HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

FRIDAY IS ALWAYS AN EXTRA CHALLENGE FOR ME BECAUSE OF MY WORK SCHEDULE.  ON THURSDAYS...  I WORK FROM 1500 - 2300. AS SOON AS I GET HOME I GO STRAIGHT TO BED WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND 2315 - 2330.  I SET MY ALARM FOR THE VERY NEXT MORNING AT 0345 AND BY 0415 I'M ALREADY HITTING MY STRENGTH TRAINING AND I'LL BE DONE RIGHT 0500.

MY STRENGTH TRAINING STATS:

AND I THEN HIT MY AEROBICS CLASS AT THE COLLEGE CAMPUS WHICH IS FROM 0600 - 0700.

MY AEROBICS STATS:

RIGHT AFTER MY AEROBICS I HEAD STRAIGHT HOME, PACK MY LUNCH

"BROWN RICE CHIRASHI!!!"

AND HIT THE SHOWERS AND THEN GO STRAIGHT TO WORK AT 0800!!!

WHAT A WAY TO START MY ALOHA FRIDAY...  LOL!!!  BUT THE "AWWWESOME" NEWS IS MY BLOOD IS PUMPING AND READY TO GO AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...  MY "METABOLISM" IS FIRING ON ALL 13 CYLINDERS!!!

BY THE TIME 1600 ARRIVES..  ITS "PAU HANA" TIME!!!

LATELY I'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH MY FOODS.  FOODS THAT WILL GIVE ME ENERGY, BUILD MUSCLES, BURN FAT, ETC.

IT'S ALOT OF FUN ONCE YOU GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR FOODS.  THERE'S FOODS THAT CAN YOU EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT AND NOT FEEL GUILTY OR WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE ITS BASICALLY,

"BURNING THE FAT...  FEEDING THE MUSCLES!!!"

SO TAKE THE TIME TO "KNOW YOUR BODY AND WHAT IT NEEDS", AND ALSO "KNOW YOUR FOODS"...  WHAT IT DOES FOR YOUR BODY...  IS IT "HELPING" OR IS IT "HURTING" YOUR BODY.

I'LL KEEP SAYING THIS...  "LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!!"

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

HAPPY "ALOHA THURSDAY" EVERYONE!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

TODAY WAS "RELAXATION DAY" FOR ME...  I DID "YOGA" TODAY...  YES...  "YOGA"...  LOL!!!

I TOOK YOGA CLASS LAST YEAR FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I STILL REMEMBER THEM.  I NEEDED TO STRETCH MY LEGS AS THEY WERE SUPER SORE FROM SQUATS AND LUNGES!!!

MAHALO ANNE FOR YOUR WONDERFUL TECHNIQUES...  ESPECIALLY THE "BREATHING"...  WHICH REALLY HELPED THE MOST.

AFTER THAT IT WAS TIME TO GO GET SOME DRINKING WATER FROM THE BETHEL WATER STATION!!!

75 CENTS FOR 25 GALLONS OF WATER...  INCLUDING THE WORKOUT GOING UP THE STAIRS TO MY HOUSE WHEN ITS ALL FILLED UP.

I WENT TO THE STORE TO DO SOME MORE SHOPPING AS I RAN LOW ON SOME FOODS...

MY USUAL...  FRUITS & VEGGIES...  BANANAS, GREEN ONIONS, CILANTRO, AVOCADOS, LIMES, RED LEAF LETTUCE, AND PLAIN YOGURTS... YOGURTS WERE ON SALE...  2 FOR $3.00...  DON'T FORGET...  I LIVE IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

SO I GET HOME AND I'M UNLOADING MY WATER JUGS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I GET THIS URGE TO EAT TOFU FOR BREAKFAST...  SO I DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR MYSELF...

I MADE MY 1ST TOFU SHAKE!!!  IT WAS GOOD!!!

1 BLOCK SOFT TOFU, 5 FRESH STRAWBERRIES, 1/2 CUP FRESH RASPBERRIES, ONE BANANA, FILL WITH WATER AND "NUTRI-BULLET" AWAY!!!

