Jupiter Images

The latest information comes out this week confirming that Jupiter was hit by a Asteroid. Now, Nasa says it will share information online on future updates with objects coming near Earth. The funniest part of the whole story was the guy who captured the image of Jupiter being hit is a amateur Astronomer. This goes to show that anyone can help watch the skies. My next big investment will be a telescope so my family and I can participate in watching the galaxy. Actually, all astonomers are joining together for the 2009 Astronomy project. This is something I seriously want to teach my girls. There is so much going on in the skies. When I took a course in Astronomy, I loved it. There was so much to learn about the skies and how earth is affected by what goes on in the skies. Just like in Biblical stories when the three Kings watch the sky and new by the signs in the skies that the Saviour of our World was born. His name was Jesus. They followed the stars and found the infant and brought him many gifts. I've always found that story fascinating in the fact that I've always wondered just how they knew what the signs in the sky were? How did they obtain the knowledge to know certain signs in the sky meant someone was born and whom for that fact? Many stories in the bible had me raising questions because I've always looked outstide the box. The basic information in the bible has never been enough for me. I've always asked Why? What? When? I've always wanted more detailed information. Which tells you I was not well liked by the Church. I was always told, "You do not question God." I've never seen it as though I was questioning God, I simply wanted to know the truth. Just how did they come across such information.. I'm still learning.

What foods increase metabolism?

Metabolsim is the process of breaking down all the foods we eat. If your body doesn't break down what you eat then it turns to fat. If you eat the right kinds of foods you can help speed up your metabolism to help breakdown the foods you eat and with exercise it's a sure approach to weight loss. Which foods speed up your metabolism?

Vegetables
Fruits
Lean Proteins
Fish
Healthy fats
Whole grains

When looking at the above list, it really doesn't tell you much. Most people, receive this list from their doctors and proceed with their own list made from the above food list. You have to know which foods actually speed up metabolism. I was given a list similar to the above list years ago. While obtaining my minor in nutrition, I learned more detailed information on the above list of foods. Therefore, I wanted to create a list of each categories and the exact foods which cause the metabolism to speed up.

VEGETABLES
Brococlli
Lettuce
Cucumber
Zucchini
Celery
Tomatoes
Cauliflower
Eggplant
Mushrooms
Spinach
Artichokes
Carrots

Meats
Fish
Tuna
Skinless Chicken Breasts
Cornish Game Hen Fish
Tofu Turkey Bacon
Lean Sirloin
Tenderloin
Cabbage

Fruits
Strawberries
Grapefruit
Melons: Cantaloup, watermelons
Apples
Citrus Fruits-Pineapples, Oranges,
Pears

Lean Proteins
Fish
Tuna fish
Sardines
Peanut butter

Whole grains
Brown/Wheat Bread
Brown/Spaghetti
Brown/Rice
Nuts: peanuts, pecans, walnuts,
Oatmeal(I usually get the variety kind)
Raisin Bran or any other whole grain cereal



Dairy products:
Yogurt(Low-fat of course)
Drink only carnation milk... no 2%, no whole milk only 2%
Fatfree


Another rule of thumb is to remeber to eat every 3 to 4 hours. One of the best things I found out about fiber is that it keeps you full. At least 30 minutes before a meal I make my delicious Fiber shake. I use a blender, 1tsp fiber (of choice)water, ice, small amount of frozen juice, and mixt it up. Fiber gives the body a very full feeling. This is the best idea yet. I never knew fiber was so beneficial. My choice of fiber is Metamucil or Benefiber mixtures. Including fiber in my diet was the best decision I had ever made.

Oh boy! Jupitet Hit may have been hit by a Asteroid or Meteor!

Now, 2012 predicts that Earth will have some catasrophic events which will occur. That is one of the main reasons for me trying to get physically fit. In case, things spiral out of control I will already be ready if I can't eat all the food I want and in the event that I can't use a car, I will be physically ready to walk anywhere without major problems. Besides that, I want to look and feel great. I was so miserable when I was bigger. Feeling great has it's positive points, I can easily participate in activties I love and I no longer have daily pains in muscles and joints.
When I received my Associates Degree one of the greatest classes I had was Astronomy. I loved that class and I look to the skies as much as I can. As of July 19 2009 the same day NBC was airing Meteor, one may have struck Jupiter or an Asteroid. Scientist are not sure yet. Here is the photo..

