I have struggled with my weight all of my adult life. After my first child, I have 2, I was really over weight. In May of 1995 my husband confessed to me that while he was out to sea, he was in the Navy, he had cheated on me for the first 6 years of
My success story doesn’t start with Cathe, but it ends with her and that’s what counts ☺ I was always an athlete… I grew up outside playing football, basketball, climbing trees, riding bikes, doing whatever the boys did. My mom always kept herself in shape so I naturally followed her… I used to work out
I just finished cathe’s STS and what a difference it made in my strength building. My sister convinced me to get the STS and I was a bit hesitant since I tried so many other programs before. I even worked out with two different trainers in the past. One was an ex NFL player and
I have not been maintaining a healthy weight, partly because of work. In addition, I gained 50 pounds with my first child, and had a hard time losing it because it was I wanted to hold my baby instead of working out! Each year during tax season, I gain, up to 15 pounds! Then I lose
I have been working out with Cathe for several years now. With Cathe and my high school aerobics teacher they both got me into loving fitness and health so much that I wanted to do it for my own job. I now just received my Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science and have been certified as
I was the opposite of most growing up. I was the skinny girl who never put on weight. I weighed 107 pounds when I graduated high school. I didn’t go straight to college, but worked full time at a fast food restaurant. When I was 19 I married my first husband and was probably around
Hopelessness, lack of energy and motivation, and depression plagued me every morning as I got dressed. My husband generously allowed me to purchase attractive clothing to accommodate my larger size, but that was only a temporary fix for my emotional state. I knew I had to loose some weight, and I knew that aside from
I have been a Cathe fan since 1997. I had been exercising at home for a couple of years and in my search for new instructors and workouts I happened across some posts about Cathe and how great her work outs were. I bought Getting in Shape for Your Wedding because I’d read it was
I’ve always been active and in good shape; I started as a dancer and in college I started running 3 miles a day with my roomates. In med school I continued running and discovered step aerobics (which I loved because it was similar to dancing). In residency, the horrible hours and lack of money made
I remember when I was a little girl going to school that when it was time for PE I always wanted to hide from my PE teacher. I was in so much pain the next day my whole little body was hurting. Now I know that the horrible feeling I had the next day was
When my husband’s job took us to Uganda, I wondered how I would stay fit. I had been a lifetime athlete and exerciser (track, basketball, and swimming), but there were no fitness clubs in rural Africa. Even running proved treacherous on the rocky, muddy roads. Rather than sprain an ankle, I looked for other options.
As a kid and teenager, I was always very active. Sports, running, and even some step aerobics kept me healthy, slim, and happy. In college, things changed! The party life commenced, I started drinking, smoking, etc. That lifestyle stayed with me for the next 10 years. When I was 27 I started to notice the
