Workout DVDs for morbidly obese??

I started with Ten Minute Trainer by Beachbody. Tony Horton can be irritating but the workouts (if you do three of them - 30 minutes + cool down & warm up about 34 mins in all). I started with one on the first day, went to two workouts for a couple of days and then by end of week one was doing three. It got easier, but was never easy. I did them for six months and lost around 10lbs.

Now that doesn't sound like much for six months hard graft, but I did lose more over the course but was not following the diet (or any calorie counting, like MFP) and put on some back on by the end. I effectively wasted time by not looking after both aspects (exercise AND nutrition), as in aggregate, I think the results would have been much better. I did however tone up considerably and increase my base fitness enough to start T25. Which is what I wanted, as I hadn't exercised in about 20 years.


Disclaimer: I am not a Beachbody coach, nor trying to sell you their programs.

Leslie Sansone is GREAT!!!! It's all standing. Nothing awkward, super hard, or embarrassing.

When I first started working out, I did Shaun T's Rockin' Body. Very low impact options for those first starting out, and the moves are easy to follow. His attitude is so motivating, and dancing is such a positive workout!!

Leslie Sansone has a DVD where she incorporates some of the Pilates principles during the workout. It's one of my favorites - hope you can find it!

Downsizeathome.com has workouts specifically for obese bodies. I just heard about this resource today actually - I think it requires a subscription but it's geared especially for people starting out at large sizes.

I was 260 at 5'2.5 doing insanity. I wanted bad enough! Lol no I did not get the scores they got on the fit test or went as fast as they did but I pushed through , ate clean and now I lost 100 pounds doing insanity 3 times . Im actually doing insanity agian to loose my last 40 . You can do anything you set your mind to!

If you are okay with streaming your workouts online or on a smart tv (or roku), Daily Burn has a collection called "True Beginner" that brings you slowly up to speed with strength and cardio. It gives you some variety, and it has kickboxing. If you sign up you have access to all its workout collections from beginner to advanced. You can stream for free for a month and try it out. Just make sure you cancel before the month is up if you don't want to pay to keep going. I have been enjoying trying a variety of the workouts on the service in the past few weeks, and I plan on keeping it coming.

If you want to use more traditional workout videos, in addition to those by Leslie Sansone, you could try the newer ones from Jane Fonda or Kathy Smith that are aimed at baby boomers. Very gentle workouts.