Gidgets and Gadgets

"Stupid gidgets and gadgets that don't work" from an intro to one of the X videos kept ringing through my head as I flipped the television station back to a RIDICULOUS paid advertisement.
"Contour abs" it's called. It was absurd. Really. They had a 'model' get on the floor and do 50 crunches. "How many do you normally do?" they asked him. "One hundred" he answered with a resigned attitude. They wrinkled their nose to this answer. They were measuring the amount about blood flow to his muscles. "And look at how little activity their is in the lower abs and the obliques!" they retorted once he was done. He put on this stupid little belt and once he was 'done his exercise' with the oh-so-amazing contour abs (please tell me you picked up on that sarcasm.....) they, again, measured the blood flow to the entire abdominal region. "And this v-shaped design allows you to work on that dreaded pooch area" Another thing that was said was "look at how much more effective it is than those painful moves"

Oh my GOODNESS!!!!!!! Really?!?!?! And you know what?!?!?! You can't learn Chinese without studying!! You aren't going to get a nice, definted, visible set of abs (because the reality is that we *all* have abs.....their just hiding on MOST Americans) without doing SOMETHING!! Moving, cutting calories, doing some work to stress the abdominal muscles so they develop!!

Let's talk about stupid gidgets and gadgets that don't work. Thank you Mr. Horton for that one!

Really, guys, do you want to know what it's going to take for your abdominal muscles to come through? That milkshake, cookies, cake, potato chips, candy bar, and CERTAINLY NOT that contour ab belt isn't going to do it. Do you want to know what *will* make them shine? The same thing that will make your heart beat more efficiently. The same thing that will allow you to either come off of or prevent going onto medication for diabetes, cholesterol, heart conditions, and high blood pressure (that's just the beginning). You might want to add a veggie or two or three to your daily menu. You might want to add a fruit to your menu....how bout a HEALTHY serving of protein (as in skip the red meat) or some whole (WHOLE) wheat (that requires you to read the ingredient label....not just the front of the label because the ADA has very low standards for calling an item 'made from whole grains' or 'made with whole grains'....so read read read read....) You might want to set aside the condiments. You might want to talk yourself out of dessert and into a walk....instead of the other way around.
And while you're at it....talk yourself out of the ab lounge chair thing, the contour abs....oh and don't get that stupid leg slimmer trimmer stand here and slide your legs together and apart on these 'ergonomically created arches!!!" OOOOO Stop it. Sweat a bit and put in some effort. Your body will thank you


Ciao for now :)
*steps off her soap box now"