March 2011
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Daily Food Log: Breakfast, Lunch and Sax 5th Ave.
My cleaning out my fridge challenge has been a success. I just finished the last of my granola. For breakfast yesterday, I had:
1/3 cup cranberry granola
1/3 cup quick oats
1/3 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup milk (probiotics is helping me digest milk again!)
1 tbsp nutella
1 of my homemade chocolate macaroons
I let it sit in the fridge overnight and ate it cold in the morning. Yum! Breakfast...
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“To change and to change for the better are two different things.”
– German proverb
I am giving up social media (among other things) for Lent so I will see you all in 40 days! Lent is such an important time for me, to reflect, to focus on my well-being and my spirituality. I always come out of Lent a stronger person. I am sure by the time Lent is over, I will be...
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Fashion Attack! The Limited's Semi-Annual Suiting...
WHERE: In-store and online at TheLimited.com DATES:
March 7 – March 13: a FREE pant or skirt with the purchase of a suit jacket, applied automatically at check-out
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For Your Entertainment: Lil Wayne "We Back Soon"
Spotted this Wayne track over at HHU.
Lil Wayne – We Back Soon
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mauricesmall asked: reasons why i am gonna follow you.
1-the first word of your blog is healthy
2-the last word is ramblings
3-just rollin thru i got a good vibe, but the "45 bloggers to check out", thats what got me. the fact that you shared "45" other blogs with us. wow! thanks much.
1-the first word of your blog is healthy
2-the last word is ramblings
3-just rollin thru i got a good vibe, but the "45 bloggers to check out", thats what got me. the fact that you shared "45" other blogs with us. wow! thanks much.
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Best Weight Loss Foods: Avocados
Clearly, I love like avocados. On a good week, I can go through seven easily. I love the creamy texture and its health benefits! Avocado is a nutrient dense fruit that should be added to your diet! Avocados provide monounsaturated fat to your diet that is lower cholesterol levels, which in turn can decrease your risk of heart disease. In addition to healthy fat, avocados provide Vitamin K,...
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For Your Health: 3 Secrets to Eating a Healthy...
1. Diversify your diet and include all foods. A balanced meal is one consisting of carbohydrates, protein and fats (yes, fat!). Carbohydrates provide quick energy, protein builds muscle, and fat sustains energy for up to four hours. You can’t lead an active lifestyle without fuel. Eating meals and snacks that contain carbohydrates, protein and fat is the best way to feel satisfied and have...
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For Your Health: What Your Body Needs, From...
Strength Training Strong muscles help your body burn more calories — research suggests one pound of muscle will burn six to 10 more calories than a pound of fat. So lift weights two to three times per week. Cardio Training A strong heart helps your body perform all of the tasks it needs to do on a daily basis and stokes your metabolic fire. It also helps burn fat. Aim to do two to three...
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For Your Information: 45 Must Follow Tumblrs For...
Warning: Be sure you’ve got some time to kill before you tackle this list. Tumblr is the prime destination for colored girls who are bored at work when Twitter isn’t enough. Africahttp://fyeahafrica.tumblr.com - Dedicated to, and celebrating, the people, numerous cultures, tribes and traditions of Africa Black Women/Womenhttp://blackchickswithfreckles.com - The name says it...
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Fashion Attack! 17-year old Designer, Bishme...
Bishme Cromartie, is a 17-year old self-taught designer from Baltimore, Maryland. His newest women wear line is dedicated to spring. The line is entitled, The Color War Collection. In his line he boldly uses and pushes the boundaries of textures, shapes, dimension and color. Keep an eye on this budding designer!
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For Your Self-Esteem: The More You Fail, The... →
Learning to fail helps you learn from your past mistakes, but blogger Dan Shipper argues that it also makes you less afraid of failing, widening your boundaries and making you attempt greater challenges.
The key is not only accepting failure, but accepting public failure — the less…
That awkward feeling when you can't stop eating...
Reblogged from betherewhenifall
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Fashion Attack! H&M Spring Looks for 2011
Picture courtesy of H&M
According to H&M, this spring it is all about flowing shapes, oversized sunglasses and platform heels (hasn’t it always been about platform heels?!)! Which outfit will you wear this spring?
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Music Monday: Common “Love Is”
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Fashion Attack! ALLEN B. for JCPenney Spring 2011...
