In yesterday's column I rambled on about personal growth work. The bad news about personal growth work is that if you do it right, you never "get done." (That's the good news, too!)

I've cleared up a lot of mental/emotional baggage but I still have some body baggage hanging around. In mid-September I set off to do something about it. I started actually using my gym membership and I started working out with Tony Horton's Power 90 DVD at home. And I've managed to lose 7 pounds and a pants size so far. Woohoo! Go me!  :)  I am amazed, because I've been sick for the past two weeks and have only worked out once, but I'm still shrinking. Life is good.

I really like Power 90. It's definitely a challenging workout, but Tony does a good job of showing you beginner modifications you can do and still get the benefits of working out. I'm still on the Level 1 workouts and they're plenty strenuous. Overall, it's a good system. I would recommend it to somebody who doesn't want to commute back and forth to a gym.