The Big (Insane) Idea

During one of the sixty minutes between 8:30 AM and 9:30 AM this morning a spontaneous and insane plan attacked me. I was going to Hawaii, and it was happening in four weeks. In the following 30 minutes the rose-glasses excitement suddenly and voilently faded with the realization that- in Hawaii- there are no layers of clothing to hide behind.

Now, I'm no heffer (scoffing noises from friends can be heard). I'm 28, 131 pounds, wear a size 6- not too much to complain about. In fact, over the last year I've greatly improved my fitness level and completely overhauled my eating habits (details in the About Me). But you know how us girls are- when I stand in front of the mirror my eyes zero in on that little wiggle under my arm, between my thighs, and on the underside of my derrier. IT MUST BE ABOLISHED!

I panicked, ran about the room and unleashed a verbal litany of 'oh my god!'s on my roommate Valerie. Valerie just smirked at me and said 'I can chisel abs onto you in four weeks. I've done it before for a client in three.'

See Valerie is a personal trainer at Fitness World and one of the reasons her and I moved together was our automatic compatability on the health and nutrition front. No garbage in the house, clean eating, no pizza deliveries, no take out containers, no bag of cookies in the cupboard, and fitness goals.

And so The Insane Campaign was hatched. Her and I would embark on a lean strategic diet, and a strategic fitness program and over the course of the next four weeks would finish what her and I had been working on all year to achieve and probably would have let slide into 2010 otherwise.

Workouts will be done in the morning- achieving my goal of not interfering with my self employed, often chaotic work schedule of the day and evening- and achieving her goal of being able to take on early morning clients in the future.

We are up at 5:00 AM (Insane), our workouts are 5:30 AM - 8:00 AM (Insane), sometimes I will be showering and changing at the gym to then drive to my office in Vancouver (Insane) and if I can manage it- the 30 minute cardio kickboxing gym circuit on the way home (Insane). A strict meal plan will be drawn up to include and disclude critical items for leaning down (Insane), will quota cheat meals (Insane), and eliminate non-veg/fruit carbs and dairy in the last week (Insane).

[Did I also forget to mention that I move the day before our flight leaves? I have to pack in all of this!]

But, I've done a fitness challenge before and I am ready for it again. So has Valerie. Val's weakness is waking early- I will bang on her door, tear away her blankets, turn the light on and jump up and down on her bed if I have to. My weakness is working out with muscles that are already sore- Valerie will help me to learn when it is and is not okay to push a sore muscle- and it will all around likely cripple me of the ability to walk in heels LOL.

Sunday November 29, 2009 we will record our 'Stats' (weight, BMI and dimensions)

We start Monday, November 30, 2009.

During this ridiculous INSANE campaign we will blog our frustrations, our hatreds of each other, our lust for processes food, record our 'stats' weekly and take pictures. I figure it will be an excellent marketing tool for Val come January 1 when we're done- and about the time that everyone else is guiltily making their way to the gym!