I have been trying to log in to blogger for the past few days. I don't know what the deal was. First, my computer took a day off, than the internet went with it, after which blogger seemed to be down. So, my new ideas and gripes and events are all stale in my head already and I'm just going to write now because I can.
I got really bad news yesterday about an old friend whom I worked next door to way back when, the kid was ten years younger than I. Really nice boy, we even hung out once or twice. That was at least 10 years ago that I met him. Now he's dead. Got knifed a block away from his home and died in the hospital.........
I am still trying to digest this, he was only 30 and was a sweet, smart kid, trying to make it on his own. Now it's over. Just like that. He was going home... I am so in shock over this, I cannot believe he's gone! So here it goes, Nick: I hope you are at peace with the world now and know that you are missed! Farewell old friend, we will keep your memory! I am sad that you are no longer here, but will always remember your smile...
I will close this post and start anew...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
40 years of Violet
Yes, I survived myself. wuh! I should get an award... oh yeah, I'm alive! Need I more?
No, not at all. I am happy to be here. And I would like to thank EVERYONE who took the time and commemorate my 40th birthday, thank you guys, you made my day! I was sad to find that my brothers in Hungary forgot all about me, but that's one of the painful separational sidekicks, so far away in distance, removed from the heart. Well, of course, we love each other, but only when I call home. Anyway...
A special thanks to Tosh and Andrea, they helped me let my hair down (lol), another special thanks to Beverly, who gave me thoughtful little presents and made me feel special, another one to David and Rene who kindly remembered me AND gave me a present also, and also another one to Marius, who still finds kindness for me. It's over, moving on now, kids!
Firstly, I have moved up in the age group to a 40-44 section, who knows, I might even win a few events from now on. I'm going to try one tomorrow. Sick and sweaty, limping with a strained calf muscle and fighting off a cold, I am going to run this 5k and give some registration money to the animals. I will take Shaz to motivate me. I will have to leave her in the car while running so I'm sure I will run as fast as I can to make sure she doesn't suffocate in the locked car at 8 in the morning. I might even run a 10 minute 5k. MIGHT! Or cut the course short. More likely. Will see... I might not be able to breath in the morning. BUT, I'm not going to project negative thoughts, I will be out there for a good cause, and after a long period of not competing. Not that I am at my best now but I need a base line from which to move up.
So here I will close, I missed writing but school is keeping me very busy and I almost dread having to sit at the computer because it's just work anymore... I have lots more to say, perhaps I'll finish in the morning. Till then, I will consult the google and see how what kind of cold home remedies I can find.
Ciao ragazzi,
A dopo
No, not at all. I am happy to be here. And I would like to thank EVERYONE who took the time and commemorate my 40th birthday, thank you guys, you made my day! I was sad to find that my brothers in Hungary forgot all about me, but that's one of the painful separational sidekicks, so far away in distance, removed from the heart. Well, of course, we love each other, but only when I call home. Anyway...
A special thanks to Tosh and Andrea, they helped me let my hair down (lol), another special thanks to Beverly, who gave me thoughtful little presents and made me feel special, another one to David and Rene who kindly remembered me AND gave me a present also, and also another one to Marius, who still finds kindness for me. It's over, moving on now, kids!
Firstly, I have moved up in the age group to a 40-44 section, who knows, I might even win a few events from now on. I'm going to try one tomorrow. Sick and sweaty, limping with a strained calf muscle and fighting off a cold, I am going to run this 5k and give some registration money to the animals. I will take Shaz to motivate me. I will have to leave her in the car while running so I'm sure I will run as fast as I can to make sure she doesn't suffocate in the locked car at 8 in the morning. I might even run a 10 minute 5k. MIGHT! Or cut the course short. More likely. Will see... I might not be able to breath in the morning. BUT, I'm not going to project negative thoughts, I will be out there for a good cause, and after a long period of not competing. Not that I am at my best now but I need a base line from which to move up.
So here I will close, I missed writing but school is keeping me very busy and I almost dread having to sit at the computer because it's just work anymore... I have lots more to say, perhaps I'll finish in the morning. Till then, I will consult the google and see how what kind of cold home remedies I can find.
