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My Weight-Loss Journey-Watch Me Lose 100 Pounds-Inspiration for Today
span class=”zemanta-img separator” style=”clear: left;”a href=”http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_dancers.jpg” style=”clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img alt=”A man and a woman performing a modern dance.” height=”379″ src=”http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Two_dancers.jpg/300px-Two_dancers.jpg” style=”border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;” width=”300″ //aspan class=”zemanta-img-attribution” style=”clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;”Image via a href=”http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_dancers.jpg”Wikipedia/a/span/spanHello Everyone, and Welcome to video number 3 of a href=”http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimByFaith?feature=mhee”my weight-loss journey/a. I will be uploading and sharing videos with my youtube family each day, and will also post these videos to my blog. br /br /Today’snbsp; a href=”http://www.chaunywrites.com/2011/05/daily-devotional-may-18-you-are.html”Word of Inspiration/a is span style=”font-size: large;”Transparent!/span I know that what I’m doing for some would seem really hard. I just want everyone to know right off, that I was so scared to do this. In fact I felt the call in my spirit to begin doing these videos, and sharing my journey with you almost a month ago. But just like the time when I was 8 years old and stuck on that high-dive, I froze. I knew that I was supposed to do this. But I just couldn’t bring myself into submission immediately. br /br /For days all I could hear were negative thoughts flowing through my mind. “They’re going to laugh at you” “You’d better not do that, you’ll be making a fool of yourself.” But deep down inside, the real Chauny, is a totally different person, than I’ve been allowing myself to be most of my life. The real me really wouldn’t care if people laughed. I am a lot more outgoing, playful, and fun than I let on to folks in public. I’ve only allowed my children, children that I’ve taken care of in school or daycare, and my very close friend, a sister in the faith to truly see the real me. br /br /That is rediculous. This means that I’ve basically imprisoned myself for the past 20+ years, and I’m sick of it. I decided that if people want to laugh, let them laugh. I think I’m quite funny too. When I go back to look at my videos, I even laugh. We are human beings and there are all sorts of things that are funny about us. And today, I’ve decided to accept the fact that I am a female that people love to laugh at. I also love, love, love to dance, and so I’m tired of hiding that part of me too. I used to look a lot better when I was thin and danced, but who cares, I love a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPoejJSZTaUamp;feature=channel_video_title”dancing/a it makes me feel happy inside, and it helps me to lose weight.br /br /I’m sick of believing that I’m not allowed to dance because I’m fat, and it looks weird. I’m dancing, and I’m going to really get into it. So stay tuned, because I love to dance, and, I’m going to use this as one my top forms of exercise because, I could dance all day, and not get bored, so why not make use of that. It’s not easy, but I made the decision, and I had to get my mind in order so that I can be free to be me! br /br /br /Enjoy my latest Video 
br /br /Update! Last night this Video was posted to twitter by a href=”http://twitter.com/rafinhabastos”Rafinha Bastos/a. Rafinha is known as the most influential person on twitter. And guess what.a href=”http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/03/rafinha-bastos-the-most-influential-person-on-twitter/73028/” Rafinha Bastos/a is also a comedian/news reporter! You see what I mean? It’s meant for me to be myself. I found this out after I’d already written this blog post! I am truly free and the very fact that someone like him would post my little video just lets me know that I’m doing exactly what I’m supposed to be doing. br /br /br /object height=”349″ width=”450″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/nPoejJSZTaU?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/nPoejJSZTaU?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”349″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/embed/objectbr /div class=”zemanta-related”h6 class=”zemanta-related-title” style=”font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;”Related articles/h6ul class=”zemanta-article-ul”li class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://www.chaunywrites.com/2011/05/chaunys-daily-devotional-may-13th-2011.html”Chauny’s Daily Devotional May 13th 2011: We Need Your Gift/a (chaunywrites.com)/li/ul/divdiv class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=d2243513-1b8b-41ef-af52-a4bd18d4f857″ style=”border: medium none; float: right;” //div
