Hey Boos!!!I recently watched a documentary named Fat Sick and Nearly Dead . The documentary is about juicing, detoxing, and changing your body & health by juicing. Joe Cross the narrator and star of this documentary lost 90lbs after juicing for 60 days. He also was able to stop taking the enormous amounts of pills he was taking due to his autoimmune disease.
After viewing the documentary I was inspired. I recruited some of my coworkers to take on the challenge, and here we are juicing for 60 days. I am on day 2 of the challenge, and I decided to blog and vlog my journey.
Below I am posting information on my juice for the day.
4 Cabbage Leaves
2 Kale Leaves
1/2 Pineapple
Golden Delicious Apple
Red Delicious Apple
2 Stalks of Celery
1/4 of Lemon
I recommend that you only do half of the 1/2 of the pineapple because it was very sweet.
GE Juicer
There is a lot of great information in the documentary and I recommend you watch it, and see what it is about. This documentary can be viewed on Netflix, Hulu, and I believe on YouTube. If you decide to watch it let me know what you think.
Hey Boos!!! Let me get right to the business at hand. I have been lusting after these cowboy boots from Target. I tried to wait for them to go on clearance, because I am not Rich Broke like Lil Duval, but I am Broke Broke and clearance is my middle name. Target obviously doesn't care about my coins, because the boots are still full price.
I decided to stop being El cheapo and get the boots, because I have spent more than 34.99 for things I just liked and didn't love. I am so glad I got the boots, because they are now one of my new favorite things. I had to wear them to work everyday this week since I got them, because I told one of the members of the 3 musketeers that I would wear them everyday if I bought them, so I have been a woman of my word. SN: Something is always my favorite until I get it and then I find a new favorite, but these boots are truly my new favorite thing, and I want to wear them with everything. Thanks Target.
Hey Boos!!! Ti's the Season for being Healthy. I know that many New Year Resolutions include being healthy and losing weight. I know that one of my big issues with weight loss is that I love snacking. I like snacks more than I like food, but I need to start eating healthy snacks. Yesterday one of my Boos at work gave me a great snack, and I wanted to share some great snack ideas to help with every ones resolution.
Five Snacks 150 calories and under
Rice Cakes & Light Cream Cheese - Two rice cakes & Two tbsp of the cream (150 cal)
Turkey Lettuce Wrap - Wrap two ounces of thin turkey slices and one thin slice of provolone cheese with a large romaine lettuce leaf (130 cal)
Shrimp Cocktail - Nine Shrimp & Two tbsp of Sauce (140 cal)
Strawberries with Chocolate Sauce - One cup of strawberries drizzled with 2 tablespoons lite chocolate syrup (100 cal)
Hummus Devil Eggs - Four Eggs Whites & 3 tablespoons of Hummus (140 cal)
I hope that these snack ideas are helpful on your health journey. Remember sometimes on the road to healthiness we slip and fall, but we have to get back up and keep going. If you have any snack ideas please share them.
Before I go I would like to say Happy 19th Birthday to my first newphew Richie AKA Killa R (inside joke.)
Hey Boos! So me and the best part of my day AKA my Hubby had a date night and I was super excited. I have been dying to see Django and eat at Red Lobster after seeing the commercials on TV for the 30 shrimp, every dang on day. (SN: This is why I couldn't start my diet.)
I forgot I am not a spring chicken, and didn't take a nap before my date. In the middle of dinner I became real sleepy, so date night was cut short. Django, will have to wait until next week, but this is good because we needed to start having date night.
Jacket:Dots, Tee Shirt:Old Navy, Shorts:Ross, Tights:EBay, Shoes: Target
Vain Moment: I thought I looked extra funky in these tights, but the truth is they wouldn't go up past my thighs and my shorts were the only thing holding them up....lol!!!
It's my first post since the New Year, so Happy New Year Boos!!! The year is starting off great for me and I pray that it is the same or better for you guys. Today is Smile Friday and I wanted to share some of the things that brought a smile to my lovely face over the last couple of weeks.
The return of the McRib, and getting an extra one for a dollar. (YUM)
The happiness on my daughter's face from a new furry hat. She loves hats.
My onesie pajama. I am actually wearing it now. It's so comfortable
Seeing a deer in my backyard. It's there look between the trees.
Hey Boos! Today is the last day of 2012, and we will be ushering in 2013. (SN: Time sure flies when your stuck in the same place.) Every year we make resolutions that we promise to keep, but we don't(lol), and the next year we are making the same resolutions. I decided I would do something different to end my year. Instead, of waiting for a new year to make a resolution, I decided to just leave things in 2012, so my 2013 will Shine Bright like a Diamond (in my Rihanna voice.) I am claiming my best life for 2013.
I am leaving a lot of things for 2012, but she is big enough to handle the weight. So here goes my depression, lack of forgiveness, childhood hurts, insecurities, and so much more. I have carried these weights on me for so many years that they are now apart of my everyday life, and I can't shake them off. I have wore a mask for so many years, that I don't recognize my own face. 2012 you can keep the mask, because the real me would like to show up. Happy, Sad, Fat, Small, Up or Down. I am showing up.
My hurts have not only affected my life, but the life of my husband and children. My fears have crippled me from allowing my children to truly be children, because I trust no one with them. It has made my husband play the role of father to me many days , because I needed someone to take care of me. So 2012 I am leaving this for you as well, I decided I want to be healed and freed from my past.
I know that freedom, healing, and wholeness cost, but I am so tired of being in this space that I am willing to pay the cost. People that have hurt me have moved on with their lives, and I am stuck in the same place I was in 24 yrs ago. India.Arie sings a song called get it together, and there's a part to the song that says " And now you only have yourself to blame. If you continue to live this way. Get it together." This is my song for 2013.
I know that I have continued to live in pain, because forgiveness is so hard when the people you trust have hurt you. But this pain will stay in 2012. I know the journey isn't going to be easy, but I am so ready, because being healed has to be better than this. 2013 I welcome you. I welcome love, forgiveness, acceptance, friendship, success, truth, trust, healing, knock downs, and get ups. I also welcome the chance to grieve the little girl that lost her innocence to early. I am grateful to God that he has made me a survivor and I realize that I am not a victim anymore.
To everyone that reads this and assist in my healing whether it be good or bad, Thank You. I pray that God helps you find your healing along with me, and that you are able to leave your unwanted baggage for 2012.
Hey Boos!!! I recentley told you that there would be changes to the blog, well here is one of the changes. I love reading blogs, and there is a blog I read named Consider Me Lovely, the writer on this blog is Rocquelle. Shout out to Rocquelle, a friend in my head. Anyhoo, every Friday she does a posting about things that make her smile. (SN: Smiles and laughs are infectious. If you smile at someone they smile back. When others see you laugh, they start laughing. If you don't believe it try it and see what happens.) I thought that it was very inspiring and asked her if I could be a bitter and bite her style..lol! She was sweet and told me that it wouldn't be a problem, so today is my first smile post. Our lives are so busy and complicated, sometimes we forget about the things that make us smile and bring us joy. I hope these post will inspire you, and remind you it's the little things in life that make you smile when everything else seems to be going crazy.
Trying black lipsticks, and realizing everything doesn't look good on me. Hard pill to swallow..lol!
Finding a rose gold watch at Target for $13.00.
Starting my healthy eating before the new year with a green smoothie.
Losing 5lbs since starting. YAAAAA!!!!
Finding great boots at Target, and resisting the urge to buy them. Until later..lol, they were too cute I have to have them.
Jello cake that my Grandma told me how to make.
My baby girl who has her own fashion style.
Having a girls night with friends that ended in an Adult Toy Shop.
Doing movie week on Instagram, and the comments made about "Baby Boy".
Please share with me the things that make you smile, because as the song says "when you smile the whole world smiles with you."