ALLEN B. by designer Allen B. Schwartz, just released a fully affordable and vibrant collection for JCPenney. The line consists of spring looks. There is a broad mix of blouses, leggings, jackets, dresses, denim, from colored. Allen B. rounds out the collection with skinny cargos and maxi skirts.
My favorites:
The black and white striped jacket is a lot of fun. It would be a perfect light...
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Fitness Check-In: Fat2Fit Part III
(for those who said they couldn’t see it the first time)
Part III. These dresses are identical, just different colors. Picture one was taken in St. Louis and Picture 2 in Singapore. I sometimes need a bit of a reminder of my weight loss progress. The first picture I was was 50 lbs overweight with a BMI of around 30. The second picture was 20 lbs ago with ago with a BMI of around 27....
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Fashion Attack! Target.com's free Beauty Bag with...
HURRY on over to the Target website for your free beauty bag with samples and up to $25 in savings! Please go now because they are going to run out quickly. I just tested it and was able to get mine! Limited quantities available. Thanks Kitty at Grocery Coupons!
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WatchMy American Culture: Tim Wise on White Privilege
I have a problem with the word ghetto. Only because today the true etymology of the word is ignored. If you don’t believe me look it up and see what the true definition really is. People now use the word ghetto to describe something when that they really mean “old”, “dumb”, “dirty”, “used”,...
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WatchFashion Attack! New York Trendsetters: Music Artist, Theophilus London X NYC’s Downtown Sweetheart, Va$htie X Michael Williams of A Continuous Lean Blog party at Hotel Chantelle NYC for Bushmills Liquor.
I love Va$htie’s personal style, Michael Williams has a sick men’s lifestyle blog, and Theo London makes sick music. I can’t wait until my sister starts her job in NYC so...
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Fashion Attack! The Cocktail Ring Trend
“Kiss the RANG.”
Cocktail rings are items that will never really go out of style. There is always a party or event where you will be holding a champagne glass and you will definitely need a ring that makes a statement. Or maybe you are a student on a budget and don’t have money to buy a whole new outfit. A great way to spice up your outfit is with accessories!
2010 was the...
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Fitness Check-in: Plateau Over
My self-imposed abstinence from working out is over! Thank the lord because I miss yoga, dance and cycling. AND I broke my weight loss plateau! Hip hip hooray! Even without working out this week, I still lost between 1.5-2 lbs. Granted I am not yet in control of my late night snacking, but I am getting there. I am going to celebrate by going for a run on the treadmill.
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My Ghanaian Culture: March 6, 1957 Marks Ghana's...
I am a Ghanaian American and I am proud to celebrate the independence of my cultural heritage. Proud American by birth, cultural Ghanaian.
After further negotiations with Britain, on March 6, 1957 at 12 a.m. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, declared the nation “free forever”. The flag which consists of the colors red, gold, green and the black star became the new flag in...
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Recipes: Homemade Meat Sauce
I am in graduate school. If I want to cook, I have to get up at the crack ass of dawn to make real food. Today, I woke up at 7:00am to make my very own meat sauce. It is a quick easy way to get more protein and veggies in any diet!
Ingredients:
1/2 (8oz) pound of lean pork (3% fat 97% lean meat, any lean meat will work)
6 cloves of diced garlic
1/2 medium onion (chopped)
2 15-oz cans...
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Daily Food Log: Recent Eats and Birthday...
My favorite breakfast so far this month.
Cinammon Raisin Bagel thins with:
2 tbsp of natural peanut butter
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup sliced almonds
So money.
It may be weird, but I am trying to eat everything in my fridge before my vacation.
Last of my apples.
Deitrich’s chocolate covered gummy bears? What? They are so good though. Refined sugar in moderation....
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For Your Health: 15 Simple Ways to Cut 500...
1. Make a trade. Cutting calories is as easy as swapping one food for another!
Bagel for an English muffin to slash 220 calories (or try a bagel thin they are usually 110 calories).
A glass of whole milk for skim to save 70 calories.
Three-egg omelet for one egg and two egg whites.
Pork sausage for turkey sausage to cut about 125 calories each.
2. Measure portions. So many of us have...
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Fashion Attack! Alexander Wang Spring 2011...
Check out the entire Spring 2011 lookbook here.
My favorites:
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WatchFor Your Entertainment:
AZIZ ANSARI x LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON x HILARIOUS EMBARRASSING NYE STORY
Hilarious! Aziz is coming to Denver but it is when I will be in Chicago. Maybe I will catch him soon. For now this video will have to do!
