Nothing but love...

Now I know you are all thinking dang she was MIA for like a month now she's posting every day :-) but I guess I have been slacking on my journaling so this blog acts as a substitute for that. I felt compelled to write about the untimely death of rapper/actor Heavy D. I like many others of my generation loved and admired Heavy D! Our Mr. Big Stuff.

He was big and seemingly proud or at the very least confident in his size and stature. He carried his weight well, had a great career, and could dance like no body's bizznezz. He was so light on his feet you almost forgot his size. He had a good personality. I didn't know him personally but I did friend him on facebook and one of the last things I remember was him commenting that he could find everything in Walmart maybe he could find his wife there! I did offer to stop in since it was my favorite place to go too lol

Yesterday facebook went all a flurry with the news of his death and although I didn't join in I was deeply sadden to hear about his passing.

Heavy D was only 44 years old.

That's crazy.

That's when one hits their prime! I often say I can't wait to be 40 and that's not just something to say! I expect to be at a certain place in my life and I know now that I am taking that for granted. 

I heard Ricky Smiley say (something to the effect) this morning that he wants to get into a fitness routine but it seems like people end up dying and it frightens him. Now he aint lying. Big Pun and Luther Vandross are two examples that come to mind. It did seem like as soon as they got the weight loss under control they passed away.



Before and after

 Heavy D did lose a lot of weight too. So I understand Ricky's fear but I was troubled by Smiley saying that on a national radio station that has a wide audience of African American listeners. A majority of us who need to lose weight and/or get an exercise program in our lives! Of course I'mma write him a letter! Because the fact of the matter is all three of these men spent a good portion of their lives morbidly obese.

That makes a difference.

Being overweight, especially that over weight shortens your life expectancy, and even if you lose weight the damage has been done by abusing your body for years. Now that's not to say you should stay overweight and not eat right. I am saying the opposite START NOW do what ever you have to do to get your health under control.  

According to TMZ (who now has more reporting street cred than CNN) Heavy D was 6'4' and 344 pounds and he lost over 100 pound some years ago and people in the hospital say it was a heart attack that took his life. That's tragic. 

I am going to get off my soapbox but needless to say as someone who spent a number of my "good" years overweight it struck a cord with me for more reasons than just losing a great artist. Our health really is our wealth.

Invest in yourselves people and encourage those you love to invest in themselves as well. Tomorrow is Day # 2 of bootcamp and while I can't say I am going in with a big smile I am grateful for this journey to wellness as I often call it. I am grateful that I get another day to get it right and stay on the path to a longer, healthier, and happier life.

Heavy's last tweet on twitter sums up this post for me. "Be Inspired" 

Bootcamp Day #1

Well I did it! I got up and went to Day #1 of the Chizel It Bootcamp! Let me tell you something...it was hard! My mind was racing all night, it finally got quiet around midnight then I jumped back up at 3am and I knew I was in for it!

Well to put things in perspective I was asked to be the Fundraising Chairman of my sorority's Foundation...humm well asked isn't really the right word...what had happened was I gave two ideas and someone quickly nominated me and someone quickly seconded and the vote was called and all I heard was "all in favor say I" and I got the job lol I've never been a fundraising chair let alone on the fundraising committee so I appreciate the vote of confidence. And in classic me fashion I hit the ground running by the next morning I had a proposal for our first event and by the end of the week the second for the other event. So it is going well. It is nice to see that the skills I have are transferable to others areas or service. :-)

Anyway all that was to say I had a meeting last night so I didn't get home until after 9pm then I spent a good bit of time talking with a Soror and finally I called it a night after 10:30pm. 

So I am not working on much sleep. A/w the workout was great! Charles set up circuits or stations and we went around for 1 minute and a half doing various exercises like jumping on the trampoline, leg presses, working on shoulders with the pull down machine, working on biceps by sitting on a workout ball and doing bicep curls with hand weights, and a few other things that produced a lot of sweat! We ended the class with 10 minutes of ab work which I know I will feel later!

All in all it was a great workout and at least there was light out by the time we left. I still had time to get home, take a shower, get on the road, and catch my 8am bus. 

