No More Muffin Tops!

Those beautiful red poppies are not in the opium fields of Afghanistan but rather they are a harbinger of my favorite season, summer!  And summer is the time of year to flaunt, baby, flaunt!  If you’ve got it, show it!  If you haven’t got it, work on it!  This is LA after all, the land of make believe and transformation.

I myself embarked on refining my diet and workout regimen as I prepared to wear a bikini for 9 straight days in the Caribbean–a shuddering thought regardless of your body fat percentage.  With discipline and gumption I didn’t realize I had, I lost 8 pounds in about 35 days. How?  …by swearing off alcohol along with indiscriminate eating and upping my cardio. Yes, it was difficult as I am such a hedonist; but, the results were so worth the effort.  There’s nothing more gratifying to hear “hey, you look great!”  as I near my mid-40’s.  Keep it coming, I say!

So how does one do it???  Despite my living in a gym 24/7, I had to have a plan.  Fortunately, I had a dream vacation with a hunk (woohoo!) to motivate me.  I kept my current exercise regimen of lifting thrice weekly the same but added 2 cycling classes a week, forsook wine after work and eating carbs after 3pm.  It worked for me!  So, set a target date, visualize your reasonable end result and get serious.  You need to internalize this desire.  All yack and no sack won’t cut it!  Back it up with effort and you will see your transformation for real.

Diet and Exercise.  We got the exercise covered but what you put in your mouth outside of TRAIN (ok, I set myself up for that one)  is up to you!  Muffins….well, maybe on occasion.  But muffin tops??!!?%#%^$!!  Banish the thought!  Erase the visual!  A waterbed is a piece of 70s furniture, not a belt!  OK??!  ’nuff sed on this topic.

Sincerely,
Mylene