Detox WEEK 03/21-03/26..

My diet consisted of the SAME thing for 6 days straight.. WATER... Oatmeal for Breakfast, Kale salad for lunch , orange , banana for snacks and Shake for dinner!
And I lost 3.5 inches int he waist.....Paired with 3 day workout outs n small HiiT activities throughout the week!

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BY: Roni Deanna Brown

2011 MOTTO: PERSISTENCE

Do you need to focus on persistence and determination in your life? Do you not start things because you are afraid that you won't finish? Reflect on the following affirmations:

* I am not where I want to be, but I have come so far from where I was.
* I am on the right path. All I have to do is keep walking.
* Everytime I fall down, I get back up a little wiser.
* We all have a unique purpose, so I can never be too late, too slow or too ME to achieve my goals!
* The problems that plague me the most are the ones that hold the keys to my self-discovery. I won't retreat. I will keep pushing. If you had to choose a word to be your theme for 2011, what would it be?

Moonshine WINE

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My guys...

Man I am laughing so hard thinking about this weekend with these guys! No matter what they always put a SMILE on my face! guy trouble, girl trouble..these are the COOLEST men around!

Byrd,Ortega, J.Ham

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DRE and Byrd

PROGRESS Is a PROCESS

So this is my hair AT 5months some length SLOWLY but Surely....and At 6months...IT is filling out NICELY...I have very THICK COARSE HAIR and I LOVES IT!!!

My Twist 1 month

So I decided that i was really tired of "doing" my hair...I am really digging this NATURAL lifestyle becuase it really fits into my schedule..I can wake up in the morning wash n go and if i want length its nothing to put on a piece and keep it moving...

RAHEEM DEVAUGHN...LOVE HIM

Lightweight I was about to SLEEP on this new album...I mean the last 2 albums i liked but didnt FALL in love with himas an artist. Maybe its where I am in my life or the experiences that i have been through BUT this ALbum SPEAKS SPEAKS to me...Thanks Britt for tellign me to listen!

Any folks if you liked any of his other SONGS check out thie new album

The LOVE and WAR Masterpiece

FYI..HARVARD UNIVERISTY

Harvard University Announcement

Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate
students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the
announcement, Harvard President, Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten
percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the
lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not
doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the
income distribution".
If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor
student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay
the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on
undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free,
no tuition and no student loans!

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making
less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard financial aid website at:
http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/ or call
the school financial aid office at (617) 495-1581.
SEND TO SOMEONE WHETHER THEY CAN USE OR NOT. THEY JUST MIGHT KNOW SOMEONE
WHO CAN.

A quarter of a CENTURY~ +1!!!!!

Alas Toda is my birthday so far nothing super extradionary other than GOD woke me up and BLESSED me to see my lovely FAMILY and FRIENDS!!!


BE BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED

Love April

FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!

Ok readers when I first fell into this natural idea I hit every website and friend tha I know and asked for ADVICE!!! I kept getting information about Coconut oil and shea butter and ALL nautral products that everyone seemd to LOVE ..Everyone but the PERSON/THING that mattered the most MY HAIR!
So after hitting the BSS I found Luster's Renutrients Replenishing Style Cream 4oz.
I have found that usually after conditioning hy hair tends to DRY up fast..even with the shea butter and Coconut oil it always feels rather ROUGH and DRY/BRITTLE when I get to work....ARGHH
It got to the point where I was spritzing my air every hr..NOT GOOD!!!! I was/am going through product like crazy...(FYI: the Coconut oil and shea butter does WORK WONDERS FOR MY BABIES HAIR THOUGH)

I have learned that MY COARSE KINKY HAIR loves PARABENS and PETROLEUM...SO HERE THEY COME!!!!

#13 ivyleague

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Sometimes going BACK can mean GOING FORWARD!

NEW GROWTH and NEW BOOTS :)

hmmm Sorry ladies its been kinda slow for me...Right now I am in the middle of figuring out what to do with my hair next.....I feel like I've hit an akward stage its grown out to wear it has a mind of its own..it wont lay flat nor will it stay poufy....As fall/winter has started to hit my region I have found that my hair stays really dry now...the coconut oil and shea butter mix doesnt seem to work so well now....ANY SUGGESTIONS?

