hey tracy ,
i m akila from india (16), am still suffering from obesity and i feel like a person who won’t look pretty ever . i was so depressed and sad . i didn’t want to go to any of the functions and i sit my house and browse about ways weight loss. i was yelling at my parents forgo reason . guys at my school wouldn’t talk to me just because i didn’t look good . And the truth is yes i don’t feel good about my body and i really don’t like my body . Then i found you . now i feel confident that i have you to help me out. my height is 162 cm and my weight is 70 . i have a big bum and saddlebags and little of love handles . i did a lot of sports in my 9th grade but still i am fat . i wish i could get your help .
Hello Tracy ! Thank you for you’re commitment on hellping us!
i am 37 years old and im a false thin person.When i am dressed i look fine, i am “petitte” and everibody says i look fine and thin .But when undressed i dont like what i see i am not feet! I have been working out with your videos i love them! And i feel bether…i am eating better…but i have my urges for chocolat like a drug …but even there i am better…
I LOVED YOUR VIDEO… because i know what you want…and yess i believe the transformation stars in you mind 🙂
What you are doing is important !!!
Thank you,you energy is contagious <3
I’ve gained about 20 pounds in the past year while also attempting to conceive our first baby. Now I find myself fat and infertile… 🙁 I’m really struggling to feel the same way about my body that I did 20 pounds ago when I was a size 6. I’m realizing that working out really does help me feel stronger and more confident even though I’ve only lost about 3 pounds and a 1/2 an inch off my body after two months. But excited to continue. Ready to make a change and feel good about my body again, whether or not we’re able to have a child.
Oh Carly, I am SOOOOO glad you are here my dear. This is the place for you and I am thrilled to have you as part of the community. Lots of love to you my dear. xx
Hi Tracy<
I recently made a life change about a yr. ago and in the past 3 1/2 months decided that I should get healthy. I am going to turn 60 yrs old Sept 30th of this yr. and I accomplished during these few months a weight loss of 28.8 lbs……. by giving up cookies and milk at night and bagels every morning for breakfast .and eating more super foods. I am now 124 lbs & 5'1". I did not know the how much I lost till I went to my dr for a physical , and he said to me I made his day. He was just as happy as I was to hear that number. I am in need of " toning " at this point . I have changed my eating to be more healthier and exercise 4-5 times a week. I am nervous about gaining the weight back , you hear so many people say " yes my husband and I lost weight and a year later put it all back. How can one keep the weight off and continue to eat healthy when sometimes there is a craving for something you put off your new menu… like ice cream or someones home baked pie/cake. and those carbohydrates !! Any help, or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated… Thanks and I love your bat wing video.
Keeping my chin up , oh yes , I'm doing facial exercises as well.
Josie
I was introduced to you positive approach on self relationship with food and self through a friend who’s been doing your program and she looks and feels amazing.
I’m what I would call a mix match body type. I have good parts and I have not so good parts. But mostly it’s my mind that needs to be reprogrammed to start talking in the “bridge zone ” dialogue.
I have this mirage image of my self that’s pretty ugly and I am only aware of it because my friends tell me it’s amirage. But I know until I can get into the “FUN AND FREE ZONE” I will never believe it.
So I am taking on your approach and blogging with my friend to keep me motivated and I will let you know how I am doing.
Sometimes when you ask for a way and let the universe take care of it. The answer comes in a download 🙂
I have been struggling with my weight for so long. I feel so defeated almost like playing tug of war with a Semi-truck. I have had weight issues because of my unhealthy way of eating that I always seem to fall back on and can’t shake. I don’t even really like the food.. its just easier and faster than healthier foods. Or sometimes I just don’t even want to think about it.
I did get fit a couple times in my weightloss battle, and I still remember not being happy with my results even though I was just as thin if not thinner than the average female. I think a lot had to do with me and the negative self talk I constantly am putting myself through. I am going to try this program, however I am so exhausted this is probably the last ditch effort before I completely give up and live the rest of my life in front of the TV in a muu muu.
A combination of starting menopause and injuring my feet, I put on over 30 pounds in a short period of time. With no exercise and a lust for sweets, I lived in those negative thoughts, “I am old and it’s not possible to make any changes with my body. My clothes are too small and I hate shopping, let alone spending money on fat clothes.” Three months back I gave up dairy (and my migraines have stopped), gave up wheat and my inflammation has decreased greatly, and something I never thought I could do – I gave up sugar and my energy level has greatly increased. With the increased energy, I ran across your arm exercises on YouTube and even though I struggle to make it through one set, I feel great victory. You are so refreshing, and I appreciate your challenge to face those negative thoughts and reboot my thinking. I look forward to trying a new path and not let my bad feet, my age, or my negative thoughts get in the way!!
Hi Tracy,
This is san and i am just 21yrs old.I just loved your bat wings workout.Thanks a lot for that.I have started doing it regularly.The problem is I have serious weight issues.I don’t have a good figure and a toned body.My over sized tummy and the chest line makes me very conscious.I just lost hope about getting thin or getting onto good shape like the other girls of my age.But your videos gave me some hope.I look forward to get some help through some cardio exercises from you for my loose arms and chest.And please do prescribe me some diet plan which would change the way i feel my body and food.Thanks for your support.Looking forward for a new start.
love san
Hi Tracy,
I hardly know where to begin. Filling out the answers to those questions was very emotional for me.
I am 54 and have been struggling with my weight now for 28 years…sadly, that is more than half my life. I have been on almost every diet plan out there. I feel like I spend all of my time worrying about how I look and how others perceive me. I am tired of constantly worrying about what I do or don’t put in my mouth. Now I am at least 100 pounds overweight and it is overwhelming…and I have several health issues…but I really DO want change.
Thank you for your videos and encouragement.
Cathy
Hi Tracy,
First of all I would love to say a massive THANKYOU!!!
I have been using your youtube videos for the past few weeks and am already feeling more confident that I can be happy with my body.
with 5 children and a home business I find it hard to leave the house for anything, let alone the gym.
being able to do excercises in my loungeroom in between jobs or while the children are playing is great. (they even join in sometimes)
never in my life have I been happy with my body, there was always something that I was unhappy with. (mainly my belly and thighs)
after having brain surgery 11 months ago, and gaining 30lbs since, (I didn’t even realised i had gained so much until I couldn’t fit into any of my jeans) I knew it was time to focus on MY body and MY happiness.
I’ve lost 8lbs in the past 3 weeks, just eating healthier, removing soft drink from my diet and walking for an hour, 4 times a week, PLUS doing your amazing workouts.
I am so happy with my progress and really enjoying the journey.
and I CANT WAIT TO LOVE MY BODY
i’ve lost over 110 pounds in the past seven years. I love eating healthy foods, don’t belong to a gym but like yoga, dancing and walking. In the past year I’ve done a little backslide and have gained back 10 pounds, not from bad eating habits but maybe from less exercise and being in maintenance mode rather than losing mode. I don’t want to go back to my old ways and need some motivation. I’ve been overweight my whole life until now and don’t want to repeat the past. I do have self-esteem issues and have had to learn to say thank you when complimented on my weight loss. I still see myself as the “old” me when I look in the mirror. I’m hoping I found a place here to motivate me and keep me where I need to be and lose this 10 pounds plus a few more. Thanks for the video!!
I’m 43 and since getting married almost 2 years ago, I’ve gained 20 lbs, mostly due to reduced activity and bad diet. I took a nutrition class last Spring, began working out at home, took enzymes and lost 9 lbs! Sadly, I gained it back when I stopped doing all those things. My problem is consistency. For a short while in the summer, my husband and I joined a gym. We went 3 times a week for almost two months but saw no results, probably since we weren’t eating healthy. He has a hernia and I had my gallbladder removed due to stones. About a month ago, I started my enzymes again, added probiotics and began drink kumbacha! My digestive health is so much better now and I am also sleeping better since I no longer have all the bloating and digestive discomfort. Now it’s time to refocus on exercise and weight loss. I used to be so confident in my bikini but this past summer, I wore a peek-a-book swimsuit top that gave some camoflague to my love handles. I want to feel good in my bikini again. Now that my insides are feeling better, I want my outside to match and finding your videos on the FitYou channel on Roku was great! I am going to do this with your help! Thanks Tracy! You’re the best!
Very interesting. As I was watching your video I kept thinking (besides, “what a precious girl!?) that when I was thin before I never had negative thoughts! So this made a lot of sense to me. My story is that I have recently had to have several old injuries repaired. The first was a broken foot that had to be pinned. The next was a disc replacement in my neck, just seven weeks ago. I have gained 30 lbs from the time I’ve not been able to move as I used to (200 miles a week on a bike, yoga, running). I didn’t get here overnight and I won’t get back to where I was over night either. I’m clear on this, but I don’t like it.
I use words like hate a lot in reference to my body. I “hate” my boobs, they’re huge”… I “hate” my gut, it’s not flat anymore. The thing is, I don’t hate those things, I just hate what they look like at the moment. So, with your urging, I’m going to change those statements. And on to the next video. Thanks!!
I am so happy to hear that my dear and be sure to watch and implement the tips on all three videos and look for goodies in your inbox too! Lots of love! xx Tracy
Just started to work out with you and I absolutely love your method, its inspiring, innovating and ageless! You have a new adoring fan in me. Thank you again!
Thank you for sharing the videos and the free pdf! After I have completed the first video I will begin filling it out. I am working on changing the way I eat and work on my body and love it again after having three children (that are now grown) and getting this 50 something body back in shape and feeling at peace with it Thank you for your videos. I love your workout videos. By the way, I found you on my Roku originally. 🙂 keep up the good work! ~ Lisa
Hi Tracy,
I’m 46, married and mother of 2 teens. I’m about 15 lbs overweight after sustaining a LisFranc ligament tear foot injury and complex regional pain syndrome on my left foot. For 2 years, I had gone through physical therapy, major depression, and nerve block shots in my back, I’m so happy to say that I can walk, run and play tennis again without shooting pain in my foot. I feel like I’ve been given a second chance in my life , a chance to live a healthy and happy life. I always hated my arms- fat, bat wings, just plain disgusting. About 3 weeks ago, I came across your “Get Rid of your Bat Wings” video and it totally transformed me to a happy, energetic person. I followed your arm videos 5x/wk for 3 weeks now, and my arms and shoulders certainly have dents now and a lot leaner than ever. I feel confident in wearing tank tops now, before I would stay away from wearing them. Thank you so much for all that you do. I will continue to follow all your videos because they make me feel great about my body and my life, and I always enjoy watching you as my role model.
Sincerely,
Lourdes L.
I am not actually very fat but of course, I am chubbier than the typical “slim” body. Well, there are times in my life that I gain weight, and there are times that I lose weight. Right now, people told me that I lost weight but still it is not enough for me to call myself slim. Because of people’s compliments that I lost weight but it still is not enough for me, I actually feel down. It’s because I’m starting to think that my body type is not actually the body I desire. I feel like no matter how much weight I lose, my body still won’t look good because my body type isn’t good. After watching the first video, I’m willing to let go of the belief that there are limits for a person who has a different body type on achieving the body she can love. I believe that I can be who I desire and that my body type can be the best. Any other advice? I don’t feel like I’m 100% confident.
Hi Tracy,
I am a 45 year old woman with the body of a 60 year old. While most of this is from my own doing genetics have played a part in it as well. To be clear I am grateful for the body I have. It has served me well over my lifetime thus far. For many years I was thin and physically fit (although I wasn’t appreciative of my body during that time). But following 2 pregnancies in my early 20’s I never got my fit body back. For years I have been falling for yo-yo dieting and exercising only to figure out that the weight ALWAYS comes back plus some extra. And the once toned areas were disappearing as well. Areas of my body that were not covered in cellulite now had it! I have a body of a 60 year old because I eat the wrong things (like fast food 7 days a week), drink way too much soda, usually skip meals until dinner and don’t exercise regularly. In addition, I was diagnosed with a degenerative lumbar spine 5 years ago which has significantly limited my activities.
I’m done with that lifestyle. I do love my body and my life. Today is about me making better choices so I can live a fuller life.
I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post
was great. I don’t know who you are but certainly you are going to a famous blogger if you are not already 😉 Cheers!
Hi Tracy;
I have used the I can’t so much on my journey to lose weight and live longer, that I can’t even say it anymore. Being diagnosed with adult onset diabetes took me for a loop. After my first marriage ended I just feel in a loop. I don’t let myself go that much, and I moderately exercised, but my eating patterns were crazy. Not healthy at all, so here I am approaching 47 in 3 weeks and I’m like you are wayyyyyyg behind girl ?. I plateau and get discouraged to be honest. I saw your video about the bat wings and decided to join your family. Praying your checking will make the difference .
Hi Tracy, I want to thank you for making these helpful videos. I wanted to know if you could do a video on a body toning schedule on what day to exercise certain body parts.
Hi Tracy, thanks for the inspiring video. I do have my “dislike myself” statements. You mentioned shopping ad going out in the video. Sometimes I avoid those things because I’m too big, I think I don’t want to spend money on the larger sizes that I know I need, or think that I’m too fat to go out and I don’t want to be the big girl with the skinny friends. So when I came across one of your workout videos for the first time a few weeks ago I was really encouraged by you and the way you presented yourself and the workout, the Brazil Booty workout. After that I started looking for more of your videos. Thanks for your help and inspiration.
I actually first saw one of your videos on my facebook news feed for how to slim up a double chin… I know it’s silly but first off, I didn’t know there were exercises for double chins! It’s only been a few days and I can honestly say I only did them the first two days… Secondly, I have been dealing with my body constantly changing on me for at least the past 10 years (I am 27 now) and it seems like when I finally get to a good place where I feel better about my body, I then start putting on weight, decreasing my exercise and increasing my food intake. It’s like I battle my body to try and feel good about myself, then I feel good about myself and my body and mind start battling me and I come out the same or worse off than I was before. Every year or two my weight and clothes size fluctuates so much that soon after I give away my big girl clothes, a half a year later I wish I still had them…. I go from loving my body to berating myself for letting this happen again. My latest experience was this past january when I began running and combined that with pilates and cutting out sweets and sodas. I lost 15 lb and was happy with my body becoming more and more toned. My future husband had an issue with my dieting because I would dread cooking and try to avoid it as much as possible… I was almost afraid to be in the kitchen because I was hungry and depriving myself things I felt like I wanted after already being drained from a hard run that never really seemed to get any easier… THEN we went on the cruise, which was the big vacation that I had been working so hard to slim down for. I was a bridesmaid in my cousin’s wedding and I felt that even though I still had 30 lb to go to be where I truly wanted to be, I felt more comfortable than I had in months. When we got back, it all changed… again. summer was in full swing, I was busy and Texas is HOT! I got back in the kitchen to feed my man and my daughter. I quit dieting, and I totally stopped all exercising and now I feel bad about my body again. I feel tired and i feel uncomfortable in the new clothes that are getting tighter and tighter, and like there is nothing in my closet that I really want to wear… I truly just want to be proud of my body. I want wearing clothes to be fun again, and I know that this is possible because I have been that now illusive size where I felt SEXY!!! and I miss it… I feel inadequate because I am so much farther away than I would like to be and it seems less and less possible… but I know it is. And as a person who firmly believes in the power of positive thinking, I can’t believe how I have been talking bad about myself so much lately, like even my mind has jumped on board with my body instead of the other way around. It’s time to recommit to myself, but I’m at the point where I feel like the running and the 20 minute pilates workout just arent going to be enough to get me where I envision myself being in my fantasies. I’d like to be toned, lean and strong. I’d like to feel powerful and in control in terms of my shape and size. I’d like to feel healthy, and even though I always have fresh fruits and vegetables in my diet there is also lots of rich foods I indulge in. I know that I can get the body I desire. I simply don’t know how… and there is plenty of info out there on how; every diet is the best diet ever, every workout is the best workout ever. I want something sustainable, I want something that gets results, and I want to see if your neck stretches can help me tone up my saggy neck from the constant weight loss and gain! 😛 I am getting married in a little over a year and I don’t even want to go dress shopping. Tracy, you have a presence that is so uplifting, it is easy to believe in all the possibilities listening to your video. I am excited to give some of your workouts a try! I really feel like people are led to the things that they are looking for, and I am looking for a teacher. I am ready to learn and to work. Thank you!
I’ve been watching your videos on Youtube, and they are great! Thank you for that double chin video. Now, a bit about me. I’m 20, and let’s be clear, I’m not fat, but I could look better for my years. I’ve been training for 7 years, but I stopped when I was 15. So in years that followed, it was hard for me to accept that I can’t eat everything that I want in amount that I want anymore. So I started exercising on my own, but I was never persistent. I’d workout 2-3 months max and then just give up. Then the summer would came and who does not want to look good in swimsuit?! So I would get depressed, I’d start exercising for swimsuit (totally wrong reason, I know that know, but I needed some time to figure that exercising and being healthy is a way of life, no just to jump in swimsuit and look sexy), a month or so before I would go on vacation. Of course that never turned out well, so I would get more depressed I and so on in circles for a few years now. I didn’t mentioned, but I simply adore to eat, especially sweets, all sorts of them, but who doesn’t?! (Well, I do know a few of them, they came from another planet, for sure 😀 ) So any thought of dieting is like nightmare. I’ve tried doing some, and in the end I just end up eating more than I was eating before I even started my diet. I think I’ m ready to make some changes, to work out reasonably (not every day, and then get bored after a few weeks) and to eat the exact amount that I need, nor more, nor less.
I hope you could help me on my path. Thank you!
Generally speaking, I look pretty good for my age (45). I share some size 6 clothes with my daughters (who are ages 17 and 18). However, I feel so paranoid—-always trying to camouflage all the body areas I am ashamed of. I have cellulite issues in my legs (although my legs are not particularly fat). I hate my bat wings. I am very aware of the “less-than-flat-tummy” and become self-conscious very easily. All in all, I am totally insecure in my body. With all the short shorts out there now, I think, “Why do my legs look so bad—-and everyone else’s look good?” With all the sleeveless stuff out there, I think, “I’d rather avoid exposing the bat wing thing.” Swimming and swim wear gives me anxiety. (Some of this is truly a psychological problem as we compare ourselves to billboard models and not to “normal”—but it is nonetheless a very real problem). I am very active and fairly lean, but there are just “those areas” that make me want to hide! I am hopeful as I jump into your program….
Hi, first impression of you. Great, thank you for your inspiring words. I just need to focus on myself. I have always given and focused on my family .
I am 62 years young..;) In the last year I have done next to no work outs. So I know I can get back into this, with keeping up with your help. Thanks.
Tracy, I can’t thank you enough for your non-pretentious approach to exercise. I have never been one to “exercise” so to speak. I have tried to be active as I age but with an office job it became a good excuse not too. I gained over 12 lbs in 1 1/2 years. I was looking at you tube one day and I stumbled upon your tape for bat wings and away I went twice a day with it. I also now do the standing abs once a day and 5 days a week I am walking more that a mile. I feel great! I won’t stop doing them because they are on the internet, not in some gym that I have to go to to do them each day. I love you. You are sweet and funny and you have helped me feel good again at 61. Thanks for the wonderful new lease on life!!!
Bev Miller
Hello Tracy, so nice to meet you. I came across your videos on youtube while watching some favorite makeup artists, I love makeup. I had sort of given up on weight loss and had come to turns with my size since I tried several weight loss methods and lost weight only to gain it back. I work in an office all day sitting at my desk so I only have a few hours a day during the week to get exercise, which currently consists of about a 30 minute walk on my lunch break maybe 3 days a week. I’m 59 and started to really gain weight around 50 or 51 (then I was about 20 pds overweight). Now I’m 50 pounds overweight!! I don’t feel necessarily “flabby fat,” the words I say in my head is that I’m huge. I think it’s because I’ve always been athletic and to me I just feel BIG due to being overweight. I hope this makes sense, it may sound odd. The only place I’m flabby is my belly, which really bothers me, oh and more recently my upper arms. I love yoga and walking, but I know I should do more. I eat pretty healthy, stick with organic and whole foods, but my biggest problem, and the worst, is a sweet tooth. I don’t binge on sweets, but I have something sweet just about every day. Maybe that’s how I justify having empty calorie sweets “oh I didn’t have much” but it’s about every day, haha! Well I decided to check out your website and am impressed with the first video. I like your personality and I can see myself watching more of them. Perhaps this will be a solution to getting some of this weight off. for good. See you in the next video.
I’m 21 years old and from beautiful graz, austria, so please excuse my english 😉
i think i have nearly tried every diet, from low carb to wonder pills..my problem is that i’m sooo inconsistent! and my bigger problem is that i have no problem with food..i love food and i love eating! food is like a reward for me. In our family we love to eat with passion. Since a half year i’m really trying to eat healthy and to do sports, i like to to some workouts at home and sometimes when the motivation overcomes me i go jogging..but not consequent and that is my main problem..my favourite sentenses are “let’s make an exeption”, “only this one little cookie”, “tomorrow i will go on”, “ok just one piece of the cake”…
..and then i hate myself. Every year since i belive 6 years i tried to be skinny till summer but i had never sucsess and that is what makes me frustratet..so i hope this time it will work..now – i know this time it will work 😉
Haha! Hi, Magda! I am in Vienna. 🙂 It’s a small world! Good luck with your new launch into consistency and Tracy’s program. I am also quite optimistic as I follow the exercises and videos. Best wishes.
Hi Tracy, I saw some of your videos in YouTube and felt inspired to come to this website…recently it was detected that I had hypothyroid…due to this in the past year tell I put on 15 kgs..I earlier felt Awsome about my body..but now I feel absolutely unfit and I hate looking at the mirror..due to lack in self confidence and this weight gain I now feel conscious to wear my old sexy clothes and I wear extremely loose clothes to hide my body…earlier I was around 60 kgs ( I am 5’6″) now I am 75 kgs…I really want to feel beautiful again…looking forward to your videos and hope they will help.i will follow the exercises will full sincerity..
I am 35 years old, I love my body. I mean its not perfect ,but I love it. I used to not even been able to look at my self and I learn to love me. I love Tracy and her videos, I been following them for a year now. WOW. I have lost 80 + lbs since 2013 Yay!! anyways to all you dieters out there: its not a diet its a life style:) yes it makes all the difference in the world.
I am 74 years old and have always tried to keep up with exercise. When I was younger, it was to make me look good for myself, a husband, and friends. Now, I know I need a healthy diet and exercise for health and to live longer, especially being a heart patient and a diabetic. I don’t consider myself heavy at 137, at 5′ 4″, but would like to get to 130 with weight.
Like everyone else, I go gun ho for weeks or months and then stop, but pick up again. My main areas now are my arms and inner thighs. I face reality that age may not get me there, but I have to do the work to “maybe” reaching my goal to just tone-up better.
Being an author, I do a lot of sitting in front of the computer and that is not healthy or a way to lose weight. I have to make the time. Discovering Tracy’s tapes on Youtube searching for upper arm exercises, it gives me hope. I seem to find roadblocks with certain programs because of a car accident in 1985 that caused neck pain from injuries. So, I do have to limit my time with each movement.
It’s August of 2015 and I have a December 2015 wedding with our granddaughter’s big day. My dress is geogeous but is sleeveless. Yes, the panic…hope I don’t have to wave to someone! I want to see, if I am faithful with exercising, where I can come in 4 months with the muscles in my arms. Just to have them stay in place, would be a gift instead of them drooping down from age.
Hi Tracy,
i really your video, that’s really motivating. I am 26, and gradually become fat every year. last year i was 52 kg and this year 56, my body fat is out of control, my arms don’t look good i sleeveless dresses. its becoming very depressive. i have tried diets and many exercise. i m becoming lazy and everything is out of control. my boyfriend love me anyway, he always said you look good. but i m not satisfied. i seen some of your videos tonight i ill start the exercises from tomorrow. I hope it will work, because they look quit effective. thank you
I’m a little off the track on this but I’m NOT overweight…..I am 108-ish # and holding, But I’m 64 yrs. old and I just found your site and am sooooo happy I did. I have a belly I want to get rid of, I feel it’s an old woman belly and hate it. I have changed my eating to NO WHEAT or SUGAR. I feel better that way. In winter mos. I pack it on and get up to 112 #’s. Anyway I need to get rid of this belly. So I am doing your video’s and it feels great. Is there anything else I can do? Thanks for being here…..Love it Nancy
Tracy,
I have been enjoying your videos! I like the video and points of starting to talk positively to our bodies. Good things happen from good words.
I am looking forward to trying your tips. Maybe some changes can finally be made. I have tried everything else, mental thinking is important too. It’s our emotional supplement to speak good things about ourselves.
I have the voice in my head saying over and over again, that I’ve done this before, and I always fail. I have lost a lot of weight, only to have gained it all back. I also have that voice saying to me, you are truly lazy, you really don’t like working for your health so you will become unmotivated quickly. Then theres the last voice that tell me, you LOVE cake, you have a sweet tooth, and you’re not going to be stronger than that craving. It’s so difficult to battle these voices, and I typically end up on the couch, searching the web for an easy way out or just watching TV to tune out. I don’t want this to be how I live anymore!
I used to love my body. Gained too much weight in the last 6 months but want to get to a place that I will love my body again. I want to get into my size 6 slacks comfortably again. I need to tone up areas like under my arms and under my thighs. I am 56 and need to get a better handle on things before it’s too late. But I have a big problem. There are many many foods that I don’t like and have not liked since I was a child. So that makes it very hard to find things that I can eat that are good for my body. 🙁 HELP
I watched your “bat wings” video on Utube and decided to check out your website. I’ve lost 75lbs and am now I’m interested in toning my upper arms which are flappy with loose skin and my tummy (also flabby). Other than those 2 specfic areas I’m pleased with the results of my weight loss. I feel pretty good about my appearance but know that I can be more toned and need to know how to get there. I’m looking forward to your future videos.
Hi Tracy!! I am SO happy to have stumbled upon your videos while on you tube searching for workouts. Im a 40 yr old (on JUly 31, haha not quite 40 yet), mother with three kids and an amazing boyfriend. I, like many other women have always yoyo’d with my weight since my early teens. I ranged from 160 my lowest, to 220 when my second daughter was born. In July 2013 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After treatments, steroids, surgery and radiation. I ballooned up from 180lbs to 260lbs. When my treatments were done, I weighed 260 lbs and was bald! I looked TERRIBLE … BUT!… I beat cancer, hell yea right 🙂
Once I got off the steroids, I quickly started losing weight, I started eating healthy again, no more meat, Im strictly vegetarian now, I cut out sugars and carbs. I eat lots of fresh fruits, veges, drank a lot of water, and just really made a lot of changes to get “ME” back. I worked out on my gazelle for 2 hours daily. All that walking on my gazelle made my toenail slide right off lol. I know this is way more than you expected lol. My tumor has left me permantly with Epilipsy and bad balance etc etc. The list goes on. I AM a fighter though. I lost the weight and now Im in the process of toning up and getting rid of that loose saggy skin. Im almost done Jillian Michael’s 60 day shred. It is a killer of a workout, BUT I get up and do it daily. Sadly I will be 4 days shy of completing the entire 60 days and Ill have to stop next week because Im going back in the hospital for a hysterectomy. Soooooo, Ive been looking at other exercises I can do after my surgery, I don’t want all my hard work Ive been doing to be lost. I did your arm workout video and was Wowed! It was FUN, looked easy but holy cripe, the burn! LOL Love it! Cant wait. Until my surgery day comes Im going to continue with the 60 day shred and your videos. Thanks so much! Love you and love your videos!
I had a gastric bypass 3 years ago and have lost 105 pounds. I have made it to 195 and have been stalled out for about a year now. I am also dealing with loose skin (lower tummy, inner thighs and bat wings… oh and my butt) I hope to be able to tone up somewhat with your videos. I really enjoy them you have a great personality 🙂
I am at the bridge you talked about in the video. I’m starting to love my body and I love healthy foods, I always have. I am still working on my self-confidence but it’s the best its ever been. My family is encouraging and I encourage myself as much as I can for the time being. I have always been overweight, it’s a great feeling when I get to thinking how it will feel when I do reach my goal weight. You are an amazing person Tracy, thank you.
Tracy,
Hi, Since diagnosis for breast cancer a few years ago, I have not been in shape. Three weeks into my chemo treatments, I sustained a bad knee injury that set me right down, and stayed with me until the end of my treatments seven months later. Then I had a terrible back injury which set me down again. Now, the cancer is gone, Praise The LORD, and I’m wanting to get back to LIVING, but the 15lbs gained during treatment are still with me and I’m frustrated. I know it doesn’t seem like alot, but there’s a complete loss of muscle tone, which is hard for me to accept, having once been a ballet dancer, competitive swimmer, runner, etc. Thanks for your videos, and positivity. I look forward to walking this journey with you.
Hi Tracy I was looking for a video to help with my bat wings and came across you. I have just seen your no1 video and will do fill in the form. I suffer with fibromyalgia which took 4 years to diagnoses high was three years ago. I have been doing research and for the last year been to lacto free, and the last 3 months wheat and gluten free. Some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia is IBS, insomnia and depression and being very overweight dose not help.
I watched some of your videos standing abdo and the double chin ones which I will try for a month. And get back to you.
Thanks for sharing this video and for the gift.
Sandra.
Hi Tracy, thank you so much for the encouraging video. I am a 66 year old woman, who has been active and fit for most of my life. I was an avid runner, despite knee surgery, until a hip replacement. I continued with an exercise regime routinely after that, subsequently returning to school and changing careers. My weight remain stable and I remained physically fit, which was needed for my career as an RN. Shortly after, I required a hip revision, which set me back physically, but my weight remained stable. Then a year and a half ago, I fractured my knee as well as tearing the ACL. The fracture had to heal before they could reconstruct my keen, which set me back about four months. While in rehab for my knee, I fell on ice, tearing my rotator cuff (3 tears), which put me out of commision for another 5 months. After both surgeries and subsequent therapies, I gained 15 lbs. While I know this won’t sound like many, the problem is I just can’t seem to take it off. It is basically “belly fat”. Granted, I am now 67 years old, however, I do not see that as an excuse. I am frustrated and do despise my body. I found your video while searching for something to combat the “bat wings”…yes, I have them too. So, I’m going to give it one more try, start using my treadmill (I can no longer run–knee and hip) and keep searching for some way to get my waist back. Age is no excuse. Looking forward to your next video. Thank you again.
I have been telling myself and my family “jokingly” that I am as big around as I am tall. I am only 5′ tall. I am ready to stop saying and believing that. No matter how big I am it is not right to make the jokes about it. Even if they are done in love, they hurt. And I am the one who had to live with it. No more! Ready to start making my body into the body I have always wanted!
9 years ago my dad passed and a lot of sad things happen in my life between losing my dad, having 2 neck surgery’s, my husband loosing his job and becoming sick myself I began on the roller caster of weight gain. In that time I put on 85lbs. I have just recently come to terms with myself any finally decided to have the sleeve surgery. I am 2 weeks post op and was looking for something to help me with toning my body as I transform the weight loss process. I have always been an active person. until the last nine years. I have always loved and played sports. However I have always hated exercising!! I came across your video while looking for something to help tone my body as I loose the weight. I have to say so far I love your videos and hope to start using them once I am cleared for exercise. Thank you for posting on line.
Hey Tracy. thank you for such an amazing talk. I have been trying to get fit since almost 5 years now. Its a waxing and waning phase. The moment i halt with exercise I look awful in no time. And it takes me more courage than i can ask for to begin again and then I dont feel enthusiastic enough to start exercising again. Its been my only wish to love myself , to look like i imagine to be. I want to cross the bridge but wondering will i be able to.
I am going to start exercising again , follow you , and I hope I write positive about myself soon.
Thank you
I think that your video one is very important because it helps us to think about what are feelings and emotions are about our body. I have recently lost a lot of weight in a short time and am now dealing with the problems of loose skin. I have always had a tummy problem, and I am really wanting to tone and define my body. As of right now, I only wear 3/4 sleeve blouses because I am so uncomfortable about my arms. I would love to be able to feel comfortable in a swim suit. I am hoping that I can find some real results working with your videos.
I am so happy I found you!!! I am 58 and have worked out all of my adult life but was not seeing the results I deserved for all the time I was putting in. Started with your bat wing routine . I do it every night and see an incredible difference! You’re great!!! Telling all of my friends. Thank you so much!
Hi Tracy,
I have just watched the first video, having peace with my body is my aim. I have felt that this is an impossible goal I am 37 and a mother of two and the negative way I feel about my body can be all consuming and a massive hindrance too my enjoyment of life in general. It is a huge help seeing you have transformed the way you feel about yourself. The bs voice rang so true for me and I will be using the bridge example as my starting point. Thank you xx
I am always in a weight struggle. I am 44 years old.I don’t eat well. I work 2 jobs. I do well when I’m at work, but pig out when I get home. Then I go straight to bed. Eating has always been a past time. I am a Chip-O’holic. I could live on Chips,only. I do well for a month or two, then go back to my bad habits for six to eight months. Then the cycle starts over.
I have to tell you that you are awesome and so inspirational . I have actually just recently lost 26 pounds and I just can’t seem to get the last 15 pounds off after to listen to this video I am sure that I have sabotaged myself with saying all those negative things about myself. My biggest poor habit is I will do it once I get the last 15 pounds off I will look great once I get these last 15 pounds off. I just realized that I never gave myself a pat on the back for losing the 26 pounds. Starting today that changes thank you .
I like your videos and love the idea of breaking those rules! I’ve been on the diet roller coaster since middle school and often can be decent condition but have tobe super regimented to maintain it and it is very hard work to get there. I just had my 4th baby 3 months ago so I am in need of a lot of work again. It sounds really nice to be able to make a lifestyle change that I could actually love!
hey tracy! am shri and am 17 yrs old..my prb is that am fat i was totally negative till my 10th grade thn ltr on like u said i was positive enough to reduce my weight frm 77 to 53 kgs..after three yrs later i eventually became overweight again that disturbed me alot it made me panic i lost confidence since i have reduced my weight once it was easy to trust in positive thinking..nw that after watchin ur video am super boosted tq soooooo much love ya :* u
I was in a long term relationship and my boyfriend used to always comment on my weight. He would say how I had gained wight since we first got together and I needed to fix it. That’s how I first started to not like my body. We are no longer together and I have finally learned to love myself as I am. However, I’ll be the first to admit that I love my curves but I don’t live a healthy lifestyle. I’m a college student so I eat cheap options which means I eat a lot of fatty foods and if soda was alcohol I’d be an alcoholic. I also don’t exercise. So my goal is not to lose weight really, but to start being active and eating better. I want to do cardio and tone my arms and abs. I love your videos and I believe you are the perfect inspiration to help me achieve my goals!
Tracy,
I am in my mid fifties and on top of my lifelong weight battles, menopause weight gain has also kicked in. While I am not obese, I would like to go from my average size twelve to a realsistic comfortable 8-10 at this stage in my life. Our small town just built it’s own wellness center and I have been taking a stretch/strength class there since January. I am just so tired of my flabby arms and thighs. Given my family weight history, I really am doing quite well and am not totally negative about my body, I do want to feel more comfortable, tone up, lose 10-20 pounds. I discovered your videos last week while I was out camping and you have really encouraged me to think that just maybe I can look and feel better. Thank you.
Thank you. I just can’t find any discipline for myself to tone my body and do regular exercise. I do know that it’s important but always find an excuse not to start. The result is that now over 50 and menopause kicked in, my body has changed and fat is growing by the day…
I hope I can continue this and start feeling good and proud about myself again.
I have never followed a diet. I love to eat and drink. I am a bon vivant as they say in my language….
Am gone go for this one!
Regards, Mika
Hi Tracy,
I found your videos on youtube and just keep going back. Thank you for making me smile when I work out! It helps that you can joke and laugh your way through it. I’m 53 years old and am starting to realize that as I go through menopause it has become increasingly harder to lose weight, keep toned, and feel good in my skin. However, now it has become increasingly difficult. With a smile on my face and your videos guiding me through…I’m ready to begin.
I’m tired of waving to everyone many times over in my arms so I went searching and found YOU!! You are so easy to follow and encouraging.Just this past week I really took inventory of my body, yikees!! What my mind sees and what the camera saw, were eons apart. I saw the real picture and not my minds picture, just like I THINK I am still in my forties only to discover, nope, I am 72. As a former pageant winner, I always heard from my step-Father about my “thunder thighs” whispers.. well you get the idea. Because of injuries and surgeries, I cripple myself with excuses. Thanks for caring about the less than perfect ones and putting forth great encouragement and
easy to follow videos. I wish I could say I find them easy but I can’t so I WILL say they challenge me. Look forward to the journey with you, Vicki
Stumbled across your video’s on youtube and i find them amazing. Because I have leg and back problems exercise was always a problem but you have such simple ones for my arms and the standing abs ones. I do a few of the videos everyday. At first it was difficult, i’d put my arms down every 2 mins but now i can keep up with the video length, 2 weeks later 🙂 And genuinely I am seeing a difference. I’m so happy. I caught a view of myself in a full length mirror in a fashion store and for the first time in 20 years i was happy with what I saw. A proportioned body. A petite figure to go with my petite height. Of course without clothing tells a different story and I still have a lot to do , but still, just to be able to look right, in lovely clothes was just such a big deal for me, I’ve been on top of the world since. I recently reached my target weight, in the hopes it will stay there. Now i just have to work on toning everything, and your videos have truly helped me, i feel like i’m working out with a friend in my home when I do the videos along with you, because of your friendly, bubbly personality and you don’t look down on people , you are very supportive of all of us. Thank you Tracy for everything, and I will continue to watch your videos and work out along with you , for that constant inspiration and motivation! 🙂
I’ve tried so many diets and always gain the weight back. Now it seems I just can’t lose weight. I am about 35-40 pounds overweight and feel miserable. My back is now giving me trouble and my doctor says it is because of the weight and that I have no core strength.
Tracy! I am in tears right now. I have been working in some of your 10 minute workouts as part of my new HIIT fitness plan for about 1 1/2 2 weeks; just subscribed today. I almost fell out of my chair when you said you came to this as a dancer. I was a golden student of Russian ballet, being groomed for a career in ballet, when I hit adolescence. I left ballet but have never gotten over the dogmatic training around body and food from my childhood. I have had times in my life where I was fit and trim and other times where I was not. What I have NEVER had, was peace or (what?!) love for my body. I am 50 years old now and it seems like now is the time to make this transformation. Thank you for being here for me and all women !!!!!! Eileen
PS I am sending you to a friend of mine right now 🙂
I was watching youtube videos and yours popped out. I watched your video and I liked it. I then came to your site and I will exercise using your videos and see if I can change the way I look. I’ve been struggling with weight for the past 20 years due to dealing with hypothyroidism and unable to do high intensity exercises due to kidney disease. When asking myself questions you talked about in a video, I realized I see myself in a very negative light (fat and ugly) and will make an effort to get me to the bridge phase and then with time to take me to the fun and freedom zone. I realized I started giving up on myself and have doubt whether I can be fit due to the limitations I have. I am going to follow your guidance and will see where this takes me, I hope following your videos I will start seeing results and my attitude about my body will change into a positive outlook.
My daughter and I just watched you video and could relate to the negative way we talk about our bodies. We are both going to work on creating bridge statements for ourselves. We are looking forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks, Paula and Alyssa.
I want to say that your inspiring and I love the simplicity of your moves/exercises – although THE MOVES BURN!! ( And I’m happy about the potential fat burn later! )
I was looking for an exercise to rid myself of my arm flaps/fat!!!!! I found your videos and was inspired by your energy! I have learned through my weight loss journey that eating foods is emotional. I recently made a goal of a vacation to help me jump start my weight loss. So exercise is how I hope to get my body to burn my TONS of reserved fat. I joke, but I appreciate your honest talk about our negative messages we tell our selves.
I am very aware, and your video helped me be conscious of my negative descriptive words I use to describe myself. I also love how you said we should use other language “Bridge” to separate the journey and the goal!! I will use the PDF I down loaded and continue on my journey.
Hi Tracy,
I just came across your YouTube videos yesterday and am already hooked. Thank you so much for addressing the parts of the female anatomy that are really difficult to tone. I am 53 and have a tough time with traditional ab workouts because I have a curved spine (scoliosis) which prevents me from doing most ab workouts correctly. I love the no floor ab workout that you provide..Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! There is hope for me after all!
As I age I am losing my upper body strength, thankfully with your help I can get those arms and back toned. I am looking forward to doing the exercises with you on YouTube and seeing the results.
Thank you for your expertise and doing these videos as a public service.
Love your videos and how u share your story very inspired by it I’m on a healthier me journey that is shaping up nicely w the help of u and others like u
Last night I googled firming up flabby arms and there you were. I have already done two sets today and two sets of neck excercies. Thank you so much. I have always been thin and excercised pretty regularly until menopause hit at the age of 46. I am now 61 years old and 40 pounds over-weight; I absolutely hate looking in the mirror. I teach middle school and high school choir and I take my students to London about every 4 to 5 years. We are going this Christmas and I decided that if I was going to continue to “travel and keep up with my kiddos” I better do something. Last night was my start. I only did 5 of each excercies to start..but..I also went and signed up at the local gym to start walking and doing light weights.
I am sooooooo glad to have found your videos and have signed up to receive them..your motivational talk was spot on and your excercised are easily obtainable for even someone my age. I hope to be down 10 or 15 pounds by Christmas and who knows…I might decide to travel with the choir more often…I will have the strength and energy to keep up. Lol
HI Tracy ! Thank u sooo much for ur help …..this video has really inspired me alot ✨✨……. I have Always felt so bad about my body and every time I decide to stick with a diet plan I end up feeling depressed and always tell my self that i will never do it and ill live my whole life like this (( so freaking fat and ugly )) ………… But when i watched this video I felt like i was treating my own body wrong whereas I should love it and take care of it ( by changing my lifestyle and eating healthy ) to feel good about it and feel happy instead of depression…………. So I decided to start from now and NOT latter to change my life …… And thank you soooooooo much for that inspiration and help❤️❤️ …….. May god bless u xoxo ❤️❤️
I am always looking to improve my self and always seem to fall short…I have fluctuated in weight my whole life (30yrs) and I think the most difficult is FOOD it is my weakness and something I really need help with……my body is something I am very self contious about and always trying to find ways to improve. I found your video for bat wings today and I loved it will be doing this everyday. Thank you for wanting to help and being an inspiration!
I am always looking to improve my self and always seem to fall short…I have fluctuated in weight my whole life (30yrs) and I think the most difficult is FOOD it is my weakness and something I really need help with……my body is something I am very self contious about and always trying to find ways to improve. I found your video for bat wings today and I loved it will be doing this everyday. Thank you for wanting to help and being an inspiration!
I did your arm workout yesterday for the first time! All I can say is WOW….quite the workout. I am very happy to have found you and your videos. I am 54 and trying to lose 10 and firm up…………thank you. I see a light at the end of the tunnel!!!
I am in my seventies. . I hate shopping for clothes because nothing I try on makes me feel good about myself. My tummy and legs are the areas I need to improve so that I will better like myself. My daughter sent me a link to your Thursday video. I did the exercises for the legs, love handles and arms. They were easy to do and I am planning to continue doing them. Thank you for showing exercises that can be done.. Those 9 minute videos are great.
I am so please i have found you because i find it realy hard a t school or when i am round my friends and there all so skiny i think and feel like i dont belong and i have no other option to stare my self. before i go out with my friend i wont eat anything for 1 day before becuase i know i wil still look fat but not look as bloated . I am so happy that i have found you and i am very excited to watch the next videos
XXX
I am in my early 40s, mother of 3 and been trying to lose 10lbs for almost a year now. The most problem areas are my tummy and newly discovered back fat. I am happy to listen to your words of encouragement because even though everyone tells me that I am not fat. When I cant get into an outfit, I can so frustrated and feel fat and ugly. Now that I have listened to you, it is an inspiration to start loving my body, knowing that I can and I will work towards my target weight loss goal.
HI Nubian,
I’m so glad you are here and thrilled that you found me! Stick with me, trying to lose 10lbs for a year is, in my opinion waaaay too long. And you deserve to feel amazing! {not fat and ugly as you said} be sure to use the gifts and watch and implement all 3 videos. xx
I agree with everything you said about the negative zone, the low self-esteem and the BS Monitor. I look forward to re-mapping the way I feel about me and what I want to achieve. I just don’t want to go down that road of another method gone wrong.
Hi Betty!
You are in the right place and trust me, because I have totally been there and it sucks. There is a way out! Be sure to watch all three videos and use the gifts provided. xx Tracy
Hi, Found your YouTube about Bat Wings when looking for exercises to improve my looks after “new man” told me that I look too old. Needless to say he is no longer in the picture even though he told the truth. I do look old. He was not a fine specimen of a man but I did not criticize him so it really hurt me.
Lost 30+ pounds a few years ago after an illness so do not need to diet. Moved to FL from New England 6 months ago when I retired. 5′ tall 110 pounds but I have lots of wrinkles and lots of flab. Have been doing your Bat wings and other exercises for past week. Never exercised before so it has been a challenge but I will continue. So happy to have an upbeat person like you who told your story, You are an inspiration. I will keep going in the right direction. Thanks!
I recently cancelled cable to help motivate me from flomping in front of the tube all night.. my husband then bought a Roku – ironically it was on the Roku – TV, that I found some of your workouts and actually lots of exercises i could follow – I found your videos helpful, challenging enough to make me work but still within my reach – I was sort of unsure about the Roku – but I am glad my husband decided he still needed some TV!
Hi Tracy,
I discovered your exercise videos on YouTube a few weeks ago and really enjoy your energy – it makes them fun to do. 🙂
I am probably different from most of your fans. I am a 54 years old, mother of 3 grown kids, and happily enjoy recreating myself. At 5’4″ and 129 pounds I’m not far from my goal weight, but toning – ayeayeaye!! There’s work there to do, but I do love my body and am amazed at the miraculous things it does each and every day. Also probably different from many, I love exercise and moving my body. In the last 8 years I began dancing cuban style salsa and in addition to toning, would love to develop a keener ability to isolate groups and nail that Latin movement that is an integral part of that dance.
Thank you for all you do to help us embrace and improve ourselves.
Big hugs!
Diane
Hi,
I am Madhavi from India and I found you from your bat wings video. I am really loved your first video on loving yourself and your body. I can’t wait to see your 2nd video soon.
Few years back I had reduced weight and looked good but it was mostly from dieting and once I could not control anymore I stopped dieting and started gaining weight. Now I am in my ideal weight zone but just need some toning and shaping. I am not fat but just want to tone and reduce a little bit. I just want to look good and feel great.
Hi Tracy!
I have just started watching your YouTube videos and I cannot tell you how much I love them. I’ve always had a hard time with my legs. Even today I am self-conscious about them. But I am so tired of shredding myself apart. I want to unchain my thoughts and cross over. I know that there’s no better time than NOW. I am ready!
Hi Tracy,
I came across you on you tube again like others wanting to get rid of my bat wings. I knew then there was a lot more I wanted to get rid of. Watching your videos has inspired me I have been doing them about two weeks. I feeling good and excited for about the future for the first time in years. I love your zest for life, I can’t wait to really get started. I have told myself for years I’m not good enough, well times are about to change. Bring it on. Much love x
Thank you Tracy. I discovered you by your video on how to get rid of bat wings because sometimes my boyfriend makes me feel self conscious about my arms. I can’t wait to start, (and commit) to your workouts. 🙂
Wow.. Such encouragement .. I totally will lose weight because i can .. I learnt alot from your videos thankyouuu ^^ love you and keep doing this you are an amazing person well my story is kinda like yours i always tried losing weight and it worked one time it was amazing but still people told me to lose more and i was a dancer also ^^ then i gave up for food because i love eating alot . And i quit dancing because its not important to me anymore there are things much more valuable . Byee noww xoxo
Hi Tracy,
I used to be terribly insecure about my body during my teenage years and in many ways it prevented me from being outgoing and social. For the most part, I had always accepted the negative thoughts about my body and that I would never be able to change them, so I was constantly experiencing a perpetual state of negativity. Because I loved to eat so much, dieting was not a very viable option so I started taking diet pills, most of them had green tea extract or garcinia cambogia. the pills along with cutting down food portions began to show a change in weight. But as you said, you cannot just go from feeling fat to loving your body and so even though I have managed to lose the weight which I had wanted to, I still did not love my body. I began to force myself to look in the mirror and say only positive things about myself. If and when negative thoughts do speak, I gain awareness of them but refuse to give them life. I have also began practicing meditation, which helps me to gain inner peace and to focus on postive ideas, therefore the more positive I am , the less likely I will acknowledge the once negative thoughts and feelings I used to have about myself and my body. And even though this process has to be fully embarked on by myself, I do thank you for the part that you have played in expediting the process. I was looking for arm workouts on youtube and I became instantly drawn to your fun workouts and especially your fun loving personality! You are a great inspiration to all women who wish to gain greater self acceptance and live a healthy lifestyle. Thank you and I hope you continue posting great videos as I will surely continue to watch them.
Thank you Tracy for taking the time out of your busy schedule to help others, you are a blessing to many people. I thank God for all the help you give others.
My journey of weight loss is due to the fact that I am aging, (I just turned 50), and so there are many changes in my body. My major problem is my mid section.
I have a sedentary job but outside of work I am quite active and I actually looovvvve to exercise but I was starving as a child bc we were not rich enough to always have food in the house so when I moved out on my own and could finally get food – I became obsessed with food. I love meat (beef) , potatoes and lots of veggies plus I love hamburers, fries and when I discovered Dr Pepper I unfortunately became hooked. I don’t really care much for other pop.
I looovve the exercises you create or find to share with us. I would like a full length exercise video from you if possible. I find you very encouraging, fun to work out with. You have a very nice, pleasant, fun personality and are an excellent trainer!! Your exercises are fun, challenging and invigorating and very effective. I appreciate the exercises and your advice so much.
Thank you also for the nutritional advice and information you share. One question I have is about iodine bc I eat sea salt too but I am allergic to sea food and spirulina, and the like. I wasn’t aware of iodine deficiency and what eating spinach and broccoli etc can do to our thyroid without iodine so if you could instruct me of other ways to get iodine outside of sea food that would be great.
Well not to ramble on and on. Again thank you for all you do and keep up the great work….you are an inspiration to us all!!
Hi Tracy! I would just like to say that you are such an encouragement and inspiration! I found you on YouTube today and am so excited to start following your video series! I am ready to start thinking positively about my body image, shut down the b.s meter, and make change in myself. Thank you!
I agree with what you are doing in your video Tracy. Years ago I managed LA Weight Loss Center in my area and I taught people how to eat real food in healthy portions and how to love themselves again, so they could receive love from others as well. Hats off to your video! Great job! As for me, I came across your arm work out on youtube.com recently and decided to look for your web page. My journey is about to begin… I have to start all over. I went through a life threatening situation with gallbladder stones blocking my pancreas and then an emergency surgery, but in the process of all of this I was in starvation twice and lost 40 pounds rapidly. My once athletic body as a massage therapist went to flab and cellulite badly. I am 51 yrs and although I am very youthful and have a great range of flexibility still… my strength, energy and figure went to a mess! It has taken me a year to work out some things to get some of my energy and strength back. I am now going completely green to rid my body of harmful inflammation, I have gone gluten free and I am working on hormone balancing as well. I know how to eat healthy food, but with the alterations to my body and digestion I have had to learn how to do things differently to help my body adjust. I am still working on this and tweaking. At this point… I am now at the beginning stage of exercise. Basically I am starting over! It is like a toddler learning to walk again! My figure isn’t totally wrecked, but I can’t stand looking at myself in a mirror. My legs took the worst of it. Strong legs went to cellulite… it is painful to look at myself right now, but I am determined to not only recover… to transform! Thank you for your help Tracy. I look forward to working with you through your videos on this journey I am undertaking to make a total transformational come back. God bless… Heidi Lynn
Hi Tracy,
I actually found you on YouTube one night not too long ago when the clock struck 3am and I couldn’t sleep. And WHAT thoughts were going through my head at that hour of the night that had me seeing what you had to offer? I got online and started searching “the best workouts for flabby arms”!! I am 65, VERY active, a mother of 5 and grandmother of 8, adoring husband, but do you think that gives me the fulfillment I should be happy with? No! I wake up researching exercises because I hate my arms….I feel they age me so much….and the first thing I do every morning when I wake up (at a normal hour!) is….see how I’m looking in the full length mirror!! I see pictures of myself at 45 and can’t even believe it’s me! I look at myself now…….dressed up to go out with my incredible guy……and feel like a frumpy old woman. I spend money to keep the wrinkles at bay…….my weight has fluctuated since menopause…..and even though I can still shoe-horn myself into size 8’s at times……I have to leave the top button unbuttoned! I reward myself after a good workout with cake. I ride my bicycle for 2 hours some days…….I walk…….I do lunges sometimes……and yet I still can’t get the look I want at my age. So…….I make excuses like ” I’ll have this cake now……..because I just rode my bike so it won’t matter much”. Then the “self-loathing” sets in. I was constantly teased by family members as a teen because I was very chubby (kind for fat I think?), and I think it has stuck with me all this time. I’m 65……..from the outside it seems I have it all………yet inside? I just want SO badly to be happy with how I look…….and actually be able to button my pants instead of squeezing into a larger size which I fight SO hard not to do. Once that happens I think? It’s all over……..I’m anxious to view your videos and work out the right way………maybe once and for all??? Hope you can help………
Hi Tracy, I like your You Tube Channel. As I mature, I have encountered many different levels and changes that I had not encountered before. I am still youthful, I exercise and am very disciplined however have areas (my waist and abdomen) where I have challenges that I did not have when I was younger. Yikes. You are correct that a healthy body image is about a positive dialogue with aging, and I work on that-a lot. I want to be the best I can be under any circumstances, and improve where I can improve. Its harder now than it was before, but I do keep on trying. I did encounter what I refer to as a life changing apocalypse in 2012-2013 and proceeded to gain 20 pounds, 10 of which I have lost. Also, I have accepted that I simply have a curvier body now, and simply wish to capitalize on that and be healthy. Your feedback and exercises appear to be a way for me to bridge this new and different life.
Well, this is new for me–I’ve had issues with my weight since going through menopause. Until I was 45 I was a size 8 (110-130 lbs), now I’m a size 16 (220lbs) or larger sometimes. I was also that person that didn’t exercise and ate and drank whatever I wanted–but I was pretty active, so I stayed slender. Once the weight started to pile on ever so slowly, I just ignored it! Until one day, I looked at myself and said those dreaded words, “You’re fat!” No one would ever have convinced me that I would have EVER said those words about myself. My Mom passed away in February of this year, and one thing she had always said to me growing up, “Don’t get fat like Mommy!” I guess I never thought that I would–I never got as large as my Mom (over 300lbs), but larger than I’d ever thought I would. But after she passed away, I thought, “If she had not been so heavy, it might have been an easier recovery for her after her stroke.” And I vowed to start working on my weight. And I have–I found that I have these “wings” under my arms and searched for a video and found you–the first thing I noticed was how beautiful your energy is and that made me want to view your video and sign up on your site. Well, I’m in for a life change and also want to help my husband by example…it’s hard to say, “Honey, you need to work on your tummy”, when my “tummy” needs a whole lot of work as well!! Thanks for being the light that you are and I look forward to viewing more of your videos.
Hi Tracy,
I have struggled with weight loss and being over weight since I was little. My problem is when I don’t see the results soon I get discouraged and stop. I have recently been put on a medication from my doctor that has me feeling I just might be able to fit in smaller clothes some day. I have been on this medicine for 3 weeks and have managed to lose 8 pounds. Yes to most people they will think that is not very much but to me it is a huge milestone. Now my next task finding the right exercises that will work for me to help me lose more weight and tone up the flabby skin I have. I use to drink so much Dr. Pepper that it literally was like drinking water for me, but in the last 3 weeks I have finally started drinking more tea and less pop. Now I don’t even feel like drinking 16 ounces of Dr. Pepper anymore. I hope I will be able to start looking better soon and get more confidence in myself rather than always feeling like I look like trash and always having low self esteem about my self.
Imust say that the idea of a bridge is brilliant because that little voice was always sabotaging me.What I do say is “I am in the process of healing and changing my body to its fullest potential” I can accept that somehow.Hopefully it is not too vague.I just discovered your videos on you tube and have been dabbling.Thank you for your contribution to us all.
HI tracy i love to watch and do your vedio for me it much perfect exercise and i wish my body will become same same you one day….
i love you tracy xoxo
Hi miss beautiful tracy. i’m glad to found your video in youtube as i try many times to look what best exercise i must do to change my body…by the way i’m not fat but i don’t like the shape of my body and when i see your video i say wow this is the best exercise that i want as for sure one day my the shape of of body will become same same shape of tracy’s body….
and thank you so much tracy as for sure you can help me a lot to change my body shape xoxo
I cant wait to get started on this! I have been working out with Tracy via YouTube for over a year now. I love how positive Tracy is in her videos. Always smiling. The new workouts every Thursday keep me from getting burned out too.
Love you Tracy!!!
Hy Tracy. I am Carmen, 42, from the South of Spain. I’m sorry about my writing in English. I’ll try to do it as better as I can.
I found your workout videos in youtube 2 weeks ago. I’m really happy to find them. In your workouts videos, you transmit your positive feelings. I feel them inside. I love them.
About my weight and my body I have to tell you, my weigh is 80kg (176lb). Apparently, my body doesn’t say that weigh 176lb, but I’m not happy with my body. (I think I have big and heavy bones besides the fat legs, arms and belly.
I hate my inner legs, specialy, on summer because I can’t wear skirt because my inner legs stay together and touch each other. They hurt me, they make me burns. I also hate my arms. The first workout video I made, it was “BAT WINGS, get rid of flabby triceps, loose skin, best arm workout for women!”. When I finished it I felt as the fat in my arms is burned.
I want to achieve to say “I love my body”, I can be in peace with my body”…., please, Tracy help me to achieve my goal. I look forward to receive the 2º video asap.
Thanks so much for your help in advance.
xoxo, from Marbella-Spain
Hi Tracy!
Why are we women so hard on ourselves? Back in my 20’s I thought I was fat – but I was so lean. Now, at 53, eeeee my big stomach, joints are weakening, I’m out of breath, health risks .
I just found you recently. What you do is AMAZING, helping women in mind and body and you’re so right; it’s NOT selfish to look after ourselves. In fact, the best thing we can do for our families is to look after ourselves.
I’m in my bridge mode! I’ve gone from thinking “I’m fat” to
“FU stomach!” (Sorry it sounds crude, but it works for me) I’ve reached my first goal of 10 pounds (30 more to go). I basically eat half – just half of anything & more salads.
With each 10 pound weight loss goal I reach, I incorporate more exercise. I turned my home office into a gym, which I’llbe using more. That’s working for me. It’s too much for me to jump in all at once physically & mentally.
So far, my workouts of choice: your bat wings workout and the brutal but very effective 7 minute workout. Those are loooooooong minutes but amazing! I also joined hot yoga and I have some of your leg workouts saved which I’ll be doing.
Tracy, your knowldge, your caring personality, gentle guidance and kick ass workouts are nothing short of inspiring! Thank you!
Hi Tracy I am not happy with my body, I feel as though I will never lose the weight. It’s hard because I have PCOS and my health really depends on me to get this right so that I can be the healthiest I’ve ever been. Because of all my health issues I feel so drained and sometimes can not find the motivation to do anything, I feel helpless and just have given up hope. I’m trying very hard to not feel this way but as I look at myself everyday I feel like such a failure that I just say f*** it…
Hey Tracy. I started out by watching your videos on youtube a while ago. Then yesterday I bumped into your HIIT and abs workout where I saw the link to your site. I’m very excited but I must admit that I NEVER keep up on any diet or exercise programm. I really don’t know what to do next. When I watch your videos I try to keep up during the video but the next day I forget to re-do the exercises. I’m trying to change my eating but sometimes I see myself cheating (way too often)
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Thanks for your videos and support
Tracy I am so frustrated right now. Never in my life have I had a weight problem. Ever since I turned 45 it seems as if I have been on a downward spiral in the weight loss battle. I have tried everything and nothing seems to work. Also to add insult to injury, when my husband and I started on our weight loss journey he lost weight rapidly and I am still here at 150 pounds and 5’4″. Every day I sit and stare at my size six clothes in my closet and get angrier and angrier! I know there is a way but nothing seems to work. I was told the other day by a friend that I can never get to that size again. That made me freak! Help! I want to prove her wrong!
