Hi Leyla VI! I'm happy you responded back to my comment. Good job on your initial weight loss! Don't get discouraged. If you follow the program as written, it really does work, it's just a difficult program to follow sometimes. I'm sure lack of sleep can be an obstacle. Weighing and measuring your food is a great tool. I know for myself I did it for the first couple of months, then I had a pretty good perception of what the amount looked like. I did however weigh and measure every now and then to make sure I wasn't getting off track. Honestly, I kind of have to be my own cheerleader. I don't have much support. My kids love me just as I am, fat and all, and my other family either has just accepted me fat or feeds into the fat. I have a lot of sabotagers in my family, unfortunately, some unknowingly. I found that experimenting with a lot of different seasonings and spices really helped with the blandness, but I'm not a big salt person. Pepper is a different story! lol My kids joke that I will pepper anything that doesn't walk away. I use cayenne on my proteins, and always add some sort of seasonings to all my veggies and some of my carbs. The CD's did very little for me. My motivation came from googling success stories of people who have lost a lot of weight on the program, especially those who lost over 100 pounds. Maybe you can try that if it helps? I'm cooking up my food tomorrow so I can go ahead and get started tomorrow. I'm actually looking forward to it! :P

Happy belated Thanksgiving- well, I have been trying to keep up with the posts and AnnieB, your results are great! Good for you!!! I read my original post and I made an error, at 3 weeks I had lost 15 pounds. Well, I got off the plan due to a trip to Paris (no way I am giving up wine, cheese and chocolate when I am in the good food capital). But I am back on the palan and it feels great to see the scale moving again. 18 down and only 30 more pounds to go. We are snowed in here and I am fighting the urge to eat warm, comfort foods! So I am off to make some tuna! If anyone has some good recipes, I would love to see them! Thanks!

Hello all Sounds like you are seeing some good results! I have had the program for awhile but never used it! I am starting it monday! I just started a club over at yahoo for people using this program or interested in using it! If anyone wants to check it out email me at hdf_73@yahoo.com for the link or lookin yahoo clubs under health& wellness>health&fitness>weight loss>MThurmond Bodymakeover club

Anele, use both a 5 pound & 10 pound weight to start out with, and just be mindful of any strain or difficulty. If you can only do a few reps with the 10, that's okay. The strength & endurance will come. Better to focus on technique at first anyway. 5 pounds will quickly become way too light very soon, whereas you can use a 10 pounder for quite a long time while you are mastering different moves. I vary between 18 to 25, just moved to a 35 for the first time, went on vacation & am back down to the lower weights (darn!). But I still use a 12 pound bell for some exercises I don't have the flexibility for, like windmills. Turkish get ups are excellent! It uses all your muscle groups and will get your heart rate up, up, up. I hate the TGU, but it is a great exercise! My instructor can do it with a 54 pound bell or two 25 pound bells. Amazing to see. I struggle mightily with an 18 pound bell. My kbell group is on our own now that our instructor is on vacation. We tried some kbell workouts from Lauren Brooks' book, "Kettlebells for Women,", and were really impressed. Short but thorough workouts. We were cooked after 20 minutes. Kettlebells for Women by Lauren Brooks Her beginner videos look very good too, except I see she does an overhead swing. Madame Kettlebells says absolutely do not do that -- too prone to shoulder injury. Here is a link that might be useful: technique demonstrations by Lauren Brooks This post was edited by awm03 on Tue, Jul 1, 14 at 18:36