Eddie Baran's Body Sculpting Blog

It's true. Cardio don't work. Bad grammar aside, the
proof is in the pudding.

Take one look at the average runner and what do you
notice. They're not exactly healthy looking. They could
be thin or they could be fat. But they're definitely not toned.

Distance runners have that soft and soggy look to them.
They look sickly and lifeless. And they are for the most
part weak and lethargic.

Running far doesn't work. In fact, doing cardio-only workouts
don't work at all. They don't build shape or toned muscle.

And you know what, cardio isn't the best way to build cardio.

The best way to build strong heart and lungs is to run fast, not far.

Running fast also increases Human Growth Hormone
production. HGH is also known as your youth hormone.
So running fast makes you younger: toned muscles
increased energy, fat loss, improved cardiovascular endurance.

And you don't have to spend hours a day doing this. A
speed workout is so effective you can get the benefits
from minutes a day.

Tim Kauppinen is THE expert on getting a toned, healthy
body from running fast, not far. Heed what he says by
going here and find out for yourself what he says
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Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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program. Go here now http://eddiebaran.com/run_fast.html
and find out for yourself how to get fit by going fast.

Posted by Eddie Baran at 05:36 PM | Permalink

Is it really possible to get fit in only 15 minutes a day?

The answer is YES. You absolutely can get fit in this little amount of
time.

You may ask how can this be. Afterall, aren't you told to do at
least 20 minutes of cardio followed by an 60 minutes of weight
training. That's what you've been told but this is without a doubt
not the only way, and it's certainly not the best way.

So how is it possible to get such great results in so little time.

FIrst off, let's realize that most people out there are so inactive
that even 2 minutes a day will improve their current fitness state.
2 minutes is better than no minutes by far.

But what of the average gym goer who wastes her precious time
and is not the typical inactive American. She will stll get a better
workout in 15 minutes with my bodyweight program
http://eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html than what
she's been doing.

These bodyweight exercises give you more bang for the buck.
You work more of your body by doing these movements.
Instead of isolating a single body part like you would with
weights or machines, you are working your entire body all at
once.

When you do this you burn more calories, your muscles
get a better workout, more of your muscles are worked and
you are breathing heavy so you are also getting your heart
and lungs worked.

It's doing your cardio workout at the same time as your strength
workout. When you do your muscle building exercises with the
cardio exercises this leads to a better overall workout. An all in
one training sessions.

This is what I refer to as a Multi-tasking exercise system: getting
your cardio, strength, flexibility and agility and sculpting every
muscle in the entire body all in the same workout with only a
few simple exercises.

The answer is YES. Just 15 minutes a day to sculpt an athletic
and sleek body.

Best wishes,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 09:33 AM | Permalink

"I want to tone my body but I don't want huge muscles."

This is the most common wish a woman has when it comes
to her physical appearance. She wants to be slender but
that's not enough. She also wants to be firm. Saggy and
slim isn't where it's at because she'll look and feel like a wet bag.

She doesn't understand that she needs to build muscle
to be toned. See, muscle is what gives her body shape
and tone. And the only way to get shape and tone is by
doing resistance exercises - not cardio, not jogging, not diet.

And if she lifts weights her results will come slowly, painfully
and not very much, if at all.

So in order to get a toned and shapely body, she needs to
do bodyweight exercises -

http://eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html - because
these are the most effective exercises in the world. They
are so effective that the best female athletes in the world
use these exercises.

And no, she will not build huge freakish gargantuan muscles
with these exercises. If that's what someone wants she
needs to go elsewhere. These exercises make her toned,
shapely and strong.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. If you want a toned, strong, healthy body faster and
with less effort, then you need to go here now

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on the program.

Posted by Eddie Baran at 05:32 PM | Permalink

Here's a typical scenario of a woman trying to lose weight
and get toned:

Let's call her Sally. Sally wants to shed about 40lbs. She
restricts her food, does a lot of cardio and in through blood,

sweat and tears she manages to get to her target goal. Yes,
it took her a while and it was a long, time-consuming and painful

process. But, hey, she did manage to lose the weight.

But Sally notices something when she looks in the mirror.
Although she's thinner, she looks like hell warmed over.
And she feels that way too. She's still flabby and her body
has no shape. She is really just a thinner version of her old gooey
self.

In fact, that's what she looks like - an old lady: thin yet flabby.

And she doesn't have much energy either. She feels weak
and lethargic.