Hi Tracy…..I have never had problems with my weight except it being hard to gain and maintain it. Being so active. ..working and just on the go in general. …and not taking time to eat right my body started losing muscle. After being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer I realized I had to turn everything around to be healthy and take care of myself. After a double masectomy I was cancer free! Between chemo and tamoxifen i started to see changes in my skin. …dry and creppy. I have had 5 surgeries in 18 months. My energy is finally kicking in after learning how and what to eat…..I feel great! My skin has even started tightening up! I’m still working on toning up and was thrilled when I found you on you tube! I had looked at several but you make exercise fun!!!! Thank you so much!
Hi Tracy.Thank you so much for your videos. I’m 26 years old,and i am an educated girl. i have to say that i’m not fat, but also not fit and toned.The problem is that i had been stayed fit for years.i loved my body.It was really sexy and toned.After graduation because of some problems i stayed at home and at the same time i started working on my master thesis. so now after 5 years, i don’t like my body at all.some belly fat, fat inner tights and also fat arms. so many times i tried to start my diet and going to gym and doing your exercise based on your videos t. I did it for a very short time and then gave it up. I’m not happy and also there is no motivation. Im really alone,there is no friend and love who encourages me to work out and start diet.But today,your video makes me to think more.thanks a lot.
I can absolutely relate to everything you said. I am a dancer, and while I mostly teach now, I am so aware of what I say to my students. Coming from an environment where my friends were constantly being told they needed to lose 20 pounds, and were smoking or starving themselves to be thin, I knew I never wanted my students to feel that way. I weighed 103 pounds max up until I got married, so I never got those comments, but I didn’t realize how hearing those comments all those years, even though they weren’t directed towards me, has made me feel about myself now. I would give anything to look like that again because I feel like such a failure. I now weigh 150 pounds, and it kills me to look in the mirror every day. I hate what I have become and what my body looks like. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and insulin resistance a couple of years ago, and started eating paleo, at the recommendation of my doctor. I was so happy to finally have answers about why I had gained so much weight, and I succeeded with that lifestyle for several months because I was just sick of being overweight. I lost 30 pounds and had so much energy. I’ve since totally fallen back into my old habits. I’ve gained about 15 pounds back, and every time I try to get back on track, I just fall off. I love sweets. I ate ice cream for breakfast most mornings in high school, and I always crave sugar. Fruits just make me angry because that’s not what I want. I know eating paleo is successful for me, and it will improve my overall health, but I just can’t make it work now, and I don’t know why. I am going to sit down tonight and answer the questions. I know there are deeper issues that need to be dealt with, so I can move forward. I just want so badly to feel comfortable in my skin again. I am so glad I came across this. PS ~ I love your videos! 🙂
I recently found your workouts on you tube and came to your website. I am a mom of 3. I am 5’7 and currently 133. I have recently lost 10 pounds. I am working out and eating healthy. My thighs and especially my arms are where I carry my weight. I have been exercising and changing my eating for about 6 weeks now and have noticed a little change everywhere but my arms. I am getting a little discouraged. I am not sure what to do to help burn some fat off and make them toned. I also love to bake and have a major sweet tooth. I went from having dessert every night to once a week. But I still crave sweets. I want to bake and eat sweets. But I know that it should be done less frequently. But I am finding it harder and harder as time goes on. Any advice?
I found you on U Tube and glad I did. Thank you for that video…It all starts with positive thinking about our bodies. I look forward to using your workout videos and the motivation that you give.
Thank you!
Wow….So many things you said to describe the “old you”…are me today! I am 54 years old (tomorrow) and have always hated my legs! I have lost weight in the past and actually loved getting dressed! I do not anymore. I am 5’3” and at 122 lbs am too heavy, I am a “pear”! I look forward to finding my way to 108 and staying there!! I have tried every diet in the world but just get frustrated….I can’t wait to find the way to “live” happy in my skin and changing the weight my body “likes”! I have been blessed in so many areas of my life but live “hidden” with clothes. I can’t wait to “be free”….
I look forward to this journey! Thank you for your honesty…………..
I had some body image issues as a teenager, but felt I had gotten over them as I grew up spiritually. I no longer have the obsessive pain I used to have; however after having two kids, I have gained a lot of weight, and I am worried about my health. I think deep down I know I could lose weight, but it seems so hard. I am having trouble staying motivated. I think I need to use some bridge statements to move from, “I could lose weight” to “I can lose weight.” “Could” sounds like “I could but….” I think I have been stuck in that zone for a while, and I need to get more positive. Thanks for the video. I look forward to the next one!
Awesome video! Thank you! I appreciate your humor, grace and candid approach. I’ve had such a negative view of the way I look and how I think I should look since I was 13 and I’m 46 now. I’m having a hard time accepting my body the way I feel & look after having my kids almost 20 years ago as I use to be a lot lighter. After seeing this video I realize that I really need to change the way I talk about myself. I want to be able to feel comfortable saying “I’m beautiful”, right now that feels way too foreign to me. I’m excited to see the next video!
Cheers
Shauna
Hi Shauna, I am so glad that the video resonated with you. That was my hope:) I love the desire for you to feel your best NOW as opposed to 20 years ago. What a liberating and powerful insight! I hope you watch all 3 videos and I look forward to your thoughts. xx Tracy
Oh my gosh, I think you hit the bullseye with the bridge comments. I’ve been “trying” to lose weight for years now. (I saw your other video about that this morning!) I actually lost close to 100 pounds about 10 years ago, and over the years, a lot of that weight has come back on. But I think my thought process never changed. Even after I lost all that weight, the thoughts were still negative. I read about affirmations and I can totally relate about the bs monitor. I would say and write down that I love my body the way that it is, but there is this voice with a resounding “Yeah right!” there in the background. I never heard about bridge comments before and I think this will be really helpful. Thank you!
Trista, thank you so much for your honesty. I really appreciate your thoughts and comments here. AND what a great a-ha that without FEEEELING great, it does NOT matter what the scale says. How great is that!?! I look forward to your thoughts on the other videos as well. Lots of love! Tracy
Hi Maria. YOu are not alone. But my mission and passion is to help women feel amazing in their bodies. Stay close and be sure to watch all 3 videos and USE the free gifts. I’m here to support you! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
Thank you so much for putting this video up, I’m really looking forward to seeing your other videos. I haven’t done physical exercise in at least 6 years and reason why I stopped in the first place was for pure fear of being judged by people who excersised regularly, people who I thought would look at me and judge me for not doing it right. I have always been relatively thin due to genetics however I have never been ‘fit’ and for many years haven’t been able to walk to the top of the stairs in my house without becoming out of breath, nor have I been able to run for longer than a minute without needing to stop. I always felt it resricted me in what I can do in life, I now feel like I have the motivation to change that. I really hope you can help me with my fears and anxieties so I can turn my life around, tone up and become fit and healthy.
Also congratulations on getting married (: xx
Hi Jess! Thank you so much for your wedding wishes. So sweet! This is your time, and there has never been a better time than NOW! I love that you are feeling motivated. Use the free gifts to support you and I hope you enjoy all 3 videos. xx Tracy
Hi, Tracy!
I’ve been watching your YouTube videos for over a year now. I love ALL of them and I’ve tried many. They are so fun and inspirational! I agree with some of the people here saying they’ve given up and tried again, and given up and tried again. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone through that cycle and I am just so done with giving up. I realize it only ever leaves me feeling more horrible about myself. I have NEVER liked my legs and they have always been my main “problem area”, but I also have a bit of a pooch that seems as if I could get rid of it rather quickly if I just kept on going, but unfortunately, I have been stuck in that cycle of giving up because I guess I wasn’t seeing results as fast as I wanted. I remember years ago when I would do countless amounts of crunches and sit-ups thinking it would rid my belly fat(man was I wrong). This video was really great and truly opened my eyes to allowing myself to take another chance at becoming a better me ~ The me I want to be. I’m only 20(also only 5 feet tall and 110 lbs), but I’d like to spend the rest of my twenties actually enjoying myself and not having to worry about my appearance. Thank you SO much!! I love you, you’re really great!! (: ❤️️
Hi Tracy,
First of all, Thank you for being a goof ball. Funny things you say in your workout videos are what keep me coming back. Gradually, I’ve begun to feel open to maybe, just maybe trying to take it a bit further than just doing a bat-wing blaster from time to time. Recently I found out I was a celiac, and I lost 10 pounds in the first 2 months. Then, I figured out how many lovely gluten-free things there are our there that I CAN eat, and I gained 15 back! I am largely a positive person, but even though I’m now getting better nutrition than I have my whole life, my 45 year old body isn’t springing back. I have been looking at your email invitation to watch this video, sitting in my inbox, since it came out — must be a month or two now — feeling scared, as if starting it and committing to actively pursuing this path is going to rob me of something I value. How weird is that? Well, today, I finally said okay, I’ll watch it. Enough fear. Fear of what?!
Anyway, thanks, and here I jump in.
Jenny
Your so inspirational. I love listening to your videos they make me want to start the process but I feel like my problem has always been that I want to but I’m lazy and I don’t know where to begin. I don’t know what exercises to start doing or where to even start. I need to lose weight all over but I don’t know where to begin or what exercises to do. I listen to your videos and wish so badly to be able to do it but I’ve started and gave up so many times that I’m just scared it’ll happen all over again.
Hi there Aubrie! It sounds to me like you are trying to “figure it out” on your own, and that might be what is keeping you feeling stuck. Be sure to watch all three videos and if you are ready to really be supported, join my program which begins in just a few weeks http://tracycampoli.com/yhb/ It includes EVERYTHING you need to lose weight, tone up and most importantly feel amazing inside and out. Lots of love to you! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy!
Absolutely loved this first video! You described me to a T. I felt so comfortable with you and not intimidated. That alone helped me really listen and connect with what you were saying. I look forward to beginning this journey and the second video!
Hi Rebecca! I am so glad that you feel connected, that truly was my hope. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and insights from the next videos and be sure to stay close. xx Tracy
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Dear Tracy,
Already love your exercises and the way you bring it. Only just started with one of your video’s on youtube for the arms! But it was fun doing and could feel it. So hope to stay as encouraged as I am now; just signed up for your videos.
Nice to hear your story in above video.
Kind regards from Belgium
So……i took your challenge and here are my answers.
1. Food feelings: i feel lositive about my diet as it is ridoculously healthy but upset these foods still.done deliver thr lean out results i want most likely because of tyoe 1 diabetes since I check out.medically great aka hormones, thyroid etc.
2. Often I say no I cant have that likely when simeone offers me something kind of healtjy or sime.but terrible for diabetics. I also say wow this is so good Lol i love bell peppers for some crazy reason.
3. Most commen food and bkdy statememts are:
A. I dont know why my arms dont slim down there is not tons of fat but I am so.muscular because I take after my dad it drives me nuts.
B. I workout three times harder than everyone else if a normal person did what I did and ate as clean and as loght as I did theyd be a rail. It is very frustrating.
C. It must be nice you can eat what you want and I cant.
4. Bridges…I could slim down if a lot of things balanced and I found my bodys personal secrets and keep going to my holistic acupuncturist and I will keeo trying. / I can eat what I want but I choose to be healthy lol / Finally, Is it possible for me to drop yhe 6 lbs I have been working on for 3 years????
5. FUN EASY STATEMENTS…i dont know if I have any lol since a structured life has made my personality that way so mu best try is…to hell with it Ill keep trying and enjoy the journey and accept that I am taking great care of myself and know I am a good person.
Omg I cried watching the video. I realized i can day i love healthy foid honestly but I dinfinitely had a BS monitor alert thinking I like .my arms lol.
I am a size 4 and am.blessed with a 32DD chest which doesnt aide me in looking thin lol
Camden! So glad you watched (and were moved by) video #1. I see the internal work here clearly, as I hope you do also. In response to your comments, look at your bridge (said with love, hear me out) it still seems like you are in the “negative zone” when I hear you say: is it possible for me..unless a type-o, I would update to: it IS possible for me to… Just take a look and be sure to watch and implement vids #2 and 3. xx Tracy
I am 55 and very over weight now. I used to be slim and work out regularly but each time I lost one of my parents I gained weight. I also had a hormone imbalance which caused havoc to my monthly cycle. Then to top it all I had a fall which resulted in damage to my back, hip and ankle. (15 years ago)
I have recently returned to my previous healthy eating and I am determined to keep to it this time. It is true though that when I look in the mirror I am not pleased with what I see and would love my previous tummy of years gone by. ( even after my chidren were born)
I am mom to four grown children and now grandmother to three beauties and I want to see them grow up.
I am confidently telling myself I COULD DO THIS if I keep focused. That’s the problem keeping focused because I tend to put everyone before my needs.
Your video inspired me to say yes I can do this.
HI Jane, I am so glad that you feel inspired. Be sure to watch all three videos and I look forward to your comments. Your time is now. I also want to invite you to be supported! My program begins April 13th http://tracycampoli.com/yhb/ and it might be just perfect for you. Lots of love, Tracy
Hello Tracy.
I’m a 32 year old mummy of 3 year old identical twin boys, who are amazing but obviously very exhausting.
I have never been a ‘healthy’ person, I’ve always eaten junk food and done very little exercise in my life, although I have always loved to walk (and still do when I get the chance) as therapy to clear my head.
I’ve never been happy with my body, size 14 (uk size) I had curves but nowhere near as toned and firm as would have liked to been, but was able to suck my stomach in and fake ‘looking fit’.
Obviously after having our beautiful boys those first 2 and a half years, they were my priority. Now they are getting the tiniest bit easier and more independent, I am going to start working on myself more. My confidence is completely shot, I now dread socialising, my brain no longer functions (I don’t care what people say there is such a thing as ‘toddler brain’).
We live in a gorgeous tiny outback town in western Australia, which is heaven perfect place to raise our crazy little monsters. But make me feel worse as majority of mums here are like ‘step ford wives’. They do EVERYTHING, they have kids and within a month back to their original bodies, always immaculate made up, baking, etc.
I feel like a failure, I’m bearly surviving.
Anyway.
So been doing some research for a couple of months on where to start, I know I need to begin with my core muscles first, because (sorry I don’t remember the proper name) my stomach muscle things are still seperated and weak. Then sort the rest out after.
I’ve been on Pinterest, YouTube everywhere, got lots of ideas but no motivation.
Until I was introduced to your site/blog. I’ve read so much, watched your videos and they really spoke to me. I now have motivation and through you I will become healthy, happier and more confident. I start my journey on Monday and actually can’t wait.
Thank you
Vickie.
Hi Vickie! I’m so glad you are here and found me! Just begin! You have the passion and the motivation, it is within you and as a mom of twins you already know that you are one strong cookie:) Make sure to watch videos 2 and 3 (video 3 is all about motivation so it was made for you!) Support is here for you! xx Tracy
I am 55 yrs old today. I am a mother of 4 and grandmother of 7. I have hated my legs for years and actually tell people that I have 4 knees because there is so mch fat on my inner thighs and legs. Let’s not even talk about the cellulite all over my legs. I am embarrassed to wear shorts or dresses and haven’t done so in years.
I wish I had found you years ago when things weren’t this bad. But I am working out on a consistent basis, thanks to your youtube videos and I love it. No results yet but I am determined to keep it up. I wish I’d found you years ago. Thanks so much!!!!
Hi Diana and Happy Birthday! I am so glad that you found me too! Workouts are wonderful but I have found the BEST (and lasting) results come from your food plan, workouts and the mindset piece, as I talk about here:) Stay close and be sure to watch and implement videos 2 and 3 and let me know your thoughts! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I am glad that I found your videos on youtube. I have been overweight since I was 13. I have seen results already, but my excess fat is with my thighs, arms(batwings), and my love handles. I have the smallest waist line, with a big butt(lol). I am ready for a change and I am looking forward to a better me. Thanks!
Hi LaShara! I am so glad you are here. And that you are ready for a change. Use the free gifts included here and be sure to put them into action:) Stay close and lots of love! xx Tracy
I’ve just watched video#1, it made me cry! Although I’m not hugely overweight, I have a thyroid problem so I’ve gained 17kg in the last 2/3 yrs. My self commentary is “I’m never going to be able to lose the extra weight”, but watching this has given me hope. Can’t wait to see more videos, thanks for all your efforts of helping others. I have also started doing Low Carb High Fat and cutting down the sugar, so its all starting to come together. Thanks for the video…this has me feeling more positive already 🙂
HI Jo! I’m so glad that the video helped you and you are feeling inspired. I hope you enjoy and implement the other 2 videos and I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Lots of love, Tracy
First of all, I LOVE your videos not just for the exercise routines and other health features, but for the quintessential NYC view you have!!! Love that you’re so often smack dab in front of it… I miss my son terribly, and it helps me feel like I’m in NY for a few minutes, right down the block from him perhaps!!! As a wife and mom (also a fine artist), my body and mind have really enjoyed that life well lived, and I’m so grateful for that. My husband is in LA four days a week and then he joins me for long weekends at our house in Cambria, CA, a quiet little mid-CA-Coast town. This beach living is new for me~we raised our son at our home in the San Fernando Valley until flew the proverbial coup for Boston University and now NY living as a starving actor/musician…. All of which is to say, I’ve been very empty nest emotional, but feel like I’ve finally gotten past that here at the beach and am now ready to really really focus on myself~not in an ‘oh well’ kind of way, but in a joyful ‘hey it’s about time’ kind of way… I’ve always exercised, mainly been a runner all my life, but approaching the big 50 is starting to affect that muscle tone you always take for granted in youth, etc etc etc…. I’ve tried so many things: Core Fusion, Tracy Anderson, power yoga, etc… but running has always been what does it for me somehow. Then I discovered you on the internet (somehow…not even sure how!!!)… and I just immediately felt that I’d finally happened upon someone who I feel entirely connected with… I love your energy, your personality… I just feel happy and even LOL when I watch some of your stuff… I love your “hi” and “bye” too!!! In short, I feel like I’ve landed on something, a person and an approach, that will supplement just running (which so sadly is now actually wearing on my body in my second act of life)… It makes sense that you start with the mind-body connection here and I’m about to look at your second video above and can’t wait for the third! Thanks Tracy for sharing and for simply being you…. it’s made a difference for me and I suspect will continue to… 🙂
Oh thank you so much Charla. What a very sweet message and I am so glad that you found me too…no matter HOW you found me. I think this is the *perfect* time for you to begin to focus on yourself and I am thrilled to help you:) Lots of love and I look forward to your insights on videos 2 and 3. xx Tracy
Hello Tracy .. thanks a lot for all what you are doing to help the other women .. to be beauty and to get fit . I really like video no 1 & 2 .. they are very helpful . I love to eat what my body wants .. or by other word i alwys listeni to my body .some time my body wants salt so I eat something salty & vis . I have 10 kills to get rid of I am not in so much hurry .. that’s why I love what you Said in video no 2 .. I like to eat whenever my body wants .. I hate counting calories .. and I love the fresh food .. I enjoy cooking Healthy but tasty food .
All you three roles are great ..
thanks again my dear ..
looking forward to the next video
you are amazing
<3 Tracy…I am such a fan of yours! I follow a lot of your exercise programs and diet advice! You are someone that I admire and appreciate so much! <3 You are helping people to enjoy life more! What could be better! I am doing your arm and leg exercises as well as your chin toning exercises…love them and see the benefits! I have not tried the avocado chocolate pudding idea yet, but love that too! Mary
Hi Tracy~Thank you for being inspirational. I am almost 66, and hate my body. I know I shouldn’t because I allowed it to get fat. And I ‘ve lost the motivation to change it.
So, I am going to listen to your video again and again. It is encouraging, and you are a great inspiration. Thanks!!!!
Well Sharon this series is 100% for YOU! Be sure to use the free gift included with this video and watch #2 (3 comes in just a few days) and #3 is ALL about motivation. You are in the right place! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I asked my cousin about some arm workouts online & she referred me to you. I am so glad she did! I love the workouts; thank you for your dedication 🙂 I have had shoulder problems for years and I find your workouts invigorating and they do not bother my shoulder.
After viewing this video, I never even realized the negative thoughts going through my mind about my body. I agree there are so many images women try to live up to from what we are exposed to in the media and magazines. The thing is, most of these images are enhanced and aren’t even real so the “industry standard” is smoke and mirrors.
I have just started getting into working out again and look forward to your videos. You make it fun and lighthearted.
Tracy, I was wondering if you have a food guide on what you would consider “eating clean”? I am asking b/c at one time I thought I was eating healthy, but was actually making myself sick with the foods I was eating (dairy and gluten). I want to make sure the workouts are going to show my progress.
Thank you again for the energy you put into helping others and in giving back the knowledge you have gained.
Dear Tracy, many thanks and kind greetings from Berlin, Germany.
You have been an inspiration and motivation for a few months now, after I have discovered you on FB and later youtube.
I have even my 62 year old (very fresh and funny) mother hooked on your videos. She is telling me on the phone “I can’t talk right now, I have to do my Trrrrrracy!” (saying it with a rolling ‘R’ since she kept her polish accent:-)) My father is very proud. And her back and neck pains almost disappeared since she works out with you!
You should have seen us on christmas holidays doing the Bat-Arms-Clip and the 4-part- Holiday-Special over and over again:-))
This new clip is indeed a closer step right into my “uncomfort zone”. I do think of all this adjectives. There are aspects of my life I am not happy with at all. My body is the top of a list. But putting things negative will draw more negativty into my life. Like a magnet. Wrong wishes to the universe.
So your clip proofs again: You are a whisperer, who makes me listen closer to what I want, what I need and most important, how I can feel happy.
Universe! I am on my. Being fabulous. Thank you, Tracy!
Hi Agatha! I LOVED your comment, especially about your Mom! Please tell her I said hello and how wonderful that is that she is seeing great results and FEELING so much better. You are so smart and wise with your words and it’s true, we are basically magnets so why not attract good things?! I hope you also view video #2 and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. xxTracy
Big things to all of your videos,it helps me a lot.your my inspiration for pushing through how to keep fit.sometimes i felt giving up due to my hormonal problems but when i started to do one of your exercises after 6 months my body has a big change.
Hi Dina! I just love hearing that you are seeing and feeling some great changes in your body. When we speak with love to our bodies they will respond. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on Video #2 also! xx Tracy
I found your workouts recently on You Tube and I love your down to earth personality! One workout I did with you this morning in fact, you referred to your dance move as “the dork dance move”. I can totally relate! LOL. Obesity runs in my family and I have lived in the negative zone ever since I can remember. I live in fear that I will become like my Mom and family members. I am active, eat healthy (mostly), go to they gym 3 times a week plus do 10 minutes of “something” every morning. So you would think that all that “work” I have been doing for the last 20 years (I’m 42 now) would have paid off with a killer fit body. Not so much…so I have stayed in the negative zone. I have come to appreciate some of my body parts but the nick name “thunder thighs” has left an indelible scar I am still trying to get over about the image I have of my legs. I will work very hard at the first step of this video. Every time I find myself saying the negative things I will replace them with the bridge phrases. I know mind set is a HUGE part of staying fit…but having some bridge phrases until I get there seems like it will help!
Hello Rachelle! I am so glad that you found me AND that you had such an important insight. Use the techniques that I teach in the video, and they will help you for sure. And make it EASY, no need to work so hard;) I hope you love the entire series. xx Tracy
Tracy Thank you for the videos..
I have been fat most of my life & almost every morning tried on many clothes before leaving the house cuz I looked fat in everything .But I have been changing my statements lately. .It Works there is a verse I kno that says..
What a man or (women) thinks in their heart so are they… So true ..cuz what the mind thinks..the body follows..Now I’ve been watching what I say ..
Like (I enjoy healthy foods I really like vegys ! But I was sabotaging myself when I would look up recipes it was all deserts now I look up healthy food recipes and I try them and I enjoy them so much.
I concentrate on the good foods to eat then there’s No Room for the bad and once in awhile it’s okay too.I find( What You Focus On Is What You Make Room For) I’ve been doing really good you are so inspiring and your so sweet, you make simple movments with powerful results it’s a workout but something I can do.. you’ve been a great help I tell all my friends to check you out on YouTube because you really Care about Living Life’s Journey in Good Health… Thanks So Very Much ..Your a Gem !!
Hi Barb! I’m so happy for you and just from reading your comments, I hear so much insight and growth. Thank you for spreading the love to your friends also. Keep up your amazing work and defo check out videos 2 and 3 (3 is coming in a few days) xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I ran across your video series looking for a program to firm my arms for summer. I have been looking for a workout program for a long time. I do have a gym membership but have not used it for a couple of years due to my work schedule. Your program seems like something that I could be interested in and I love your concept on bridge thinking. You are an excellent speaker and motivator. My negative talk is about not being good enough, being flabby, out of shape, etc. I use a lot of negative talk in every area of my life and as I listened to you I became aware of it in a very clear way. I am excited to go forward with you. I pray that this is the answer to my lack of peace with myself. To be blatantly honest I am very unhappy with myself at the moment.
Hi Raechel, I am so glad that you found me too! My #1 piece of advice is to USE the free gift, it sounds just perfect for where you are right now. Having the awareness is a great place to start. Sending you lots of love! xx Tracy
Thank you Tracy! I really appreciate all you do. I’m Newley married and my husband is away for military things and I want to look nice for when he comes back I haven’t even noticed how I’ve been obsessing and downing myself. I look forward to your next video and love your ring girl!;)
HI Courtney! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and that it spoke to you. Be sure to use the tools included in the free gift and know that you are in the right place and that your time is now!! Thanks for the ring compliment, I love it too:) xx Tracy
You are truly amazing girl, i dont think i have ever loved my body, even when i counted my calories, run excessively and got down to 46 kilos, i still didnt like me. Now i have put on the extra pounds, i hit 40 and bam i cant shake it off no matter how i try. i am grateful to be on this journey with you and hear your voice in my head telling me to love me.
HI Caroline! I am so glad you are here. Use the gift, actually fill it out and get started. I think you might be amazed at just how quickly you can shift zones. I can relate and I know that if I can do it, you can too. Lots of love, Tracy
You bought tears to my eyes. You truly care about people and it shows in your powerful message. I love each and every video you make and I have been following you for years. You inspire, you motivate and you give simple yet effective solutions to women’s issues. THANK YOU, THANK YOU and I can’t wait till the other video’s
xo Maria
Thank you for this fabulous and inspirational video and gift of yourself. I am excited to rework my messages to myself about my body and the benefits that will inure. But I am really, really excited to share this video with a Young Women’s group that we run each fall as part of my job as a high school counselor. Teenage girls constitute the biggest group of body haters and I’d love to be able to get off that merry-go-round early in their lives.
I really enjoy your workout videos. You’re real. You’re honest. And you’re a little bit goofy, which is the best. And for as pretty and fit as you are, I don’t find myself comparing myself to you despairingly. You have some really wonderful energy emanating from you. Many thanks.
HI Liz! How wonderful! I am so glad that this not only resonated with you but that you also feel inspired to share it with the teens that you counsel. I am truly touched and honored. Thank you so so much and I hope that the other videos resonate with you as well. Lots of love, Tracy
HI Ricarda! Thank you sweetie! I am so glad you enjoyed the video. I hope that you use the free gift and make sure to let me know your thoughts about the following videos. xx Tracy
Thank you so much for the generous work you do Tracy! Definitely looking forward to the other videos! I really need that confidence boost haha
The way I talk and think about myself is literally pathetic and keeps me from living my life the way I want to, and from being at peace. I don’t necessarily need to lose a lot of weight, I just have to accept the way my body is built and give it what it needs. Im glad you have our backs Tracy:)
Love, Sophie
Hi Sophie. I am so glad you enjoyed the videos. I’m also glad that you had some insights from the video and I hope that you use the free gift to get you started. More to come! xx Tracy
Well Lori, I am so glad that you found this video. This is your time my dear. Make sure to use and implement the free gift that was provided, that can help you take action now. THe next video is released tomorrow,so watch for it. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I hate everything about me 🙁 I just wish I could do something about my weight, I just wanna be like the rest of the 17/18 year olds that I go to school with, that I see on a daily basis. I just wanna be slim and be able to wear nice clothes 🙁 I feel that I need somebody to tell me what to eat everyday and what exercise to do too. Please help me in the best way possible 🙁
As a mother of 4 beautiful daughters I can tell you Emily, that you are not alone in how you feel about yourself. Learning to love yourself and be who you want to be is a difficult journey, but looking for help is a good start.
Yes I consider myself to be fat but I don’t consider my body to be out of control. I know my eating habit is good and I enjoy healthy eating. However due to hours of sitting in my office I find fat accumulation in core section of my body which gives me uneasy feeling and therefore was frantically looking for easy as well as effective exercise videos which are fun in doing. I came upon your videos and instantly became your fan as I found them easy to follow short in duration and fun to do.
Dear Tracy,
I watched this with interest and found, like many others on here, that the idea of the ‘Bridge’ really struck a chord with me. I have only recently found you online and really like your positive and enthusiastic approach to life. I am currently lying on the couch after a knee operation 2 weeks ago and so have stopped doing anything! Was feeling particularly flat today – as the only exercise I have done, is the program prescribed by the physio – but then I watched this. Although I know I have to adapt my exercise routines, I can still find plenty to incorporate. Thanks for this today. It came at just the right time!
