CHIT CHAT with LAURENT AMZALLAG (YA-LA!)

I got an email on Monday giving me a "heads up" that I would be leading an exercise segment on 9 News Now at 9am and that I should be prepared by bringing in my work-out clothes to the station for Tuesday and, by the way, it is with an "amazingly gorgeous trainer" (my co-worker's words) named Laurent Amzallag. The segment would focus on, naturally, getting fit. But this had another emphasis -- getting a bride-to-be as fit-as-can-be before she says "I DO".


Enter Angie: Wedding Date APRIL 2008

How convenient that she is also my work-out partner.
You can tell Angie 1000 times that she LOOKS FANTASTIC, but she'll find something to worry about. Funny, Kristen (who works the assignment desk and who is also getting married in a few months), is the same way. BRIDES...

Before the show, I chatted with Laurent (yes, my co-worker was correct, but I only HAVE EYES FOR BEN! THUMP THUMP goes my heart!) He gave me a brief overview of what we could cover during the live interview to follow... Have a LQQK below!

I don't know about you, but I'm a "bullet points" kind of gal. "Just give me the headlines." This isn't always the best rule to live by, but for the purpose of this blog, it will do quite fine. I asked Laurent specifically what are the

3 BEST THINGS

(okay, I asked for 5, but he only wrote up 3) we can do every day to see an immediate change in our bodies. HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WROTE (using my "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" book as a surface to write on while sitting in our green room.)

1. Watch what you put in your mouth. Calories in less than calories out.
2. Here are key exercises that will change your body:

• LUNGES
• PUSHUPS
• CRUNCHES
• DIPS

3. Set realistic goals for yourself. You don't want to look like Heidi Klum or Jennifer Anniston. You want to look like you. Only better!

After a while, Laurent became interested in how I do the weather at the "chroma key" (the BIG GREEN WALL) and wanted to give it a try...