Star Shapes and Protein Advice, By Merry

Ilona told me that some workouts are not for everybody and not to feel bad if you can't do a particular move. For me, that something tonight was figure eights with my arms using a weight ball. Thankfully, after my failed attempts at fluid figure eights, Ilona suggested I use my choppy gestures and go a bit more geometrical with square shapes. Then we took it to the next level -- star shapes. Starting with the ball in your hands, bring it above your head, down near your right hip, up in the opposite corner above your head, across your chest, and down by your left hip -- in the shape of a star. Several sets of these worked my arms out like crazy. I like. After our workout which included a lot of leg kicks, I decided to have some protein so that my butt muscles can grow to enormous portions (I am attempting to whip this pancake ass into a rounder shape). Note to our readers: do not eat protein powder straight, as in, without liquid. I ate a giant spoonful of plain protein powder, only to cough up clouds of this fine dust which eventually made it's way to my eyes. Not fun!