dthomforde
Member
I have struggled with my weight for my entire life (I am soon to be 48 years old). After numerous diets (I have lost and gained the same 50 lbs at least a 1,000 times), endless, boring cardio routines that hurt my back and knees due to the excessive amount of weight that I was carrying around - at 294 lbs., I decided to have the lapband surgery.
It's been 4 years since the surgery. Although I've worked out with the old Firm Workouts prior to that, I had started to add Cathe tapes to my collection, but could only get through about 20 mins of those!!! Tough, tough, tough! I am 5'8", and today, I now weigh in at 158 lbs! I cannot contribut this amount of weight loss to the surgery alone. I would say that 60% of my success is due to Cathe and her workouts. I am loyal follower of Cathe and rarely use other workouts. Her workouts are tough and continue to challenge me every time that I do them. Cathe and her staff motivate me to perform the best that I can. Never in my life could I do an "on your toes" pushup. Thanks to Cathe, I sure can now (I still haven't mastered those stability ball pikes, but that is a goal as well).
People tell me that I have "Michelle Obama" arms, and want to know how to get those arms. I always reply "you can do it with Cathe workouts!"
Today, I'm in better health than I was as a teenager. I can actually do things that I never thought I could do. Where I use to have fear in trying anything physically challenging, that fear is gone forever. In addition to my surgical team, I owe Cathe a huge thank you. She has helped me in saving my life from the misery of obesity and all of the health complications that it can cause. And (and this makes me smile to myself) - I can do circles around some of those twenty somethings!!!!!
It's been 4 years since the surgery. Although I've worked out with the old Firm Workouts prior to that, I had started to add Cathe tapes to my collection, but could only get through about 20 mins of those!!! Tough, tough, tough! I am 5'8", and today, I now weigh in at 158 lbs! I cannot contribut this amount of weight loss to the surgery alone. I would say that 60% of my success is due to Cathe and her workouts. I am loyal follower of Cathe and rarely use other workouts. Her workouts are tough and continue to challenge me every time that I do them. Cathe and her staff motivate me to perform the best that I can. Never in my life could I do an "on your toes" pushup. Thanks to Cathe, I sure can now (I still haven't mastered those stability ball pikes, but that is a goal as well).
People tell me that I have "Michelle Obama" arms, and want to know how to get those arms. I always reply "you can do it with Cathe workouts!"
Today, I'm in better health than I was as a teenager. I can actually do things that I never thought I could do. Where I use to have fear in trying anything physically challenging, that fear is gone forever. In addition to my surgical team, I owe Cathe a huge thank you. She has helped me in saving my life from the misery of obesity and all of the health complications that it can cause. And (and this makes me smile to myself) - I can do circles around some of those twenty somethings!!!!!
