Enjoying Oahu...be back soon.

Health & Fitness - Taking a Break

So today's entry will be boring and short. I'm taking a break today! 

Health & Fitness: When to Slow Down

So, I have seen myself accomplish so much within this past month. I have overcome so many challenges and so many temptations that I really need to sit back and appreciate myself and be grateful for the strength that I have found throughout everything.

I have decided to allow myself to eat normal meals within reason for the next few days. I have two full days left here on vacation and I believe that I can sit back and enjoy a little bit. I deserve it. Enough of being that psycho diet police officer and it is time for me to sit back and enjoy myself a little. 

Now today was a pretty good day. I got up and did my Power 90 as planned. Eat a healthy meal for breakfast and started the day off. We went to Todai for lunch. Todai is a Japanese buffet and is located a mile away from our hotel. We opted to walk to and from Todai's. It helps with the guilt that builds after eating such an indulgent meal. Well, I did decide to enjoy myself a little more for these next few days. So, there really was no guilt for me.

We walked back to the hotel and did some shopping along the way. We found some good deals at Macy's Waikiki. Some of which where not offered at the other three Macy's that we visited throughout our trip. 

For dinner, we opted for Chili's. Wow, I did not realize how overly priced Chili's was. Granted, the food was good. Was it that good? No! Paying $15 - $30 per entree is just crazy. What are we really paying for? The embiance? The pomp? The name? I do not know, but Chili's is not the only resturant "chain" out there that is charging silly amounts of money for basic meals.

Anyway, enough of my blabbing. I ate an amazingly boring Grilled Chicken Burger at Chili's. It satisfied my stomach, but did not match the price. There I go again. I'll stop!

Health & Fitness - Did I Make It?

So today was the culmination of several challenges. A week filled with temptations and distractions. Many of which were unexpected. Preparing for my vacation to the Island of Oahu became a huge challenge when doubled with the scheduling conflicts, requests and normal appointments I must meet weekly. It can become an overwhelming stress induced, time consuming buffet of overeating and lack of exercise. 

Luckily, I made through those challenges one by one. No matter what unexpected or doubled appointment that I had, I ensured that my day would not be littered with too much food and no exercise. I can't say it was not a challenge. Because challenge by the word itself is a huge understatement. It becomes a mental battle of goals and temptations. 

Now, as I succeeded through my first few days of the week, the real challenge still stood standing before me. The actual vacation. What can one do, when not in the comfort of your own home? Eating out is the only way to eat! Fast food, restaurants and bars line the sidewalks of Waikiki. How does one resist the overwhelming temptations of food? I wish I could give you an answer. I am still learning. 

Now, the rest of the week for me went fairly well. I resisted any bad meals and only opted for my normal Sunday "free" meal, which was a buffet at Smorgy. When we went to restaurants, I opted for the grilled chicken salad or sandwich, took the side salad instead of lavishly overpriced entrees, and woke up every morning to workout in the Hotel's gym. 

Again, I ask, was it easy? No way! Not even close to being easy! Now, the challenge is not just walking past all the restaurants, bars, and fast food, it is actually being in one of these establishments. Seeing the plates of piled on food, smelling the overwhelming aroma of the heavily fried foods, and watching people melt as they taste these "evil" concoctions.

But I made it! I cannot believe it, but I made it! Celebration!

Enjoyed a full day of movies, walking around Waikiki, going to the flea market, and having a healthy dinner at Chili's!

chillin in Honolulu

Enjoying my time on Oahu! Had to make some dietary decisions and survived!

New blog Entry, "The Real Test Has Begun" - http://budurl.com/kwx5

Health & Fitness - The Real Test Has Begun

So, yes I am finally on vacation. Vacation usually means overeating and no exercising. What a challenge this is going to be for me. Day 1 is almost over and I have survived so far. For breakfast, we went to Denny's. Oh my gosh, what a challenge! We usually order one main dish, one appetizer each, and dessert. Not an option this time. So I opted for a veggie omelette made with an egg beaters and whole wheat toast. It was actually really good and filled my stomach. I actually had to stop eating because I was full.

Lunch was easier. We went to Costco and did some shopping for my otherhalf's school tomorrow. We ate at their food booth and I opted for the wheat turkey wrap and had a little bit of a non fat yogurt.

Dinner is a few minutes away and we are heading downstairs at a bar and resturant downstairs. I hope they have something healthy. Crossing my fingers, but I'm sure they do.

Enjoying the comfort of Wards Theater before we watch the haunting in conneticut

In Target enjoying their prices.