[DA June 25, 2009] Of Ants and Galaxies « The Daily Astronomer

[DA June 25, 2009] Of Ants and Galaxies « The Daily Astronomer

This is what the Sky looked liked the Day Michael Jackson Died. What beautiful sight in heaven.

Dodgeball game

I had a great time playing Dodgeball on Thursday. I decided to post some of the videos I have of the game. Each week I will start posting both of my games Dodgeball on Thursdays and Kickball on Sundays. Hopefully, this will keep me motivated. I've been tired lately but I'm trying to regain my strength so I can continue my games. The weather has been hot and keeps me indoors until nightfall. It's been too hot for me to be in the sun with as much exercise as I do daily. Starting Monday, I will stop eating meat with my meals. This last 30lbs has been very difficult to lose. I've changed my diet so I've slowly slipped back into some of my old habits such as drinking beer at the bar with the teams, eating meat more regularly, and I've not been as active as I could be. lately, I've stopped my early morning exercise regiment before 6am. So, I think I have to get back to my old ways to finish up what I've started. I've got to accept that I can't slip back into my old routine. Each time I've lost weight, I go right back to the old routine trying to do like everyone else and that doesn't seem to work for me. I'm different than my friends or associates. Each time, I cosume meat I gain weight or I can't successful lose weight. I've been able to maintain my weight but I haven't successfully lost weigh anymore. With that said, I've got to get back to my old way and stay with it otherwise I will see myself right back into that 200lb mark.

My newest baby to the family!

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How to build ripped muscles

Many people wonder how to obtain ripped muscles and are not sure how they can accomplish it. I came up on a very wonderful article last week discussing just the thing and explaining how you can obtain ripped muscles without taking any drugs. The article explains how muscles are actually built up. This is done by a few processes in the body. First, when you perform effective exercises it causes stress on your muscles. In turn, the stress on muscles causes tiny micro-tears on the muscles which causes muscle aches or soreness. The micro-tears are repaired by your body's own stem cells which comes from bone marrow creating new muscle tissue. The new muscle tissue becomes new muscle. This was a great article to read..





Reference:
http://www.aralifestyle.com/article.aspx?UserFeedGuid=904bf890-db23-4551-95d2-1f5aa83e9e6a&ArticleId=2089&ComboId=4185&title=New-development-builds-ripped-muscles-legally

Dodgeball Champions of Dallas!

May 26,2009 my Dodgeball playmates decided to enter a league and play some mad dodgeball. We played a group of excellent teams, most played flag football which was the team in Red. They were pretty tough and had some girls on there who through some powerful balls. We lost to them the first time but had to play them again and we won. They were the toughest team out there except our team. I have to give them their props because they were a excellent group of people with some awesome girls. I've listed some pictures... After playing 7 teams best game out of 3 from each team we finaly won the entire series in one night. Go Dallas Dodgeball!

High BMI will disqualify you from being hired...

