The Secret

by now most americans are on to "the secret" of a successful, happy life according to the book and dvd. think positive thoughts and be specific about your intentions. sounds easy - too easy. i do remember though last year when we vacationed here in ba. most days we meandered through the different neighborhoods, imagining ourselves living here. one day we passed through a beautiful tree lined street one block from the zoo. i have distinct memory of that day because i said that if we ever lived here, this is the neighborhood i'd want to be. well somehow - we are currently living on the exact block where i said those words. i don't know if thats intention, luck or destiny but whatever it is, its real.

back to the real secret....how do argentine women get such great figures? and how the heck are their hineys so tight and perky? it's baffling to the food loving foreigners. until, i joined a gym last week and tried my hand at a class called "localizado". i've no idea what that word means but the gist of the class is a half hour of latin style cardio - lots of mamba moves, shimmy of the shoulders, arrrribbbaaaas, and hips dont lie type gyrations. yes, i'm the only gringa in class. then the second half is pure burn of the lower body. leg lifts, butt lifts, hip burners like i've never seen before. it was a big ah ha for me. i thought i was in pretty good shape from sf style bootcamp but no. the women in the class with the best bodies actually wore leg weights on top of doing all of the exercises effortlessly. the leg lifts are a bit of a throw back to jane fonda jazzercise moves but who cares - it works. well, maybe that along with a bit of lipo but i'm gonna try the natural way first and see how far it gets me. now you know where to find me each night at 6pm.