SLUGGISH THURSDAY FOR ME...

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

TODAY WAS A SOMEWHAT BUSY DAY FOR ME...  AS SOON AS I GOT OFF FROM MY BYF JOB, I HEADED OVER TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE MY DOCTOR REGARDING MY WHOLE WRAP UP WITH MY TUBERCULOSIS SITUATION...  GOOD NEWS AS EXPECTED...  I'M CLEAR AND FREE FROM TAKING ANY MORE MEDICATIONS, ALSO MY BLOODWORK CAME IN AND BOTH CHOLESTEROLS WERE GOOD, AND OTHER STUFF I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT OVERALL A GOOD OUTCOME.  HOWEVER, THERE WAS AN ACUTE CONCERN ON MY BLOOD PRESSURE, IT WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND I WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR THAT AND I WAS GIVEN ANOTHER BLOOD DRAW FOR THYROID TESTINGS...  NOW I GOTTA WAIT.  I ALSO GOT ANOTHER REFERAL FOR ANOTHER SLEEP STUDY BECAUSE I HAVE SLEEP APNEA AND BEEN USING A "C-PAP MACHINE" FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS.  THANK GOD MY INSURANCE COVERS IT ALL...  :).  I'M ALSO BEING REFERRED TO A "HEART SPECIALIST" BECAUSE I'VE  HAD "RHEUMATIC FEVER" WAS 9 YEARS OLD AND STILL TO THIS VERY DAY, I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE PAIN I WENT THROUGH, JUST GOOGLE IT AND YOU'LL KNOW MORE AND WHY I HATED IT.  SO LETS HOPE IT DOESN'T GET WORST NOW THAT I'M GONNA BE 44 YEARS OLD THIS COMING SUMMER.

 

SO AFTER 2-3 HOURS, I FINALLY WENT HOME AND WENT TO BED ASAP.  AT 1530, MY ALARM WENT OFF AND IT WAS TIME TO WORKOUT...  UGHHH!!!

 

HONESTLY I FELT VERY SLUGGISH AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANNA WORKOUT BUT MY INNERVOICE SAID TO ME, "GET OUT OF BED AND GO WORKOUT!!!"  AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID.

 

I SHOULD BE THANKFUL IT WASN'T LEGS DAY...  LOL!!!

 

 

TODAY WAS UPPERBODY DAY...  YEAH!!!

 

 

AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, ALASKA AIRLINES...  HERE I COME!!!  TODAY AT ALASKA AIRLINES, I GOT A TREAT, A "WORKOUT TREAT" TO BE MORE SPECIFIC...  LOL!!!

 

AN "ALL-PASSENGER" PLANE ARRIVED WITH 2300+ LBS OF FREIGHT OF FROZEN PRODUCTS AND THEN SOME.  NOW LET ME BE MORE CLEAR, AN ALL-PASSENGER HAS NO "ULD" (UNIT LOAD DEVICE) WHICH CAN HOLD UP TO 6000LBS, WHICH MEANS THOSE 2300+LBS OF FREIGHT WERE LOADED IN THE UNDER-BELLY OF THE JET WITH THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS LUGGAGES...  THE UNDER-BELLY IS ONLY 4 FEET IN HEIGHT WHICH MEANS I'M ON MY KNEES TOSSING THESE FROZEN PRODUCTS TO MY CO-WORKER TO THEN LOADED ON THE BELT LOADER TO THEN BE TRANSFERRED ON PALLETS LOADED ON FORKLIFTS!!!

 

MAN...  I WAS PUSHING IT AS HARD AS I COULD AND I WAS GASSING OUT TOO...  LOL!!!  HECK MY CO-WORKKER EVEN WANTED TO SWITCH WITH ME, BUT I SAID "NO", I GOTTA LEARN AND BETTER MYSELF AND SO I CONTINUED AND FINISHED!!!  I WAS VERY PROUD OF MYSELF AND I WAS EXHAUSTED...  BUT IT FELT SO GOOD TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, "DAMN...  I DID ALL THAT???"

 

THAT FEELING IS WHAT I ALWAYS STRIVE FOR WHEN I'M WORKING OUT AND/OR COMPETING, THAT AWESOME FEEL AFTER YOU CROSSED THE FINISHED LINE OR WHEN I FINISHED MY LAST REP!!!

 

I RECENTLY TOLD MY FREIND, I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO LIVE A BETTER AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND IF I'M GONNA DIE (WHENEVER THAT IS...), IT WONT BE AT A DINNER TABLE EATING JUNK FOODS OR BEING IN A LAZY STATE WATCHING TV.  IT'LL BE WHEN I'M TRAINING OR COMPETING IN SOME KIND OF RACE, I PERSONALLY CONSIDER THAT AN HONORABLE DEATH WITH DIGNITY!!!

 

OKAY...  ENOUGH YAKITY YAK...  LOL!!!

 

 

MY NINJA LOOK...  LOL!!!

 

 

IN OTHER COOL NEWS...  I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING PICS OF MY AWESOME HIKE AT BACK HOME IN O'AHU, HAWAI'I A YEAR AGO!!!

 

THIS HIKE WAS PRETTY GRUELING BECAUSE OF ITS STEEP INCLINES!!!  BUT VERY WELL WORTHWHILE IF YOU HAVEN'T HIKED THIS TRAIL YET.

 

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR MORE INFO:

http://www.revealhawaii.com/2015/05/07/koko-head-stairs-stairs-of-doom-koko-crater-railway-trail/

 

 

HALFWAY MORE TO GO...  GOING UP!!!

 

 

 

WHEW...  WHAT A FANTASTIC VIEW SO FAR!!!

 

 

 

 

VERY CLOSE TO THE TOP AND I WANTED TO TAKE A PIC WITH THIS GAL BECAUSE I LIKE HER SHIRT, "I HATE RUNNING"...  SO TRUE!!!

 

 

 

I DID IT...  I MADE IT TO THE TOP!!!

 

 

 

JUMPING FOR JOY AND I ALSO DID BURPEES TOO...  LOL!!!

 

 

 



 

 

THANK YOU FOR READING...  SEE YOU SOON!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

ALOHA WEDNESDAY = REST DAY + CHEAT MEAL!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

HAPPY ALOHA WEDNESDAY TO ALL MY AWESOME ANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!

 

SINCE I'VE STRATED BLOGGING ALL OVER AGAIN, I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO STILL HEAR FROM YOU AND MY EMAILS JUST KEEPS COMING IN!!!  YOUR WORDS OF INSPIRATION, MOTIVATION, ENCOURAGEMENTS, WISDOMS, ADVICE, AND SUPPORT GOT ME IN TEARS.  AND I NEED TO CONSTANTLY REMIND MYSELF THAT I DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OUT THERE AS MUCH AS ALL OF YOU DO!!!

 

SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART...  MY LOVE & ALOHA GOES OUT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!!!

 

SO WHAY DID I DO ON MY "REST DAY???"

 

I SLEPT IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE...  LOL!!!  BUT AS SOON AS I WOKE UP, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EAT, I KNEW I WANTED TO EAT A HIGH CALORIE MEAL TO SHOCK MY BODY FOR THE WEEK.  HMMM...

 

THIS IS WHAT I COULD COME UP WITH...

 

2 EGGS OMELETTE WITH 1/2 CUP SHREDDED CHEDDAR/JACK COMBO CHEESE, TOPPED WITH 2 TBSP PLAIN YOGURT, AND 2 TBSP OG MANGO-PEACH SALSA!!!

 

 

IT TASTED PRETTY GOOD, NOT SO SURE IF IT WAS EVEN VERY HIGH IN CALORIES THOUGH...  LOL!!!

 

RIGHT AFTER I FINSIHED EATING, OUT THE DOOR I WENT TO GO TO MY PLACE TO WORK, "ALASKA AIRLINES!!!"

 

IT WAS PRETTY CHILLY BUT A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND THE LIGHT IS GETTING LONGER AS WINTER IS ENDING!!!

 

 

TODAY I WAS ASSIGNED TO MARSHAL THE PLANE IN AND WORK THE TOP-SIDE AKA UNLOADING THE CARGOS OFF THE JET!!!

