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12-01-11, 10:12 AM | |
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland
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I have never gained back...
I lost about 50 pounds and never gained back. I cannot credit one DVD or a system. You can lose weight without exercise only my eating healty and cutting calories. Most exercise system work, the firm, CLX, Cathe, P90X, Insanity, RKS, Skoggs, etc..
The key is to be consistent and to eat clean at the same time. Take a look at your goals, do you want more muscle on your body? Or are you looking for a slim look? Also, consider what activiy do you like best. Do you like dancing or athletic workouts? Pick something that you like and follow it for at least 6 weeks, and when you get tired of it, pick another system, that is the beauty of it, there are so many choices. |
12-01-11, 10:26 AM | |
Join Date: Apr 2005
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What works is what you will do, and do consistently. I stopped working out a few years ago, divorce, keeping 2 jobs going, moving, life... It is hard to get going, if you never have worked out, or have stopped.
I start doing just a few minutes a day when I can. It may only be 5 or 10 minutes, it may be only a minute of picking up light dumbells and doing a few bicep curls. It could be doing plies or squats at the copier at work when no one is around. I continue this pattern until I break out a video. I may not make it through the entire video the first go. I will finish it the next day. I continue this for a few weeks, by then end of a month or two, my body craves more exercise and I slowly build up from there. Then the challenge becomes what keeps my interest enough to stay consistent. For me it is a slow process, building one little step at a time. After a few months of tiny steps I am fully addicted to working out again, and then I start to see healthful gains, and some in the mirror too. Mostly, I feel better about myself, my mood is no longer low all the time, my body feels stronger - even with the tiny beginnings. Hang in there! Oh, and please don't try to over do either. That can lead to injury and more set backs. Everyone has to start out slowly. |
12-01-11, 10:43 AM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I've had to lose a lot of weight three times in my life, after the birth of my two children, and my journey back into fitness. All three times I started with walking outdoors. With my two children, I built up to running, because exercise videos weren't available yet. About 6 months into getting back into shape, I started lifting again. During my journey back into fitness, a period where I was truly a beginner for the first time in my life, I added Richard Simmons and Leslie Sansone's workouts. But again, it took me about 5 months before I could add their workouts in without causing back pain. The lateral motion was not good for my recovery. By the 8th month, I had lost about 60 lbs. and Tae Bo came out. Tae Bo is what really tightened me up! I didn't add any strength work until well over a year into my journey back into fitness.
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Laughter is the best medicine. Have you had your daily dose? Walking is Nature's Prozac! Don't let anyone judge you! It's your workout. Sylwia Don't Compare Yourself to somebody else. BE YOUR BEST! Chalene Johnson A Spark of Hope In memory of: Michael Sparkman October 11th, 2001-October 21st, 2008 Hope Fimiani August 26th, 2006-October 13th, 2008 |
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12-04-11, 03:13 PM | |
Join Date: May 2011
Location: The windy prairie
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Before my surgeries, I lost about 35 pounds and I credit it to Cathe. I did her Hardcore Series and SASH Series almost exclusively along with adding outdoor activities like walking, running, and volleyball when the weather warmed.
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"Ladies put some full-fat ranch on your salad. Have that slice of cheesecake. Then go for a walk and kiss your loved ones and dance around your house in your underwear. Life is good." Anonymous " We have to embrace who we are today. We have to say, this is me, and I can live a wonderful life today." FitBoop "Walking is Man's Best Medicine for Life" Hippocrates "Of all exercises walking is the best." Thomas Jefferson "Thoughts come clearly while one walks." Thomas Mann |
12-04-11, 03:45 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Lund, Sweden
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First time with basic step videos for cardio (Kathy Smith, Gin Miller, Keli Roberts, and Kari Anderson) and Kathy Smith's Secrets to a Great Upper/Lower Body. Then I advanced to the pre-Goodtimes Firm classics, Crosstrainers, Cardios, and Supers. Then I advanced to Cathe's and other advanced instructors.
Post baby (2 times), it was Joyce Vedral. Honestly I get the best results ever from that woman's workouts and following her eating guidelines loosely--and the results come fast. The only cardio I did was walking outside with the baby in the carriage and moderately paced bicycle commuting (about 30 to 60 total/day). |
12-04-11, 07:45 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: South Carolina
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For me, I have seen the best results from any type of longer cardio (around an hour of cardio is best for me).
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I started my most recent weight loss journey January 2008. I lost 1/2 of my starting body weight and entered into maintenance May 2011. Now the real work begins! You can fight it, or do what you've got to do to get it done. The choice is yours. ~Diana You have the rest of your life to get old. Stay young, as long as you can. ~Diana 10 Pound Slimdown Xtreme Graduate 02/12 Insanity Graduate - I actually survived! LM Combat 02/13 21 Day Fix Survivor! 6/14 Diana |
12-10-11, 04:48 PM | |
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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I lost 70ish pounds about 8 years ago and have kept it off. The key for me is clean nutrition and working out consistently at a level that just pushes me. In other words, things I can do that cause me to stretch just that tad bit beyond what I thought I could do, without going to the puke-in-a-bucket level. I'm in it for fitness and calorie burning, not peak athletic performance, so I don't worry about not being able to do a pull up or 10 consecutive tuck jumps or whatever.
I started with the Firm, then Jari, then Cathe, then Chalene and now I'm currently in a honeymoon phase with KCM. I say, every workout you do should get you sweating and working as hard as you can work, otherwise what's the point? But not working so hard you are actually causing injury to yourself, or a workout that is beyond your capability and so makes you feel bad about not achieving (for me, things like 'Insanity', etc). Oh, I forgot to answer your question! When I was in my weight loss phase, I was using Firm Body Sculpting Systems 1-4, exclusively. Great results. All the rest came during maintenance--ie, the rest of my life! |
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