Silly Exercise Magazines

I went to the gym early this morning in an attempt to work off the ice cream I had last night (however, I just finished another bowl so now I have to go again tomorrow to work of tonight's bowl). I guess if I'm going to lose weight, as opposed to staying the same weight, I'm going to have to exercise AND stop eating desserts daily. Ho hum.
Anyway, while at the gym I picked up one of those fitness, or shape, or prevention etc. etc. magazines to peruse while riding the recumbent bike. One of the featured articles was one I've seen about a million times before, and it read something like, "5 Simple Moves that will decrease your waist, butt and thigh size in just 2 weeks!" Well of course we ALL want THAT, so I opened right up to that article! Part of me was hoping that the lady would be doing something that looked so bloody easy that even my Nana could do the moves (love you Nana but you're almost 90, so you're a good comparison :-). However, she was doing a series of moves that looked like only Jillian Michaels (trainer on the Biggest Loser) could do. I then started to really think about what type of pictures would have pleased me, and would have made me want to take the magazine home to try out the moves. I started laughing when I realized the first move would simply show a woman lying on the floor doing nothing. I don't know, maybe the second move would show a woman sitting straight up in a chair (as opposed to slouching, which is what I tend to do..like right now). Maybe something a bit more strenuous could have been push-ups, but I'm talking - standing up push-ups against a wall.
I ended up looking at the lady with the washboard stomach for about 10 seconds and then continued through the cookbook..I mean magazine tee hee - looking at recipes (healthy ones), along with Alicia Silverstone's very own homemade vegan peanut butter cups (because she finally started losing weight when she became a vegan 10 years ago...whatever)...they looked pretty good...I'll have to try making those...and then I'll eat them....and then you'll find me at the gym...again. :-)