2008. . already. . .
cad on 17 Jan 2008 | cosas cad & food & fotos
Hi Guys, happy 2008! I know I haven’t been in here for a while but it’s just I was taking a break from everything.
Getting back into the groove of things is kind of hard after taking a 2 week vacation at work. Today was a rude awakening at how laid back I had become. I need to get my mojo back up and running.
So I have a couple of new years resolutions. I have decided that this year I’m going to try to start a little photography business on the side. My brother will be a senior next year, so I’m kind of hoping to get a lot of senior type shoots done. Not so many that it interferes with my work, but enough to get more comfortable with my camera and develop my photography skills. I’m very excited about that. It’ll get me too shooting again!! Which is awesome!
This year I have also decided to focus more on “me.” A better and healthier cad. During the Christmas season I let myself go way too much. I would eat whatever, whenever, and with the work schedule and my lack of sleep, it wasn’t contributing to my health. If this year I go through the same wacky schedule, I’m going to definitely need to be healthier. I’m trying to convert into being a bit more vegetarian. I hate it to be honest. I mean I live in Texas for God’s sake! We’re all about STEAK this and STEAK that. As I type this I’m eating a Boca burger on Ezekiel bread with snap peas and baby carrots. Umm. . yum? I wish it were a steak burger from charcoal broiler with some nice salty steak fries. I love that place. But the bottom line is, I have to love me more by being a healthy me.
I’ve come to the conclusion after many, many years that I’m a workaholic. This isn’t a bad thing, perse, but my body takes such a big toll when I work late hours and skip meals or eat anything I can get my hands on. As we get older our body starts to function so differently. Before I could go clubbing all night, hit an IHop at 5 a.m., go home, shower, and be at work by 8 a.m. without skipping a beat. Now the very thought of doing that freaks me out, not because I couldn’t hang, but because I start thinking, “Damn, what the heck am I doing to my body?”
The change in eating habits is very noticeable at first. I’m use to some type of caffeine (starbucks preferably) every single day. The lack of caffeine in my body causes a 2 p.m. daily headache. I was telling my mom this and she said, “It takes 21 days for your body to adjust to anything new.”
Dang it, that’s a long ass time! But I have to do it! I really don’t want to look older then I am, if that makes any sense? It’s 2008. . I can only turn 25 so many times. .ya know? 
Can’t be looking 30 yet. . not YET! I want to be at least 35 when someone guesses I’m 30.
But damn am I craving some steak fries now!
wow, the new MBP...i bet that's what God uses up in heaven...
HispanicPundit on 17 Jan 2008 at 10:00 pm #
You telling me! I just got back from the doctors (yep, just…about an hour ago) office with my blood results from the physical I did a month ago (before that, I hadn’t been in almost ten years) and he told me that my LDL Cholesterol is 133…should be 130 and below, and my HDL Cholesterol (the good kind) is 34…should be 45 and above. Yep, thats right, I have officially entered the “you must eat this way” stage of life.
What was even more troublesome was when he said that I need to cut back on my almost daily carne asada burrito and eggs w toast! Oh and to make matters worse, he said that heart problems and high blood pressure are even more common in brown people, so I have to be especially vigilant! Damn racism!
Can’t do the vegetarianism thing though. Esta cabron! That’s almost all Mexican food, right there. Thats why you find so little Mexican vegetarians.
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cad on 17 Jan 2008 at 10:38 pm #
HP - that’s so odd you say that, my cholesterol is a bit high, . . .oddest thing though my HDL is 77, which is too high.
yeah it is hard, i’m not too much of a “mexican” eater, so I’ll be fine. it’s italian food that is my weakness. Pastas are my mount everest! We all have our food addictions.
It’s not easy, but it can be done. You just have to put your priorities first. If you don’t have good health you have nothing. I just see my older family taking all these pills and having all these medical issues, I just really don’t want to walk down that path. Sure food is good, but there’s so many other good things in life i dont want to miss out on. . . dude u can do it. DONT BE A STATISTIC!
cindylu on 20 Jan 2008 at 4:22 am #
I think HP is just looking in the wrong places for the Mexican vegetarians. I’ve met plenty. They exist. It’s the reason MEChA conferences always had to have a veggie option that wasn’t simply rice. Heh.
I couldn’t sleep AT ALL last night just thinking of all the self-improvement (physical, non-physical I’m perfect… haha) I need to do. The list is pretty long, but weight is definitely at the top. I’ve never been serious about it, but I really need to be healthier.
Good luck, ms cad!
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Jeff on 22 Jan 2008 at 1:01 pm #
Having been a vegetarian for 10 years I know exactly how difficult it is to get on that ride… It feels extremely different not feeling tired after eating when you’re a vegetarian, and you almost feel full all the time.
I hope you stick it…It makes a world of difference… By the way… Good luck on the photography as well. What kind of photography will you be doing? People, Scenic, Artsy?