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Alas to I found a cheap pair of pink boots to wear with my peri.....try amiclub.com
these pink boots were only 12.99....spend $50 and you'll get free shipping..

Word to the wise...these boots are comfortable and cute but they are thin and kinda hard to get on!!! :) Aww the PRICE OF FASHION

Conditioner rotation

So I AM a professed Product JUNKIE!!!
ok not really what has happened is that in my transistioning phase I bought some products that I thought would work well and ahem DIDN'T..So now I'm not one to waste or thorw things away Im trying to figure out what to do with my items....A couple of bottles of conditioner have been wroking well with my conditiner rotation..using a new/ different conditioner for my bi-daily co-washes, helps me figure out what is working well on/in my hair, which depends alot on what I'm doing the the weather outside....



P.S. the bottles that have not worked AT all have been gifted to other family memebers.

Spare the ROD...

As A Parent I think this is pretty intersting! This details a study about how SPANKING can cause children to be more agreesive... A GOOD whooping cant solve everything!

I hear alot of people who say that It worked for them so why not their children- Mainly form those who don't have children.... but I will say I was spanked when i was younger but not for every single little thing that I did...They were reserved for my special moments...

What I have noticed with my girls is that SPANKING isn't always needed...With Kaygan (almost 2) time-out will work...being stern works.... I noticed that my sister is a strict disciplinary..(whooping after whooping is her way). After a weekend with her Kaygan loves to hit and bite..hmmm connection...yeap...At her age she thinks its a game...you hit her and she hits back...
Wait.what..Yep SHE will hit you back....now I have learned that I'm TEACHING her that hitting is ok..... LIGHT BULB..Stop hitting her...

Now this works for me and my CHILD..to each his own..

WHY BC???

So most of my friends who haven't seen me in a while are a lil shocked by the new Short do..but not very surprised...I decided to BC on an impulse..very suddenly..I had worked myself up that I (yes me) was gonna transition for a while..meaning like 4 to 6 months, but alas my aptience is just not that GREAT!




Lets just say i got tired of looking at this ^^^^

LOL not really People who know me know that I have no Patience what's so ever I Hate HATE waiting....So in order for me to be able to see "Resluts" quicker I decided Now or never and guess what It was better than I'd imagined!




What I've Learned so FAR!!!!
1. This wash and go fits into my schedle perfectly...
2. I like Short hair on me
3. I do miss ponytail days, but this is easy too
4. Natural does NOT equal = NO EFFORT
5. It's not for everyone

I dont want to try and influence any one else to do what I DID...I'm just here to offer any advice, answer questions and to chronicle my JOURNEY so FAR... I love you as long as you LOVE YOU!!!

Remembering 9/11

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
Barack Obama




I am a firm believer that our past influences and marks our futures. So on this day I Promise to reflect on my past and not relive it but keep it in mind when I'm preparing for the present and OUR future. With this I Pray for forgiveness, patience and LOVE for everyone...

Peace

BET: Why do you HATE US?

Since Viacom bought BET from R. Johnson in 2000/01 it has steadily gone downhill...It now boast more reality shows just like MTV and VH1 and does not care what or who it advertizes!

The letter of a 15 yr old Intelligent, African American who denounces B.E.T

I’m Janita Patrick, a 15-year-old African-American female from Cincinnati. Recently, I watched the 2009 BET Awards and felt the strongest urge to reach out to the program. My family is of the typical middle-class variety; both parents and four brothers. See, I’m a junior in high school (got skipped), so naturally EVERYBODY in my age group watches BET. I’m used to seeing the sagging pants, tattoos, lack of emphasis on reading and respecting women that makes up your videos. People in my class live this out everyday, while teachers tell us that we’re acting just like the people in your showsIn your shows. That struck me as odd, because I would think that with your show being the primary outlet for black entertainers and musicians, and considering the context of blacks in this country, there’s a social responsibility factor to consider. I would never blame BET alone for the way a great deal of my classmates act and talk and dress. Everybody makes their own choices. However, if anybody is aware the power of television on impressionable minds, it’s the people running the television operations. If you are not aware, then perhaps you shouldn’t be running the operations.

Guess who watches your network the most? Not those who are intelligent enough to discern foolishness from substance, but those who are barely teenagers, impressionable and believing. It’s awfully cruel to plant seeds of ignorance in fertile minds. You know it’s really bad when the co-founder of BET, Sheila Johnson, said that she "really doesn't watch it anymore"

I am constantly fighting against the images and messages put forth on your program. What made you think that it’s okay to bring my classmates on stage to dance behind Lil Wayne and Drake to a song talking about boffing “every girl in the world”? Why does reality train wrecks have to thrown in our faces? Are you aware of the achievement gap going in inner-city African-American communities? A report from America’s Promise Alliance, a non-profit group started by Colin Powell, recently stated that 47 percent of high school students in the nation’s top 50 cities don’t graduate. (Fifty-four percent of males of color in Ingham County graduated from high school, compared to 74 percent of white males). This isn’t because of BET per se, but I don’t see any episodes on your show doing anything to counteract this disturbing trend. In fact, your show is a part of this cycle of media depicting us at our worst.

My older brother told me something about profit being the number one goal for every business. I’m not sure I understand what that means, but I do know that your shows have to be entertaining enough to generate viewers, which is how you make your money. But surely our culture is rich enough to entertain without anything extra to “boost” ratings; why the over-the-top foolery? I listen to classmates talk about Baldwin Hills like it’s the Manhattan Project. It doesn’t take much effort to produce a throng of degenerative reality shows, nor does it take much to eliminate socially conscious shows off the air. MTV isn’t much better, but since when does two wrongs ever make a right? It’s one thing for white television shows to depict us in a particular way, but for black television shows to do it is baffling.

Why do you hate us?
All of the values that my parents seek to instill in me and my brothers seems to be contradicted by a more powerful force from the media, and your show is at the forefront. Your network is the only network that features rap videos and shows exclusively to children of my color. I know that you have no control over the music that the artists put out, but you do have influence as to how you air these videos. I’m sure if a stand was taken to use the talent in your organization to actually crank out thought-provoking entertaining shows and videos, then artists will follow suit. Being that they need you as much as you need them.

There was one awkward segment in the BET Awards when Jamie Foxx singled out three black doctors-turned-authors, but the introduction was so powerless that many of the viewers had no idea who they were. Had they been introduced as Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins, three brothers who overcame major obstacles to become a success without the use of lyrics that berate women, the sell of substance that destroy communities or through raps about loose gunplay, then maybe my classmates would have come to school talking about more than Beyonce, T-Pain’s BIG ASS CHAIN and Soulja Boy Tell Em’s hopping out the bed.

But they weren’t introduced like that. It seemed like a throwaway obligatory tribute to appease some irritated fans. It missed the mark. Big time. Ask Michelle Obama if she watches BET or encourages Sasha and Malia to do so. Ask President Obama. It’s a reason he is the leader of the free world, and it isn’t because of Buffoonery Exists Today.

You’d be surprised how smart young black children can be with the absence of Blacks Embarrassing Themselves. If your goal is to deter engaged, forward-thinking articulate black minds, then consider your goal fulfilled. It’s hard-pressed to think that your shows are working to promote cultural betterment. However, it’s quite easy to conclude that the destruction of black children through the glorification of immoral behavior and rushed production is by design. Poison is being swallowed by every viewer who adores your network, and the worse thing is, these viewers - my classmates - are not even aware what they’re swallowing.

There is nothing edifying for black women on your show. I don’t judge people who do throng to your programs though; I mean, if a jet crashes in right in front of me, I’ll watch it too. That’s why I don’t flip by your channel…I don’t even want to be sucked in.

I have aspirations of acquiring a law degree and possibly entering the public sphere, so I can counteract conditions in my community perpetuated by the images on your channel. So I should thank you, because in a weird sense, your shoddy programming is the wind behind my back. And it is my hope that I can accomplish my dreams despite BET’s pictorial messages, because Lord knows it won’t be because of them.

Sincerely,
Janita Patrick

New Lessons

So as I've started out on my new "NATURAL" journey there are new things that i have learned from reading other blogs and articles.

Transitioning: is my current state...My Last Relaxer was June 22, 2009...and I am currently trying to see if i can go a with having to do a BC or "Big Chop".

THE BIG CHOP SCARES the living daylights out of me...I'm not quite sure how I'd look with super short hair!!! So for now You will probably see this Clip until I figure out whats next!