Archive for December 2009

New Year's Resolution...No Resolution

Let's make it stick...

Ok, so I am the typical dieter. I hit it super hard for about two months I get within 5 lbs of my goal weight, get compliments, get a swole ego and then I allow my self a cheat meal. This one meal always turns into the demise of my progress. It becomes a cheat day then a cheat weekend. The next thing I know I can’t get enough and bam (John Madden accent) 15lbs. back to where it all began. I can’t lie I struggle with this and I just want to overcome this. My cheat meal from now on will be Wednesday, until I can create a more structured weekend.

” Do not mournfully look at the past….improve the Present”

Ideals to Live By

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
2. No man or woman is worth your tears, & the one who is, won’t make you cry.
3. Just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.
4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand & touches your heart.
5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’ t have them.
6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
8. Don’t waste your time on someone who isn’t willing to waste their time on you.
9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
10. Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
11. There’s always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting & just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
12. Make yourself a better person & know who you are before you try & know someone else & expect them to know you.
13. Don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

Pardon the Interruption: Is this the End of Black Fitness Blog?

Is this the End of Black Fitness Blog? My first born is here as of Tuesday 4:02 pm 08 Dec 09 at 8lbs and 2oz. No sleep , lots of junk food and only one gym session. Although the down fall was happening since November, it is not getting any better. I can’t be that role model/ spokesperson if I can’t stay true to myself. Obviously, this is a “to be continued” moment.

VIDEO: HOT MESS FITNESS

Someone sent this to me about 3 months ago I was very hesitant about posting it. There is some sensitive material here so volume down in front of the youngins. What do you think? Over the top or effective? Some people need hands held & some people need to be barked at!

He calls them out of their names and makes fun of them in hope that they will make changes and lose the weight… He even goes as far as to hit them with a bat…. Yes a BAT and its all real … What type of person wants to work out with a man that calls them out of their name and beats them. I thought people work out to feel better about yourself… This is what King James Has To Say About His Class:

The only all female total body workout program that has a proven 100% success rate. Clients have lost 20-30-40-50 over 70 pounds!!! Because of the unique and unusual workouts created by “Sir James”, unheard of weight loss has been achieved in an incredibly short period of time.  It is all about you “Ms. Thick Gurl” and you “Beginners”, your bringing “Sexy Back”!!

Marion Jones: The WNBA Comeback

I was looking at my arms today,  saying to my self ” Damn these look soft today.” Thinking about how I cycle through workouts and comeback every year like clock work. I was Googlin’ comeback and stumbled upon Marion Jones. I’m thinking what is she doing in the news?

Apparently according to media outlets she is planning a return to athletics. Not as a track star but as a WNBA player. NY Liberty sign her up now!

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones is hoping to make a sporting comeback in women’s professional basketball, the New York Times reported on Monday.

The 34-year-old was released from prison last year after serving most of a six-month sentence for lying about her use of steroids and has been working out on the basketball court since October.

Jones, who played basketball at the University of North Carolina and won a national championship, is hoping to pick up a deal in Europe and then sign for a WNBA team in time for the 2010, the paper said.

“Back in May, when I got a call from someone in the NBA asking if I would possibly be interested in the WNBA, my reaction was ‘yeah, right’,” Jones told the paper.

“But I got off the phone, thought about it a little bit and talked with my husband. I thought it would be an interesting journey if I decided to do this.

“It would give me an opportunity to share my message to young people on a bigger platform and give me an opportunity to get a second chance.

“I think I can be an asset to a franchise so it comes down to ‘why not?’ Really. Why not?”

Jones said she thinks she can be an asset to a WNBA team.

“It’s important for people to know that it’s possible to make a mistake in your life, but it’s what you do after the mistake that people are going to remember you by,” she said. “Are you going to make whatever negatives that happened in your life a positive? Are you going to disappear? That has certainly never been in my horizon. How can I use my experience, my story, to help people and in the process hop on this journey of trying to make a team?”

World AIDS Day: AIDS Myths and Facts

Since those bleak days of the AID/HIV pandemic, there’s been real progress against the disease with a higher percentage of people infected by the HIV virus receiving life-extending treatment. UNAIDS recently reported that new HIV infections fell 17 percent over the past eight years. UNAIDS provides an informative interactive map with global data on the pandemic.

