SEX – the alternative to exercise

Well, well, well….

Somehow I get the feeling that this will be my most popular blog to date but I want to share with you some facts on sex as an exercise. Many of you have heard in passing that sexercise exists and counts as a form of working out. (that is for damn certain)  I just want to give you a few tips on why this may be better than a taebo tape any day!

First of all in doing some research I have found that if men have sex for at least 20 minutes 3 times a week then this will cut in half the risk of heart attacks ..(although you may piss off that woman you are providing 20 minutes of sex to but that’s another issue which I will  speak about at the end of this blog). Sex will also increase agility, muscle tone and blood flow to the genitals. Your ability to strengthen muscles will help with sexual positions. Well alrighty then! LOL

Women that have sex more than 3 times a week have the benefits of agility as well as increased blood  flow that makes it easier to get aroused. Women have basically the same benefits as men in terms of muscle strengthening and lessens the risk of heart attacks. When men and women finish working out at the gym or doing other exercises and after getting sweaty sexercise will bring on a calm and increases endorphins which makes people happy. How’bout it for those endorphins huh?

So now getting back to what I mentioned earlier with regards to men having sex for less than 20 minutes. Men should consult their physician if they have high blood pressure and diabetes. This will contribute to erectile dysfunction so a low fat diet will lend to not only lost weight but clear arteries. This week’s blog on sex is catered more towards the notion that this is a great method of exercise and should be tried and tested all the time  especially for those that can’t fit in a quality workout during the work week. I will  admonish you this will NOT help you to lose weight. This is an alternative or an addition to existing physical activity. In layman’s terms…..can’t none of yall say that Tiffany said if I have enough sex then I’ll lose weight! ha,ha,ha. But sex is a great way to get the heart pumping, skin  oily and souls a shining and  to those  of you who are celibate..God bless you. Have a good one and until next time… smooches!

Okay try this…..

Yall,

Have you ever wondered what “insanity” means? It means doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. I often wondered why am I just cute instead of gorgeous??? (ha,ha,ha…okay so I have an ego problem). Seriously, this year alone I have made my gymnasium efforts to 4 days a week. Doesn’t matter if it’s consecutive or scattered about. I made it in that piece four days. And since this year is about to end and at a fast pace might I add, I’ve decided to ‘try this’…….

SIX DAYS A WEEK! Something different for me right? I am on a rampage. I am going to be a size sexy and healthy if it kills me. Well maybe not that drastic. But the point is to up your game. In anything you do. I have admittedly been on a Dorito Cool Ranch/Nacho Cheese binge for 8 days. Perhaps it was because of my menstrual cycle (umm, sorry to gross you out men… women do go through this ya know ). I do suffer from what I’d like to call CHIP DEMENTIA! This is a must have from time to time. Cheddar chips, sour cream chips, barbecue chips, cookies and chips, chip chips, fish and chips. Ya feel me?

So back to this whole 6 days a week thing. Not that I should condone a “chip ministry” I do however want to condone more gym visits in my week. Perhaps if you are not the gym person and you need to choose other methods of physical fitness, you may want to try to up your game. Some of you  may have just started working out and that’s great.  But every now and again up your game. It’ll help in the long run towards better physical fitness and healthy lifestyles …. especially if you have a chip issue like I seem to. Until next time. Smooches!!!

Speaking positively

Okay this is what I have to say for  speaking  positively…. !@#$% and @#%^&* and _+*&^$% and another thing…..<>?”:}{|)+*&@!!!#%&!!!! And that’s all I have to say about that!

So I’m sure you all think I’m sliding down a one way pole to the “land of enchanted crazy abyss”!! One of the things that is hardest for me the most as a Christian and and bootleg motivator and that is to speak  positively all the time. About this weight loss process. About my life, my outlook and my attitude. Sometimes I say really negative sh*t! (oops is that the first time I cursed in my blog). My trainer had to check me the  other day about the things that I was saying when he made me  lift my leg 97 1/2 times (Hi Xavior) !!

But as I listened to him and thought about the things that I speak and how negative they are there might just be a chance that I am where I am in this weight loss journey because I don’t believe I’ll reach my goal. I sometimes think that I’ll never be a size 10. My knees will always hurt and that my breasts will always be a G cup (yes men, I wear a G cup   —- get your tongues off the ground!)

So now is the time where I am going to start affirming myself. Not only in weight but as it pertains to other aspects of my life. Life will throw you such fiery darts that in  order to protect yourself sometimes if you surround yourself with negativity then when negative (  or  not quite positive ) things happen then  you won’t  be surprised. How did I come up with this  topic as it pertains to working out and eating right? Well I positively ate Popeye’s tonight and I wanted to focus on ways to affirm and feel good about yourself.

