maintaining good health, march 13

It is so hard to maintain a good health. There are so many good foods out there it is hard to resist. one of my goals for this semester is to cut down on the fatty types of foods, high sugary content drinks, high carbohydrate meals etc. so far i have been abusing myself with eating many of these types of foods. as i am typing this i just had a chicken nuggets meal at mcdonalds for dinner. i dont think i eat alot of these kinds of food but it does get me a bit frustrated afterwards. latly ive been eating alot of fast food. I try my best to stray away from fast food meals, but since i stay in for hours at school and in the hospital i have no where else but fast food. i still do take my amount of vitamin C and Ds everyday, i take in fiber almost everyday, drink my 16oz cups of water every meal, and with every meal i take in everyday i do my best to eat in moderation. Although my food intake may not be so great i do maintain my activity level. every fridays i go to the gym and do my 30 minutes of cardio as well as weight lifting (i dont do too much weight lifting now this semester since school has been really time centered lately). Other than myself, my mom and dad have done great with their food and fluid intake as well as excercise. Mom and Dad has been eating good healthy green foods lately. Such as filipino styled vegetable dishes. Fishes are perfered more than meats. alot of lean meats have been prepared latly as well. i am just so proud of my family, especially having a family history of hypertension, it is just great to see that health wise they are very much aware and mindful of. speaking for myself i just need to watch out for my own health. i am so caught up of helping others that i sometimes forget about my own well being.

Week 3, 2/7/11, Anthropology 3550

Had a guest speaker today to talk about many issues. Ramsay Taum starts the lecture talking about how Hawaiians who have lived here in Hawaii has lived a sustainable way of living up until the growth of our industry has affected it. He talks about looking into our pasts and building upon it in our futures. "We have created many challenges in our lives and we are to live with them and adopt to it." Further explains how many schools have been instilled with multiple sources of training of labor and opportunity in their curriculum to achieving a sustainable environment (in wind, water, waste water treatment, energy consumption) to have a cleaner industry and even healthier lives. However their are no people around to find the success rate of the pre and post of these multiple programs available. That is why he is here to spread his ideas and hopefully have us be interested in it, to promote a cleaner way of living, to find ways of recycling!

I would not want to see a world filled with filth and garbage. I am glad that he is pushing for a cleaner Hawaii. Promoting sustainable ideas in high schools is a great idea. It gives an opportunity to spread these ideas to a younger generation.

if our resources drops, we wouldnt want to rely on outside resources...who would we turn to if those sources can't support us anymore



Tane Inciong talks about spiritual connections. He mentions that there is a spiritual connection with the people in our lives as well as with many other things. He has us understand about many hawaiian names as he goes along such as Pono (balance), ma'i, Hapai, Kolohe (rascal). "we have a spiritual entity that will be passed down to become our child's name....throughout our lives we are known to entitle many names (dad, grandfather, brett) we have different names from the many different peoples in our lives and that brings forth that spiritual connection". He has us understand that our culture may have some similarity to hawaiin culture, we just may not know it. "you have a spiritual connection here in the islands" i agree with Tane here becuase i myself have a feeling of weary whenever i leave the islands. For some reason i feel a bit bummed. With that being said, I would beleive i myself have established a spiritual connection here with the the islands. There is no place like home.

week 2, 1/31/11 (Anthropology 3550)

Didn't go to class today....for personal reasons however i would like to talk about health. A big part of maintaining an optimum health status for me is excercising! I am a very outdoor type of person, i enjoy hiking alot. Occasionally i like to hike koko head in hawaii kai. Hiking is a great stress releif especially comming off a week tht has been invested upon study and homework. To see that i am in good health i take into great concern about my nutritional status! everymeal in a day i like to add in any type of fiber as a part of attaining vitamin and mineral sources. ideally, a whole size serving of fruits as dessert, oranges, apples, bannannas! I have also maintained the foods i intake according to recommondations in measurements, simply being mindful of the carbs, protein, fat and spice additives, as well as other food components in moderation. It is hard to keep a high nutritional status. I am willing to take the challenge this semester to keep motivated of healthy food choices and excercise!