I’m currently getting ready to fly back home. The following are a few things that I made sure were in place to make my flight less stressful and for emergency situations.
First, since I have kids, I made sure that my life insurance is at a respectable level. For me, that’s half a million dollars in coverage. I actually did this a few years ago, but it’s brings me easy of mind knowing that if something did happen, my family will be covered.
Second, I always take dramamine a half an hour to a full hour before I get on the plane. On the way out my ride was smooth, but I didn’t have a direct flight, and the second leg of my trip was very rough! I’m sure I would have been miserable if I didn’t first take some dramamine.
Third, make sure you have Tums or some other form of antiacid. While I didn’t have an upset stomach on the way out, if I had, it could have been a very rough journey.
Fourth, I also take carry some ibprufen in my pocket just to make sure if the need arises, I have the medicine. I was almost forced to take such a pill during the last flight.
And finally, I converted an audiobook to a series of MP3s so that I could be distracted and enjoy the fly. I’ve used similar approach with my car trip to vacation destinations.
Well, that’s it, now it’s time to go to sleep… I hope the flight goes well tomorrow!
Beauty is more physical health and confidence than direct looks! Oh sure, there are some women/men with very pretty faces, some even look like models, but if they are 40 pounds overweight and don’t practice good hygiene/grooming, they will not be considered beautiful.
Sometimes losing just 20 pounds will make a normal girl beautiful and a man handsome. I’ve seen such beauty come out, when a female friend (that was overweight by 40 pounds) lost her extra weight . The transformation was amazing! Not only did her basic body shape become incredible, her face even became much prettier too. When weight loss happens, it happens all over the body. So your face become more in shape too! Once her face became thinner, she was breathtaking! Who would have guessed?
I’ll see this while walking in the mall too, there will be a girl/woman most would consider normal, borderline homely, but I know if that girl/woman would just loss just 20 pounds she would be a knockout!
Photoshop Models
Models that we see on magazine covers aren’t real. They should really be called Photoshop girls, because photoshoped images are all that is on the magazine covers these days. Not to mention the position tricks to make them even more attractive. Some of the high heels on that the models wear for the pictures are almost like small stilts. And if you notice the bikini pictures, practically all the models are standing on there tiptoes. Not only does this make them look longer, but it also tightens up everything. IMHO, the tightening make them look even more healthy.
Photoshop can make model faces practically flawless and thin girls thinner… From a technology standpoint it’s impressive, but not real.
The end of the following video is amazing. when it get to the end pause it, I’m sure you’ll be amazed! I wonder if makeup can accomplish some of this look too?
Actually, I not as impressed as I use to be by models. After seeing a few episodes of “Top Model Search”, I have come to the conclusion that most models only look great for that 1 particularly great picture, but in normal moving life, most don’t look that spectacular. Oh, there are exceptions, but they are rare.
Beauty is a comparison with others, but it doesn’t have to be a first place takes it all kind of comparison. Women, you don’t need to have the perfect breasts, buns and looks all at once. In fact, if you are just normal in all areas with any area that is a bit more polished, you will be considered beautiful.
The Beauty Of Being Healthy
Given all of the above, the really beauty of being healthy is the way it makes you feel. When I’m in shape, I have more energy and I’m just more content in general. Since I’ve been both thin and heavy, I feel very qualified to say this!
Being Beautiful is Really a Lifestyle Choice
Like the models from the “Model Reality” shows, you can have the potential to be beautiful, but if you don’t experiment with your body and looks, it will remain hidden (unless very obvious).
Your lifestyle should include some form of exercise, especially anaerobic exercises! Lifting weights is one of the best ways to reshape your body the way you’d like! Both women and men should include working out with weights!
Clothes Makes the Man/Woman
I forgot to mention that clothes can make a big difference too. In fact if you aren’t in perfect shape, clothes can be a great way to hide that fact!
Conclusion
I guess what I’m trying to say is, life is short, why not try to look your best and be the most health you can be. Get out, do things, start new things, be healthy and beautiful!
-MR
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There are many reasons why you aren’t as success as you could be!
Perhaps you have allergies and in the summer your head is constantly floating like a helium balloon that a child is jerking around on a string… I suffered from bad allergies that made my life miserable until I got 5 years worth of weekly allergy shots. It’s call immunotherapy, and it did work for me.
Or perhaps you were raised in such a way that college wasn’t probable or affordable, so you skipped it and went right to work. Or if you did have the money, perhaps you family and friends didn’t see the value in such an education and are holding you back?
