When I first started working out to videos, I did the Firm (the ones with the fanny lifter and the transfirmer). My upper body looked great but my lower body just got bulky. I was a size 8.
Fast forward a couple of years and I discover The Bar Method's first videos. I go from a size 8 to a size 4/6 and lose 10 pounds. I can't say how quick it happened because I didn't really pay attention at the time, but doing the Bar Method took me to a size and weight I hadn't seen since I was 15 years old. I lost 3 inches off my hips. This is without dieting. I have had 2 babies in the last 4 years and gained 60 pounds with each of them. I've lost all of the weight plus a few extra pounds with only barre videos and walking.
The most important thing I've learned with barre workouts is that the results stop if you stop doing them consistently. You have to be consistent! I had surgery back in October and wasn't allowed to work out for 3 weeks. I was amazed at how quick I lost the figure I had worked so hard for.
It's great that there are so many different barre workouts available now. They are all so similar yet so different (which is why I feel the need to try and have them all - ha!) My current favorites are Callanetics, Tracy Anderson Mat, Bar Method Accelerated Workout, and Xtend Barre. Physique 57 is also a favorite of many, and guess what? I got Vol. 1 today and will be getting most of Vol 2 within the next day or two. Yeah - I'm obsessed with barre!