My Weight-Loss Journey Watch Me Lose 100 Pounds Day 2
I’ve gone through a great many hardships, heartaches and painful situations in my 41 years on this earth. No life for me hasn’t been the greatest, but I’m still here, so I thought why not get up and fightnbsp; at least one more day! I hope you will be motivated, ecouraged, and inspired to reach your highest goals as you watch me transform myself.br /br /I mean business, so if you need a boost from day to day to get you going, visit my blogs or my a href=”http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimByFaith?feature=mhee”youtube channel/a, because I will always have something good to say. If I can do this, If I can expose myself and all my flaws this way on my youtube channel. There are those of you out there who look ten times better than me. Yet you sit there and let men and other people on this earth make you feel so bad about yourself that you go out and get boob jobs, and botox, and all manner of other things done to your bodies.br /br /Let me tell you right now. If it weren’t for my health. I would love myself just as I am, I never wear make-up and think I am beautiful just the way that my heavnely father made me. I am not conceited. I simply realize that he’s made all of us as he has seen fit, and in my humble opinion. We are…each one of us a masterpiece that he has created. Who am I and who are you to go to a doctor and try to fix the work of Art that our Creator calls (your name here)!br /object height=”349″ width=”450″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/E89DKcLkoBk?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/E89DKcLkoBk?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”349″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/embed/objectbr /Who are we to say, “Father, I don’t like what you’ve done with me, I need to fix a few things and then I’ll be just perfect.” When I woke up and realized that this is what I was saying every time I would change the texture of my hair, each time I looked at my body parts and thought, if I could just fix this or that. When I really realized this, I felt so bad because I was insulting the one who loves me more than anyone down here ever can or will. Why would I do such a thing, when he loves me so?br /br /Look, you are beautiful just the way he made you. If you exercise, let it be for your health. If you eat right let it be for your health and because gluttony is wrong anyway. Don’t ever change you because you feel that you aren’t good enough to fit the standards created by the imperfect men and women of this world. They are out of their minds! Not one person who sets these impossible standards in this world, standards of fashion, modeling, hair, make-up, weight, job, money, home, income, status etc. Not one of them is perfect, deep down inside they are all scared, weak, little clueless children, searching for the meaning of life just like the rest of us!br /br /I’ve decided to take off my mask and stop pretending! I am full of flaws. But I love people, and have an excellent character. I am tired of hiding up in the house and getting fatter each day because I don’t want anyone to see my flaws! That’s not reality! And I’d rather live in reality, than to die living a fantasy which is simply a lie any day! I am who I am and all who love me will love me for who I am inside. If not, then I’m pretty sure that I don’t need them in my life anyway. br /br /I pray that you will be blessed by what I’ve shared here,br /br /~ChaunyWritesbr /div class=”zemanta-related”h6 class=”zemanta-related-title” style=”font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;”Related articles/h6ul class=”zemanta-article-ul”li class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://wlfreedom.typepad.com/blog/2011/05/how-long-does-it-take-to-lose-70-pounds-quick-weight-loss-tricks.html”How Long Does It Take To Lose 70 Pounds – Quick Weight Loss Tricks/a (wlfreedom.typepad.com)/lili class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://weightjournal.com/2003/10/14/weight-309-difference-from-last-entry-1/”Weight: 309. Difference from last entry: -1./a (weightjournal.com)/lili class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://cathygworld.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/my-weight-loss-journey%25e2%2580%25a6day-53/”My Weight Loss Journey…Day 53/a (cathygworld.wordpress.com)/li/ul/divdiv class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=e30ca2cb-ead0-48a2-9e49-4d9dfd8778be” style=”border: medium none; float: right;” //div
