Dale's World

I think these days, my blogs all have the same themes. It's about my personal life, my weight, my happiness and my family. Oddly, these topics wouldn't really have came up 5 years ago, but now, I can't stop talking about them. I think the change is from age, maturity, and really the "promotion" from being a young man, to an actual grown up.

I have been away from Ebaby! for about 4 months. Why? Because we had a new addition to our family. This has changed my life in so many ways. Since I have one kid already, I was prepared to have another child. Although I thought it was going to be simple, it became very surprisingly different. With one child, it seems there are small adjustments to be made. It definitely is life changing, but if you prepare for it, the changes are not so hard. With a second child, everything changes even more. I could never have imagined the way this would changed me. The life of a kid is so unpredictable that you can never prepare for anything (if that makes any sense). Basically, you can never prepare for what life has in store for you when you have a family. Things just happen and you have to handle them.

My son is now 3 years old and my daughter is 3 weeks old. How time has flown by since I started this wonderful project. I have grown up and am learning more and more each day. The moral of this blog is this: enjoy every second of your life--because when you blink, you will miss it.

I have been saying this for years: I want to be fit. I wanted to have a six pack stomach, super muscles and just to be healthy overall.

Since 18, I have been going to the gym, usually 2-5 times a week. But still I never achieved that goal of a "perfect body." Then, I started to notice my eating habits. The way to get a perfect body is by eating healthy and being more picky about the foods we eat.

Now, that is my weakness. I LOVE food. I love Japanese, Filipino, Spanish, Italian, American, Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese. Did I say I love food? Hehehe. There are so many delicious dishes that it is really hard for me fight for the perfect body.

So, i came up with a compromise. I work out to keep from getting fat or overweight and so that I can enjoy the foods that I like to eat.

To enjoy life is to enjoy food, and I would hate to deprive myself from the best food the world has to offer. Gym, here I come!

Bon Appetit.

How old is old?

These days, with all the botox, medicines, and lotions on the market, people are trying to look younger.

I am going to turn 36 this month, and I'm also about to have a second child. So this makes me wonder:  when turning a certain age, must we act a certain way? Should you change he way you act when you reach a certain age?  I am a happy guy who keeps looking forward to the future, and have no real idea of what my age really means.

I feel younger, and (I believe) I look young, so I act young. I act and feel like a 29 year old, so people think that's how old I am. I guess since I believe that I am 29, I found the fountain of youth. I don’t have to act old, because I'm really not that old. I think to really be old, you have to be in your '80s!

Age is nothing but a number.  And I know that no matter what number I get, I don’t have be that number.

LIVE YOUNG!