Within/Without

I'm not completely sure about this... The thought came to me on the elevator looking at a thin chick..... Not completely sure if this is how I really feel.... I have put a lot of thought and effort in my lifestyle.... BUT..... If I was a thin as I wanted to be, I might not be a vegetarian... Its not like becoming a vegetarian got me to my goal weight.... It did free my mind when I stopped eating the wrong foods.... But unless I was as thin as I'd think I'd like to be.... I will never know.... i don't think its possible for me to beas thin as I dream.... I'm big bone-ded. Peace

I am NOT the author of this survey, but I think its good to put it out there. 1. If you have to choose between locally grown or organic, which do you usually choose? Local. You have to take the store's word for it if its Organic. I buy from local growers who sell their stuff locally. The food tastes better too. More intense. 2. Favourite way to prepare potatoes: I Know this is prolly real wrong.... FRIED and seasoned well 3. Do you press your tofu before preparing/cooking it (if you eat soy)? Actively try to avoid soy 4. Name your favorite recipe that is a tradition in your family: I make a collard green and blackeyed pea gumbo at New Years. My family are poison animal eaters and this recipe is all my own. But I will pass it on to any subsequent interested generations 5. Any food allergies? The older I get the more prevalent they become. Raw pineapple and strawberries and I believe I'm starting with walnuts 6. When you want to go to a fancy dinner, where do you go? Cafe Sunf...

Ave you ever noticed that vegan food and raw vegan food is hella expensive? I became a vegetarian before it was fashionable. Back then, my food bills decreased considerably. Plus I started making my own products because I stopped trusting what people put in theirs. That saved some money too. Now I have to scheme on the purchasing of foods I used to buy on the fly. A bag of apples used to cost maybe $2. Now they are $5+. For a dollar, you could buy enough beans to feed your family for a month. Now, $1 will buy just enough for a meal for two. Potatoes, tomatoes all very expensive. I wonder who is causing all of this to happen? Its cheaper to eat off the dollar menu than eat healthy food. Follow me on this… Eating poorly to save money, and that food is delicious… gain weight, that food is full of fat, salt, sugar, and chemicals… over time develop chronic ailments…. Now have to take all kinds of meds…. Dead before you can collect social security, and they blame your socio-economic ...

I recently watched a documentary on what has happened to the garment industry. It chronicled the decline of said industry. At one time, the garment industry was the largest employer in NYC. Now less than 5% of clothing worn in this country is made in this country. The reason why this latched on in my mental mind, (1) because I have been on a purchasing fast with regard to clothing and (2) my mother took me shopping for my bornday. She wanted to buy me something pretty. I buy as much American as I can find. I have owned 5 cars, all of them American. I really wanted a Prius this last time, but I could not bring myself to buy one. And every time I see one pass me I tear up a little. But I think it’s important to support your own. And since I am a resident and citizen of this country, I feel it’s our duty to make supporting your own a priority. In this society we have moved away from ‘we’ to ‘me’. That’s not cool. Me cannot support a whole country and our nonchalance for what hap...

I have stomach issues. Always have had them. My father had stomach issues too. The first place I feel something good, bad, physical or emotional is in my stomach. So my stomach or gut is something I do not take lightly. When I get angry, I get nauseas. When I?m in love I get Gooey. When I am nervous I get butterflies, etc. I recognize that not all people have this sensitivity within. My mother and brother can (and have) eat ANYTHING. Nothing ever affects them in their stomachs like it does me. I believe they get headaches. We are all different in some aspects. Anywho?.. For the past few months I have been having problems with my tummy. It has been giving me fits. It won?t settle down. This is an on/off thing. I will get hit with an intense wave of nausea, and then it will settle down. Then I will have some cramping with noises. Then it will settle down. Then I will have some intense hunger pangs, and then it settle down. Or it can manifest as bad heartburn, but you guesse...

One of my goals with my clothing is to reduce the amount of clothes that I have by 1/3rd. this weekend I am swapping out summer clothes for winter ones (I really should only have a single wardrobe, since GA has a temperate climate), and I did not need to forcibly close the trunk. Actually there is room in the said trunk. Amazing. I have not had room in my trunks in over 10 years. And the thing that truly surprises me is that I don't feel like I'm 'poor'. I didn't grow up with a lot of my own clothes. I went to Catholic school and had to wear a uniform. The only other clothes I had were 4 dress for church (2 summer, 2 winter) and a pair of jeans and a few sweat shirts. I shared my closet with my mother and she had the chest of drawers in my room. We weren't poor, far from it. But my practical mother could not fathom why I would need more clothing than that. I never had appropriate clothing for any activity outside of school and church. I used to go to an after sc...

For some unkown reason, I have been suffering (and suffering is the correct word) from soreness in my breasts. I have no idea why they hurt, but they do. There is also some priapism happening here. I am hoping (that's all I can do at this juncture) that I am not beginning to hit the change of life. I started early so it stands to reason that I will end early. Though my mother was 50 when she hit change... I think. Hard to tell with her. But I digress. I will worry about the cause later (next month), right now I need to concern myself with relief. I came across this concept earlier this year. And thought it crazy. But yesterday, I was desparate and searching the internet for a home remedy that would not cause additional sytemic problems and I found it again. Cabbage leaves are supposed to relieve sore breast-esis. Well. I took myself to Kroger and bought a clean looking cabbage, went home, and stuffed my bra with a few leaves on each side. Low and behold.... I woke this...