https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 02 May 2026 10:45:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-878029 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:19:58 +0000 Bree 878029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you ladies, and Angie I really just wanted to inspire others and share what helped me. I hope it can help someone else as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-878027 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:18:55 +0000 Bree 878027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@transition, Honestly they did help with my core! They flattened it pretty well. I do have some more work to do though. I mostly work on my arms and legs though. The great thing about kettlebells is they are an entire body work out. My problem is extra skin, since it was so intensely stretched during my pregnancies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877925 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:04:26 +0000 Angie 877925@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A HUGE congrats from me too!!! You look and are amazing, Bree :). WOW! Thanks for sharing your story with us. I'm sure you will continue to inspire others forever. </p> <p>p.s. Now I know what a kettleball is </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877876 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:11:51 +0000 Diana 877876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job, Bree! Your story is really inspirational. </p> <p>I've been doing cardio (elliptical) and some light weights at home (I kind of hate going to the gym, and much prefer to work out at home where nobody is watching and I have my own shower to use afterwards!) but I think I'd really like to step up the strength training. Maybe I will try kettlebells. Thanks for the info. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877775 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:55:46 +0000 Jules 877775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm all about weight/resistance training and the measuring tape. Forget the scale. I'd never tell someone to quit a cardio activity they love, but for effectively changing body shape, given limited time... weight (in which category I include kettleballs) all the way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877727 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:55:28 +0000 transition 877727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for sharing your amazing story!</p> <p>Would you say this helped with your tummy &amp; core? Even when I was thin, I was never as little as you. And now, after two kids, most people including both of my doctors say I just have to live with my very large tummy. I've lost the baby weight -- meaning I've lost the weight I put on with pregnancy, but I'd still like to lose another 20 lbs. But the biggest problem is that I still look pregnant. I see people looking at my belly and wondering. </p> <p>I want to look better, but feel helpless since so many have said there's nothing I can do; it's just the way my body is built with a very short torso. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877675 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:58:17 +0000 ramya 877675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inspirinf Bree :)<br /> Good going </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877557 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:41:42 +0000 Suz 877557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats on your weight loss! And I understand your enthusiasm for kettle bells. I love them, too. I used to do a kettle bell class. I now do cross fit which incorporates kettle bells among other movements. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877375 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:27:37 +0000 Kristin L 877375@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats Bree! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877220 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:12:20 +0000 Bree 877220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sure, the ultimate body sculpt and conditioning with kettlebells volume 1 </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877216 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:57:03 +0000 kellygirl 877216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um. I can't get the link to work. Can you provide the title of the DVD? Thanks </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877179 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:21:24 +0000 Bree 877179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also, thank you all ladies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877178 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:20:05 +0000 Bree 877178@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>To answer all of your questions, I use a 10 lb kettlebell, only one. I use only the cast iron kind, not vinyl, rubber ect. I ordered everything off of Amazon. I started with Lauren Brooks dvd, I will provide a link <a href="http://www.ontheedgefitness.com/ShopOnline/KettlebellWorkoutDVDs/tabid/110/ProductID/262/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.ontheedgefitness.co.....fault.aspx</a>... After I learned the routine, I gave it to my best friend. Now I just do my own thing and sometimes look at youtube videos as well. I think Lauren Brooks does a great job at getting a person started. I enjoyed the dvd immensely! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877164 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:58:15 +0000 Mochi 877164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bree, that is an amazing and inspiring story. You look beautiful and so does your family. I have taken only a few KB classes (with an instructor) but I'm fully aware that when you've done a workout, you KNOW it. Your whole body gets sore and tired, in a good way. </p> <p>I was just on amazon and see a bunch of Lauren Brooks's DVDs. Do you use them all? Any particular ones you'd recommend over others? Do you think she is good at teaching you the principles of form and technique when you start? </p> <p>Thanks for detailing your story. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877114 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:52:15 +0000 kellygirl 877114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations. You look amazing and so happy! I'd love some information on the dvd you use and the weight of kettlebells. I'm thinking DD's and I can incorporate this into our summer work out (I've read that correct form is very important.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877110 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:47:47 +0000 Mo 877110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you! Being healthy is the best feeling.<br /> My BF is also in fabulous shape in his 50's and does not do cardio. He lifts weights regularly for many years now (and when we didn't have weights one time in FL, he'd walk on his hands, do dips on a chair etc.)<br /> His only cardio is incidental if we go play together - ride bikes, tennis, snowboard, etc. He can't fathom that I run, and like it lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877106 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:45:45 +0000 Raisin 877106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bree you look beautiful at all sizes! I'm impressed by your story and happy that you're now happy and healthy, and feel good about yourself. Very inspiring story! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877097 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:40:41 +0000 Marlene1 877097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inspiring! How heavy is your kettlebell? And what weight of kettlebell did you start with? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877055 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:37:37 +0000 Bree 877055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is my best friend Erika, the one I told about the kettlebell. She started using it and lost a lot of weight and toned up as well </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877038 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:16:18 +0000 Anonymous 877038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Who is the person in pics 27-30? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877031 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:12:21 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 877031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bree - great job! I'm so glad that you found something that worked for you. You and your family are beautiful. I am always in awe of moms with multiple kiddos who manage to keep fit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/my-weight-loss-success-story#post-877024 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:59:25 +0000 Bree 877024@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been meaning to post this for a few days now. I have just been so busy with school and the kids. I am finally done with this semester and have some extra free time now.. From picture 15 on is when I started getting thinner. I also decided to dye my hair.</p> <p> So, my story goes like this. When I was a child I was very skinny, almost to the point of non- existent. I was tiny too! I was the shortest, thinnest and most petite. Then in my teen years, I filled out some, but was a very healthy kind of thin. After marriage and my first child, things just went down hill from there. I got so big during my pregnancy, I was so miserable! After my daughter was born, I was about 35 lbs over weight and hopeless. I was pretty depressed.</p> <p> After almost 2 years, I finally lost most of my baby weight and then got preggo again. By then, I had just decided to give up any hope of ever looking like I did before pregnancy. After my 2nd child my hubby had started doing something for the Air Force, called kettlebell training. He had really started to look amazingly fit! He was always skinny, but started looking very toned as well. I asked him about it and he told me. I thought, no thanks, that seems way too hard!!!</p> <p> So, we moved to Mo, I was pregnant with my 3rd child and I kind of just forgot about the whole thing. After my 3rd child was born, I decided that I was tired of feeling bad about myself and I decided to do something about it. At first, I tried Sweating to the Oldies ( the Richard Simmons) workout. I had always loved oldies and grew up with them. I actually did start dropping some weight. I lost about 10 lbs in a few months. However, I wasn't seeing any toning of my muscles. I continued doing it anyways, because it was fun and I felt like I was doing something good for myself. I did that off and on for about 2 yrs and got pregnant again. </p> <p> Then, we moved to New York and I had just given birth to my fourth child. While there I was doing some research online and I looked up the kettlebell just for the heck of it. I studied the origin, the use for it and the supposed results. To say I was impressed would have been an understatement. I mean I had tried Sweating to The Oldies for a couple yrs and didn't really see the results I was looking for. Then, I found a website by a mother who was a kettlebell trainer. Her name was Lauren Brooks.</p> <p> I decided to order my kettlebell and dvd right away. When I finally got it, I was so excited! I put on the dvd and tried it for the first time. OMG, I thought I was dying! It was so hard and tiring. I felt like every muscle in my body was hurting. I still decided to stick with it. After a month I weighed myself. To my dismay, I had actually gained two pounds. I was devastated! Another gimic for weight loss, another disappointment and waste of money. I told my husband and let him know how depressed I was over buying into another farce. I pretty much blamed him. </p> <p> That's when he told me, “Bree, look at your body in the mirror, you don't see a difference”? I looked in the mirror at my body up and down a few times looking for what he was seeing (thinking he was just trying to make light of the situation) and to my surprise, I actually could see my waist again. He informed me that muscle weighs more than fat and that was where the extra pounds were coming from.</p> <p> I measured my waist with a tape measure that night. I was happy to see my waist was a 31. It meant that I was gaining muscle weight, but losing inches, which was better to me! So, naturally I stuck with it and by six months the transformation of my body was amazing! I was down to 105 lbs and my waist was a 26.... I hadn't been that thin or fit since pre pregnancy of my first child. I could finally see my body again and wasn't ashamed of myself anymore. I immediately started telling everyone about my new found success and story. I told my best friend first, as she had just had her first child and was dealing with the same thing. After about six months, her transformation was amazing as well. She sent me before and after pics, as she lives in California and I was living in New York at the time. I couldn't believe it! She looked so great and was so happy I shared the kettlebell with her. She still looks great to this day and works out as well. </p> <p> I have been doing the kettlebell for about 5 yrs now and will never do anything else! I don't run, walk, cardio, swim, nothing... I only use a kettlebell for about 15-20 mins 3-4 xs a week. The best part, it's all in the comfort of my own home. I even worked out this last 5th pregnancy and looked wonderful for the first time while being pregnant. I only had about 15 lbs as opposed to 35 to lose this time around . After 7mos I was and am still down to pre pregnancy size. I feel wonderful and I'm loving life again! </p> <p> I'm not going to say that sticking with it was easy, because that’s a lie. It was hard, tiring and many times I wanted to give up. It took real discipline and determination to be successful. This story is not one of those, I lost weight and it was so easy stories. It was the hardest thing I ever did, but the end result was so worth it! I will say, I also eat smaller portions now. I still have ice-cream and chips occasionally, but I do eat a lot more healthy than ever before. I finally feel like me again and want to share the good news with everyone. Maybe my story can help someone as well. I also noticed in these pics, my arms got significantly smaller, as did my lower legs. I will post pics in order from my heavier times to now. I will also post a before and after pic of my best friend. </p>