I am just posting this for my own pleasure.
I hope you too have something that makes you
feel good just by looking at it.
Adele is what does it for me. I can listen to her songs
for hours. Truly enjoyed her performance at
The Royal Albert Hall. Amazing.
Anyway gang let’s get together again tomorrow.
Keep smiling and looking for what will make you happy.
Jose G. Osuna
No Clue what you did this weekend, but
I hope you did something worth talking about.
Do not forget that while we are working on
loosing weight and getting healthier, there is a big
amazing world out there, and that we have a life to live.
The purpose of being healthier, and lighter, and stronger
is so we can live longer, better lives. Wile working for
that goal do not forget to do some living.
It is Monday. Start planning some living.
Jose G. Osuna
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What will we discover when we step
out of the common, comfortable, familiar?
I have found that interesting things, places,
and people are found all around us when we
pay attention and dare step out.
We are past the first half of the year;
I hope your goals and plans are on track,
I hope that as you work through the process
of losing the weight, and making for a healthier
life, don’t waste the opportunity to enjoy, and live,
live fully. Step out of the comfort and the familiar.
Take a risk and go find something new, something
different and interesting., if it is new it will be worth it.
Stay focus remain successful.
Jose G. Osuna
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While I am all for going forth and taking
any and all the necessary extra steps, I also
believe that we should take any breaks and stops
needed for us to remain sane and centered.
To be successful full effort and commitment
should be put forth but attention should be paid
so we do not destroy by over-doing.
Take a break every now and then.
Go somewhere and enjoy something.
To me there is no better place than the beach,
and no better time than sunset. Talk about a magic
cleansing moment. Perspective I guess.
Gang figure out what works for you and
and use it for your growth.
Jose G. Osuna
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What is hot? What is fast?
What is stylish? What is the it thing?
The answer is: It depends.
The same thing happens when it comes
to us. To diet, weight loss, appearance, etc.
It is about what is right for US. What is
appropriate and adequate for us.
Don’t let the flashy or trendy affect the process
you have delineated for yourself.
Keep it up and have an impact on your world.
Jose G. Osuna
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I got the love of the still image from my father.
He carried a camera and in the later part of his
life he carried a tape recorder as well.
There are many a picture left that he took
of the family and it makes me realize just
how much happiness it brought him.
I know that there are two pictures in particular
that always put a simile on my face.
One is of my younger sister and myself
on the back of an old Chevy truck eating an
ice cream cone. The other is a picture of me
sitting by a fountain. Both pictures are Black
and white and remind me principally of my
father who has moved on but also of a different
time in life where the mortgage, weight loss and
many other things were not a problem… To Me.
Find something you love and enjoy it as you
continue to work on your goals and dreams.
Jose G. Osuna
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This was just for a laugh.
Have a great and productive day.
Jose G. Osuna
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I took this picture series at an ungodly hour
and it was a most memorable night.
Doing something we are passionate about
enjoying something we long to do is so great.
In my younger years I was a runner and I loved it
maybe because it was an alone endeavor as I am not
one for crowds or gangs or cliques.
Running helped me clear my mind and separate
my thoughts. I had this fixation on girls and money
and they were in direct opposition as both demanded
my time and attention.
Running and riding my bicycle kept me trim so weight
loss was never an issue or problem for me.
I enjoy my photography a lot I think the only thing
that could compete with that would be eating new stuff.
I love restaurants specially good ones but I hate when
a restaurant screwed up a simple dish or great ingredient.
I hope and want for people to be respectful of food. So much
is said of the culture and traditions in simple every day dishes.
I have learned to enjoy food from all over and maybe that is why
I miss Phoenix and Los Angeles so much. There is the possibility
of so many different meals. My favorite restaurant meals at this
point and time are: Vietnamese Pho at unPhogettable in Mesa, AZ
Their #5 Pho Tai, Nam, Gan is amazing.
And my second favorite is the Friend Chicken at Magnolias
restaurant in historic Charleston, SC.
Pleasure, nothing but pleasure.
Gang do not forget to live and enjoy this short life of ours.
Go and do something you love. LIVE MORE!!
Jose G. Osuna
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So let me ask you something
How are your plans and goals doing?
