EATING TRADITIONAL KOREAN DISHES THAT IS NOT ON THE MENU AT 123 BBQ - BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

RIGHT AFTER BALLROOM DANCE CLASS, I CALLED HOME TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY MESSAGES FOR ME AND SURE ENOUGH, I RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE FROM MY MOM TO MEET HER AT ONE OF BETHEL, ALASKA'S RESTAURANT CALLED, "123 BBQ" WHICH IS OWNED BY LONG TIME FRIENDS OF OURS SINCE 1999.

I'M SPEECHLESS!!!

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WAIPA

ON MY WAY TO BALLROOM DANCE CLASS!!!

GOT OFF WORK TODAY AND WENT HOME TO CHECK ON THINGS AND WENT STRAIGHT TO BALLROOM DANCE CLASS BEING HELD AT THE M.E. SCHOOL.  CHESTER MARK IS OUR DANCE INSTRUCTOR AND I ENCOURAGED ANYONE TO JOIN.  IT IS ALOT OF FUN AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!

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WAIPA

I COMPLETED MY "6 - WEEKS WORKOUT PHASE" - FROM 356LBS - 328.8LBS - SWEET!!!

WOW!!!

6 WEEKS SOUNDS FELT LIKE A LONG TIME.  DESPITE ALL THE APPOINTMENTS, CRAZY WORK SCHEDULES, AND OTHERS OUTINGS, TIME STILL SEEMED TO MOVE SLOW FOR ME.  AND I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT IS I MISS MY DAUGHTER, KAHEALANI SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO BE WITH HER ALREADY AND MAKES TIME APPEARS TO MOVE SLOW!!!

WELL I AM VERY HAPPY AND PROUD OF MY WEIGHT LOSS.  i WILL START ANOTHER "6 - WEEKS PROGRAM" WITH ADDED CARDIO STARTING NEXT MONDAY ALREADY.  I HAVE MY PLANS ALL SET UP AND AM ALREADY FIRED UP TO START!!!

ONCE AGAIN EVERYONE, HUGE "HUGS & THANKS" TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ME.  I LOVE READING YOUR FEEDBACKS AND IT INSPIRES ME TO MOVE FORWARD.

PLEASE DON'T STOP BECAUSE I'M NOT STOPPING!!!

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WAIPA

GOOD OLD MEMORIES - BRADDAH KAIPO HITTING THE HEAVY BAG!!!



ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

EVERY NOW AND THEN I WILL OCCASSIONALLY UPLOAD AN OLD BUT CLASSIC VIDEO OF SOMETHING FROM MY PAST FOR "MEMORIES AND LAUGHTERS".  I FEEL THAT IT ALWAYS BRINGS GOOD HEALTH TO PEOPLE WHEN WE BRING UP OLD BUT GOOD FORGOTTENED MEMORIES.

THIS IS A VIDEO OF MY COUSIN, KAIPO WHO WAS HITTING THE HEAVY BAG SEVERAL SUMMERS AGO IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA WHERE THEY ONCE LIVED.

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WAIPA

ANOTHER VIDEO UPDATE ON "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE".

I FINALLY GOT ALL MY SUMMER GEARS PACKED AWAY AND BROUGHT IN MY WINTER GEARS.  AS MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS MAY BE MY LAST WINTER IN ALASKA BECAUSE I AM MOVING BACK HOME TO HAWAI'I HOPEFULLY BY LATE 2011.

BETHEL, ALASKA IS GETTING COLDER BY THE HOURS AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, SNOW!!!  I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BUT IT IS PART OF NATURE.

I WENT BACK TO BALLROOM DANCING LAST SATURDAY AND I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT I DID GO BACK.  I HAD GOOD TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING BACK NEXT WEEK SATURDAY!!!

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WAIPA

FROM 356LBS TO 329LBS IN 5 WEEKS!!! SOUNDS LIKE AN INFOMERCIAL, HUH???

TODAY I ATTENDED A DIABETES CLASS AT YKHC.  IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND I KNOW THAT I AM ON MY WAY TO A NEW AND DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE FOR THE BETTER.  I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS MORE THAN JUST COUNTING CALORIES, NOW I NEED TO COUNT SUGARS AND CARBOHYDRATES.  IF YOU ASK ME, THIS IS WHERE ALL MY MATH SKILLS BEGIN TO KICK IN.  AND NOT TO MENTION THAT TO EAT GOOD WILL COST MORE MONEY.

BUT I'LL SAY THIS, I RATHER SPEND MORE MONEY ON LIVING GOOD AND HEALTHY THAN SPENDING IT AT THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF NEGLECTING MY HEALTH.

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WAIPA 

NEW CONCERNS FROM MY DOCTOR, I'M BEING REFERED TO AN E.N.T. SPECIALIST.

MORE CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT UP BY MY DOCTOR WHICH IS OKAY WITH ME.  I RATHER KNOW ABOUT IT NOW THAN LATER ON.  