Why on earth doesn't she have any shape to her body. How
come she's still mushy. Why isn't she toned.

The answers to all these questions is that she didn't build
any muscle. All she did was lose fat. Muscle gives your body
shape. Muscle is gives your body tone. You do not build toned
muscle by doing aerobic exercise. You need to do resistance
exercises.

And the best resistance exercises are done with your body-
weight like the ones in Body Sculpting Bodyweight Exercises
for Women http://eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html
The exercises are so effective that you won't need to spend
hours in the gym and the give you the results you want fast.

Plus they give you a better cardio workout anyway so there's
no comparison.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. If you want a toned, strong, healthy body faster and
with less effort, then you need to go here now
http://eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html and
get on the program.

Posted by Eddie Baran at 07:30 AM | Permalink

I want to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving day. And I wanted to
thank you for being a part of my daily email routine, and for
being a part of the bodysculpting movement.

Don't forget to thank yourself for taking great care of your health.
Great job. You deserve many kudos.

So I'm giving you permission to eat whatever you want today
(yeah, like you needed my permission) and take the day off
from working out.

With gratitude,

Eddie Baran

Posted by Eddie Baran at 12:29 PM | Permalink

Somewhere along the way to adulthood, we stop being childlike
and we get old and decrepit.

We stop playing as much, stop laughing as much, stop moving
our bodies. Either we're told to do so or we just follow the rest
of society like sheep. Lemmings would be more accurate, actually,
because at this point we start taking the steep plunge to our deaths.

I guess as adults we don't think it's dignified to be childlike.
Instead we are mature, serious, age 'gracefully.'

What a crock.

What we need to be doing are the same things we did as kids.
We should be running fast as we can, jumping high, playing
lots of games, moving around on the floor, climbing, rolling,
doing calisthenics. Challenging our bodies.

Sure, we have more responsibilities than an 8-year-old has,
but since when does that mean we have to be sad about our
lives and act like living is a chore. And that we're not supposed
to move our bodies anymore.

When most people start bodyweight exercises, they never
realize before how hold they had become. All that neglect will
ruin your body.

But when you do these wonderful exercises for just a short
while, you never realized how young and childlike you could
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Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. Bodyweight exercises will open your eyes to become a
child again in every sense of the word. Whether you're 7 or 70
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Posted by Eddie Baran at 11:27 AM | Permalink

My friends Ben and Angela are Lawyers.

Ben and Angela are married (to each other).

All couples argue.

All lawyers argue.

Therefore by simple deductive reasoning, you can conclude
that Ben and Angela argue a whole heckuva lot. I mean you
can imagine what two lawyers who are married to each other
would do.

Yikes.

And that's Ben and Angela to a T. It's like watching Johnny
Cochrane vs Marcia Wallace all over again. But I gotta admit
that it's pretty entertaining to watch these two go at it.

But Ben and Angela are not your typical couple, to say the least.
In more ways than one. When they argue, they aren't mean or
nasty, neither do they condescend nor berate each other. What
we see as a good ol' fashioned squabble, they're just discussing.
It's understood by them. It's just their style.

And I think that's great.

Ben and Angela only argue their points so they both can come
to the best solution for the benefit of the two of them. I think
Socrates called it the "dialectic." (That, by the way, is the only
big and multi-syllabic word I know. Rest of my vocabulary is
strictly 3rd grade and 3rd rate.)

And thank goodness these two do argue because it's to our
benefit. You see, all this arguing has produced Ben and Angela's
love child. I don't mean an actual kid. No, not at all. (Because
how on earth would that benefit us, right?)

What all this arguing produced is their baby, the Power Mat.
The best exercise mat ever. If they didn't argue, they wouldn't
have made such a phenomenal piece of equipment.

All that sparring about what would make the best mat to
improve your workouts has resulted in something that pleases
both of them and benefits all of us.

Both Ben and Angela are bodyweight exercise fanatics. They've
developed this mat specifically for doing bodyweight exercises.

Angela has been on my Body Sculpting Bodyweight Exercises for
Women program since the very beginning. And it shows - she looks
fantastic. Her mat plays a big role in her success. To see pictures
of her go here http://eddiebaran.com/power_mat.html

Let me tell you how good their Power Mat is. I've never used an
exercise mat before because they all were disasters. This is the
only one I do use and recommend. It takes the pain out of exercise.
It's durable yet soft. Portable yet tough.

Check out Ben and Angela's story for yourself by going here
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get your hands on this wonderful piece of equipment. It's the best
way to get the best results from your exercise.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. Your body and the Power Mat are the perfect combination
for the ideal exercise program. To read more and to see pics of
Angela doing some bodyweight exercises, go here now
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Posted by Eddie Baran at 05:26 PM | Permalink

You are going to roast your inner pig.

You are going to blowtorch any pig fat off your body; you are
going to BBQ any piggish or slovenly behaviors; you're going to
completely transform yourself from pig to perfect.

And I know just how you're going to do it.

My very good friend and mentor Matt Furey is hosting his second
annual "Secret of Secrets" Universal Health, Strength and Power
Fitness Bootcamp - http://eddiebaran.com/fitness_bootcamp.html

And you're going to come.

I have learned more about success - be it physical, financial or
mental - from Matt Furey than i have from anybody else. And I
can say the same goes for thousands of others all over the world.
If you have any desire to get into better shape, physically and
mentally, then you NEED to come to this event and hear what
Matt has to say.

Not only will Matt be going to roast your hog, he is also having
11 other Super Hero Fitness experts join him in showing you the
best and the best of fitness and health.

I will one of these speakers at the bootcamp and would really
love to meet you, train you, and answer any question you have.
The other coaches and I will coach you and put you through
workouts we've never shown anyone else before.

If you're serious about making 2007 the year of YOU then you
need to read this NOW http://eddiebaran.com/fitness_bootcamp.html

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 05:20 PM | Permalink

Well, let me tell you what it's not: Crunches.

Crunches are so overused and overpromoted
but they are not the exercise to do to get lean,
sculpted abs.

Although they are better than nothing and if that's
all you have the strength to do then this the route
you should go.

But time and time again I see women doing crunches
who could easily do better and more effective ab
exercises, exercises that will carve the fat right of
your midsection. Then again, they don't know the best
ways to train their core.

Here're the problems with crunches:

1. They don't provide enough of a range of motion
to fully develop the abs; it's an incomplete exercise.

2. They don't develop the entire core. They are ok at
best for hitting the upper abs.

3. You need to involve more of your body in your ab
workouts, not just a bit of your upper body.

4. You need to know how to do the right ab
exercises in the right way to do them.

5. Crunches are dull, tediuous and boring to do.

There's no need to spend hours or do 1000's of
reps of tedious stomach exercises either. All you
need to develop the midsection you've always
wanted is a few key exercises for a few minutes
every day.

In my Body Sculpting Bodyweight Exercises for Women
http://www.eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html
you have about 20 different core exercises to
choose from, all effective. This is for variation only,
as only need to do a few each day to chisel away
any belly blubber.

Best wishes,

Eddie Baran

P.S. Crunches are better than nothing, but why eat
bologna when you can eat steak?
http://www.eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html

Posted by Eddie Baran at 05:14 PM | Permalink

When you want the best outlook, you idealize.

When you want the best muffler, you Midasize.

And when you want the best body, you Baranize.

So just what exactly does it mean to Baranize your body.

It means your body gets strong, sleek, flexible, graceful, lean,
healthy and younger. And so how do you do this.

You do the best exercises and you do them in the best way
( http://www.eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html )
The best exercises are bodyweight exercises. Why? Because
they use your entire body at once.

This does two things:

1. You are working all of your muscles in unison. The human
body has hundreds of muscles all connected to each other.
There is no separation between body parts. This is the exact
opposite of what you are used to with weights or machines.
Work your body as a unit and it responds

2. By training your body as a unit, you multi-task the work.
So instead of training your arms in isolation then switching
over to your legs, then your abs, you do train them all at
once. This speeds up your workouts and your results.

Better body in better time.

Bodyweight exercises are so powerful that it's utterly foolish
to do it any other way. Why on earth would you spend more
time doing more exercises and getting less results, when you
could do the workout fast and get the resutls fast.

Makes no sense.

And that's why, Baranization of the Body is the only way to go.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran
The Baron of Bodysculpting

P.S. Be one of the thousands of women form all over the globe
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Posted by Eddie Baran at 02:24 PM | Permalink

When I was in the 3rd grade, My brother Andy and I, along
with our friend Roger, decided we were going to run away to
Disneyland and live in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

We had no problems with home or anything like that, but we
just thought it would be kinda cool to live at Disneyland.