I think Bootcamps are great ways to jump start your workouts but in a group of 15 I know myself I will slack off which is why I am now so dependent on having a personal trainer; Charles helps to keep me honest. That one and one time is invaluable but I must say this Bootcamp helped me to refocus my goals!

My goal is 19 LBs by NY Eve! If you say it fast it rhymes :-)

Anyway it was a great workout and I sooo missed morning workouts so this perfect! I actually have this week off from one of my teaching jobs so at least my body can get used to it. Hopefully! Oh and I forgot I put a plea out on facebook to some of my sorors to join me and few said they would! So I was soooo happy when one of my favorite Sorors came and I met another Soror so yet another positive thing! below is my new vision board! the picture was from my friend Tosha's wedding. I must say I think I look guuuuddd! Anyway like I said I felt inspired so I did another one on the online O Dream Board! Thank you Oprah! Its really a cool tool!

Well I can't lie and say I am not dragging a little bit in spite of being proud of myself but at least I got it done! :-)

No Nonsense November!

Well its been a few weeks again but not as bad as the last time! I've been (all together now) BUSY!! I know, I know what's new? LOL Well I must say for the record life has been hectic but when I started this blog way back when that was the premise and the reason I decided to take a stab at blogging again because my story was like a lot of other busy women on the go who neglect themselves and their health for so many other things and people. Its a habit I had to unlearn and I felt the need to share my workout journey to prove we can still take over the world and exercise and be fit & fab. 


I am learning:


I don't always have to be the first person to say yes
or the second one to volunteer to help
or feel guilty for missing a meeting for a workout or to just rest


I don't have to be too hard on myself all the time. 
Missed workouts will happen. 
New jeans will get tight. 
I can go back to square one and get back on track.
and most importantly if I love & take care of myself all the pieces really do come together...


But its a process. I would never say I am cutting back on my busy ways.  Some people thrive off being busy! That's me. If I don't have a lot of stuff to do I will pull my hair out, out of boredom. I can only take down time in small controlled doses like at a spa day. I could never just stay home even if I was Paris Hilton rich I'd have to find something to do. That's just who I am. A lot of the women in my family are the same way so its in my DNA and my only real goal is to incorporate some self love in the form of eating right and exercise more times than not to reach my goals.


Confession time! I finally saw my trainer yesterday after over a month! :-O I know right! On the upside the workout was good and I felt like I got a good workout in and I don't feel super sore today.


Charles is starting a bootcamp from this Tuesday and it meets twice a week (Tues/Thurs) at 5:30am till Dec 15th! That actually works for me because I have that longgg commute but I am teaching 3 classes soon to be 4 and I've been going in late anyway so I can go straight to class in the evenings. 


I jumped on it because my 14s are tighhttttt and my goal was to lose 25 pounds and only lost 13. Not that I am turning my nose up at 13 pounds b/c I see the difference big time! 

At my friend Tosha's wedding 11-5-2011

I plan to work on a new Vision Board for my end of the year goals! I plan to lose these 19 pounds by 12-31-2011 

Let's Do It! 

I already put a request out to some of my peeps to see if they will join me! This will be great! I can feel it! :-)

The fallacy of the active date…

Well first off let me not act like it hasn’t been well over a month since I have updated yall! Apologies but life has been HECTIC! Really that isn’t even the word its been busy at work, I am teaching three classes, dating, staying social, my AKA life is back in full swing and oh yeah I sleep a few hours here and there too! LOL

On the positive side life is good. I am really working on some work-life-school-social life-balance and I can’t lie and say I have arrived but I feel like I am actually enjoying the journey. I have been tuned into Oprah’s Lifeclass! If you don’t know you better ask somebody! Its great! She kicked off the show with weight issues and how the ego plays a role in shaping your life and not in a good way. The only down side is its almost too much, too fast. I am on lesson/day 2 but I think they are up to lesson/day 5. Its heavy, deep stuff; the lessons about understanding your self worth, learning self acceptance, and self love and how that creates your life. All are stepping stone to your best life ever of course!  So bottom line I am taking my time, the shows are repeated and they are also on line. I would highly recommend it!

