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Super-fast Update!

Current Weight: 157.6

This is my green smoothie. I think it had bananas, apples, spinach, and blueberries. I do remember that it was delish!!!

I bought some crystallized aloe under the suggestion of one of my clients. The website is http://www.aloeferoxonline.com/  . You can go check out everything they do on your own. You should and probably do already know that it has something to do with bowel health.   

Just wanted to give you a close up so that you know what to look for. 

This is WONDERFUL!!!. You know I'm a dump cook, but I'll just give you the ingredients. Potatoes, onions that I shredded like noodles with my spiralizer, garlic, curry, kale, vegan bouillon cube, and salt to taste. After everything is cooked and tender take about a 3rd of it out (you decide) and blend it until smooth. Once blend it add it back to the soup pot for a creamy delicious meal that will be both satisfying and healthy.

Now for the highlight of the day. I didn't get to take a picture because my daughter and I were to busy trying to sneak and eat it. My daughter loves kale in any form, but especially kale salad. Well, when we got our delivery today the avocado wasn't ripe. IMPROVISE!!! I cleaned the kale and chopped it rather finely. Put it in a bowl. I added onion and garlic powder, lime juice, horseradish mustard, soy sauce, and nutritional yeast. OMG!!! HONEY!!! That kale had us in the kitchen whispering, chewing, and dancing!!! I thought it could use a little ginger, but baby girl said no to that. Anyway, I really hope this helps you with some meal ideas. 

I'm exhausted btw. I stayed up late fooling with my husband. I only walked a mile on the treadmill this morning. I'm scared I'm going to get bored with it, so I'm going to try and get the weighted hoola hoop sooner rather than later.

Peace, love, and regular bowel movements!!!

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Sweet Potato Pie & The Treadmill

This will be short. I'm greedy. Sweet potato pie talks. It knows my name. It called. I answered. While my mouth was open to say "huh" it jumped in my mouth. 3 pieces to be exact. I walked 3 miles between 2.0-3.5 per hour at 1-10 incline. My punishment was quite enjoyable and rewarding much to my own surprise. I was listening to RBG Fitclub workout CD. LOVE IT!!!

That is all. Don't judge me. Goodnight.

UGH!!!

I am starting to realize that I get very irritated when people don't take their health seriously, but pretend like they do. If you are sick and know what you should be doing and choose not to do it, don't tell me. It makes me not even WANT to help you. To be honest I'm like that on everything. If you ask for my help and don't do what I suggest, then please stop asking. I am going through my own issues with eating and getting healthy. I'm tired of being overweight, out of shape, and clogged up. If you aren't then that is just fine with me, but just know that I won't beg you to do better. I won't continue to try and teach you if you don't want to learn.

I...WANT...TO...LIVE!!!

I don't want to die from preventable diseases. I don't want to be the person in the casket that people look at my fat ass and lie saying, "Lawd, she was so young. I can't believe she died from *insert preventable disease of choice here*." I have heard that lie so many times and I am SO sick of it.

I watched Paula Dean today on that cooking show "The Chew". She sittin' up there crying and going on about having diabetes, giving up sweet tea, blah, blah, blah. Then she goes on to say that she has always preached moderation! WHEN?!?! THEN she said gave all these reasons that people can be diabetics, including race which is a steaming pile of bullshit, but conveniently left out diet. Really Paula? Really?

It's time for us to stop choosing to buy into these lies. There are so many people out here that are older than Paula Dean and super healthy because they have discipline! I'm trying to learn from them. I don't want to make anymore excuses. I'm not saying that I won't screw up, but I can say that I won't quit. I am back down to the size I was when I did the MC originally and I did it just by changing my diet and 3 days on the treadmill. I have messed up a few times, but I made up for it. My children WILL NOT bury me before my time. I owe it to them to stay around as long as possible and to slip peacefully to the other side.

Oh, btw, I ate a really good salad with hummus instead of dressing and it was better than I could have ever imagined!!! I'll try to remember to take a picture of it tomorrow...if I don't gobble it down again. That's something else I'm working on.

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Dat Treadmill is da TROOF!

Weight update: 160.8

Got up this morning...later than usual. Listen I practice celebrating my history 365 so don't judge me for picking today to sleep in. Anyway, I got on that treadmills in that freezing garage and worked until I got a nice sweat going!!! I am in love. I even got grown and jogged a VERY short distance. I am proud of myself because I haven't done any cardio in forever. I did a about 1.25+miles, got my heart rate up and burned about 200+ calories. I came inside showered and did my prayers. I even put some perfume on. I was really feeling good about muhself. ;)

My plan is to do this every morning so that I will think about what I eat. I hope that will make me be more thoughtful about what I put in my mouth. I am working on portion control and eating when bored. Today we didn't formally homeschool and I got bored so I was eating things I shouldn't. I really have to work on that. I have plenty to do, but I am so used to my life centering around my chirren I guess I just fell off.

Thanks to Nikale, I'm bringin' sexy back...hopefully.

On another note, my husband bought me the book Raw Foods on a Budget by Brandi Rollins, M.S.. It is REALLY good so far. It's not just a cookbook. She is really showing you how to afford a healthier lifestyle and avoid being a starchitarian. I hope to implement her ideas while on the journey to health.

http://www.rawfoodsonabudget.com/

Lastly, a client of mine let me try her weighted hoola hoop and I fell in love!!! I want one so bad. The one I found locally is $40. It will be totally worth it when I get $40 to spare. Maybe I can get my Mama to buy it for me as a REALLY birthday present. Yea, maybe I'll try that. I don't ask for stuff very often so she might go for it. Let's all join in a word of prayer for me to get a weighted hoola hoop. What? don't you want me to have a slim sexy waistline?

Bartering is the BOMB!!!

So, in case you haven't noticed, this lovely country is in a bit of a financial bind. As is commonly said, "If white America has a cold, Black America has the flu." and this is true in the case of the recession. There is good news for those of us that are smart and humble enough to try it. BARTERING STILL EXISTS!!! Guess what I bartered for...I'll wait...

A TREADMILL!!! THANKS NIKALE!!!

Not a old one either, this thing is nice. I am so excited too. I'm going to try it out in the morning. I hope my experience doesn't morph into one of those America's Funniest Home Videos moments.

Btw, since I can never seem to post a blog lately without mention of my bowels, I'll tell you that I'm up because it took longer than usual for my prune juice to kick in and so I'm sitting up with the bubble guts. Reason #539 why enemas are better!

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An Enema Saved My LIFE!!!

So yesterday I was is quite a state. My innards were bloated, and I was burpin' and fartin' uncontrollably...aw quit lookin' at me like you ain't neva been in the same situation. I wrote all about it here. Well, I was finally able do my enema. I took it in 3 separate times to empty the bag, but let me tell you, it was worth it!!!

Most times I am a prune juice kinda sista. I mean I really still like it alot because I don't have to set aside private time, which is hard to come by around here, to do it. It can, however, get pretty explosive and can leave your stomach gurgling for quite a while after the major expulsion has taken place. I have learned to just use it as a regulator though. What can I say? I like prune juice.

The difference with the enema is that you are almost immediately relieved from your gastrointestinal discomfort. I can take a while to finish, but still not as long, start to finish, as the prune juice. I told my friend Mushirah that I try to read a chapter of Dick Gregory while I massage my abdomen and let the lemon juice break down the mucus coating my intestines. I noticed such a huge difference!!! I actually felt energetic and light! I took my shower and came out dancing. FYI/TMI I lost about a pound of waist. I'm starting to wander if I can do this every day until I am pretty much all cleanse of old waste. I'll have to find time to ask Mushirah. Bless her heart, I can be such a nag, but her class on enemas literally changed my life!

Master Cleanse?

Okay, so although I am doing better than I was (which isn't saying much) I think I need to suck it up and do MC. I really hate it, I must say. Well honestly what I hate is the constant sweet taste of the lemonade. I don't even bother with the salt water flush. If you checkout www.soulvegfolk.com you'll find a lovely post with a lot of input in the comments. I have used it as a jumping off point in the past and looks like that might just be my "thing". I've also been reading the Dick Gregory book and he is heavy on fasting so I feel hyped up for it.

I am noticing when I have combined foods incorrectly, and can't figure out how I never noticed this before. I'm sure I noticed, but I didn't realize that it wasn't normal. For example, I woke up all slim this morning...well slimmer. I put on my jeans and thought that maybe I'd worn them and hung them back up by mistake, but nope I've lost weight. I sashayed by my husband and he commented *shoulder back, chin up, extra hip sway* and I was really feeling myself. Then I ate lunch. I was SO good and by most people's judgement very healthy. Then for dessert about an hour or two later I made orange sorbet. Delish!!! Some time later I drank some prune juice. Okay, still doing well. Dinner before dark as per the Queen (Queen Afua). Apparently, the prune juice was still there and it mixed with the leftovers and...*burp, fart, bulch, burp, burp, faaaaarrrrt*. My stomach was literally getting bigger by the minute. I've gone from slim and sexy to suffering from Dunlap Syndrome. You know, when you belly dun lapped over your belt. I have to unbutton my formerly sexy jeans for the sake of my children. I mean, if a button pops they could be seriously injured!!! Thank GOD I put vinegar in my water, other wise this gas would set off the smoke alarm and the carbon monoxide detector. All I want at this point is an enema, but no! I can't do it because my husband is writing and is to be undisturbed. As I type this my major organs are being pushed out of position by gas building in my torso. If you don't see a post from me in the next couple of days, just know that I've exploded.

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All over the place...

I'm all over the place. I still don't know exactly what to do concerning this cleanse. I have been doing the enemas I haven't eaten any meat products to include dairy. I am finding it extremely hard to eat raw with the cold weather. I just can't do it.

The reality for me is that I despise cold weather and eating less-than-hot food is not working for me. Now I'm starting to think soups and smoothies and making sure that I incorporate a salad with each meal. Btw, I also have, and have always had, sensitive teeth. That means when cold hits these lovely chompers it just doesn't go well.

I have come to realize that I have had to start back at square one. I had a headache last night through to this morning and I really shouldn't be having them from just eating raw. Why am I having them? Because I started eating meat again over the holidays. Now, I realize that while it was delicious and fun, my body is mad as hell at me. I am going to give myself 7 days to get used to vegan again, and then hopefully I will be ready for adding more raw. Hopefully by the end of it I will be doing raw soups or something. Who knows? I really am simply playing this one by ear. I guess one of the major lessons of this cleanse is that I am learning to listen to my body...

2nd Enema & Today's Weight

Weight: 162.2lbs

First of all I am so very excited about the continued weight loss. Especially after during a homeschool activity the children took a pic and put my second chin all on front street!

At least I have pretty teeth...maybe it will distract people from my supplementary chin

On to the good stuff. So, last night I didn't get to do an enema because I had a client kind of late in the evening and by the time I was finished I didn't feel like doing it. I drank prune juice this morning and didn't get ANY results. I also drank fresh cranberry juice, water, lemon water, and an apple/kiwi smoothie...nothing. Idk what was going on. I did the enema during a time when the chirren are doing independent work. This time I added the juice of two lemons and decided that I was going to hold the water until I couldn't hold it anymore. I also decided to take my Dick Gregory book with me to help me relax. It's called "Dick Gregory's Natural Diet for Folks Who Eat: Cookin' with Mother Nature". Good stuff. I have to admit that having something else to focus on really helped. It still took my 3 separate times to empty the whole bag, but I feel that it was more productive than it was yesterday.

I realize that some may still have an aversion to enemas and to be honest my body still involuntarily clenches at insertion, but like I explained to my children it's worth it for your health. It's funny that we will eat until we have stomach aches, eat mucus causing foods during sickness, eat food that will cause us indigestion, etc., but will not do something like this that could improve all of that. Now, I'm not saying that you should just eat whatever you want and then do an enema. I just mean to say with all of the other discomforts that we cause ourselves that don't benefit us, let's try incorporating one that does have endless benefits.

Here's what I made yesterday...

I forgot to post pics of some of my eats yesterday.

This is my raw avocado soup that later became a dip. DELISH!!! Ingredients: Avocado, water, & seasonings. Unless you want it cold, leave it in the blender for a while to heat it up. 

This is my new favorite toy. I love this thing!!!

This is my morning meal most of the time and dessert sometime. It's blueberries, bananas, strawberries, and water. So simple, yet so healthy and delicious!!!

WARNING: This will be a TMI post

Greetings Family!!!

Yesterday's weight:  Pre-colon flush-169.4
                               After flush-166.4
Today's weight:  163.8

I'd like to thank Mushirah for her enema lesson at the cleanse meeting. She took the ignorance out of it, but I must admit that the trepidation remained. I set a goal to do my enema last night. I figured that way if I things didn't go well I was at home with no place to go.

So this is how it went. I put the juice of one whole lemon in filtered warm water into my 2 quart enema bag. I hung the bag and laid two towels on the floor close to the toilet. Lube, insert, and release water...well now that's a strange feeling. I could feel coolnesst going through my intestines (I'll make the water warmer next time) and I started to hear and feel things shifting. When I got to the full feeling. I stopped and massaged my abdomen which must have allowed the water to go higher into the intestine, because the full feeling left. At this point I had a really stupid thought of the water going too far and coming out of my mouth! EW! Poop water in my mouth! Yea, I completely forgot everything I know about human anatomy. Don't judge me. I got up to go to the bathroom and realized that I hadn't held it long enough. It was fine this time though because I'd had entirely too much prune just so I was already pretty cleaned out. I must say, however, that the water when up high enough to get some waste from somewhere. I laid down and finished the bag. Well, at that point I was like, "Shoot I can do this with prune juice and not have to feel all violated." That was until this morning.