 

 

 

AFTER ANOTHER AWESOME AND FUN EVENING WORKING WITH MY AWESOME CREW...  I HEADED HOME AND RESTED A LITTLE MORE BEFORE I GO TO MY OTHER JOB AT BYF!!!

 

AN AWESOME TO END MY ALOHA WEDNESDAY!!!

 

 

 

UPDATE!!!  UPDATE!!!  UPDATE!!!

 

MY TUBERCULOSIS STATUS RESULTS CAME...

 

AFTER MY BLOODWORK AND CAT SCAN RESULTS CAME IN...

 

I'M ALL CLEAR AND I NO LONGER NEED TO CONTINUE TAKING THOSE 20+ PILLS TWICE A WEEK FOR THE NEXT 4 MONTHS!!!

 

CHEEE...  OOOHHH!!!

 

TO BE HONEST...  TAKING THAT MUCH PILLS TWICE A WEEK FOR THE LAST 6 WEEKS WAS PRETTY GRUELING ON MY BODY FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE!!!

 

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE OVER THEM!!!

 

LET MY JOURNEY CONTINUE ON TOWARDS MY SPARTAN RACES!!!

 

 

IN OTHER NEWS...

 

BACK HOME IN KEAUKAHA, HILO, HAWAI'I...

 

I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT ALL MY SISTERS HAVE BEEN TAKING STEPS TOWARDS A HEALTHIER AND FIT LIFESTYLE!!!

 

 L-R:  MY SISTERS, LEHUA, LOKE, & LEO AND MY COUSIN, INI ON THE FAR RIGHT.

 

I'M SUPER PROUD OF YOU GIRLS, YOU ALL JUST INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED ME MORE THAN EVER!!!

 

 

 

 

HAWAIIAN AND 100% PROUD TO BE A HAWAIIAN!!!

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

 

 



HAPPY ALOHA TUESDAY!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

ANOTHER AWESOME DAY FOR ME...  WHY???

 

HERE'S WHY???

 

 

MMM...  I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER!!!

 

 

 

 

LEGS DAY...  ARGHHH!!!

 

 

 

NOTHING'S FEEL ABSOLUTELY BETTER THAN WAKING UP EXCITED, WELL KINDA EXCITED...  WHEN YOU KNOW IT'S TIME TO GET MY WORKOUTS ON!!!  HOWEVER, TODAY IS "LEGS DAY", AND I'LL ADMIT, I DO DREAD IT, MY KNEES ARE GETTING MORE ACHY AND PAINFUL AS I GO HEAVY WITH MY SQUATS AND DEEL LUNGES...  BUT LIKE THEY SAY, "NO PAIN, NO GAIN"...  SO I WOULD HOPE.

 

ALSO TODAY IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE EXACTLY A YEAR AGO FROM THIS DAY, I COMPETED IN MY FIRST SPARTAN RACE EVER IN O'AHU, HAWAI'I AT THE ALOHA STADIUM!!!

 

I REMEMBER TRAINING A YEAR EARLIER TO BE ABLE TO FINISH THE RACE!!!  I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THAT FEELING WHEN I CROSSED THE "FINISHED LINE", I BECAME A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSON AND I KNEW THIS WAS MY CALLING AND I'D NEVER BE THE SAME PERSON EVER!!!

 

SO I CAN SAY TO MYSELF, "HAPPY SPARTAN ANNIVERSARY" TO MYSELF!!!

 

 

 

WHERE CHAMPIONS AND GREAT LEADERS ARE CREATED!!!  SPARTAN WARRIOR FOR LIFE!!!

 

 

NOW WHERE WAS I...  OH YEAH...  SO AFTER MY WORKOUTS, I HEADED STRAIGHT TO THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD...  ALASKA AIRLINES!!!

 

I ALSO TOOK ONE OF MY "ON THE GO" MEALS!!!

 



 

KALUA PORK LETTUCE WRAPS!!!

 

 

I'LL KEEP SAYING AGAIN AND AGAIN, "I LOVE ALASKA AIRLINES", AND BETTER YET, I LOVE WORKING FOR THEM!!!

 

#iamalaska

 

YOUR FRIENDLY AND SEXY HAWAIIAN RAMP SERVICE AGENT...  LOL!!!

