| Yes, Virginia, you can lose weight while lying on the | | | | come home from work exhausted and just want to |
| couch watching your favorite TV show after a long | | | | find our favorite spot on the couch and turn on |
| hard day at work. | | | | Dancing With The Stars or Survivor. What's your |
| When I hit menopause, I found myself gaining back all | | | | favorite TV show? |
| the weight that it had taken me years to lose after my | | | | So, while you are lying there watching American Idol, |
| son was born and it was frustrating the heck out of | | | | simply raise your top leg slowly up toward the ceiling |
| me! But I was determined to find a way to stop this | | | | as you inhale and then exhale while lowering it slowly |
| pattern. I researched all of my Yoga and Pilates | | | | back down. These slow movements are the key to |
| textbooks, studied Somatics and tried different | | | | building lean muscle, and as an added benefit, your |
| exercises, diet plans and added a daily walk. I basically | | | | slow, deep breathing brings fresh, oxygenated blood to |
| made it my life's goal to find simple weight loss | | | | all of the muscles you're working, making them |
| solutions that would not only help me, but my family | | | | healthier. The best part is that you'll be so engrossed in |
| and clients as well. | | | | watching the fancy dance steps on TV that you won't |
| My years of study and testing have given me a | | | | even notice the burning in your thighs, and you'll have |
| veritable tool box of techniques and tips for helping | | | | one leg done before the first commercial! Flip over and |
| people lose weigh without feeling deprived. I know | | | | do the other side before the next commercial. If you |
| many steps that fit easily into your daily routine, that | | | | do these simple exercises every day, you'll build lean |
| everyone can do, and that bring powerful results. | | | | muscle in your legs and you know what: Lean muscle |
| For example, this simple leg exercise is my very own | | | | burns 12 times more of the calories you consume than |
| version of some powerful Pilates exercises that build | | | | fat! |
| lean muscle in your legs. It's done lying on your side on | | | | That's how you'll lose inches around your thighs and |
| the floor in a traditional Pilates class which easily | | | | hips while lying on your couch watching TV. |
| transfers to lying on the couch. Let's face it, most of us | | | | |