Rainy Memorial Day in Atlanta

Monday, May 31, 2004 at 06:42AM
Sherri Caldwell

We're off to the beach Wednesday, so it can rain all it wants, as long as it stays in Atlanta. (I just had a horrifying picture of being stuck in a house on the beach for 10 stormy days with 5 children under age 10 and my in-laws, whom I love and enjoy greatly, but still...)

So I'm sure you're all dying to know...the results of the 5-day CLEANSE--drinking fiber/protein shakes and eating little dirt bars for 5 days straight. The big payoff: ZERO pounds lost. How is that possible? So I'm back to my modified South Beach Diet/low-carb (kinda) thing (except for California Pizza Kitchen and their Rosemary Chicken/Yukon Potato Pizza).

Still, I have discovered the secret, and I know you don't want to hear it (I've avoided it for years): EXERCISE. It works! I finally broke through a plateau (1?0), with a workout video from a friend. I can recommend it, because it's fun and effective (only a little bit annoying with the perky factor): Walk Away the Pounds with Leslie Sansone/2 Miles. I've been walking on the treadmill, which I enjoy, but WATP is good (not on the treadmill) because she uses weights for upper-body work for a portion of the two-mile walk (approx 30 minutes) that you can do right in the middle of your living room, between the couch and the easy chair. Very easy, very convenient. Enough advertising for today!

The Rebel Housewife website update: We are still working on it. It's coming. Really.

Article originally appeared on The Rebel Housewife (http://www.rebelhousewife.com/).