Well today’s topic is one that pains me to say I have reconsidered. I’ve posted a few time about the dilemma of “dating & dieting” because a lot of dating deals with eating out and sitting down. I’ve shared the book I read called The Soulmate Secret before and one of the things the author suggests is write a list of qualities you want in your soulmate. Not things like 6’5’’ dark skin with cute dimples type qualities (although those may be pleasing) she wants you to think about what kind of lifestyle you want with this person and use those words to describe your ideal mate.

I am not ashamed to admit my list has over 100 things. that's right over 100! They are good things like: funny, smart, caring, attractive to me, honest, good chemistry, faithful, likes to travel, etc. on that list is of course “someone who is physically active and likes to workout regularly.” So along that line of thinking I have been saying I want to do “active dates” I went bowling with that one guy and the other guy we planned on going to a dance class. I created a new vision board with images of couples doing the things I wold like to do like travel, exercise, and other activities! Well this is a classic case of be careful what you ask for!

So kinda new guy from the Beres concert asked me to go bike riding. I lent my bike to a friend to do the Iron Girl so I got it back from her so we could go. Now I warned him I had not been on my bike since last August when I did the triathlon! I TOLD HIM THAT! But maybe all he heard was I did a triathlon and said I’d be aiight!

Well yall I wasn’t aiight! :-(

The bike ride was from Rock Creek Park in Maryland all the way to parts of DC and Virginia! It was far and it was hard and it was long and there were hills, lot and lots of hills! I felt bad because I couldn’t keep up! He doesn’t work out in a gym so I guess if I invited him to a Kickboxing class he’d feel like I did but that didn’t help my pride or ego that day! LOL

He kept stopping and waiting for me and making sure I was ok which should have been sweet but just annoyed me because it reminded me that I was holding him back! That was annoying, until I got left LOL

All day kept saying just go and wait for me at any major intersection then you can double back until finally he listened L I was hotttttt for like 10 minutes! I couldn’t believe he really left me!!! No sooner than I started to get really upset he came around the corner lol lucky… *humph* But I didn't let him know I was upset actually i was so happy to see him I was giggling and said "Awe you came back for me!" I'm such a sucka lol

We went Saturday which was the day of the MLK Memorial Dedication so it was packed even though we went hours later! I really didn’t want to go down there on that day because I really don’t like crowds but he seemed hyped to see it so we went bikes and all, all in the way and took some pictures and headed back. I saw a few people I know which was nice.

He still wanted to ride some more around the Lincoln Memorial but I was clear that I needed to rest up in order to get back to my car LOL so I told him to ride around and I waited for him and made some phone calls and he came back still looking like he had energy to burn so I told him to leave his jacket for me and go have fun again lol When it was finally time to go I felt like taking a nap! I was BEAT down! And FUNKY!!!!

OMG when you exercise like that in the element its different from an air conditioned gym! I started to really feel self conscious and really started to regret agreeing to do this bike ride! I mean this is still the courting I stay cute stage of our dating so what was I thinking!? He can’t know I sweat!!! Clearly all active dates are not created equal! I should have said bowling or even walking on a trail but biking 10-15 miles?!? Ughhhh!

Just as I was really starting to feel really…bad…out of the crowd comes an Omega and he rolls righhht up on me and tries to hollah now my date was talking to the Segway rentals people and well Mr. Omega saw his chance and swooped in lol He finally left and so I acted like nothing happened and kept it moving.  But it was right on time because I was feeling really self consciuos! I sweat like a man when I workout so that like flirting did the trick to keep my confidence up! Gotta love Da Bruhz!

A/w I liked the idea of the Segway tour and he got excited so looks like that’s an option in the next few weeks…see active, yet not sweating! I also mentioned rock climbing he said he was game but I had to clarify I meant INDOOR no one is loosing a life on a cliff! LOL On the way back we took a detour near the water and he asked if I ever went cannoning I said nope so he is up for that too! See again burning calories but not getting beat down! I am game!

The one thing I will say is, all in all I had a good time! It was nice to see the other couples and families out being active together as well and I liked being apart of that group. And even though I was funky he acted like I wasn’t lol we were both too tired to go anywhere but home afterwards so he owes me food and likka next week! But I had fun and he was considerate he brought water for me and carried a bag so it could hold our stuff and that was extra fat free brownie points for him! So in terms of my assertion about the fallacy of the active date I will say this be sure you are comfortable with whatever you both plan to do. Ask question and be prepared! I won't say I will never go bike riding with him again since it can only go up from here for me lol but a word to the wise is sufficient! Ease into the activities would be my recommendation! The last thing he said was "When can I see you again" so may be I am exaggerating about my funkiness lol

Anywayyy in terms of my own workouts its confession time... its been 3 weeks since my last workout! Ohhh ahhh hiss boo I know I know. I been in a funky mood lately and I know not working out does not help. On the up side I actually lost weight lol in fact I was back down to my lowest summer weight. So I am still 19 pounds from my goal. So I’ll take that. I haven’t been to Krav Maga in over a month if not more! I need to either stop that till Spring or get back on it.

My schedule is so crazy I teach Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday. By Thursday I want to just go home and Friday same thing. The past few Saturdays & Sundays I’ve been decluttering which is good but still I need my workout groove back. The bike ride was good b/c it broke that streak but its TOM and I am not feeling it at all. Needless to say he asked about going next week… *blank stare* I suggested we switch up between his ride and other places like Centennial Park and the B & A Trail. Both have fewer hills than that crazy Rock Creek Park. He said that was fair. J We like him...

Anyway that’s all for now I’ll do better even if its to confess I ain't doing better LOL

Happy Positive Thinking Day!

Well I am back from Jamaica mon'! Ohhh what a time I had! I spent six..count 'em...6 days on the beach in Montego Bay! Mannn oh mannnnn did I need that!

My sister joined me and we stayed at a small hotel a little ways from what is known as the Hip Strip and took a cab back and forth! It worked well and I needed the break!

I kept up with the workouts by power walking this massive hill at 6am every morning! The hill was just crazy! The first day I did 5 reps, the second day 6, the other 7, which was my max! The last day my cousin was there and we went walking maybe a mile or so down the road and back. Aside from that plenty of swimming and just soaking up the sun! Loved it!

I went to visit family and finally hit the Bob Marley museum! Longgg time coming! 

All week I just had the overwhelming feeling of gratitude. I was so grateful for the experience! Some people will never see Jamaica and all its beauty! Some people never see their family members that are older or ill! Some people never have a chance to talk with their grandparents and hear their morning prayers (yes I was ease dropping she is 94 and has out lived her husband and two of her children and still had joy and peace I wanna know what they be talking about!) 

Life is so short and we take so many things for granted! I really am grateful for having such strong genes! I am grateful for God's traveling mercies that got me from one country to another and back again! How many people have things happen along their journeys both near and far? I was grateful that my new guy friend came and got me from the airport :-) even though we had a lil communicate snaff foo and he had to move heaven and earth and his parents lol and avoid a 9/11 road closure to get me and then take me 60 plus miles out of his way and did so with a smile :-)  Grateful....

Anyway I came back feeling really grateful and positive about moving on with my healthy lifestyle meaning my workouts and weight loss even though I came back and the scale was only 1 pound less! I was sure I lost like 10 pounds lol Oh well!! I started to think about how to get myself on track and I took some action steps

1) I logged on Weight Watchers! First time in like months!
2) I texted my Personal Trainer to confirm our Monday workout
3) I went grocery shopping
4) I bought good nutritious food
5) I opened my WW points calculator and calculated the points of everything I picked up
6) Had a great workout
7) Committed to reworking my vision board
8) Watched a great video John's Personal story about weight loss 
9) I walked up & down 138 steps today
10) I will write out my weekly workouts tomorrow

I wasn't perfect in fact yesterday I was moving so fast I left to go teach and left my salad and yogurt and I had a marketing research thing to go to so I was ill prepared! I got lost so I was running too late to grab something on the go and my dinner consisted of a small bag of chips and a handful of Hersey kisses they had in the building. :-/ Not good but it could have been worst. I went on WW and journaled it all and brought two bags to work with salads, yogurts, and protein shakes.

I still broke down and had a bag of chips from the vending machine after I tore my purse and desk up looking for change like a crackhead only to find out they were 8 points!!! That was a small bag! But on the positive side I am having dinner now since I am at work late (WW lasagna) so when I teach tonight I am not tempted to had fast food or junk food.

I can be candid with you all and say I tend to be a very positive person in all aspects of my life but its been a challenge to stay positive in two areas my weight loss and my dating life. I don't know why its been such a challenge but I've been making steps towards accepting the fact that good things are in store for me in both arenas and its a process but I know it all starts in my mind and I am getting there. I posted this quote earlier

"A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes." ~Mohandas Gandhi

Lo and behold I find out that today is Positive Thinking Day! 

Positive Thinking Day - September 13th - is a day to celebrate the benefits of positive thinking.  We believe that by helping people change their thoughts we can make a lasting and positive difference in this world. 

What better day to recommit to staying positive and focused on, and grateful for the good things I have and all that is in store!

I will have loads of pics posted soon!!

Stay positive!

MoBay 2011

Welcome September!

Where did the summer go? I can't believe its September! How terrible to see time fly on one hand but how exciting it is to welcome a new month! I need a fresh start! I just feel so ill prepared to proceed! LOL

Well the scale has been creeping back up slowly. I gained 6 pounds in like 2 weeks WTH?! I can be honest and say I have been busy and eating out and eating pretty much anything I want. I have not journaled and I have been sporadic at best with my workouts. The one thing I always say is my body is obedient if I get it together it'll come off but when I let loose its a free for all and the pounds come back with a vengeance. This summer my initial goal was to lose weight but it became apparent too much was going on and my focus wasn't where it needed to be so I am putting on the brakes! Summer is over back to business.

Today was a good day 1 I went on My Fitness Pal and logged in my food and I have four goals for September:

#1- Lose 5 pounds
#2- Exercise every day (even if it isn't hardcore 3 back to back workouts just some form of intentional exercise!)
#3- Drink 60 oz of water daily
#4- Plan my meals!

And I think these are doable. And not to make excuses but its been a stressful month some serious tragedies to people near and dear to me, an Earthquake in DC while I was a work, Hurricane Irene (thank God it was only a lot of rain for me and I didn't lose power or anything), I am teaching three classes, some work related drama, and it just been a lot. Food has always been my go to stress reliever and that is a habit I need to work on breaking one meal at a time. Some days I won some days I lost.

I am where I was May 16 when I went to my Doctor so that puts me at 23 pounds vs. 17 to goal and I am not ok with that but I just have that as a starting point to work with this fall. Still a long way from where I was January 2009 so I'll keep pushing.

On the dating front things are going well with the guy I mentioned meeting at the Beres Hammond concert. Its only been *gulp* less than a month but we have a really nice connection/vibe. I am glad I cleaned my dating slate a few weeks before even though it was just to take a mental break from dating all together but I guess God has something else in mind. We've been on 5 dates in 20 days that's bananas lol but I like it! So the story is to be continued!

Today's exercise is as follows: Eddie for Spin class. Period!

Friday: I am seeing (we'll call him the Beres Fan or BF for short) Cardio & weights at the Gym

Saturday: swimming & walking

That's all for now! I will share my new vision board soon!

“Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.” Bob Marley

OMG what do I say? I really don't have an excuse or reason why I have been MIA this long! All I can say is LIFE IS GOOD! Its been a busy but fun summer and on the working out front I am doing well! I am still about 17 pounds away from goal and I am sure the Fall will prove to be a good time to knock that goal out the water.

I am still doing Krav Maga but in all honesty its only been sporadically. *Face of Shame* My workout buddy has been under the gun at work and I am teaching again, traveling, and well to be honest partying! I am back to doing spin classes and man oh man I forgot how good a workout spinning is! I haven't seen't a Weight Watchers meeting in months even though they are still taking my money every month! What a waste! I been backsliding on My Fitness Pal and I really have no excuse since I can get it on my Blackberry! Unlike in the past I took some time to figure out what was going on and here's what I think the problem is... I feel really good right now. That's not to say I shouldn't be happy about feeling good but I think I have been getting a lot of compliments lately and my head is filled with accolades and kudos and well my drive and focus are slightly off. This is somewhat common and I have experienced it before but this time I am taking time to take stock of where I am and at the very least maintain my workouts and watch my calories so I don't regain those 13 pounds...Ok I am talking around the point...