So one Saturday morning we got up early and headed out.
We were going to walk all the way from San Diego, a 100-mile
jaunt north to the Magical Kingdom in Anaheim.

We had no map or plan other than to start walking. We got as
far as the grocery store, about 1 mile south of home (in the
wrong direction). We decided we were hungry and should just
call it a day. So we headed back. (Hey, we were 7 so what did
we know. This all was Roger's fault - being a wise and experienced
8-yr old man-of-the-world he should've known better.)

Problem was (other than being 7) we didn't have a plan or a
proven method of getting to our goal. We didn't know how we
could reach our destination. We just went and did it.

Sometimes this is ok but for the majority of cases you need
some sort of roadmap. It's important to have a goal, but if you
don't know how to get to your destination then you ain't gonna
get there.

Wanting it simply isn't enough.

And this is the problem many people run into when trying to get
into shape. They don't have a clue as how to do it but they go
ahead and throw caution to the wind hoping something sticks.
They'll just start jogging, or lifting weights, and starving
themselves.
Much like what happened to Roger and me and my brother,
it'll send you in the wrong direction, and ultimately back to
square one.

With Body Sculpting Bodyweight Exercises for Women
http://www.eddiebaran.com/body_sculpting_women.html I tell
you exactly what to do, what exercises to do, how much of them.

All you have to do is do them. And you don't have to spend hours
in the gym. Just minutes a day in your own home will get the trick
done.

This is the roadmap you need to reach your destination of a
chiseled, healthy and fabulous figure.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. You might know where you want to go - lean sculpted body
that's strong yet feminine - but don't know how to get there. Go
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and see how you can do it.

Posted by Eddie Baran at 12:34 PM | Permalink

Last week I had a partial power outage in my house. Wasn't a big deal but I had no electricity in my office. I went down to the basement and flipped the breakers. Nothing.

Since I couldn't figure out what the problem was, and I didn't know a thing about electricity, I figured I'd better call an electrician. I didn't know any and didn't want to go the yellow pages route and get some bum, so I called a friend to see if he could recommend a good one.

"Sure can," my friend said. "His name's John. He's the best there is. Thing is the dude's Scottish so good luck trying to understand a word of what he's saying."

I didn't care if I could understand him or not. I just wanted a good electrician.

When John came over he greeted me with "heh there neebr," along with some other things which I didn't quite get. As long as he could do the job. I explained the problem I was having and showed him to my office without the power.

He took one look at one of the outlets, pressed a reset button and presto, lights came back on. That was it. Took him all of two seconds.

No way. I was completely dumbfounded. "That's it?!" I yelled. "That's all there was to it!?"

I then proceeded to beat myself up, calling myself every name in the book:

"How could I be so stupid; what a complete imbecile I am; I am the king of the morons." I went on and on like this for a long time.

John watched me give myself a verbal beat down until he had enough. Then he stopped me in the middle of my self-abusing tirade and told me flat out:

"Away an bile yer heid. Yer no eejit. Don't be goin' doolally now."

"Huh," I said.

"Ah sed shut it an' settle down," he scolded me. "Yer not stoopid."

After about a few minutes of him talking and me saying "huh" and then him repeating himself, I finally got the gist of what he was telling me.

He said just because I didn't know something didn't mean I was an imbecile, no matter how simple or basic it was. Electricity just wasn't my area of expertise. I could turn on a light switch but that's about it. I was a beginner, that's all. It had nothing to with intelligence or ability or possibilities.

And he was right. And I knew better but my pride got the worst of me. There was no sense for me to be harshing on myself. What good does that do. None. I can't know everything, even if it's something that seems like any 2-year old could do.

And the same goes for beginners in fitness. If you're just starting out or aren't in the greatest shape, don't beat yourself up about it. Instead, just start where you're at and go from there.

Don't get down on yourself for not understanding something, whether it's simple or complex. If you don't understand what to do, that's ok. Fitness is easy to get the hang of if you have the right tools. So don't feel stupid or less than if you're just a beginner. You're only a beginner once.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 01:56 PM | Permalink

You always hear the stories of the big strong jerk beating up the little nerdy guy. What about the woman just wanting to defend herself. If she's small and not so strong what chance does she have if she doesn't know what to do. Being smaller and weaker is a major disadvantage, right? Well, not necessarily. The man or woman who is smarter and has the knowledge can easily defeat the bigger lout. And I mean physically beat them.

