Losing weight is a billion dollar industry in America, there are thousands of devices and programs you can buy that promise to get you “6-pack abs fast” but they don’t work! If it were as easy as buying a pill, shake, or ab machine then the shopping malls across America you would see all men with rippling washboard abs and all women with flat tummies but what do we see instead? Obesity everywhere! Lets clear up one huge misconception right now, ab machines and ab exercises will NOT get you 6-pack abs! 95% of the work in getting 6-pack abs is losing bodyfat and no ab exercise will do that. If you have a beer belly, you could do ab exercises all year long and still never get 6-pack abs. You can have rippling muscular abs but if they are covered with an inner tube of fat then nobody is going see them. It’s not that hard and its not that complicated. The changes you need to make to lose weight and reduce your bodyfat are much smaller than you fear and they are easier to live with than you could possibly imagine! A common sense approach involving exercise and nutrition is all that is required to get ripped, washboard abs. When most people think about losing weight, what comes to mind is words like “hunger”, “deprivation”, “diet”, and “agony”. No! Losing weight properly will not result in any of these, the key is in the above two words “common sense”.

Exercising but not getting the desired results? Need motivation but don’t know where to look? Shut Up and Train! is the answer to all your workout woes. From the bestselling author of I’m Not Stressed comes one of the most comprehensive workout books that will help you get the body you always wanted. Learn about the four pillars of fitness (strength, endurance, flexibility, and balance), how to avoid an injury, the different forms of training, and even the miracle cure for cellulite. Right from weight training to bodybuilding, Deanne Panday will share the tricks of the trade to help sculpt your body—just the way you want it.

Over twenty simple yet desirable craft projects to make and gift—or keep for yourself. Designer Helen Phillips returns with this collection of over twenty highly giftable sewing and patchwork projects for home accessories, toys, and gifts. Simple enough for beginners yet desirable enough for more experienced sewers, the projects explore a wide range of techniques including patchwork, quilting, paper piercing, appliqué, color play, embroidery, and embellishment. Projects include small quilts, dolls, bags, pillows, hearts, flowers, stars, angels, birds, and more—all in a gorgeous coordinating color palette. Praise for Modern Vintage Gifts “As quilters we understand the investment of time that goes into any handmade gift, so it's a really positive thing that many of these projects can be made in an afternoon or so.” —McCall's Quilting

- Features cards from the NFL, CFL and USFL, as well as from college, food issues, regional issues, and more- Includes listings from Fleer, Topps, Upper Deck, Pacific, Donruss/Playoff, Press Pass, and SAGE- Bonus single-player checklists for Brett Favre, Michael Vick, and Emmitt Smith

The Stuff That Fun Is Made Of combines suggestions for more than 100 arts and crafts projects and learning activities with directions for completing them using everyday household ingredients. Parents, teachers, and kids will find creative learning ideas, fun projects, and economical, easy solutions to boredom in this comprehensive collection. More than 90 tested recipes!

Twenty-six-year-old urban professional Gypsy Smith appears to have it all. She's a beautiful, articulate, witty and full-figured African American woman, who's thriving career has provided her with sports cars, a designer wardrobe, and an expensive loft in Long Beach just blocks from the beach. But what's not obvious to outsiders is how hard Gypsy struggles daily with her secret sexual desires. Paris Morgan, is a charming, intelligent, and romantic thirty-three-year-old African American man who is nice almost to a fault. This has earned him abuse and rejection from the women he's allowed into his life. But after meeting Gypsy, he feels like he's found all he desires but he has secrets too. Only time will tell whether or not Gypsy and Paris can overcome the secrets that are keeping them or will those undisclosed skeletons force them apart forever.