I've warned people about this time and time again but no one wants to listen. Well, I'm the only black still playing Dodgeball and Kickball. I love the two sports and I exercise at 6am in the morning. One of the greatest exercises in the early morning is my Firmfitnessdirect tape. Wow. they have the greatest exercise tapes designed for women. They tell the truth when they say you can see visible results in 10 sessions. Please believe me after 10 sessions or 10 days you will start to firm up and look really nice. The tapes are fun and you have to keep a clear mind. Just take your time.
I've been still reading and the topic is coming up more and more on the internet about High BMI and using this as a tool to disqualify applicants. I feel this will totally destroy many black women. They ignore their bodies and they want to protect their hair. Therefore, the thought of sweating is not going to happen. They are very inactive in big numbers and this will keep us from working. The saddest part is that they will not know why they are not being hired. What about those who do not have computers at home? What about those who do have computers but do not use them regularly? I have so many friends but they either have no computer or they are never online. I live on online either working, learning, or doing some sort of research into Health.
Clarian Health is one of the companies who is being blasted all over the internet with their new policy on hiring methods used for people with high BMI and how they will dock their employee's paycheck anywhere from $15 each week or $75 per month for continued high BMI. They will also dock pay for those who smoke. Also, employers do not have to hire you if you have a high BMI. With these methods, many African American sisters will be out of work. They will not have a clue as to why they are not being hired. Therefore, I contacted K104 and the Steve Harvey morning show. People need to know.
Many black women talked about me and called me crazy at work for trying to lose weight. I finally did it and I feel wonderful. Just today, I exercised at 6am for 30 minutes. During my lunch hour I exercised playing raquetball for 30 minutes. This evening after having a light dinner I exercised for 1 hour practicing my kicks, catching, and throwing for Kickball and Dodgeball. Then I went to play another 30 minutes.
I still have another 30lbs to lose before December. On every other Saturday I play Dodgeball for 2 hours. Every Thursday, I play Dodgeball with a league and every Sunday I play Kickball with a team. With all of that exercise I'm having a difficult time losing the last 30 minutes. But then I did stop exersing at 6am in the morning and during lunch breaks. As of last week, I changed my lunch break to an hour lunch to exercise. Since, I'm no longer busy in the morning and I work from home I'm now doing my exericse during the first 30minutes of work. When the sun goes down then I'm at it some more for an additional 2 hours. I stay busy busy busy at home. This is the only way to lose weight. You have to increase your physical activity and cut your calories to a minimum of 1200 calories. Always rember to stay hyrdrated. Eat plenty of fruit and cut meat consumption down. I began with starting out cutting beef consumption from everyday down to 5 days a week. Then after two weeks I cut my meat consumption down from 5 days a week to 4 days a week. The next two weeks I cut meat consumption from 4 days a week down to 2 days a week. When I finally made it down to 2 days a week I ate only either one of two choices: Chicken either grilled or baked and or Fish.
Another big flaw I had was drinking sweet drinks. That is another story.



References:
http://www.hrbenefitsalert.com/can-you-dock-workers-for-smoking-and-overeating/

http://www.bigfatblog.com/clarian-health-others-will-dock-your-paycheck-if-youre-fat

When I'm lacking energy usually around certain time of the month. The one thing I can do is take Vitamin B12 along with my regular vitamins. Whenever I have sports to play I take two vitamin B12 tabletes to help increase my energy levels. It's been difficult for me since I was a child because of all the vitamin deficiencies I had from being premature at birth. Many times we were hungry ass kids due to poverty. One of the most important vitamins I learned about was B12 supplied energy. Whenever, I'm not feeling at my best this is the vitamin I take to increase my energy during and after exercise. Also, vitamin B12 increases your cell production to help you fight diseases. Furthermore, you can't take too much of it to cause any kind of toxicity. Wow! so when you are feeling down it's great to simply purchase the pure Vitamin B12 in pill form found at most grocery stores, pharmacies, GNC, and other nutritional stores. You can purchase vitamin B12 in either pill form or you can purchase the liquid form which will process right into your blood stream faster. The vitamin is very low cost so why not increase your energy?



References:
http://ods.od.nih.gov

What is your energy vitamin?

When I'm lacking energy usually around certain time of the month. The one thing I can do is take Vitamin B12 along with my regular vitamins. Whenever I have sports to play I take two vitamin B12 tabletes to help increase my energy levels. It's been difficult for me since I was a child because of all the vitamin deficiencies I had from being premature at birth. Many times we were hungry ass kids due to poverty. One of the most important vitamins I learned about was B12 supplied energy. Whenever, I'm not feeling at my best this is the vitamin I take to increase my energy during and after exercise. Also, vitamin B12 increases your cell production to help you fight diseases. Furthermore, you can't take too much of it to cause any kind of toxicity. Wow! so when you are feeling down it's great to simply purchase the pure Vitamin B12 in pill form found at most grocery stores, pharmacies, GNC, and other nutritional stores. You can purchase vitamin B12 in either pill form or you can purchase the liquid form which will process right into your blood stream faster. The vitamin is very low cost so why not increase your energy?