In honor of #BigGirlAppreciationDay Big Girl Appreciation Day My Weight-loss Journey
span class=”zemanta-img separator” style=”clear: left;”a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:17a.jpg” style=”clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img alt=”Biggest Loser Jeetega” height=”151″ src=”http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/17a.jpg” style=”border: none; font-size: 0.8em;” width=”246″ //aspan class=”zemanta-img-attribution” style=”clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 246px;”Image via a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:17a.jpg”Wikipedia/a/span/spanIn honor of Big Girl Appreciation Day I’ve decided to share my My Weight-loss Journey with the world!br /br /Hello Everyone! I am what I am, but I don’t have to stay where I am. I am on a mission. Root for me, cheer for me! Because I plan to be a href=”http://www.biggestloserclub.com/banner.asp?sname=DirectLoad”the biggest loser/a in the country this year! There is no stopping me! I am going to succeed! I had been in so much a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Pain”pain/a for the last several years. Depressed, downtrodden, I mean, I felt as if I couldn’t get up to try again. So much pain, and hardship had come crashing down on my head between the years of 2006 and 2010 and in 2011 sorrow had reached it’s peak! I felt as if I didn’t want to live anymore, I couldn’t get up to brush my teeth or comb my hair, I didn’t care! br /br /I mean there had been suicides, deaths, mental illness, heartache, heartbreak, pain, pain, and more pain surrounding me on every side. I was engulfed with sorrow saddness and anguish. I cried out to my father in Heaven, and said, “How much can one person take?” Please father, just take me home to be with you.” On my birthday 4/17/2011, I lay there on my bed of sickness, and I don’t even know why I was sick, but I was sick in my body like I had never been before. I couldn’t walk or move without feeling pain, and had developed weight induced asthma/bronchitis, I couldn’t talk without coughing. br /br /I was sicker than I’d ever been in my life. I just lie there praying, and feeling defeated at the same time. I was only praying for My father to go ahead and take me home. At only 41 years old I understood what my grandma felt when she used to say, she was waiting for her savior to come and take her home. The devil had beaten me to a pulp! I was down and out for the count. But then I heard him! Oh, you know who I’m speaking of! I heard him say. “Get Up and let them see you in this condition!” That’s right I heard my father in heaven say get up and let them see you. br /br /I thought I was tripping, but I’m obedient and I always do what my father says. So I got up, and I walked over to my computer, and turned it on and began recording myself. But before I did, I a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Prayer”prayed/a a small prayer, I said. “Father if this is really you saying this to me, then give me my breath back.” “Let me breathe again.” And he did, somewhere in the middle of the video, he open up my lungs and I could breathe again. br /br /I was at rock bottom yall. There is no place for me to go but up! I have faced my darkest hour. I literally felt as if I was going to die that entire week. But he picked me up and turned me around, and gave me a new song, and I am happy with who I am. I know I’ve made mistakes in my life, but I love me simply because I have sense enough to serve him, and to seek his face daily. I love that I know what I’m supposed to be doing with my life, and my time on this earth. Since he gave me a second chance to turn this thing around, I feel like I want to a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Praise”praise/a him. I want to praise him with my life. So be encouraged as you watch me transform not only my weight, but my entire life.br /br /In the first video below, I was at Rock bottom, but don’t forget to take a look at the new videos to see what our father has done. Look what the Most High has done! He touched my body, he healed my mind, he saved me, it was just in time, Well I’m going to praise his name, each day is he’s just the same, come on and praise him, Look what our father has done! br /br /I would have fainted, had I not believed to see the goodness of the Most High in the land of the living! br /br /br /HalleluYAH!br /br /object height=”349″ width=”450″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/-xZiskyyD_A?