Billy Blanks Tae Bo Amped (DVD, 2007)

Mother of FIVE here, telling you that if you want a fat burning work out that gives you Results you can SEE just after two weeks!, Then this is the DVD workout set for you!!!!

I "found" Billy after my third pregnancy, when it was starting to get harder to get back into shape after having a baby. My eating habits never really changed at all, so there wasn't much I could do there as far as "dieting" went. Sure, I could get Skim milk instead of 2%, and I could eat whole wheat bread instead of white...but that really doesn't do much in the form of visual on the body. Sure you may lose a pant size...but big whoop, if your trying to simply be able to look in the mirror and smile!

My first Tae Bo set was very basic movements. (That kicked my butt!) But after doing them for so long, I got pretty use to it! Which was just fine with me, because I was able to fit into my pre-pregnant jeans again!

Another child later, I needed something more. So I purchased one of his more advanced workouts. Its never easy getting past that 10 minute mark at first, but that's ok! Like Billy always says: "Don't give up!!!" I would simply do whatever I could, be it 10 min's or 12. And then stop, until the next time. After two or three days of that, I would go for five more extra min.'s, or longer if I possibly could. Until I would finally be able to finish the tape! I can't tell you how good it feels to be able to actually finish a tape! Even if you do have to pause every now and then for a break or some water. But DON'T GIVE UP! ^_^

So here I was, after child number five, a year later, and still unable to fit into my pre-pregnant pants! :( So I decided, that once again, it was time for yet another Tae Bo workout! But I wanted something BIG! Something to really burn those calories and fat right off of me!

And if I had to sum this set up in one word, it would be: WOW!!!!

This is just what I needed! The bar really gives you the extra "umph" you've been needing! And you really start to sweat! I mean, REALLY Sweat!!! Which is GOOD! That's how you know your burning all those calories away! Sure, I would sweat with the other workouts, but I've never sweated this much from a Tae Bo workout before! Its crazy Wonderful!

Believe it or not, one of the things that really helps me get through a set, is when Billy starts saying things like: "Don't give up!, Your almost there!, Finish the set!, Dig Deep!, You gatta give some to get some!" ^_^ I LOVE That! If he didn't say things like that, I know more then half the time I would just stop for a rest! But hearing him "cheer" me on, makes me want to finish it! I just keep picturing my "perfect" body, that I want so bad! And so I work for it!

This also may be funny, but another thing that helps me get through a rough set, is imagining that chocolate chip cookie, I just got finished eating. I imagine beating it from side to side with the bar, crumbling it to nothing-ness, as if the bar is helping my body to look like I never ate it! ::Shh...no one will ever know you still enjoy junk food, if your working it off!!:: lol!!!

And now, just two weeks into it, my stomach is getting flatter, my arms are CRAZY Toned!!!! I can't wait to see how they look after week four! Seriously, My arms look GREAT! The flab is all going away! I'm so siked that my arms look so good! I know my stomach will take longer simply because of all the "baby fat" on it. BUT I WON'T GIVE UP! U Can Do it 2!