sleep and woke up too late, BUT feeling much better.  I couldn’t do it later in the morning because I had a few errands to run, housework to do and our son’s 5th birthday celebration after dinner so I wasn’t sure that I would be able to get my workout in.  After much debate- do I skip it and do it tomorrow, but let this cake and ice cream sit in me like a lead brick, or do I get it in before bed, risk feeling energized, get a few hours’ sleep and get back on my morning routine tomorrow?- I decided to suck it up and get ‘er done.  I’m glad I did.

Good news, although I can’t keep up yet with Insanity’s pace, I know that day 2 this time was MUCH better than day 2 last time.  I didn’t have to stop nearly as much, and it was nicer to work out when it was cool, unlike yesterday when I decided to do the fit test when our house had already reached about 80 degrees.  So, during the next nine weeks, I will either be working out very early in the morning or late at night, when the kids are in bed and the only way I’ll sweat is if I exercise.

Bad news, I gained a full pound between day 1 and day 2, but I believe it’s water retention because it was so hot.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.  We’ll see what happens on day 3…