Our flight was 20 minutes early...so I amsitting on the tarmac.Cant complain.

Time to head to bed...9 hours till vacation time!

April Becomes the How to Month

So every since I became a Online Marketing Specialist, I have been aching to share some information with everyone that I have learned. It is amazing to know how much a few differences in your marketing attempts can change your entire business.

You know, I have gotten more leads through these marketing strategies than anything else hands down. Plus, I have only utilized the free options to attract these leads. You know the best part of all of this? The best part is that I'm not part of some scheme or ploy or get rich quick scheme. It feels good to provide information and assistance to the thousands of people on the Internet that are in need.

It just feels right!

So, to celebrate my newly found brilliance (joke,) I am going to be doing a series of 30 videos for the 30 days of April that will cover several different aspects of Marketing. Although everything is still up in the air, as far as the exact topics I will be covering, I will be giving you all more information as time passes.

Check back for more information in the near future. Should be within the next few days.

Health & Fitness: A Change of Environment

So today I awoke an hour before I was supposed to and could not go back to sleep. My body was telling me to get going, while my mind was saying, "give in, go to bed." My body won and I got up, got a few things done in my office and jumped right into my Sculpt 1-2 Ab Ripper 200 series.

Today was my second day on WOWY (if you don't know what WOWY is, ask me...its an awesome program.) I think the excitement of WOWY woke me up. I think its such a phenomenal program to utilize when you are working out. I no longer feel like I'm working out alone! I actually have workout buddies that workout with me at the same time.

Today was a fairly busy day. I scrambled around Pahoa Town getting things done. I have a long list of T2D. They must be completed before my vacation tomorrow to the Island of Oahu. I CAN'T WAIT! I'm planning on working out on Lanikai Beach...don't be jealous, I'll take some pictures and video for you all to envy. Just kidding.

Oh, I almost forgot the best discovery moment of today. So after working out today, I found myself in a conundrum. I jumped on my treadmill to do my normal half hour treadmill routine. The magnet to activate the treadmill was missing! I tried to activate it with other magnets we had around the house, but nothing would work. So I decided to do it the normal way and take a walk in my neighborhood. The fresh air and the variances in the incline and decline of the road proved to be an AWESOME! I don't know why I did not do it before. I'm looking forward to doing it tomorrow before I catch my flight.

Everyday is a discovery waiting to happen! Go out and find something new and exciting!

Running around town like a chicken before my vacation...18 hours and counting.

Time to call it a night folks! Good night!

Health & Fitness: My Aching Back

Something weird happened today. I woke up and felt sore. It was not as bad as I have experienced before, but it was weird because I did not do anything out of the ordinary yesterday. Odd huh! Well, as I began my ritual of setting up my training area, I tweeked my back. I was bending down to pick up something and boom I felt a sharp pain to left of my mid-back. I had to stand there for a few seconds and then the pain began to subside. It remained throughout my exercise and as I type this blog, I can feel it lingering.

My workout went well, considering I had that stitch in my back. I managed to make it through every exercise. 

My meals were the normal, cereal in the morning, a hearty sandwhich for lunch, and I'll be having one of my "Eat Right" Pizza's with a side salad. 

Hexidecimal Color Coding for Blogger

Noticing that there are many colors that are missing from Blogger's supplied colors, I came upon an amazingly thorough color chart. Blogger utilizes "hexidecimal" codes which is a six digit code made up of numbers and letter. The reason behind the name is that "hexidecimal" codes only utilize the number 0-9 and the letters A-F. This gives you 16 different starting possiblities to create the code.

Makes sense? At first, I did not understand anything after reading about hexidecimals, but after it sank it, it's fairly simple.

Check out the chart below (which was borrowed from Tips for New Bloggers):

 