Admittedly I don’t have the answers but I do know that as long as you continue to put your best foot forward then speaking positively (daily) should come naturally. So from this day forward I will  speak life into my situations and life over my health. Just because I’m still not where I want to be I’m not where I used to be (weight wise). Speak life. Speak life and speak mo’ life and after that….what you speak will happen…it has no choice to. Until next time live your best life! Dang now I sound like Oprah! Smooches 

It IS what it IS!!

I know……….I know…………..I’ve been trifling lately. Haven’t written a blog for 1 month. And let me tell you why. I know there are some that think I’m ENcouraged and ENcouraging all the time. Ah…..not so much. It’s as if I reach some goal and then I plateau or I still have clothes that don’t fit me well or some major pitfall. Thereby, this leaves me DIScouraged.

In an attempt to share my success while pointing out to others the necessity to exercise and live a healthy lifestyle, I manage to slip back into my own mental madness mode as I have 50 trillion reasons why I want to lose weight. Have I lost weight recently? I sure have. Am I a size 10 yet? Hell no. Am I a size 14 yet? Hell no. Am I a size 18? sort of. I can put on 18’s but I mainly wear a 20. The good news for myself is that I am NOT a 22, 24 or 26 like I USED to be. DAMN I’m glad about that!

You also know that my 20th class reunion is in July of 2009. I have had all these lofty goals about what size I want to wear or how many pounds I’d like to lose. Admittedly, I don’t even want to SEE any class of 1989 people from Hyde Park Career Academy UNTIL then. Why? because I don’t look like I want to look yet! (HPCA c/o 89– I still love yall) .  However, I have come to two conclusions. One is that when I see myself, I see that same girl that used to be 312 pounds. I have come such a long way from then but because I look at myself every day it’s difficult to see what others see. Conclusion number 2 is that although I practically live in New York Sports Club, I eat rabbit food, I limit carbohydrates, I eat more healthy snacks, I drink bucket loads of water and yada yada yada, my body has been big for years and it just doesn’t want to let go all the weight as expeditiously as I had hoped. In other words, whatever weight I lose by my reunion or period it IS what it IS. It will be however it will be. As long as I keep trying I will always be successful and THAT is what not only myself but anyone reading this with an attempt at a better physical existence will have to will be successful. Until next time…Smooches

Braggin’ Rights

Good morning Vietnam……….

Today’s blog is coming one day early considering that I usually write these jokers on Tuesdays but after 6 days of eating no carbs I’ve lost 12 pounds since the  last time I got on a scale (which was about a month ago). So as of yesterday  I have lost a total of  da, da, da, dahhhh…

FORTY FOUR POUNDS! YEEEE

 

HAAAAAH!

 

 

You may now return to your regularly schedule programming!

J

Day Three

Howdy folk,

 

Well today is day three. Day three you wonder? Glad you asked. Of course this blog is to record my weight loss efforts, to promote good health and eating habits and encourage people to embrace about the concept of improving their lives from a physically healthier perspective. So now having said that let’s move forward.

 

In this journey I have not quite lost 40 pounds but I’m still stuck between the 32 and 36. I am going to Miami by myself for my birthday as a treat to myself not just for my birthday (umm, October 3^rd folks) but a treat to myself with the weight I lost. (Sidebar: for those of you that tend to invite yourselves on my trips — please resist the temptation! Thank you J). But I would like to drop another 10 -15 by them. SOOOOOOOO I am removing all carbohydrates. You all have heard about the South Beach diet, Atkins and all those other diets out there right?  I have decided to drop all bread (white or wheat), rice, pasta, sweets, and potatoes. Now with the Weight Watchers I can eat all of the previously mentioned foods, however, I want to take it to another level. So like I said, today is day three.

 

How am I feeling? Good. I’m going to keep this up until October 2^nd (the day I hop the plane). So in the next coming weeks I’ll inform you of how I’m feeling and if this is really healthy. AND of course I’ll let you know if I’ve lost the weight. Till next week folks. Happy living. Smooches

Yall I gotta get better!!

Okay, okay, okayyyyyyyyyy!!! So I’ve been slipping. I haven’t written a blog in 3 weeks. That’s the longest I’ve ever gone without sending yall links!!! But I kinda haven’t felt one way or the other about this process lately. I guess it’s because I do what I have to and keep on doing  it.

BUT, I have kept the party going. I have been at the gym (although in the past week I’ve been sick — kinda still am) and I have been keeping up with my points at the Weight Watchers. Haven’t been to a meeting though because I’m on scale strike (I wrote that 9 or 10 blogs ago).

I do have some questions. To those who read this and have fitness  goals what have you been doing? have you exercised by going to the gym? running? walking? Having “relations”? Did yall know that having sex can actually equal to more calories burned than power walking around your neighborhood… but that’s if both partners are putting in their fair share of work in the process.  So ladies don’t be messing around with those dudes that need “male enhancements” and can’t hang and fellas don’t get yourself one of those “I got a headache”  chicks cuz working out won’t mean damn this way. You’re better off lifting weights! 