I'M A TOFU ADDICT...  LOL!!!

NEXT IS LUNCH!!!

FOR THE FIRST TIME...  "BROWN RICE SUSHI"...  I RECENTLY WAS INTRODUCED TO A LOCAL SUSHI RESTAURANT IN HILO, HAWAI'I...  "SWEET THUNDER PRODUCTS".  THIS IS WHERE I ATE SUSHI & CHIRASHI WITH BROWN RICE AS AN OPTION VERSUS THE STANDARD SUSHI GRADE WHITE RICE.  AND IT GAVE ME IDEAS TO TRY OUT.

HERE IS THE WEBSITE FOR "SWEET THUNDER PRODUCTS".

http://localfusionsushi.com/index.html

MY FIRST "BROWN RICE SUSHI"...  I USED  A CAN OF TUNA MIXED IN CARROTS, GREEN ONIONS, GARLIC, GINGER, SESAME SEEDS, AND SRIRACHA SAUCE!!!

THE RICE WAS LOOSE BUT I'LL WORK AT IT...  EH YOU KNOW WHAT...  WHO THE HELL CARES IF THE RICE IS FALLING OUT!!!  SHUT UP AND GET A CHOPSTICK AND EAT THE RICE!!!

OH AND ALMOST FORGOT...  IT WAS VERY YUMMY AND I'M DOING THIS AGAIN VERY SOON!!!  

WORDS OF WISDOM TO, LIVE BY!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

KAHEALANI'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION... HAU'OLI LA HANAU E KAHEALANI!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

MORE VIDEOS & PICS ON MY RECENT HILO, HAWAI'I TRIP.

IT'S "ALOHA THURSDAY" IN BEAUTIFUL KEAUKAHA...  AND AS ALWAYS...  THIS IS HOW I START MY MORNING...

COCONUT WATER & KAIDA!!!

KAHEALANI'S VEGGIE OMELET WIT FETA CHEESE.

MY FAVORITE...  BLOOD SAUSAGE WITH EGGS...  ONLY IN HILO, HAWAI'I!!!

RIGHT AFTER BREAKFAST I TOOK KAHEALANI FOR A TOTAL SPA TREATMENT...  PEDICURE & MANICURE...  PLUS MASSAGE!!!

BEFORE...

AFTER...

  

KAHEALANI CHOSE "GREEN"...  LOL!!!

HER SPA TREATMENT WAS DONE A DAY EARLY BEFORE HER BIRTHDAY BECAUSE...

KAHEALANI & I WAS HEADING OUT TO KONA THE NEXT DAY WHICH IS HER BIRTHDAY AND WE PLANNED TO STAY THERE FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

WHY???

BECAUSE IT WAS TIME FOR MORE INKING FROM NONE OTHER THAN TATTOO MASTER, "CHE PILAGO".  I'LL JUST LET THE PICTURES DO ITS JUSTICE!!!

KAHEALANI ALSO GOT AN "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL" WITH UNKO CHE WHILE HE WAS INKING.

  

HALFWAY DONE!!!

CHE, KAHEALANI, & YOURS TRULY...  LOL!!!

  

THE "FINISHED" FOR NOW AS I WILL COME BACK AND FINISH THE OTHER SIDE OF MY FOREARM...  AND I'LL GO FROM THERE AS TO WHAT'S NEXT.

MAHALO BRADDA CHE FOR YOUR "AWWWESOME" WORK AND MAINLY YOUR "ALOHA" SPIRIT FROM WITHIN.  ALSO ANOTHER "MAHALO NUI LOA" FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR KAHEALANI AND ME.

 LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER...  

"THE JOURNEY HOME TO MY OHANA" IS WHAT MY TATTOO MEANS.  AND THAT WILL HAPPEN.

