Day 76

Hello all:

I'm back. Thanks for all your emails of concern. I just wanted a week when I wasn't a slave to my diet journal and I could eat french fries and pizza. It's out of my system now. Although, I didn't go overboard really and I kept exercising every day.

Ab work:

Lady S let me borrow her stability ball. It's been very interesting. One - I'm not very stable at all (but you all already knew that.) Two - my cats are terrified of the ball. Three - it's great for ab work but I had a hard time trying to do all the fancy pants plank work etc. There's an excellent on demand yoga stability ball workout that was more my speed. I may buy a stability work out dvd and then my own stability ball when Ms. S wants it back.Also, I've started to place a weight on my abs to hold my spine down to the ground. Also, I put a weight in my hand when I twist for oblique workouts. That seems to be working. I learned that from my Kathy Smith dvd which whooping my butt. However, she does show proper form and I appreciate that.

Lunges are the devil:

I don't know why every trainer and dvd demands lunges. I will tell you that doing lunges from front to back (rear lunge) rather than back to front (front lunge) is better for the knees. I kind of like the curtsy lunge. They do work but I still hate them Here's a general Honey Kalaria's workout is sold out on overstock but check amazon.