It’s always great to keep up with your eating habits. Weight Watchers promotes keeping a journal of what you eat and this way you can track your progress on how well (or not so well) you are coming along. I keep up with my progress online.

So this blog isn’t really motivating or educational (except for the sex part) and I promise I’ll have something for you next Tuesday. Till then, have a happy and healthy week. Smooches

The “Taste of Cheating”

Hi folks,

So between June 27th through July 6th I’ve spend my time in Chicago and Washington, DC. And in those days I ate everything (and I mean EVERYTHANG) that didn’t get a chance to eat me first. I mean the Taste of Chicago was GREAT! I ate Harold’s Chicken (a chicago favorite), polish sausages, Eli’s cheesecake, Chicago deep dish pizza, then I managed to get some REAL White Castle (can you believe New Yorkers put ketchup on those hamburgers? Can somebody say ”hamburger blasphemy?” Sheesh. And  on top of THAT I had moments of McDonalds and Matt’s Peanut butter and chocolate chip Cookies! Then when I went to DC, I went to a cookout and had kettle chips, sausages, cookies, and more junk. And in BOTH cities I had mojitos and amaretto sours. (oh and for those of you in  the Washington, DC/Maryland/Virginia areas if you haven’t checked out the National Harbor yet, get’cha behinds on  over there and ask for this cat name Edward at the 2nd floor level bar. Dude makes the BEST mango mojitos )

So basically I don’t have any words of encouragement this week. It is what it is. I ate the hell out of some food and admittedly I’m too scared to  get on scale or wrap some tape around my body masquerading as measurement taking. But I will say  to those who are on this journey with me to keep fighting the good fight. Remember a couple of blogs ago I mentioned taking measurments? well I’m still taking them. But I’m going to have to skip out on this month. I’ll wait till August! It’s just like trying to kick a habit. If you fall off the horse you have to get back on. No shame in falling. The shame is staying down. Get back up and try again. And as for me, this week is all about getting back on my grind. Yall do the same. Till next time. Smooches

The “Countdown”

Yall,

Anyone who knows me and has known me for over 5 minutes knows that my 20 year high school reunion is rapidly approching. I have to date 13 and a half months until such time. Before I get started I want to give a shout out to the entire high school graduating class of 1989 especially from  Hyde Park Career Academy – Chicago, IL.

Now I will admit that life after high school has had it’s highs and lows. And when it was low….it was LOW! Low enough to where food became my best friend. Forget about my friends. It was about my kinship with McDonalds, Burger King, pizza, chicken, yada, yada and yada. Even when I had high moments it was about chicken, lasagna, tacos (real or fake meat), french fries, yall know what I’m saying.

It has just made 19 years since Hyde Park and for the past 1 1/2 years I’ve been on a weight loss journey. And honey let me tell you this is a J-O-U-R-N-E-Y! This ain’t never going to stop. My reunion is going to be one of the most anticipated accomplishments just because hopefully by then God will have let me see and be there. But’cha know a sista has to look the part. Hair done, nails done, a cold ass outfit, dressed to the nines but WHOO CHILE I GOTTA BE IN A SIZE 9!! Well okay 10.

This one right here is for all my people in the struggle to look the part for this reunion. It goes without saying that there will be life to live AFTER the reunion. And we have (or should strive) to live healthy. But whatever event is coming up. Whether it’s your reunion, graduation, or wedding keep in mind the most important reason for the journey that is taking place and that is your over all health. Remember that!! That is the first and foremost. However, if ya got a little vanity saved up in ya, get ready for that reunion. The countdown is starting now. And ya know it’ll go fast …… hell look at the last 19 years! Till next time. Smooches

18

Hey folks,

Sorry I took a 2 week vacation from writing. Sometimes laziness has it’s perfect place!  However, I have some good news for myself and I thought I’d share with my audience. I’ll preface it by saying a few good things about the number 18.

First of all, young  people can be happy about 18 because they are eligable to vote and in some states gamble and drink legally. The second good thing about 18 is that most kids graduate from high school at that age. Also, if you’re 18 weeks pregnant then most likely you only have 18 weeks to go but as this pertains to me……. as of two days ago I CAN WEAR A SIZE 18!! HALLELUJAH!! Now to address those who have a physically smaller body build/mass I’m pretty sure a size 18 looks like half the size of chester drawer set! However, I used to be a size 24 so an 18— not so damn bad.

I am in the midst of enjoying my success and after all I should with all the exercising and dieting all of that crap, however, I acknowledge my long way to go. Yall I have a high school reunion coming up in 13 months. My advice to those who  want to lose enough weight to get in a size 18 and UNDER, find some motivation. Write your goals on a wall. Look at them. Motivate yourself. Whatever motivates you. And start your process and  pretty soon an 18 will  be waiting for you. See ya when I get to a 10! Smooches