fitness DVDs

[Anonymous]

Do they really work if used at home? and could you share which ones do you use? My goal is to loose about 4 lbs a week. I am eating healthy and drinking lots of water, by the way

[Anonymous]

10 Days To A Better Body really does work. Cindy Whitmarsh did a great job with it. It's everything the Shred was meant to be but failed at.

The Firm's 500 Calorie Workout is very good ( even though it only burned 375 calories for me).

The Biggest Loser's Cardio Max is classic.

I'm not a JM fan, but her BFBM burns lots of calories.

Cindy Whitmarsh's Incredible Abs works. For real.

And I actually do like a couple of Leslie Sansone's for days when my joints need a break. Her 5 mile challenge burns over 300 calories.

You can go to Cindy Whitmarsh's website and upload any of her workouts for free. Enlarge them to fill the entire screen of your desktop computer and you're good to go. Her Less Is More Cardio is fabulous, as is Fat Burn. She has several great strength workouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they really work if used at home? and could you share which ones do you use? My goal is to loose about 4 lbs a week. I am eating healthy and drinking lots of water, by the way

Unless you're significantly overweight, 4 pounds a week is pretty unrealistic. How much do you want to lose overall? I've been doing weight watchers for 6 weeks now and I've lost anywhere between 0 and 2.5 a week, usually averaging about 1 pound. Home DVDs definitely do work. The Jillian Michaels shred is great, as is Jackie Warner personal training.

[Anonymous]

The Shred is not great. Jillian Michaels talks out of both sides of her mouth all the time. She tells you to do a shred every day. Yet on her radio show and elsewhere she warns against working the same muscles with weights on consecutive days (which is true). Yet each shred works the same muscle groups with weights. How about that? And one shred only burns an abysmal 150 calories. The other problem with the shred is there's too much strength and not enough cardio.

Enter Cindy Whitmarsh with 10 Days To A Better Body. Each interval is one minute, alternating strength and cardio. BUT this workout is structured such that one day is only upper body resistance work, and the next day is only lower body resistance work. So you really can do it every day. It is remarkably effective both for making your legs and arms look great and for burning calories. Interval training is one of the best ways to burn a lot of calories.

4 pounds a week is an achievable goal if you eat 1300-1400 calories a day and exercise 6 days a week. I would recommend doing 10 Days every day -- it's just that good. Add to that some more cardio: Either Cindy Whitmarsh's Less Is More Cardio, or Biggest Loser's Cardio Max, or JM's BFBM, or Leslie Sansone's Five Mile Challenge.

I also take a natural supplement called fucathin. It was recommended to me by a pharmacist at the Apothecary at NIH. It has been proven in a double-blind study to enhance weight loss. Women who took it lost over 14 lbs; those on a placebo lost 3. None of them exercised. It is all natural: just a seaweed compound and pomegranite oil. It is not a stimulant nor an appetite suppressant. It's a fat burner. With no side effects. I am seeing results with it.

[Anonymous]

The Cindy Whitmarsh pusher again?!?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Shred is not great. Jillian Michaels talks out of both sides of her mouth all the time. She tells you to do a shred every day. Yet on her radio show and elsewhere she warns against working the same muscles with weights on consecutive days (which is true). Yet each shred works the same muscle groups with weights. How about that? And one shred only burns an abysmal 150 calories. The other problem with the shred is there's too much strength and not enough cardio.

Enter Cindy Whitmarsh with 10 Days To A Better Body. Each interval is one minute, alternating strength and cardio. BUT this workout is structured such that one day is only upper body resistance work, and the next day is only lower body resistance work. So you really can do it every day. It is remarkably effective both for making your legs and arms look great and for burning calories. Interval training is one of the best ways to burn a lot of calories.

4 pounds a week is an achievable goal if you eat 1300-1400 calories a day and exercise 6 days a week. I would recommend doing 10 Days every day -- it's just that good. Add to that some more cardio: Either Cindy Whitmarsh's Less Is More Cardio, or Biggest Loser's Cardio Max, or JM's BFBM, or Leslie Sansone's Five Mile Challenge.

I also take a natural supplement called fucathin. It was recommended to me by a pharmacist at the Apothecary at NIH. It has been proven in a double-blind study to enhance weight loss. Women who took it lost over 14 lbs; those on a placebo lost 3. None of them exercised. It is all natural: just a seaweed compound and pomegranite oil. It is not a stimulant nor an appetite suppressant. It's a fat burner. With no side effects. I am seeing results with it.

You're hawking diet supplements and recommending that people can lose 4 pounds a week on a very restricted calorie diet. Yeah, you're very credible. I'm going to go right now and check out the Cindy Whitmarsh workouts. Not.

[Anonymous]

What's your problem? I recommend Cindy Whitmarsh's workouts because they are very good, and I happen to know a lot about exercise, as it's been an interest of mine for a long time. How does that make me a Cindy Whitmarsh "pusher"? Everyone loves to talk about how great JM's workouts are, yet no one calls them "pushers". Personally, I couldn't care less if you don't check out her work-outs. You're only cheating yourself.