Then again, it could be that you have something that you aren’t even aware of, maybe some aliment that you experience while everybody else doesn’t. Perhaps, you’ve gone around suffering through mild forms of pain that prevents you from focusing like normal people. You wouldn’t realize it, you’d just think it was a normal headache just like everybody else suffers through. Just part of life…, but what if you have food allergies and don’t realize it? Or worse some sort of chemical imbalance that prevents you from functioning at 100% capacity?
I know that it sounds like I’m presenting excuses after excuses, but unless you keep a journal of some sort, how will you recognize any patterns in your behavior or health and possible abnormalities?
I personally know a person that didn’t get the proper level of sleep because of a deviated septum of his nasal cavity. This caused him to snore so loudly that he would actually wake up after an hour of sleeping (or so he claims). My childhood friend would often appear as if he was sleepwalking or in some sort of zombie state… Or at least he did until he got his deviated septum fixed! He’s now an alert and lively guy and his breathing pattern is noticeable different! Good for him!
The point is, if you find that things aren’t going as successfully as possible for you, try to identify the critical weaknesses in your life and either work on strengthening those deficient areas, or find ways to compensate for those particular faults .
Please feel free voice any weaknesses you’ve had to overcome to be successful.
-MR
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I’ve decided to go with the same loose format with my health journal that I did last week. I’ll build it out from this point.
This has been another crazy week! I was able to pack a tuna sandwich for work on Monday and Tuesday, but after those days, things fell apart a bit. I almost called off work on Thursday.
Half of the battle when you are sick is just plodding forward at work, and resting after you get home…
Date
Topic
Cost
Notes
02/14/11
B
2.01
Eggs,Bacon
L
1.00
Tuna Sandwich
D
1.00
Lasagna (not sure of cost so I’ll make it $1)
E
02/15/11
B
0.00
Free Oatmeal – McDonalds coupon
L
1.00
Tuna Sandwich
D
1.00
Pizza
E
Sick – start of cold
02/16/11
B
0.00
Free Oatmeal – McDonalds coupon
L
3.00
Side Salad,1 McDouble
D
5.00
Taco Bell 7 layer buritto, chicken Quesadilla
E
Ouch – very sick
02/17/11
B
5.00
2 Sausage English Muffin/ Latte
L
3.50
Spicy Chicken (Wendy’s)
D
1.00
Lasagna (not sure of cost so I’ll make it $1)
E
Ouch – very sick
02/18/11
B
Free Oatmeal – McDonalds coupon
L
Free Local Mexican restaurant, Quesadilla
D
1.00
Pizza – Digornos
E
still sick
Since I caught a cold this past Tuesday, this has been a rough week. But I’m getting better. Unfortunately, my daughter has a bad case of the flu, and I’m wondering if I’m next…
I’m almost out of Free Fruit and Oatmeal coupons at McDonalds, and I have to admit, I’ll miss the small breakfast meal. I won’t continue to get it if I have to pay though, the prices is too much compared to the less than 20 cents microwavable packets.
Hopefully I start to get some real traction next week!
-MR
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The same problems that plagued my progress on my health journal last week, also slowed me this week. I’m putting in over 12 hours at work trying to fix a problem. Like I said last week, normally such events would make me reverse course, but I’m sticking to my health journal goal!
Instead I did as much as I could, given the time that I’m able to do what I can… So I decided to eat a little healthier and more cheaply. The oatmeal bowls in the chart below had fruit pieces in then and they were free! So it was both healthy and cheap!
I started a crude journal (hoping to improve it during the upcoming weeks), that will serve as a starting point for tracking my fitness/health goals and saving money while doing it. Another great option would be Weight Watchers Online, I’m sure they have a journal as part of their program!
Health Journal:
Date
02/07/11
B
2.01
Eggs,Bacon
L
2.00
McDouble
D
0.00
Leftover – Hibachi
E
02/08/11
B
0.00
Free Oatmeal – McDonalds coupon
L
2.00
Side Salad,1 McDouble
D
0.00
Leftover – Hibachi
E
10 minutes
pushup, situp, leg bends
02/09/11
B
0.00
Free Oatmeal – McDonalds coupon
L
2.00
Side Salad,1 McDouble
D
0.00
Leftover – Hibachi
E
02/10/11
B
5.00
Sausage English Muffin/ Latte
L
5.00
McChicken (Wendy’s)
D
1.00
Lasagna (not sure of cost so I’ll make it $1)
E
Sometimes life does knocks you off course, but you have the option to try to get back to the planned path that you are supposed to be on, instead of letting life’s circumstances dictate where you go…
So here you have my “not quite ready for prime time” health journal.
-MR
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