Brazil Butt Lift Has Arrived! Anyone Else Doing It?

Matiara

Just when I was on the verge of marching into my local post office and demanding my package, Brazil Butt Lift arrived yesterday. I'm not starting until Sunday, but I watched all of the workouts with the exception of Sculpt yesterday. It looks like hard work, but I'm looking forward to it. I actually did 5 minutes of Tummy Tuck and *really* felt it. I'm a little sore in the abs today.

I wish that all of the workouts were filmed on the beach entirely. I've found that with workout DVDs, the brighter and happier the background, the better it is for my morale. However, that is my only complaint (if it could even be called such). The nutrition guide has some nice recipes that I've incorporated into my dinner menu for next week.

For those who don't know my sad story, my body gains muscle easily, even moreso when I use weights of any size. My butt was absolutely fine, but I got bored with my routine and changed up from doing my lower body workout videos that were 75% mat work/25% squats and lunges to Exercise TV routines that were 95% weighted squats and lunges/5% mat work. It made my butt bigger, which I did not want. I just wanted to maintain while doing something new. I'm tall and with my long limbs, my butt now looks like I'm carrying a basketball in my jeans. Very disproportionate from the rest of me.

I knew that to undo the "damage", I needed to go back to a routine similar to my old one, but since being bored with my old mat videos is what led to the change in the first place, I still wanted to try something new, I orderd BBL because it seems to be exactly what I'm looking for and I've heard almost nothing but good things about Beachbody products. Hopefully, my bum will be looking better than ever when the shirtsleeve weather arrives and I can't hide it under my jacket anymore.

SunLove8

Hope it works for you! I'm interested on seeing how effective the work out is!

SunLovin1

StillSossy is doing that one...she loves it. She's the only one I know who is though, sorry!

muffintopminx

I'm about to start Turbo Fire but I thought maybe after that I'd try Brazilian Butt Lift. Would love to follow you progress on it though.
Good luck!

alecta337

Sossy got me doing it,

I It!!!

I got bored after two months, but then again I have a short attention span, I plan to go back to it as soon as I finish turbojam

I saw results even within the short time I did it. My thighs are smaller and butt is rounder. I have always had a large butt, and I love it, i just wanted it rounder and less jiggly. Its very nice now =]

Angie80281

I have it, but I'm working my way through Insanity before I start this one. I've still got another six weeks to go, but I'm looking forward to it. I've heard great things about it. Good luck!

purrteetea

i just do a few repetitions of donkey kicks before bed...works for me :happy:

TJtastic

To those of you who have tried BBL --- is there a lot of jumping? I have knee issues and can't do a lot of jumping or running. Not suppose to do lunges or squats but I do - that doesn't bother me quite as bad. I bought the 30 days Shred video and did 10 minutes of it and it about killed me. Now I'm hesitant to buy videos without getting several inputs first.
Interested to know how it is....

AmyQwith2

i really, really want to do it! i have another week to go in insanity and then doing p90x...then that's next up on my list!

Matiara

I'll be sure to keep everyone apprised of my progress. I'll also try to keep up with my food log. That's a challenge for me.

I have Hip Hop Abs on hold at my local library. They have 8 copies and I'm around #40 in line, so I"m hoping that I'll be number one once I get done with two rounds of BBL. After that, I want to try Turbo Jam, Turbo Fire, Rockin, Body, and possibly Zumba. With all of that and the hybrid combinations, I guess I"m set for the next couple of years or so.

I have reached my goal body three times in the past four years and then completely lost my motivation due to boredom and apathy. Then, my clothes start to get tight and I get motivated all over again. I don't want that to happen this time. I want to reach my goal and *stay* there and I figure that having a shiny new toy every few months will help to keep me motivated.

Matiara

So, I started yesterday. Here are my stats:

Chest 37 (1 inch from goal!)
Bust 41 (2-3 inches from goal)
Waist 31.5 (5-6 inches from goal)
Lower Abs 35.25 (down from near 41 in January!)
Hips 40.25 (ugh - 4 inches from goal)
R Thigh 20.5 (1 inch from goal)
L Thigh 21.5 (1 inch from goal)

Weight 170

I'm doing the "Too Big" schedule (obviously) and the workouts for yesterday were Booty Basics and Bum Bum.

