Big purple ball
I bought this last weekend, in the vain hope it would help tone my not-very-toned stomach.
Unfortunately there was no instruction leaflet with it … and sitting on it watching Coronation Street and eating biscuits doesn’t seem to be having the desired effect.
Any suggestions?
Miss Despina replied:
It doesn’t match your lovely interior. I’d get rid of it.
Biscuits have healing properties, we all know this.
Hope this advice helps.
September 17, 2007 at 4:38 pm. Permalink.
gastropunk replied:
Try sitting on it watching Coronation St without eating the biscuits. P.s. thanks for Northern Rock links, will you be my financial mentor?
September 17, 2007 at 4:45 pm. Permalink.
Mya replied:
Try eating it - you won’t feel like any biscuits for a while and you’ll still be able to watch Corrie in hospital.
Mya x
September 17, 2007 at 4:58 pm. Permalink.
Brennig replied:
Dudette!
You have nice-looking carpet.
And a comfy-looking couch.
And a decent-looking table.
But you don’t have… a big purple ball, it looks blue to me. And all talk of ‘blue balls’ is strictly forbidden.
Unless it’s not blue but a trick of the light. But purple balls? Sounds way more painful than blue ones.
I’d stick in a cupboard under the stairs and see what happens to it in… ooooh… five or six months?
September 17, 2007 at 9:29 pm. Permalink.
stratfordgirl replied:
Thanks for the advice, guys
Brennig: Believe me, a beige-coloured carpet is a VERY BAD IDEA. Amazingly it doesn’t look too bad in the photo, but in reality it needs a bloody good clean.
September 18, 2007 at 8:51 am. Permalink.
soph replied:
Beige coloured carpets suck! So, why is it, all rented accomodation that I’ve lived in have beige coloured carpets?? The place we’re living in now has a carpet which even when vacuumed looks as though a party happy hippos has trampled through.
Traumatised of Tunbridge Wells (aka Soph:))
PS - Biscuits - good. Big purple ball - bizarro.
September 18, 2007 at 9:20 am. Permalink.
Tippie replied:
Thanks for the link to my blog in your blogroll (I wonder how you’ve found it though?)
Funny to see your picture, quite a shock even, I happened to have a carpet the same colour, a couch the same colour and a table looking very much like yours, a few years ago (in my flat) ! It felt like I went back in time…
If you add a handle on the top of your ball, you can make it a skippy ball :p
September 19, 2007 at 8:19 pm. Permalink.
stratfordgirl replied:
Hi Tippie,
SG
Thanks for stopping by… how weird that you had the same decor as me… you didn’t live in a rabbit hutch in Stratford by any chance?
September 19, 2007 at 8:59 pm. Permalink.
Anna replied:
I found this link : http://www.bindependent.com/hompg/bi/bindep/store/aisles/exercise/balls/exerciseballuse.htm
But honestly I don’t know if it’s good, I never tried !
September 20, 2007 at 10:05 am. Permalink.
stratfordgirl replied:
Thanks Anna, I’ll check out the link!
September 20, 2007 at 5:09 pm. Permalink.
lutra25 replied:
I think you should add a couple of “ears” on it and jump around on it, pretending to own a retro space hopper. That would not only be ultra cool, but would probably be quite good exercise too!
Maths Chick x
September 22, 2007 at 9:21 pm. Permalink.
Kent Girl replied:
These balls are great. I have one and I follow the “home” work out in this book, which features the ball. I don’t bother with the diet recommended in the book, but it’s a good all round work-out that gives fairly quick results,.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bodydoctor-Weeks-Inches-Double-Fitness/dp/0007176856/ref=pd_bbs_1/203-2805472-1538320?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191169717&sr=8-1
We too have the same coloured carpet in our old farmhouse high up in the Kentish North Downs!
September 30, 2007 at 4:33 pm. Permalink.
stratfordgirl replied:
Thanks for the recommendation, Kent Girl!
September 30, 2007 at 5:18 pm. Permalink.