HI Sue! I’m so glad you found me too and I hope that your knee heals swiftly. In the meantime if you are up to it, some upper body and core work should be good for you. I am so thrilled the video resonated with you. The bridge is the bridge to FREEDOM for sure! I hope you enjoy the free gift and please use it!! I look forward to hearing your insights from video #2. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
I found it really sad that I still use every adjective you stated when I talk about myself and my body. What I liked so much about the concept of Bridge statements is that it is the baby steps to getting where I want to be. Going from “I am Fat” to “I love my body” is just not realistic, as you have pointed out there are many steps in between. I have always felt like a failure when I tried to jump too quickly because I just couldn’t get there in the time frame I wanted and then I end up taking two many steps back. I know my body is a process and I know even more, my mind is a life long journey. I have lost a lot of weight many times during my life. I hit a wall and say enough is enough. I watch what I eat (no sweets and less bread) and I try to be as active as possible. I get down to a weight that I am really happy with and then I somehow let it go and the scary part is it seems to just slip from my grip so slowly that I don’t notice until it is too late and I am back to where I was. I think when I get where I want to be I reward myself with all the things that got me there in the first place. I think I deserve to relax this week and not workout, I deserve to go out for ice cream. This pattern continues and then all the work I did is gone and I am right back up there. I hear statements like I eat for fuel not for fun and I try to wrap my head around that. Anyways this was kind of a ramble but your video got me thinking about it all. I don’t have an answer but I am trying and will continue to try. I am happy I get to take my Journey with you
Hello Beautiful Kyla! I am so glad that the video gave you some insights into your particular patterns and habits. And just to be clear, to me it looks like you are DOing, not Trying, which is great. Use the free gift (and there will be more to come!) and stay close, support is here. Looking forward to your thoughts from Video #2. xxTracy
I do believe that what we think and say are powerful forces in what becomes our reality — and yet, interestingly, I seem to have developed the idea that how I speak about my body (negatively) is somehow different. I eat pretty well (a largely vegan diet) but a couple of fairly serious injuries have kept me away from the exercise I used to love … Now I find it hard to get motivated about exercising and I’m at an age and lifestage (57 this Thursday and post-menopausal) where that’s just not a good thing. So thank you for this, Tracy! I’m looking forward to this journey 🙂
Hi Julia and Happy Early Birthday to you!! I love your insight about “segmenting” areas of your life. What a great realization. I think you are just going to love this series (and especially video #3, which is ALL about motivation). Stay close and I look forward to your comments on video #2. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I have lived in Tanzania for 12 years which has helped how i perceive beauty. (men here love curves!)… but my personal feelings about myself are stubborn. I have given birth to six kids and gained 50-60 lbs with each pregnancy and lost most of the weight through hard exercising and dieting each time. I knew I never needed to impress a man because I had one that loved me “as is”…But I didn’t love myself. I am now going thru a divorce at the age of 42 and looking at my body that has stretched back and forth so many times… (saggy skin!) and wondering if its possible to really make it to the finish line just for ME. I am quite fit and work out, but only feel good when hidden by clothes. I’ve been trying to lose those last 10 lbs since I was 9! Honestly, I can not imagine how its possible to put on a swimsuit without wanting to hide! I like the bridge concept and the self affirmation BS is tough to swallow! I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your videos and site to help so many people.
Thank you, Carrie
HI Carrie! Thank you for your honesty and if you are willing to step forward and claim yourself, I think the material provided will certainly help you. My goal is not for you to simply watch and enjoy, but to also DO! And, as you have experienced, it really does begin with feeling good (truthfully, no BS) on the inside. Sending lots of love all the way to Tanzania! xx Tracy
This video has REALLY opened my eyes! I’ve only discovered you several months ago and I haven’t looked back. Been doing your workout videos on repeat and they’re so much fun to do, I even told my BFF to do them with me! I’m still in my early 20s but I’ve been struggling with body image since very young age and I’ve only learned to love my body a few months ago. I’ll be filling in the PDF and it will hopefully be an eye-opener for me 🙂
Hi Claire! I am so happy you found me too! And good for you for using the PDF!!! Hooray! I hope it helps you to find clarity and guidance. Lots of love, Tracy
Thank you for this video. I tend to think I am a positive person but have struggled with my body and body image my entire life. I am 40 now and think if I only knew then what I know now because if I did then what I know now I would have reached my goals. I feel my body at this point is unfixable no matter how I workout and eat. Even if I lose weight I don’t look fit and as much as I wish I wasn’t so vain I can’t seem to change how I feel about wanting a fit body. Even alone in baggy clothes and nobody to judge I am uncomfortable in my own skin. Forget about wearing a bathing suit. And this has prevented me from pursuing bigger dreams because I don’t feel confident to be around or in front of people. I do what “they” recommend with positive affirmations and just end up feeling frustrated and like a failure because it seems to work for everyone else. So the AhHa moment from your video is that you validated there is a voice that calls BS. You made me realize I’m not the only one who never believes what I am affirming. You address that need for a bridge. xo Kerri
HI Kerri,
Thank you so much for you honesty. I am so happy that you found this video series. I 100% hear you when you say that these feelings about your body and weight have prevented you from pursuing bigger dreams. As women, it is so important to feel confident in our skin, but I have also found that is all really starts from the INside first. Once we can clear the old limiting thoughts and beliefs, THAT is when our bodies change. I hope that you use the gift that I provided and go easy, it can take time, but it is possible for you. I look forward to connecting more in the next videos! xx Tracy
Thank you for this video. I tend to think I am a positive person but have struggled with my body and body image my entire life. I am 40 now and think if I only knew then what I know now because if I did then what I know now I would have reached my goals. I feel my body at this point is unfixable no matter how I workout and eat. Even if I lose weight I don’t look fit and as much as I wish I wasn’t so vain I can’t seem to change how I feel about wanting a fit body. Even alone in baggy clothes on and nobody to judge I am uncomfortable in my own skin. Forget about wearing a bathing suit. And this has prevented me from pursuing bigger dreams because I don’t feel confident to be aroind or in front of people. I do what “they” recommend with positive affirmations and just end up feeling frustrated and like a failure because it seems to work for everyone else. So the AhHa moment from your video is that you validated their is a voice that calls BS. You made me realize I’m not the only one who never believes what I am affirming. You address that need for a bridge.
Thank you for that wonderful video. I have been in the negative zone for 35 years! It’s such a habit, half the time I don’t even know I’m doing it and the best is all my friends do it too, even some of my slender friends. LOVE the idea of the Bridge. So helpful. What you’ve given me more than anything else is the idea that it really IS possible to change my mind and body to get to a healthier place. For a long time I didn’t believe it was possible, so thank you for that too.
Hi Dawn,
I am so happy that you found this video helpful. Sadly, I have seen that it often doesn’t matter what we look like on the OUTside if these INside thoughts are not cleared up. I am thrilled that you are inspired. I hope you enjoy and implement the free gift and I look forward to your thoughts on video 2. xxTracy
Hola Tracy,
I felt like this entire video was all about me. All these words that I use to describe myself-especially the fat one. I could identify with so many of the other people making comments. I do have a “uniform” that hides a multitude of sins. It makes me sad how much energy I can put into feeling crappy about me instead of making it positive. For me, it seems that I take an all or nothing approach to things. So I either exercise 1 time/wk or 8 times. I am frusrated.
I did take part in your cocktail party & came away with some points that you made-in particular, the self love on-to give to myself, self-care. Also how clean eating, movement & positive visual thoughts all lead to a healthy body. I started talking to myself in the mirror every day & it makes me smile. Baby steps…Thanks for what you do.
Hi Angelina, I am so glad that this video resonated with you. The most important step is to decide that you are willing and ready to change. Then use the content and information provided here and actually implement the steps. Excellent my dear! xx Tracy
Thank you !!! Your video is very encouraging and sets the tone. I am healthy, whole and complete and I am LOVING my body more and more every day !!! Love and Light!!
Hi Tracy Campoli
Thank you so much
How are you i like your videos , i find so much difference in my body i loose weight by doing your excercise from you tube.but please share more excercise to became more perfect body.now my thinking turns to positiveness .As you are releasing video on march 17th on my Birthday day.
Thanking you
Hi there.
I LOVE your Instagram!
I am so glad I found you. I am 50 and had 5 children. I am 5’8″ and have always maintained a weight at 127. NOW I am 145 lbs! Big surprise being menopausal and the metabolism slooooooowing down. I think it may be an evolutionary thing!
Anyways, I DON’T LIKE it one bit and know I can get my previous body back with the help of your plan.
You seem very sincere and genuinely excited to help others.
Thank you so much. 😀
HI Emily! So glad you love my Instagram:) I think you are in the right place dear and I am thrilled that the videos are inspiring you! There is so much more to come!! xx Tracy
Hi Lisa! You are so welcome! This is 100% the foundation for not only weight loss, but feeling AH MA ZING in your body and in your life! Be sure to use the free gift and share any of your insights and a-has. I look forward to your feedback from video #2
I’m so glad that finally someone is honest about the whole body image and positive thinking, because it really is not possible to change one’s mind overnight. Also thanks you for all your tips which are really always down to earth and maintable.
I know I said it before but I will emphasize it again because it needs to be said. You are truly the most natural, authentic, normal, down to earth , kindest, funniest and cutest trainer ever! I’ve nver saw somebody who is so likeable and can interact in such a wonderful, respectful and aimicable way as you. You truly are a sweetheart and a delight to watch which makes it so much easier following your workout routines.
Thanks for your great inspiration, motivational words and fantastic tips for fitness, nutrition and lifestyle! Wishing you all the best and nothing less!
Hi Marion, First of all thank you! I am so thrilled you are inspired! And you might be surprised that by using the techniques I shared in this video your mindspace may change a LOT quicker than you think. 🙂 I hope you use the free gift and I look forward to your feedback in the next video. xxTracy
I have always hated my legs and have always seen myself as fat. How do I feel well I have no confidence and I always feel everyone is better than me, because of my FAT problem. I loved your video and cannot wait to see the other two. Thank you
HI Mary! First of all I am so thrilled that you are here. It sounds like you have clarity of exactly what “zone” you have been living in and now is YOUR TIME to move forward. Use the skills and tools in the video and included in the free gift. These, when practiced regularly and habitually, can change your life and body. I see it every day with my clients. I look forward to connecting more and hearing your thoughts on video 2! xx Tracy
My ah ha moment came when I realized I am not 18 anymore! 🙂 I joined a diet bet thinking I would lose that “last 10 pounds” and cross the finish line. What I have realized is that at 49, I love my body more than I ever have in my life. What I am really searching for is a way to keep it, and improve it, which doesn’t have to mean weight loss. I have been following a paleo diet for a year and feel good, but sometimes deprived. I am looking for a balance that maintains the place I have come to love – trying on clothes and they all fit. My choices are now based on style and color. Wahoo! I look forward to exploring your approach further. Glad I found your bat wing video that lead me to your website.
HI Christine! I am so glad you found me too! You are in the right place sweetie! Stick with me;) Learning to LOVE your body now, exactly in this moment, is what sets up the foundation for not only weight loss, but as you said, finding balance and being able to maintain your body. FREEDOM is having a lifestyle that supports you, and allows a FUN life too! I look forward to hearing your feedback in video #2. xx Tracy
HI Eve! I’m glad you like my workouts. And all of these videos are about soooo much more than just weight loss. It’s about creating that freedom for having not only a BODY but a LIFE that you LOVE! I hope your enjoy the series and share with your friends! xx Tracy
I am 60years all and I went through my menopause filling so fat and unhappy then I find you in youtube.
You were my inspiration and I started doing yours videos and exersice 5days a week and eating healthy then I started loosing weight.
Now I love my body and people ask me how I manage to look so young.
Thanks Tracy you really are an inspiration.
I love this! I had a really hard day at work today and was excited to see your free video! All day I’ve been telling myself that if I got done with work without yelling at anyone, or eating 50 cookies, I’d make myself some chocolate pudding when I got home and find something fun to watch while I ate it. This is what I chose to watch, and it was totally fun! I think I’m already on the happy side of the bridge. My conversation with myself used to be, “I just want to stop getting more and more tired, loosing range of motion, and feeling old and worn out.” Now I’m telling myself, “I can do this! I can be as cute as I was when I was younger!” And it’s true! I’m going to send your email to my daughter. She’s a certified personal trainer but has always had body image problems even though she’s as cute as can be. She just had a baby and feels a little tired and worn out. I think the bridge idea will work to help her get back on track with loving her body!
Hi Sally! I’m so glad you like the video and are implementing some of the tools that I provided. If I may give you some loving feedback, in your statement: I can be as cute as I was when I was younger, how about: I can be cute NOW! I can feel AMAZING now! I CAN!! 🙂 xx Tracy
Thank you so much for your candor. My challenge was not thinking” I am fat or not good enough”. My problem was/is not thinking or caring about me at all. I have completely neglected myself. It is sad but I can now see and acknowledge it.
Hi Jae, I am so thrilled you found this series. Now is your time to START and that awareness is the BEST place to begin. I really hope that you watch and re-watch this video and be sure to use the free gift I provided to get you started. I look forward to your input in the following videos. Lots of love, Tracy
I have never thought of my body as one whole. I have always viewed it as a separate set of “parts”…some of which I like and some of which I really don’t. Most exercise programs reinforce this perspective, frankly, by creating videos like “sexy abs” and “toned arms” and “your slimmest thighs”. With such constant programming to look at one’s body as just separate parts that need constant tweaking, it is hard to honestly look at the body as a connected whole system that is the physical embodiment of who I am as a person.
My challenge is to accept that all the parts are me, they all work together holistically to support one another and I need to accept and value the lot of them, without judgment.
HI Karina! What a beautiful and honest insight. I admittedly have many videos titled with separate body parts, but that is to just make it easier for people to search and find what they are looking for. However, I 100% agree with you that if we are always looking to what we DON’T want…we will see more of it for sure. Loving your WHOLE body now is the foundation to make you feel amazing inside and out. I am so honored to be in conversation with you Karina. I encourage you to use the free gift and I look forward to your insights in the following videos. xxTracy
Hi Tracy, ive had a battle with my weight for years.
I would lose some then over time put it back on and then some.Ive reached 45 and fed up with myself and my body. My boobs have a shelf of there own and I hate it.
Since getting over 40 found it harder than ever to shift it.
Thankyou so much for your latest video and can’t wait for the next, I really need to be happy about my body, Im scared that how I feel will transfer to my teenage daughter.
Thankyou again Tracy.
Hi Wendy! I am so happy you found this video series. And I really hear your feelings about wanting to create a powerful and healthy example for your daughter. Use the free gift to get you started right away. This can create miraculous shifts in your thinking and also in your actions. I am so excited to hear your insights and feedback on video #2. Lots of love, Tracy
I was pleasantly surprised to find out the content of this video series. I truly thought this would be a 3 part mega workout. However, I really love this approach. I came across this quote a few years back .. “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha. This went hand in hand with the approach of cognitive therapy that I was studying in Psychology and it spoke to me. Your video and your approach here is something very similar. For the past few years, I’ve applied this idea to my own workouts and it has made such a difference! I agree that moving from a negative zone directly to a positive zone is challenging and not very practical. I love your bridge statement solution! While I believe that I have a healthier view of my body than I have had in the past, I also believe that there is always room for improvement! I took notes on the key points of this and I am excited to work more on my mindset.. especially when it comes to food. –That is my biggest weakness. I have a huge sweet tooth and I love junk foods and salty foods.. and things that aren’t healthy and that don’t promote a healthier lifestyle/my ideal body. Now that I’m older, I’ve found that it is a lot easier to gain weight and a lot harder to lose it. My goals for this year include toning up, slimming down, being healthier, and to maintain my progress. I’ve made some progress since January and I think that participating in this video series will help me stay on track and achieve those goals. Thank you so much Tracy for sharing your method! I’m looking forward to working with you!
Hi Alyssa, I am so thrilled you are here and finding the content so useful! I know that if you use the gift provided you will start to notice and most importantly feel improvements. In your example with food, start using the bridge right away: I can eat healthy food. I can eat real food. I could make better and healthier choices. It is possible for me! I hope this helps and I look forward to your insights from video #2. xxTracy
Thanks Tracey. I have been beating myself up for nearly 50!!!!! years. I will be 61 & I am so tired of the energy I spend thinking about how fat I am & coming up with the next wave of ideas. I have sooooooooooooo many different ideas, but like you said, none seem to work. I love you energy & enthusiasm & look forward to your next video.
HI Cheryl! It sounds like you are in exactly the right place! I am thrilled you have found this video series. To start right away, begin to use the free gift I gave you and implement the skills right away. This creates the foundation and can help you be FREE from the old ways of beating yourself up as you had in the past. Lots of love to you beautiful, xxTracy
I have been working on changing my self talk and my bridge statement that I am using is “my body is changing” it might not be what I want it to be but it’s not where it was, and that’s a good thing, because that means that as I keep progressing, I’m going to eventually get to where I want to be!
Hi Colleen! I love that you have been changing your self-talk. An insight for you, YES to loving your body now and allowing it to change. So a great bridge for you may be: I can love my body now. I can progress. It is possible for me to love myself. I hope these help and keep me posted. xxTracy
I have done your online workouts for quite a while and if I count the years I haven’t loved my body – it exceeds the 15 you mentioned. I said my body is capable – which is great progress for me. My mission is to just love my body – I have achieved that zone a couple of times in the past 15 years – but then my muffin top comes back and I fall into old habits and I believe I didn’t change my inner voice to match the exterior…and it does bring down my overall confidence. The concept of Bridge Statements resonated – I can do those! Thanks for the video (and your youtube ones as well)!
Hi Stephanie! YOu are so welcome and I am trilled you enjoyed the content. My hope is that you USE the content provided in both the video and the gift. Put it into practice. Sending you so much love and looking forward to hearing your thoughts on video 2! xx Tracy
I have never been on a diet, I never counted calories, but I have changed my eating habits. I love food and cooking and I am not a fan of cutting out food groups entirely. Nowadays I look for ways to include healthier alternatives. However, in the last few years I have used words like swollen about my body or I have a layer of fat somewhere. I realize that my body started changing due to problems in other areas of my life, I think I built a protective barrier. I start thinking negatively about my body when my clothes don’t fit, but I have been able to say to myself that it will get better when I include more exercise. I try to find positive things about my body when I don’t like certain things. I have been unhappy about my thighs for a long time, but then I know there is decent muscle under the jiggly bits:-) I would like to change the things I say about my thighs and my stomach. Like Iyanla Vanzant said – “I was so grateful to have a thigh to have cellulite on.”
HI Michaela, Thank you for your honest words here. What we think and say, we bring into reality. So I really hope that you enjoy and implement the free gift I gave to you. That will help you get started and create that foundation for FREEDOM. Isn’t that a relief!!! Lots of love and I look forward to your insights in the next video. xxTRacy
Tracy, you are truly an inspiration to ALL!! It all makes sense but I find to apply it is extremely difficult! I have been in good shape most of my life but I find that as I am getting older, my stress is worse and my self image is getting worse (although I have always had a slow self esteem) I find that my skin is different and the cellulite is only getting worse (legs & thighs)….I have a lot of issues but I would like only to be happy and healthy in my own skin!!!!! I truly enjoy watching your videos and your self esteem (within your chats) and how amazing and how you enjoy helping so many people! So glad I found your site, Tracy!! Thanks so much! Joan xo
HI Joan, Thank you so much for your comments. I am thrilled you are here and I strongly encourage you to use the free gift provided. You deserve to take some time JUST FOR YOU, and give yourself that gift. You are in the right place sweetie. Lots of love and I look forward to more insight from you in the next videos. xxTracy
Hi Tracy:
Happy Friday the 13th.
The negative statement that I could be willing to not use anymore is that I will not be able to have the body and physique that I once had from July 2011 to Aug 2013. At that time period I had Mastered Myself and had a transformation and my physique was slim and shapely. I have had eating and body image disorders and issues for 25 years and I finally had started and eating program that stabilized me and transformed my body. I felt slinky and I liked the way I looked and I knew I was slim. But there was another side – I still wanted to weigh less, and I wanted a smaller waist + smaller thighs. And, because I was following a “No Added Sugar” plan I was having 2-3 sugary treats a day, so subconsciously I was feeling guilty. Then “things” happened (aka life-heartbreak, disappointment) and I started to eat more cookies, more apple fritters, less protein, less veggies and from Sep2013-Dec2014 I put on 22 layers of fat and gained 5″ on my waist and 3″ on each of my upper thighs. So now I just do not have that belief that it can happen again…even though I want it a lot – more than anything. I know what went wrong before. But I think I am still dealing with the anger and grief and sadness that I had Mastered Myself and I have even coached people with their bodies + now look at me. If I tried to coach someone now, they would not want my coaching because I do not represent a body that is desirable and lean and shapely and I am not practicing and committing to what I believe in.
Anyway, thanks for the invitation for conversation. I look forward to hearing from you.
HI Tonyia, First of all I want to thank you for your beautiful honesty here. Our thoughts create our reality and as I mention in the video, often we don’t even realize what we are saying about ourselves and how it is keeping us from achieving our goals and most importantly from feeling good, and even great! I know you are in the right place here and as a coach, you know the value of support. I am here to support you. Use the free gift and begin Tonyia. I am excited to hear more insights and thoughts. xx Tracy
Powerful first video. I’ve been plagued with negative talk about my body for so many years now. Even when I had lost all my weight the first time 20 years ago, I was still finding things wrong with it. Now that I’m 50 and am actively working to get back into shape once again, I’d like to be able to finally accept my body for the wonder that it is – even if it’s not perfect and aesthetically beautiful. I want to find real joy in being healthy and strong and acknowledge that it’s time to cut my body some slack already. Enough is enough. Thank you for putting this video series out.
HI Denise, Thank you and I am so glad you found the video series. This is for YOU!!!! Make sure to use the free gift and put it into action! “I CAN do this!” I CAN feel strong and healthy! Lots of love to you! xx Tracy
I want to look in the mirror and not feel disgusted. People say I’m thin but without clothes I’m gross. At least that’s how I feel.
I feel as if I’m too old to get my body back but im giving it all I have. The eating healthy is the hardest for me as I’m not a food person and would rather not eat. I can go all day on a bowl of oatmeal. I don’t want my husband to see me without clothes and have been married 35 yrs. So this is really got me in a bad place! Please help me!
HI Stacy, Thank you for your honesty. It sounds like you have let fear and the false beliefs about yourself take over. THe good news is, there is help for you. Please re-watch the video and use the free gift. Lots of love, Tracy
Thank you for posting this video Tracy!
I have constant body image issues. With the weather getting warmer, I can’t hide in a sweater or jacket anymore and getting dressed is a huge struggle. Every morning its a battle to find what shirt can hide my “fat area’s” the best. I’m constantly pointing out how fat I am to my husband, even though he constantly tells me I’m not. I’ve lost almost all the baby weight I gained with my 3rd son (thanks to you and your youtube videos) but my body just isn’t good enough.
Hi Laura, I am so thrilled you are here and enjoying the series. It’s that “voice” that keeps us feeling stuck and so many women suffer from it. The great news is: there is FREEDOM available to you Laura. Begin by using the free gift and re-watch the video if needed. This creates the foundation to lead you to feeling amazing INside first. Lots of love my dear! xxTracy
I’m 51 and am reaping the consequences of hating my body. All my life I was lead to believe I was worthless. I’ve fought with depression and contemplated suicide. Thankfully, I had friends who cared enough to step in and I’m no longer in that place. I left the abusive situation and now find myself with a loving, caring spouse. I am ready to give up the worthless feelings, the self-hatred, and the depression that still strikes me down from time to time. I’ve a long journey ahead of me, but I’m ready. I’m ready to get rid of this emotional baggage that is expressing itself as excess weight and find the inner (healthier) woman who is longing to emerge and truly live!
Hi Bonnie! I am so happy for you and thrilled that you have found this series. Good for you and I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the following videos. I think you are going to LOVE using the free gift I included with the video. Lots of love! Tracy
Hi tracy! I want to thank you so much for this video, I have a difficult relationship with my body since I was very young let’s say 10 years old (now 21) I always felt like my body was curvy but with a lot of trouble spots. This year I decided to change that. To find the healthy body I’ve always wanted. But I realized that one of my biggest problem is the connection between stress and food. As I’m from Venezuela stress is a normal feeling in our daily life especially now. So I feel safe when I eat. What you would recommend me to stop this horrible habit? Thank you so much you’re such an inspiration for me. Love you, Ninibeth.
Hi Ninibeth. It is wonderful that at a young age you are recognizing the stress and are willing to make a change. That is truly the first step: willingness. Please use the content within the video and the free gift. Actually DO the exercise. Sending you lots of love Ninibeth. xx Tracy
Thank you for doing this Tracy. It is exactly where I am right now and I haven’t know how to get past it. I’m emotional just writing this! I have never loved my body or felt comfortable in my skin and certainly having 3 babies hasn’t helped! I am constantly comparing myself to others and always feeling not good enough – and worse that I won’t ever get there! I workout 6 days a week (with u!) and I try my best to eat healthy but I’m just not getting there (yet!- bridge?!!) I can’t wait to hear more! Thank you thank you!!!
HI Angela! Good for you and I’m so happy you found this! So your bridge will help you…I can eat healthy. I am transforming..etc. Lots of love and I look forward to your comments in the next video. xx Tracy
You are truly an inspiration!! Thank you so much for this video series. I look forward to your emails every thurday! About a year and a half ago I was not only in the best shape of my life but I had the most amazing positve outlook on life. I loved working out with you online and felt so confident and proud of myself. And then I was given some horrible news that rocked me to my core and it litterly took me about a year to come to terms with. During that time I stopped working out, was wallowing in negitive energy, and just had no physical energy period. Soon the cloud started lifting and that is when I noticed that all my previous hard work that I had acheieved on my body had gone to heck. I was actually bigger than when I first started working out previously! The last few weeks I have been telling myself that it is time to start excersizing and get back that body and positive energy back. All I have felt is disgust for myself and with this video I had this moment where I was like, ‘Wow, not only am I incredibly hard on myself I say every negitive thing you listed off.’ So I guess my A-HA moment happended as I watched the video. Time to get out of the negitive energy space and into a more self loving one and then maybe I will have more physical engery to get back to a more healthy lifestyle and routine! THANK YOU XOXOXO
Wow Tanya! What a wonderful insight and A-HA! Thank you for sharing it with me. This is your time my love! To FEEL your best and that internal shift will help the outside transform. Sending lots of love! xx Tracy
Thank you so much for your video! I speak so negatively about my body and my choices. I have had trouble losing weight, and recently have had some success. I a find as I am losing weight…I am still talking negatively. I have been trying to thank my body for releasing the weight. It is so hard to change your thoughts…there I go again. It is easy to change my thoughts.
Kimberly, you are in the right place and make sure to go easy on yourself. Use the content and the free gift to get you started. I think you are more than “trying” you are DOING. xx Tracy
“I hate my legs”! That’s been one of my top negatives since forever. Now, since having a child, it’s my tummy too.
But, I can definitely work on trying to be more positive, it’s possible for me to love my legs & my tummy!
Thank you for the videos
Hi Tracy,
Your video is very encouraging. I have always been into working out since my teenage years and pretty fit and FAT. My thing is I am now in my menopausal years and have gained a total of 20#s WOW that’s a lot right. Anyway, I have tried dieting, exercising and nothing seems to work any more. I am pretty active I hike, run 5ks, and also do the treadmill and weight train, but I just cant seem to get it anymore. Your video is really motivating and again I will attempt to find my right body. Thanks and you are awesome. P.S. congrats on your wedding.
Thank you Darleen and thank you for your comments. It sounds like your beliefs about your body are translating into the physical. Use the tools share here and I feel confident that you will begin to feel more aligned. Thanks for the wedding wishes too sweetie! xx Tracy
I received the video series (thank you) that has the free gift. It won’t let me fill in all the info. What am I doing wrong. Please help, as I am I obsessed with your workouts. Need all the tips I can get.
The form comes up but I can’t write I my answers .
Thank you
Stacy
Hi Tracy
Firstly, thank you so much for all your videos and help. I have been following your exercise videos for sometime. I have found them easy to follow, fun to do and they work!
Loving your new series of videos. I have needed to lose weight for about 20 years following the birth of my last child. Year by year I gained more weight, became more unfit and wanted to hide away. I dressed in my ‘ uniform’ which served to disguise my body. I took no interest in fashion, or much else as my focus was my family. Food was a hobby, comfort, emotional crutch. Over the last 3 years I have suffered a health break down with several medical problems.
Today I want to think differently about my body, the extra weight I’m carrying and the way I think about food.
Looking forward to the journey!
Love Debx
HI Deb! You are so welcome my dear! This sounds to me like the best place to start. Be sure to implement the free gift included so you have a STRONG foundation and I think this series sounds perfect for you! This is it Deb! Lots of love and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the next videos. xx Tracy
hey tracy ,
i m akila from india (16), am still suffering from obesity and i feel like a person who won’t look pretty ever . i was so depressed and sad . i didn’t want to go to any of the functions and i sit my house and browse about ways weight loss. i was yelling at my parents forgo reason . guys at my school wouldn’t talk to me just because i didn’t look good . And the truth is yes i don’t feel good about my body and i really don’t like my body . Then i found you . now i feel confident that i have you to help me out. my height is 162 cm and my weight is 70 . i have a big bum and saddlebags and little of love handles . i did a lot of sports in my 9th grade but still i am fat . i wish i could get your help .
Hello Tracy ! Thank you for you’re commitment on hellping us!
i am 37 years old and im a false thin person.When i am dressed i look fine, i am “petitte” and everibody says i look fine and thin .But when undressed i dont like what i see i am not feet! I have been working out with your videos i love them! And i feel bether…i am eating better…but i have my urges for chocolat like a drug …but even there i am better…
I LOVED YOUR VIDEO… because i know what you want…and yess i believe the transformation stars in you mind 🙂
What you are doing is important !!!
Thank you,you energy is contagious <3
I’ve gained about 20 pounds in the past year while also attempting to conceive our first baby. Now I find myself fat and infertile… 🙁 I’m really struggling to feel the same way about my body that I did 20 pounds ago when I was a size 6. I’m realizing that working out really does help me feel stronger and more confident even though I’ve only lost about 3 pounds and a 1/2 an inch off my body after two months. But excited to continue. Ready to make a change and feel good about my body again, whether or not we’re able to have a child.
Oh Carly, I am SOOOOO glad you are here my dear. This is the place for you and I am thrilled to have you as part of the community. Lots of love to you my dear. xx
Hi Tracy<
I recently made a life change about a yr. ago and in the past 3 1/2 months decided that I should get healthy. I am going to turn 60 yrs old Sept 30th of this yr. and I accomplished during these few months a weight loss of 28.8 lbs……. by giving up cookies and milk at night and bagels every morning for breakfast .and eating more super foods. I am now 124 lbs & 5'1". I did not know the how much I lost till I went to my dr for a physical , and he said to me I made his day. He was just as happy as I was to hear that number. I am in need of " toning " at this point . I have changed my eating to be more healthier and exercise 4-5 times a week. I am nervous about gaining the weight back , you hear so many people say " yes my husband and I lost weight and a year later put it all back. How can one keep the weight off and continue to eat healthy when sometimes there is a craving for something you put off your new menu… like ice cream or someones home baked pie/cake. and those carbohydrates !! Any help, or words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated… Thanks and I love your bat wing video.
Keeping my chin up , oh yes , I'm doing facial exercises as well.
Josie
Tracy
I was introduced to you positive approach on self relationship with food and self through a friend who’s been doing your program and she looks and feels amazing.
I’m what I would call a mix match body type. I have good parts and I have not so good parts. But mostly it’s my mind that needs to be reprogrammed to start talking in the “bridge zone ” dialogue.
I have this mirage image of my self that’s pretty ugly and I am only aware of it because my friends tell me it’s amirage. But I know until I can get into the “FUN AND FREE ZONE” I will never believe it.
So I am taking on your approach and blogging with my friend to keep me motivated and I will let you know how I am doing.
Sometimes when you ask for a way and let the universe take care of it. The answer comes in a download 🙂
Best
Sharla
I have been struggling with my weight for so long. I feel so defeated almost like playing tug of war with a Semi-truck. I have had weight issues because of my unhealthy way of eating that I always seem to fall back on and can’t shake. I don’t even really like the food.. its just easier and faster than healthier foods. Or sometimes I just don’t even want to think about it.
I did get fit a couple times in my weightloss battle, and I still remember not being happy with my results even though I was just as thin if not thinner than the average female. I think a lot had to do with me and the negative self talk I constantly am putting myself through. I am going to try this program, however I am so exhausted this is probably the last ditch effort before I completely give up and live the rest of my life in front of the TV in a muu muu.
A combination of starting menopause and injuring my feet, I put on over 30 pounds in a short period of time. With no exercise and a lust for sweets, I lived in those negative thoughts, “I am old and it’s not possible to make any changes with my body. My clothes are too small and I hate shopping, let alone spending money on fat clothes.” Three months back I gave up dairy (and my migraines have stopped), gave up wheat and my inflammation has decreased greatly, and something I never thought I could do – I gave up sugar and my energy level has greatly increased. With the increased energy, I ran across your arm exercises on YouTube and even though I struggle to make it through one set, I feel great victory. You are so refreshing, and I appreciate your challenge to face those negative thoughts and reboot my thinking. I look forward to trying a new path and not let my bad feet, my age, or my negative thoughts get in the way!!
Hi Tracy,
This is san and i am just 21yrs old.I just loved your bat wings workout.Thanks a lot for that.I have started doing it regularly.The problem is I have serious weight issues.I don’t have a good figure and a toned body.My over sized tummy and the chest line makes me very conscious.I just lost hope about getting thin or getting onto good shape like the other girls of my age.But your videos gave me some hope.I look forward to get some help through some cardio exercises from you for my loose arms and chest.And please do prescribe me some diet plan which would change the way i feel my body and food.Thanks for your support.Looking forward for a new start.
love san
Hi Tracy,
I hardly know where to begin. Filling out the answers to those questions was very emotional for me.
I am 54 and have been struggling with my weight now for 28 years…sadly, that is more than half my life. I have been on almost every diet plan out there. I feel like I spend all of my time worrying about how I look and how others perceive me. I am tired of constantly worrying about what I do or don’t put in my mouth. Now I am at least 100 pounds overweight and it is overwhelming…and I have several health issues…but I really DO want change.
Thank you for your videos and encouragement.
Cathy
Hi Tracy,
First of all I would love to say a massive THANKYOU!!!
I have been using your youtube videos for the past few weeks and am already feeling more confident that I can be happy with my body.
with 5 children and a home business I find it hard to leave the house for anything, let alone the gym.
being able to do excercises in my loungeroom in between jobs or while the children are playing is great. (they even join in sometimes)
never in my life have I been happy with my body, there was always something that I was unhappy with. (mainly my belly and thighs)
after having brain surgery 11 months ago, and gaining 30lbs since, (I didn’t even realised i had gained so much until I couldn’t fit into any of my jeans) I knew it was time to focus on MY body and MY happiness.
I’ve lost 8lbs in the past 3 weeks, just eating healthier, removing soft drink from my diet and walking for an hour, 4 times a week, PLUS doing your amazing workouts.
I am so happy with my progress and really enjoying the journey.
and I CANT WAIT TO LOVE MY BODY
i’ve lost over 110 pounds in the past seven years. I love eating healthy foods, don’t belong to a gym but like yoga, dancing and walking. In the past year I’ve done a little backslide and have gained back 10 pounds, not from bad eating habits but maybe from less exercise and being in maintenance mode rather than losing mode. I don’t want to go back to my old ways and need some motivation. I’ve been overweight my whole life until now and don’t want to repeat the past. I do have self-esteem issues and have had to learn to say thank you when complimented on my weight loss. I still see myself as the “old” me when I look in the mirror. I’m hoping I found a place here to motivate me and keep me where I need to be and lose this 10 pounds plus a few more. Thanks for the video!!
I’m 43 and since getting married almost 2 years ago, I’ve gained 20 lbs, mostly due to reduced activity and bad diet. I took a nutrition class last Spring, began working out at home, took enzymes and lost 9 lbs! Sadly, I gained it back when I stopped doing all those things. My problem is consistency. For a short while in the summer, my husband and I joined a gym. We went 3 times a week for almost two months but saw no results, probably since we weren’t eating healthy. He has a hernia and I had my gallbladder removed due to stones. About a month ago, I started my enzymes again, added probiotics and began drink kumbacha! My digestive health is so much better now and I am also sleeping better since I no longer have all the bloating and digestive discomfort. Now it’s time to refocus on exercise and weight loss. I used to be so confident in my bikini but this past summer, I wore a peek-a-book swimsuit top that gave some camoflague to my love handles. I want to feel good in my bikini again. Now that my insides are feeling better, I want my outside to match and finding your videos on the FitYou channel on Roku was great! I am going to do this with your help! Thanks Tracy! You’re the best!
Very interesting. As I was watching your video I kept thinking (besides, “what a precious girl!?) that when I was thin before I never had negative thoughts! So this made a lot of sense to me. My story is that I have recently had to have several old injuries repaired. The first was a broken foot that had to be pinned. The next was a disc replacement in my neck, just seven weeks ago. I have gained 30 lbs from the time I’ve not been able to move as I used to (200 miles a week on a bike, yoga, running). I didn’t get here overnight and I won’t get back to where I was over night either. I’m clear on this, but I don’t like it.
I use words like hate a lot in reference to my body. I “hate” my boobs, they’re huge”… I “hate” my gut, it’s not flat anymore. The thing is, I don’t hate those things, I just hate what they look like at the moment. So, with your urging, I’m going to change those statements. And on to the next video. Thanks!!
I am so happy to hear that my dear and be sure to watch and implement the tips on all three videos and look for goodies in your inbox too! Lots of love! xx Tracy
Just started to work out with you and I absolutely love your method, its inspiring, innovating and ageless! You have a new adoring fan in me. Thank you again!
Thank you for sharing the videos and the free pdf! After I have completed the first video I will begin filling it out. I am working on changing the way I eat and work on my body and love it again after having three children (that are now grown) and getting this 50 something body back in shape and feeling at peace with it Thank you for your videos. I love your workout videos. By the way, I found you on my Roku originally. 🙂 keep up the good work! ~ Lisa
Hi Tracy,
I’m 46, married and mother of 2 teens. I’m about 15 lbs overweight after sustaining a LisFranc ligament tear foot injury and complex regional pain syndrome on my left foot. For 2 years, I had gone through physical therapy, major depression, and nerve block shots in my back, I’m so happy to say that I can walk, run and play tennis again without shooting pain in my foot. I feel like I’ve been given a second chance in my life , a chance to live a healthy and happy life. I always hated my arms- fat, bat wings, just plain disgusting. About 3 weeks ago, I came across your “Get Rid of your Bat Wings” video and it totally transformed me to a happy, energetic person. I followed your arm videos 5x/wk for 3 weeks now, and my arms and shoulders certainly have dents now and a lot leaner than ever. I feel confident in wearing tank tops now, before I would stay away from wearing them. Thank you so much for all that you do. I will continue to follow all your videos because they make me feel great about my body and my life, and I always enjoy watching you as my role model.
Sincerely,
Lourdes L.
Thank you for that wonderful video. I look forward to walking this journey with you.
Best wishes to you.
Soley from Iceland..
I am not actually very fat but of course, I am chubbier than the typical “slim” body. Well, there are times in my life that I gain weight, and there are times that I lose weight. Right now, people told me that I lost weight but still it is not enough for me to call myself slim. Because of people’s compliments that I lost weight but it still is not enough for me, I actually feel down. It’s because I’m starting to think that my body type is not actually the body I desire. I feel like no matter how much weight I lose, my body still won’t look good because my body type isn’t good. After watching the first video, I’m willing to let go of the belief that there are limits for a person who has a different body type on achieving the body she can love. I believe that I can be who I desire and that my body type can be the best. Any other advice? I don’t feel like I’m 100% confident.
well, lets see if this works, I’m a stress eater and my life is stressful.
Hi Tracy,
I am a 45 year old woman with the body of a 60 year old. While most of this is from my own doing genetics have played a part in it as well. To be clear I am grateful for the body I have. It has served me well over my lifetime thus far. For many years I was thin and physically fit (although I wasn’t appreciative of my body during that time). But following 2 pregnancies in my early 20’s I never got my fit body back. For years I have been falling for yo-yo dieting and exercising only to figure out that the weight ALWAYS comes back plus some extra. And the once toned areas were disappearing as well. Areas of my body that were not covered in cellulite now had it! I have a body of a 60 year old because I eat the wrong things (like fast food 7 days a week), drink way too much soda, usually skip meals until dinner and don’t exercise regularly. In addition, I was diagnosed with a degenerative lumbar spine 5 years ago which has significantly limited my activities.
I’m done with that lifestyle. I do love my body and my life. Today is about me making better choices so I can live a fuller life.
I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post
was great. I don’t know who you are but certainly you are going to a famous blogger if you are not already 😉 Cheers!
I love my body & i can & i will ..
Hi Tracy;
I have used the I can’t so much on my journey to lose weight and live longer, that I can’t even say it anymore. Being diagnosed with adult onset diabetes took me for a loop. After my first marriage ended I just feel in a loop. I don’t let myself go that much, and I moderately exercised, but my eating patterns were crazy. Not healthy at all, so here I am approaching 47 in 3 weeks and I’m like you are wayyyyyyg behind girl ?. I plateau and get discouraged to be honest. I saw your video about the bat wings and decided to join your family. Praying your checking will make the difference .
Hi Tracy, I want to thank you for making these helpful videos. I wanted to know if you could do a video on a body toning schedule on what day to exercise certain body parts.
Hi Tracy, thanks for the inspiring video. I do have my “dislike myself” statements. You mentioned shopping ad going out in the video. Sometimes I avoid those things because I’m too big, I think I don’t want to spend money on the larger sizes that I know I need, or think that I’m too fat to go out and I don’t want to be the big girl with the skinny friends. So when I came across one of your workout videos for the first time a few weeks ago I was really encouraged by you and the way you presented yourself and the workout, the Brazil Booty workout. After that I started looking for more of your videos. Thanks for your help and inspiration.
I actually first saw one of your videos on my facebook news feed for how to slim up a double chin… I know it’s silly but first off, I didn’t know there were exercises for double chins! It’s only been a few days and I can honestly say I only did them the first two days… Secondly, I have been dealing with my body constantly changing on me for at least the past 10 years (I am 27 now) and it seems like when I finally get to a good place where I feel better about my body, I then start putting on weight, decreasing my exercise and increasing my food intake. It’s like I battle my body to try and feel good about myself, then I feel good about myself and my body and mind start battling me and I come out the same or worse off than I was before. Every year or two my weight and clothes size fluctuates so much that soon after I give away my big girl clothes, a half a year later I wish I still had them…. I go from loving my body to berating myself for letting this happen again. My latest experience was this past january when I began running and combined that with pilates and cutting out sweets and sodas. I lost 15 lb and was happy with my body becoming more and more toned. My future husband had an issue with my dieting because I would dread cooking and try to avoid it as much as possible… I was almost afraid to be in the kitchen because I was hungry and depriving myself things I felt like I wanted after already being drained from a hard run that never really seemed to get any easier… THEN we went on the cruise, which was the big vacation that I had been working so hard to slim down for. I was a bridesmaid in my cousin’s wedding and I felt that even though I still had 30 lb to go to be where I truly wanted to be, I felt more comfortable than I had in months. When we got back, it all changed… again. summer was in full swing, I was busy and Texas is HOT! I got back in the kitchen to feed my man and my daughter. I quit dieting, and I totally stopped all exercising and now I feel bad about my body again. I feel tired and i feel uncomfortable in the new clothes that are getting tighter and tighter, and like there is nothing in my closet that I really want to wear… I truly just want to be proud of my body. I want wearing clothes to be fun again, and I know that this is possible because I have been that now illusive size where I felt SEXY!!! and I miss it… I feel inadequate because I am so much farther away than I would like to be and it seems less and less possible… but I know it is. And as a person who firmly believes in the power of positive thinking, I can’t believe how I have been talking bad about myself so much lately, like even my mind has jumped on board with my body instead of the other way around. It’s time to recommit to myself, but I’m at the point where I feel like the running and the 20 minute pilates workout just arent going to be enough to get me where I envision myself being in my fantasies. I’d like to be toned, lean and strong. I’d like to feel powerful and in control in terms of my shape and size. I’d like to feel healthy, and even though I always have fresh fruits and vegetables in my diet there is also lots of rich foods I indulge in. I know that I can get the body I desire. I simply don’t know how… and there is plenty of info out there on how; every diet is the best diet ever, every workout is the best workout ever. I want something sustainable, I want something that gets results, and I want to see if your neck stretches can help me tone up my saggy neck from the constant weight loss and gain! 😛 I am getting married in a little over a year and I don’t even want to go dress shopping. Tracy, you have a presence that is so uplifting, it is easy to believe in all the possibilities listening to your video. I am excited to give some of your workouts a try! I really feel like people are led to the things that they are looking for, and I am looking for a teacher. I am ready to learn and to work. Thank you!
Melissa you are in the right place and I am THRILLED you are here! Sending lot of love my dear! xx
Hi Tracy,
I’ve been watching your videos on Youtube, and they are great! Thank you for that double chin video. Now, a bit about me. I’m 20, and let’s be clear, I’m not fat, but I could look better for my years. I’ve been training for 7 years, but I stopped when I was 15. So in years that followed, it was hard for me to accept that I can’t eat everything that I want in amount that I want anymore. So I started exercising on my own, but I was never persistent. I’d workout 2-3 months max and then just give up. Then the summer would came and who does not want to look good in swimsuit?! So I would get depressed, I’d start exercising for swimsuit (totally wrong reason, I know that know, but I needed some time to figure that exercising and being healthy is a way of life, no just to jump in swimsuit and look sexy), a month or so before I would go on vacation. Of course that never turned out well, so I would get more depressed I and so on in circles for a few years now. I didn’t mentioned, but I simply adore to eat, especially sweets, all sorts of them, but who doesn’t?! (Well, I do know a few of them, they came from another planet, for sure 😀 ) So any thought of dieting is like nightmare. I’ve tried doing some, and in the end I just end up eating more than I was eating before I even started my diet. I think I’ m ready to make some changes, to work out reasonably (not every day, and then get bored after a few weeks) and to eat the exact amount that I need, nor more, nor less.
I hope you could help me on my path. Thank you!
Generally speaking, I look pretty good for my age (45). I share some size 6 clothes with my daughters (who are ages 17 and 18). However, I feel so paranoid—-always trying to camouflage all the body areas I am ashamed of. I have cellulite issues in my legs (although my legs are not particularly fat). I hate my bat wings. I am very aware of the “less-than-flat-tummy” and become self-conscious very easily. All in all, I am totally insecure in my body. With all the short shorts out there now, I think, “Why do my legs look so bad—-and everyone else’s look good?” With all the sleeveless stuff out there, I think, “I’d rather avoid exposing the bat wing thing.” Swimming and swim wear gives me anxiety. (Some of this is truly a psychological problem as we compare ourselves to billboard models and not to “normal”—but it is nonetheless a very real problem). I am very active and fairly lean, but there are just “those areas” that make me want to hide! I am hopeful as I jump into your program….
Hi, first impression of you. Great, thank you for your inspiring words. I just need to focus on myself. I have always given and focused on my family .
I am 62 years young..;) In the last year I have done next to no work outs. So I know I can get back into this, with keeping up with your help. Thanks.
Tracy, I can’t thank you enough for your non-pretentious approach to exercise. I have never been one to “exercise” so to speak. I have tried to be active as I age but with an office job it became a good excuse not too. I gained over 12 lbs in 1 1/2 years. I was looking at you tube one day and I stumbled upon your tape for bat wings and away I went twice a day with it. I also now do the standing abs once a day and 5 days a week I am walking more that a mile. I feel great! I won’t stop doing them because they are on the internet, not in some gym that I have to go to to do them each day. I love you. You are sweet and funny and you have helped me feel good again at 61. Thanks for the wonderful new lease on life!!!
Bev Miller
Hello Tracy, so nice to meet you. I came across your videos on youtube while watching some favorite makeup artists, I love makeup. I had sort of given up on weight loss and had come to turns with my size since I tried several weight loss methods and lost weight only to gain it back. I work in an office all day sitting at my desk so I only have a few hours a day during the week to get exercise, which currently consists of about a 30 minute walk on my lunch break maybe 3 days a week. I’m 59 and started to really gain weight around 50 or 51 (then I was about 20 pds overweight). Now I’m 50 pounds overweight!! I don’t feel necessarily “flabby fat,” the words I say in my head is that I’m huge. I think it’s because I’ve always been athletic and to me I just feel BIG due to being overweight. I hope this makes sense, it may sound odd. The only place I’m flabby is my belly, which really bothers me, oh and more recently my upper arms. I love yoga and walking, but I know I should do more. I eat pretty healthy, stick with organic and whole foods, but my biggest problem, and the worst, is a sweet tooth. I don’t binge on sweets, but I have something sweet just about every day. Maybe that’s how I justify having empty calorie sweets “oh I didn’t have much” but it’s about every day, haha! Well I decided to check out your website and am impressed with the first video. I like your personality and I can see myself watching more of them. Perhaps this will be a solution to getting some of this weight off. for good. See you in the next video.
I’m 21 years old and from beautiful graz, austria, so please excuse my english 😉
i think i have nearly tried every diet, from low carb to wonder pills..my problem is that i’m sooo inconsistent! and my bigger problem is that i have no problem with food..i love food and i love eating! food is like a reward for me. In our family we love to eat with passion. Since a half year i’m really trying to eat healthy and to do sports, i like to to some workouts at home and sometimes when the motivation overcomes me i go jogging..but not consequent and that is my main problem..my favourite sentenses are “let’s make an exeption”, “only this one little cookie”, “tomorrow i will go on”, “ok just one piece of the cake”…
..and then i hate myself. Every year since i belive 6 years i tried to be skinny till summer but i had never sucsess and that is what makes me frustratet..so i hope this time it will work..now – i know this time it will work 😉
Haha! Hi, Magda! I am in Vienna. 🙂 It’s a small world! Good luck with your new launch into consistency and Tracy’s program. I am also quite optimistic as I follow the exercises and videos. Best wishes.
Hi Tracy, I saw some of your videos in YouTube and felt inspired to come to this website…recently it was detected that I had hypothyroid…due to this in the past year tell I put on 15 kgs..I earlier felt Awsome about my body..but now I feel absolutely unfit and I hate looking at the mirror..due to lack in self confidence and this weight gain I now feel conscious to wear my old sexy clothes and I wear extremely loose clothes to hide my body…earlier I was around 60 kgs ( I am 5’6″) now I am 75 kgs…I really want to feel beautiful again…looking forward to your videos and hope they will help.i will follow the exercises will full sincerity..
I am 35 years old, I love my body. I mean its not perfect ,but I love it. I used to not even been able to look at my self and I learn to love me. I love Tracy and her videos, I been following them for a year now. WOW. I have lost 80 + lbs since 2013 Yay!! anyways to all you dieters out there: its not a diet its a life style:) yes it makes all the difference in the world.
I am 74 years old and have always tried to keep up with exercise. When I was younger, it was to make me look good for myself, a husband, and friends. Now, I know I need a healthy diet and exercise for health and to live longer, especially being a heart patient and a diabetic. I don’t consider myself heavy at 137, at 5′ 4″, but would like to get to 130 with weight.
Like everyone else, I go gun ho for weeks or months and then stop, but pick up again. My main areas now are my arms and inner thighs. I face reality that age may not get me there, but I have to do the work to “maybe” reaching my goal to just tone-up better.
Being an author, I do a lot of sitting in front of the computer and that is not healthy or a way to lose weight. I have to make the time. Discovering Tracy’s tapes on Youtube searching for upper arm exercises, it gives me hope. I seem to find roadblocks with certain programs because of a car accident in 1985 that caused neck pain from injuries. So, I do have to limit my time with each movement.
It’s August of 2015 and I have a December 2015 wedding with our granddaughter’s big day. My dress is geogeous but is sleeveless. Yes, the panic…hope I don’t have to wave to someone! I want to see, if I am faithful with exercising, where I can come in 4 months with the muscles in my arms. Just to have them stay in place, would be a gift instead of them drooping down from age.
Hi Tracy,
i really your video, that’s really motivating. I am 26, and gradually become fat every year. last year i was 52 kg and this year 56, my body fat is out of control, my arms don’t look good i sleeveless dresses. its becoming very depressive. i have tried diets and many exercise. i m becoming lazy and everything is out of control. my boyfriend love me anyway, he always said you look good. but i m not satisfied. i seen some of your videos tonight i ill start the exercises from tomorrow. I hope it will work, because they look quit effective. thank you
I’m a little off the track on this but I’m NOT overweight…..I am 108-ish # and holding, But I’m 64 yrs. old and I just found your site and am sooooo happy I did. I have a belly I want to get rid of, I feel it’s an old woman belly and hate it. I have changed my eating to NO WHEAT or SUGAR. I feel better that way. In winter mos. I pack it on and get up to 112 #’s. Anyway I need to get rid of this belly. So I am doing your video’s and it feels great. Is there anything else I can do? Thanks for being here…..Love it Nancy
Tracy,
I have been enjoying your videos! I like the video and points of starting to talk positively to our bodies. Good things happen from good words.
I am looking forward to trying your tips. Maybe some changes can finally be made. I have tried everything else, mental thinking is important too. It’s our emotional supplement to speak good things about ourselves.
I have the voice in my head saying over and over again, that I’ve done this before, and I always fail. I have lost a lot of weight, only to have gained it all back. I also have that voice saying to me, you are truly lazy, you really don’t like working for your health so you will become unmotivated quickly. Then theres the last voice that tell me, you LOVE cake, you have a sweet tooth, and you’re not going to be stronger than that craving. It’s so difficult to battle these voices, and I typically end up on the couch, searching the web for an easy way out or just watching TV to tune out. I don’t want this to be how I live anymore!
I used to love my body. Gained too much weight in the last 6 months but want to get to a place that I will love my body again. I want to get into my size 6 slacks comfortably again. I need to tone up areas like under my arms and under my thighs. I am 56 and need to get a better handle on things before it’s too late. But I have a big problem. There are many many foods that I don’t like and have not liked since I was a child. So that makes it very hard to find things that I can eat that are good for my body. 🙁 HELP
I’m so glad I found you and your videos!!!! I am having fun working out and truly visualizing tight toned arms, belly and booty!!! Yay!!!
I watched your “bat wings” video on Utube and decided to check out your website. I’ve lost 75lbs and am now I’m interested in toning my upper arms which are flappy with loose skin and my tummy (also flabby). Other than those 2 specfic areas I’m pleased with the results of my weight loss. I feel pretty good about my appearance but know that I can be more toned and need to know how to get there. I’m looking forward to your future videos.
Hi Tracy!! I am SO happy to have stumbled upon your videos while on you tube searching for workouts. Im a 40 yr old (on JUly 31, haha not quite 40 yet), mother with three kids and an amazing boyfriend. I, like many other women have always yoyo’d with my weight since my early teens. I ranged from 160 my lowest, to 220 when my second daughter was born. In July 2013 I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After treatments, steroids, surgery and radiation. I ballooned up from 180lbs to 260lbs. When my treatments were done, I weighed 260 lbs and was bald! I looked TERRIBLE … BUT!… I beat cancer, hell yea right 🙂
Once I got off the steroids, I quickly started losing weight, I started eating healthy again, no more meat, Im strictly vegetarian now, I cut out sugars and carbs. I eat lots of fresh fruits, veges, drank a lot of water, and just really made a lot of changes to get “ME” back. I worked out on my gazelle for 2 hours daily. All that walking on my gazelle made my toenail slide right off lol. I know this is way more than you expected lol. My tumor has left me permantly with Epilipsy and bad balance etc etc. The list goes on. I AM a fighter though. I lost the weight and now Im in the process of toning up and getting rid of that loose saggy skin. Im almost done Jillian Michael’s 60 day shred. It is a killer of a workout, BUT I get up and do it daily. Sadly I will be 4 days shy of completing the entire 60 days and Ill have to stop next week because Im going back in the hospital for a hysterectomy. Soooooo, Ive been looking at other exercises I can do after my surgery, I don’t want all my hard work Ive been doing to be lost. I did your arm workout video and was Wowed! It was FUN, looked easy but holy cripe, the burn! LOL Love it! Cant wait. Until my surgery day comes Im going to continue with the 60 day shred and your videos. Thanks so much! Love you and love your videos!
My 4’10” self needs to lose 30 lbs. fast. So, going to the gym and giving your videos a try is my plan !
Hello Tracy,
I had a gastric bypass 3 years ago and have lost 105 pounds. I have made it to 195 and have been stalled out for about a year now. I am also dealing with loose skin (lower tummy, inner thighs and bat wings… oh and my butt) I hope to be able to tone up somewhat with your videos. I really enjoy them you have a great personality 🙂
Christina
I am at the bridge you talked about in the video. I’m starting to love my body and I love healthy foods, I always have. I am still working on my self-confidence but it’s the best its ever been. My family is encouraging and I encourage myself as much as I can for the time being. I have always been overweight, it’s a great feeling when I get to thinking how it will feel when I do reach my goal weight. You are an amazing person Tracy, thank you.
Tracy,
Hi, Since diagnosis for breast cancer a few years ago, I have not been in shape. Three weeks into my chemo treatments, I sustained a bad knee injury that set me right down, and stayed with me until the end of my treatments seven months later. Then I had a terrible back injury which set me down again. Now, the cancer is gone, Praise The LORD, and I’m wanting to get back to LIVING, but the 15lbs gained during treatment are still with me and I’m frustrated. I know it doesn’t seem like alot, but there’s a complete loss of muscle tone, which is hard for me to accept, having once been a ballet dancer, competitive swimmer, runner, etc. Thanks for your videos, and positivity. I look forward to walking this journey with you.
Hi Tracy I was looking for a video to help with my bat wings and came across you. I have just seen your no1 video and will do fill in the form. I suffer with fibromyalgia which took 4 years to diagnoses high was three years ago. I have been doing research and for the last year been to lacto free, and the last 3 months wheat and gluten free. Some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia is IBS, insomnia and depression and being very overweight dose not help.
I watched some of your videos standing abdo and the double chin ones which I will try for a month. And get back to you.
Thanks for sharing this video and for the gift.
Sandra.
Hi Tracy, thank you so much for the encouraging video. I am a 66 year old woman, who has been active and fit for most of my life. I was an avid runner, despite knee surgery, until a hip replacement. I continued with an exercise regime routinely after that, subsequently returning to school and changing careers. My weight remain stable and I remained physically fit, which was needed for my career as an RN. Shortly after, I required a hip revision, which set me back physically, but my weight remained stable. Then a year and a half ago, I fractured my knee as well as tearing the ACL. The fracture had to heal before they could reconstruct my keen, which set me back about four months. While in rehab for my knee, I fell on ice, tearing my rotator cuff (3 tears), which put me out of commision for another 5 months. After both surgeries and subsequent therapies, I gained 15 lbs. While I know this won’t sound like many, the problem is I just can’t seem to take it off. It is basically “belly fat”. Granted, I am now 67 years old, however, I do not see that as an excuse. I am frustrated and do despise my body. I found your video while searching for something to combat the “bat wings”…yes, I have them too. So, I’m going to give it one more try, start using my treadmill (I can no longer run–knee and hip) and keep searching for some way to get my waist back. Age is no excuse. Looking forward to your next video. Thank you again.
Hi Tracy, I’m happy that I did located your website and I am anxiously waiting to see more videos.
Thanks for sharing your story.
Doreen
Hi Tracy,
I have been telling myself and my family “jokingly” that I am as big around as I am tall. I am only 5′ tall. I am ready to stop saying and believing that. No matter how big I am it is not right to make the jokes about it. Even if they are done in love, they hurt. And I am the one who had to live with it. No more! Ready to start making my body into the body I have always wanted!
Hi Tracy,
9 years ago my dad passed and a lot of sad things happen in my life between losing my dad, having 2 neck surgery’s, my husband loosing his job and becoming sick myself I began on the roller caster of weight gain. In that time I put on 85lbs. I have just recently come to terms with myself any finally decided to have the sleeve surgery. I am 2 weeks post op and was looking for something to help me with toning my body as I transform the weight loss process. I have always been an active person. until the last nine years. I have always loved and played sports. However I have always hated exercising!! I came across your video while looking for something to help tone my body as I loose the weight. I have to say so far I love your videos and hope to start using them once I am cleared for exercise. Thank you for posting on line.
Julie
Hey Tracy. thank you for such an amazing talk. I have been trying to get fit since almost 5 years now. Its a waxing and waning phase. The moment i halt with exercise I look awful in no time. And it takes me more courage than i can ask for to begin again and then I dont feel enthusiastic enough to start exercising again. Its been my only wish to love myself , to look like i imagine to be. I want to cross the bridge but wondering will i be able to.
I am going to start exercising again , follow you , and I hope I write positive about myself soon.
Thank you
Hi Tracy,
Hi Tracy,
I think that your video one is very important because it helps us to think about what are feelings and emotions are about our body. I have recently lost a lot of weight in a short time and am now dealing with the problems of loose skin. I have always had a tummy problem, and I am really wanting to tone and define my body. As of right now, I only wear 3/4 sleeve blouses because I am so uncomfortable about my arms. I would love to be able to feel comfortable in a swim suit. I am hoping that I can find some real results working with your videos.
Thank you!
Wendy
I am so happy I found you!!! I am 58 and have worked out all of my adult life but was not seeing the results I deserved for all the time I was putting in. Started with your bat wing routine . I do it every night and see an incredible difference! You’re great!!! Telling all of my friends. Thank you so much!
Hi Tracy,
I have just watched the first video, having peace with my body is my aim. I have felt that this is an impossible goal I am 37 and a mother of two and the negative way I feel about my body can be all consuming and a massive hindrance too my enjoyment of life in general. It is a huge help seeing you have transformed the way you feel about yourself. The bs voice rang so true for me and I will be using the bridge example as my starting point. Thank you xx
I am always in a weight struggle. I am 44 years old.I don’t eat well. I work 2 jobs. I do well when I’m at work, but pig out when I get home. Then I go straight to bed. Eating has always been a past time. I am a Chip-O’holic. I could live on Chips,only. I do well for a month or two, then go back to my bad habits for six to eight months. Then the cycle starts over.
Hi Tracy,
I have to tell you that you are awesome and so inspirational . I have actually just recently lost 26 pounds and I just can’t seem to get the last 15 pounds off after to listen to this video I am sure that I have sabotaged myself with saying all those negative things about myself. My biggest poor habit is I will do it once I get the last 15 pounds off I will look great once I get these last 15 pounds off. I just realized that I never gave myself a pat on the back for losing the 26 pounds. Starting today that changes thank you .
Robin
I like your videos and love the idea of breaking those rules! I’ve been on the diet roller coaster since middle school and often can be decent condition but have tobe super regimented to maintain it and it is very hard work to get there. I just had my 4th baby 3 months ago so I am in need of a lot of work again. It sounds really nice to be able to make a lifestyle change that I could actually love!
hey tracy! am shri and am 17 yrs old..my prb is that am fat i was totally negative till my 10th grade thn ltr on like u said i was positive enough to reduce my weight frm 77 to 53 kgs..after three yrs later i eventually became overweight again that disturbed me alot it made me panic i lost confidence since i have reduced my weight once it was easy to trust in positive thinking..nw that after watchin ur video am super boosted tq soooooo much love ya :* u
I was in a long term relationship and my boyfriend used to always comment on my weight. He would say how I had gained wight since we first got together and I needed to fix it. That’s how I first started to not like my body. We are no longer together and I have finally learned to love myself as I am. However, I’ll be the first to admit that I love my curves but I don’t live a healthy lifestyle. I’m a college student so I eat cheap options which means I eat a lot of fatty foods and if soda was alcohol I’d be an alcoholic. I also don’t exercise. So my goal is not to lose weight really, but to start being active and eating better. I want to do cardio and tone my arms and abs. I love your videos and I believe you are the perfect inspiration to help me achieve my goals!
Tracy,
I am in my mid fifties and on top of my lifelong weight battles, menopause weight gain has also kicked in. While I am not obese, I would like to go from my average size twelve to a realsistic comfortable 8-10 at this stage in my life. Our small town just built it’s own wellness center and I have been taking a stretch/strength class there since January. I am just so tired of my flabby arms and thighs. Given my family weight history, I really am doing quite well and am not totally negative about my body, I do want to feel more comfortable, tone up, lose 10-20 pounds. I discovered your videos last week while I was out camping and you have really encouraged me to think that just maybe I can look and feel better. Thank you.
Most sincerely,
Kandy
Greetings Tracy,
Thank you. I just can’t find any discipline for myself to tone my body and do regular exercise. I do know that it’s important but always find an excuse not to start. The result is that now over 50 and menopause kicked in, my body has changed and fat is growing by the day…
I hope I can continue this and start feeling good and proud about myself again.
I have never followed a diet. I love to eat and drink. I am a bon vivant as they say in my language….
Am gone go for this one!
Regards, Mika
Hi Tracy,
I found your videos on youtube and just keep going back. Thank you for making me smile when I work out! It helps that you can joke and laugh your way through it. I’m 53 years old and am starting to realize that as I go through menopause it has become increasingly harder to lose weight, keep toned, and feel good in my skin. However, now it has become increasingly difficult. With a smile on my face and your videos guiding me through…I’m ready to begin.
I’m tired of waving to everyone many times over in my arms so I went searching and found YOU!! You are so easy to follow and encouraging.Just this past week I really took inventory of my body, yikees!! What my mind sees and what the camera saw, were eons apart. I saw the real picture and not my minds picture, just like I THINK I am still in my forties only to discover, nope, I am 72. As a former pageant winner, I always heard from my step-Father about my “thunder thighs” whispers.. well you get the idea. Because of injuries and surgeries, I cripple myself with excuses. Thanks for caring about the less than perfect ones and putting forth great encouragement and
easy to follow videos. I wish I could say I find them easy but I can’t so I WILL say they challenge me. Look forward to the journey with you, Vicki
Stumbled across your video’s on youtube and i find them amazing. Because I have leg and back problems exercise was always a problem but you have such simple ones for my arms and the standing abs ones. I do a few of the videos everyday. At first it was difficult, i’d put my arms down every 2 mins but now i can keep up with the video length, 2 weeks later 🙂 And genuinely I am seeing a difference. I’m so happy. I caught a view of myself in a full length mirror in a fashion store and for the first time in 20 years i was happy with what I saw. A proportioned body. A petite figure to go with my petite height. Of course without clothing tells a different story and I still have a lot to do , but still, just to be able to look right, in lovely clothes was just such a big deal for me, I’ve been on top of the world since. I recently reached my target weight, in the hopes it will stay there. Now i just have to work on toning everything, and your videos have truly helped me, i feel like i’m working out with a friend in my home when I do the videos along with you, because of your friendly, bubbly personality and you don’t look down on people , you are very supportive of all of us. Thank you Tracy for everything, and I will continue to watch your videos and work out along with you , for that constant inspiration and motivation! 🙂
I’ve tried so many diets and always gain the weight back. Now it seems I just can’t lose weight. I am about 35-40 pounds overweight and feel miserable. My back is now giving me trouble and my doctor says it is because of the weight and that I have no core strength.
Tracy! I am in tears right now. I have been working in some of your 10 minute workouts as part of my new HIIT fitness plan for about 1 1/2 2 weeks; just subscribed today. I almost fell out of my chair when you said you came to this as a dancer. I was a golden student of Russian ballet, being groomed for a career in ballet, when I hit adolescence. I left ballet but have never gotten over the dogmatic training around body and food from my childhood. I have had times in my life where I was fit and trim and other times where I was not. What I have NEVER had, was peace or (what?!) love for my body. I am 50 years old now and it seems like now is the time to make this transformation. Thank you for being here for me and all women !!!!!! Eileen
PS I am sending you to a friend of mine right now 🙂
I was watching youtube videos and yours popped out. I watched your video and I liked it. I then came to your site and I will exercise using your videos and see if I can change the way I look. I’ve been struggling with weight for the past 20 years due to dealing with hypothyroidism and unable to do high intensity exercises due to kidney disease. When asking myself questions you talked about in a video, I realized I see myself in a very negative light (fat and ugly) and will make an effort to get me to the bridge phase and then with time to take me to the fun and freedom zone. I realized I started giving up on myself and have doubt whether I can be fit due to the limitations I have. I am going to follow your guidance and will see where this takes me, I hope following your videos I will start seeing results and my attitude about my body will change into a positive outlook.
Thank you,
Violetta
I am looking forward to the next video. I feel motivated already.
My daughter and I just watched you video and could relate to the negative way we talk about our bodies. We are both going to work on creating bridge statements for ourselves. We are looking forward to watching more of your videos. Thanks, Paula and Alyssa.
Hey Tracy,
I want to say that your inspiring and I love the simplicity of your moves/exercises – although THE MOVES BURN!! ( And I’m happy about the potential fat burn later! )
I was looking for an exercise to rid myself of my arm flaps/fat!!!!! I found your videos and was inspired by your energy! I have learned through my weight loss journey that eating foods is emotional. I recently made a goal of a vacation to help me jump start my weight loss. So exercise is how I hope to get my body to burn my TONS of reserved fat. I joke, but I appreciate your honest talk about our negative messages we tell our selves.
I am very aware, and your video helped me be conscious of my negative descriptive words I use to describe myself. I also love how you said we should use other language “Bridge” to separate the journey and the goal!! I will use the PDF I down loaded and continue on my journey.
Thank you!!
Hi Tracy,
I just came across your YouTube videos yesterday and am already hooked. Thank you so much for addressing the parts of the female anatomy that are really difficult to tone. I am 53 and have a tough time with traditional ab workouts because I have a curved spine (scoliosis) which prevents me from doing most ab workouts correctly. I love the no floor ab workout that you provide..Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! There is hope for me after all!
As I age I am losing my upper body strength, thankfully with your help I can get those arms and back toned. I am looking forward to doing the exercises with you on YouTube and seeing the results.
Thank you for your expertise and doing these videos as a public service.
Cathy
Love your videos and how u share your story very inspired by it I’m on a healthier me journey that is shaping up nicely w the help of u and others like u
Hi Tracy
Last night I googled firming up flabby arms and there you were. I have already done two sets today and two sets of neck excercies. Thank you so much. I have always been thin and excercised pretty regularly until menopause hit at the age of 46. I am now 61 years old and 40 pounds over-weight; I absolutely hate looking in the mirror. I teach middle school and high school choir and I take my students to London about every 4 to 5 years. We are going this Christmas and I decided that if I was going to continue to “travel and keep up with my kiddos” I better do something. Last night was my start. I only did 5 of each excercies to start..but..I also went and signed up at the local gym to start walking and doing light weights.
I am sooooooo glad to have found your videos and have signed up to receive them..your motivational talk was spot on and your excercised are easily obtainable for even someone my age. I hope to be down 10 or 15 pounds by Christmas and who knows…I might decide to travel with the choir more often…I will have the strength and energy to keep up. Lol
HI Tracy ! Thank u sooo much for ur help …..this video has really inspired me alot ✨✨……. I have Always felt so bad about my body and every time I decide to stick with a diet plan I end up feeling depressed and always tell my self that i will never do it and ill live my whole life like this (( so freaking fat and ugly )) ………… But when i watched this video I felt like i was treating my own body wrong whereas I should love it and take care of it ( by changing my lifestyle and eating healthy ) to feel good about it and feel happy instead of depression…………. So I decided to start from now and NOT latter to change my life …… And thank you soooooooo much for that inspiration and help❤️❤️ …….. May god bless u xoxo ❤️❤️
Hi Tracy,
I am always looking to improve my self and always seem to fall short…I have fluctuated in weight my whole life (30yrs) and I think the most difficult is FOOD it is my weakness and something I really need help with……my body is something I am very self contious about and always trying to find ways to improve. I found your video for bat wings today and I loved it will be doing this everyday. Thank you for wanting to help and being an inspiration!
Hi Tracy,
I am always looking to improve my self and always seem to fall short…I have fluctuated in weight my whole life (30yrs) and I think the most difficult is FOOD it is my weakness and something I really need help with……my body is something I am very self contious about and always trying to find ways to improve. I found your video for bat wings today and I loved it will be doing this everyday. Thank you for wanting to help and being an inspiration!
I did your arm workout yesterday for the first time! All I can say is WOW….quite the workout. I am very happy to have found you and your videos. I am 54 and trying to lose 10 and firm up…………thank you. I see a light at the end of the tunnel!!!
I am in my seventies. . I hate shopping for clothes because nothing I try on makes me feel good about myself. My tummy and legs are the areas I need to improve so that I will better like myself. My daughter sent me a link to your Thursday video. I did the exercises for the legs, love handles and arms. They were easy to do and I am planning to continue doing them. Thank you for showing exercises that can be done.. Those 9 minute videos are great.
HI Tracey
I am so please i have found you because i find it realy hard a t school or when i am round my friends and there all so skiny i think and feel like i dont belong and i have no other option to stare my self. before i go out with my friend i wont eat anything for 1 day before becuase i know i wil still look fat but not look as bloated . I am so happy that i have found you and i am very excited to watch the next videos
XXX
Hi Tracy,
I am in my early 40s, mother of 3 and been trying to lose 10lbs for almost a year now. The most problem areas are my tummy and newly discovered back fat. I am happy to listen to your words of encouragement because even though everyone tells me that I am not fat. When I cant get into an outfit, I can so frustrated and feel fat and ugly. Now that I have listened to you, it is an inspiration to start loving my body, knowing that I can and I will work towards my target weight loss goal.
Thank you. Very Inspiring and up lifting!
HI Nubian,
I’m so glad you are here and thrilled that you found me! Stick with me, trying to lose 10lbs for a year is, in my opinion waaaay too long. And you deserve to feel amazing! {not fat and ugly as you said} be sure to use the gifts and watch and implement all 3 videos. xx
I agree with everything you said about the negative zone, the low self-esteem and the BS Monitor. I look forward to re-mapping the way I feel about me and what I want to achieve. I just don’t want to go down that road of another method gone wrong.
Hi Betty!
You are in the right place and trust me, because I have totally been there and it sucks. There is a way out! Be sure to watch all three videos and use the gifts provided. xx Tracy
Hi, Found your YouTube about Bat Wings when looking for exercises to improve my looks after “new man” told me that I look too old. Needless to say he is no longer in the picture even though he told the truth. I do look old. He was not a fine specimen of a man but I did not criticize him so it really hurt me.
Lost 30+ pounds a few years ago after an illness so do not need to diet. Moved to FL from New England 6 months ago when I retired. 5′ tall 110 pounds but I have lots of wrinkles and lots of flab. Have been doing your Bat wings and other exercises for past week. Never exercised before so it has been a challenge but I will continue. So happy to have an upbeat person like you who told your story, You are an inspiration. I will keep going in the right direction. Thanks!
I recently cancelled cable to help motivate me from flomping in front of the tube all night.. my husband then bought a Roku – ironically it was on the Roku – TV, that I found some of your workouts and actually lots of exercises i could follow – I found your videos helpful, challenging enough to make me work but still within my reach – I was sort of unsure about the Roku – but I am glad my husband decided he still needed some TV!
Hi Tracy,
I discovered your exercise videos on YouTube a few weeks ago and really enjoy your energy – it makes them fun to do. 🙂
I am probably different from most of your fans. I am a 54 years old, mother of 3 grown kids, and happily enjoy recreating myself. At 5’4″ and 129 pounds I’m not far from my goal weight, but toning – ayeayeaye!! There’s work there to do, but I do love my body and am amazed at the miraculous things it does each and every day. Also probably different from many, I love exercise and moving my body. In the last 8 years I began dancing cuban style salsa and in addition to toning, would love to develop a keener ability to isolate groups and nail that Latin movement that is an integral part of that dance.
Thank you for all you do to help us embrace and improve ourselves.
Big hugs!
Diane
Hi,
I am Madhavi from India and I found you from your bat wings video. I am really loved your first video on loving yourself and your body. I can’t wait to see your 2nd video soon.
Few years back I had reduced weight and looked good but it was mostly from dieting and once I could not control anymore I stopped dieting and started gaining weight. Now I am in my ideal weight zone but just need some toning and shaping. I am not fat but just want to tone and reduce a little bit. I just want to look good and feel great.
Hi Tracy!
I have just started watching your YouTube videos and I cannot tell you how much I love them. I’ve always had a hard time with my legs. Even today I am self-conscious about them. But I am so tired of shredding myself apart. I want to unchain my thoughts and cross over. I know that there’s no better time than NOW. I am ready!
Hi Tracy,
I came across you on you tube again like others wanting to get rid of my bat wings. I knew then there was a lot more I wanted to get rid of. Watching your videos has inspired me I have been doing them about two weeks. I feeling good and excited for about the future for the first time in years. I love your zest for life, I can’t wait to really get started. I have told myself for years I’m not good enough, well times are about to change. Bring it on. Much love x
Thank you Tracy. I discovered you by your video on how to get rid of bat wings because sometimes my boyfriend makes me feel self conscious about my arms. I can’t wait to start, (and commit) to your workouts. 🙂
Wow.. Such encouragement .. I totally will lose weight because i can .. I learnt alot from your videos thankyouuu ^^ love you and keep doing this you are an amazing person well my story is kinda like yours i always tried losing weight and it worked one time it was amazing but still people told me to lose more and i was a dancer also ^^ then i gave up for food because i love eating alot . And i quit dancing because its not important to me anymore there are things much more valuable . Byee noww xoxo
Hi Tracy,
I used to be terribly insecure about my body during my teenage years and in many ways it prevented me from being outgoing and social. For the most part, I had always accepted the negative thoughts about my body and that I would never be able to change them, so I was constantly experiencing a perpetual state of negativity. Because I loved to eat so much, dieting was not a very viable option so I started taking diet pills, most of them had green tea extract or garcinia cambogia. the pills along with cutting down food portions began to show a change in weight. But as you said, you cannot just go from feeling fat to loving your body and so even though I have managed to lose the weight which I had wanted to, I still did not love my body. I began to force myself to look in the mirror and say only positive things about myself. If and when negative thoughts do speak, I gain awareness of them but refuse to give them life. I have also began practicing meditation, which helps me to gain inner peace and to focus on postive ideas, therefore the more positive I am , the less likely I will acknowledge the once negative thoughts and feelings I used to have about myself and my body. And even though this process has to be fully embarked on by myself, I do thank you for the part that you have played in expediting the process. I was looking for arm workouts on youtube and I became instantly drawn to your fun workouts and especially your fun loving personality! You are a great inspiration to all women who wish to gain greater self acceptance and live a healthy lifestyle. Thank you and I hope you continue posting great videos as I will surely continue to watch them.
Thank you Tracy for taking the time out of your busy schedule to help others, you are a blessing to many people. I thank God for all the help you give others.
My journey of weight loss is due to the fact that I am aging, (I just turned 50), and so there are many changes in my body. My major problem is my mid section.
I have a sedentary job but outside of work I am quite active and I actually looovvvve to exercise but I was starving as a child bc we were not rich enough to always have food in the house so when I moved out on my own and could finally get food – I became obsessed with food. I love meat (beef) , potatoes and lots of veggies plus I love hamburers, fries and when I discovered Dr Pepper I unfortunately became hooked. I don’t really care much for other pop.
I looovve the exercises you create or find to share with us. I would like a full length exercise video from you if possible. I find you very encouraging, fun to work out with. You have a very nice, pleasant, fun personality and are an excellent trainer!! Your exercises are fun, challenging and invigorating and very effective. I appreciate the exercises and your advice so much.
Thank you also for the nutritional advice and information you share. One question I have is about iodine bc I eat sea salt too but I am allergic to sea food and spirulina, and the like. I wasn’t aware of iodine deficiency and what eating spinach and broccoli etc can do to our thyroid without iodine so if you could instruct me of other ways to get iodine outside of sea food that would be great.
Well not to ramble on and on. Again thank you for all you do and keep up the great work….you are an inspiration to us all!!
God Bless you,
Orchid
Hi Tracy! I would just like to say that you are such an encouragement and inspiration! I found you on YouTube today and am so excited to start following your video series! I am ready to start thinking positively about my body image, shut down the b.s meter, and make change in myself. Thank you!
I agree with what you are doing in your video Tracy. Years ago I managed LA Weight Loss Center in my area and I taught people how to eat real food in healthy portions and how to love themselves again, so they could receive love from others as well. Hats off to your video! Great job! As for me, I came across your arm work out on youtube.com recently and decided to look for your web page. My journey is about to begin… I have to start all over. I went through a life threatening situation with gallbladder stones blocking my pancreas and then an emergency surgery, but in the process of all of this I was in starvation twice and lost 40 pounds rapidly. My once athletic body as a massage therapist went to flab and cellulite badly. I am 51 yrs and although I am very youthful and have a great range of flexibility still… my strength, energy and figure went to a mess! It has taken me a year to work out some things to get some of my energy and strength back. I am now going completely green to rid my body of harmful inflammation, I have gone gluten free and I am working on hormone balancing as well. I know how to eat healthy food, but with the alterations to my body and digestion I have had to learn how to do things differently to help my body adjust. I am still working on this and tweaking. At this point… I am now at the beginning stage of exercise. Basically I am starting over! It is like a toddler learning to walk again! My figure isn’t totally wrecked, but I can’t stand looking at myself in a mirror. My legs took the worst of it. Strong legs went to cellulite… it is painful to look at myself right now, but I am determined to not only recover… to transform! Thank you for your help Tracy. I look forward to working with you through your videos on this journey I am undertaking to make a total transformational come back. God bless… Heidi Lynn
Hi Tracy,
I actually found you on YouTube one night not too long ago when the clock struck 3am and I couldn’t sleep. And WHAT thoughts were going through my head at that hour of the night that had me seeing what you had to offer? I got online and started searching “the best workouts for flabby arms”!! I am 65, VERY active, a mother of 5 and grandmother of 8, adoring husband, but do you think that gives me the fulfillment I should be happy with? No! I wake up researching exercises because I hate my arms….I feel they age me so much….and the first thing I do every morning when I wake up (at a normal hour!) is….see how I’m looking in the full length mirror!! I see pictures of myself at 45 and can’t even believe it’s me! I look at myself now…….dressed up to go out with my incredible guy……and feel like a frumpy old woman. I spend money to keep the wrinkles at bay…….my weight has fluctuated since menopause…..and even though I can still shoe-horn myself into size 8’s at times……I have to leave the top button unbuttoned! I reward myself after a good workout with cake. I ride my bicycle for 2 hours some days…….I walk…….I do lunges sometimes……and yet I still can’t get the look I want at my age. So…….I make excuses like ” I’ll have this cake now……..because I just rode my bike so it won’t matter much”. Then the “self-loathing” sets in. I was constantly teased by family members as a teen because I was very chubby (kind for fat I think?), and I think it has stuck with me all this time. I’m 65……..from the outside it seems I have it all………yet inside? I just want SO badly to be happy with how I look…….and actually be able to button my pants instead of squeezing into a larger size which I fight SO hard not to do. Once that happens I think? It’s all over……..I’m anxious to view your videos and work out the right way………maybe once and for all??? Hope you can help………
Hi Tracy, I like your You Tube Channel. As I mature, I have encountered many different levels and changes that I had not encountered before. I am still youthful, I exercise and am very disciplined however have areas (my waist and abdomen) where I have challenges that I did not have when I was younger. Yikes. You are correct that a healthy body image is about a positive dialogue with aging, and I work on that-a lot. I want to be the best I can be under any circumstances, and improve where I can improve. Its harder now than it was before, but I do keep on trying. I did encounter what I refer to as a life changing apocalypse in 2012-2013 and proceeded to gain 20 pounds, 10 of which I have lost. Also, I have accepted that I simply have a curvier body now, and simply wish to capitalize on that and be healthy. Your feedback and exercises appear to be a way for me to bridge this new and different life.
Hi Tracy–
Well, this is new for me–I’ve had issues with my weight since going through menopause. Until I was 45 I was a size 8 (110-130 lbs), now I’m a size 16 (220lbs) or larger sometimes. I was also that person that didn’t exercise and ate and drank whatever I wanted–but I was pretty active, so I stayed slender. Once the weight started to pile on ever so slowly, I just ignored it! Until one day, I looked at myself and said those dreaded words, “You’re fat!” No one would ever have convinced me that I would have EVER said those words about myself. My Mom passed away in February of this year, and one thing she had always said to me growing up, “Don’t get fat like Mommy!” I guess I never thought that I would–I never got as large as my Mom (over 300lbs), but larger than I’d ever thought I would. But after she passed away, I thought, “If she had not been so heavy, it might have been an easier recovery for her after her stroke.” And I vowed to start working on my weight. And I have–I found that I have these “wings” under my arms and searched for a video and found you–the first thing I noticed was how beautiful your energy is and that made me want to view your video and sign up on your site. Well, I’m in for a life change and also want to help my husband by example…it’s hard to say, “Honey, you need to work on your tummy”, when my “tummy” needs a whole lot of work as well!! Thanks for being the light that you are and I look forward to viewing more of your videos.
Hi Tracy,
I have struggled with weight loss and being over weight since I was little. My problem is when I don’t see the results soon I get discouraged and stop. I have recently been put on a medication from my doctor that has me feeling I just might be able to fit in smaller clothes some day. I have been on this medicine for 3 weeks and have managed to lose 8 pounds. Yes to most people they will think that is not very much but to me it is a huge milestone. Now my next task finding the right exercises that will work for me to help me lose more weight and tone up the flabby skin I have. I use to drink so much Dr. Pepper that it literally was like drinking water for me, but in the last 3 weeks I have finally started drinking more tea and less pop. Now I don’t even feel like drinking 16 ounces of Dr. Pepper anymore. I hope I will be able to start looking better soon and get more confidence in myself rather than always feeling like I look like trash and always having low self esteem about my self.
Hey Tracey….
Imust say that the idea of a bridge is brilliant because that little voice was always sabotaging me.What I do say is “I am in the process of healing and changing my body to its fullest potential” I can accept that somehow.Hopefully it is not too vague.I just discovered your videos on you tube and have been dabbling.Thank you for your contribution to us all.
HI tracy i love to watch and do your vedio for me it much perfect exercise and i wish my body will become same same you one day….
i love you tracy xoxo
Hi miss beautiful tracy. i’m glad to found your video in youtube as i try many times to look what best exercise i must do to change my body…by the way i’m not fat but i don’t like the shape of my body and when i see your video i say wow this is the best exercise that i want as for sure one day my the shape of of body will become same same shape of tracy’s body….
and thank you so much tracy as for sure you can help me a lot to change my body shape xoxo
I cant wait to get started on this! I have been working out with Tracy via YouTube for over a year now. I love how positive Tracy is in her videos. Always smiling. The new workouts every Thursday keep me from getting burned out too.
Love you Tracy!!!
Hy Tracy. I am Carmen, 42, from the South of Spain. I’m sorry about my writing in English. I’ll try to do it as better as I can.
I found your workout videos in youtube 2 weeks ago. I’m really happy to find them. In your workouts videos, you transmit your positive feelings. I feel them inside. I love them.
About my weight and my body I have to tell you, my weigh is 80kg (176lb). Apparently, my body doesn’t say that weigh 176lb, but I’m not happy with my body. (I think I have big and heavy bones besides the fat legs, arms and belly.
I hate my inner legs, specialy, on summer because I can’t wear skirt because my inner legs stay together and touch each other. They hurt me, they make me burns. I also hate my arms. The first workout video I made, it was “BAT WINGS, get rid of flabby triceps, loose skin, best arm workout for women!”. When I finished it I felt as the fat in my arms is burned.
I want to achieve to say “I love my body”, I can be in peace with my body”…., please, Tracy help me to achieve my goal. I look forward to receive the 2º video asap.
Thanks so much for your help in advance.
xoxo, from Marbella-Spain
Hi Tracy!
Why are we women so hard on ourselves? Back in my 20’s I thought I was fat – but I was so lean. Now, at 53, eeeee my big stomach, joints are weakening, I’m out of breath, health risks .
I just found you recently. What you do is AMAZING, helping women in mind and body and you’re so right; it’s NOT selfish to look after ourselves. In fact, the best thing we can do for our families is to look after ourselves.
I’m in my bridge mode! I’ve gone from thinking “I’m fat” to
“FU stomach!” (Sorry it sounds crude, but it works for me) I’ve reached my first goal of 10 pounds (30 more to go). I basically eat half – just half of anything & more salads.
With each 10 pound weight loss goal I reach, I incorporate more exercise. I turned my home office into a gym, which I’llbe using more. That’s working for me. It’s too much for me to jump in all at once physically & mentally.
So far, my workouts of choice: your bat wings workout and the brutal but very effective 7 minute workout. Those are loooooooong minutes but amazing! I also joined hot yoga and I have some of your leg workouts saved which I’ll be doing.
Tracy, your knowldge, your caring personality, gentle guidance and kick ass workouts are nothing short of inspiring! Thank you!
Hi Tracy I am not happy with my body, I feel as though I will never lose the weight. It’s hard because I have PCOS and my health really depends on me to get this right so that I can be the healthiest I’ve ever been. Because of all my health issues I feel so drained and sometimes can not find the motivation to do anything, I feel helpless and just have given up hope. I’m trying very hard to not feel this way but as I look at myself everyday I feel like such a failure that I just say f*** it…
Hey Tracy. I started out by watching your videos on youtube a while ago. Then yesterday I bumped into your HIIT and abs workout where I saw the link to your site. I’m very excited but I must admit that I NEVER keep up on any diet or exercise programm. I really don’t know what to do next. When I watch your videos I try to keep up during the video but the next day I forget to re-do the exercises. I’m trying to change my eating but sometimes I see myself cheating (way too often)
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Thanks for your videos and support
Tracy I am so frustrated right now. Never in my life have I had a weight problem. Ever since I turned 45 it seems as if I have been on a downward spiral in the weight loss battle. I have tried everything and nothing seems to work. Also to add insult to injury, when my husband and I started on our weight loss journey he lost weight rapidly and I am still here at 150 pounds and 5’4″. Every day I sit and stare at my size six clothes in my closet and get angrier and angrier! I know there is a way but nothing seems to work. I was told the other day by a friend that I can never get to that size again. That made me freak! Help! I want to prove her wrong!
Hi Tracy…..I have never had problems with my weight except it being hard to gain and maintain it. Being so active. ..working and just on the go in general. …and not taking time to eat right my body started losing muscle. After being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer I realized I had to turn everything around to be healthy and take care of myself. After a double masectomy I was cancer free! Between chemo and tamoxifen i started to see changes in my skin. …dry and creppy. I have had 5 surgeries in 18 months. My energy is finally kicking in after learning how and what to eat…..I feel great! My skin has even started tightening up! I’m still working on toning up and was thrilled when I found you on you tube! I had looked at several but you make exercise fun!!!! Thank you so much!
