Sunday, February 10, 2013

Chinese New Year Resolutions

Happy Year of the Snake!

Time for some Chinese New Year Resolutions.
They are basically the same as regular new years resolutions except:

1. you add the words "in bed" after each resolution
2. you end up feeling the need to make more resolutions 30 minutes later


Thursday, February 7, 2013

12 things I'm doing to improve my diet

new years resolutions...getting old (thebacknine)...fear of diabetes...watching Food, Inc....getting healthy...there are many reasons I'm trying to improve my diet.

here are 12 things I'm doing:

1. Drink water.
I drink a ton of water. filtered tap, in a stainless steel water bottle. I do drink coffee, low cal Gatorade on swim days, and occasional soda.

2. cut back on sugar. due to fear of diabetes.

3. soda on rare occasions.
"I don't always drink soda, but when I do, it has real sugar." I've decided to cut back even more on soda this year and try to drink ones without high fructose corn syrup (azucar!) or artificial sweeteners.

4. lots of veggies. no brainer.

5. don't overeat.
I still need to work on this, especially when my girlfriend cooks. her food is so awesome! I do cut veggies very well and wash dishes adequately.

6. plain Greek yogurt.
it has a lot of protein and not too much sugar. also if it wasn't for Greek yogurt, I'd have no culture at all.

7. cut back on bread and pasta. no more daily pbj sandwiches, but still enjoying breads and pastas, whole grain when possible.

8. cottage cheese.
oh wait! more culture!

9. nuts.
my nuts aren't big but I have a lot of them...in the form of almonds, pistachios, and natural peanut butter (no added sugar).

10. dark chocolate!
I love dark chocolate. I'm trying different brands, flavors, focusing on responsible companies. I'm only buying one bar at a time and trying (trying!) to only eat a little at a time.

11. less eating out and fast food.
another no brainer.

12. try new things.
the past couple weeks we've tried kale, bulgar, flaxseed smoothies, and seaweed...no, not in a smoothie. it's interesting and who knows? maybe we will love them and adopt some of these healthy things to our diet. maybe.

13. cheat.
i can't eat perfectly all the time.
maybe get a burger, fries and soda sometime.
in fact, I think I'll have a pizza tonight!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Singletasking

Have you seen the "it's not complicated" ads from the telecom company touting that doing two things at once is better? go watch them and come back. here's the link

funny but multitasking sucks. and i suck at it.
anytime i try to multitask, i end up dividing my focus and energy, mentally scattered, stressed and the tasks end up not well done. i also end up unable to enjoy any of the things im doing.

im going to try to focus on one thing at a time. do it to the best of my ability. savor it. enjoy it. i dont necessarily have to finish it but should come to a natural stopping point then i can switch my full focus to the next task.

single tasking is better.







Monday, February 4, 2013

Food, Inc.

holy (chicken, cow, pig) crap!
dont watch this documentary unless you want to become a vegan and triple your food expenses.
but do watch it.

in a nutshell(dont get me started on nutshells!), it shows "how the sausage is made" in the corporate American food industry.

1. read the ingredients in your food

2. know where your food comes from

3. pay for quality food but not more than necessary














Saturday, February 2, 2013

Happy Groundhog Day!

Isn't it funny? Ever since that Bill Murray movie Caddyshack, Groundhog Day has come to mean an unpleasant situation that continuously repeats itself. No matter what he does in that movie he cannot break free of his loop until he begins to improve himself. Go watch it. It HAS to be on tv today somewhere.

Life is too short to have a groundhog day. If I find myself in one, only I can break myself out of the loop. And only by improving myself.

Isn't it funny? Ever since that Bill Murray movie Caddyshack, Groundhog Day has come to mean an unpleasant situation that continuously repeats itself. No matter what he does in that movie he cannot break free of his loop until he begins to improve himself. Go watch it. It HAS to be on tv today somewhere.

Life is too short to have a groundhog day. If I find myself in one, only I can break myself out of the loop. And only by improving myself.

Isn't it funny? Ever since that Bill Murray movie...



Friday, February 1, 2013

thebacknine

Welcome to February!

this month's theme is thebacknine to commemorate me passing the predicted midpoint of my lifespan(and apparently my secret love of golf euphemisms). all posts this month will contain morbid thoughts on being past my prime.

Enjoy!

My very first thought about this momentous occasion came about a week ago.
"Well, I guess I should probably start acting more mature."

My dear reader, let us end this first post here and allow my girlfriend, parents, and brother time to recover from their tears from laughter...ARE YOU GUYS DONE?

Alright.