Let me break it down. So I mentioned some time ago that one of the historically Black fraternities, Omega Psi Phi would be hosting their Centennial Conference in DC and honestly when my sorority turned 100 years old I was so busy working on committees I was too tired to really enjoy the celebration. My plan was to make up for lost time since the Ques (Qs) are known to party hard! lol

I planned to go to three parties they were hosting and have fun! And boy did I! It was wall to wall FIONE Black men all shapes, sizes, colors, ages, professions, etc. it was amazing! These men as a group are pretty manly men so they are not wishy washy or bashful about their intentions so let's just say most women left with very big egos and new friends after that weekend! Me included!

So with that in mind I must go back to the ability to hold onto "The Why" as relates to my goals. I wanted to look better, feel better, and be healthier and attention and flattery don't hurt but its not the be all to end all in terms of my "Why" so time to refocus! But its kinda like when you start dating and you both get comfortable and the weight creeps on unless you are vigilant about your plan or you can lose focus.

Felt good & looked good! :-)

Anyway it was a blast and I met some interesting men and enjoyed myself! It was also a good time to hang with my Sorors and some of their friends and bond and boy did we! It was a great 4 day weekend and all I can say is that was a once in a lifetime experience and I am glad I was able to enjoy it! The down side (depending on how you look at it lol) was the only exercise I got in was lots and lots of dancing! Dancing until my hair sweated out! Whew! Biz Markie DJ'ed one party and well nobody beats the Biz! In fact I partied with him twice in one week! More on that later!


Anyway Monday finally came around and because my Personal Trainer Charles keeps a watchful eye out for me on facebook I knew I could not go in slacking on my workout. He switched it up and we...I... started on the stairs, the dreaded stairs! I tried to protest but he just asked "Are you whining?" Ok so I did promise months ago never to whine after hearing one of his other clients bitch and moan non stop and I asked him "Do I sound like that?" And he just said "Sometimes, yes!" LOL

So I shut up and did 10 rounds on the steps at 50 steps a piece which was.....welll you can do the math! What a way to START a workout! So we also hit the weights I easily did over 200 pounds on the leg press, did some chest presses, worked with the medicine ball while doing leg lifts back and forth the length of the gym, ran on the treadmill for 3 minute intervals non stop (Go me!), and lots and lots of ab work! I came so strong Charles even had to say I was putting in good work! That's our deal though I bring 100% to every workout so I had to ignore the lingering effects of the Omega Conclave and keep it moving!

I also made it to the National Bar Association's Conference in Baltimore and had a good time. I got a chance to have breakfast with my Sorority's International President and that was awesome!! Well it was me and like 15 other members lol but still AWESOMMMEEEEE!!! And jokes of all jokes I ran into some Omegas at the darn conference! I asked how in the world did they just come from DC and go straight to this conference?! They are cut from a different cloth that's for sure!

Tuesday night one of the big attorneys in the city had a party with Biz Markie & Doug E. Fresh! Same one who did it like 2 years ago :-) That was cool and like at the Omega party I was right up front jamming! This little Bronx girl must be doing something right is all I kept thinking!

Doug E Fresh, Fresh, Fresh!

Sunday my sister and I went to see Jill Scott in DC! WOW what a show! DJ Jazzy Jeff was on on turn tables, Doug E Fresh was the hype man, Anthony Hamilton was the opening act, and Jilly from Philly ended it with a bang! Last May I did a post about how much weight Jill lost, she said her new look was called "Slim thickness" lol I loved that! Welllll she has gained some of that back but like all of us when you try to get some goals done exercise takes a back seat but she still looks good! Get it Jill!

Jilly from Philly

Anyway the week was so busy I can't even recall everything but I know I made it to Spinning class on Saturday and Heavy Bag on Sunday and got a great workout. Last week was pretty hectic too since I am teaching again and Beres Hammond came to town and preformed at Rams Head Live! I let class out a little early and headed over and I get to the door and can't find my driver's licence! Now some of you may recall the Motor Vehicles Administration has me on a list of people who keep getting replacements so I must go to the Headquarters if I lose my licence again so that was no bueno! I was kinda freaking out and the security guard saw my AKA keychain and said he'd show me some Phirst Pham love (he was an Alpha) and let me slide *WHEW*  P.S. I did locate it in one of my cute purses that went to all the parties!

