Pilates World

Pilates is designed to work the core (abs) section. I really think this is the best use of one's time for general health and fitness much less it strenghtens and tones your body. If someone would combine this with some other exercise routines such as walking, stair and hill climbing along with careful food selections of fruit and vegetables, lean meats, low fat milk and yogurt, chesses and nuts (or a supplement of selenium), and a glass of wine (small) daily if desired, one could see the reults with little effort. It would become a way of life, a new lifestyle....

Invented by gymnast Joseph H. Pilates more than 80 years ago, the Pilates method involves a series of exercises that place intense concentration on your abdominal muscles, which, along with your back muscles, form your "core" or powerhouse from which your body derives its strength and stability. Besides helping you to shape a beautiful belly, Pilates strengthens and stretches the entire body, creating lean, toned muscles similar to those of a dancer.

Joseph H. Pilates said, "In Ten sessions You will feel better, In Twenty Sessions you will look better and in Thirty Sessions you will have a new body."

"Physical Fitness Can Neither Be Achieved By Wishful Thinking Nor By Outright Purchase." Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1880-1967)


Brown Rice Oriental Stir Fry

2 cups 10-minute brown rice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
OR 1 pound chicken, skinned and cut into 1-inch cubes
16 oz. Frozen stir-fry vegetables
1/4 cup stir-fry sauce

Prepare rice according to package directions.While rice is cooking, heat oil in large skillet. Cook shrimp or chicken for about 7 minutes or until done. Fold in stir-fry vegetables; continue to cook until vegetables are done. Fold in stir-fry sauce.

Heat through.
Serve on a bed of rice.
Serves 6