Booty Basics is just a 15 minute demonstration of some of the more complicated moves. I don't think that doing it along with the model is absolutely necessary, but I did it anyway. The first day is the one and only time that Booty Basics is on the calendar.

Bum Bum kicked my butt, no pun intended. It's 30 minutes and by minute 10, my heart rate was at its max and I had to back off a little. By minute 15, my sweat was dripping on the floor and I thought that I"d ordered Insanity by mistake and Leandro was Shaun T in a clever disguise. When it was done, I was so spent that I had to sit for a few minutes and was actually nauseated. I drank a glass of chocolate milk and started to feel better about 10 minutes later. The endorphin rush after I cooled down was quite nice.

I'm a little sore today on the sides of my hips and the backs of my thighs. It's noticeable, but not overwhelming. I've been doing a lot of kickboxing based workouts lately and a lot of the moves are similar to Bum Bum. So while it was a shock to my muscles, it wasn't a major one.

Today's schedule is Cardio Axe and High & Tight. Cardio Axe may just kill my uncoordinated self, but as long as I'm moving and sweating, I think I'll be good. From what I remember from my advance viewing of H&T last week, there is a lot of floor work and I should be quite sore tomorrow. Bring it on!

Matiara

I've only done one workout so far and there is some jumping. I too have bad knees, as well as a second floor apartment, and I just followed the modifier on the jumpy parts. You have to know your own limits and not risk injuring yourself just to keep up with the uberfits on the video. My knees aren't bothering me today and it was still a heck of a workout.

Matiara

So, Day 2

Cardio Axe was a challenge. I'm not the most coordinated person in the world and I leery of doing it, but I've decided not to be afraid of dance cardio anymore and to do the best I can. I had a few stumbles here and there and had to rewind a couple of times, but once I learned the sequence of moves and stopped looking at the TV, I did much better. Trying to mimic them instead of doing my own thing was messing me up and once I just went by the counts in my head and the verbal cues, the choreo wasn't intimidating at all. I'm sure once I've done it a few times I'll be an old hat at it. I believe it's on the schedule again today and I'm actually looking forward to it.

I'm disturbingly good at the Samba Tornado. It was really fun and I didn't want to stop doing them. I even did a couple while I was waiting for High & Tight, which is on a different DVD, to load in my player. It really brought out my inner hootchie, which was, again, disturbing.

As a workout, it was very good. I didn't sweat as much as I did with Bum Bum, but I still looked as if I had just gotten out of the shower and it was a respectable cardio session.

Next was High & Tight. Oh my goodness. After doing that workout once, I will say that if I do it the 2-3 times per week on the schedule and don't see results, then there is something wrong with my body. The standing exercises were challenging, but not horrible. However, the floor exercises literally brought tears to my eyes and that was without equipment. Per the schedule, I'm supposed to use the exercise band and ankle weights next week. I'm going to hang my cutest summer dress in my sightline during the workout for motivation.

It really hit those muscles that I haven't been working with squats and lunges and made me realize how one dimensional my leg workouts have been. I appreciate that there's a section that focuses on the inner thighs. I've found that to be a neglected area in a lot of the lower body workouts that I've done.

On to day 3. I believe the schedule calls for Cardio Axe *and* Bum Bum. Mercy.

Liliasmama

Mine is in the mail on its way to me! I am almost into phase 3 of P90x and am excited to do this either in phase 3, or right after phase 3! Keep it up, can't wait to hear your results!

Matiara

Day 3 was indeed Cardio Axe and Bum Bum. I am so sore today.

I did Cardio Axe first. I was much better at the choreo yesterday and I sweat a lot more. About five minutes in, I took my shoes off because I was getting frustrated trying to do turns on my carpet and that made it so much easier. I really picked it up after that.

I put my shoes back on for Bum Bum. It's going to be the workout that I love to hate. Granted I haven't done Tummy Tuck or Sculpt yet, but Bum Bum kills me. Although, there a hip/shoulder shaking part where Leandro says, "Touch your body. Feel yourself." and I laugh because I'm 12.

Today is a rest day and I'm gladly taking it.

Matiara

So, I owe a week's worth of updates.

I have a slight correction to make. It's in Cardio Axe when Leandro utters the giggle inducing lines.

Anyway. I did Sculpt for the first time on Sunday and hated it. I didn't hate it because it's a bad workout. I hated it because the lower body portion is hard. It was on the schedule three times this week and I noticed that my hatred for it is all but gone. It's scary how quickly my body adapted to the workout. I'm using 5 pound weights and I think I will move up next week because the upper body portion isn't challenging with them.

I added the exercise band and ankle weights to High & Tight this week and "Boy, howdy!" My lower body is stronger than I gave it credit for though, because I got through it without dying.

Cardio Axe is the one that I look forward to the most. If someone had told me that would be my opinion, I would have laughed because I considered myself uncoordinated. I have the routine down now and there's no more tripping over my feet. I also sweat like I'm doing Insanity during it. I've read reviews where people say that CA didn't even make them break a sweat. They must be in *tremendous* shape.

OTOH, I still don't care for Bum Bum. It feels the longest though it's only half an hour. However, it's part of the program and I'm sticking to the schedule as it is written. I can't gauge the effectiveness of the program fairly if I make omissions and substitutions. Thankfully, Bum Bum is only once a week.

The most exciting thing is that I'm starting to see results. I'm trying to wait until day 30 before I weigh and measure myself, so my observations are basically from my eyes and my clothes. My saddlebags are already 99% gone and my jeans slid on like butter last Friday, which was day 6. On Wednesday, I tried on my most unforgiving skirts, the ones that are A line and/or don't have any elastic in the waistbands to speak of. Each and every one got on much easier than the last time I wore them, which was in April. I actually had room between my butt, thighs, and the fabric. I couldn't believe it.

Sorry in advance for the TMI, but today, I'm extremely bloated from PMS and wearing jeans because Fridays are casual at my office. My jeans feel a little tighter than they did last week (obviously), but they are still comfortable. Usually the waistband digs into my stomach when I'm bloated and that is not the case today. I have room.

I can't wait to see my 30 day results!

muffintopminx

Way to go on getting such visible results so far!!!
Wow - I am definitely thinking about getting this after reading your update. Gotta get through 10 more weeks of TurboFire first though. Weeeeeeeeeeeee

andreamichelle82

I"m bumping this to follow your results - I just received my copy yesterday, and a started Day One last night! Cardio Axe tonight!

andreamichelle82

Martiara, I hope you post some more of your results! I've done two workouts so far, and have Bum Bum again tonight. I did Cardio Axe last night as well as the Ab workout, and they were tough. The Cardio was tough to keep up with since i am not a dancer, and the ab one was just rough! I feel good after them, though.

littlemissanguissette

I am definitely going to try to find this one to download!

Improvised

I reeeaally want to buy it, but am making myself "work for it." When my little bunny on the ticker reaches 5000 workout minutes, I'm so going to buy it!

Matiara

Sorry for the sporadic updates. It's my intent to update every day or two, but then life happens.

So, I"m on week three now. I did Sculpt on Monday and yesterday. Though I didn't mind it at first, I've changed my mind. It has replaced Bum Bum as my least favorite. Maybe it's because Sculpt is three times per week on my routine and Bum Bum is less frequent. Scupt is 47 minutes. Three of that is warmup, followed by about 20+ minutes of upper body and compound upper/lower exercises, followed by about 15 minutes of floor work for chest, abs, and back, then a six minute cooldown. It honestly bores me to tears, but I do it because I want to follow the program faithfully.

Now, I haven't done Bum Bum since last week and it's on the schedule for tomorrow, so maybe I"ll change my mind again after the refresher.

I can do Cardio Axe in my sleep now. It doesn't bore me and still makes me sweat buckets. I always do it barefoot because a) going shoeless helps my coordination and b) I live in a second floor apartment and it's less noise over my neighbors.

Tummy Tuck is also on deck tomorrow for the first time since week one when it kicked my butt and took names. I'm looking forward to the rematch and refuse to let it defeat me this time.

High & Tight is the devil. Thinking of my results is what keeps me going through that workout. Oddly, it's my second favorite behind Cardio Axe.

Next week *realy* mixes it up and I"m looking forward to that. It's been pretty much alternating Cardio Axe/High & Tight and Sculpt with Bum Bum thrown in once last week and this week. Changing up the order and doing different combos will wake my brain, and probably my body, up.

My results are truly amazing. I was prepared, not to be disappointed by my results, but to not expect the dramatic changes described on the informercial. To actually get the results is awesome. I had a hair appointment this past Saturday and people in the salon were remarking on how toned I looked and asked what I was doing. This feedback provides proof to me of a sort. Though I see myself shrinking and my clothes are looser, having validation from people who aren't aware of what I'm doing "proves" it. I'm sure you understand what I mean.

Here's another thing to add to the results front. The "penny test" was not an issue for me. My butt was not very saggy, it was just larger than I wanted. I had a crease where my butt meets my thigh, but it was too shallow to hold a pencil. Now, it's pretty much gone altogether. For the past few days, I've been looking at my butt in the mirror and scrutinizing that area like the creases being gone is a hallucination and I'm expecting them to reappear. The proof is right there in front of me, but it's like it's too good to be true.

The only negative I have is the exercise band. Either I'm stronger than I think or it's flimsy. The resistance it provides is fine, but I don't think it will last more than two or three more workouts for me. I saw two tiny holes in it when I did H&T on Tuesday, so I will be purchasing some real bands this weekend. It came free with the program, so I guess you get what you pay for.

Jellyphant

Question, how much does this workout kit cost? And does it involve alot of jumping, floor pounding workouts?

phenomeva

I got the videos but I've only done it two nights. I'm away too much of a beginner to keep up with it. I had to do physical therapy with my knee and I'm feeling groovy but I want to build up my knees some more... I'll give it another try in a month lol. Best of luck to you though!

Oh and Matiara grats on the pencil test! I hope I get to the point where the pencil doesn't get stuck

andreamichelle82

Jelly, It was $60 for me from Amazon. And it is a lot of knee work - lots of squats and dancing.

Matiara, Great job so far with your results! I am on week two now, and am feeling it! I have trouble keeping up with Bum Bum and Tummy Tuck killed!!! I like it so far, though! I did Sculpt last night for the first time, and am not sure how I feel about it yet. I used 3 lb weights so I could learn the moves, but my arms weren't challenged enough, so maybe I just need to use heavier ones. Tonight I have High & Tight and Tummy Tuck, and am trying to decide if I need to do some Cardio as well. On the days I have just had Bum Bum I ran a mile, too, cause I am trying to drop a couple of pounds to look good in a bathing suit this weekend. (Eek only 5 days to go!!!)

As far as results go, I stayed the same weight this week, but I've dropped a half an inch in my waist and 3/4 of an inch around my stomach at my belly button. So no weight results, but dropping inches is good with me!!! My husband says my bum bum looks tighter already, too! I'm excited to see what my results are in 3 more weeks of this!

Matiara

This week overall did not go too well for me. Tough slog at work + lack of sleep+ missing two workouts+ questionable eating choices= unhappy Matiara. However, the week wasn't a *total* bust.

The Tummy Tuck rematch went well. I told myself I would do at least five of everything and once I did five, I would negotiate with my body to do five more, then two more. Doing that enabled me to finish a lot of the sets. I don't know why psyching myself out that way works, but it does.

I had Cardio Axe and Bum Bum yesterday. I always do CA barefoot, but wear shoes for Bum Bum. I must have been distracted or something and forgot to put my shoes on before I started Bum Bum. It was so much better. Usually when I do it, I have a hard time balancing and I can't get through more than a few reps of most of the exercises without pausing the tape several times. Without shoes, I was able to get through most set, balance better, and most importantly keep my heart rate up. I may do that one shoeless from now on as well.

I'm on staycation next week, so that will give me time to catch up on sleep, get my head together, and get my eating and exercise back on track. I don't want to sabotage all of the hard work I've done.

o0candiii0o

i'm starting this on monday. it was exciting to read your updates and i can't wait to start!

Matiara

Well, back to work.