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/-xZiskyyD_A?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”349″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/embed/objectbr /br /object height=”349″ width=”450″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/84oOmpwJJVg?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/84oOmpwJJVg?fs=1amp;hl=en_USamp;hd=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”349″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/embed/objectbr /div class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=4d092330-b315-4812-83b9-0517abe9e048″ style=”border: none; float: right;” //div
Lack Of Sleep and Stress
span class=”zemanta-img separator” style=”clear: left;”a href=”http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Effects_of_sleep_deprivation.svg” style=”clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img alt=”Main health effects of sleep deprivation (See …” height=”221″ src=”http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Effects_of_sleep_deprivation.svg/300px-Effects_of_sleep_deprivation.svg.png” style=”border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;” width=”300″ //aspan class=”zemanta-img-attribution” style=”clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 300px;”Image via a href=”http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Effects_of_sleep_deprivation.svg”Wikipedia/a/span/spanWhat does it mean when your eye keeps twitching? That is the question that was asked on a tweet that I noticed one day. Well most of us should know this, but I thought I’d share just in case. As I’ve had that problem many times in the past. It is actually a sign that… br /br /1.You are not getting enough sleep.br /2.You are experiencing a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_%28biology%29″ rel=”wikipedia” title=”Stress (biology)”stress/a because of this a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Sleep deprivation”lack of sleep/a or a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Sleep deprivation”sleep deprivation/a.br /br /There may also be other underlying conditions involved. Whatever the case may be. The twitching eye for me is a good thing. For it is a sign that I need to slow down, get more rest, and even work a little less. Even where blogging is concerned, writing, tweeting, reviewing etc. can become very addictive. Therefore we end up losing sleep. When I am at my best, I rest well, and take short vacations as needed.br /br /From time to time though we as humans can become so engulfed in our work that it becomes quite easy to forget that our bodies are fragile and are not like vehicles or other machines that simply need to be filled with gasoline and the proper oils to be able to go miles and miles on end. No, for us our fuel is sleep. I myself have learned the hard way to stop, rest, and rejuvenate. For sleep there is actually no other substitute. So take heed to your body when it speaks to you. Our father put these signals in place for a reason.br /br /What I’ve learned in my 41 years is this. Where stress is concerned, lack of sleep is a catch 22. The more I deprive myself of sleep, the more stress I actually apply to my brain, as well as the rest of my bodies vital organs. And it becomes a downward spiral for as long as I allow it to go on. So go ahead begin the process to DE-Stress, get some rest today! br /div class=”zemanta-related”h6 class=”zemanta-related-title” style=”font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;”Related articles/h6ul class=”zemanta-article-ul”li class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://dormiamattress.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/how-stress-affects-your-sleep/”How Stress Affects Your Sleep/a (dormiamattress.wordpress.com)/lili class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHv2g5G3IJw3kURuOuuLB5CM1FjlAamp;url=http://stress.about.com/b/2011/04/18/air-traffic-controllers-need-more-sleep-and-maybe-you-do-too.htm”Air Traffic Controllers Need More Sleep – And Maybe You Do, Too! – About.com: Health/a (news.google.com)/lili class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-15/most-sleep-deprived-cities-from-nashville-to-pittsburgh/”30 Most Sleep-Deprived Cities/a (thedailybeast.com)/li/ul/divdiv class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=d1bd1b72-2f21-4190-9a8b-6b62088bc8ce” style=”border: medium none; float: right;” //div
Mom Who Gave Child Botox Condemned, Is It really Her Fault?
