Wednesday, July 04, 2007

A new project is brewing!

In a few weeks I'll be able to share with you a new project I have been working on for the last few months. I'm keeping it very hush-hush and top secret so the big launch will be a surprise, but I can say it is very exciting and I am having a great time putting it together.

Earlier I wrote about losing weight and getting fit and all that, but one of the unexpected results of all that exercise and moving my body around was a clearing of the energy surrounding my creativity. Maybe because I have more energy, I have more energy to create. Or maybe my creativity was stirred from its slumber. I am writing and creating more than I have in years.

In a few weeks I'll share it with you.

Do you think you're free?

Happy July 4th, 2007. Independence Day! Home of the free and land of the brave. A lot has changed since 1776, though to hear some people speak, that shouldn't have any bearing on how we interpret the constitution and the laws of this great land.

Today I just want to ask you, are you free? Do you live your life the way you want? Always and at all times?

Do you make decisions based on what you want? Or do external forces and what others want for you influence you choices? Because that to me is the essence of freedom.

There is no right or wrong. I just think today is a good day to think about these things and see if any adjustments can be made to our lives to get closer to the ideal of freedom.

So many people give lip service to freedom. A dark cloud hangs over freedom these days, and until we start living free lives, that cloud will cover us all until it's too dark and too strong to ever recover from.

Ashley Marriott's Burn and Firm

As I wrote about in previous blog entries, earlier this year I was selected to participate in a workout program, Ashley Marriott's Burn and Firm. In exchange for my testimonial, my before and after pictures, and my consent to appear on the eventual DVD program, I received 12 weeks of free fitness training with Ashley.

It was something I really wanted to do on my own; work out and lose a few pounds, but I knew I never would. For me it's easier to sit at the computer and work for 12 hours than get up and workout for an hour. So I challenged myself, and soon I was hooked on working out. I was going to class six times a week. A lot of it had to do with Ashley, who is so motivating and enthusiastic it was infectious. But this is old ground, I've covered all this before.

Here are the results. If you visited here earlier, you probably saw the before and after pictures, but I have taken them down. I felt silly having them up here. All my friends have seen them already, so I'd rather not have them up on the web for eternity.

Here are the results of my 12 week fitness program with Burn and Firm by Ashley Marriott. Pounds lost: 19. Inches lost: 15 1/2. Waist before: 36 1/2. Waist after: 31. Bodyfat before: 21%. Body Fat After: 12 1/2%.

In the two months since the training ended I continue to workout on my own and lost a few more pounds. It is now easy to get up and go to the club. Working out is not a chore, but a fun challenge.

If you want a fun workout that really delivers results, either move to Los Angeles and hire Ashley Marriott as your personal trainer, or buy her Burn and Firm DVD when it comes out. Thanks, Ashley!