That is, IF she knows what to do. IF she knows what Jeremiah Perez teaches.

My good friend Jeremiah Perez specializes in teaching smaller, weaker people how to knock the living daylights out of bigger, stronger, more aggressive attackers. So the secret is not how big and strong you are but the techniques you use. It's a matter of brains over brawn.

Find out how being smarter is all that matters when having to defend yourself. Go here now and read all about it.
All the best,

P.S. Size doesn't matter when it comes to self-defense. Read this testimonial from a woman who is proof positive:

Yes, I'm a woman and as light as a feather too, being able to use all the potential my body has while throwing punches gives me incredible striking power . I knock around my training partners and sparring buddies with really strong punches that have depth, penetration and momentum. Jeremiah's techniques really work.

Evrim Binboga
Sunnyvale, CA

Posted by Eddie Baran at 01:54 PM | Permalink

I'll tell you why. Because too many humans have too little respect for their bodies. He abuses it, mistreats it, then runs to his doctor crying for him to fix it. He could've avoided all this in the first place had he taken care of his body. But he'd rather play the victim card.

The ape and monkey, on the other hand, have no choice but to move, get stronger and create a fit and athletic body. Sure, you argue, the ape isn't conscious of what he's doing; it's not his decision, it's instinct, for he was born to move his body.

Maybe. Maybe not.

But the human animal IS aware of his actions and has control over them. He was born to move his body, too, yet he won't. Score one for the non-humans primates.

Plus, we humans complicate things too much when it comes to almost everything. But especially when it comes to fitness and weight loss. Stick to simple effective movements that incorporate the entire body in the most effective way possible for building strength, stamina, flexibility and lean, chiseled muscles.

We can learn a thing or two about how to develop a superior physique, whether you're a man or a woman. Read more about getting monkey fit here.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 01:52 PM | Permalink

Catherine Costigan is not much over 5 feet tall, weighs around 100 pounds and has epilepsy. Yet she can devastate any man with one punch. To see and hear her punch is something to behold. When you see her punch you're going to be stunned at how fast and powerful this wee woman can hit. It's frightening.

She has an amazing story of how she was transformed from a frail, sickly little girl into a powerful woman with a one-punch knockout. Her instructor, Irish fighter Dermot McGrath is responsible for transforming her and showing her the one-punch knockout.

Now Dermot will show you how to can be like Catherine and knock someone out if you have to. Size, age, experience doesn't matter. This is underground stuff from the mean streets of Ireland.

Read this great underdog-turned-hero story and see for yourself the magic of the transformation.

All the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 01:50 PM | Permalink

Fitness is not about fashion. Fitness is about what works.

A while back I was watching a TV show where a scene was taking place in a fancy health club. The barbie doll character came up to one to the meathead weight trainer to tell him this gem:

"Strength is so 90's. Flexibility is what's in."

I had to laugh when she said this. I didn't know physical fitness had an expiration date like milk, or was in fashion or out of style like bell bottoms or mullets.

But color me unhip and out of it. Fashion I know nothing of, especially when it comes to the body.I do what works and I teach what works. I couldn't care less what's in style or not.

Strength AND flexibility are always 'in.' Strength and flexibility are both critical components to health and fitness (and youth), no matter what the exercise du jour is that some pundit claims it to be.

I realize this particular character who said this was just a parody of so many of these bubbleheaded followers of the trend-of-the-minute. But there are many people like her in real life. And for most people, unfortunately, it doesn't matter what works or even what they like. Instead, they do what's in style at the time, whatever they crowd is doing. These sheep don't think for themselves.

As a result they float from one exercise modality to the next, forever wandering in the darkness, ensuring they get no results whatesoever, forever spinning their wheels on the road of frustration.

If, instead, they decided they weren't going to follow what all the lemmings were doing at trendy health clubs and actually do what works, and gives them strength, flexibility and phenomenal results,
like bodyweight exercises then they will see that fashion matters not. The proof is in the pudding.

Do the thing that works and you will get results.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. Don't be a fashion sheep. Stand above the rest of the crowd by actually doing what works, and by getting a sculpted, lean, strong and flexible figure from Body Sculpting Bodyweight Exercises for
Women

Posted by Eddie Baran at 01:47 PM | Permalink

Sure, don't drink Kool Aid because it contains so much sugar you'll start looking like the Kool-Aid Man himself - huge and round. But that's not what I'm referring to.