As to the diet supplements -- first I am not hawking them. I am not selling them nor benefitting from their sale. Are you familiar with the Apothecary near NIH? Their pharmacists are top-notch. Fucathin was recommended to me by a pharmacist there, who spoke to me about it for a considerable time. And it works, with no side effects, and it's natural. I couldn't care less if you don't want to avail yourself of another tool to add to your kit.

Four pounds a week is very achievable if OP puts her mind to it and is smart about her workouts. I've given her some very good advice, for no other reason than I am very knowledgeable in this area, and I am a nice person.

Good luck OP. As to the petty, pudgy, porkers: Grow up, and learn how to handle your jealousies.

[zumbamama]

exercise DVDs worked for me. Lost 60 pounds. Well, 35 of them with the DVDs. I have about 20 different dance DVD workouts.

Losing 4/wk is a bit much. It will be too easy to gain it back. Aim for 2 a week and its more likely to stay off.

[Anonymous]

Zumba: With all respect, what is your basis for this contention? As long as OP follows a tailored maintenance plan after losing weight, it really doesn't matter how fast she sheds the pounds. That it is not "healthy" to lose more than 2 pounds a week is a myth. And, contrary to what a PP said, 1300-1400 calories a day is hardly "severe" caloric restriction. If she thinks that's severe, that probably explains why she's overweight.

[zumbamama]

Anonymous wrote:Zumba: With all respect, what is your basis for this contention? As long as OP follows a tailored maintenance plan after losing weight, it really doesn't matter how fast she sheds the pounds. That it is not "healthy" to lose more than 2 pounds a week is a myth. And, contrary to what a PP said, 1300-1400 calories a day is hardly "severe" caloric restriction. If she thinks that's severe, that probably explains why she's overweight.

I'm going by what the American Council of Exercise and American Council of Sports Medicine recommends. It's possible to lose 3-4/wk, but more difficult to maintain the weight loss the faster you lose.

[Anonymous]

OK. But if OP would like to see faster results, I don't see why some posters want to discourage her, and attack me for trying to support her. Biggest Loser contestants lose much more than 4 pounds a week, and they have a higher success rate at keeping it off than WW. I would argue that being overweight is much more dangerous to your health than is losing weight at a fast clip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK. But if OP would like to see faster results, I don't see why some posters want to discourage her, and attack me for trying to support her. Biggest Loser contestants lose much more than 4 pounds a week, and they have a higher success rate at keeping it off than WW. I would argue that being overweight is much more dangerous to your health than is losing weight at a fast clip.

First of all, Biggest Loser contestants are morbidly obese, which is why they lose such huge amounts of weight weekly. You can ask anyone who is knowledgeable about fitness and weight loss and they will all tell you that that type of weekly loss is unrealistic and unsustainable. Second, I am the person who accused you of hawking supplements, and I am not, as you so creatively called me, a porky pudgey whatever. I am very fit, very active, and am 5 pounds from my weight watchers goal. So eff off. Just because someone doesn't agree with what you're hawking (cough *cathy whitmarsh* cough), doesn't mean that person is fat and miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK. But if OP would like to see faster results, I don't see why some posters want to discourage her, and attack me for trying to support her. Biggest Loser contestants lose much more than 4 pounds a week, and they have a higher success rate at keeping it off than WW. I would argue that being overweight is much more dangerous to your health than is losing weight at a fast clip.

Where do you get that BL contestants have a higher success rate than WW? From everything I have read, most of the BL contestants, including some who have won it all, gained the weight right back.

[Anonymous]

You're 5 pounds from your own goal. Who knows how the rest of us may perceive you.

Biggest Loser contestants continue to lose weight at a fast rate even once they are no longer obese. The lose weight at a fast rate until the very end. And no one has died or even gotten very sick as a result. And their success is higher than WW when it comes to keeping the weight off.

Besides, how do you know whether or not OP may be obese? Or even morbidly obese? I'm not saying that she is, but she provides no indication that she's not. So, losing 4 pounds a week may be perfectly fine for her (even though I still maintain it can work for those not morbidly obese).

Both JM and Bob Harper maintain that there is nothing dangerous about losing weight rapidly. As long as you are getting the proper nutrients, you're fine. And they are considered experts. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports has sought them as members.

And yes, absolutely: I'm getting kickbacks both from Cindy Whitmarsh and Fucathin. That's why I post here.

Meanwhile, I'm almost in a size 4, and you're 5 pounds from your WW goal, which is too fat for you. Good luck with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK. But if OP would like to see faster results, I don't see why some posters want to discourage her, and attack me for trying to support her. Biggest Loser contestants lose much more than 4 pounds a week, and they have a higher success rate at keeping it off than WW. I would argue that being overweight is much more dangerous to your health than is losing weight at a fast clip.

Where do you get that BL contestants have a higher success rate than WW? From everything I have read, most of the BL contestants, including some who have won it all, gained the weight right back.

Nooooo. Two contestants gained it back: Ryan Benson and Eric Chopin. Eric has lost much of the weight he regained -- a result of Bob Harper's reaching out to them.

JM has said on both her radio show and on Oprah that 75% of BL contestants maintain a healthy weight. So has Bob Harper. Don't like that statistic? Take it up with them, not me.