I've never made New Years Resolutions before. I've always felt that they were just things I should be doing all along the way anyway. I've never felt a resounding need to point out my faults, and then set an actual pathway to rectify them. Well, i'm older now, and since i'm busier and have more studying/work to do, I can't just do whatever the heck i want all the time. Plus, since im older, my body is not nearly as resilient as it once was to all the crap i do to it. So... the theme of my 2009 new years resolutions is... PERSONAL HEALTH!


1) Be overall Heart Healthy! - You always hear these studies about how cardiovascular disease is such a huge disease in older males. Yet us being young males, we never really think too much about it because we're young and invincible... or so we think.

I had an EKG lab today, and while my blood pressure tested the "ideal" 120/80 systole/diastole, my professor told me that 80 diastole is actually not ideal. It's on the high end of ideal. And for someone as young as me to have it already that high, he said its just gonna get consistently higher and higher. Also my standing pulse rate is at 80, and these past few days when i've been sick, its been at a consistent 100 beats per minute, which is just about tachycardic. So needless to say, I have not been taking care of my heart very well for 23 years, and at this rate it definitely will not last me a full life.


2) Maintain a Healthy Weight - According to my BMI(Body mass index) I was in the category Overweight.(Higher than normal but less than obese). I was a consistent 190lbs at school , but after my finals, when i arrived home for winter break, i was an even 180lbs. However! Just because I lost weight doesn't mean I was doing myself a favor. My staple diet consisted mostly of pasta and fried rice, which by no means is an ideal way to be eating well. Also.... after 2 weeks at home, i came back to philly at 195lbs. My goal is to be back at my freshman year of college weight ... 170 lbs!!! (well it was 165, but i like the number 170 more, sounds manlier)


3) Eat Right! - Time to get some salads and diversify the food I eat. And the biggie is.... LESS SALT! I did a nutrition study on an average days meal for me, my calorie intake seemed to be at an average level, but my salt intake was like twice to three times as much as im supposed to have.


4) Consistent exercise - I am consistently put to shame by some of my friends at school who find the time to workout everyday and still get all the rest of the things they want to do done. Gutierrez has a morning workout before class and an afternoon workout AFTER class! And i can't even get in ONE?!?! NO MORE!


5) Live balanced, no excuses - I constantly find myself saying I don't have time to exercise or cook a decent meal or do things needed to maintain a healthy lifestyle all for the sake of "work" and "studying". Well I had a revelation today. So ... let's say i work so hard to get all these things and I have my "dream job" and everything and then I don't even live long or healthy enough to enjoy it. Whats the point of that? So... Balance!

Ok, time to Gamecast the Oklahoma/Florida Championship game. I don't have TV.... And i'll try to make more posts, i was getting frustrated with always trying to post pictures in my posts cause they dont have a straight plug and position format, so i don't like doing that.