Karen’s Opinion

Now I have even more incentive to do more cardio type exercising. I have got to get on the move so I can have arms as shapely as Michelle Obama! My first thought is to start exercising my arms but trainers state that arm exercises alone are not enough to get toned arms. I know that spot reducing does not work. You must get rid of body fat from the entire body. Ugh.

Maybe I shouldn’t have sold my Wii Fit. Using dumbbells (five pounds or more) and doing 12 to 15 of each exercise — bicep curls, tricep kickbacks to exercise the back of the arm, shoulder and lateral raises should do the trick. Those exercises along with the cardio already mentioned are the key to great arms like Michelle’s.

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My husband and I are vacationing in Breckenridge, Colorado. We have been enjoying ourselves although it took a little bit of time, water and ibuprofen to get over the altitude sickness we felt our first day here.

We have been walking a lot and have to be careful because there is ice on the sidewalks. The weather was a beautiful 70 degrees today. We actually got hot wearing our heavy coats. We went on a search today to find souvenirs for our family. There are tons of t-shirt shops. It reminds me of Pigeon Forge, TN and Myrtle Beach, SC. Every shop has the same thing! The trick is to find the best price.

We ate lunch at a French Bakery. We had a ham and cheese crepe. I didn’t know there was another type of crepe besides sweet ones. The one we had was made with buckwheat flour. It was yummy. We enjoyed talking to the baker about his business. He pays $4800 per month in rent for his shop! He must have to sell a lot of pastries to pay that kind of rent each month. He said that is how it is in Breckenridge.

Here is a picture of the French Bakery: