Deep Down Abs With No Crunches

This is a Workout #3 kind of a day. It's such a great feeling, spending just those few minutes in the morning to really get my body woken up and aware of itself. The downward dogs felt really good this morning and you know which exercise I find really interesting? The one where you lie on your bag, legs straight into the air, toes flexed and pointed outword, lifting head and shoulders off the ground. It reaches deep down into the floor of the abs. It's kind of amazing the way it taps muscles that normally don't get very worked.

English Menu on the Counter

Have you played around with the calorie counter yet? It's kind of fun. Maybe I need to find a calculator, though, that tells me how many calories I really should be aiming toward for my height, etc. It's clearly not an American-made calculator - British perhaps? Tinned tuna, biscuits instead of cookies and veal blanquette... not sure what that is. Somethng fancy and inhumane. :( And don't even get me started on foie gras. Ah, chicken curry and ham and cheese pizza - it must be English!! So, obviously, not everything on that counter should be indulged in for lovely abs!

Wireless Ab Workout :)

So I'm in this Borders in a snooty town and I was feeling a little bitter for laying down for a spendy mocha, settling into a cushy chair, thinking I'd write to you, totally taking for granted that free wirelesss was everywhere... when the now ubiquitous t-mobile pay-to-play page pops up. That's when the snarky feeling cropped up. After some fiddling, however, a free network availed itself and now I feel triumphant. The friend I am here with, though, is locked out. Poor fella. So, let me cheer you on to a strong start today with a little ab workout! And then an espresso drink.

Better Muscle Control

Started off the morning with Workout 2 of Crunchless Abs today. What a great feeling to get to the point where I feel very in control of my body when I'm doing the exercises. For example, the portion of that workout that moves through a series of poses - pushup, arm/leg extended, arm/leg pulled in... I was so awkward when I first started doing that one. Now I may not look as good as the girls in the video but at least I'm not flailing around!!