Monday, October 29, 2007
Herbalife - the aftermath
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Big Herbalife Day
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Earning a Little Extra - Part 2
Friday, October 19, 2007
Earning a Little Extra
Herbalife is definitely a multi-level marketing program. For those of you not familiar with multi-level marketing, it where you make money selling a product and then you make more money by bringing other people in to do the same thing.
The reason the Laurie and I really hate doing this is because, we don't want to approach our friends and family and get them to sell this product too. That's not our style. What we like about Herbalife is that we don't have to do this. We can make this business succeed primarily with total strangers. I'll talk about this another time.
Part of the program is for Laurie and I to actually use the product. If you know me, you know that I'm slightly heavy for the height, but I'm not exactly overweight. I'm 6' 1" and 210 lbs. According to iVilliage, I should be around 168 - 192 as ideal. I'm definitely on the higher end of the scale, so I'm shooting for 190.
I had a kidney problem earlier this year and before the Kidney specialist looked at my chart, he immediately said I need to lose weight. Fortunately, there's nothing wrong with my kidneys.
Anyways, I'm on the program and as of this morning, I weigh 203 pounds. That's 7 pounds in 7 days. I'll take that. I'm well on my weigh to hitting my weight goals. I'm also supposed to measure myself in inches. I am measuring my chest, waist around belly button, waist around hips, waist around buttocks, thighs, calves and biceps. I started at a total of 261 inches. I'm now at 263 inches. I've gained 2 inches, but if you look at my chart, I lost 4 inches in my waist and butt, but gained 6 inches in my legs and arms.
Basically, I'm losing my belly and improving my muscles. That's not bad either. I definitely can see the change in my gut.
So week 1 on Herbalife seems to be working for me. Well, friends, I would love to talk to you more about this in person, because I don't want to send you spam. If you'd like to get Herbalife products or be a seller, please let me know. alan@mypalal.com
Visit either of these sites - www.herbalfolks.com or www.energeticfolks.com
Alan
Star Trek is ready for Launch
Hey Folks,
Looks like they have the cast ready to go for the J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek prequel. Let’s take a look.
Captain Kirk – Chris Pine. Credits: Just My Luck, Smokin’ Aces. Didn’t see any of those. Not familiar with his work.
Spock – Zachary Quinto. Credit: Heroes, 24. As a Heroes fan, I’m so jazzed about this casting. Can’t wait to see Sylar in the ears.
Bones McCoy – Karl Urban. Credit: Lord of the Rings, Two Towers and Return of the King. Karl played Eomer in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Scotty – Simon Pegg. Credits: Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I never thought I’d like Shaun of the Dead but it was a hilarious movie. Those are the only horror movies that’s I’ll watch.
Uhura – Zoe Saldan. I’ve never seen any of her work. I see though she’s been a two episodes of Law and Order.
Chekov – Anton Yelchin. He’s a TV dude appearing in episode of this and that.
Sulu – John Cho. Credits: American Pie Movies, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. I like this casting but again it brings up one of my pet peeves. A Korean playing the role of a person who is Japanese. I guess it’s true. All Asians look alike.
Can wait to see this movie.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Funny Weight Loss Story
Friday, October 05, 2007
The TV Season So Far - Part 2
Let’s keep going. I’ve given you my thoughts so far on the TV season, but I have a few more shows to go.
Ugly Betty. I’m a passive viewer on this show. My wife and I are constantly fighting over the remote in our bedroom. This is one of the shows that I’ll watch because I can tolerate it. That’s basically my feeling on the show. I tolerate it. It’s got its moments and the season premiere was not that bad. The shows just a little over the top, but I like the Spanish Soap Opera feel to it.
Aliens in America. Due to Tivo conflicts, I’m not able to watch this show live. I downloaded it from iTunes (currently free). I really like this show. I’m not sure I like it well enough to remove the shows it has conflicts, but it’s got a sweet side to it and a different take on the whole fish out of water story. Good acting and good start.
Cavemen. On the other hand, this is a rehashed story of the Fish out of water plot. But now with Cavemen. I expected this show to be really bad. It wasn’t. I expected this show to not be great and it was. It was OK. The writing was descent and it was tolerable. There’s just nothing profound about the show.
Pushing Daisies. I was looking forward to this show. It’s being hyped like crazy by Disney and it was Kristin Chenoweth in it. I think I got my hope too high on this one. I really liked the pilot, but not at the level I was expecting, but great start. It’s got a quirky, beautiful look to a TV show. My concern is that it’s going to battle between whether it’s a love story or a procedural show.
Survivor: China. Ashley’s no longer on the show, I’m not going to watch anymore.
30 Rock: Another great start for the show. Can’t wait to see Carrie Fisher next week.
Monday, October 01, 2007
The TV Season So Far - Part 1
It’s the first week of a new Season and I’ve had a chance to watch all of my shows, new and old. Here’s my initial thoughts.
The Office. I’ve talked to a lot of people who were disappointed with the Office this week. I for one was not. Yes, it wasn’t the most hilarious episode ever, but it was still funny. I loved Andy’s chaffing nipples. I think what turned my friends off was Dwight euthanizing Angela’s cat.
My Name is Earl. I’m a silent fan of Earl. It’s appeal is that Earl tries real hard to be a new person and that’s something America can really relate to. This is the same reason why Michael Scott is nothing like David Brent. David Brent really offends you, Michael Scott has an endearing quality and Earl is the same way. That’s why you have Joy as the extreme opposite. I’m looking forward to seeing more of Earl in jail. I hope they go most of the first season in prison.
Kidnation. Boring. I caught the episode where they voted on whether to kill chickens. Leave it to the liberal media for portraying meat eaters as the enemy. For the show in general, I don’t think this show is very controversial. The concept might be, but this is not what you are watching. I guess if the Kids start killing each other, then you have something.
Heroes. Good start for Heroes. It definitely does not have the energy that it had when the season ended, but that’s the point of a season finale. Everything leads to a dramatic conclusion. The season premiere sets the stage for the rest of the season which will lead to an exciting finale. I was sad to see George Takei killed in the first episode. Can’t wait for Elle to make her first appearance.
Dirty, Sexy Money. Despite the title, I really like this show. It has Peter Krause as a moralistic lawyer who takes the place of his father as the family lawyer of this incredibly rich family. He finds out that his father was murdered and is going to take the job, balance this family life and find the murderer. Laurie and I thought the premiere was one of the best this season.
Desparate Housewives. Great start for the season, especially with Dana Delany and Nathan Fillian. The best part was the end when everyone pledged to never keep secrets from one another. This was a much better start than last season.
Kitchen Nightmares. This is the side of Gordon Ramsey that I like to see. He just a jerk on Hell’s Kitchen. Now you truly stand behind his need to yell and swear at people.
Survivor China. I stopped watching survivor after the third season. I saw the primiere and liked it a lot because of two of the contestants – WWE Diva Ashley and Poker Pro Jean-Robert Bellande. Because of it’s timeslot, TIVO will not record the rest of the season for me. Oh well.
Journeyman. About 20 minutes into this one I was about to shut it off. I got through the rest of it. I’m going to give this 2-3 more episode. It better get better.
Las Vegas. Las Vegas to me is a silly show, but I love it. Sad to see James Caan leave the way he did, but I guess they needed to make sure he wasn’t coming back anytime soon. Tom Sellick is a good replacement as owner. This first episode reminds me of Disneyland and their Million Dreams campaign.
That’s it for now. I’ll have the rest of the shows next time.