 

GETTING READY TO SEND THIS JET OUT OF HERE!!!

 

 

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA

MORE WORKOUTS AND MY FUN WEEKEND!!!

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

 

HMMM...  WHERE DO I START???  THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS FUN AND OF COURSE, MORE WORKOUTS TO BE DONE AS ITS PART OF BEING DISCIPLINED AND COMMITED TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME!!!

 

SO LETS START WITH MY SATURDAY!!!

 

AS SOON AS I GOT OFF FROM MY GRAVEYARD JOB AKA "BETHEL YOUTH FACILITY", I HEADED HOME AND SLEPT RIGHT AWAY TO GET RESTED UP.  7 HOURS LATER, I WOKE UP AND STARTED UP MY WORKOUTS...

 

 

AS ALWAYS...  20-30 MINUTES PRIOR TO MY WORKOUTS, I HIT MY PRE-WORKOUT MIX OF "TEAM BEACHBODY - ENERGIZE" MIXED WITH "MELALEUCA - FIBERWISE & OMEGA 3'S" AND I BLEND IT UP IN MY NUTRI-BULLET AND DRINK IT WITH MY 100% ALL NATURAL PEANUT-BUTTER ON WHOLE WHEAT TOAST...  AND I'M READY TO GO!!!

 

 

 

 

AND IMMEDIATELY RIGHT AFTER I'M DONE WITH MY WORKOUTS...  I HIT A POST-WORKOUT MIX OF "WHEY & CREATINE" AND DRINK IT DOWN RIGHT AWAY, SOMETIMES I ADD A SCOOP OF "SHAKEOLOGY - VEGAN CHOCOLATE" IF I'M IN A RUSH TO BE SOMEWHERE AND NOT BE ABLE TO EAT A MEAL SOON AFTER.

 

 

 

 

AFTER ALL OF THAT WAS DONE AND OVER WITH, IT WAS TIME TO GET DINNER STARTED AS I INVITED SOME FRIENDS OVER LATER IN THE EVENING FOR SOME KARAOKE & MARTINIS!!!

 

DUE TO WORK ISSUES AND OTHER TASKS AT HAND, ALLISON WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOWED UP AND WE MADE THE NIGHT FUN AND WORTHY!!!

 

SHE STARTED THE EVENING WITH SOME GREY GOOSE PEAR MARTINIS, DAMN IT WAS FRICKEN YUMMY!!!  WE CHATTED UP AND GOT CAUGHT UP ON NEWS AND GOSSIPS...  LOL!!!  BUT THE BEST ONE WAS WHEN I ASKED ABOUT HER "SILK SHEETS WORKOUTS"...  WELL THAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME WHEN I SAW EARLIER PICS.  I KNEW FOR A FACT IT REQUIRED UPPERBODY STRENGTH AND I KNEW ALLISON HAD THAT...  HECK SHE WAS DOING PULL-UPS LIKE IT WAS NOTHING, I WAS JEALOUS BUT WHAT THE HECK, I MIGHT AS WELL ASK HER FOR HELP AND HAVE HER GIVE ME POINTERS...  AND THAT IS WHAT EXACTLY DID...  SHE SAID THE NEXT DAY WE COULD OVER SOME BASICS AND WORK MY WAY UP.

 

ANYWAYS BACK TO OUR EVENING, AFTER MORE MARTINIS AND YUMMY SNACKS - LETTUCE WRAPS WITH FISH AND MINI PORK SLIDERS, KARAOKE WAS OUT OF QUESTION AND "JUST DANCE" ON THE XBOX 360 KINECT WAS ON!!!

 

DAMN...  WE DANCED FOR NEARLY 3-4 HOURS!!!  I SHOULD'VE TURNED ON MY "GARMIN VIVO HR" ON AND SEE HOW MUCH MORE CALORIES I BURNED!!!

 

BUT AT THE END OF NIGHT, IT WAS FUN AS EVER AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE EVENTS AND HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE WILL COME!!!

 

THANK YOU ALLISON FOR THE YUMMY MARTINIS!!!

 

 

TAKING A BREAK BETWEEN DANCE SONGS!!!

 

 

I WOKE UP PRETTY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING AND DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW...

