Lanier's Mom, Age 72

"I ordered your advanced tapes a month ago for my 72-year-old mother. I had given her my copy of the original Oxycise! tape and she loved it so much she wanted more. In five weeks she has lost 14 pounds, 5 inches in her stomach, 5 inches in her waist 3 inches in her hips, over an inch in each thigh, 3 inches in her bust. Her face, neck and arms have tightened and she is seeing muscle in places she has never seen it before. She has previously been walking 5 miles a day, plus going to a weight training class for seniors. Best of all her mental state has improved remarkably. She is more optimistic and cheerful than she has been in years. She swears that Oxycise! is a miracle and seeing her results, she may be right."

Lanier Cordell

Kate, Age 60

"I am a young 60 years old. My name is Kate. I am 5 ft. 7 and started out at 240 lbs. I'm a college graduate with a masters in business management and hold a professional position in administration. Unfortunately, the latter means I sit in front of a computer a lot. In September my doctor told me I was on the cusp of Type 2 Diabetes (The type where your body is insulin resistant). Up until I turned 30 I weighed 153, but gained weight after my last pregnancy and found it impossible to lose it and keep it off. My blood pressure went up as did my cholesterol, but It didn't particularly bother me. I'm healthy. I'm friendly and outgoing. People treat me well and I am able to do most of the activities I enjoy doing. When my weight becoming a medical problem, however, I made up my mind to do something about it. My husband saw the Oxycise! tapes advertised in the paper and ordered them for me.

"The first thing I noticed - and the reason I got 'hooked' on Oxycise! - was the change in my face. I lost my double chin the first week. I didn't know you could do that! Then I started noticing other changes almost on a daily basis - a dimple in my smile, a waste line. The most startling discovery, however, was the day I found myself going down the stairs at the movies taking one step after another (as opposed to going down one step, bringing my feet together and then taking the next). I stopped in the middle of the staircase turned to my husband in astonishment at what I had just done. He just grinned.

"In the first 6 weeks I lost 20 pounds. This happened easily and effortlessly with only minor changes in my diet to avoid sugar, white bread etc. I was never hungry. If anything, I ate all the time. Then I reached a plateau and began losing at about a half pound a week. My body, however continues to change shape. My joints don't hurt anymore. In fact my knees and back don't bother me at all - despite turning myself into a pretzel with the Level 4 workout! I don't get cramps in my legs in the middle of the night. I am sleeping better. And when I look down, the biggest thing between me and my toes is my chest.

"I started doing Oxycise! to lose weight. Now I do it because I like it. It feels good."

Kate

Lorraine, now 81

"Now I know I am benefiting from Oxycise! Last year I visited my son and his family in Salt Lake City. We had to walk in the cold about two blocks, and when we reached our destination, I had to sit down, I was wheezing so badly. In fact my daughter-in-law said she had noticed that I was wheezing even when resting at the house. I started Oxycise! -- that was a gift from my daughter. I have seen many benefits, but now I know it has helped me. I went to Salt Lake City this Christmas, and we did a lot of walking outside in the cold air. Not a wheeze could be heard. I know the deep breathing has helped my lungs."

Thanks
Lorraine Strohacker,
Age 81
Hot Springs, Arkansas

Update from Lorraine

"I enjoy your email OxyChat Newsletters. Keep them coming. I am 80 years old and do my Oxycise! exercises almost every day. My waistline is smaller. I feel better."

Lorraine Strohacker
Hot Springs, Arkansas

Jane Cook, Age 67

67-year old Jane Cook is looking fabulous these days!  If you don't believe us, just click HERE 

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Jane began writing to us last year about her Oxycise! success:

"I am 66 yrs young, 5' 6˝", approx.136 lbs & I can NOW manage to stay a size 8 & totally pain free after many years of severe back pain. My body fat is 15% which is WAY below the ideal or average for this age.

"I have been doing Oxycise! now for about 1 yr. & after having a top weight of 235 lbs in my youth, I've been fighting all my life to keep it off.

"Before discovering Oxycise!, I found STAYING at a size or weight at this time in my life much more difficult from all the years of drastic diets, fasting, diet doctors with pills, injections -- you name it!!!

"Now, I eat whatever I want but in moderation, of course, and as long as I Oxycise! I can stay & look the same. No doubt 'O!' has become a routine part of my life also because of the flexibility, strength and energy that I have at this old age. I really do not feel as well, in every way, on days when I unavoidably miss my 'O!' workout.

"NOBODY believes my age because I do not have that 'mature' body so I can't get my Sr. discounts anywhere unless I show I.D. !!!!!

"I love the way I look & feel and only wish that the others out there from my generation would realize there IS something you can do to increase your quality of life.---- it's never too late!!

"I truly believe that the many people of my generation really NEED the Oxycise! system because its easy for them to do if they happen to be physically challenged."

Sincerely,
Jane Cook

Jane's "statistics":

Approx. 12 lbs. lost
total of 15 inches
from size 12 to size 8

Inch Loss:
Upper arm--11" to 9˝"
Upper Back & chest-- 39˝" to 38"
waist-- 34" to 31"
upper hip-- 37" to 35˝"
lower abs-- 37" to 35"
upper abs-- 35˝" to 33"
upper thigh-- 21" to 18"

Updates from Jane

"Well, just an update-----been doing the "buns& thighs " workout & can't believe the definition, tone & shape.!!! Being in Vegas, people (women!) stop me on the street & ask if I'm a dancer!  At this age? (but they don't know that)

"I LOVE THIS WHOLE PROGRAM !!!!!!! This is something I can do FOREVER! Feel better now than in my 30's---honest!

"Feel TERRIFIC!!!! NO medications, Rx or over-the-counter (just vitamin supplements)!!!!

"TOTALLY PAIN-FREE!!!!! (& I've got a bad back) or DID have.  Jump outta bed like a 30yr old (in fact, I don't think I even did it at 30!)

BP= 100/65
cholesterol 122

"Does this get any better? don't think so at 67yrs.  I LOVE THIS PROGRAM!!!!!!!"

Elise -- age 99!

We recently spoke with 99-year-old Elise from IA, who was calling to reorder the Commuter Audio workout for her daughter. Elise says she is still quite active and loves Oxycise! She will be celebrating her 100th birthday this year!

Jane L. -- Age 68
OxyChat Message Room
 

"I just need to thank someone. This is my day - up at 6, do my first set of O's. Bathe, get dressed for work. Have a fruit smoothie and cantaloupe for breakfast. Get on the computer and find out how everyone else is doing on Oxycise! Go to my part time job from 9-1. Have a veggie sandwich for lunch. Come home (after going to grocery store, library, etc.) let my two dogs in the house for our afternoon nap. Watch Northern Exposure and L.A.Law,then do my second set of O's at 4:00. After that work in the yard a little, do a little crossstitch, figure out what to eat for dinner (using the "Fuel" book) and enjoy the rest of the day.This may not seem so exciting to most people, but to me it is wonderful. I'm 68 and after 49 years of marriage, my dear husband had a massive heart attack and died on Dec.25. I have been in limbo since, until I came across this Oxycise! It has given me a GOAL. It's something I can DO. Thanks, Oxycise!"

Jane L.

Nancy B.-- Age 60

"...I am writing to tell you to be sure to try Oxycise! It does work! I've had the Level One tape for longer than I want to admit, and when I first tried it I didn't know how to breathe right (with gusto!) and didn't have much success, although I did it for several weeks..."

"I started doing "O!" again in September, and then lost my job and got depressed and quit. (Not much of an excuse.) I started up again as of January 1 with a determination to be successful. I am 60 years old, and also have to take thyroid medication. During this month I have lost several pounds and inches, and my clothes fit much better. I have more energy, too. I know that if I don't feel too perky in the morning that I will feel better after I do my Oxycise!

"I find Oxycise! to be better than anything else I have ever tried."

Nancy Bradley

Cristie -- Age 60

"Hello!
Want to say thank you for the excellent diet book.*  I have struggled with diets since I was 30 years old. I am now 60. I am very toxin laden (too much medications for years and years of migraine headaches) and all my struggles with a cleansing diet has always failed. Mostly because I can't tolerate any fruit and most diets require fasting and near starvation over all. I'm thrilled over the lists categorizing foods so one can eat without guilt. I was 131# and all of it was centered in the mid section. Arms, legs and face were skinny. I am 5'5" so I was not terribly overweight but so out of shape that mostly all the weight was fat. 

"I was a little slow to get started but have now lost 9 lb. and 10 inches. Five of the inches has come off the waist. I need to lose some more and gain some muscle instead. I was a little lazy about the exercises because they would wear me out, but then I realized that my calf muscles were returning and my legs began to look shapelier so now I'm doing the full 30 reps daily.

"I eat a lot of raw salads which include sprouted lentils and mung bean sprouts. NO FAT or oily dressing. Also I make fresh veggie juices and with the exercises I seem to get away with it without the usual cleansing symptoms. I'm sure the food combining helps too.

"Thanks again for rejuvenating this old lady. I really needed a health building diet."

Cristie Warren
Houston, TX

* "Fuel for Success" is an optional part of the Oxycise! program.  For more information, click HERE

Nancy -- Age 60

Nancy first wrote to us last year, when she was 59:

"Last February my daughter told me about an exercise tape she had been using since the birth of her third child. She had done a great job of losing her pregnancy weight. Since I was approaching my 60th birthday in six months I decided it was time to do something about the 20 pounds I needed to lose. By the time my birthday rolled around in August I had lost fifteen of those pounds and have kept them off...even through business trips with my husband and family vacations! Oxycise is GREAT!! I have never felt better or had more energy! Thanks, Jill, for helping me. I miss you on the days I do not do the exercises."

Update:

"I still love doing Oxycise! daily (except Sunday)!

"I feel better and have more stamina than ever. I walk every morning with two friends, one seven years younger than I and the other 20 years younger. I have no trouble keeping up with them while we walk and talk! Thanks to Jill!"

Nancy
Jasper, IN

Vi Carr-- Age 62

"Oxycise! is the best thing that has happened to me. It will be with me for life. I ordered level one tape from QVC last July and then the book from Jill. It is the easiest, most natural way to lose and maintain weight I have known. Believe me, I have struggled with yo-yo dieting most of my adult life.

"I am a 62 year of woman who retired in January of this year. Since I am a morning person, the first thing I do upon arrival and making my bed is to go through the "O" program. Then I walk approximately two miles five to six days a week. The results have been great. I have lost 30 pounds and 11 inches in my waist. I have gone from size 16-18 pants to a size 10.  The good thing about "O" is that I have been able to maintain my weight for more than six months and feel better than ever. My friends have noticed that there is something different about my face. I have shared "O" with several people and they have been "turned on" and ordered the tapes also. To me, the secret is to do "O" immediately upon getting up in the morning.  This way it is done for the day and you don't have to think about it again.  Occasionally, I will do it at night also if I have over-eaten that day.  Thanks Jill!"

Sincerely,
Vi Carr

Click HERE to see Vi's "Before and After" photos

Shirley B. -- 64 years old

"Greetings from Florida!!!

"Just a quick note to say I'm hooked on Oxycise! I am 64 years old and since I've been doing the Oxycise I feel like a young chick!

"My daughter Penny Edwards, who is a nurse, told me how much better she felt after she started the program. So I thought I'd give it a try. I'm sold on it. I've been inviting some of my friends over to our home to do the program. We're getting so many people interested, that we may have to go up to the community center. I haven't really weighed myself to see how much weight I've lost, but I feel so much better it is just amazing.. I'd like to apply for a spot on your new infomercial..."

Shirley Booth

Click HERE to see Shirley's photo 

Shirley V. -- Age 67

"Hi Jill,
I want to tell you that I really appreciate finding out about Oxycise! and have told many people about it. I joined Weight Watchers last January and was doing good on that, but now since I have also started doing your great exercise program, the success rate for my weight loss has been a wonderful slow loss.  I have shared at those meetings my new Breathing Exercise Program called Oxycise! and we have discussed the big benefits of it.

"I credit a lot of my continual loss to my faithfully doing Oxycise! I knew I had to be somehow increasing my metabolism and don't enjoy going to health club gyms. I am 67 years old, fairly active with ballroom dancing twice a week, travel and some gardening in my yard.

"Thanks again for your help and support in keeping myself healthy and fit. I also enjoy your email newsletters. Good job to all of you."

Shirley adds in a later message:

"My weight loss has been running about 1# or more a week since January when I am not travelling, which I have been doing a lot of. So far I have lost 16# and look forward to about 6-7# more and then just maintain. If I can continue a loss of 1# a week, I'll be very happy. And will be so pleased to show up at my 50th Class Reunion in Minnesota in July looking really good. But I can see that it is important that I make Oxycise a permanent part of my life, as I do feel better when I am doing it on a regular basis.

"Also, weight wise, I started out at 149 - now 133 and goal is around 125 or so. And to have a FLAT TUMMY."

That's all for now!!

Shirley Varner
67 Years Young

Margarete -- Age 71 

"I am a very healthy 71, but I need to lose 20 lb...

"I am very happy to report a 4-1/2 inch loss, along with 1-1/2 pounds.

"I enjoy doing Oxycise!, which is something I have never said before about any other kind of exercise. And I have done many different types."

Hugs,
Margarete

Margarete's One-year Progress Report

"Thanks for your interest. I've been doing Oxycise for a year now. The results I have received are:
1. Much more strength, especially in my arms.
2. Much more flexibility, especially in my hip joints, which had begun to bother me. And in my shoulders. At first I didn't want to do your exercises for shoulder strength, but I made myself do them as best as I could. I still don't have as much flexibility as I would like, i.e., when I was younger, but the improvement has been remarkable.

"Also, when I am waiting for my tapes to rewind, I do the neck flexibility exercises which a chiropractor gave me, which has helped tremendously with arthritis pains that had begun in my neck, and also in my right shoulder.

"As far as weight loss, I found that at my age I had to cut back on starches and sweets, and I have lost 15 pounds. And, of course, the inches have gone down, too, and I can wear a size 14 now. 

"All in all, I am delighted with Oxycise!  Not only do they help me with strength and flexibility, but I feel so virtuous when I do them, which helps my self-esteem a lot. 

"I guess the hardest part was scheduling Oxycise!, even though I don't work now, I had the usual reluctance to exercise. So my plan was, I had to Oxycise! before breakfast, no matter how long I dithered around with drinking coffee (one cup) and reading the papers. And I just walked over to the VCR and started the tape. No big deal!

"Thanks again, you guys."

Margarete

Betty -- Age 69  

"We live on a mountain top on 20 acres in Montana. I was loading the motor home for a trip the first week of July and carrying a dog food bowl with a water bowl balanced on top. I was not looking where I was stepping and slipped off the stepping stone at the front of the motor home. I sprawled into the dirt and slid. I hit so hard I almost lost my breath. My face was in the dirt and my glasses had the lenses so deeply scratched that I could barely see through the left one. The frames were also bent.  I had dirt all over my face and in my mouth. This is to give an idea of how devastating the fall was. We were leaving to spend a week with friends in Idaho and I was determined not to let anything spoil the holiday. I called to my husband who was in the house and he came out to help me get up as I had no strength in my leg muscles from the shock of the fall. The first miracle is that no bones were broken.

"I cleaned the dirt off me and decided that the worst of the experience would be the next day when all my muscles would ache. The next morning I awakened early in my bed in the motor home and I could tell I didn't want to move very much. I had received the Oxycise! videos and the 15 minute audio tape earlier in June but had not used them. I know that sore muscles are an indication of an accumulation of lactic acid that slowly is removed -- usually it takes days. I realized that the Oxycise! technique should correct that situation. I lay in bed and did the Oxycise! exercises I had learned from the audio tape. I was going to do them for 15 minutes but extended them to 45 minutes (while my husband slept). I also did extra ones on my legs and arms where the most muscle pain was. When I got out of bed -- there was NO muscle soreness left. I continued to use Oxycise! every morning and enjoyed a pain-free week. This week I am finally seeing some bruising that is turning yellow-green but had not been apparent before. I think the Oxycise! also mitigated the surface bruising.

"I want to point out that this was the first time I had used the Oxycise! technique and so had no ' build-up' that might have made it work better -- and even then it performed a miracle. I also want to say that I am almost 69 years old. I have had friends put in the hospital with falls no worse than mine. Certainly the average person my age would spend a week lying around in bed recovering from the pains. This should be mentioned to your clients as another use of the technique. People get sore muscles from all kinds of week-end exercise. This would be a miracle for them. However, you can't put a time limit on the breathing as you have to do it until you get rid of the lactic acid in the muscles. That would be an individual thing.

"Can't thank you enough, I am starting on the video exercises today and everyday!"

Betty Manhart

Lila -- Age 74

"I am crazy about Oxycise! and have so many of my friends doing it too...

"I am already down to the size I want, feel better and a nice tight tummy and thighs and I am 74 and look wonderful, I have only been doing Oxycise! for three weeks. 

"People do not believe me till they try it. I'm so grateful for Oxycise!. I have fought weight all my life, tried everything, but this is the best, easiest yet and makes you feel so energized! People think I am in my fifties. Makes you feel good!"

Thank you, thank you,

Lila Babbidge
Rancho Mirage, California

Sarah's Grandma -- Age 75
Sarah wrote about her 75 year-old Grandmother in our Message Room

Subject: Anyone Can Do This!

"I have got my grandmother, who doesn't have much mobility right now, hooked on Oxycise! When she first awakes in the morning, she does several repetitions in bed. She does this both with her legs stretched out in front of her and with her knees bent. She finds that this also helps her to have enough energy to get out of bed. Then, later on in the day, she Oxycises once again while sitting in her chair, with different arm positions, or sometimes just breathing and sitting in an upright position. After one month, she has lost ten pounds (she is about 80 pounds overweight) and is feeling much more energy. She has found that this is the perfect exercise program for her since she is not able to walk, and finds lifting weights very difficult."

Lorraine -- Age 80

"My daughter gave me my Oxycise! kit for Mother's Day. However, she gave it to me April 1, more than a month earlier. I have done the 15 minute Oxycise! every day since April 1. Within 2 weeks, just out of curiosity, I tried on a few skirts I could not button for a long time. Much to my amazement they now fit. I feel so much firmer around the middle, and now I am beginning to see that I have a waist. I have lost only four pounds, however, I am past my 80th birthday, and I realize it may be more difficult to lose, but I am thrilled with what has happened around my middle. Also I have found I have more strength in my arms. I have been suffering with a shoulder pain which my doctor took an x-ray and said it was inflammation in the area. He prescribed Mobic for the inflammation. My orthopedic surgeon said he could give me some exercises which may help. Well, I do not have that shoulder pain anymore. I haven't taken Mobic for one month. Could it be the raising of the arm, reaching, etc., deep breathing? Also I have had wheezing in my chest for two years, especially after doing something strenuous. The wheezing is gone. It has to be the deep breathing. I attribute all of the above improvements to the Oxycise! program. I do my 15 minute workout immediately when I get out of bed in the morning, before breakfast. I just get up earlier so it doesn't interfere with the rest of the day. I love it. Thanks to Jill."