Within/Without

Peace Y’all, I used to fast for 3 weeks every year when I was a Christian. It was part of my Lenten and Hoodoo ritual preparation for Easter and Spring. Yes, Serenity touches many ciphers….. But when I became righteous, I stopped. For many reasons. I wanted to completely separate from my previous incarnation. I figured I could do it in May when the God “Raises the Rod.” That didn’t really happen. But in my devotion to my Culture, this thing I did, got lost. Well, I’m taking Jerusalem back. I like fasting. It reboots my body in a good way. First it is a shock to the system. You need that sometimes. I always managed to lose a couple of pounds in the process. Stuff comes out that I cannot identify. I feel stronger at the end of fasting; and that is a good thing no matter how you slice it. There have been times where a second impromptu yearly fast needs to happen just to put me in order. When I am faced with personal challenges and I find my response to said challenges is inappropriate...

Peace Y'all, Talking to my mother is really funny. She has a pure 85% perspective. Her doctors are as important to her as her minister. She listens to them like it was white Jesus incarnate telling her to step out on faith. What my mother will not entertain is treating herself without meds. My mother is on a plethora of prescription medications. She spends Sunday evening for about 2 hours, watching TV and arranging her meds in those daily snap things. She will tell you that she no longer has diabetes because she has a pill to treat it. She doesn't have hypertension because she takes whatever. All the medicine that she uses causes dry mouth so she has a pill for that. She also gets constipated so she takes a laxative. My mother is a junkie and my inspiration. I don't want to be like that. She doesn't have to be like that. She could adjust her diet and alleviate a lot of different ailments. My family and I recently moved. Unfortunately we did not time our utiliti...

My back was stiff and hurting. I did some light yoga stretching for about 5 minutes and it doesn't hurt anymore. No matter which way I move. Hmmmmm...... I'm gonna see how long until the pain returns. ***UPDATE*** I didn't do anymore stretching yesterday and my back still feels fine. This morning I did more stretching. And my back is still feeling good.

Peace! Well I am on yet another diet. My college reunion is this fall and my high school reunion is next summer. Serenity has got to get it together. I had success on the HcG diet (20lbs gone), B.U.T….. My diet connection no longer works at her job. And I am able, but highly unwilling to get off $500 for the pleasure of starving. So I have had to investigate other options. Knowing myself as I do, I am not going to write down everything I eat. I’d rather just not eat. I know and have heard it before…. That is one of the tools that successful dieters use, but I won’t do it. I’m not toting around the paperwork and I’m not going to stop while having a good time and look up every single thing I plan to eat. That removes the joy of eating. I have so little joy in my life. Eating is still one of my pleasures. It’s just not going to happen. The diets that will allow me to eat without writing are the low carb diets: Atkins, South Beach and Paleo. I have the Atkins book, perused the South ...