Sixpacknow.com asked me to do a write up and have a photo taken to show my achievement and to help encourage all woman especially those like myself who have had children. My son Jordan is seven this year and even he says to me "mum you have a great six pack and I want one", even he is encouraged to exercise in the mornings! I do not think there are enough write ups websites, magazines or even books for woman. Sixpacknow.com is the only site I have found a fantastic help as it has real people that show how to get results and not just competitors. All the books and magazines that I have read are all focused on men - what about all us women that want to learn and know how to gain a firm stomach? And what we should be eating. Anyway that is how I began and now I will share with you all the kinds of foods I have been eating and the exercises I have been following. Its also all about trial and error when starting out until you find a suitable regime. Every bodies body is different and different types of foods will affect your body as well as the exercises you may do. Every week you also learn something new-if I do not gain the results that I expect at the end of one week I will not get disheartened, I just log onto the Sixpacknow.com web site and read about others write ups and try something different and new, and not forgetting that I have always got my brother there for advice. I do hope you all find that what I have written encourages you to train for those abs, I really do, I won't say that its easy, but once into the routine, you'll love it. Week 1 to 4: Basically I did cardio 5 if not 6 days a week, I alternated ab exercises for the different ab areas, this helped them have rest days in between workouts. Cardio was steady jogging for one hour everyday, this helped me get fitter and lean out before I really pushed myself. Below is an example of a Monday to Friday workout plan for the first 4 weeks. Monday - 1hr run increasing intensity slightly every 10 minutes with a sprint at the end. Weights for arm and chest. Obliques on swiss ball worked out for 45 minutes. Tuesday - 30 minute's on skier and 30 minute jog. Weights for inner and outer thighs, 3 sets of 20 reps on Glutes (Butt Exercises). Lower abs, 45 minutes, - leg raises as seen in George's week 7 write up. Wednesday - 1 hr run. Upper abs – decline crunch, Crunch exercise using decline bench , as seen in George's week 6 write up. I used weighted wrist straps to begin with, holding hands on either side of head, as my abs strengthen, I slowly progressed to weights behind the back of the head as described in George's write up. My nickname for this exercise is "killers" try it, you will know why. Shoulder's also trained.