CHECK IT OUT:

KA'EO HAWAI'I FACEBOOK:

https://www.facebook.com/KaeoHawaii

KA'EO HAWAI'I WEBSITE:

http://www.kaeohawaii.bigcartel.com/

AFTER WE WERE DONE...  IT WAS TIME TO HEAD BACK HOME VIA "SADDLE ROAD" AND CELEBRATE KAHEALANI'S BIRTHDAY WITH HER OHANA. 

LEAVING KONA AND HEADING STRAIGHT FOR RAINY HILO!!!

 WE ARE HOME AND NOW ITS TIME TO EAT AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE EVENING AWAY!!!

KAHEALANI & HAWEONA'U.

KAHEALANI WANTED PIZZAS FOR HER BIRTHDAY...  HER WISH WAS GRANTED!!!

KAHEALANI & HER PRESENTS!!!

ITS BIRTHDAY CAKE TIME!!!

  

AFTER ALL THAT...  I WAS READY FOR BED...  AND THAT I DID!!!

11 YEARS AGO I BECAME THE HAPPIEST MAN...  I BECAME A "FATHER" TO A BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL DAUGHTER...  FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!!!

HAU'OLI LA HANAU E KAHEALANI!!!

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH...  ALWAYS & FOREVER!!!

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN 2011 BY SISTER, LEHAUNANI AT "ONEKAHAKAHA".

TIME HAS FLOWN!!!

MORE TO COME!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

AEROBICS CLASS GOT CANCELLED... ARGHHH!!! BUT... THERE'S "STRENGTH TRAINING!!!"

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

SO I RECEIVED A CALL THAT "AEROBICS CLASS" GOT CANCELLED BECAUSE OUR INSTRUCTOR IS OUT SICK!!!

EH DAWN...  HURRY UP AND RECOVER SO WE CAN GET THIS GOING!!!

SO I MOVED STRAIGHT TO MY "STRENGTH TRAINING"...  FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK...  IMPROVING MY HEALTH AND INCREASING MY ENDURANCE!!!  I GOT BIG PLANS THIS COMING SUMMER...  I GOT SEVERAL PEOPLE ALREADY INVOLVED AND READY FOR MY PROPOSED SUMMER WORKOUT PLANS!!!

I HAVEN'T GAVE IT A NAME YET...  BUT WHEN I DO COME UP WITH ONE...  ALL OF YOU WILL KNOW.

I'M INCORPORATING "EXPLOSIVES DRILLS" WITH A COMBINATION OF "CROSSFIT", "HIIT/TABATA", "SPRINTS", "KETTLEBELLS" AND "TRAIL RUNNING".  

IT'S ALL ABOUT "PUSHING YOUR LIMITS!!!"

OKAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT...  I'M GETTING TOO EXCITED ALREADY...  LOL!!!

MY STRENGTH TRAINING STATS:

MILITARY DUMBBELLS PRESS.

DON'T FORGET YOUR "PROTEIN" AFTER YOU WORKOUT!!!

HAPPY ALOHA WEDNESDAY EVERYONE!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

CHILLY TUESDAY... FUN WALK WITH MY FRIEND "G-MAN".

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AND CHILLY DAY IN BETHEL, ALASKA.

EARLIER WHEN I WOKE UP...  I PLANNED TO GO RUNNING SINCE THE DAY LOOKED NICE.  BUT MY FRIEND STEVE CALLED AND ASKED IF I'D LIKE TO JOIN HIM FOR A WALK.  AT FIRST I SAID "NO" CAUSE I ALREADY HAD PLANNED TO GO RUNNING...  BUT I THEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE TIME HE ASKED ME SEVERAL MONTHS AGO FOR HELP AND SUPPORT WHEN HE GETS OUT OF KNEE SURGERY, NEEDING HELP TO REHABILITATE HIS KNEE.  SO IT WAS THEN I CHOSE TO GO WALKING WITH HIM.

SO HERE I AM PREPPING MYSELF...

MY USUAL...  LOL!!!

AND THEN OFF I GO TO WALKING

MY STATS:

THE ABOVE IS VERY TRUE...  BE "MAKA'ALA" AT ALL TIMES!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME...  STAY TUNED FOR MORE BLOGGINGS!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA