Being on a diet and having a husband who’s out of town don’t mix. It’s a particularly deadly combo for the person who’s on a legitimate plan to eat right, because who’s going to have an ounce of sense when left alone with no one watching? My husband went to Dallas for a few days in […]
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An Exercise in Insanity
I thought I’d come up for breath to give you all a few updates on my Insanity workout regime, which I started a couple weeks ago. It’s definitely a harder workout than the Jane Fonda aerobics tapes I used to do. Jane and I hopped around my living room with our leg-warmers, leotards and […]
Just What Lazy Americans Need
And I thought sitting on my core ball while at my desk was silly. TrekDesk is the Americans way of telling the Japanese, we’re just as obsessive as you are! We are more than capable of working just as hard as you and keeping fit. And we’ll do you one better: We’ll work at […]
Here’s Something That Sucks
My husband and I are trying to lose a couple of pounds and get into shape. It shouldn’t be that hard. We are smart, relatively drug-free people. We support each other. We live in Florida, where most people are blond and toned and a lot of the fat and/or ugly people have been driven […]
My Doctor and the Core Ball
My son, the Photoshop prince, made this photo of me, if I indulged in stacks of doughnuts, mega-cheeseburgers and Pepsi. I appreciate the cleavage, but the core is definitely in bad shape. I’m typing this sitting on a core ball. You know what a core ball is? It’s a big ball, kind of like […]
Exercising My Right to Stay Home
What is it with these Florida people? They’re constantly walking, running, riding bikes, exercising in public and having flat stomachs. My husband and I were trying to have a nice walk on the beach this morning and once again it turned into a big guilt-fest for me. I started out feeling pretty good, I’ve […]