Fitness Friday: ShapelyGirl Fitness

ShapelyGirl Fitness

For the month of October I am reviewing ShapelyGirl Fitness workout DVD. 

This is what I am committing to

- use the WHOLE DVD {Let's Get Moving - low impact cardio}3 times a week.  {How fitting that Hubs plays tennis 3 nights a week.}
- Update you once a week. {I will be updating you on Fridays}

So I figured I would start out by sharing some stuff with ya.

I have been overweight most of my life.  In college I got mono and was exercising ALL THE TIME!  I walked to class, I lived on the 2nd or 3rd floor of my building for 4 years.  I lost 75 pounds.  I went from a 225 to 150, a small 22 to a 10.  I graduated from college and moved back home.  I started to put the weight back on.  I moved to Ohio a year after I graduated and I had put on 15 pounds.  Well, after living here for 11 years I have put it all back on and then some.  When I got pregnant with Little Miss I weighed in at 252 pounds!  After having her I was down to 232.  I know what you lost weight being pregnant?  If you were that sick you would have lost that much weight too!  I started working out, eating more protein, and drinking more water.  I was down to 227 and then I got pregnant with Little Mister.  While I was pregnant I was obsessed with my weight, I didn't want to go over my "buffer zone" of 252.  I got close, but after having him I was up some, 247.  Chasing these two around for almost a year I have dropped 10 pounds.  So I am starting this review at 237 pounds. 

Most recent picture.  Just happened
to also be our 5th anniversary on the 15th.

I took it a step further.  I am also going to share with you the inches. 
Biceps - non flexed 14 3/4
Thigh - 26
Hips - 49
Waist - 47 1/2
Band-with - 40 3/4
Bust - 47 1/2
Size - large 18.  (That means most 20's are too big and most 18's are a little tight.)

Why ShapelyGirl Fitness?  It's geared to us "big" gals. Okay, what society considers big.  Debra Mazda started ShapelyGirl Fitness at 310 pounds and she now is a 12, 165 pounds.  For fashion standards she would be considered plus size.  ShapelyGirl Fitness just wants you to get up and get moving.  It will change your life.

Okay, so it is targeted to real women and that is a plus, not just plus-size.  The bigger reason for me - I won't have to rush around to get to the gym and get home so Hubs can get there on time.  Our evenings are just too rushed.  This will give me a much better option.  I will be healthier and happier for my husband and my kids. 

I read on Facebook "It takes 4 weeks of fitness to see a change in yourself, 4 more weeks for those close to you to see it, and 4 more weeks for others to see it."  These 4 weeks are for me.  It also takes 21 days to start a new habit, so by the end of the review hopefully working out will be a habit that I can stick with.  I think being able to do it at home will be the best part about it.  And being connected to the other 27 women I am working out with.