A MESSAGE TO KAHEALANI:

MS. BLAKE SAYS "THANK YOU" FOR ALL THE EXTRA SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND FOOD SNACKS.  MOST OF YOUR CLASSMATES ARE THERE AND I DID SEE SOME NEW FACES.  I MISS YOU SWEETHEART AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

I LOVE YOU!!!

LOVE ALWAYS,

DADDY

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WAIPA

ANOTHER EARLY MORNING WORKOUT BEFORE ANOTHER DOCTOR APPOINTMENT.



ANOTHER EARLY MORNING FOR ME AS I HAVE SEVERAL ERRANDS TO GET DONE BY THE END OF THE DAY.  ANOTHER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AT THE "BETHEL FAMILY CLINIC" TO GET MY REFERRAL FOR MY "SLEEP APNEA" TEST.  I ALSO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LEFT OVER SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SCHOOL SNACKS TO GIVE TO KAHEALANI'S M.E. CLASS AS KAHEALANI WANTED IT THAT WAY.  THE WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY DAMP AND CLOUDY TODAY AS I WAS HOPING TO GET SOME ORGANIZING DONE, SO I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK.

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WAIPA

COOKING "CHICKEN SPAGHETTI ' WITH HAWAIIAN SWEAT BREAD!!!

TODAY MY GOOD FRIENDS, SARAH & ISIAH HELPED ME DO A LITTLE ORGANIZING AS I NEEDED TO GET RID OF OR GIVE AWAY ALOT OF STUFF I DON'T NEED.  I WASN'T LONG BEFORE WE WERE DONE AND I DECIDED TO COOK LUNCH FOR THEM.

I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THE FOOD TURNED OUT AND IT WAS "ONOLICIOUS" AND I WILL LABEL IT AS ANOTHER FAVORITE.  AND BETTER YET, IT WAS ALL IN GOOD STANDINGS.

FRESH SHREDDED CHICKEN BREASTS, WHEAT SPAGHETTI NOODLES, A BOTTLE OF PREGO SPAGHETTI SAUCE, AND LOTS OF GARLIC!!!  NO HARM IN THERE AS FAR AS BAD CALORIES GOES, VERY LITTLE!!!

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WAIPA 

COMPLETED MY 4TH WEEK OF WORKING OUT WHICH TOTALS TO 23LBS OF WEIGHT LOSS!!!

HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

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WAIPA

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BETHEL, ALASKA!!!

ONLY AKUA (GOD) CAN BLESS US WHICH SUCH BEAUTIFUL WEATHER LIKE THIS.  AFTER GOING THROUGH SO MANY WEEKS OF RAIN, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WELCOMED FOR A CLEAR AND BLUE SKY LIKE THIS.  WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND INSTEAD OF DREADING IT, I'LL DO MY BEST TO APPRECIATE IT TOO.  AKUA, GIVE ME STRENGTH WHEN WINTER COMES IN.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

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WAIPA 

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, KA'IWA!!!

ALOHA & MAHALO TO THE FREITAS OHANA FOR COMING OVER MY PLACE FOR DINNER.  SPECIAL MAHALO GOES TO MY MOM & JOEY FOR HELPING OUT WITH THE ONOLICIOUS FOODS.  AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK MY BRADA KA'IWA AND OHANA FOR COMING OVER AND ENJOYING THE GRINDZ!!!  UNTIL NEXT YEAR, HAWAIIAN...

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WAIPA

AN AWESOME MONDAY FOR ME!!!

EARLY WORKOUT TO GET THE BLOOD PUMPING!!!

ON MY WAY TO THE BETHEL FAMILY CLINIC!!!

THE RESULTS!!!

BACK AT BETHEL BEANS CAFE.

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

WHAT AN AWESOME MONDAY THIS HAS BEEN FOR ME!!!  AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE BEEN AWARE OF MY RECENT CHANGES THAT I'VE MADE IN MY LIFE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY HEALTH AND ESPECIALLY MY WEIGHT.  AS I'VE BEEN WARNED BY MY DOCTOR, IF I DON'T START TAKING CARE OF MYSELF, I'M IN DEEP TROUBLE.  AT FIRST WHEN I WAS TOLD THIS, I GOT VERY UPSET AND WENT INTO DEPRESSION AND DENIAL BUT WITHIN DAYS I BEGAN TO MISS MY DAUGHTER, KAHEALANI WHO RECENTLY MOVED TO HILO, HAWAI'I TO GO TO SCHOOL.  IT WAS THEN I REALIZED AND SAID TO MYSELF, 

"MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE BROKEN AND LOST SHOULD I EVER LEAVE HER ALONE DUE TO MY POOR HEALTH CONDITIONS".

SO NOW IT BEGINS, WITH PASSION AND DETERMINATION,

"MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE"

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA