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6 meals per day

Mo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:26:38 +0000

Do you believe in eating smaller meals throughout the day, or just eating 3 major meals?

The science behind it is to get the metabolism kicking and working at all times. Also, according to men’s health magazine, our stomach has a memory and when we starve ourselves and wait longer between meals, then your body would store more fat instead of releasing it.

I personally think if you starve yourself; you end up eating more. The trick is to break up your meals so you don’t over eat.

Overcoming your Ego

Mo — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:17 +0000

Ego is a big deal for most guys; it plays a big role when there is a guy to guy competition or challenge. How do we learn to control our ego? We control our ego through having knowledge and being smart. Lets take lifting weights for example!

Everyone wants to lift more then the guy standing next to him, well based on what I have seen in the gym; most people lift heavy but they don’t do it in the right form. They don’t let the muscle fully contract and fully expand while doing their work out exercise. As a result they don’t get the benefit of lifting. There is a guy that I always see lifting weights almost every time I go to the gym, he lifts heavy and heavier than I can lift. I started asking myself.. howcome this old guy that barely have any muscles, is able to lift heavier then I can? It turns out he lifts wrong, doesn’t even contract his muscles half the way. No wonder he doesn’t look muscular or fit.

The key in lifting weights is doing it the right way, and slowly improving the more your do it. It doesn’t matter if the guy next to you is lifting heavier, it’s all about doing it the right way.

400

Mo — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:57:43 +0000

Hamoudy.com has reached 400 posts.

When I started this blog I didn’t think I would write more then 10 posts and be bored with it. It’s amazing how blogging is addictive. How many posts do you have so far? Have you been able to stick to it? Sometimes you fall off the wagon but the key is to get right back up. Keep Blogging!

Mental Toughness

Mo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:10:58 +0000

How do you work on getting mentally tough? Is this something that you can work on or is that something that you are or are not?

I believe mental toughness is more of a good habit that we got to train ourselves on it. Take this for an example; you wake up on a Sunday morning and drink your hot coffee, read a newspaper or whatever. You can start your day by thinking about something positive and productive to do or you can be negative and start procrastinating, also you can think about things that upset you or you can think about things that makes you happy. It’s all controlled by your brain what you want to think, in other words you can control all these factors by your mental toughness. Some people might argue and say this is more about attitude, I think it’s more mental then attitude, because your¬†attitude¬†is also controlled by how mentally strong you are.

We see mental toughness a lot in sports, where a tennis player is down 3 match points yet he still manages to keep his mind into the game can control his nerves to overcome that deficit and still come back and win.

Free your mind and focus on the present moment!

Forgiveness

Mo — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:52:13 +0000

If everyone forgave one another would people still have issues with one another? Is there boundaries for forgiveness or should we forgive no matter what? Being able to forgive¬† one another is a great power a human has; the reason I say its a great power is because not a lot of people are able to use forgiveness and forgive other people. It takes huge heart and open mind to forgive someone else’s mistakes and whatever that might be.

I always wonder does forgivig one another make you weak? Because you went and apologized and took the first step? I used to think that but I realized the one that forgives first is the one that has great power over the other person that didn’t initiate the first step.

Forgive one another and live happy!

Should You Facebook or No?

Mo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:04:52 +0000

What’s the story behind Facebook these days? Everyone uses it including myself. But has it become a new way of communication? Is it a better method to keep up with friends and family? What happened to picking up the phone to say Happy Birthday to your friend or family? Now it’s more like let’s leave a comment on Facebook and wish someone happy birthday?

The way I see it, it’s pretty ironic; social sites like these are making people more unsocial then social. Correct me if I’m wrong but it’s not the same to hear Happy Birthday from your buddy sincerely over a phone call rather than an insincere comment left on Facebook? What do you think? Has Facebook made us more unsocial? Are we relying on leaving our friends pokes and wall comments rather than picking up the phone old skool way and checking on them and showing them we are willing to take a moment from our precious time and show them that we care?

I think Facebook is cool and all but sometimes I think people misuse it as a good tool of communication.

Personal emails, Personal Texts Personal Calls Personal Mail is still more personal then Facebook ! What do you think?

Quote of the day

Mo — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:08:27 +0000

~~“You always have to give up something to take something else” by Mo~~
“You always have to give up something to achieve success‚Äù. by April

I have to say I did like April’s quote better then mine!

Tennis and Life

Mo — Thu, 26 May 2005 16:43:35 +0000

Andre Agassi was asked this question, what’s the parallel between tennis and life?

Problem solving, being out there on your own, your not sure if you’re gonna get through or not. Testing your own beliefs , having questions and having to get your own answers. There is no point more important than the next, the more time you spend on the last point, the less chance your giving yourself for the next one.

This is so true and beautiful, that’s why Agassi is my ideal player. Hopefully I can apply his theory this weekend at the tennis tourney at SVSU.

Happiness

Mo — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:48:18 +0000

What makes you happy?

What determines you’re happiness?

Happy Holidays

Let it Be

Mo — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:19:18 +0000

We take forms in our lives, learn, experience and figure things out. Sometimes we think we know it all but we don’t. There is always different twists and turns to it and we just have to learn how to deal with them. Everyone goes through ups and downs… Its normal.. I like a qoute that I learned from my friend Nick. “Currently I don’t have any thought out plans for the future, but the door is always open and swings both ways.” This kind of reflects on me. But I always like to think ahead and try to plan major things.. I guess this quote would apply for me on the minor things in my life. The last couple of months hasn’t been the best months in my life due to some personal things but I plan on getting around it. We are not built tough, but we do become tough when we go through things in life that teaches us. We are what we are, but we can always improve on ourselves.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”