Hi Tracy.Thank you so much for your videos. I’m 26 years old,and i am an educated girl. i have to say that i’m not fat, but also not fit and toned.The problem is that i had been stayed fit for years.i loved my body.It was really sexy and toned.After graduation because of some problems i stayed at home and at the same time i started working on my master thesis. so now after 5 years, i don’t like my body at all.some belly fat, fat inner tights and also fat arms. so many times i tried to start my diet and going to gym and doing your exercise based on your videos t. I did it for a very short time and then gave it up. I’m not happy and also there is no motivation. Im really alone,there is no friend and love who encourages me to work out and start diet.But today,your video makes me to think more.thanks a lot.
I can absolutely relate to everything you said. I am a dancer, and while I mostly teach now, I am so aware of what I say to my students. Coming from an environment where my friends were constantly being told they needed to lose 20 pounds, and were smoking or starving themselves to be thin, I knew I never wanted my students to feel that way. I weighed 103 pounds max up until I got married, so I never got those comments, but I didn’t realize how hearing those comments all those years, even though they weren’t directed towards me, has made me feel about myself now. I would give anything to look like that again because I feel like such a failure. I now weigh 150 pounds, and it kills me to look in the mirror every day. I hate what I have become and what my body looks like. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and insulin resistance a couple of years ago, and started eating paleo, at the recommendation of my doctor. I was so happy to finally have answers about why I had gained so much weight, and I succeeded with that lifestyle for several months because I was just sick of being overweight. I lost 30 pounds and had so much energy. I’ve since totally fallen back into my old habits. I’ve gained about 15 pounds back, and every time I try to get back on track, I just fall off. I love sweets. I ate ice cream for breakfast most mornings in high school, and I always crave sugar. Fruits just make me angry because that’s not what I want. I know eating paleo is successful for me, and it will improve my overall health, but I just can’t make it work now, and I don’t know why. I am going to sit down tonight and answer the questions. I know there are deeper issues that need to be dealt with, so I can move forward. I just want so badly to feel comfortable in my skin again. I am so glad I came across this. PS ~ I love your videos! 🙂
I recently found your workouts on you tube and came to your website. I am a mom of 3. I am 5’7 and currently 133. I have recently lost 10 pounds. I am working out and eating healthy. My thighs and especially my arms are where I carry my weight. I have been exercising and changing my eating for about 6 weeks now and have noticed a little change everywhere but my arms. I am getting a little discouraged. I am not sure what to do to help burn some fat off and make them toned. I also love to bake and have a major sweet tooth. I went from having dessert every night to once a week. But I still crave sweets. I want to bake and eat sweets. But I know that it should be done less frequently. But I am finding it harder and harder as time goes on. Any advice?
I found you on U Tube and glad I did. Thank you for that video…It all starts with positive thinking about our bodies. I look forward to using your workout videos and the motivation that you give.
Thank you!
Im really enjoying your channel, Tracy! Thank you for sharing!
Let’s keep believing in our inner power!!
Wow….So many things you said to describe the “old you”…are me today! I am 54 years old (tomorrow) and have always hated my legs! I have lost weight in the past and actually loved getting dressed! I do not anymore. I am 5’3” and at 122 lbs am too heavy, I am a “pear”! I look forward to finding my way to 108 and staying there!! I have tried every diet in the world but just get frustrated….I can’t wait to find the way to “live” happy in my skin and changing the weight my body “likes”! I have been blessed in so many areas of my life but live “hidden” with clothes. I can’t wait to “be free”….
I look forward to this journey! Thank you for your honesty…………..
This is interesting. The very way that I feel about my body. But it seems that at 64, I am not sure I can change this. Thanks for the thoughts.
I had some body image issues as a teenager, but felt I had gotten over them as I grew up spiritually. I no longer have the obsessive pain I used to have; however after having two kids, I have gained a lot of weight, and I am worried about my health. I think deep down I know I could lose weight, but it seems so hard. I am having trouble staying motivated. I think I need to use some bridge statements to move from, “I could lose weight” to “I can lose weight.” “Could” sounds like “I could but….” I think I have been stuck in that zone for a while, and I need to get more positive. Thanks for the video. I look forward to the next one!
Awesome video! Thank you! I appreciate your humor, grace and candid approach. I’ve had such a negative view of the way I look and how I think I should look since I was 13 and I’m 46 now. I’m having a hard time accepting my body the way I feel & look after having my kids almost 20 years ago as I use to be a lot lighter. After seeing this video I realize that I really need to change the way I talk about myself. I want to be able to feel comfortable saying “I’m beautiful”, right now that feels way too foreign to me. I’m excited to see the next video!
Cheers
Shauna
Hi Shauna, I am so glad that the video resonated with you. That was my hope:) I love the desire for you to feel your best NOW as opposed to 20 years ago. What a liberating and powerful insight! I hope you watch all 3 videos and I look forward to your thoughts. xx Tracy
Oh my gosh, I think you hit the bullseye with the bridge comments. I’ve been “trying” to lose weight for years now. (I saw your other video about that this morning!) I actually lost close to 100 pounds about 10 years ago, and over the years, a lot of that weight has come back on. But I think my thought process never changed. Even after I lost all that weight, the thoughts were still negative. I read about affirmations and I can totally relate about the bs monitor. I would say and write down that I love my body the way that it is, but there is this voice with a resounding “Yeah right!” there in the background. I never heard about bridge comments before and I think this will be really helpful. Thank you!
Trista, thank you so much for your honesty. I really appreciate your thoughts and comments here. AND what a great a-ha that without FEEEELING great, it does NOT matter what the scale says. How great is that!?! I look forward to your thoughts on the other videos as well. Lots of love! Tracy
Thanks Tracy, it’s good to know there are so many others out there who have stopped liking their bodies. I can’t wait to feel fit and health again.
Hi Maria. YOu are not alone. But my mission and passion is to help women feel amazing in their bodies. Stay close and be sure to watch all 3 videos and USE the free gifts. I’m here to support you! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
Thank you so much for putting this video up, I’m really looking forward to seeing your other videos. I haven’t done physical exercise in at least 6 years and reason why I stopped in the first place was for pure fear of being judged by people who excersised regularly, people who I thought would look at me and judge me for not doing it right. I have always been relatively thin due to genetics however I have never been ‘fit’ and for many years haven’t been able to walk to the top of the stairs in my house without becoming out of breath, nor have I been able to run for longer than a minute without needing to stop. I always felt it resricted me in what I can do in life, I now feel like I have the motivation to change that. I really hope you can help me with my fears and anxieties so I can turn my life around, tone up and become fit and healthy.
Also congratulations on getting married (: xx
Hi Jess! Thank you so much for your wedding wishes. So sweet! This is your time, and there has never been a better time than NOW! I love that you are feeling motivated. Use the free gifts to support you and I hope you enjoy all 3 videos. xx Tracy
Hi, Tracy!
I’ve been watching your YouTube videos for over a year now. I love ALL of them and I’ve tried many. They are so fun and inspirational! I agree with some of the people here saying they’ve given up and tried again, and given up and tried again. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone through that cycle and I am just so done with giving up. I realize it only ever leaves me feeling more horrible about myself. I have NEVER liked my legs and they have always been my main “problem area”, but I also have a bit of a pooch that seems as if I could get rid of it rather quickly if I just kept on going, but unfortunately, I have been stuck in that cycle of giving up because I guess I wasn’t seeing results as fast as I wanted. I remember years ago when I would do countless amounts of crunches and sit-ups thinking it would rid my belly fat(man was I wrong). This video was really great and truly opened my eyes to allowing myself to take another chance at becoming a better me ~ The me I want to be. I’m only 20(also only 5 feet tall and 110 lbs), but I’d like to spend the rest of my twenties actually enjoying myself and not having to worry about my appearance. Thank you SO much!! I love you, you’re really great!! (: ❤️️
Hi Tracy,
First of all, Thank you for being a goof ball. Funny things you say in your workout videos are what keep me coming back. Gradually, I’ve begun to feel open to maybe, just maybe trying to take it a bit further than just doing a bat-wing blaster from time to time. Recently I found out I was a celiac, and I lost 10 pounds in the first 2 months. Then, I figured out how many lovely gluten-free things there are our there that I CAN eat, and I gained 15 back! I am largely a positive person, but even though I’m now getting better nutrition than I have my whole life, my 45 year old body isn’t springing back. I have been looking at your email invitation to watch this video, sitting in my inbox, since it came out — must be a month or two now — feeling scared, as if starting it and committing to actively pursuing this path is going to rob me of something I value. How weird is that? Well, today, I finally said okay, I’ll watch it. Enough fear. Fear of what?!
Anyway, thanks, and here I jump in.
Jenny
Your so inspirational. I love listening to your videos they make me want to start the process but I feel like my problem has always been that I want to but I’m lazy and I don’t know where to begin. I don’t know what exercises to start doing or where to even start. I need to lose weight all over but I don’t know where to begin or what exercises to do. I listen to your videos and wish so badly to be able to do it but I’ve started and gave up so many times that I’m just scared it’ll happen all over again.
Hi there Aubrie! It sounds to me like you are trying to “figure it out” on your own, and that might be what is keeping you feeling stuck. Be sure to watch all three videos and if you are ready to really be supported, join my program which begins in just a few weeks http://tracycampoli.com/yhb/ It includes EVERYTHING you need to lose weight, tone up and most importantly feel amazing inside and out. Lots of love to you! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy!
Absolutely loved this first video! You described me to a T. I felt so comfortable with you and not intimidated. That alone helped me really listen and connect with what you were saying. I look forward to beginning this journey and the second video!
Hi Rebecca! I am so glad that you feel connected, that truly was my hope. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and insights from the next videos and be sure to stay close. xx Tracy
I’ve been surfing online more than 3 hours lately, but I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s lovely price enough for me. In my opinion, if all web owners and bloggers made just right content as you probably did, the net will likely be a lot more helpful than ever before.
Dear Tracy,
Already love your exercises and the way you bring it. Only just started with one of your video’s on youtube for the arms! But it was fun doing and could feel it. So hope to stay as encouraged as I am now; just signed up for your videos.
Nice to hear your story in above video.
Kind regards from Belgium
Hi Tracy ,
You are inspiring me with so much positive energy ! I’m motivated to increase the amount of exercise I get daily Thank you
So……i took your challenge and here are my answers.
1. Food feelings: i feel lositive about my diet as it is ridoculously healthy but upset these foods still.done deliver thr lean out results i want most likely because of tyoe 1 diabetes since I check out.medically great aka hormones, thyroid etc.
2. Often I say no I cant have that likely when simeone offers me something kind of healtjy or sime.but terrible for diabetics. I also say wow this is so good Lol i love bell peppers for some crazy reason.
3. Most commen food and bkdy statememts are:
A. I dont know why my arms dont slim down there is not tons of fat but I am so.muscular because I take after my dad it drives me nuts.
B. I workout three times harder than everyone else if a normal person did what I did and ate as clean and as loght as I did theyd be a rail. It is very frustrating.
C. It must be nice you can eat what you want and I cant.
4. Bridges…I could slim down if a lot of things balanced and I found my bodys personal secrets and keep going to my holistic acupuncturist and I will keeo trying. / I can eat what I want but I choose to be healthy lol / Finally, Is it possible for me to drop yhe 6 lbs I have been working on for 3 years????
5. FUN EASY STATEMENTS…i dont know if I have any lol since a structured life has made my personality that way so mu best try is…to hell with it Ill keep trying and enjoy the journey and accept that I am taking great care of myself and know I am a good person.
Omg I cried watching the video. I realized i can day i love healthy foid honestly but I dinfinitely had a BS monitor alert thinking I like .my arms lol.
I am a size 4 and am.blessed with a 32DD chest which doesnt aide me in looking thin lol
Oops LOVE HEALTHY FOOD…auto correct ugh
Camden! So glad you watched (and were moved by) video #1. I see the internal work here clearly, as I hope you do also. In response to your comments, look at your bridge (said with love, hear me out) it still seems like you are in the “negative zone” when I hear you say: is it possible for me..unless a type-o, I would update to: it IS possible for me to… Just take a look and be sure to watch and implement vids #2 and 3. xx Tracy
I am 55 and very over weight now. I used to be slim and work out regularly but each time I lost one of my parents I gained weight. I also had a hormone imbalance which caused havoc to my monthly cycle. Then to top it all I had a fall which resulted in damage to my back, hip and ankle. (15 years ago)
I have recently returned to my previous healthy eating and I am determined to keep to it this time. It is true though that when I look in the mirror I am not pleased with what I see and would love my previous tummy of years gone by. ( even after my chidren were born)
I am mom to four grown children and now grandmother to three beauties and I want to see them grow up.
I am confidently telling myself I COULD DO THIS if I keep focused. That’s the problem keeping focused because I tend to put everyone before my needs.
Your video inspired me to say yes I can do this.
HI Jane, I am so glad that you feel inspired. Be sure to watch all three videos and I look forward to your comments. Your time is now. I also want to invite you to be supported! My program begins April 13th http://tracycampoli.com/yhb/ and it might be just perfect for you. Lots of love, Tracy
Hello Tracy.
I’m a 32 year old mummy of 3 year old identical twin boys, who are amazing but obviously very exhausting.
I have never been a ‘healthy’ person, I’ve always eaten junk food and done very little exercise in my life, although I have always loved to walk (and still do when I get the chance) as therapy to clear my head.
I’ve never been happy with my body, size 14 (uk size) I had curves but nowhere near as toned and firm as would have liked to been, but was able to suck my stomach in and fake ‘looking fit’.
Obviously after having our beautiful boys those first 2 and a half years, they were my priority. Now they are getting the tiniest bit easier and more independent, I am going to start working on myself more. My confidence is completely shot, I now dread socialising, my brain no longer functions (I don’t care what people say there is such a thing as ‘toddler brain’).
We live in a gorgeous tiny outback town in western Australia, which is heaven perfect place to raise our crazy little monsters. But make me feel worse as majority of mums here are like ‘step ford wives’. They do EVERYTHING, they have kids and within a month back to their original bodies, always immaculate made up, baking, etc.
I feel like a failure, I’m bearly surviving.
Anyway.
So been doing some research for a couple of months on where to start, I know I need to begin with my core muscles first, because (sorry I don’t remember the proper name) my stomach muscle things are still seperated and weak. Then sort the rest out after.
I’ve been on Pinterest, YouTube everywhere, got lots of ideas but no motivation.
Until I was introduced to your site/blog. I’ve read so much, watched your videos and they really spoke to me. I now have motivation and through you I will become healthy, happier and more confident. I start my journey on Monday and actually can’t wait.
Thank you
Vickie.
Hi Vickie! I’m so glad you are here and found me! Just begin! You have the passion and the motivation, it is within you and as a mom of twins you already know that you are one strong cookie:) Make sure to watch videos 2 and 3 (video 3 is all about motivation so it was made for you!) Support is here for you! xx Tracy
Hi
I am 55 yrs old today. I am a mother of 4 and grandmother of 7. I have hated my legs for years and actually tell people that I have 4 knees because there is so mch fat on my inner thighs and legs. Let’s not even talk about the cellulite all over my legs. I am embarrassed to wear shorts or dresses and haven’t done so in years.
I wish I had found you years ago when things weren’t this bad. But I am working out on a consistent basis, thanks to your youtube videos and I love it. No results yet but I am determined to keep it up. I wish I’d found you years ago. Thanks so much!!!!
Hi Diana and Happy Birthday! I am so glad that you found me too! Workouts are wonderful but I have found the BEST (and lasting) results come from your food plan, workouts and the mindset piece, as I talk about here:) Stay close and be sure to watch and implement videos 2 and 3 and let me know your thoughts! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I am glad that I found your videos on youtube. I have been overweight since I was 13. I have seen results already, but my excess fat is with my thighs, arms(batwings), and my love handles. I have the smallest waist line, with a big butt(lol). I am ready for a change and I am looking forward to a better me. Thanks!
Hi LaShara! I am so glad you are here. And that you are ready for a change. Use the free gifts included here and be sure to put them into action:) Stay close and lots of love! xx Tracy
I’ve just watched video#1, it made me cry! Although I’m not hugely overweight, I have a thyroid problem so I’ve gained 17kg in the last 2/3 yrs. My self commentary is “I’m never going to be able to lose the extra weight”, but watching this has given me hope. Can’t wait to see more videos, thanks for all your efforts of helping others. I have also started doing Low Carb High Fat and cutting down the sugar, so its all starting to come together. Thanks for the video…this has me feeling more positive already 🙂
HI Jo! I’m so glad that the video helped you and you are feeling inspired. I hope you enjoy and implement the other 2 videos and I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Lots of love, Tracy
Hi Tracy,
First of all, I LOVE your videos not just for the exercise routines and other health features, but for the quintessential NYC view you have!!! Love that you’re so often smack dab in front of it… I miss my son terribly, and it helps me feel like I’m in NY for a few minutes, right down the block from him perhaps!!! As a wife and mom (also a fine artist), my body and mind have really enjoyed that life well lived, and I’m so grateful for that. My husband is in LA four days a week and then he joins me for long weekends at our house in Cambria, CA, a quiet little mid-CA-Coast town. This beach living is new for me~we raised our son at our home in the San Fernando Valley until flew the proverbial coup for Boston University and now NY living as a starving actor/musician…. All of which is to say, I’ve been very empty nest emotional, but feel like I’ve finally gotten past that here at the beach and am now ready to really really focus on myself~not in an ‘oh well’ kind of way, but in a joyful ‘hey it’s about time’ kind of way… I’ve always exercised, mainly been a runner all my life, but approaching the big 50 is starting to affect that muscle tone you always take for granted in youth, etc etc etc…. I’ve tried so many things: Core Fusion, Tracy Anderson, power yoga, etc… but running has always been what does it for me somehow. Then I discovered you on the internet (somehow…not even sure how!!!)… and I just immediately felt that I’d finally happened upon someone who I feel entirely connected with… I love your energy, your personality… I just feel happy and even LOL when I watch some of your stuff… I love your “hi” and “bye” too!!! In short, I feel like I’ve landed on something, a person and an approach, that will supplement just running (which so sadly is now actually wearing on my body in my second act of life)… It makes sense that you start with the mind-body connection here and I’m about to look at your second video above and can’t wait for the third! Thanks Tracy for sharing and for simply being you…. it’s made a difference for me and I suspect will continue to… 🙂
Oh thank you so much Charla. What a very sweet message and I am so glad that you found me too…no matter HOW you found me. I think this is the *perfect* time for you to begin to focus on yourself and I am thrilled to help you:) Lots of love and I look forward to your insights on videos 2 and 3. xx Tracy
Hello Tracy .. thanks a lot for all what you are doing to help the other women .. to be beauty and to get fit . I really like video no 1 & 2 .. they are very helpful . I love to eat what my body wants .. or by other word i alwys listeni to my body .some time my body wants salt so I eat something salty & vis . I have 10 kills to get rid of I am not in so much hurry .. that’s why I love what you Said in video no 2 .. I like to eat whenever my body wants .. I hate counting calories .. and I love the fresh food .. I enjoy cooking Healthy but tasty food .
All you three roles are great ..
thanks again my dear ..
looking forward to the next video
you are amazing
Thank you Rabab! I am so glad you enjoyed the videos, more to come! xx Tracy
<3 Tracy…I am such a fan of yours! I follow a lot of your exercise programs and diet advice! You are someone that I admire and appreciate so much! <3 You are helping people to enjoy life more! What could be better! I am doing your arm and leg exercises as well as your chin toning exercises…love them and see the benefits! I have not tried the avocado chocolate pudding idea yet, but love that too! Mary
Hi Tracy~Thank you for being inspirational. I am almost 66, and hate my body. I know I shouldn’t because I allowed it to get fat. And I ‘ve lost the motivation to change it.
So, I am going to listen to your video again and again. It is encouraging, and you are a great inspiration. Thanks!!!!
Well Sharon this series is 100% for YOU! Be sure to use the free gift included with this video and watch #2 (3 comes in just a few days) and #3 is ALL about motivation. You are in the right place! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I asked my cousin about some arm workouts online & she referred me to you. I am so glad she did! I love the workouts; thank you for your dedication 🙂 I have had shoulder problems for years and I find your workouts invigorating and they do not bother my shoulder.
After viewing this video, I never even realized the negative thoughts going through my mind about my body. I agree there are so many images women try to live up to from what we are exposed to in the media and magazines. The thing is, most of these images are enhanced and aren’t even real so the “industry standard” is smoke and mirrors.
I have just started getting into working out again and look forward to your videos. You make it fun and lighthearted.
Tracy, I was wondering if you have a food guide on what you would consider “eating clean”? I am asking b/c at one time I thought I was eating healthy, but was actually making myself sick with the foods I was eating (dairy and gluten). I want to make sure the workouts are going to show my progress.
Thank you again for the energy you put into helping others and in giving back the knowledge you have gained.
God Bless,
Cari
HI Cari! I am so glad you are here! And congrats on getting moving again! Stay close and be sure to watch video #2. Lots more to come! xx
Dear Tracy, many thanks and kind greetings from Berlin, Germany.
You have been an inspiration and motivation for a few months now, after I have discovered you on FB and later youtube.
I have even my 62 year old (very fresh and funny) mother hooked on your videos. She is telling me on the phone “I can’t talk right now, I have to do my Trrrrrracy!” (saying it with a rolling ‘R’ since she kept her polish accent:-)) My father is very proud. And her back and neck pains almost disappeared since she works out with you!
You should have seen us on christmas holidays doing the Bat-Arms-Clip and the 4-part- Holiday-Special over and over again:-))
This new clip is indeed a closer step right into my “uncomfort zone”. I do think of all this adjectives. There are aspects of my life I am not happy with at all. My body is the top of a list. But putting things negative will draw more negativty into my life. Like a magnet. Wrong wishes to the universe.
So your clip proofs again: You are a whisperer, who makes me listen closer to what I want, what I need and most important, how I can feel happy.
Universe! I am on my. Being fabulous. Thank you, Tracy!
Hi Agatha! I LOVED your comment, especially about your Mom! Please tell her I said hello and how wonderful that is that she is seeing great results and FEELING so much better. You are so smart and wise with your words and it’s true, we are basically magnets so why not attract good things?! I hope you also view video #2 and I look forward to hearing your thoughts. xxTracy
Hi Tracy
Big things to all of your videos,it helps me a lot.your my inspiration for pushing through how to keep fit.sometimes i felt giving up due to my hormonal problems but when i started to do one of your exercises after 6 months my body has a big change.
Hi Dina! I just love hearing that you are seeing and feeling some great changes in your body. When we speak with love to our bodies they will respond. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on Video #2 also! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
I found your workouts recently on You Tube and I love your down to earth personality! One workout I did with you this morning in fact, you referred to your dance move as “the dork dance move”. I can totally relate! LOL. Obesity runs in my family and I have lived in the negative zone ever since I can remember. I live in fear that I will become like my Mom and family members. I am active, eat healthy (mostly), go to they gym 3 times a week plus do 10 minutes of “something” every morning. So you would think that all that “work” I have been doing for the last 20 years (I’m 42 now) would have paid off with a killer fit body. Not so much…so I have stayed in the negative zone. I have come to appreciate some of my body parts but the nick name “thunder thighs” has left an indelible scar I am still trying to get over about the image I have of my legs. I will work very hard at the first step of this video. Every time I find myself saying the negative things I will replace them with the bridge phrases. I know mind set is a HUGE part of staying fit…but having some bridge phrases until I get there seems like it will help!
Thank you!
Hello Rachelle! I am so glad that you found me AND that you had such an important insight. Use the techniques that I teach in the video, and they will help you for sure. And make it EASY, no need to work so hard;) I hope you love the entire series. xx Tracy
Beautiful words and message from a beautiful woman – inside and out…
truly helpful and inspirational… to be continued.
I love you Eileen! Mwaah!
Tracy Thank you for the videos..
I have been fat most of my life & almost every morning tried on many clothes before leaving the house cuz I looked fat in everything .But I have been changing my statements lately. .It Works there is a verse I kno that says..
What a man or (women) thinks in their heart so are they… So true ..cuz what the mind thinks..the body follows..Now I’ve been watching what I say ..
Like (I enjoy healthy foods I really like vegys ! But I was sabotaging myself when I would look up recipes it was all deserts now I look up healthy food recipes and I try them and I enjoy them so much.
I concentrate on the good foods to eat then there’s No Room for the bad and once in awhile it’s okay too.I find( What You Focus On Is What You Make Room For) I’ve been doing really good you are so inspiring and your so sweet, you make simple movments with powerful results it’s a workout but something I can do.. you’ve been a great help I tell all my friends to check you out on YouTube because you really Care about Living Life’s Journey in Good Health… Thanks So Very Much ..Your a Gem !!
Hi Barb! I’m so happy for you and just from reading your comments, I hear so much insight and growth. Thank you for spreading the love to your friends also. Keep up your amazing work and defo check out videos 2 and 3 (3 is coming in a few days) xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I ran across your video series looking for a program to firm my arms for summer. I have been looking for a workout program for a long time. I do have a gym membership but have not used it for a couple of years due to my work schedule. Your program seems like something that I could be interested in and I love your concept on bridge thinking. You are an excellent speaker and motivator. My negative talk is about not being good enough, being flabby, out of shape, etc. I use a lot of negative talk in every area of my life and as I listened to you I became aware of it in a very clear way. I am excited to go forward with you. I pray that this is the answer to my lack of peace with myself. To be blatantly honest I am very unhappy with myself at the moment.
Sincerely,
Raechel
Hi Raechel, I am so glad that you found me too! My #1 piece of advice is to USE the free gift, it sounds just perfect for where you are right now. Having the awareness is a great place to start. Sending you lots of love! xx Tracy
Thank you Tracy! I really appreciate all you do. I’m Newley married and my husband is away for military things and I want to look nice for when he comes back I haven’t even noticed how I’ve been obsessing and downing myself. I look forward to your next video and love your ring girl!;)
HI Courtney! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and that it spoke to you. Be sure to use the tools included in the free gift and know that you are in the right place and that your time is now!! Thanks for the ring compliment, I love it too:) xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
You are truly amazing girl, i dont think i have ever loved my body, even when i counted my calories, run excessively and got down to 46 kilos, i still didnt like me. Now i have put on the extra pounds, i hit 40 and bam i cant shake it off no matter how i try. i am grateful to be on this journey with you and hear your voice in my head telling me to love me.
Caroline
HI Caroline! I am so glad you are here. Use the gift, actually fill it out and get started. I think you might be amazed at just how quickly you can shift zones. I can relate and I know that if I can do it, you can too. Lots of love, Tracy
Tracy,
You bought tears to my eyes. You truly care about people and it shows in your powerful message. I love each and every video you make and I have been following you for years. You inspire, you motivate and you give simple yet effective solutions to women’s issues. THANK YOU, THANK YOU and I can’t wait till the other video’s
xo Maria
I love you Maria:) Thank you my friend! xx Tracy
Thank you for this fabulous and inspirational video and gift of yourself. I am excited to rework my messages to myself about my body and the benefits that will inure. But I am really, really excited to share this video with a Young Women’s group that we run each fall as part of my job as a high school counselor. Teenage girls constitute the biggest group of body haters and I’d love to be able to get off that merry-go-round early in their lives.
I really enjoy your workout videos. You’re real. You’re honest. And you’re a little bit goofy, which is the best. And for as pretty and fit as you are, I don’t find myself comparing myself to you despairingly. You have some really wonderful energy emanating from you. Many thanks.
HI Liz! How wonderful! I am so glad that this not only resonated with you but that you also feel inspired to share it with the teens that you counsel. I am truly touched and honored. Thank you so so much and I hope that the other videos resonate with you as well. Lots of love, Tracy
tracy you’r great i always do you’r workout
Hi Imane, Thank you so much! xx Tracy
Thank you so much for this super Video! Greetings from Switzerland/Zürich.
HI Ricarda! Thank you sweetie! I am so glad you enjoyed the video. I hope that you use the free gift and make sure to let me know your thoughts about the following videos. xx Tracy
Thank you so much for the generous work you do Tracy! Definitely looking forward to the other videos! I really need that confidence boost haha
The way I talk and think about myself is literally pathetic and keeps me from living my life the way I want to, and from being at peace. I don’t necessarily need to lose a lot of weight, I just have to accept the way my body is built and give it what it needs. Im glad you have our backs Tracy:)
Love, Sophie
Hi Sophie. I am so glad you enjoyed the videos. I’m also glad that you had some insights from the video and I hope that you use the free gift to get you started. More to come! xx Tracy
Thanks for making me realize that the negativity is constant and so damaging. I am tired of not liking my body!
Well Lori, I am so glad that you found this video. This is your time my dear. Make sure to use and implement the free gift that was provided, that can help you take action now. THe next video is released tomorrow,so watch for it. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I hate everything about me 🙁 I just wish I could do something about my weight, I just wanna be like the rest of the 17/18 year olds that I go to school with, that I see on a daily basis. I just wanna be slim and be able to wear nice clothes 🙁 I feel that I need somebody to tell me what to eat everyday and what exercise to do too. Please help me in the best way possible 🙁
As a mother of 4 beautiful daughters I can tell you Emily, that you are not alone in how you feel about yourself. Learning to love yourself and be who you want to be is a difficult journey, but looking for help is a good start.
Yes I consider myself to be fat but I don’t consider my body to be out of control. I know my eating habit is good and I enjoy healthy eating. However due to hours of sitting in my office I find fat accumulation in core section of my body which gives me uneasy feeling and therefore was frantically looking for easy as well as effective exercise videos which are fun in doing. I came upon your videos and instantly became your fan as I found them easy to follow short in duration and fun to do.
Dear Tracy,
I watched this with interest and found, like many others on here, that the idea of the ‘Bridge’ really struck a chord with me. I have only recently found you online and really like your positive and enthusiastic approach to life. I am currently lying on the couch after a knee operation 2 weeks ago and so have stopped doing anything! Was feeling particularly flat today – as the only exercise I have done, is the program prescribed by the physio – but then I watched this. Although I know I have to adapt my exercise routines, I can still find plenty to incorporate. Thanks for this today. It came at just the right time!
HI Sue! I’m so glad you found me too and I hope that your knee heals swiftly. In the meantime if you are up to it, some upper body and core work should be good for you. I am so thrilled the video resonated with you. The bridge is the bridge to FREEDOM for sure! I hope you enjoy the free gift and please use it!! I look forward to hearing your insights from video #2. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
I found it really sad that I still use every adjective you stated when I talk about myself and my body. What I liked so much about the concept of Bridge statements is that it is the baby steps to getting where I want to be. Going from “I am Fat” to “I love my body” is just not realistic, as you have pointed out there are many steps in between. I have always felt like a failure when I tried to jump too quickly because I just couldn’t get there in the time frame I wanted and then I end up taking two many steps back. I know my body is a process and I know even more, my mind is a life long journey. I have lost a lot of weight many times during my life. I hit a wall and say enough is enough. I watch what I eat (no sweets and less bread) and I try to be as active as possible. I get down to a weight that I am really happy with and then I somehow let it go and the scary part is it seems to just slip from my grip so slowly that I don’t notice until it is too late and I am back to where I was. I think when I get where I want to be I reward myself with all the things that got me there in the first place. I think I deserve to relax this week and not workout, I deserve to go out for ice cream. This pattern continues and then all the work I did is gone and I am right back up there. I hear statements like I eat for fuel not for fun and I try to wrap my head around that. Anyways this was kind of a ramble but your video got me thinking about it all. I don’t have an answer but I am trying and will continue to try. I am happy I get to take my Journey with you
Hello Beautiful Kyla! I am so glad that the video gave you some insights into your particular patterns and habits. And just to be clear, to me it looks like you are DOing, not Trying, which is great. Use the free gift (and there will be more to come!) and stay close, support is here. Looking forward to your thoughts from Video #2. xxTracy
I do believe that what we think and say are powerful forces in what becomes our reality — and yet, interestingly, I seem to have developed the idea that how I speak about my body (negatively) is somehow different. I eat pretty well (a largely vegan diet) but a couple of fairly serious injuries have kept me away from the exercise I used to love … Now I find it hard to get motivated about exercising and I’m at an age and lifestage (57 this Thursday and post-menopausal) where that’s just not a good thing. So thank you for this, Tracy! I’m looking forward to this journey 🙂
Hi Julia and Happy Early Birthday to you!! I love your insight about “segmenting” areas of your life. What a great realization. I think you are just going to love this series (and especially video #3, which is ALL about motivation). Stay close and I look forward to your comments on video #2. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy, I have lived in Tanzania for 12 years which has helped how i perceive beauty. (men here love curves!)… but my personal feelings about myself are stubborn. I have given birth to six kids and gained 50-60 lbs with each pregnancy and lost most of the weight through hard exercising and dieting each time. I knew I never needed to impress a man because I had one that loved me “as is”…But I didn’t love myself. I am now going thru a divorce at the age of 42 and looking at my body that has stretched back and forth so many times… (saggy skin!) and wondering if its possible to really make it to the finish line just for ME. I am quite fit and work out, but only feel good when hidden by clothes. I’ve been trying to lose those last 10 lbs since I was 9! Honestly, I can not imagine how its possible to put on a swimsuit without wanting to hide! I like the bridge concept and the self affirmation BS is tough to swallow! I appreciate all the time and effort you put into your videos and site to help so many people.
Thank you, Carrie
HI Carrie! Thank you for your honesty and if you are willing to step forward and claim yourself, I think the material provided will certainly help you. My goal is not for you to simply watch and enjoy, but to also DO! And, as you have experienced, it really does begin with feeling good (truthfully, no BS) on the inside. Sending lots of love all the way to Tanzania! xx Tracy
This video has REALLY opened my eyes! I’ve only discovered you several months ago and I haven’t looked back. Been doing your workout videos on repeat and they’re so much fun to do, I even told my BFF to do them with me! I’m still in my early 20s but I’ve been struggling with body image since very young age and I’ve only learned to love my body a few months ago. I’ll be filling in the PDF and it will hopefully be an eye-opener for me 🙂
Hi Claire! I am so happy you found me too! And good for you for using the PDF!!! Hooray! I hope it helps you to find clarity and guidance. Lots of love, Tracy
Hi Tracy,
Thank you for this video. I tend to think I am a positive person but have struggled with my body and body image my entire life. I am 40 now and think if I only knew then what I know now because if I did then what I know now I would have reached my goals. I feel my body at this point is unfixable no matter how I workout and eat. Even if I lose weight I don’t look fit and as much as I wish I wasn’t so vain I can’t seem to change how I feel about wanting a fit body. Even alone in baggy clothes and nobody to judge I am uncomfortable in my own skin. Forget about wearing a bathing suit. And this has prevented me from pursuing bigger dreams because I don’t feel confident to be around or in front of people. I do what “they” recommend with positive affirmations and just end up feeling frustrated and like a failure because it seems to work for everyone else. So the AhHa moment from your video is that you validated there is a voice that calls BS. You made me realize I’m not the only one who never believes what I am affirming. You address that need for a bridge. xo Kerri
HI Kerri,
Thank you so much for you honesty. I am so happy that you found this video series. I 100% hear you when you say that these feelings about your body and weight have prevented you from pursuing bigger dreams. As women, it is so important to feel confident in our skin, but I have also found that is all really starts from the INside first. Once we can clear the old limiting thoughts and beliefs, THAT is when our bodies change. I hope that you use the gift that I provided and go easy, it can take time, but it is possible for you. I look forward to connecting more in the next videos! xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
Thank you for this video. I tend to think I am a positive person but have struggled with my body and body image my entire life. I am 40 now and think if I only knew then what I know now because if I did then what I know now I would have reached my goals. I feel my body at this point is unfixable no matter how I workout and eat. Even if I lose weight I don’t look fit and as much as I wish I wasn’t so vain I can’t seem to change how I feel about wanting a fit body. Even alone in baggy clothes on and nobody to judge I am uncomfortable in my own skin. Forget about wearing a bathing suit. And this has prevented me from pursuing bigger dreams because I don’t feel confident to be aroind or in front of people. I do what “they” recommend with positive affirmations and just end up feeling frustrated and like a failure because it seems to work for everyone else. So the AhHa moment from your video is that you validated their is a voice that calls BS. You made me realize I’m not the only one who never believes what I am affirming. You address that need for a bridge.
Thank you for that wonderful video. I have been in the negative zone for 35 years! It’s such a habit, half the time I don’t even know I’m doing it and the best is all my friends do it too, even some of my slender friends. LOVE the idea of the Bridge. So helpful. What you’ve given me more than anything else is the idea that it really IS possible to change my mind and body to get to a healthier place. For a long time I didn’t believe it was possible, so thank you for that too.
Hi Dawn,
I am so happy that you found this video helpful. Sadly, I have seen that it often doesn’t matter what we look like on the OUTside if these INside thoughts are not cleared up. I am thrilled that you are inspired. I hope you enjoy and implement the free gift and I look forward to your thoughts on video 2. xxTracy
Hola Tracy,
I felt like this entire video was all about me. All these words that I use to describe myself-especially the fat one. I could identify with so many of the other people making comments. I do have a “uniform” that hides a multitude of sins. It makes me sad how much energy I can put into feeling crappy about me instead of making it positive. For me, it seems that I take an all or nothing approach to things. So I either exercise 1 time/wk or 8 times. I am frusrated.
I did take part in your cocktail party & came away with some points that you made-in particular, the self love on-to give to myself, self-care. Also how clean eating, movement & positive visual thoughts all lead to a healthy body. I started talking to myself in the mirror every day & it makes me smile. Baby steps…Thanks for what you do.
Hi Angelina, I am so glad that this video resonated with you. The most important step is to decide that you are willing and ready to change. Then use the content and information provided here and actually implement the steps. Excellent my dear! xx Tracy
Thank you !!! Your video is very encouraging and sets the tone. I am healthy, whole and complete and I am LOVING my body more and more every day !!! Love and Light!!
Tamika!
That is so wonderful! YES!!!! Please use the free gift and I look forward to your thoughts on video #2. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy Campoli
Thank you so much
How are you i like your videos , i find so much difference in my body i loose weight by doing your excercise from you tube.but please share more excercise to became more perfect body.now my thinking turns to positiveness .As you are releasing video on march 17th on my Birthday day.
Thanking you
Hi there.
I LOVE your Instagram!
I am so glad I found you. I am 50 and had 5 children. I am 5’8″ and have always maintained a weight at 127. NOW I am 145 lbs! Big surprise being menopausal and the metabolism slooooooowing down. I think it may be an evolutionary thing!
Anyways, I DON’T LIKE it one bit and know I can get my previous body back with the help of your plan.
You seem very sincere and genuinely excited to help others.
Thank you so much. 😀
HI Emily! So glad you love my Instagram:) I think you are in the right place dear and I am thrilled that the videos are inspiring you! There is so much more to come!! xx Tracy
Thanks for the video. It sounds like a good start.
Thank you
Hi Lisa! You are so welcome! This is 100% the foundation for not only weight loss, but feeling AH MA ZING in your body and in your life! Be sure to use the free gift and share any of your insights and a-has. I look forward to your feedback from video #2
Hi Tracy,
I’m so glad that finally someone is honest about the whole body image and positive thinking, because it really is not possible to change one’s mind overnight. Also thanks you for all your tips which are really always down to earth and maintable.
I know I said it before but I will emphasize it again because it needs to be said. You are truly the most natural, authentic, normal, down to earth , kindest, funniest and cutest trainer ever! I’ve nver saw somebody who is so likeable and can interact in such a wonderful, respectful and aimicable way as you. You truly are a sweetheart and a delight to watch which makes it so much easier following your workout routines.
Thanks for your great inspiration, motivational words and fantastic tips for fitness, nutrition and lifestyle! Wishing you all the best and nothing less!
Marion
Hi Marion, First of all thank you! I am so thrilled you are inspired! And you might be surprised that by using the techniques I shared in this video your mindspace may change a LOT quicker than you think. 🙂 I hope you use the free gift and I look forward to your feedback in the next video. xxTracy
Hi Tracey
I have always hated my legs and have always seen myself as fat. How do I feel well I have no confidence and I always feel everyone is better than me, because of my FAT problem. I loved your video and cannot wait to see the other two. Thank you
HI Mary! First of all I am so thrilled that you are here. It sounds like you have clarity of exactly what “zone” you have been living in and now is YOUR TIME to move forward. Use the skills and tools in the video and included in the free gift. These, when practiced regularly and habitually, can change your life and body. I see it every day with my clients. I look forward to connecting more and hearing your thoughts on video 2! xx Tracy
My ah ha moment came when I realized I am not 18 anymore! 🙂 I joined a diet bet thinking I would lose that “last 10 pounds” and cross the finish line. What I have realized is that at 49, I love my body more than I ever have in my life. What I am really searching for is a way to keep it, and improve it, which doesn’t have to mean weight loss. I have been following a paleo diet for a year and feel good, but sometimes deprived. I am looking for a balance that maintains the place I have come to love – trying on clothes and they all fit. My choices are now based on style and color. Wahoo! I look forward to exploring your approach further. Glad I found your bat wing video that lead me to your website.
HI Christine! I am so glad you found me too! You are in the right place sweetie! Stick with me;) Learning to LOVE your body now, exactly in this moment, is what sets up the foundation for not only weight loss, but as you said, finding balance and being able to maintain your body. FREEDOM is having a lifestyle that supports you, and allows a FUN life too! I look forward to hearing your feedback in video #2. xx Tracy
I don’t need to lose weight, but I do enjoy the exercises which are perfect for toning! Thank you so much for sharing them with us all, Tracy!!!♡
HI Eve! I’m glad you like my workouts. And all of these videos are about soooo much more than just weight loss. It’s about creating that freedom for having not only a BODY but a LIFE that you LOVE! I hope your enjoy the series and share with your friends! xx Tracy
I don’t need to lose weight, but I do enjoy the exercises which are perfect for toning! Thank you so much for sharing then with us all, Tracy!!!♡
I am 60years all and I went through my menopause filling so fat and unhappy then I find you in youtube.
You were my inspiration and I started doing yours videos and exersice 5days a week and eating healthy then I started loosing weight.
Now I love my body and people ask me how I manage to look so young.
Thanks Tracy you really are an inspiration.
Hi Mary! Yeah!!! So happy for you! And I am glad you found me too:) Make sure to spread the love and tell your friends. xx Tracy
I love this! I had a really hard day at work today and was excited to see your free video! All day I’ve been telling myself that if I got done with work without yelling at anyone, or eating 50 cookies, I’d make myself some chocolate pudding when I got home and find something fun to watch while I ate it. This is what I chose to watch, and it was totally fun! I think I’m already on the happy side of the bridge. My conversation with myself used to be, “I just want to stop getting more and more tired, loosing range of motion, and feeling old and worn out.” Now I’m telling myself, “I can do this! I can be as cute as I was when I was younger!” And it’s true! I’m going to send your email to my daughter. She’s a certified personal trainer but has always had body image problems even though she’s as cute as can be. She just had a baby and feels a little tired and worn out. I think the bridge idea will work to help her get back on track with loving her body!
Thank you so much!!!
Hi Sally! I’m so glad you like the video and are implementing some of the tools that I provided. If I may give you some loving feedback, in your statement: I can be as cute as I was when I was younger, how about: I can be cute NOW! I can feel AMAZING now! I CAN!! 🙂 xx Tracy
I can’t believe you answered ALL of these comments! You are awesome!
🙂
Thank you so much for your candor. My challenge was not thinking” I am fat or not good enough”. My problem was/is not thinking or caring about me at all. I have completely neglected myself. It is sad but I can now see and acknowledge it.
Hi Jae, I am so thrilled you found this series. Now is your time to START and that awareness is the BEST place to begin. I really hope that you watch and re-watch this video and be sure to use the free gift I provided to get you started. I look forward to your input in the following videos. Lots of love, Tracy
I have never thought of my body as one whole. I have always viewed it as a separate set of “parts”…some of which I like and some of which I really don’t. Most exercise programs reinforce this perspective, frankly, by creating videos like “sexy abs” and “toned arms” and “your slimmest thighs”. With such constant programming to look at one’s body as just separate parts that need constant tweaking, it is hard to honestly look at the body as a connected whole system that is the physical embodiment of who I am as a person.
My challenge is to accept that all the parts are me, they all work together holistically to support one another and I need to accept and value the lot of them, without judgment.
Thank you for starting that conversation.
HI Karina! What a beautiful and honest insight. I admittedly have many videos titled with separate body parts, but that is to just make it easier for people to search and find what they are looking for. However, I 100% agree with you that if we are always looking to what we DON’T want…we will see more of it for sure. Loving your WHOLE body now is the foundation to make you feel amazing inside and out. I am so honored to be in conversation with you Karina. I encourage you to use the free gift and I look forward to your insights in the following videos. xxTracy
Hi Tracy, ive had a battle with my weight for years.
I would lose some then over time put it back on and then some.Ive reached 45 and fed up with myself and my body. My boobs have a shelf of there own and I hate it.
Since getting over 40 found it harder than ever to shift it.
Thankyou so much for your latest video and can’t wait for the next, I really need to be happy about my body, Im scared that how I feel will transfer to my teenage daughter.
Thankyou again Tracy.
Hi Wendy! I am so happy you found this video series. And I really hear your feelings about wanting to create a powerful and healthy example for your daughter. Use the free gift to get you started right away. This can create miraculous shifts in your thinking and also in your actions. I am so excited to hear your insights and feedback on video #2. Lots of love, Tracy
I was pleasantly surprised to find out the content of this video series. I truly thought this would be a 3 part mega workout. However, I really love this approach. I came across this quote a few years back .. “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha. This went hand in hand with the approach of cognitive therapy that I was studying in Psychology and it spoke to me. Your video and your approach here is something very similar. For the past few years, I’ve applied this idea to my own workouts and it has made such a difference! I agree that moving from a negative zone directly to a positive zone is challenging and not very practical. I love your bridge statement solution! While I believe that I have a healthier view of my body than I have had in the past, I also believe that there is always room for improvement! I took notes on the key points of this and I am excited to work more on my mindset.. especially when it comes to food. –That is my biggest weakness. I have a huge sweet tooth and I love junk foods and salty foods.. and things that aren’t healthy and that don’t promote a healthier lifestyle/my ideal body. Now that I’m older, I’ve found that it is a lot easier to gain weight and a lot harder to lose it. My goals for this year include toning up, slimming down, being healthier, and to maintain my progress. I’ve made some progress since January and I think that participating in this video series will help me stay on track and achieve those goals. Thank you so much Tracy for sharing your method! I’m looking forward to working with you!
Hi Alyssa, I am so thrilled you are here and finding the content so useful! I know that if you use the gift provided you will start to notice and most importantly feel improvements. In your example with food, start using the bridge right away: I can eat healthy food. I can eat real food. I could make better and healthier choices. It is possible for me! I hope this helps and I look forward to your insights from video #2. xxTracy
Thanks Tracey. I have been beating myself up for nearly 50!!!!! years. I will be 61 & I am so tired of the energy I spend thinking about how fat I am & coming up with the next wave of ideas. I have sooooooooooooo many different ideas, but like you said, none seem to work. I love you energy & enthusiasm & look forward to your next video.
HI Cheryl! It sounds like you are in exactly the right place! I am thrilled you have found this video series. To start right away, begin to use the free gift I gave you and implement the skills right away. This creates the foundation and can help you be FREE from the old ways of beating yourself up as you had in the past. Lots of love to you beautiful, xxTracy
I have been working on changing my self talk and my bridge statement that I am using is “my body is changing” it might not be what I want it to be but it’s not where it was, and that’s a good thing, because that means that as I keep progressing, I’m going to eventually get to where I want to be!
Hi Colleen! I love that you have been changing your self-talk. An insight for you, YES to loving your body now and allowing it to change. So a great bridge for you may be: I can love my body now. I can progress. It is possible for me to love myself. I hope these help and keep me posted. xxTracy
Thanks for posting and sharing this video with us 🙂 I look forward hearing more from you. Thanks for all you do.
Thank YOU Belinda! xx
I have done your online workouts for quite a while and if I count the years I haven’t loved my body – it exceeds the 15 you mentioned. I said my body is capable – which is great progress for me. My mission is to just love my body – I have achieved that zone a couple of times in the past 15 years – but then my muffin top comes back and I fall into old habits and I believe I didn’t change my inner voice to match the exterior…and it does bring down my overall confidence. The concept of Bridge Statements resonated – I can do those! Thanks for the video (and your youtube ones as well)!
Hi Stephanie! YOu are so welcome and I am trilled you enjoyed the content. My hope is that you USE the content provided in both the video and the gift. Put it into practice. Sending you so much love and looking forward to hearing your thoughts on video 2! xx Tracy
I have never been on a diet, I never counted calories, but I have changed my eating habits. I love food and cooking and I am not a fan of cutting out food groups entirely. Nowadays I look for ways to include healthier alternatives. However, in the last few years I have used words like swollen about my body or I have a layer of fat somewhere. I realize that my body started changing due to problems in other areas of my life, I think I built a protective barrier. I start thinking negatively about my body when my clothes don’t fit, but I have been able to say to myself that it will get better when I include more exercise. I try to find positive things about my body when I don’t like certain things. I have been unhappy about my thighs for a long time, but then I know there is decent muscle under the jiggly bits:-) I would like to change the things I say about my thighs and my stomach. Like Iyanla Vanzant said – “I was so grateful to have a thigh to have cellulite on.”
HI Michaela, Thank you for your honest words here. What we think and say, we bring into reality. So I really hope that you enjoy and implement the free gift I gave to you. That will help you get started and create that foundation for FREEDOM. Isn’t that a relief!!! Lots of love and I look forward to your insights in the next video. xxTRacy
Tracy, you are truly an inspiration to ALL!! It all makes sense but I find to apply it is extremely difficult! I have been in good shape most of my life but I find that as I am getting older, my stress is worse and my self image is getting worse (although I have always had a slow self esteem) I find that my skin is different and the cellulite is only getting worse (legs & thighs)….I have a lot of issues but I would like only to be happy and healthy in my own skin!!!!! I truly enjoy watching your videos and your self esteem (within your chats) and how amazing and how you enjoy helping so many people! So glad I found your site, Tracy!! Thanks so much! Joan xo
HI Joan, Thank you so much for your comments. I am thrilled you are here and I strongly encourage you to use the free gift provided. You deserve to take some time JUST FOR YOU, and give yourself that gift. You are in the right place sweetie. Lots of love and I look forward to more insight from you in the next videos. xxTracy
Hi Tracy:
Happy Friday the 13th.
The negative statement that I could be willing to not use anymore is that I will not be able to have the body and physique that I once had from July 2011 to Aug 2013. At that time period I had Mastered Myself and had a transformation and my physique was slim and shapely. I have had eating and body image disorders and issues for 25 years and I finally had started and eating program that stabilized me and transformed my body. I felt slinky and I liked the way I looked and I knew I was slim. But there was another side – I still wanted to weigh less, and I wanted a smaller waist + smaller thighs. And, because I was following a “No Added Sugar” plan I was having 2-3 sugary treats a day, so subconsciously I was feeling guilty. Then “things” happened (aka life-heartbreak, disappointment) and I started to eat more cookies, more apple fritters, less protein, less veggies and from Sep2013-Dec2014 I put on 22 layers of fat and gained 5″ on my waist and 3″ on each of my upper thighs. So now I just do not have that belief that it can happen again…even though I want it a lot – more than anything. I know what went wrong before. But I think I am still dealing with the anger and grief and sadness that I had Mastered Myself and I have even coached people with their bodies + now look at me. If I tried to coach someone now, they would not want my coaching because I do not represent a body that is desirable and lean and shapely and I am not practicing and committing to what I believe in.
Anyway, thanks for the invitation for conversation. I look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers,
Tonyia
HI Tonyia, First of all I want to thank you for your beautiful honesty here. Our thoughts create our reality and as I mention in the video, often we don’t even realize what we are saying about ourselves and how it is keeping us from achieving our goals and most importantly from feeling good, and even great! I know you are in the right place here and as a coach, you know the value of support. I am here to support you. Use the free gift and begin Tonyia. I am excited to hear more insights and thoughts. xx Tracy
Powerful first video. I’ve been plagued with negative talk about my body for so many years now. Even when I had lost all my weight the first time 20 years ago, I was still finding things wrong with it. Now that I’m 50 and am actively working to get back into shape once again, I’d like to be able to finally accept my body for the wonder that it is – even if it’s not perfect and aesthetically beautiful. I want to find real joy in being healthy and strong and acknowledge that it’s time to cut my body some slack already. Enough is enough. Thank you for putting this video series out.
HI Denise, Thank you and I am so glad you found the video series. This is for YOU!!!! Make sure to use the free gift and put it into action! “I CAN do this!” I CAN feel strong and healthy! Lots of love to you! xx Tracy
I want to look in the mirror and not feel disgusted. People say I’m thin but without clothes I’m gross. At least that’s how I feel.
I feel as if I’m too old to get my body back but im giving it all I have. The eating healthy is the hardest for me as I’m not a food person and would rather not eat. I can go all day on a bowl of oatmeal. I don’t want my husband to see me without clothes and have been married 35 yrs. So this is really got me in a bad place! Please help me!
HI Stacy, Thank you for your honesty. It sounds like you have let fear and the false beliefs about yourself take over. THe good news is, there is help for you. Please re-watch the video and use the free gift. Lots of love, Tracy
Thank you for posting this video Tracy!
I have constant body image issues. With the weather getting warmer, I can’t hide in a sweater or jacket anymore and getting dressed is a huge struggle. Every morning its a battle to find what shirt can hide my “fat area’s” the best. I’m constantly pointing out how fat I am to my husband, even though he constantly tells me I’m not. I’ve lost almost all the baby weight I gained with my 3rd son (thanks to you and your youtube videos) but my body just isn’t good enough.
Hi Laura, I am so thrilled you are here and enjoying the series. It’s that “voice” that keeps us feeling stuck and so many women suffer from it. The great news is: there is FREEDOM available to you Laura. Begin by using the free gift and re-watch the video if needed. This creates the foundation to lead you to feeling amazing INside first. Lots of love my dear! xxTracy
I’m 51 and am reaping the consequences of hating my body. All my life I was lead to believe I was worthless. I’ve fought with depression and contemplated suicide. Thankfully, I had friends who cared enough to step in and I’m no longer in that place. I left the abusive situation and now find myself with a loving, caring spouse. I am ready to give up the worthless feelings, the self-hatred, and the depression that still strikes me down from time to time. I’ve a long journey ahead of me, but I’m ready. I’m ready to get rid of this emotional baggage that is expressing itself as excess weight and find the inner (healthier) woman who is longing to emerge and truly live!
Hi Bonnie! I am so happy for you and thrilled that you have found this series. Good for you and I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the following videos. I think you are going to LOVE using the free gift I included with the video. Lots of love! Tracy
Hi tracy! I want to thank you so much for this video, I have a difficult relationship with my body since I was very young let’s say 10 years old (now 21) I always felt like my body was curvy but with a lot of trouble spots. This year I decided to change that. To find the healthy body I’ve always wanted. But I realized that one of my biggest problem is the connection between stress and food. As I’m from Venezuela stress is a normal feeling in our daily life especially now. So I feel safe when I eat. What you would recommend me to stop this horrible habit? Thank you so much you’re such an inspiration for me. Love you, Ninibeth.
Hi Ninibeth. It is wonderful that at a young age you are recognizing the stress and are willing to make a change. That is truly the first step: willingness. Please use the content within the video and the free gift. Actually DO the exercise. Sending you lots of love Ninibeth. xx Tracy
Thank you for doing this Tracy. It is exactly where I am right now and I haven’t know how to get past it. I’m emotional just writing this! I have never loved my body or felt comfortable in my skin and certainly having 3 babies hasn’t helped! I am constantly comparing myself to others and always feeling not good enough – and worse that I won’t ever get there! I workout 6 days a week (with u!) and I try my best to eat healthy but I’m just not getting there (yet!- bridge?!!) I can’t wait to hear more! Thank you thank you!!!
HI Angela! Good for you and I’m so happy you found this! So your bridge will help you…I can eat healthy. I am transforming..etc. Lots of love and I look forward to your comments in the next video. xx Tracy
You are truly an inspiration!! Thank you so much for this video series. I look forward to your emails every thurday! About a year and a half ago I was not only in the best shape of my life but I had the most amazing positve outlook on life. I loved working out with you online and felt so confident and proud of myself. And then I was given some horrible news that rocked me to my core and it litterly took me about a year to come to terms with. During that time I stopped working out, was wallowing in negitive energy, and just had no physical energy period. Soon the cloud started lifting and that is when I noticed that all my previous hard work that I had acheieved on my body had gone to heck. I was actually bigger than when I first started working out previously! The last few weeks I have been telling myself that it is time to start excersizing and get back that body and positive energy back. All I have felt is disgust for myself and with this video I had this moment where I was like, ‘Wow, not only am I incredibly hard on myself I say every negitive thing you listed off.’ So I guess my A-HA moment happended as I watched the video. Time to get out of the negitive energy space and into a more self loving one and then maybe I will have more physical engery to get back to a more healthy lifestyle and routine! THANK YOU XOXOXO
Wow Tanya! What a wonderful insight and A-HA! Thank you for sharing it with me. This is your time my love! To FEEL your best and that internal shift will help the outside transform. Sending lots of love! xx Tracy
Thank you so much for your video! I speak so negatively about my body and my choices. I have had trouble losing weight, and recently have had some success. I a find as I am losing weight…I am still talking negatively. I have been trying to thank my body for releasing the weight. It is so hard to change your thoughts…there I go again. It is easy to change my thoughts.
Kimberly, you are in the right place and make sure to go easy on yourself. Use the content and the free gift to get you started. I think you are more than “trying” you are DOING. xx Tracy
“I hate my legs”! That’s been one of my top negatives since forever. Now, since having a child, it’s my tummy too.
But, I can definitely work on trying to be more positive, it’s possible for me to love my legs & my tummy!
Thank you for the videos
HI Stacie! Thank you for your comments. I LOVE your bridge mama! USE IT, LIVE IT!!! And I can’t wait to hear your thoughts after video 3. xx Tracy
Hi Tracy,
Your video is very encouraging. I have always been into working out since my teenage years and pretty fit and FAT. My thing is I am now in my menopausal years and have gained a total of 20#s WOW that’s a lot right. Anyway, I have tried dieting, exercising and nothing seems to work any more. I am pretty active I hike, run 5ks, and also do the treadmill and weight train, but I just cant seem to get it anymore. Your video is really motivating and again I will attempt to find my right body. Thanks and you are awesome. P.S. congrats on your wedding.
Thank you Darleen and thank you for your comments. It sounds like your beliefs about your body are translating into the physical. Use the tools share here and I feel confident that you will begin to feel more aligned. Thanks for the wedding wishes too sweetie! xx Tracy
youre great. I love you.
Thank you sweet Lindsey:) YOU are great too! xx Tracy
I received the video series (thank you) that has the free gift. It won’t let me fill in all the info. What am I doing wrong. Please help, as I am I obsessed with your workouts. Need all the tips I can get.
The form comes up but I can’t write I my answers .
Thank you
Stacy
HI Stacy, if you use adobe reader (a free download) you can write them in the form directly. Or you can print and fill in “old school” with a pen:)
Hi Tracy
Firstly, thank you so much for all your videos and help. I have been following your exercise videos for sometime. I have found them easy to follow, fun to do and they work!
Loving your new series of videos. I have needed to lose weight for about 20 years following the birth of my last child. Year by year I gained more weight, became more unfit and wanted to hide away. I dressed in my ‘ uniform’ which served to disguise my body. I took no interest in fashion, or much else as my focus was my family. Food was a hobby, comfort, emotional crutch. Over the last 3 years I have suffered a health break down with several medical problems.
Today I want to think differently about my body, the extra weight I’m carrying and the way I think about food.
Looking forward to the journey!
Love Debx
HI Deb! You are so welcome my dear! This sounds to me like the best place to start. Be sure to implement the free gift included so you have a STRONG foundation and I think this series sounds perfect for you! This is it Deb! Lots of love and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the next videos. xx Tracy