On January 6, 2007, I quit smoking after 21 years. I had always been blessed with a good metabolism and was naturally thin. I had periods in my life when I would be a very active exerciser – but I never fully committed.
As many people experience, I began to gain weight after I quit smoking. I spent the next year or so pouting about it but not really doing anything to change it. In January 2008, I was home sick one day and saw an infomercial for another exercise video set and decided to buy it. It arrived on my 39th birthday, and I decided right then and there that I would be in a body I could be proud of when I turned 40.
I started working out daily to the new videos – starting out slowly and soon, completely mastering this set. I felt better but couldn’t really see much of a difference in the way my jeans fit. During this time I discovered FitTV and started watching Cathe among others. I would only watch her at first because I did not have a step and most of those shows utilize one. For Mother’s day, my husband bought me a small step and I began planning my days so that I could work out with Cathe on FitTV and loved it. The challenge of her shows was so much greater, even with commercial breaks, and I really started to see the difference that an advanced workout could make for my body.
After a month or so of that, I went to Cathe.com and bought Body Max 2 and Drill Max as my first Cathe videos. Whew! Those two videos really kicked it up a notch. I then decided that my step was too small and I was going to end up breaking an ankle, so I bought the advanced workout step package and now owned among others, Imax 2 and 3.
I am 41 years old and in the best shape of my life. I love the way I look, the shape and definition of my muscles and most importantly, the way I feel. Without Cathe and her incredible energy and motivation, I don’t think I would have met my goal to be in a body I love by 40. Now my goal is to still be in this body when I am 60. I work out exclusively to Cathe 5-6 days a week. If I can’t squeeze in a workout at home because of a soccer or football practice for my kids, I just bring my tennis shoes and do as many Cathe drills as I can think of off to the side of practice (other parents probably think I am nuts). I am totally devoted and it has really changed my life.
Cathe even has a pet name at my house! My son, who is now 11, read the way Cathe spells her name on those first videos and took the little turn of the E to mean a special emphasis – so at my house she is Cath-eeee! Cath-eeee, you are the reason that my husband said to me this summer, “you are really rocking that bikini, baby” – thank you!!
Cute! Great story….very simular to my own…..Keep rockin it!!
Way to go, you should be proud of yourself. You worked very hard for the body you wanted and got.