Here's the thing about me: I am kind of crazy about infomercials. I love watching them (is there better mindless TV in the middle of the night when you can't sleep?), and I love ordering from them even more. No, I don't have the Ronco Rotisserie Oven or Pasta Maker or Pocket Fisherman. HOWEVER, I do have the Magic Bullet, which works if you're blending, like, two tablespoons of food at a time, and no, I haven't used it to blend dozens of margaritas for friends with each person getting a color-coded cup thing, YET. I ordered this product years ago before Jessica or Vanessa or Diddy started pitching for it, but I had to return it as it totally stripped my face of everything good and holy and pure. I even started using this product based on the infomercial, but I bought it in the store instead of ordering it online, and I have been using it regularly ever since, just so you know.
As much as I am a fan of the gadget, what I am apparently a bigger fan of are exercise programs. I collect them the way I collect cookbooks in that I hoard them all and use them maybe once or twice. Over the years I have kickboxed and worked my core group, both times on VHS, mind you. I was even given the pilates set again last year but on DVD. You'd think I'd be in Super Awesome Shape with the programs I have on hand, but no, not so much, only because I don't use them as much as I should.
But now, my friends, I think I have found the road to fitness, and it is paved with these: Hip Hop Abs. OH YEAH. I saw the infomercial a few weeks ago and was sold: hip hop dancing combined with moves to work my abs without having to do crunches?! I'M IN!
I broke down and finally ordered the DVDs this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes. No, there won't be any 'Before' photos of me looking tragic with bad posture and no makeup and under bad lighting and in a too-tight outfit. You will just have to take my word that I have, indeed, awesome-looking Hip Hop Abs.
So there.
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