COLOR NAME	CODE	COLOR
Black	#000000
Grey0	#150517
Grey18	#250517
Grey21	#2B1B17
Grey23	#302217
Grey24	#302226
Grey25	#342826
Grey26	#34282C
Grey27	#382D2C
Grey28	#3b3131
Grey29	#3E3535
Grey30	#413839
Grey31	#41383C
Grey32	#463E3F
Grey34	#4A4344
Grey35	#4C4646
Grey36	#4E4848
Grey37	#504A4B
Grey38	#544E4F
Grey39	#565051
Grey40	#595454
Grey41	#5C5858
Grey42	#5F5A59
Grey43	#625D5D
Grey44	#646060
Grey45	#666362
Grey46	#696565
Grey47	#6D6968
Grey48	#6E6A6B
Grey49	#726E6D
Grey50	#747170
Grey	#736F6E
Slate Grey4	#616D7E
Slate Grey	#657383
Light Steel Blue4	#646D7E
Light Slate Grey	#6D7B8D
Cadet Blue4	#4C787E
Dark Slate Grey4	#4C7D7E
Thistle4	#806D7E
Medium Slate Blue	#5E5A80
Medium Purple4	#4E387E
Midnight Blue	#151B54
Dark Slate Blue	#2B3856
Dark Slate Grey	#25383C
Dim Grey	#463E41
Cornflower Blue	#151B8D
Royal Blue4	#15317E
Slate Blue4	#342D7E
Royal Blue	#2B60DE
Royal Blue1	#306EFF
Royal Blue2	#2B65EC
Royal Blue3	#2554C7
Deep Sky Blue	#3BB9FF
Deep Sky Blue2	#38ACEC
Slate Blue	#357EC7
Deep Sky Blue3	#3090C7
Deep Sky Blue4	#25587E
Dodger Blue	#1589FF
Dodger Blue2	#157DEC
Dodger Blue3	#1569C7
Dodger Blue4	#153E7E
Steel Blue4	#2B547E
Steel Blue	#4863A0
Slate Blue2	#6960EC
Violet	#8D38C9
Medium Purple3	#7A5DC7
Medium Purple	#8467D7
Medium Purple2	#9172EC
Medium Purple1	#9E7BFF
Light Steel Blue	#728FCE
Steel Blue3	#488AC7
Steel Blue2	#56A5EC
Steel Blue1	#5CB3FF
Sky Blue3	#659EC7
Sky Blue4	#41627E
Slate Blue	#737CA1
Slate Grey3	#98AFC7
Violet Red	#F6358A
Violet Red2	#E4317F
Deep Pink	#F52887
Deep Pink2	#E4287C
Deep Pink3	#C12267
Deep Pink4	#7D053F
Medium Violet Red	#CA226B
Violet Red3	#C12869
Firebrick	#800517
Violet Red4	#7D0541
Maroon4	#7D0552
Maroon	#810541
Maroon3	#C12283
Maroon2	#E3319D
Maroon1	#F535AA
Magenta	#FF00FF
Magenta1	#F433FF
Magenta2	#E238EC
Magenta3	#C031C7
Medium Orchid	#B048B5
Medium Orchid1	#D462FF
Medium Orchid2	#C45AEC
Medium Orchid3	#A74AC7
Medium Orchid4	#6A287E
Purple	#8E35EF
Purple1	#893BFF
Purple2	#7F38EC
Purple3	#6C2DC7
Purple4	#461B7E
Dark Orchid4	#571B7E
Dark Orchid	#7D1B7E
Dark Violet	#842DCE
Dark Orchid3	#8B31C7
Dark Orchid2	#A23BEC
Dark Orchid1	#B041FF
Plum4	#7E587E
Pale Violet Red	#D16587
Pale Violet Red1	#F778A1
Pale Violet Red2	#E56E94
Pale Violet Red3	#C25A7C
Pale Violet Red4	#7E354D
Plum	#B93B8F
Plum1	#F9B7FF
Plum2	#E6A9EC
Plum3	#C38EC7
Thistle	#D2B9D3
Thistle3	#C6AEC7
Lavendar Blush2	#EBDDE2
Lavendar Blush3	#C8BBBE
Thistle2	#E9CFEC
Thistle1	#FCDFFF
Lavendar	#E3E4FA
Lavendar Blush	#FDEEF4
Light Steel Blue1	#C6DEFF
Light Blue	#ADDFFF
Light Blue1	#BDEDFF
Light Cyan	#E0FFFF
Slate Grey1	#C2DFFF
Slate Grey2	#B4CFEC
Light Steel Blue2	#B7CEEC
Turquoise1	#52F3FF
Cyan	#00FFFF
Cyan1	#57FEFF
Cyan2	#50EBEC
Turquoise2	#4EE2EC
Medium Turquoise	#48CCCD
Turquoise	#43C6DB
Dark Slate Grey1	#9AFEFF
Dark Slate Grey2	#8EEBEC
Dark Slate Grey3	#78C7C7
Cyan3	#46C7C7
Turquoise3	#43BFC7
Cadet Blue3	#77BFC7
Pale Turquoise3	#92C7C7
Light Blue2	#AFDCEC