What I'm talking about is the popular meaning of the phrase: blindly accepting any foolish belief as truth to your own detriment.

Or following some insane leader. Yes, some of the best brainwashers in the business, like Jim Jones in Guyana, Marshall Applewhite in San Diego, David Hasselhoff in Germany, have transformed the susceptible into obedient drones willing to do anything for them.

Sad thing is that it's not just cult members who've been brainwashed; pretty much all of us have had our minds warped by some sort of negative mind control.

Anytime anyone - friend, foe, family, boss, yourself - has told you that you weren't capable of something, not good enough or not worthy of anything, and you believed it, then you have been sucked into the cult of depressing mediocrity, a group to which most people belong.

Your mind has been sullied and it's time to clean it.

You need to be brainwashed in the positive sense; you need to clean your mind of all the garbage and negative programming you've been fed all your life.

Clean out all that nonsense in your head, the nonsense that tells you you're not supposed to be strong and lean; the trash that says you're fat and weak; the filth that says you're old and obsolete.

Wash your brain with this truth: you have magnificence in you.

All the best,

Eddie Baran

P.S. The truth is that you have a perfect body underneath all the clutter. Get it NOW by going here.

Posted by Eddie Baran at 01:44 PM | Permalink

Yep, Halloween has come and gone but danger still lurks out there. There exists a more insidious creature that is present every day of the year, not just on October 31. This one steals the souls of many unsuspecting (and suspecting) people.

This is the Guilt Ghoul.

This cunning beast undermines your ambitions and feeds on your trust by attacking you with guilt. Often disguised as a friend, family member or coworker, they trick you into thinking they have your best interests at heart. Truth is they are threatened by you so they attack. They guilt you to death.

And when I say death, I mean death.

You want to get into better shape, look good, be strong, healthy and fit. A great idea. But not to the Guilt Ghoul.

"You're being selfish," GG tells you. "You should be at home taking care of your children (husband/grandmother/dog/goldfish/pet rock) instead of out there exercising."

I guess every minute of the day should be spent sacrificing yourself for someone else.

Or perhaps you want to start a new career, do something you really want to in life. Nope. Not gonna work.

"You're being greedy," GG spouts off. "Why is everything about you. What about me."

Somehow helping yourself harms them. Who knew you held so much power over them.

Hear me good. Your job as a human being is to be the best you can be. That's your function here. Every religion, every spiritual tradition holds this to be true: that it's your responsibility to be great, as that is how you were created. It's not just a spiritual law but a law of nature too.

And if someone doesn't like it, then too bad for him. It makes no sense for him to making you feel bad for just fulfilling your natural role in life: to be your best.

What these vultures don't realize is that when you improve yourself, you improve the world. So it's not selfish but just the opposite, as it helps everyone out there when you're at your best.

Ignore those who feed on your carcass after they've guilted you into a lifeless corpse. Look at where they are in life and ask yourself if they really know what's best for you.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Last spring I bought a house. My first one. At the time the yard was pristine with a beautiful lawn, thriving plants, lush and trimmed bushes.

By the time summer ended the yard looked like it had been through a war - dead lawn, sick plants, overgrown weeds. It was suitable for a hazardous waste dump but not a house.

I realized I had let my yard go. But the thing was it sort of caught me off guard. Little by little the yard slowly began to fall apart.

I finally realized it was a complete disaster.

So I goofed, made a mistake. Now I realized it and decided I needed help. I know taking care of your yard isn't brain surgery but it just got to the point that I couldn't get it back all by myself. I needed help.

I found the best landscaper in Portland and hired him to restore paradise. My yard is no longer the neighborhood eyesore. Actually it's looking better than ever and one of the nicer yards on the street.

I had given myself this gift of a home with a great yard, but I neglected to care for it and I destroyed it. But I learned my lesson. From here on out I'd treat it with respect and care for it, and get the best help if I needed to.

Many people do the exact same thing with with their bodies. She is given this gift but sometimes she doesn't know what to do with it, or how to make it better, how to keep it strong, young and healthy. Or perhaps she doesn't think she deserves a healthy body. So she lets herself go.

From all this neglect, her body does the same thing my yard did - it dies.

But she can do what I did and get help and get her body into tip top shape. She can get a better body just by doing the things she needs too do. And just with my yard, it's never too late to do a complete makeover.

All the best,

Eddie Baran

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