I’m going way off-topic today to tell you how PUMPED I am that I finally finally

*FINISHED*

the Insanity workout program from start to finish!

Insanity is the most ridiculous, stupidly hard workout I’ve ever done. It’s 60 days of killing yourself, and ending up in a sweat-drenched pile of scorched muscles and accomplishment.

(Even though I could gush for hours about Insanity, this is absolutely NOT a sponsored post in any way. The links to the workout programs are affiliate links.)

I gained 30 pounds during my pregnancy, and pretty much the moment I walked out of the hospital, I wanted to get moving to get this junk OFF of me.

A good friend who I’ve known since high school told me about the Insanity workout. She had a baby not long before, and she looked ah-MAZ-ing. Even thinner than she was in high school! She had done the Insanity workout, and that’s all the encouragement I needed.

I started it at three months postpartum – after working up to it with the 30-day shred – and by the next month, I was back at my pre-pregnancy weight… and dropping. But I got off track, and didn’t finish it. I started back again to try to get in shape for sister-in-law’s wedding which was in November. I was about two weeks shy of finishing it when her wedding rolled around, and I felt amazing. Here I am at her wedding with my beautiful mother-in-law.

Feeling great should have been motivation to finish it right? Nope: as soon as I got home from her wedding, I ceased all physical activity and started eating every food-like-substance in sight. Not cute. I gained about seven pounds and lost all that strength I’d built up.

This is the longest story ever. I’m sorry! Back to the point. I started Insanity again in March, and today I am finished!

The workouts still kill me. They’re still hard and insane, but that’s what I love about this workout. You can always push yourself harder.

Anyway, so today, I am two pounds under my goal weight, five pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight, and I feel GREAT. I’m not exactly at my ideal point yet, but I’m so happy with the progress.

I thought about posting before and after shots, because I love seeing other people’s before-and-afters, but you guys… I just don’t think I have the cajones, know what I mean?

I have a fitness inspiration board on pinterest, and sometimes I refer to it when I’m just not feeling the workout.

Have you done any workout programs like this before? Do you have any to recommend? I love hearing about good ones! And if you have good workout inspiration, I’m all ears!