With my squeaky clean colon my morning water rushed straight through. I felt the churning, but knew I had time for my prayers so I did that. Once I was done I was ready to "evacuate" my bowels.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TMI WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!! Y'all the biggest glob of mucus came out. Now with all that prune juice I had yesterday it didn't move a bit of mucus, but that enema knocked something loose. Now, I must say that I still didn't like doing the enema, but it can definitely see it's usefulness. Especially if you are sick. I also saw what Dick Gregory was talking about when he said that every organ in our body has a corresponding area in the colon. I would say then that an enema is like acupuncture using the colon. As the water was navigating the twists and turns of my colon it would feel tingles or sensations in other parts of my body. It was pretty interesting to say the least.

I will be doing this again tonight and hopefully it will work out the things that I felt I should've done differently.

Drum Roll Please!!!

Today is my first day. Here are my stats and they are pretty bad in my honest opinion.
Height:  5'2"
Weight: *Pre-colon flush-169.4 After flush 166.4
Chest:  39"
Waist:  37"
Hips:  43"
*Lemme explain the reason for doing two weights. I knew that I was constipated from all the meat, dairy, etc that I ate over the holidays. I have often read that people lose weight just from flushing their colons. I lost about 3lbs of waste this morning and although the pics don't look like it my stomach is not near as distended as it was. 


Anyway, here are the pictures...I must really love y'all and myself to be doing this...

My goal for this picture is to get rid of the 2nd chin. There should only be one chin per face and I have exceeded that limit. I would also like to see the love handles go. Why? Because fat on your torso is EXTREMELY dangerous and eventually deadly. 

Okay, this should be obvious. My freakin' chin is just ridiculously out of control.  Back fat and "mama arms" gotta go.  And the 4 months preggo look ain't cute since my children are 8 and 12. Sorry y'all that ain't a baby OR baby fat, and it shole ain't Baby Phat. lol

So far this morning I have had a ton of prune juice and am now working on drinking my powered Master Cleanse mix which my friend Mushirah was right about. It is NOT good. It really just tastes like I am drinking cayenne water. I am going to finish it because I bought it, but I must admit that I am disappointed about $20 worth. 

After going to the bathroom about 3lbs worth this morning, I've found that I am trying to talk myself out of the enema, but I think it has more to do with the unknown. I'm going to do it because I have let you all know what it's like. 

I haven't decided it I will allow myself a smoothie this evening or not. We'll see how everything goes. This will be a cleanse of listening to my body, so nothing is set is stone except the fact that we need to be able to be prune juice in bulk. Any ideas?

Btw, I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I cleanse with a group of women. LOVE THEM! I was thinking of asking them to guest blog to tell their experiences with cleansing. We'll see if they are interested. I hope so. 


Forgot to mention that the white stuff on my pants is cleaner. I am also cleaning my house along with the cleanse so that in the end I will have a cleanse body and a decluttered house. This is coming from the book by Queen Afua called "Heal Thyself". I am doing this in conjunction with an online group. 

Welcome to 2012!!!

I'm so glad that I'm not one of those people that believes that whatever you are doing when the New Year begins is what you will be doing the rest of the year because that would mean that 2012 is going to be a jacked up year. lol

Tonight is the last night of Kwanzaa so we will be celebrating with a Karamu feast and watching the movie "The Help". I'm really excited because some people who weren't able to come will be coming tonight and bringing lots of food. Yes, I will be eating whatever I want. Yes, I will be drinking prune juice first thing in the morning to flush my system and begin my cleanse.

I am still very unclear about what my cleanse will consist of. I know that it will be vegan and be as raw as possible. Either tonight or tomorrow I will take my pictures so you will be able to track my progress. Imma tell you in advance that I ain't hidin' NOTHING. Just like most of you, I look really good in my clothing because it covers the rolls, pots, etc. I'm going to take pics in yoga pants and a tank. It ain't gone be pretty. lol I just think that it's important to be honest.

So far my days will look like this:

• Get up & shower etc
• Pray
• Get warm lemon water
• Drink prune juice
• Drink water
• Drink smoothie
• Meditate/Yoga with kids
• School with the kids
• P.E. with kids
• Prep lunch with kids & eat
• School
• Dinner
• Read
• Enema
• Dry brushing
• Shower
• Bed

I'm really excited and nervous at the same time. Either way, let's go y'all!!!