span class=”zemanta-img separator” style=”clear: left;”a href=”http://www.daylife.com/image/0ceifNScBS1rn?utm_source=zemantaamp;utm_medium=pamp;utm_content=0ceifNScBS1rnamp;utm_campaign=z1″ style=”clear: left; display: block; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img alt=”ARLINGTON, VA – JUNE 05: Recently laid off wo…” height=”132″ src=”http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0ceifNScBS1rn/150×100.jpg” style=”border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;” width=”200″ //aspan class=”zemanta-img-attribution” style=”clear: both; float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; width: 150px;”Image by a href=”http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images”Getty Images/a via a href=”http://www.daylife.com/”@daylife/a/span/spanI was just watching a video about a a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Mother”mom/a who gave her daughter a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulinum_toxin” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Botulinum toxin”Botox/a. I just had to give my answer on this. Look, first of all, there is not question as to weather it is a wrong thing to do. So I don’t see what all the discussion is about. Secondly we need to take a serious look at why this happened. The entire world wants to jump on this mom, but from pageants to “a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Next_Top_Model” rel=”wikipedia” title=”America’s Next Top Model”America’s Next Top Model/a” this the message that we’ve been sending across this country. “We aren’t good enough, and we need to fix ourselves”br /br /What this mom did is a scar on the face of America, and it is a message to us all. It’s not just about her. What about the fact that moms are taking their daughters throught the whole modeling and pageant industry before the age of 18 in the first place? This is wicked, evil and wrong to do to someone’s a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Mental health”mental health/a before the age of 18. Heck, most adult females can’t handle it.br /br /As a nation we are telling our daughters that they aren’t good enough. And I fault women, because women have come into great power over the last 20 years or so, and what have we done to improve on getting our self-respect back? What have we done to let men know that we are beautiful first inside our hearts and minds and that is how we desire to be viewed?br /br /Women who are in power, seem only to be concerned about getting more power, money and prestige, but what about our little girls? What about the state of women and young ladies as a whole? It’s become a normal thing for girls as young as 13 years old to run around half-naked in order to get the attention of males, piercing their ears, tattooing their bodies, and sharing things in public that were only seen in smut or porn magazines when I was a kid. “What’s going on ladies?”br /br /The only way that we will ever be respected, is if we will respect ourselves first. We must demand respect, by not accepting just any kind of treatment in our relationship. If someone doesn’t want to treat you right, then you should leave him or let him go. He isn’t worth your time. is hard and it gets lonely, but we must love ourselves and respect ourselves enough to remain alone if that is necessary. I’d rather be alone than feel as if I have to change my looks in order for someone else to love me.br /br /iframe align=”left” frameborder=”0″ marginheight=”0″ marginwidth=”0″ scrolling=”no” src=”http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=youw09-20amp;o=1amp;p=8amp;l=bplamp;asins=0805070222amp;fc1=000000amp;IS2=1amp;lt1=_blankamp;m=amazonamp;lc1=0000FFamp;bc1=000000amp;bg1=FFFFFFamp;f=ifr” style=”align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;”/iframebr /If I change my looks, then I want to do it because I need to do so for my health. But botox on an 8 yr old. 24 yr old women getting breast surgery to improve themsleves for their husbands or boyfriends. a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,6821-1,00.html” rel=”homepage” title=”Young Women (organization)”Young women/a and teen girls, constantly comparing their bodies to these women in magazines and on the modeling shows. This is so out of hand.br /br /This womans story only serves as a wake-up call to us all. Check yourself. How far have you let your mind go? What do you think is ok to do to yourself, your little girl, in order to improve yourselves in the eyes of men. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some men. I thank God that he made them, we women need them here. But what I call a real man is a man who can appreciate the outward beauty of a woman, yet is also intelligent enough to know that there is far more to that lovely flower that he is beholding, than what meets his human eye. To all you fellas out there, I say. If you don’t know how to do this. Pray and ask God to teach you to see the way that a blind man sees, for then and only then will you be able to pick the most beautiful flower in the world.br /br /Fathers, love your daughters and let them know that they are beautiful just the way they are, no matter how that is. Let each female in the human race look to change her weight and eating habits for health reasons alone, but love every person because of what you have discovered in their hearts. This is the right way, it is the only way. Until we get this right, we will be very unhappy as a Human Race.br /br /I pray that someone will be blessed by these words, Thank you Oh Most Highbr /br /Chauny Writes br /br /br /object height=”349″ width=”450″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3Gt-rj5Ak5Y?fs=1amp;hl=en_US”/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3Gt-rj5Ak5Y?fs=1amp;hl=en_US” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”450″ height=”349″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/embed/objectbr /br /br /br /br /div class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=8f73cf27-d499-41aa-b79d-287a7d24b7be” style=”border: medium none; float: right;” //div
Caffeine: Friend Or Foe?
