Hey guys! i went to a flea market today and found a guy selling P90X and Insanity for 40 bucks each. I decided on trying Insanity after browsing a short article comparing the two on my phone. It's something I've been curious about for a while. We'll just have to see if I'm tough enough to survive it, but I'm out of school for the summer and my summer internship doesn't start til the end of the month so what else have I got to do? I have a couple of questions about it and I'm hoping some of you could answer Also hoped I picked the right place to post this...
Firstly, due to living situations I don't think its possible for me to follow their meal plans exactly. Cooking and having fresh ingredients to do it is a bit of an obstacle. How much would it hinder me if I ate the same number of meals, same number of calories a day as what it recommends but not the exact meals they have listed? To be honest I really don't even want to follow the plan exactly simply because restrictive plans with set numbers of food choices do not work for me...which is why I have been a calorie counter to lose the 26 pounds I have so far. I know that if I were to get thin enough that I want abs to show that the sort of foods I eat could make the difference of seeing them or not...but I'm not concerned with that. I just want to lose weight and be healthy. So how horrible would it be to not follow it exactly?
My second question is for those who have finished it or just know about working out in general. My thoughts are - what if I do this, finish the 2 months, lose the weight I want and then stop doing it? I know I'd lose muscle tone but am I at risk of gaining back the weight? I know it'd be even more important to eat the right of amount of calories and foods, but I guess my concern stems from the knowledge that when people stop a "crash diet" they gain the weight back. Isn't this sort of a "crash exercise program"? or is there such a thing? Maybe the whole idea is silly, but I guess it would be more motivating to me to know if I do this and decide to stop the program after the 2 months is over that I can maintain the weight loss without it.
Thanks for any help/advice!