 



 

FOR MY MORNING SNACK...  I MIXED A SCOOP OF SHAKEOLOGY CAFE LATTE AND A HALF SCOOP OF SHAKEOLOGY VEGAN-CHOCOLATE WITH PLAIN ALMOND MILK AND CRUSHED ICE...  AND I ENJOYED A KICK ASS HOMEMADE FRAPPUCINO, TO BE HONEST...  IT WAS BETTER THAN STARBUCKS...  AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION!!!

 

 

LATER ON IN THE DAY...  SINCE IT'S MY "CHEAT DAY"...  I SPOILED MYSELF WITH SOME HAWAIIAN KALUA PORK WITH SOME OVER EASY EGGS...  IT WAS WORTH EVERY BITE!!!

 

 

 

AFTER MY LUNCH...  IT WAS TIME TO MEET UP WITH ALLISON AGAIN AS WE AGREED THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT I'D GET AN INTRO TO THIS SO-CALLED SILK SHEET STUFF WHICH I LATER LEARNED THAT IT'S CALLED, "AERIAL SILK TRAINING" OR "AERIAL YOGA".

 

THE AMAZING AND AWESOME ALLISON...  DAMN!!!

 

 

 

 

YES...  THAT IS ME WITH SECOND THOUGHTS WITH NO DAMN CLUE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO GET INTO!!!

 

 

 

 

FUCK!!!  SHIT!!!  ARGHHH!!!  HELP!!!

 

 

MAN...  AFTER MORE BASICS AND STRETCHES, I GOT MY ASS HANDED TO ME, THIS MAY LOOK LIKE GIRLY SHIT TO YOU, BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT AIN'T!!!  THESE SET OF SKILLS AND TRAINING REQUIRES ALOT OF UPPERBODY AND CORE STRENGTH!!!  IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, IT'LL KICK YOUR ASS!!!  SIMPLY SAID!!!

 

 

AFTER THAT GRUELING SESSION, I CAN'T WAIT TO DO MORE AND I'LL REALLY GET BETTER AND BADDER THAN EVER!!!

 

 

RIGHT AFTER MY FUN SESSION, I HEADED OVER TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG 6 YEARS OLD, BREE!!!

 

HAU'OLI LA HANAU E KU'UIPO!!!

 

I GOT TO HELP COOK AND I ENJOYED THE COMPANY AND FOODS THAT CAME ALONG WITH IT!!!

 

AND THEN I FINALLY ENDED MY SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A "DATE AT THE MOVIES!!!"

MY LITTLE SISTER, KAYLA IS BACK IN BETHEL, ALASKA VISITING FOR SPRING BREAK AND WE WENT TO THE MOVIES AND SAW "THE BOY", A SUPPOSEDLY SCARY MOVIE, BUT WHATEVERS...  SHEESH, I FELL ASLEEP HALFWAY INTO THE MOVIE...  POOR KAYLA, I PROBABLY WAS SNORING AWAY...  LOL!!!

 

AND THAT CONCLUDED MY FUN WEEKEND!!!

 

 

FOR SOME REASON, I KINDA LIKE CUDDLING WITH THIS STUFFED BANANA...  LOL!!!

 

 

WELL IT'S BACK TO REALITY AND HAPPY ALOHA MONDAY!!!

 

I WOKE UP PRETTY WELL RESTED AND I STARTED MEAL PREPPING AGAIN!!!

 

 

I MADE LETTUCE WRAPS WITH THE TWO OPTIONS, FISH OR PORK... AND I'M PRETTY SET TO GO FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK!!!

 

 

SHORTLY AFTERWARDS...  IT WAS BACK TO WORKING OUT AGAIN!!!

 

 

 

AND THAT'S HOW I ROLL!!!

 

STAY TUNED FOR MORE FUN BLOGGINGS...

 

OH I ALMOST FORGOT...

 

A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT OF "ALOHA & MAHALO" TO MY COUSIN, KA'IWA FOR SENDING ME SOME GOODIES FROM SITKA, ALASKA!!!

 

 

MAN, I'M ALL SET TO GO!!!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SCALLOPS TO COME!!!

 

 

 

AWWWRITE!!!

 

WAIPA