div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”span class=”zemanta-img separator zemanta-action-dragged” style=”clear: both; float: none; text-align: center;”a href=”http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_small_cup_of_coffee.JPG” style=”display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img alt=”A photo of a cup of coffee.” height=”225″ src=”http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/A_small_cup_of_coffee.JPG/300px-A_small_cup_of_coffee.JPG” style=”border: none; font-size: 0.8em;” width=”300″ //aspan class=”zemanta-img-attribution” style=”clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”Image via a href=”http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_small_cup_of_coffee.JPG”Wikipedia/a/span/span/divbr /div class=”" style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”/divbr /div class=”" style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”/divbr /span style=”font-size: large;”Have you had a little too much lately?/spanbr /br /Caffeine is a drug and should be taken very seriously. I have noticed that within the past 9 years the consumption of caffeine has enjoyed a steady increase. This of course has been excellent for those who own big a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Coffee”coffee/a chains and even smaller coffee shops. The business of coffee, as well as other a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_drink” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Energy drink”energy drinks/a containing caffeine is a really good business if all you care about is making money. But what is this obsession with caffeine doing to us? How is it affecting us in our relationships? How is it affecting our health?br /br /div class=”" style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”/divThis is the most important issue. Is caffeine helpful to you, your family, friends and neighbors. I mean really, has the increase in the use of energy drinks or coffee amongst your friends and loved ones truly helped you all in any way? Well I can tell you the answer for me and my circle of friends and family is absolutely not. In fact the more caffeine we consume in order to solve the problem of lack of rest, the worse off we become. Mentally, relationship wise, as well as physically. In short to be frank.br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”span class=”zemanta-img separator zemanta-action-dragged” style=”clear: both; float: none; text-align: center;”a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/34519492@N08/3223306147″ style=”display: block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img alt=”Energy Drink Unfortunately” height=”158″ src=”http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3480/3223306147_aa262df4e2_m.jpg” style=”border: none; font-size: 0.8em;” width=”240″ //aspan class=”zemanta-img-attribution” style=”clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”Image by a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/34519492@N08/3223306147″Kristian D./a via Flickr/span/span/divspan style=”font-size: large;”br //spanbr /span style=”font-size: large;”Caffeine and its addictiveness factor can be very subtle/span.br /br /When you first start drinking it, you may think that you will be able to stop having it whenever you want. But the fact is, your body begins to experience withdrawals. One of the most common withdrawal symptoms involving caffeine intake is headaches. Another is irritability, coffee consumption can also lead to iron deficiency, as well as many other health problems, one of which is heart disease.br /br /span style=”font-size: large;”In conclusion/spanbr /br /we should truly the consumption of caffeine a lot more seriously, and especially where kids are concerned. A lot of families have now moved away from the old wisdom that taught my parents not to give caffeinated drinks to kids until they were between 18 and 21. Instead now coffee shops are filled to the brim with families offering up caffeinated drinks to kids as young as 8 years old.br /br /And kids are drinking highly caffeinated energy beverages with the permission of their parents like there is no tomorrow, and my fear is that for many, there will not be a tomorrow. We can’t continue to mistreat our bodies and still think that they will operate properly. In the same way that a car needs an oil change or tune up and we ignore it, and the car