Unemployment isn't the only thing that's happening. Just as there's a cowering multitude dusting off their tin cans and waiting for the soup lines, there's also a silent but courageous minority that refuses to wait in any line. They're forging their own way, creating destiny where destruction looms. They see the economic forecasts and refuse to live in the kind of financial climate that brings recession. In the mud and muck of this crisis, health and fitness often goes out the window pretty fast.

But that's like being in a sinking ship and throwing away the life preserver. I hear many repsonses to this, and they amount to this: Too many costs, not enough time. How, I ask? Are we too afraid to get fit? Is a high stakes economy rife with the stresses of a daily grind the worse time to invest in a program that helps us exercise and eat right? Or is it PRECISELY THE TIME and the opportunity to work off stress, slim down and stay sane?

I can't imagine anything worse than being poor, depressed, AND fat. Next comes illness, more depression and greater financial straits as bills and bulges continue to pile on. The solution is to begin taking care of your body because after all, without your health, you got nothing. As a Beachbody coach, I'm also linking my physical health to my financial well-being via Beachbody's financial opportunity.

Carl Daikler, Beachbody CEO outlines exactly why this makes sense:

"There is another story, one of hope, achievment, and enthusiasm. That story is being written by thousands of Beachbody coaches growing in number and momentum. They are the cavalry. They refuse to sit back and "take it". Instead, while the global economy has been unraveling, Beachbody...

> Recruited over 10,000 Coaches, as independent business owners

> Paid over $15 million in Coach commissions

> Increased staff by 66%, hiring over 100 people in 2008 to support the growth of the network business.

> Co-published Kathy Smith's Project: You For Type 2 with the American Diabetes Association in a combined mission to improve ADA fundraising to find a cure for the disease, help prevent diabetes and to improve the lives of people affected by diabetes.

> Donated thousands of dollars for the care and feeding of orphans in Africa and the US.

> Developed multiple ground-breaking new products for release in 2009, including the "healthiest meal of the day", Shakeology.

> Celebrated the physical transformation of literally thousands of customers and coaches who sent in their photos and videos to show that our programs really work, and a healthy approach to diet and fitness is the best approach.

And we're just getting started."