Posted by samson on Aug 7, 2009 in
Road to Pleasant future Wow, I just lost my 1000th Calorie and its only been several days since I’ve started this new game, called EA Sports Active.
This little program is really amazing, it uses the Wii remote and nun-chuck to detect one hand and one leg. So, the system actually have more lower body building exercises then other software, such as those on PCs or PS2s…
It uses many ‘encouraging’ dialogs, to encourage you, the user, to do exercises. Not to mention the amount of goals settings. It makes a lazy person, such as myself, into a person who wouldn’t mind working 20 to 30 mins a day to both get in shape and attain those goals.
Another feature of this little program is the ability to add your daily chores into account, so, if I did Yard works, household chores, or other sports, they will all be added in to the goal systems.
What I am a bit disappointed is that it cannot ask you for what you have done ‘today’ and alter the exercises according to it. For one example, I am about to start two hours of badminton, the system would not alter the program for today and make it less demanding automatically, or automatically convert itself into a warmup only mode, but instead, records by asking me tomorrow, what I did today.
Posted by samson on Aug 5, 2009 in
Road to Pleasant future Yesterday, I purchased a Chicken Ceasar Salad with an extra Egg Salad roll on the side, just in case I wasn’t filled by the Salad, it was my first time eating a Salad for lunch.
Well, about one hour after lunch yesterday, I went and consumed the Egg Salad Rolls which I had decided to leave aside for today.
That leaves today’s lunch open, again.
Unlike yesterday, today, I went straight for the Salad bar, with fresher greens then a pre-packaged box of Chicken Caesar. The Salad container is actually the same size, however, for seven bucks, I can add one protein (Egg or chicken) and as much Veggies as I liked.
In my salad today are the following ingredients.
Bacon Bits, Red Onion, Sun Flower Seeds, Red Pepper, Mushroom, croutons, and Tangerines. All on top of a spinach base with chicken pieces. Tossed off in a Tangy Thai Sauce.
Yummy!
Posted by samson on Aug 4, 2009 in
Road to Pleasant future Recently, I’ve started changing my life style, primarily with the way I indulge food.
Food have always been something that I love. I am sure most people have the same love for food as I do. Otherwise, why work so hard to earn money, right?
However, recent times have change, at least for me. As I get older, it seems I may have let my love for ‘eating’ rule over my generic ability to eat or exercise. So the result is obesity. Honestly, within the last two years, everyone that I knew had either directly or indirectly asked when I have planned to loose weight. It has never really bothered me until this summer, when I noticed one thing.
I have a decent education, of course a honors bachelors is not something that is very ‘distinctive’ but it still puts me at a better stage then the average Joe.
I have a decent job, unlike a friend of mine, who is still stuck at the sweat shop that we both started our careers at.
So what else is there? More indulgence until death? What about my dreams of travelling this planet, and visiting countries that I currently don’t know how to spell?
So, as of August 1st, 2009 I have started a new approach and am currently attempting to change my lifestyle.
My old lunch would usually include things like Fried Onion rings, French Fries, Burger, Bacon, Chicken finger, donuts, Cinnimon rolls, instant dinners, or other meat and salt heavy lunches.
On Friday, my lunch was Subway Melt with lettuce, tomatos, Red Onions and today, my lunch is a chicken ceasar salad, with an egg salad roll, just incase I am not full with the salad. (This will most likely be tomorrow’s lunch as i am already pretty full from the greens and the six pieces of chicken breast.)
Well, a healthy body is also a step towards a pleasant future.
Posted by samson on Jan 15, 2008 in
Road to Pleasant future It snowed again today in Toronto. Luckily, it is not inches this time. In fact it is most likely disappointing to eager school children who were looking forward to a snow fight.
This time, it is one of the more dangerous type of snow. It wouldn’t stay on the ground as simple white fluff. Instead this time the flakes would melt as it touches the warmer ground. It is this process that the danger lies. It is below zero outside, and as the snow melts, it might freezes again and therefor forming black ice. With snow that continues to fall, this piece of ice would be covered up and careless drivers or pedestrians might slip on it.
When you are driving or walking in the winter, unless you are sure it is dry land that you are passing on, be cautious and arrive safely at your destination.
Posted by samson on Jan 10, 2008 in
Road to Pleasant future Have you ever gotten into a fight with anyone? Or are you still angry at that driver who sped up just to cut in front of you on your daily drive? What about that telemarketer who calls when you are trying to enjoy a cup of coffee while reading this blog?
If you are like me, you most likely have experienced this negative emotion toward other human beings. Sometimes it might be so bad that you just want to run your foot up their arse just to for the fun of it.
When you are filled with these type of emotions, you have to ask yourself, is it really worth it? Let’s do some simple math, assuming you can live up to be 99 years old. We already know that 1/3 of your life is spend sleeping, so you actually only have 66 years of life.
Now, if we consider education and work, that’s another 1/3 of your life lost. So you really have 33 years of actual life. Now, let’s assume you eat breakfast in 30 min, lunch in 30 min, and diner in 60 min. that’s 2 hours per day for food or 1/12 of your life. That’s 8.25 years lost, just for eating. So now you are down to roughly 25 years. In this 25 years you have to include time for holiday, time to travel, time to write, time to read, time to play, time for courtship, time to have children, time to get married…. you get my point. Do you really have the time for these negative emotions? I don’t.
So, my suggestions is that if you want to live pleasantly, try to never hold grudges, try to forgive and forget and always think in a positive terms instead of negative. Trust me, no one is out there just to pick on you.
Take the driver to sped up just to cut in line for example, it might be that they really have no idea where they are going, Are you sure that the driver intentionally picked you from the busy road that you were driving to cut in line? What if they were new to the city and simply saw a sign that informs them the lane you are in would help them reach their destination?
Thinking in a positive manner sounds unrealistic, but if you can truly accomplish this level of mental control, life would be way better.