eventually breaks down. Our bodies will eventually shut down if we continue to try to replace good old fashioned rest with false energy drinks of any kind.br /br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Caffeine-Blues-Dangers-Americas-ebook/dp/B001IZC3VK?ie=UTF8amp;tag=widgetsamazon-20amp;link_code=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969″ imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;” target=”_blank”img alt=”Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America’s #1 Drug” src=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=USamp;ServiceVersion=20070822amp;ID=AsinImageamp;WS=1amp;Format=_SL160_amp;ASIN=B001IZC3VKamp;tag=widgetsamazon-20″ //a/divimg alt=”" border=”0″ height=”1″ src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20amp;l=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969amp;o=1amp;a=B001IZC3VK” style=”border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;” width=”1″ /br /br /I pray these words will help someone to make a turn around in this area of their lives. By the way, This post is being written from the experiences that I’ve had. I almost died from a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_failure” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Renal failure”kidney failure/a because of over-consuming caffeine and I was only 25 years old. I have also experienced chest pains, and other stress related symptoms in my 30′s because I was trying to actually live off of the energy in a cup or a bottle, until I realized that I was actually taking years off of my life span.br /br /Be Wise, and Be Blessed,br /br /ChaunyWrites br /div class=”zemanta-related”h6 class=”zemanta-related-title” style=”font-size: 1em; margin: 1em 0pt 0pt;”Related articles/h6ul class=”zemanta-article-ul”li class=”zemanta-article-ul-li”a href=”http://ninemonthsnutrition.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/cut-back-caffeine/”Cut back on Caffeine/a (ninemonthsnutrition.wordpress.com)/li/ul/divdiv class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=0df33867-8c20-4cfe-bfed-0aa1f1798c1d” style=”border: medium none; float: right;” //div
Happy Mothers Day, A Tribute To Moms!
This is an excellent video for moms. I thank the woman in the video for doing this. Maybe somehow some of the folks out there who still do not have an appreciation for their moms will be able to finally get some sort of feel as to what being a mom entails. I hope this blesses you all. And Happy Mothers Day to all of you moms out there! br /br /object width=”425″ height=”349″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/CXgoJ0f5EsQ?fs=1amp;hl=en_US”/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramparam name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/CXgoJ0f5EsQ?fs=1amp;hl=en_US” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” width=”425″ height=”349″ allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true”/embed/object
Some Great Gift Ideas For Mothers Day
div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5yv435by71g/TcNE1VtUnsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/mC-lzlCb-m4/s1600/Amazon+AStore+Slimbyfaith.png” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”275″ src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5yv435by71g/TcNE1VtUnsI/AAAAAAAAAHE/mC-lzlCb-m4/s400/Amazon+AStore+Slimbyfaith.png” width=”400″ //a/divspan style=”font-size: large;”br //spanbr /span style=”font-size: large;”We all want to keep in shape, and Mother’s Day is an excellent time to get those items that our moms have desired to have, but could not afford. Take a look at mya href=”http://astore.amazon.com/youw09-20″ Amazon Store/a. There you will find all of my favorite Fitness related products. a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Mothers-Day-Picture-Puffins/dp/0140507302%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dyouw09-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0140507302″ rel=”amazon” title=”Happy Mother’s Day (Picture Puffins)”Happy Mother’s day/a, and I hope you are able to find something that mom can really appreciate. /spanbr /div class=”zemanta-pixie” style=”height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;”img alt=”" class=”zemanta-pixie-img” src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=61f6cf2c-264c-47a3-a0af-59d9960b6915″ style=”border: medium none; float: right;” //div
Master Cleanse, Raw Food and More!