With the numbers disproportionately higher with the African American race I thought it would be important to know the top 10 Myths about AIDS and HIV.

Shortly after HIV/AIDS hit the scene, rumors about it flew throughout the world. “You can get it by kissing.” “You can get it by holding hands.” “It is airborne.” Throughout the years, most of the HIV myths have been dispelled, but it seems as though there are still a few rumors afloat. See if you can sort the truth from the most common myths about HIV.

True or False?

1. If you test positive for HIV, you will inevitably die from AIDS.

FALSE. In the early years, an HIV diagnosis often meant the infected person would develop AIDS and die from complications of the disease within a matter of years, but this is no longer true. Medications, combined with lifestyle changes and complementary therapies that support the body’s ability to keep the virus in check, can keep an HIV-infected person from developing AIDS or the fatal complications associated with it for many years, or even a lifetime.

2. You can catch HIV from a toilet seat.

FALSE. The HIV virus cannot be transmitted by casual contact, from a toilet seat, a doorknob, a fork, or a handshake, for that matter. The only known HIV transmission methods include unprotected sex, intravenous drug use, exposure to blood or bodily fluids from an infected person, from mother to child in pregnancy, and through blood transfusions if the blood came from an HIV infected person. (Transmission of the virus did happen through blood transfusions or blood products in the 1980s before HIV testing became routine for all donated blood, but is highly unlikely to happen in a modern medical facility.)

3. There is no cure for HIV.

TRUE. There are medications available to suppress the virus in infected individuals and to lower their viral load. Such treatments can prolong or prevent the development of AIDS for years or even a lifetime. However, researchers have not found a cure for HIV that would eliminate the virus from an infected person’s body entirely.

4. People have been infected with HIV from taking the HIV test itself.

FALSE. Some claim that the HIV test itself can give you the virus. But unless a clinic reuses a needle that was previously used on someone with HIV (a highly unlikely scenario that has never been reported), there is no way that testing for HIV could cause the infection.

5. You can spread or get HIV through oral sex.

TRUE. One myth HIV experts often hear is that HIV can’t be spread or contracted through oral sex. This is not true. If the person performing oral sex has a cut or abrasion in their mouth and comes in contact with HIV-infected bodily fluids, they can become infected with the virus just as they could having unprotected vaginal or anal sex. Using a dental dam or condom during oral sex greatly diminishes this risk.

6. If both you and your partner have HIV, it’s safe to have unprotected sex with one another.

FALSE. If you and your partner both test positive for the HIV virus, that doesn’t mean you can ignore the diagnosis or live life just as you did before your diagnosis. To best decrease your odds of developing AIDS, you should both work closely with a medical professional to manage the illness. You also both need to take whatever precautions you can to prevent exposing others to the HIV virus. This includes not having unprotected sex or sharing needles with anyone, taking proper precautions to contain and warn others about exposure to your bodily fluids (such as when you’re bleeding), and following any other advice from your HIV care team. Nobody with HIV can afford to ignore his or her diagnosis for their own sake, or for the sake of others who could be exposed to the virus.

7. Mosquitoes can spread HIV.

FALSE. While mosquitoes can spread a number of illnesses such as West Nile Virus or malaria, there are no known cases of HIV transmission through mosquito bites. If mosquitoes could transmit the HIV virus, there would be many more cases among young children, adolescents and other people who would otherwise be at low risk for HIV exposure.

8. You could have HIV and not know it.

TRUE. People who are infected with HIV don’t necessarily “feel” sick; it’s possible to have the HIV virus for some time before developing any symptoms. HIV testing is the only way to determine whether someone has HIV or not.

9. If you’re taking medication for HIV, you can’t spread the virus.

FALSE. Even while taking medication, a person with HIV can still infect others if they have unprotected sex, share needles, or expose others to their blood or other bodily fluids.

10. HIV and AIDS may not be caused by the same virus.

FALSE. Some claim HIV and AIDS are not caused by the same virus. This is not true. Without treatment, the HIV virus will probably progress to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is essentially a collapse of the immune system. However, with HIV treatment, most people living with the virus are able to prolong or prevent the development of AIDS.

source: www.blackdoctor.org