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Peace. I’m lazy. And I’m ok with that….. I am of the opinion that folks do too much. I used to work with this woman who was from Turkey. She could not understand why I was working 2 jobs when I was married and my husband worked. I explained that I wanted the money. We worked the same position and started at the same time. Our salaries were the same so she knew how much I made. She then asked me when is enough, enough? That got me thinking… and I have kept thinking to this day. Yacub’s world manifest teaches that we should always work and work to have more and more. Our closets are full as are our pantries. We have no time for anything other than the acquisition of wealth. We pass these traits on to our kids who are so over scheduled that we have to schedule play dates for them with other over scheduled children. I say ENOUGH! After my contract ran out for the job with the Turkish woman, I moved to Atlanta with my late husband. I was starting completely fresh and it gave me an...

Peace. I have questions…. And this is a consistent question that I have that I have never been able to get a solid answer… And I want you to be mindful that I don’t have all the answers. I just keep working my program with a foundation until I get a result. I am a scientist. But I still have questions….. Fermented foods…. Is this something beneficial to Original people? When I Google fermented food benefits… those touting benefits are always white and Asian people. NEVER Black people. When I have done the Knowledge to African, Australian Aboriginal, Polynesian, South American, etc cuisine, and I do not see fermented foods in their diets. I might be missing something. The purpose of fermented foods is to introduce beneficial bacteria to the gut. From research… and not personal opinion… Europeans always existed in different circumstances than other people. They had to deal with a lot of cold climates, caves, cramped and overcrowded dwelling… this type of existence breeds disease....

Peace! Do you know what follows Raw Food Mondays????? Juice Feast Tuesdays! I have been fasting for decades. I started in dental school. I got "Born Again" for like the 5th time at that point and decided to fast an pray to pass a test. I also studied but I figured fasting and begging white Jesus to help me out would be just the extra I needed. It worked. So I started making fasting something I did regularly for tests. I noticed that when I fasted, my head cleared and I could remember better. It worked so well I made it something I did every week. As I got more "conscious" I did the knowledge to fasting a realized that the effects I was receiving wasn't because of Jesus, but because the body needs a break every now and then. When i began studying Ayurveda, my dosha declares that I should fast regularly. As I am one who wants to be in tune with nature I decided to fast on Tuesdays; because I was born on a Tuesday. So every Tuesday, I come full Cipher. The o...

Peace! I guess I'm getting my blog on..... I always get chatty this time of year because my fast is approaching. And i always have the same goals... (1) fast for 3 weeks which I always mange to do. (2) flush. I manage to do this even though it's unpleasant. And (3) Emerge raw, which I manage to do for about a week. Well the goals haven't changed. Well maybe a little. I plan to do more flushes and I am only shooting for high raw. I plan on starting my fast next week on Monday 2/24. i don't like finishing exactly on the Asiatic New Year because I won't be able to enjoy it with food. So if I start a bit early i can finish it off properly. And not get sick like I have been known to do in the past. But that is completely not the topic of this Build.... Meatless Mondays! this is a new trend amongst meat eaters to try to eat vegetarian 1 day out of the week. Well I am ALREADY a vegetarian and all my days are meatless. But as a firm believer in energies, I want to sha...

Peace. Yesterday….. I finally ran/walked my long route. I knew I wasn’t ready to run nearly 4 miles so I decided to take some pics of my run in the hood… Until I'm back at prime, Sunday is the day I run the long run. It's the only day I have time. When I'm back at my prime and the days are longer that 3.86 miles will become my regular run and I suppose Sundays will be for exploring.... I live in Bankhead…. A notorious section of Atlanta. It’s the epitome of hood. When I run I get propositioned, threatened, and followed by the police. But as a taxpayer, it’s my right to use public facilities and running on the road/sidewalk is one of those rights that I happily take advantage of and encourage y’all to do as well. I took some pics of the route and I made sure that the pics of actual places were essentially public places; places that you can walk into for free or for payment. That way if someone sees their rest, they cannot cry foul or something like that. Then entire ro...

Peace. I have noticed some things on the various and sundry fitness websites that I frequent. Black women have different bodies than white women. Now that may not seem like rocket science to you because it isn’t. When white women loose weight, their goal is to look like a stick figure. Black women don’t look like that even if they develop an eating disorder. I know because I developed an eating disorder when I was 14 and no one who lived in my home noticed. My gym teacher and my orthodontist noticed. And even when they both at different times confronted my mother, she didn’t believe them. The gym teacher got in contact with my father (my 2 stepsisters and I attended the same high school) he was the one who took steps to see that I began to eat again. To this day, my mother doesn’t believe that I ever had a problem. Her reasoning was I didn’t appear to be overly thin. And to be perfectly honest, I wasn’t thin. But I lost my period, was sleeping way too much, vomiting because I was ...

Peace. This post is really more for me than for y'all. Writing out my experiences keeps track of what has worked and not worked. And publicly posting it gives others a chance to share their experiences. I figure I'd share anyway..... I finished the Special K diet. It was okay. Im not sure I lost any real weight, but it did aid me in getting my eating back on schedule. Eating on demand is cool if you don't leave your house or if you work around food. The rest of us have to schedule meals. I have gotten to the point of my "rebooting" plan where I am clean eating and getting regular exercise. I think they both are having an effect on me. Because of the exercise I find myself hungry.... A lot. I'm always looking for something to eat now. Always scrounging around. The clean eating has me constantly thinking about my next meal since I'll have to prepare it. A really vicious catch 22. Makes you wonder whats in processed food that stops the hunger process that...