References:
http://ods.od.nih.gov

CLARIAN HEALTH

This is only the beginning of things to come. They will oust blacks on everything because as you know the group of people with the highest BMI are African Americans, Hispanics, and then poor whites. There's no problem with Asians, Arabs, Africans, or any other groups. These kinds of methods by employers will greatly impact American lives. The company Clarian Health is doing the following starting in 2009:
- Fine employees $10.00 for BMI over 30
- Fine $5 for each condition over the levels;cholesterol, glucose, blood
pressure and other conditions are levels which are high.
- If they smoke they will be charged another $5 on their check.

The company's reason is because unhealthy employees cost companies so much money each year in unexecused absences, sick leave, and FMLA. When an employee is out sick they can get paid for that day yet no work has been done affecting work production. Also, if the employee goes on an extended leave the employee is paid while off work and work production is affected. Sometimes, depending on the company and how big it is the company is forced to hire another employer usually or close to the same rate of pay and they have to pay for the new employee's health insurance. At this point, the company is paying for two employee's for one job. Finally, the sick employee comes back to work and now you have double employees, double insurance, and or other benefits. The employer has lost. My brothers and sisters, I have asked many African American women to start exercising with me. Finally, I gave up and started playing sports with Caucasians. I'm the only black female out there besides me there is only one black male out there.
Whenever, I mention any form of physical activity blacks especially females act like it's the end of the world. When they see me exercising they talk about me. I learned to ignore them because making them happy can only hurt myself. When I go out into public and look nice I receive all kinds of snares, ugly looks, and mean expressions from black women. Other races of women always have a kind word to say but not the African American women. Their jealousy towards anyone who looks great is beyound the scope of normal jealousy. It has a profound effect on how they view and treat other women. In the end, their immateur attitudes and behaviors will overwhelm them and they will find themselves without basic necessities in life.
My case and point is a sister I have who drove BMW's, Lexxus, Mercerdez Benz, without ever attending a day of college in her life. Now, she does work and she types which has helped her tremendously. However, her perspectives are way out off. She purchased a big $250,000 home without a spouse so I don't know how she is swinging it and she claims to purchase all other expensive items. Now, she has been sick with having fiborids for the last few years. Instead of spending money on her health she has spent money on nothing except material items. Whenever I've asked about health insurance she never has any. This is what she does, takes out some cheap health insurance so she can show the employer and she opts out of the health insurance at work because it costs money. Then, whenever she is sick she some how manages to get on the charity case list at Baylor Hospital. Therefore, she waits her turn then go in for surgery. She would rather hurt and wait than take out her employer insurance and take care of her health the right way. Blacks believe the material things in life makes them feel great and will somehow provide them with importance in life. They somehow do not understand that they can't play with their health. Therefore, health at all levels is ignored.













Referenceshttp:
http://www.fitsugar.com/500359
http://www.hrbenefitsalert.com/can-you-dock-workers-for-smoking-and-overeating/

Clairian Health

This year Clarian Health will launch it's new program to fine obese employees. Wow, was all I could say but at the same time being lazy and only eating does have it's hang ups. People have to stay active and eat less as possible. As we age, it becomes more difficult to maintain the same amount we eat and balance our weight becomes a difficult tasks. Now, over time the government has kept weight down by allowing people to smoke cigarettes. Now, that cigarettes are no longer allowed people are becoming more obese. This has to do with our appetites for various things. If you take cigarettes away now the person has to fullfill their appetite by some other means. This means they take to the easiest thing accessbile-FOOD-the issue is not the food it's how much of the food is taken in. How active is the individual. The key to weight loss is controlling the appetite. How is this done? Most people take drugs to control their appetite, other's may have obese surgery, while others lose the battle of their appetite. Individuals have to focus their attention on something else rather eating and watching television. I lost a whopping 50lbs when I stopped watching TV and started exercising. Wow! what a differnece it made in my life.