Within/Without

Do you know what I find Hilarious???? The fact that after 5 months of diet and exercise I have lost ONLY 8 pounds. BUT… My clothes really show like I have lost much more and folks are telling me my face is smaller. This morning I put on a top that normally I have to wear a minimizer and put a pin in it and it is staying closed with no additional aid. I’m just wearing a regular bra and everything. I am so good! BUT… the skirt that goes with the blouse is tight around the waist. Not so tight other places but the waist is distinct. Now here is my question…. Why is my lower half seemingly not losing any weight while my upper half is? I am not working out my upper body in anyway other than the occasional yoga. I so don’t get this. Also…. The mathematical approach to losing weight is not helping either. By making a debt in the calorie: exercise ratio should guarantee me weight loss. But it hasn't. I so don’t get why I have this inability to lose big chunks of weight quickly, evenly ...

Peace. Do you know what cracks me up? The amount of people that do not fast. I’m a faster. I fast in different ways several times a year. I do a 21 day juice fast leading into the Asiatic New Year. I fast 1 day a week for 24 hours. Sometimes I do Ramadan. It really depends on what has happened the year before. And I freely admit…. I like Ramadan more when it is in winter. And soon I will do a 1 month vegan fast. I am not a vegan. I am a pescatarian. It’s what works best for me and my body. I find when I am without fish protein, I’m stupid. I can’t find words that I need I’m often confused and tend to be more air headed. So I could not be vegan long term. But a month of cleansing works for me. And it also gives me a way to cleanse my palate and try a few new recipes. Now…. Other people…. IRRITANTS. I have a new coworker who doesn’t get my clearly stated boundaries. She calls me sensitive. And she is nosey as fuck. She heard me tell the 7 that I was planning to be vegan for a month a...

Peace y’all. I’m still here and I’m still running. It really doesn’t seem important enough to blog about anymore. I have been consistently running for 3+ months now so the newness of it is gone. I still love it… or I love it when I’m done. My general routine is about 7+ mile on the weekend and 4 miles during the week. I do a long run (4+ miles) on either Friday or Sunday and 3 miles the other day. On Mondays and Wednesdays I run 2 miles. And on Saturday, I run lightly with a friend who is trying to get up to 5k status for company and encouragement. I kind of cross train with 1 hour yoga, 1 day. I have a mountain bike. I’m thinking of getting on that. Maybe… maybe not. I have decided to table my 5K plans for now. I’m just not ready. I’m not really running at the speed I want to finish a 5K with. I don’t mind being one of the last people to cross the finish line; I just don’t want to be dead last. That honor has to go to someone, and I want that someone to be somebody else. I have...