Ciao ragazzi,
A dopo
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Who is a good trainer?
Me
I am
Beacuse I am hard on excuses
I believe in everyone's ability to change lifestyles and habits
I can find a way to start anyone who is committed and keep them going on their own
Because I am hard on excuses
I already said that
Because I love progress
Because I love to see people happy(r)
And I love me
I am
Beacuse I am hard on excuses
I believe in everyone's ability to change lifestyles and habits
I can find a way to start anyone who is committed and keep them going on their own
Because I am hard on excuses
I already said that
Because I love progress
Because I love to see people happy(r)
And I love me
one solution for eating problems
I figured it out! I got it! It hit me!
I noticed today, that, just like all of the other days, I do not have regular meal times. More precisely, I cannot conform to regular mealtimes because I'm always off and seem to always be eating. I know that my wake up time is a little off the norm but that doesn't mean it's the cause. Let's examine MY eating times. 1st feeding between 5 and 7am. Second feeding between 1000 and 1130. Third feeding between 230 and 330pm. Fourth, and usually last feeding between 6-8pm. The first is a little breakfast, just to break the fast, such as a banana and a chocolate square (yes, I eat chocolate for breakfast), second could be a sandwich, some eggs and bread and fruit, something a little more substantial. The third is like lunch for me, something warm or something with pasta, potato or rice and definitely a meat and veggies and/or fruit. It's not always a warm meal though. The last meal mostly a hot meal, more of the lunch stuff (since I cook for myself and usually eat the same sh.... for several days) or something else, seldom a salad but than it's a big one and one with meat. Oh, and wine. Wine is part of dinner. I tried to make it not to be but why fight the force of nature if it's so hard to do!? So I have a glass of wine. No chocolate or junk food or even fruit, if possible. If I reeeeeeally get the notion to snack, than I take a few nuts or a tiiiiiny bowl of chips. So there.
Bottom line: I eat at least four meals. And you should too!!!!!!!!
I mean, waiting for lunch has always been a nightmare for me; I would be listening to my stomach and try to keep from moving my head too fast because that would make me dizzy, while waiting for lunch time to come. An apple or a a yogurt just doesn't hold up till then. Then, around 330, I'd get the dizzy feeling again and couldn't WAIT to get home to eat. But do I eat dinner at 530? No, I'd probably just skip it and do errands and other stuff, then eat around 7. So more bad hunger and snacking problems here. Do you see this?
It's so simple, snacking between meals is not necessary, really, what's necessary is making your 3 meals into 4 and spread them evenly throughout the day. I challenge you to try it. So that society is not set up like this, who cares?? Last time I checked, in this great free country of the good Christians and the Palin-like anti-evolutionaries, one can still eat whenever one wants to. Put yourself first and try this out for your own sake. Who knows, maybe we can start a nutritional revolution and the first step will be to have 4 meals instead of 3. This would alone solve so many of your problems, I swear! Why not try?
It's working for me swell! And I don't get the loud stomach-dizzy head-syndrome...
I noticed today, that, just like all of the other days, I do not have regular meal times. More precisely, I cannot conform to regular mealtimes because I'm always off and seem to always be eating. I know that my wake up time is a little off the norm but that doesn't mean it's the cause. Let's examine MY eating times. 1st feeding between 5 and 7am. Second feeding between 1000 and 1130. Third feeding between 230 and 330pm. Fourth, and usually last feeding between 6-8pm. The first is a little breakfast, just to break the fast, such as a banana and a chocolate square (yes, I eat chocolate for breakfast), second could be a sandwich, some eggs and bread and fruit, something a little more substantial. The third is like lunch for me, something warm or something with pasta, potato or rice and definitely a meat and veggies and/or fruit. It's not always a warm meal though. The last meal mostly a hot meal, more of the lunch stuff (since I cook for myself and usually eat the same sh.... for several days) or something else, seldom a salad but than it's a big one and one with meat. Oh, and wine. Wine is part of dinner. I tried to make it not to be but why fight the force of nature if it's so hard to do!? So I have a glass of wine. No chocolate or junk food or even fruit, if possible. If I reeeeeeally get the notion to snack, than I take a few nuts or a tiiiiiny bowl of chips. So there.
