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HAWAI‘I’S FAVORITE MEDIA SURVEY By Kelli Shiroma Braiotta What fashion trend would you bring back?
A Dead Weight
fter 15 months of absolutely no exercise or working out and a weight gain of about 30 pounds, I decided that it was time to take back my life. I have a million
excuses for not resuming my Bootcamp regimen — the two main ones being that I can’t tolerate working out with a mask on and I refuse to exercise on video.
Sorry coaches, but it’s the truth. I have been on an uninten- tional carb-loading diet, which explains how I’ve obtained the official “dad bod.” It’s all of my own doing, but I didn’t know how to kick-start the path back to better condition.
TAYLOR DATE
Social Media Marketer, Honolulu
“Paul Frank tees need to make a comeback. That was all I wore in middle school.”
JAKE ACEDO
Hair Stylist, Honolulu
“The fashion trend that
I’d love to bring back is
the ’90s men’s curtain hair style. You can style the hair very rough and tousled,
or slick and polished. Definitely a staple hair style for men.”
KIMBERLY NGUYEN
Business Owner, ‘Ewa Beach
“I’m a ’90s baby, so I would bring back graphic tees because you can always wear a cute jacket over it. It’s something quick and easy that adds that vintage ’90s look.”
LANCE RAE
Public Relations Executive, Chinatown
“Zoot suits from the 1940s with that baggy cloth, wide lapels, padded shoulders and a porkpie hat. It’s the perfect look to hide all those pandemic pounds.”
Then, I received a text from my buddy and former weight trainer, Brian Conant. That’s right, “Conan” with a “t.” He wanted to fire up our weight training sessions once again.
Brian is the husband of one of my Bootcamp friends, Myra. I later found out Brian was my wife’s classmate in parochial elementary school. When I first heard that, all I said was, “Brian, please tell me she wasn’t your
A MINDFUL MOMENT
Alice Inoue
NWhat’s Your Opinion?
ever have I been so acutely aware of the po- larity of opinions between people who are close to each other. It used to be as “simple”
as who does what, how strongly we discipline, or if we should spend now or save for the future.
Now, however, it feels like it’s at a whole new level. How do we remain open, yet still stay strong in our own knowing without engaging in egotistical dam- aging conflict?
First, keep at the top of your mind that there are as many “rights” and perspectives as there are people. Use the love in your heart to transcend your judg- ments.
Love doesn’t have to be right. We are here to love the people in our lives, not “fix” them.
alice@yourhappinessu.com
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Weight trainer Brian Conant
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together, he was waiting for me with a huge grin.
I knew immediately that I would be completely destroyed. Of course, Brian, who is the same age as me, is a great trainer, and his priority is to make sure neither of us gets injured. “Let
girlfriend!” She wasn’t, thank God,
and she later told me they were friends and that back then Brian was a kind of a scrawny kid. Anyhow, this was the sign that I needed to get my okole in gear. I knew it was going to be brutal, but I agreed to resume my workouts with him. On the first day, I walked into his “legit” home gym, and although he wasn’t rubbing his palms
the games begin!” he bellowed.
Two hours later, I left barely alive. We were working arms
that day and since I drive a manual stick shift, I had trouble even lifting my arm to put the car in gear. As I trudged into our kitchen when I got home, I tried to make a protein shake.
The problem was I couldn’t lift my arms high enough to reach my shaker cup on the shelf. I called my wife for help and after assessing my condition, she chuckled and said, “Wow, you really must have had a tough workout.”
I simply nodded and grunted. I just didn’t have the desire to tell her that my entire workout that day consisted of me just loading the weight plates on the bar for Brian.
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