Are you making progress?
Did you included plans for travel this year?
I hope you did. I have found travel transformational
for me. I have learned a lot about others but more
importantly about myself thanks to traveling.
The most popular goal at the start of the year is
weight loss and the second one is more money both
very important but we are a lot more than just
skinny and rich. How do we live? how do we grow?
Traveling is so very important. So very relevant.
That has been my experience something that truly
inspires me.
Have you thought about walking the streets of Paris?
Sit at a plaza in Madrid? Drink coffee by a fountain in
Rome? Have a pint in Ireland? Hell go to the Grand Canyon
or walk the beach in Oceanside, visit El Alamo, take a long
look at The Rocky Mountains.
Gang just do something and go somewhere.
Dream it, plan it, book it, do it. You will never regret it.
Jose G. Osuna
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I took this picture while on a trip to Barbados.
I have traveled to every state in the USA and every state
in my country of Mexico with visits to Central America
and up and down the Caribbean. I am yet to find a place that
I connected to as I did with Barbados. The minutes and seconds
I spent there were perfect. This is the one place that
almost every day I think of and would want to go there
more than anywhere else in the world.
I just loved it there. Had great company and the weather
was amazing. The food was amazing. It was amazing.
I hope you are ready to start your new year and that you
have included in your goals some travel.
It is not about far or exotic but about new and
exciting. Gang go do it and enjoy your days and your
meals. Life is worth it. Now go live it.
Jose G. Osuna
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OK. That was the “Funny” For the week. Now,
go out there and lift or push something to get
your heart rate up.
Working out is therapeutic just like laughing
and making love so go have some teeth grinning
fun. Gang Stay focus stay successful.
Jose G. Osuna
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Being Curious has provided for me
the environment to learn and grow.
Wondering about new foods and new
people. New places and new opportunities.
I remember the first time I had Shrimp and
grits or the first taste of Green Fried Tomatoes.
The first time I heard an Acadian accent or
the first time I had true French Cuisine or the
first time I set foot on the Caribbean.
Gang being curious is a gift. A gift that brings
forth the best in us. The best in us is many a time
something we do not deal with on daily basis
and it is a great discovery with in ourselves.
It was L F who brought out from within me
my passion for photography and it was her who
gave me the present of my first trip to the Caribbean
just two of many first times I enjoyed with her.
Even now I continue to be in love with photography
and the Caribbean. I have been back a couple of times
since that first time and every time it is like a new
discovery of an old trail. Exciting, new, familiar, old.
It has been my curiosity that has taken me north and
south and east to west in both Mexico and The United
States. I have now traveled most of the Caribbean including
Cuba back when it was not easy or popular.
I have learned a lot and have met a lot of people
and one thing I can say for sure I want to travel and
eat even more.
Great BBQ in Austin and Sioux Falls.
Amazing fried chicken in Charleston, SC
A stupidly good hot dog at the Varsity in Atlanta
Thanks Kat for that amazing trip.
Great fried oysters at Coconut Joes just off the
Atlantic’s coast in SC.
And so much more that I would make this a book
instead of a blog post.
Anyway stay curious my friends and you will
grow and live more.
Jose G. Osuna
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Photography.
Yes it is this addictive.
This is one of my favorite activities.
Find something that you are passionate
about and add it to you daily life.
We are more than just weight loss.
What is it that you would love doing
for the rest of your life even if no one would
pay you a cent for doing it.
Live Gang. Live Fully.
Jose G. Osuna
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What is it that gets you out of bed?
What are your passions?
When you are the happiest what are you doing?
Who are you doing it with?
We talk so much about weight loss but
we must not forget those things that make us
who we really are.
One of my passions is Photography and I say
one of them because I am just as passionate about
traveling, eating, riding and writing.
All of this things give me happiness.
The mixture of this things define just as
much as saying “I am a male” or “I am Hispanic”.
Gang find those things that you enjoy and go out
and enjoy them. I added these pictures of my self
enjoying a “Picture Safari”
(Sorry I did not intended to scare young children)
We can not forget to live while we are here.
Remain Focus Stay Successful.
Jose G. Osuna
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Phoenix Mexican Market, Charleston, SC, AZ Mountains, Savannah, GA.
I know very well that I have to take certain meds
every single day. At very specific times.
I know that I need them.
But What to do when for whatever reason we
are unable to take them. What to do when
the pain hits and you are unable to function.
If you are depressed or dealing with fibro
with out your meds you might as well
just sit and breath as there is not much else
you can do. I KNOW.
There are many reason why we at times are
unable to take our meds as prescribed and
we must avoid that by any means but when it
happens try to have a plan B even if it is just
to howl at the moon in a therapeutic fashion.
or fantasize about inflicting the same pain
on some one who has not kept their promises.
Hope you never go through putting up with pain
because of lack of meds… It Sucks
If you use lyrica or Cymbalta like I do you know
how severe the withdrawals are if you do not
follow the prescribed times.
I guess I am just venting and letting my own
body know that we still have more battles to
fight in the future. All in all pains and all
I am grateful to be alive today.
I wish you all a great one today and always.
Jose G. Osuna
All my life I have had a love-hate relationship
with Dietitians. Every single one of them I have
had the pleasure to deal with has been a Liber..
Anyway… Having had to live in the real world
with real limitations and visiting with real flesh,
fat and bones persons I quickly realized that some
of the classic ideas and thoughts pushed by RD’s
were BS for the regular salt of the earth person walking
your street, USA.
This cartoon reminds me of just one example.
I struggled for years trying to lose 20 pounds. Yes you read
that right. MY first attempt was only a small 20 pounds and
I failed for the longest time.
Years later as part of my internship for my CDM (clinical
dietary manager OR certified dietary manager) I did my
paper on the Atkins Diet. At that time I was at about
335 #’s and I threw my self into this paper and this
diet. I went from 335+ pounds to 225 pounds in 3 months.
My labs were amazing. My back pain gone, My stamina
through the roof. I felt great.
I lacked the discipline to keep it off and with my internship
and graduation behind me I revert to bad habits.
My point here is: Not all diets work for everybody, Not all
predicated concepts are fail proof. Not all that is pushed
on us by the ADA is perfect. And most important we must
gather as much information and educations so that we might
find what works for us. Atkins worked for me but it does not
mean that I think It would work or that it should be tried by
everybody., far from it. We are all way too different. but,
Once you find what works for you make sure you stick
to it as there is where the lasting results await.
Stay committed to your goal. Remain centered on health.
Keep your goals and dreams present so that your work will be
enjoyable and satisfying.
Gang stay focused and stay successful.
Jose G. Osuna
San Isidro Border Crossing Tijuana, MX/San Diego, CA
Crossing the border back into the US
is the price we pay for enjoying Mexico.
It is all good until you have to pay by waiting
for hours while American Border Agents do their
job. I’m not mad at them but it sucks big time!!
With this as with everything else there is always
a price. We work out and look and feel better but
we pay with the pain and time of working out.
I am not mad I just realize and accept it and that
simple process helps me do better with my commitment.
Understand that nothing worthwhile will come easy
or free of pain and effort. Accept it and watch
worry and indecision melt away.
Gang it is not easy or free but totally worth it.
You, me, us we are worth it.
Let us remain focus so we might remain successful.
Jose G. Osuna
The weather is changing.
I find myself nostalgic and missing my home
in Mexico. This picture was taken there
a while back., sitting on the balcony.
I am not there right now. Wish I was.
I went for my walk today and for the first time
I required a jacket. A sure sign that I will
need to be mindful about food as we approach
the season of the year when many of us do
the most damage to our plans and goals.
Gang. Our journey is not one where we have to
deny ourselves of everything we love to eat.
We must however start with a plan and a clear
and honest idea of what is going to happen.
I will on one day have mashed potatoes. I know this
and I know what day that will be. So before I sit
at that table I will force my self to drink two (2)
glasses of water and then and only then I will
confront the potatoes.
I have a plan. Maybe dumb and silly for some
but this will work for me.
During the season I will eat pumpkin pie, turkey,
gravy, etc. And I will enjoy it.. A Lot.
I miss Rocky Point, Mexico So Very Much.
Jose G. Osuna
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