Bottom line: I eat at least four meals. And you should too!!!!!!!!
I mean, waiting for lunch has always been a nightmare for me; I would be listening to my stomach and try to keep from moving my head too fast because that would make me dizzy, while waiting for lunch time to come. An apple or a a yogurt just doesn't hold up till then. Then, around 330, I'd get the dizzy feeling again and couldn't WAIT to get home to eat. But do I eat dinner at 530? No, I'd probably just skip it and do errands and other stuff, then eat around 7. So more bad hunger and snacking problems here. Do you see this?
It's so simple, snacking between meals is not necessary, really, what's necessary is making your 3 meals into 4 and spread them evenly throughout the day. I challenge you to try it. So that society is not set up like this, who cares?? Last time I checked, in this great free country of the good Christians and the Palin-like anti-evolutionaries, one can still eat whenever one wants to. Put yourself first and try this out for your own sake. Who knows, maybe we can start a nutritional revolution and the first step will be to have 4 meals instead of 3. This would alone solve so many of your problems, I swear! Why not try?
It's working for me swell! And I don't get the loud stomach-dizzy head-syndrome...
Sunday, September 7, 2008
obesity is the only way
I want you to read this with an open mind. This is not an America bashing piece, but it is an observation or a critical analogy of why obesity is such an issue here.
Everyone from birth is set up for failure. So to speak. Is set up for fatness. The mothers barely have time to breast feed and make other simple baby foods. Toddlers are definitely pawned off in day care and already set up to watch tv, and do activities other than physical or partner involved, because WHO HAS TIME AND PATIENCE FOR THAT? Than the early school years. What does a PE class consist of? Any real activity? Any games? Anything that is measured or tested as a physical performance? Some, but very little. Here I go with the "in my country", but seriously, in my country we changed clothes for PE and changed back after PE and the whole time it was go go go! Almost every day we had a PE class. Sometimes first thing in the morning and sometimes in the middle of the day, or at the end of the day. Then in grades 5-8 we got serious. It is true thatI went to a special sports performance and math oriented school but even in the average schools everyone had PE classes where different events were measured and had to be passed. One could repeat a year if those standards weren't met. We had one chubby kid in our class who was a wrestler and had to struggle through even gymnastics to make the class. And he did. Here? I ask again, what is a PE class? Go out in the courtyard, beat each other up, get a little dirt under your nails, what? Do they go to the track? Do they use medicine balls? Do they climb walls and ropes? Do they have mat exercises and group competitions? Do they learn different sports, or about sports in general? I dunno. I hear not. So then we get to high school. It's more important to have a Louis Vuitton purse than to know what a pentathlon is. Or how much time does it take to run a 400m. What? Yes. High school is serious about sports because the student has to get seriously into studying and have more commitments and a much bigger load in general.
So what is the one thing that builds cohesion, pride, a sense of achievement, discipline, helps with brain efficiency and performance, attention, energy to stay up, sleep better, feel stronger, look better, develop better eating habits and get used to diligence in training and working, I ask you: WHAT IS THAT ONE THING? The one thing that everyone dismisses from early years. Is it a drug? No. It is sports. Physical activity. And why is this a secret, why something so simple is not implemented. Do you know why? Because it's not a great "business" and it's not budgeted. Why is it not budgeted? Because it's not deemed important. It's important for the better-off parents to drive the little brats around to socker practice and cheer leading. But only the better-off parents. The others have to work and have no money to spare as an extra expense for sports. They need tutoring and clothes and gas money.
