my american dinner

my two households are totally diffrent.

moms: at my moms i eat alot of colors. we usually have a small plate of meat surrounded by diffrent plates of fruits and vegetables. she get organic milk and veggies and usually spends 30 minutes cooking. we sit across from each other at the table and eat for about 30 minutes.

dads: at my dads there are 3 step siblings so everything is bought it bulk. you can tell by looking at them that healthy food is on the top of their priorities list. there is usually a big blate of meat, some kind of vegetable that usually i only eat and some sort of pasta. the kids usually drink caprisuns or the juice you make by adding water to that frozen....stuff. i eat there as fast as i can.

The moms meals are alot more meaningful because the food is more intentional and has more thought put into it.

food log

last night dinner was quick. i came home at 930 so my mom had already eaten. i threw some pasta and shrimp into a bowl and ate that. i mainly did it because i felt i needed to eat something after two hours of muay thai. after the meal i moved on to homework feeling no more satsified as i did before.

this morning for breakfast i had a mango with salt. i found this to be a tasty treat and i enjoyed eatting it. on the way to school i was craving a chocolate chip muffin so i bought one from the stand. i didnt really want to think about the calories or what went into that muffin. i washed it down with a can of arizona green tea which has more high fructose corn syrup then tea should have.

for lunch i was poor so all i could get was a guacamole torilla. all it was was torrilla bread wrapped stuffed with guacamole. at least i am getting plent of green colors. i also had a arizona with that since arizona is only $1

for dinner tonight i had salmon with red peppers. i was sitting with my mom and her boyfriend so i sat as they talked. when it is just me and my mom dinners are usually silent.

over all i never really eat when i want what i want
instead i eat what i can afford in the time i am told to eat. not very meaningful

mental health

In this unit we talked about many things dealling with mental health. The thing that stuck with me the most was the idea that mabye we dont have to be happy 24/7 to be healthy. In todays society we dont talk about emotions that much, becuase of this we assume that the only good emotion is happyness and that we need to do what ever we can to reach happyness. Even after a tramatic expirence we are told that we need to move on asap. But mabye moving on is not the best option. muarry cried everytime he thought about his mom who died when he was very younge. I now think it is much more healthy to have other emotions besides happyness. In fact it is now my idea that to have a meaningfull life you cant always be happy. when your always happy there is never anything wronge. So to be always happy in this world is to lie to your self. a man wins the lottery and gains 1,000,000,000.86 dollars. he buys a nice house, afew cars, and a puppy and then continues to live his life in bliss. The buddhist beleive that no matter how many materail possesions you have suffering will always come. so to live your life in total happyness means that there are parts of the world you must be blocking out, that might be the death of a loved one or the opressive racist government we have. the blocking out of reality so you can live in bliss is not a meaningful life. to have a meaningful life you must accept everything and let the emotions healthyfull come and go. if your friend dies you should feel grief and let the feeling leave naturally. feeling justified emotions at the right time is part of having a meaningful life.

a fridge full of condiments but no food

bread
grapes
lettuce
brussle sprouts
cheese
peroponie
cucumbers
ginsing
polly cheese sticks
beer
ketchup
mayo
barbeque suace
spegetti sauce
maple syrup
ranch
soy sauce
jelly mustard
pesto

In my fridge the majority of the stuff was ont the main shelfs. and on the main shelfs were condiments only. there was no actual food. its only when you opened the drawer did you see the vegetables. its interesting how the vegetables are put out of site while the ranch dressing is in a place anyone can reach. This shows that food to the rest of my family doesnt really have that much meaning.

emotional break...not really

During spring break i felt the most emotionaly healthy after muay thai. Over break started doing intermediete classes which left me drained. one class in peticular left me the most emotionally healthy. we had done a total of 500 kicks that day. i felt the most emotionally healthy waitting in the station to go home. the work out had left me physically tired but at the same time it was a good feeling knowing how hard i was trainning. other healthy moments where after parkour work out sessions and a 6 mile skate. there is a clear connection between hard physical task completion and emotional health.

The least healthy was when i was doing anything that had to do with school. even talking about school made me emotionally unhealthy. the thought of school killed my spirts like some one watching a tsunami head toward their ocean side town. to be emotionally healthy, you must be interacting with something you like.

Emotional health is diffrent from constantly happy. you dont have to be constantly happy to be emotionally healthy. if im bored and pissed in school all day then i get out and im happy and joyful. just because i wasnt constantly happy doesnt mean im not healthy. i think to be healthy you have to be able to take joy in afew things everyday.

Its interesting to me how much the subconcouse effects us, when cairo was being analyzed you saw into how she thinks just by asking about the words she used. it was really simple but really informitive. it shows the importance in the small details of things. this shows that mental health is also about the subcoususe mind and that we are affected by things we dont even know we are thinking about.

1. What are the best things to eat/drink to help increase concentration and focus in school?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtAID76gcKsw.XcBu.7r173sxQt.;_ylv=3?qid=20090401081502AAccgQb
-blueberries
-salmon
-green tea
-almonds
-dark chocolate

2. what is the big deal about vitaman C
Vitamin C vitamin helps to heal wounds, keeps the immune system strong, keeps your teeth and gums healthy, it also helps the body absorb iron and folic acid. Studies have shown that it plays an important role in the antioxidant defence system, destroying free radicals thereby reducing the risks of degenerative diseases like cancer and slowing down cell damage and the ageing process.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AszlYe8ioUKbuV.J4VlvabgjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070626123134AANBYAG

3.wats the most common vitiman defiency
Vitiman D
http://odyb.net/nutrients/vitamin-d-is-the-most-common-vitamin-deficiency-in-the-world/

4.whats kinds of fats are there. are any of them good?
there are 6 types of fat some of them are good.
http://odyb.net/nutrients/are-you-aware-of-these-6-types-of-fat/

5.what are the effects of obiesty
http://odyb.net/physical-health/9-types-of-diseases-caused-by-obesity/