Insanity Workout: Month Two, Week Three.2

We're repeating week three.
I pretty much missed an entire week of Insanity over the last two weeks due to the holiday and work, so it seems only fair... (I may have also eaten twice what I normal should during that time too!). Insanity really is an amazing workout, amazing because its extremely hard and certainly requires a level of dedication, if only to find the time to fit it into a busy life. Especially now that the workouts are around an hour long. Last nights work out 'Max Interval Circuit' literally had us both on the ground feeling dizzy by the end. Despite a starting BG of 6.9 I constantly felt a bit faint. Re-checking throughout the workout I remained 6.9 exactly.. so not sure what happened! I constantly had to bail for a few seconds at a time throughout but still managed to burn close to 600 cals... and as hard as it was, I'm definitely getting better. Needless to say, that I'm having some very heavy sleep after these long workouts though. Which is great except that I've started to go high in the early hours the last two nights (something that I've always battled with) and usually I'll wake up and can address the issue. Well I haven't been. Not only must my body be exhausted, I think I must be a bit dehydrated too.

Unfortunately I have also woken with a sore right arch in my foot today. This is the first time this has happened despite almost two months of workouts with no shoes on. I can only imagine its because last night's workout was 60mins and I was really going for it. I was also getting really sore wrists and couldn't complete the last set of full body drills (combo including moving push-ups, running push-ups, oblique push-ups, side suicide jumps - probably not using the correct terminology here but you get the drift).

I will be back at this afternoon though. May have to try shoes! And I can only keep trying to get those annoying morning highs in check (a downright depressing way to start the day!).


On a slightly different note,

Nothing Like a Holiday!

Five days in Melbourne seemed to be just what the doctor ordered! While I did no exercise, well except for hours of walking around the city indulging in much too much coffee, great food and enough shopping that the plastic coating on top of my card has now ripped itself back in protest, my blood sugars seem to have magically sorted themselves out. Before I left my insulin resistance had been at an all time high and I seemed to be in one of those stages where it felt like I just couldn't get anything right... I'd just be high, high, high! My eyes and my feet were starting to ache and I was seriously getting down and out about everything. BUT, five days of rest, relaxation and retail therapy with my wonderful fiancé helped me come down, take in some well needed 'me' time, and learn to let my worries go. Have I ever said how evil and horrible stress is?!? It just creeps in, mounts up and can still be lingering even when you think you're ok... dribbling its evil disease through your body...ok maybe getting carried away, but you get the picture.  Not to forget that stress also increases my appetite and gives me a super sweet tooth...ArrRRghh!!!  Holidays are a must!

We got straight back into Insanity when we arrived home on Wednesday too, and its been amazing. Blood sugar perfection. Which is SUCH a relief because I was beginning to think I was going to have to give it up! Still finding though that a small amount of carbs and a little insulin 1-2 hours before I work out in the afternoon is the best way to keep my blood sugar stable while having enough energy to get through a whole workout (i.e a banana and 2 units at 3.30/4pm for a 5.30pm workout). I only managed to fit in three sessions this week though as it is one of the busiest weeks of the year at my work - 10 to 12 hour days, non stop, on your feet, running around type work (stage managing, bar maid, networking all at once, all included). This also made for an interesting little learning opportunity in diabetes management. The nature of the work meant that I couldn't be near my bag (as normal) or just duck off when I wanted to (at one point I was literally plugged into the wall on a radio headset for two hours, back stage, hiding in a curtain giving cues to a technician on the other side of the room...no room for lows, highs or bathroom breaks that's for sure!). So I really had to have everything I could possibly need in a 2-4 hour period strapped to my person.  For the girls out there - I have to make special mention here of Cue clothing. Such a blessing to have decent sized pockets in all their clothing! Looks great and very functional.

All in all feeling much much happier about things. Just need to keep it that way!

And just to finish off today's post, here's a couple of pics of what I've been up to while not posting much lately!

I celebrated my birthday, taking everyone out to a show.
Where fiancé awkwardly got called up on stage to dance.

 

We did The Colour Run! So much fun.
Turned my contacts orange & I had a pink stain on my forehead for two days though!

 

More fun at The Colour Run

Then we did the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

 

A Hen's weekend was had...
 a whole other post on dealing with 14 hours of constant drinking!

With the Bride to be!

And then off to beautiful Melbourne, where the weather was perfect!

Absolutely Amazing! Just incredible.

So Good. We'll be back

P!NK in Concert at Rod Laver

Dosing for Cupcakes. There was a lot of insulin injected in Melb!

Oh and we moved house... which I've just been told is one of the most stressful things you can do in life... maybe that's why I was high high high!!!

Insanity Workout: Month Two, Week Two

I almost considered pulling the plug on this thing all together yesterday. It is so hard. Ridiculously hard. Yes the workouts are hard but its balancing everything else that seems to have me down. My blood sugars are back to being crazy and I'm so tired...because of being high and the crazy workouts...that I struggle to get up in the morning, which is really when I need to do my quick little 20-30 min run. The workouts are much longer in month two which seems to be causing more havoc on my blood sugars and I get this weird feeling about three quarters the way through that feels like I've physically fallen through the floor. Its really weird and hard to explain.

The workouts also seem to make me really cranky, which is pretty funny really, since I thought endorphins would kick in to make me happy instead. I also really thought I'd start having lows at some point, but I've never had less lows and more highs in my life as I have while doing Insanity.

Through all this, I still feel some sense of satisfaction and achievement, and there are definitely physical results, but there is much much more to be concerned with. I'd much rather be seeing some good consecutive balanced blood sugar readings pop back up on my blood meter screen! After Friday I'm taking a five day break as I'll be travelling to Melbourne, then its back home to looooooong days at work so I won't have time for the Insanity workouts, maybe just a few quick runs. I think its time to reboot the exercise, take a mini break and come back to Insanity in a week or so... or just continue the month 1 workouts a little while longer. My body is freaking out.