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For Your Health: 2% of Japanese girls have eating...
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Nearly 2 percent of female middle school students in Japan were found having eating disorders that require professional help in a survey in 2009 and 2010, according to health ministry data made available to Kyodo News on Tuesday.
Gen Komaki who led the ministry’s first full survey on the juvenile health problem said, “The number of potential sufferers could grow several-fold. The...
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For Your Information: Facebook is Now a Factor in...
A recent study by the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers has found that Facebook is now a factor in nearly one out of every five American Divorces. Additionally, some 80% of divorcees included in the survey reported using social media to investigate their spouse’s behavior in the time leading up to the split. Facebook was again the big culprit, making up 66% of social media cited as...
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Hardcore Happy Hour Head: The Charlie Sheen...
It seems that no one can get away Charlie Sheen’s latest rants. Want to make a game of it? 21 and up only! Shake up a few of GlamNest’s “Tiger’s Blood” shooters next time you see a Sheen interview or twitter rant. :) Winning!
Tiger’s Blood (Makes approximately four 1 ounce shooters) 2 oz. 1800 Select Silver Tequila (100 proof version) 2 oz. Tomato Juice Splash Lime Juice 2 dashes of...
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WatchFor Your Entertainment:
Jimmy Fallon: “Winning” – A Fragrance by Charlie Sheen
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WatchFor Your Entertainment:
Lil Wayne ft. Cory Gunz – 6’7’ [Music Video]
A little Inception influence on this vid.
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Best Weight Loss Foods: Eggs! (And A Easy Egg...
Eggs have gotten a bad wrap because of the cholesterol content, however it seems that eggs are popping back up on everyone’s weight loss foods lists! Eating the whole egg won’t hurt you or your heart, if eaten in moderation. “Egg protein is filling, so you eat less later in the day,” says David Grotto, R.D., author of 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life (Bantam).
I...
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For Your Information: Control Impulse Spending...
I recently just added The Get Rich Slowly Blog to my google reader. I think that the blog has some awesome financial advice, especially the 30-day rule to control impulse spending. For your information read below. I am going to try it, but I think that since I gave up shopping for Lent, this shouldn’t be a problem.
The 30-day rule is a simple method to control impulse spending. Here’s...
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Fashion Attack! Christian Siriano for Spiegel...
Christian Siriano partnered with women’s wear retailer Spiegel on a 10-piece collection of party wear for Spring 2011. The collection, (you can pre-order now!), is inspired by the Siriano’s high-end Spring 2011 collection. The price of each piece in the collection range from $49 for a draped blouse to $449 for knee length black cocktail frock constructed from voluminous layers of...
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Fashion Attack! Jill Stuart Fall 2011
Jill Stuart used rich and deep, bold colorblocking and glittery metallics for her Fall 2011 collection presented during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.
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For Your Information: Beyonce Told Gaddafi to...
Beyonce told Gaddafi to shove it! Well, his money that is. Hounded by the press to give back the money she earned performing for the Gaddafi clan at a New Year’s Eve Party in 2009, Beyonce told The Associated Press that she already gave the money to charity…a year ago. According to her publicist, Bey gave the money to “earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, over a year ago.” Apparently, “once it...
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Fashion Attack! Last Chance! Shop ASOS Final...
DEAL: Shop now and Save up to 50% on Women’s Final Winter Clearance at ASOS for a limited time only.
WHERE: ASOS.com
DATES: Ends 3/6/2011
MY FAVORITES:
Cardigan with Woven Silk Back Forever Unique One Shoulder Ruffle Dress Lace Kaftan Maxi Dress Rare Tye Die Maxi Dress Vila Animal Knit Sweater Diesel Light Me Up Spark Sandals Felix Ray Shell Clutch Fallon Mixed Deadly Bead Choker
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Fashion Attack! People's Revolution Owner, Kelly...
If you’ve been wondering what Kell on Earth star Kelly Cutrone (you may know her from MTV’s The City) has been up to (and her YouTube channel wasn’t cutting it), you’ll be happy to know she and People’s Revolution partner Robyn Berkley have teamed up with Chris Burch (Tory’s ex) to create a clothing line, The Electric Love Army.
While the launch date is unknown, the collection, intended...