So here's a funny thing. I ate very well when I was home, as clean as I have in a while. Lots of fruits and veggies and less carbs than usual. I also didn't miss a workout. I went to JC Penney on Friday and was trying on shorts and I have gone down a size from a 12 to a 10! Thing is, the scale registers a +2 from my start weight. Being a typical human, my mind is focusing on the two pound weight gain instead of the loss in clothing size. I know losing the size is more indicative of my results, but 170 has become a psychological barrier and it would be a mental boost to just get below it, if only by a pound or two.

I read in a lot of reviews before purchasing BBL that while people lost inches and sizes, they didn't lose a lot of weight. There are three weeks to go before the end of the prescribed program and I don't want to pass that judgement on myself until I get to the end, but it looks like I'm trending that way. We'll see.

Ironically, my upper body is what's looking the most fabulous at this point. Despite the little hiccup today, Seattle has finally decided to flip over to warm weather and I wore tank tops when I was out this past weekend. Now, I never really gain weight in my upper body and look okay no matter what shape I'm in, but I'm really starting to get shredded. My arms especially look fabulous. Also, I bought a medium shirt without trying it on because I've always been a medium and found it to be a little baggy when I put it on at home.

I think what it is is that I *am* losing fat and my upper body just appears to be having faster results because I don't have much to lose there, as opposed to my tummy and thighs.

And speaking of arms/upper body, I finally got eight pound weights and did Sculpt with them for the first time yesterday. For the first time, that workout challenged me. I was most assuredly not bored and even had to stop for a few breaks. The five pound weights were just too light and Sculpt was boring me because it was too easy. I broke a sweat doing it with five pounders, but it wasn't difficult. I actually had to work hard yesterday.

Matiara

So, yesterday was my last day of BBL. My beginning/ending stats are:

Chest 37/37 (No loss)
Bust 41/40 (-1)
Waist 31.5/31 (-.5)
Lower Abs 35.25/37 (+1.75)
Hips 40.25/40 (-.25)
R Thigh 20.5/20.5 (no loss)
L Thigh 21.5/21.5 (no loss)

Weight 172

I also went from a size 12 in jeans to a size 10. I know the results are unspectacular, especially when my earliest posts were so glowing, so here's the rest of the story.

The first two weeks of the program went great. My eating was on point and I didn't miss a workout. Also, my results were visible and showed up quickly.

However, at week 3, my metabolism kicked up several notches and instead of adding healthy calories to my diet, I used my increased appetite as an excuse to eat junk every day. That lasted through week 4 and that was the period of the "questionable eating choices" that I mentioned upthread. I didn't miss a workout during that period, but as you know, diet is more important.

At week 5, I had the week off from work and got my eating back on track. However, when I came back to work, I forgot that the coworker who's my backup was going on vacation for two weeks. I had to cover her shift the first few days, which made me get home an hour later than normal, which is my exercise time, so I missed two week six workouts (her vacation started on a Thursday). Last week, though I was back to my regular schedule because others in my department are covering my vacationing coworkers hours, I still had her workload to deal with and I just felt so beat up every day that I just collapsed when I got home. Couple that with my monthly visitor and I did not work out at all last week. Week 7 was nonexistent.

I ordered Turbo Jam on the 10th with the intention of starting it when I finished out BBL, but I've decided to start it today. Since the Turbo Jam schedule starts on a Monday, I did Cardio Axe yesterday just to get back into the workout groove. It was my first workout since June 8th.

So, of the 8 weeks of BBL, I only did 5 1/2 weeks and of those, I only ate properly for 3 of them. The stall in my results was entirely my fault. That I managed to lose a size anyway is a miracle.

I plan to redo BBL at some point to do it justice, but right now, I need the mental and physical kick of something new and I'm looking forward to starting Turbo Jam today. Day one=clean slate.

andreamichelle82

Good luck, Matiara! I appreciate your honest and consistent reviews! I did BBl pretty consistently for two weeks as well, until Memorial Day, and "fell off the bandwagon" and haven't done it since. When I get back on the groove of it, I'll try to post as well!

muffintopminx

Is there a 90 day calendar provided with BBL? How many days a week are you suppose to work out, 5 or 6?