Beres on stage

A/w (here's where we segway into the dating update :-) so I dunno why the idea of meeting men didn't enter my mind since it was a  reggae concert and all but a sista was NOT on her A game at all! I was too tired I guess from the 2 weeks of madness so I went right from work! Anyway my sister and her friend were upstairs but I like to be downstairs so I stood by myself near the steps and enjoyed a good view without being crowded. At some point I saw a guy that looked like the guy I spoke about (greatest couple that never was guy) and I was saying to myself  "I knowww he didn't come here and not say!" but when he got closer I realized it wasn't him. So anyway the show is going on and on and mind you its a Tuesday so around 11:30pm I texted my sister and said "Uncle Beres has until 12 midnight then I am gone!" She agreed and about 10 minutes later a wave of sickness hit me!

I mean I felt sick like I was going to up chuck and pass out! I only had 1 drink and well I just tried to calm myself down and get my mind together to leave. So I turned to walk away and a guy behind me asked if I was leaving but it was so bad I could barely speak. I just smiled and shook my head hoping I didn't throw up on him! It was BAD! So I take a few more steps and another guy walks in front of me and says hi & introduces himself and I said hi back and he just happened to stop me exactly where a huge air conditioning vent was located and I felt better almost right away! :-) yes he was cute lol soooooo I stayed and we talked yadda yadda yadda he asked for my number yadda yadda yadda we went out last Sunday! We had a good time he's really sweet and funny and has a cute accent! He loves reggae and seems really cool & down to Earth!

I went to a cookout the Omegas hosted on Saturday and stayed with my Soror that night and Sunday afternoon we went for Ethiopian food at a place called Abol which was a first for me! It was really good we ordered a beef dish and had to use a wrap like bread to eat it with. 





Yesega Alcha we’t ( Mild Beef Stew )
Tender beef cubes and carrots simmered in a sauce of oil, onion, ginger and turmeric.

A/w we stumbled upon a concert and enjoyed some good reggae music..although we later found out not a one of them peoples was Jamaican! LOL

What is the world coming to when a reggae band has someone from St. Kitts, Trinidad & Tobago, and even St Louis and not JA?! That's madness! LOL But I guess it just goes to show Roots & Culture is world wide! Anyway they were good *scheups* Proverbs  is the band's name *eye roll*  another Ethiopian band was coming up but it was already 8pm and I had to drive back home so we called it a night. We had fun and plan to see each other again. My schedule is so crazy and I have to workout this week. Looking ahead this what I got going on:

Weds- I went out with my friend Nicole to 13.5% Wine Bar we had a great evening filled with Wine & Food! I'll post another time!
Thursday-Eddie's spin class & weights
Friday-Hanging with the Sorors
Saturday- An Alpha cookout in the afternoon & a date with humm gotta think of a code name for him :-)
Sunday- Early morning is the Iron Girl Triathlon and I am going to cheer the Iron Moms on as a proud Alumnae!
Monday- Charles!!!!

See how fast that went by and only one dang workout! Balance, balance the never ending quest! Well Monday is a new week and I am really not going to stress myself its the middle of August I'll start a new vision board and set some goals and make a schedule and get back into a routine. Fall is usually a good time for me so 17 pounds gone by Turkey day is my goal! They are starting a stair climbing challenge at work and I joined! I still plan to do the New York Road Runners Empire State Building Run Up at some point so maybe this will push me into getting that done in 2012! 


Okkk and that fast I did a quick google search and I am going to do this Feb 2012 for charity for Team For Kids! Funds raised by Team for Kids members allow NYRR to provide free or low-cost school- and community-center based health and fitness programs to children who would otherwise have little to no access to regular physical activity. Currently, our programs serve nearly 100,000 children each year in more than 400 schools and community centers in New York City, nationally, and in the Cape Town region of South Africa.

Cool! I'll keep you posted! :-)

Anyway below are a few more pics! Enjoy! I promise to be back soon!

Sun dress or fun dress?

Omega Public meeting with my Sorors! Why am I giving it up in that pic! LOL I love it!!

“Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.”

Bob Marley