Then the child becomes an adult. If, at this point, he had no introduction to sports, no concept of physical training, how on Earth is he supposed to be healthy?????? HOW? To eat not processed foods takes time and money. To work out without knowing splat about working out takes money. Where is that supposed to come from? WE establish a pattern for irresponsible behavior than go around signing up people to unlearn that and become something else. It is EXTREMELY difficult! I cannot even blame obese people, or look at them with contempt because they fell into this consumer society's trap. You are a good consumer, you buy tvs and video games, you buy snacks and frozen meals, you get entertained at the movies sitting on your a..., you watch some more shows at home, you get a big car that takes you everywhere and then, when you're sick of looking at yourself in the mirror: hire a trainer or get a gym membership and go to classes to reform yourself. Then you buy supplements, products that do more harm than good, and more consumptions on top of more consumption. You have to keep businesses alive by buying sh... Going outside and walking or using the heart trail in the park will not boost business. Not enough. So there. You have to swim against the current to be a fish that lives and lives well. It is very difficult.
One thing we can all do, teach children to love sports and find something they are good at and encourage them never stop doing it. Fight for better programs in schools for all ages. Take a little extra times and cook meals, buy fresh and eat more unprocessed foods. Limit your tv time and find other activities for entertainment. Hang on to the simple things, teach the kids to appreciate what's around them, rather than what they can GET. Be outside as more. Slow down. Make my new slogan yours: "Slow down, for less is more!"
Everyone from birth is set up for failure. So to speak. Is set up for fatness. The mothers barely have time to breast feed and make other simple baby foods. Toddlers are definitely pawned off in day care and already set up to watch tv, and do activities other than physical or partner involved, because WHO HAS TIME AND PATIENCE FOR THAT? Than the early school years. What does a PE class consist of? Any real activity? Any games? Anything that is measured or tested as a physical performance? Some, but very little. Here I go with the "in my country", but seriously, in my country we changed clothes for PE and changed back after PE and the whole time it was go go go! Almost every day we had a PE class. Sometimes first thing in the morning and sometimes in the middle of the day, or at the end of the day. Then in grades 5-8 we got serious. It is true thatI went to a special sports performance and math oriented school but even in the average schools everyone had PE classes where different events were measured and had to be passed. One could repeat a year if those standards weren't met. We had one chubby kid in our class who was a wrestler and had to struggle through even gymnastics to make the class. And he did. Here? I ask again, what is a PE class? Go out in the courtyard, beat each other up, get a little dirt under your nails, what? Do they go to the track? Do they use medicine balls? Do they climb walls and ropes? Do they have mat exercises and group competitions? Do they learn different sports, or about sports in general? I dunno. I hear not. So then we get to high school. It's more important to have a Louis Vuitton purse than to know what a pentathlon is. Or how much time does it take to run a 400m. What? Yes. High school is serious about sports because the student has to get seriously into studying and have more commitments and a much bigger load in general.
So what is the one thing that builds cohesion, pride, a sense of achievement, discipline, helps with brain efficiency and performance, attention, energy to stay up, sleep better, feel stronger, look better, develop better eating habits and get used to diligence in training and working, I ask you: WHAT IS THAT ONE THING? The one thing that everyone dismisses from early years. Is it a drug? No. It is sports. Physical activity. And why is this a secret, why something so simple is not implemented. Do you know why? Because it's not a great "business" and it's not budgeted. Why is it not budgeted? Because it's not deemed important. It's important for the better-off parents to drive the little brats around to socker practice and cheer leading. But only the better-off parents. The others have to work and have no money to spare as an extra expense for sports. They need tutoring and clothes and gas money.
Then the child becomes an adult. If, at this point, he had no introduction to sports, no concept of physical training, how on Earth is he supposed to be healthy?????? HOW? To eat not processed foods takes time and money. To work out without knowing splat about working out takes money. Where is that supposed to come from? WE establish a pattern for irresponsible behavior than go around signing up people to unlearn that and become something else. It is EXTREMELY difficult! I cannot even blame obese people, or look at them with contempt because they fell into this consumer society's trap. You are a good consumer, you buy tvs and video games, you buy snacks and frozen meals, you get entertained at the movies sitting on your a..., you watch some more shows at home, you get a big car that takes you everywhere and then, when you're sick of looking at yourself in the mirror: hire a trainer or get a gym membership and go to classes to reform yourself. Then you buy supplements, products that do more harm than good, and more consumptions on top of more consumption. You have to keep businesses alive by buying sh... Going outside and walking or using the heart trail in the park will not boost business. Not enough. So there. You have to swim against the current to be a fish that lives and lives well. It is very difficult.
