hey connie,
there's a super fit member named Debbie that has been putting out a lot of cool rotations monthly, just like Cathe. I did some searching one day, saw that a lot of people have had results with her rotations, and thought i'd try one for myself. The Get Ready For Summer one (which is definitely on the Video Rotations forum -- will definitely come up in a search) caught my eye one day because A) I have most of the DVDs and B) it just seems perfect for what i mostly want to do now --burn more fat and sculpt upper body.
i have to say that i'm amazed myself at the weight loss. people had been commenting for months about the incredible change in me, but i tell you it really didn't sink in until i started putting on clothes that were always tight, and then they started hanging off of me!! Soo unreal. I mean when I got pregnant, I was already atleast 50 pounds overweight, but I'm tall (5'10") so I carry it pretty well. Even so, I was never really happy with myself. Then I gained another 30 pounds on top of everything with the pregnancy. Now 30 pounds gained with a preganancy, is actually good compared to some stories i've heard, but you take a girl who was already overweight and add 30 pounds and boy do you have an unhappy girl. don't get me wrong, my beautiful baby boy is the absolute love of my life. but i'd be lying if i said my self esteem wasn't in the crapper after he was born.
soooo.... here's how it started. and just to update you, i called the doctor's office yesterday because i wanted to be sure. As of today, i've actually lost 75 pounds since the day I gave birth. Sooo hard to believe. Anyway, I've gotta attribute atleast 30 pounds of that weight loss to just breastfeeding. In the weeks after giving birth, as any of you mommies out there know, it was all about the baby, and just getting adjusted to this brand new life. I really didn't care about what I ate. I breastfed for 4 mos. and had lost about 35 pounds just doing that. And of course DS weighed 8 pounds 7 oz, so I have to count him too. But once I stopped breastfeeding, i knew i'd have to run a tighter ship. i'd heard from too many mommies how the weight came creeping back on once they stopped breastfeeding. So I started upping the anti on my workouts and following Weight Watchers, which had worked for me in the past, but i kept falling off the wagon. I managed to drop another 15 pounds doing that. I was smaller, yes, but still wasn't seeing definition like I wanted.
Then DH, who was doin his own muscle building workout, suggested we try something low carb as a team. I did some research online and South Beach diet seemed to make sense to me. Not as unrealistic as Atkins (at least in my opinion) and more carb- restricting than Weight Watchers, which is what I needed. It's been just under 2 mos. since I started South Beach, and as of yesterday, i've lost another 25 pounds, making total weight loss since the birthday of DS a whopping 75 pounds.
if you want to learn more, you can get the book pretty cheaply at Walmart, or get a 1 week free membership at their website - southbeachdiet.com. It's not the easiest thing to do first off, especially if you are a carb addict like I was. But soon, it gets easier, and your cravings will diminish. And the buddy system works wonders. It's not easy changing your eating habits if everyone around you is not. Anyway, every one's body is different, and so i'm a firm believer that not everything works for everybody. But for me, it's been the answer. No matter how hard I worked out withe Cathe before, i never saw true changes until I got serious about my eating. I hope it works for you too! I'm not quite at goal yet, but when i get there, i'll be sure to post b4 and after pix.
Good luck!