Dark Turquoise	#3B9C9C
Cyan4	#307D7E
Light Sea Green	#3EA99F
Light Sky Blue	#82CAFA
Light Sky Blue2	#A0CFEC
Light Sky Blue3	#87AFC7
Sky Blue	#82CAFF
Sky Blue2	#B0E2FF
Light Sky Blue4	#566D7E
Sky Blue	#6698FF
Light Slate Blue	#736AFF
Light Cyan2	#CFECEC
Light Cyan3	#AFC7C7
Light Cyan4	#717D7D
Light Blue3	#95B9C7
Light Blue4	#5E767E
Pale Turquoise4	#5E7D7E
Dark Sea Green4	#617C58
Medium Aquamarine	#348781
Medium Sea Green	#306754
Sea Green	#4E8975
Dark Green	#254117
Sea Green4	#387C44
Forest Green	#4E9258
Medium Forest Green	#347235
Spring Green4	#347C2C
Dark Olive Green4	#667C26
Chartreuse4	#437C17
Green4	#347C17
Medium Spring Green	#348017
Spring Green	#4AA02C
Lime Green	#41A317
Spring Green	#4AA02C
Dark Sea Green	#8BB381
Dark Sea Green3	#99C68E
Green3	#4CC417
Chartreuse3	#6CC417
Yellow Green	#52D017
Spring Green3	#4CC552
Sea Green3	#54C571
Spring Green2	#57E964
Spring Green1	#5EFB6E
Sea Green2	#64E986
Sea Green1	#6AFB92
Dark Sea Green2	#B5EAAA
Dark Sea Green1	#C3FDB8
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Lawn Green	#87F717
Green1	#5FFB17
Green2	#59E817
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Dark Olive Green2	#BCE954
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Khaki1	#FFF380
Khaki2	#EDE275
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Gold2	#EAC117
Gold1	#FDD017
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Goldenrod2	#E9AB17
Gold	#D4A017
Gold3	#C7A317
Goldenrod3	#C68E17
Dark Goldenrod	#AF7817
Khaki	#ADA96E
Khaki3	#C9BE62
Khaki4	#827839
Dark Goldenrod1	#FBB117
Dark Goldenrod2	#E8A317
Dark Goldenrod3	#C58917
Sienna1	#F87431
Sienna2	#E66C2C
Dark Orange	#F88017
Dark Orange1	#F87217
Dark Orange2	#E56717
Dark Orange3	#C35617
Sienna3	#C35817
Sienna	#8A4117
Sienna4	#7E3517
Indian Red4	#7E2217
Dark Orange3	#7E3117
Salmon4	#7E3817
Dark Goldenrod4	#7F5217
Gold4	#806517
Goldenrod4	#805817
Light Salmon4	#7F462C
Chocolate	#C85A17
Coral3	#C34A2C
Coral2	#E55B3C
Coral	#F76541
Dark Salmon	#E18B6B
Salmon1	#F88158
Salmon2	#E67451
Salmon3	#C36241
Light Salmon3	#C47451
Light Salmon2	#E78A61
Light Salmon	#F9966B
Sandy Brown	#EE9A4D
Hot Pink	#F660AB
Hot Pink1	#F665AB
Hot Pink2	#E45E9D
Hot Pink3	#C25283
Hot Pink4	#7D2252
Light Coral	#E77471
Indian Red1	#F75D59
Indian Red2	#E55451
Indian Red3	#C24641
Red	#FF0000
Red1	#F62217
Red2	#E41B17
Firebrick1	#F62817
Firebrick2	#E42217
Firebrick3	#C11B17
Pink	#FAAFBE
Rosy Brown1	#FBBBB9
Rosy Brown2	#E8ADAA
Pink2	#E7A1B0
Light Pink	#FAAFBA
Light Pink1	#F9A7B0
Light Pink2	#E799A3
Pink3	#C48793
Rosy Brown3	#C5908E
Rosy Brown	#B38481
Light Pink3	#C48189
Rosy Brown4	#7F5A58
Light Pink4	#7F4E52
Pink4	#7F525D
Lavendar Blush4	#817679
Light Goldenrod4	#817339
Lemon Chiffon4	#827B60
Lemon Chiffon3	#C9C299
Light Goldenrod3	#C8B560
Light Golden2	#ECD672
Light Goldenrod	#ECD872
Light Goldenrod1	#FFE87C
Lemon Chiffon2	#ECE5B6
Lemon Chiffon	#FFF8C6
Light Goldenrod Yellow	#FAF8CC