Sunday, January 31, 2010
Tits, titties, jugs, knockers, breasts, boobs, boobies!
I was raised as many of you were to be a proper southern woman and that meant wearing all kinds of undergarments like slips (1/2 or full), girdles, bras, proper panties, and stockings with your dresses and skirts. Well, I never got into wearing slips and to this day I only own one 1/2 slip that I have owned since high school and only wear it when deemed completely necessary. I do, however, wear bras...well, sometimes. I ran across an article similar to the one found at this link sometime ago and though it made an impact I never shared the info as anything more than a joke. Well, now I am taking it more seriously. I come from a family of women that have female type cancers quite a bit. I have a cousin who had a double mastectomy done. I have taken the step of moving to natural deodorant and now for the most part I am bra-less too.
I am interested in knowing your thoughts about such subjects. We live in a place where it is improper to just let 'em hang and it is often viewed as unattractive to go bra-less post breastfeeding if your breast didn't quite bounce back like you thought they would.
Note I posted on FB
This note is going to be about breast health or at least a small issue in breast health. I ran across a couple of sites some time ago that talked breast health as it pertains to bra wearing. http://www.all-natural.com
Let me say this first of all I have always hated buying bras, because I have never been well endowed and so paying $10 for a bra was my limit and even that seemed like too much for the little bit of fabric required to make my bras. My reasons for wearing them are probably the same or similar to many of you.
1. rite of passage- getting your first bra is a BIG deal--even if your lil' nibblets weren't.
2. proper undergarments-you just plain old have to wear one cause your Mama told you to.
3. saggy boobs-at some point the girls start to hang. If you have breastfed this may be even more pronounced.
4. western ideals-in most "developed" countries we like to keep up the appearance of youth and so we fight anything that doesn't look youthful tooth and nail. This is the main reason that so many where underwires and pushups and have red marks and shoulder marks.
I have gotten to the point that I wear a bra maybe once a week for a couple of hours. I have been bracing myself for my husband to say something but I think he has thrown in the towel on many things and simply lets me be me, bless his heart. I mostly wear the tshirts with the tittie sling in it, but some days I literally let 'em hang. I understand that some of you still work outside the home and aren't able to do such things. Maybe you are just blessed abundantly in the area of boobage and don't feel comfortable with them being unleashed. Whatever the cause just try to cut back on some of your bra time. I learned from hanging with my cousin as she went through breast cancer that the lymphatic system in one of the first things they check after diagnosis. You can do your own research, but let's just say that your breast need to be able to be flushed out by this system regularly and underwires and pushups are too constricting to allow for good flow of lymph.
The normal movement of you body when you are sans bra will encourage lymph flow. When you unleash them after a long day massage is good to make up for the lack of flow all day. This can be done by you for you (bufu) or you can have your husband do it for you which will probably be more fun.
I have tried to make light of this subject, but breast health is really serious especially if you are in my matrilineal gene pool. Please take this seriously as a precaution and do your own research. We have been fooled into thinking that breast are only sexual objects, wombs are unimportant, and menstrual flow is unclean. We have to teach our daughters better than we were taught.
Here is one of the links and if you google you can find some others. By the way don't be naive enough to think that the medical field is going to back this one up. If you aren't sick they are broke.
Peace, light, love, & balance
I am interested in knowing your thoughts about such subjects. We live in a place where it is improper to just let 'em hang and it is often viewed as unattractive to go bra-less post breastfeeding if your breast didn't quite bounce back like you thought they would.
Note I posted on FB
This note is going to be about breast health or at least a small issue in breast health. I ran across a couple of sites some time ago that talked breast health as it pertains to bra wearing. http://www.all-natural.com
Let me say this first of all I have always hated buying bras, because I have never been well endowed and so paying $10 for a bra was my limit and even that seemed like too much for the little bit of fabric required to make my bras. My reasons for wearing them are probably the same or similar to many of you.
1. rite of passage- getting your first bra is a BIG deal--even if your lil' nibblets weren't.
2. proper undergarments-you just plain old have to wear one cause your Mama told you to.
3. saggy boobs-at some point the girls start to hang. If you have breastfed this may be even more pronounced.
4. western ideals-in most "developed" countries we like to keep up the appearance of youth and so we fight anything that doesn't look youthful tooth and nail. This is the main reason that so many where underwires and pushups and have red marks and shoulder marks.
I have gotten to the point that I wear a bra maybe once a week for a couple of hours. I have been bracing myself for my husband to say something but I think he has thrown in the towel on many things and simply lets me be me, bless his heart. I mostly wear the tshirts with the tittie sling in it, but some days I literally let 'em hang. I understand that some of you still work outside the home and aren't able to do such things. Maybe you are just blessed abundantly in the area of boobage and don't feel comfortable with them being unleashed. Whatever the cause just try to cut back on some of your bra time. I learned from hanging with my cousin as she went through breast cancer that the lymphatic system in one of the first things they check after diagnosis. You can do your own research, but let's just say that your breast need to be able to be flushed out by this system regularly and underwires and pushups are too constricting to allow for good flow of lymph.
The normal movement of you body when you are sans bra will encourage lymph flow. When you unleash them after a long day massage is good to make up for the lack of flow all day. This can be done by you for you (bufu) or you can have your husband do it for you which will probably be more fun.
I have tried to make light of this subject, but breast health is really serious especially if you are in my matrilineal gene pool. Please take this seriously as a precaution and do your own research. We have been fooled into thinking that breast are only sexual objects, wombs are unimportant, and menstrual flow is unclean. We have to teach our daughters better than we were taught.
Here is one of the links and if you google you can find some others. By the way don't be naive enough to think that the medical field is going to back this one up. If you aren't sick they are broke.
Peace, light, love, & balance
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Welcome
I just want to take a moment to welcome new faces, as well as those that may have followed me from my other blog. Travel with me as I learn to heal myself and my family with food and exercise.
Yogaish
I don't normally do yoga with shoes on, but I was checking my poses and posture so I can improve them. I just thought I'd share them with you all.
REPOST: Update!!!
This is going to be really short. I have gotten down to about 145ish and I am feeling great. It's not so much about the weight except for the fact that as much as I liked to believe I was just big boned...I'm not. I actually had hip pain at my heaviest which was 186ish. My body does better at a lighter weight so I FEEL better.
Sunshine and I have been taking West African dance classes (www.shaemovement.com). Our teachers are the bomb. They are literally the best. I can tell a difference in my fitness level from being in the class and I look forward to it EVERY WEEK!!!
We also took our first North African/Belly Dancing Class (http://www.bellydancebynayna.com/). She is also the bomb. They are very different teachers so they aren't to be compared, but I can say that I love them both.
Just thought I would let y'all know what's going on with us over here in NC.
Sunshine and I have been taking West African dance classes (www.shaemovement.com). Our teachers are the bomb. They are literally the best. I can tell a difference in my fitness level from being in the class and I look forward to it EVERY WEEK!!!
We also took our first North African/Belly Dancing Class (http://www.bellydancebynayna.com/). She is also the bomb. They are very different teachers so they aren't to be compared, but I can say that I love them both.
Just thought I would let y'all know what's going on with us over here in NC.
My new favorite snack & Sunshine
This is a picture of my daughter Sunshine learning to prepare my new favorite snack. We have been receiving fresh fruits and veggies from www.absouluteorganics.com. Well they sent string beans and honey let me tell ya, it was good. She and I both have eaten them for snack when they were both warm and cold and we LOVE THEM!!!
REPOST: Omlet...hold the cheese!!!
Fresh Ingredients:
- spinach
- asparagus
- tomatoes
- onions
- baby port0bello mushrooms
REPOST: Absolute Organics
I got this box of fruits and vegetables delivered to my door for $40 dollars. Much cheaper than I could get it in the store. It is also wonderful because it is delivered for free. Anyway, all of the vegetables looked really good. In this batch I received kiwi, bananas, apples, squash, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, romaine lettuce, and broccoli. I think that's all. Anyway it was quite a bit of stuff and I will definitely be using this service regularly.
No longer veggie dog virgins & a bonus "unmeat".
Yesterday we celebrated that last day of a summer program sponsored by the local Parks & Rec. They provided food that included veggie hotdogs. Let me tell you. I was so amazed at how good they were. Now, the only thing that was missing was the chili. What was a southern black woman to do with no chili on a hotdog? I came home and told Big Daddy about it and he was all excited. We haven't had hotdogs in over a year. He told the kids and it was on. I called Sunshine when I was half done with shopping and told her how to make fries over the phone (Let me tell you, she did her thang with those fries. Seasoned 'um jest like huh Mama). When I got home we have some veggie chili. It was delish. Here are the pics.
Veggie Dogs with Veggie Chili and Fries
Spike and Sunshine preparing and eating their veggie dogs. I just noticed how Sunshine's face looks. She ate 2 veggie dogs, so contrary to how her face looks she loved them.
Big Daddy at 3 Veggie Dogs and is already looking forward to having more.
Bonus "UnMeat"
Bonus "UnMeat"
I decided while I was buying the veggie hotdogs to buy the veggie sausage. It was okay, but I think I needed to add a little salt. Oh, and the other thing is a egg fried in grapeseed oil.
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