This is a short note that I am writing.I was going to write something on my other blog about business matters but I decided on a whim to come here since there are a lot of things about health on my mind.I am worried about a family members kidneys getting worse and the possibility that they may go on a dialysis or worse,cancer.That I may just have to go through life knowing that I will have to survive on my own without anyone to be with me.It seems lonely that you have to go through life without anyone staying with you because most of your friends are just too busy living their own lives and have problems of their own that they themselves are trying to solve.Living in North America is an easy place to live in regards of making money and trying to succeed in life but it can be very lonely and isolating because everyone here looks out for themselves or lives for themselves more than in other places like Latin America,Asia,Eastern Europe and Africa.Loneliness is a real problem in North America and Western Europe because these are very individualistic societies where everyone looks out for themselves and not really paying attention to anyone else or other people who are suffering and hurting.In some ways it's good but in other ways it's very sad. I know that exercising,eating healthy and avoiding drugs are the core ways of staying healthy but being social is even better.Like what is the point of life or living if you are always isolated and locked from the world?In fact,studies by social scientists say that loneliness and isolation are the leading causes of mental illness and suicide and a whole association of health problems in North America.This is especially a problem in America where everyone wants to be alone without any friendship or companionship,which to me isn't very good.Human beings are social creatures.We need to be with people or each other. Now I see why every person on the planet grieves after losing a parent or a spouse/long term partner.It is because of the painful feelings of loneliness and abandoment that comes with it.

Another afternoon and I just got back from a very good and somewhat depressing workout.I don't know what to do with my workouts because it seems that everytime I go there I am always doing the same stuff over and over again.I don't know whether it's me or the workouts but something isn't clicking here because everytime I do an exercise and stop it seems the boredom keeps creeping up on me.That signifies that I may have to hire a personal trainer to get me going or do something different to get the results I want mentally because doing the same stuff almost everyday can get boring.It feels like a psychological barrier that is in front of me which is preventing me from getting the most out of my workouts.It's either the exercises I am doing or it could be myself and my approach to the exercises.Like when I used to do martial arts with a martial arts studio,the instructors kept me going to the point that I wanted to quit and was sweating like there was no tomorrow.There was never any boredom with the studio.But the gym where I workout I do a couple of reps and then stop for a bit and then boredom sets in.Also,distractions set in because of the background noise like music and other things which prevent me from focusing on the exercises that I have to do.The only time I   really workout at the gym is when I am boxing and doing kettlebells.

Kettlebells which the gym won't let me use because it belongs to an individual trainer which I think is kind of stupid.They should just bring out the newly ordered kettlebells so every member can use them when they want to.It seems that I may have to order my own kettlebells for my workouts in case I am not able to make it to the gym because I don't really want to drive to my gym a whole lot just to use some kettlebells.But I am paying for it so I might as well drive there and use the membership.I don't know,there has to be a better gym than the one I am going to right now because while the gym I go to does have nice equipment and the atmosphere is nice,the whole quality isn't really doing it for me.Plus,the trainers there who work and train the people are more into trying to sell you their services than providing clients with the best possible workouts.It is pretty much with every gym in which all they want to do is just sell their stuff.I thought that when I signed up for membership with World Health Club,the one on one personal training sessions would be free because I always pay monthly but I found out that isn't the case.They want me to pay extra money for one on one sessions which to me is sort of highway robbery.If that were the case I would never have bothered signing up for them and just buying some weights and working out at home using The Firm videos and ordering Power 90X from Beachbody and saved a lot of money and getting really motivated instead of wasting gas by driving to the gym. Also,sticking with the martial arts studio I was going to and getting a really good workout.

Speaking of martial arts,there is this martial arts studio that I saw on the Internet which compares working out with them versus going to the gym.It is TSK(Tiger Schulmanns Karate).It is an American karate school which also teaches MMA fighting with locations throughout the eastern parts of the U.S.The one I went to is located in Canada but this one is in the U.S.A.

Check out the website(www.tsk.com) 

Back again folks.As I described in my other entry,I stated that I am not a personal trainer nor I am a bodybuilding competitor.Working out and dieting are just hobbies I pursue.That being said I just got back from the gym about an hour ago and just managed to get in a meal in my body.I am glad because I will have to end up buying a meal for my coworker and myself and I don't really want to do that since he will just eat the food and then eat some more while I eat the stuff and get full.My coworker eats a lot and it definately shows.He is pretty big for his size and age.It baffles me why he is doing this to himself.He doesn't need that much food because he is almost grown and he isn't very active.I am sure that he doesn't exercise,he just eats a lot and smokes too.Tobacco abuse is something that I don't tolerate too well.

But anyway I will be heading off to work and hopefully I don't touch anything like junk food tonight since I have already eaten and I am low on money which will cause me to resort of the use of my debit card,which is something I want to avoid since I don't have a lot of money in my account.

This is one entry that is important and somewhat personal to me.So I figure that since it is almost time for me to go then I will make this fast and short as I possibly can.I am sort of worried about my friends because one friend I work with eats a lot,a lot of the wrong foods like me.Another eats the right foods but overeats and now both have gained a lot of weight.It baffles me why they do this to themselves because both are really good friends.Eating does become a problem if people eat because of issues they don't want to deal with or face.As I have been saying in my previous entries that I have made in this blog about emotional eating and how it is a problem.Which I think is a real problem in North America where a person just eats food because it is there or they have problems they refuse to deal with.America's obesity rate has really skyrocketed to the point that it has become an epidemic and I think that President Obama should start funding programs which combat this obesity epidemic because the leaders who will be running America are the ones who need to be saved with some sort of health intervention.Both children and adults,especially adults,need to set a better example for children in regards to health and nutrition because a couple of days ago,I have read that the rate of smoking in America has gone up about 12% and that is not very encouraging news.I don't know about Canada but in America it has really gone up. Well, it looks like President Obama's anti smoking program isn't working well enough to combat smoking in the country. Of course,being a smoker himself doesn't really help with matters.

Another afternoon and I am still wondering what to do next with life in general. I was thinking about something I have read on one blog that a man wrote and it had to do with men's health issues or men's health in general.It seems that nobody cares about mens health in general because every bookstore I go to when I read books on illnesses and disorders,there isn't a very big section on men's health nor there are many books.There are more books on women's health than on men's health which bothers me because it seems that this North American society doesn't really care about boys and men since no money goes into prostate cancer research and development even though more men die from prostate cancer than women from breast cancer. But then again North America is a feminist continent where more attention is brought on to women and their concerns and issues while mens issues are never given attention and our concerns are forced to stay silent and hidden from the world.Health issues are not regarded for men since men are the ones breaking their backs and necks to make life confortable for women especially here in North America where men still die sooner than women and they still get sicker than women.I don't know about sexism against women but there is a lot more sexism against men when it comes to health,economics and relationships where men are expected to do a lot more to please women.So there isn't a whole lot of equality in North America between men and women since women have more  power in this continent.

But anyway,I should get away from this talk about the sexes since this is a fitness and bodybuilding blog.I was just saying this out of frustration.I will be heading to the gym to do some plyometrics and do some other exercise before heading off to work to my lowly wage job.I wish I can do what my sister is doing,which is personal training but it costs money to get a PTC.I would like to be somewhat of a male version of Jennifer Nicole Lee,who was able to turn her passion of exercise and fitness into a million dollar empire,JNC Inc.I read about her in this months Ironman Magazine and it was a good article to say the least.I know that I have the know how in helping people train but I just don't have the credetials to do it nor the training but it is something that I would like to do someday while writing in here just to keep me sane.Also in case I want to write an e-book on exercise and fitness.

To check out Jennifer Nicole Lee, check out this months issue of Ironman Magazine

www.ironmanmagazine.com

Also check out Jennifer Nicole Lee's website

www.jennifernicolelee.com

Okay,just something before heading off to bed.It will be really short and sweet.There is something that I want to say but I am just not able to say it since I will get in trouble for it.So I am going to hold on to it for now and just get into the topic of fitness and health since this is a blog on health and fitness.I just wanted to say that I am still struggling with my addiction to chocolate bars and all other junk foods which have plaqued me and I am still watching Food Inc on my laptop computer which I haven't finished but I will finish tomorrow or this morning before taking it back but I just thought I would let you know that I did watch some of the movie and I have to say that the methods on how the food industry makes food just blew my mind.I saw the way they raise and make the chickens, the ones we eat for dinner was just horrible.I was wondering what made them so big everytime I buy them in the supermarkets.They are made with chemicals which they are fed in order for them to grow and they are put into machines for them to be killed.I would like to say the rest but it is just too disgusting for me to go into details.Also,most of the foods and over the counter drugs which we take for pain and other ills are made from corn syrup,which is made into sugars.Which could explain why most of the foods we eat are high in sugar and other unneccessary calories.Now you see why I don't eat Twinkies and other cakes.I will have to stop eating that chocolate cake that I am always eating in a package which is all sugar.I will watch the rest of the movie and then perhaps give all of you my review on it. Take care and good night.

This is just short note since I will be working out in a few minutes here.This is sort of a follow up to the entry I did but it will be on something else.I was going to talk about something but I will cover that in my other blog.Right now I would like to take the time to congradulate Angela Mraz,the figure competitor from New Jersey in way of Colombia on winning her IFBB Pro Card at one of the fitness competitions somewhere.I don't remember where but she won it somewhere in the United States.Well anyway, I am glad that she won and now she can compete for prize money and not work as hard.It makes me wonder what the bodybuilding and fitness industry is like in Latin America?I would imagine it is booming right now since Mraz is from Colombia.There are other bodybuilders and fitness competitors from South America in fact there are lots but I am not able to put my finger on it. Anyway,I am going to see if I can read the magazines I bought a couple of days ago today at work since I haven't really got the chance to do it yet.One is Psychology Today which talks about how people can become creative and Ironman Magazine which has a picture of fitness celebrity Jennifer Nicole Lee on how she lost weight and became a fitness star. Should be interesting reads.

Just have little time.So I figure I would get this down before heading out the door here.Trying to figure out what the whole purpose of work is and if there are other things I can do to become rich with money.I don't know what the whole purpose of work and why anyone does it.I know that it is to provide for families and to feel purposeful but I think that people work way too much in North America and are just working to escape the problems they have.North Americans work a lot here and for what purpose.I have to have what have we gained from all of this work we do?Well, we haven't gained very much from all of the workaholism,more debt,higher taxes and bills.Bills of course are debts that people expect to have while buying all of the stuff they don't really need just to please people they don't respect or like.It seems like a vicious cycle to me with no way of ending.Like me for instance,with all of the hours I put in at my job I am not really able to make ends meet.I am just making money for the major bosses who work in the head offices in America and Canada.Also with excess work comes no time to take care of yourself psychologically, physically and spiritually.It is all about making money and more money so they can buy things like possessions, alcohol and drugs which destroys lives. Drug addiction is very high among the rich and famous.

Hello again.I am back with you once again and I have to say that it has been a long while since I have written in here.It seems that I am never able to find anytime in my so called busy schedule to write anything about fitness.Now that I am here I will start off with a couple of things.First,I want to talk about an blog entry that I wrote in here and in my Bodyspace blog a couple of days ago.I wrote something about the lack of diversity in the bodybuilding and fitness industry and I must say that I didn't get any response on that entry.Writing something about the whole fitness industry you would think that I would get a response from my Bodyspace friends but that didn't happen.I guess they found the entry to be sort of boring and offensive but I figured that it is just my opinion and not really based on fact.There is a lack of diversity in the sport but I guess some people disagree on that.But anyway I just have to forget about it and move on since the purpose of the blog on my Bodyspace page isn't to please other people or seek approval of other people or the publishers.This approval seeking business is funny since there are some people,no matter how much you try to please them are never happy or satisfied with your efforts.So,if anyone who is listening or reading this entry,just write for yourself and don't worry about what other people think because the only person who can please you is yourself and just having that saying in your head will give you a peace of mind.Just like any addiction which destroys mankind,seeking approval from others can be addicting in itself.

Enough of that because there is another thing that I want to talk about while I am on this fitness blog.I have this month's newsletter from the place I work and at the back of the newsletter  it has a picture of one of the workers who works in a store in a different city and location and to my surprise she works in the bakery department and is a competitive bodybuilder.Man,I never knew that a person can work at a store  in the bakery department and be a bodybuilder at the same time because dealing with all of these sweet treats while competing can be very tempting.I know because I deal with temptations everytime I start my shifts with all the chocolate bars and potato chips that are there,I am always tempted and some days I win and some days I lose the battle.I cannot release the name of the employee since I can get in trouble from the company,but I will say this:She looked good and I congratulate her on her show.I only hoped that she worked in the store close to where I live so I could meet her in person to get her to share her secrets with me on how to get a muscular physique.But I guess that isn't going to happen.Well, I will try to set an example for my coworkers and maybe I can get myself exposed on a magazine cover or TV news program. Since the company I work for cut my hours,it will give me more time to not only look for a better job but to give my training a real overhaul.

Hi folks,back with you once again.It has been days since I have written in this blog.Things so far have been hectic and I just haven't been able to find the time to write in here.