One thing we can all do, teach children to love sports and find something they are good at and encourage them never stop doing it. Fight for better programs in schools for all ages. Take a little extra times and cook meals, buy fresh and eat more unprocessed foods. Limit your tv time and find other activities for entertainment. Hang on to the simple things, teach the kids to appreciate what's around them, rather than what they can GET. Be outside as more. Slow down. Make my new slogan yours: "Slow down, for less is more!"
sentimental
Hello again, it's been a while since I wrote: not that I haven't thought about it, just didn't do it. Lately I've been thinking about how great it is to be here on this Earth and how many wonderful things we get to experience on this journey. It all disappears into the daily grind and the self absorbed superficial human mind, but every now and then it's good to stop and reflect on some of life's presents that we receive without much notice. I am not going to get evangelical on you(z), just want to say something about aging and how I feel about it, to maybe wake up the deeper self in you too.
I will be foaty soon and never before had I felt the need to think and feel and live so much as I do now, I wonder why!? I am not dying, not going anywhere, really (well, not right now), but I am by myself and in peace with the world. When I'm not driving... But seriously, I have been given the opportunity to just be and feel right now. So that's what I'm doing. The stupid statement people say that they don't regret anything, well, I do! I regret not treating people better, I regret not treating myself better and I regret now slowing down and listening to my conscience more. The rest I cannot regret, otherwise I wouldn't be here, this person who is regretting things. I would not be this person.
But because I am this person and I am very capable of learning and growing at light speed, I am now big enough to recognize some things and take it all with a grain of salt. I do regret causing pain, I do regret being angry and I do regret being weak minded sometimes.
On the other hand (so this post doesn't turn into a sob story), I have to announce that I am so very thankful for everyone in my life and everyone who ever have crossed my life, because they are all somehow a little part of me. I am thankful for my parents and my brain and physical attributes; I think I got a pretty good hand of cards to play. But, as it turns out, I only like to play poker wehre there may be a lot hinging on a facial expression and a lot of ways to gamble away your loot sometimes. There has been. Now I'm crazy with a purpose...heehee. Yeah, times are changing, I am nutty with a mission, loony with reason, and refined as fish oil... what? Never mind. I hope you can, some day, find your peace and look at every day as a priceless treasure, and try to make tomorrow better for someone other than yourself. So Happy Sunday:)
I will be foaty soon and never before had I felt the need to think and feel and live so much as I do now, I wonder why!? I am not dying, not going anywhere, really (well, not right now), but I am by myself and in peace with the world. When I'm not driving... But seriously, I have been given the opportunity to just be and feel right now. So that's what I'm doing. The stupid statement people say that they don't regret anything, well, I do! I regret not treating people better, I regret not treating myself better and I regret now slowing down and listening to my conscience more. The rest I cannot regret, otherwise I wouldn't be here, this person who is regretting things. I would not be this person.
But because I am this person and I am very capable of learning and growing at light speed, I am now big enough to recognize some things and take it all with a grain of salt. I do regret causing pain, I do regret being angry and I do regret being weak minded sometimes.
On the other hand (so this post doesn't turn into a sob story), I have to announce that I am so very thankful for everyone in my life and everyone who ever have crossed my life, because they are all somehow a little part of me. I am thankful for my parents and my brain and physical attributes; I think I got a pretty good hand of cards to play. But, as it turns out, I only like to play poker wehre there may be a lot hinging on a facial expression and a lot of ways to gamble away your loot sometimes. There has been. Now I'm crazy with a purpose...heehee. Yeah, times are changing, I am nutty with a mission, loony with reason, and refined as fish oil... what? Never mind. I hope you can, some day, find your peace and look at every day as a priceless treasure, and try to make tomorrow better for someone other than yourself. So Happy Sunday:)
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