Filming "Good Fast Cheap."

Hooray!  I have finally commenced filming on my web series!  It's called "Good Fast Cheap," and it will cover quick, easy and cheap ways to eat well and stay in shape; which means you don't have to spend 4 hours at a gym or go on one of those expensive crash diets. 

I actually owe it to a good friend of mine for giving me the idea.

I was visitng my friend Liz earlier this year while she was attending Boston University, getting her masters in Scenic Design; quite a feat if you ask me.  Because she was the ONLY person in her year that was majoring in this kind of work and she was one of only a handful of people working in the techincal theater department in general, she was in high demand.  Usually she would pull 18-22 hour days she told me.  Now this is a girl who has had an enormous impact on my life.  Through her example she helped re-teach and reinforce what it means to be a hard worker and to shoot for your dreams.  Even though she and I don't talk nearly as much as we'd like to, I consider her family.

One night, after seeing a performance with her, we were at her apartment catching up and sharing some almonds when the conversation turned to her not being able to take care of herself as well as she should because of her work load.  She started talking about how she needs to eat better because she doesn't have time.  Then I started to talk about the almonds we were eating, and how good they were for us.  They are a rich source in fiber, they have a huge dose of Vitamin E, they help lower your bad cholesterol levels, and so forth and so on.  After my fifth fact or so, Liz turned to me and said that I should design a nutrition and fitness program for actors and crew.  What a great idea!

After thinking about it for a couple of weeks, it became obvious that making a program and having people follow it are two very different things.  So I thought to myself "how can I make this more accessible to people?"  The first thing I did was expand the fitness and nutrition to program to anyone with a busy lifestyle such as college students or people working multiple jobs.  But something was missing. 

A few weeks later I was talking with another good friend of mine about this.  The guy, Andy, suggested that I put something up on youtube.  Then it hit me: make a web series!  I proposed the idea to Andy, and he offered to edit the footage if I did the talking.

A few months later and after careful planning, we filmed the first six episodes, outlining some superfoods, quick workouts to do at home, and a little knowledge about nutrition, all the while trying to keep things quick, easy, and film everything on the cheap.

I'm going to send out the footage within the next couple of days and see what my friend thinks.  The most important thing is to get those episodes out there, and then get feedback from you guys.  I'll post the link here when everything is said and done.

Until the next time!