Sniffles...and yoga.

Well, this schizophrenic weather got me. I should've had my echinacea  tincture going a long time ago when I saw all the other herbal Mama's doing so, but I didn't. *sniff* I started it yesterday, but of course it won't be ready for 6 weeks. When babygirl finishes the dishes I'm going to get started on making my salve. I'm really excited. If I felt better it would have been done yesterday.

Anyhoo, I did an update video on youtube where I mentioned beginning yoga. Well, first I was trying to wait for my cycle to lighten up, then an old leg injury started flaring, then I got sick, and then my entire leg was hurting yesterday. I just feel old!!! I decided to set the date for October 1st. Hell or high water, sickness or health, rain, sleet, or snow I'm going. Well...not sleet and snow, but I will definitely brave the rain! My daughter told me to blog about it so I won't punk out. She knows me so well.

Wanna join me?

Home Away From Home

A couple of new things...

Yea, so I decided I didn't want to the the Chef Ahki cleanse. No real reason, just didn't want to. I have, however, almost eliminated starch from my diet and that has made quite a difference. I only eat it on the weekend in moderation. I do plan on doing a juice feast for the month of September and I am really excited about that. I might be mason jars so I can have everything ready ahead of time. Well, I won't be juicing, I'll be blending, because I HATE cleaning my juicer. I know that's trifling, but whatever. Don't judge me.

I just received a new bottle of my "Juju Juice" and that stuff tastes worse than it did before. I think that maybe I got used to not having to taste it everyday. Either way, that stuff was rugged! I just looked at the blog and realized that I haven't show you guys our family experience with the Juju Juice.




Now, you have seen for yourself how bad it is, but it is SO good for you. If nothing else, your bowls will be regular and clean. You KNOW that is the most important thing in my opinion. I am of the belief that many diseases start in the bowls because of constipation. Most people have no idea that they are constipated. They will tell you something like, "Oh no honey, I go to the bathroom everyday!" They don't realize that you should go after every meal just like you did when you were a baby, especially a breast feed baby. It should also be easy breezy. It shouldn't be a bunch of straining or anything. It should be as easy urination it, but not necessarily as watery.

I am also going to start a yoga class. A place called Yoga One where they have an introductory offer of 31 days for $31. My goal is to go all 31 days. They have a great schedule so I shouldn't have much of an excuse for not going. I am really excited to see what will happen to my body. I went to visit the studio and the first thing I was struck by was the colors inside. Then as I scanned all of the friendly faces this beautiful scent wrapped itself around my nose. A woman behind the next greeted me warmly and a man offered me some grapes from his bowl. They were really friendly and patient. Y'all know I'm all pro-black and such, but the only person I know of right now works for the YMCA and I don't want to drive across, because as you may have noticed, gas is high as hell. Anyway, I'll keep you updated on how that goes of course. I may even interview some folks at some point.

Until next time. Odabo!

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My slack ass

Yea so...about that working out thing. My workout buddies car has been down for quite a while and I have used this as an excuse to be slack. I didn't really think that it would last as long as it did, but it has. I'm fat and lazy all over again. I am going to be making some dietary changes, which you can read about here. I am also going to make some workout changes. My focus has been on cardio, and I have learned that while cardio does burn calories it DOES NOT help my metabolism. My husband even reminded me last night that when he was my coach, I saw faster results.

*I would like to take a moment to shift blame to him for not working out with me anymore.*

I started using weights before I got slack and boy that was a good workout, PLUS I don't have to worry about hurting my ankle. I will incorporate the jump rope as my cardio most times. I'm thinking that I will work with doing sets rather than timing myself, yoga every other day to stay limber and prevent injury, and focus on arms and belly. I have new tattoos and am getting 2 more. I don't want Joe's work to be on a flabby canvas. lol

Chef Ahki, starch, flotation device bellies

Hello my name is Morenike and I am a starch addict.

I'm almost certain that I have posted on this topic before, but because I have an addiction I have to post about it again. It doesn't seem to matter than I am a pretty healthy eating vegan/vegetarian, I can't seem to lose weight namely around my middle. When your niece asks you why you stomach looks like a float, it's time to make some changes.

Meet Chef Ahki. She is about to change my life with her simple 3 week /21 day cleanse. I know at this point y'all are like, "This chick is so wishy-washy." What can I say? I'm a Gemini with Cancer tendencies. The only difference between you and I is that I'm posting my dirty laundry to help you. lol I will keep at this until I find something that works FOR ME. Anywho, she is the anti-starch sista, who made it crystal clear why some vegans are fat in this video.



Now that you have watched the vid, if you even realized that I was still writing down here, my dawta and I have decided to get rid of our flotation device-like mid sections. We will start back exercising and nix the starch. I write about the slackness with the exercise later. I am also going to order Chef Ahki's detox tonic to assist me when I start the cleanse. I was tempted to do the renew cleanse, but it seems like just another imbalanced cleanse. It just gets rid of parasite, but doesn't deal with all the other stuff. I know I have an issue with yeast because I have these fierce cravings for starch which is the same as craving sugar.

"The best way to detox yeast? That's the key. Most people have no idea how yeast and candida affect their health. The pharmaceutical companies wan to sell us drugs to rid us of yeast. None of their drugs work. Only way to kill yeast is to STOP FEEDING IT. What do yeast eat? Starch/Sugar...As long as you put starch in your body you are going to have yeast. The problem is yeast is a brilliant parasite. When it is starved for sugar it triggers cravings for sugar in its host. It's not YOU that wants a plate full of brown rice under your vegetables. It's the yeast. There is very little useful nutrition in brown rice. The only reason we eat is to satisfy cravings of the yeast parasites. The key to escaping the yeast trap is to reduce the cravings and to starve the yeast." ~Chef Ahki 

I am very excited about trying the detox, although I know my starch cravings are going to be cutting a fool. Idk, how my daughter is going to do since she got jacked eating a freakin' HUGE pork chop Sunday. Yes, I snitched on you publicly! lol Our plan is to begin working out again Monday. I will be focusing on weights rather than cardio. I'll let you all know how everything goes as usual.