div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Master-Cleanse-Step-Step/dp/1569756139?ie=UTF8amp;tag=youw09-20amp;link_code=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969″ imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;” target=”_blank”img alt=”The Complete Master Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing the Benefits of The Lemonade Diet” src=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=USamp;ServiceVersion=20070822amp;ID=AsinImageamp;WS=1amp;Format=_SL160_amp;ASIN=1569756139amp;tag=youw09-20″ //a/divimg alt=”" border=”0″ height=”1″ src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=youw09-20amp;l=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969amp;o=1amp;a=1569756139″ style=”border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;” width=”1″ /One of the first things that I did when I became truly serious about a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://www.justslimming.com/slimming-products/herbal-slimming-pills-natural-and-safe/” rel=”justslimming” title=”Herbal slimming pills, natural and safe?”losing weight/a is the a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_Cleanse” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Master Cleanse”Master Cleanse/a. Many people have many different things to say about the a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Cross” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Military Cross”MC/a but what I have found is that if you truly need to lose a lot of weight, and you need to do it fast, then the M Cleanse will work for you. My number one suggestion is that you check with your a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Physician”physician/a and make sure that you are in constant contact with that physician during the time that you are on the cleanse. You will lose a lot of weight fast. So be prepared. If you are on any types of meds your doctor would more than likely advise against this, so it is solely up to you, and an individual choice. br /br /There are two other options that worked for me as well, and between the three of them, you should find something that will work for you. Remember the M Cleanse is a temporary fix. In order to keep the weight off, you must exercise, and eat a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Health”healthy/a. You can’t drink lemon juice for the rest of your life. I did it because I was desperate, and had reached an all time high of 310 lbs., was experiencing back pain, and for me, I needed desperate measures.br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Right-Your-Type-Price/dp/0061441848?ie=UTF8amp;tag=youw09-20amp;link_code=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969″ imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;” target=”_blank”img alt=”Eat Right for Your Type CD Low Price” src=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=USamp;ServiceVersion=20070822amp;ID=AsinImageamp;WS=1amp;Format=_SL160_amp;ASIN=0061441848amp;tag=youw09-20″ //a/divnbsp;img alt=”" border=”0″ height=”1″ src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=youw09-20amp;l=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969amp;o=1amp;a=0061441848″ style=”border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;” width=”1″ /After losing 50 lbs, I started to eat right and exercise. All I’m suggesting is that this method which is simply a cleanse, works to help you to get some of the initial weight off quickly. For me it worked well. But always make sure that you speak with your health professional, let them help you. If you have a good Dr., they will want to monitor you when you decide to do any type of lifestyle change that may effect your health. br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Raw-Food-Detox-Diet-Five-Step/dp/0060834374?ie=UTF8amp;tag=youw09-20amp;link_code=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969″ imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;” target=”_blank”img alt=”The Raw Food Detox Diet: The Five-Step Plan for Vibrant Health and Maximum Weight Loss” src=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=USamp;ServiceVersion=20070822amp;ID=AsinImageamp;WS=1amp;Format=_SL160_amp;ASIN=0060834374amp;tag=youw09-20″ //a/divdiv style=”margin-bottom: 0in;”img alt=”" border=”0″ height=”1″ src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=youw09-20amp;l=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969amp;o=1amp;a=0060834374″ style=”border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;” width=”1″ //divbr /I’m simply sharing what I’ve done and how it worked for me, everyone’s body is different. Which brings me to another method that I suggest. Learning to listen to your own body. I learned to do that simply by accident. You can a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Learning”learn/a to know when you need water, when you’ve had too much salt, etc. You can even figure out weather or not you are more of a meat or vegetable eater, and you can learn why. A couple of very good books that I recommend are posted here, these books will help you to figure out how you should be eating, and if you follow through, what is suggested works too.One other thing that you can do is go try the a href=”http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?af=1327821″Raw For 30 Days/a program. This program also worked for me in that it eliminated some health issue that I was struggling with. It is awesome, I am now a a class=”zem_slink” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_veganism” rel=”wikipedia” title=”Raw veganism”Raw Vegan/a, and I can tell you this by far is the very best option of all.br /div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://www.amazon.com/Naturally-Thin-SkinnyGirl-Yourself-Lifetime/dp/1416597980?ie=UTF8amp;tag=youw09-20amp;link_code=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969″ imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;” target=”_blank”img alt=”Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting” src=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=USamp;ServiceVersion=20070822amp;ID=AsinImageamp;WS=1amp;Format=_SL160_amp;ASIN=1416597980amp;tag=youw09-20″ //a/divimg alt=”" border=”0″ height=”1″ src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=youw09-20amp;l=bilamp;camp=213689amp;creative=392969amp;o=1amp;a=1416597980″ style=”border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;” width=”1″ /