****UPDATE**** On my Weight Loss Journey

Okay, Okay,Okay so awesome news!!!

I have officially lost 4 pounds in two weeks, and that's good 2 pounds a week is healthy.

Stats Check em' out:

Starting Weight: 171

Current Weight: 167

Okay, what am I doing you asked, Eating 5 times a day, but like they say small portions ( Yes, I have had some weak moments, but as much as I wanted too I did not give in), and I work out once if not twice a day, some of ya may not have that kind of time, but my job has a gym in the building so I go at lunch time, then after work before I get my evening started.

I don't eat after 8pm, and I chose 8pm because I usually don't get in the bed until about 11pm/midnight. Then when it comes to eating my cousin is like the health GURU of the Family, so I go to her for different recipes and she always come thru for me.

She has introduced me to Spaghetti squash which is where instead of using pasta for the noodles, we use this squash that is actually called "Spaghetti Squash" it strings up like noodles and use those for the noodles instead, You boil it for about 30 to 45 mins, then cut it open and scrap the insides out. Cook the meat as you would normally do and add whatever you add to make your spaghetti, I use lean Turkey meat, and turkey eckridge sausage and what ever kind of sauce I'm in the mood for at the moment.

Now you may frown your face up, but please try it and I promise you won't be disappointed.

She also introduced me to buttermilk squash Mac-n-cheese, sounds nasty well, NOPE it's not it's actually good, I never thought that I would be eating any of these things, so when they say it's a life style change yes, it's a lifestyle change, I find myself shopping for more and more things that I have never heard of before, and trying new things, that are sooooo delicious.

She also introduced me to curry which is nothing new but it's an alternative way that she makes it that is soooo healthy and did I add delicious, well I don't have the recipe yet, but as soon as I do I will be sure to share it with you.

Any who, so I have been going strong for 2 weeks now, and I'm very excited at the end of every month I will be putting update pictures up, so you can see my progress as well and read about it.

I hope that I inspire and encourage you to want to loose weight and want to be healthy and a better you in the process of my Journey, I will make sure I try my best to give you step by step details on my journey.

I am be also giving great work out tips, and recipes, and ect. remember I am not a nutritionist nor and personal trainer, all the things that I share will come from extensive research, questions asked and experience.



Love ya most,

FaithisBeauty!!!!

MY WEIGHT LOST JOURNEY

Hey Fam,





I want ya to be apart of my weight loss journey. I am amp'ed and serious about this!!!! I have been saying for the past 3 years that I am gonna lose weight, and every day, week, and month, I always find myself starting over, and never accomplishing anything.





Well, I did have this one time I lost 8lbs in two weeks by exercising daily and eating 5 small meals a day, until that fatal weekend, and it was all back down hill from there. lololol



But, enough is enough. No longer will I sit aside and bi-curiously live through other smaller, petite women. LOLOLOLOLOL, Now don't get me wrong I am not overly big but as you can see from my picture above, I'm not the slimiest person either. I could lose a few pounds.



I hope that my journey will inspire you to want to get into shape as well as becoming a healthier and better you!!!!



Okay so here are my stats:

Start Date: May 26, 2010
Beginning weight: 170
Goal Weight: 120
Height: 5'3



So I want to lose 50lbs. which 120 - 130 is actually my weight class for my height.



I will be giving weekly updates throughout my journey...If you have any questions feel free to inbox me.

PS. that date on the pic is wrong, that actually was taking last year October 2009 for my B-day

Many, Many, Many Years ~ Random

LOL, okay, have you ever wondered what kept people living for so long back in the bible days besides GOD.

I mean Adam lived until he was 930 years of age. These days its a blessing to see 60.

As I was reading my book "A call for Character: Manifestation of the Sons of GOD" which by the way is an excellent book. I ran across a paragraph that was talking about having that Enoch type of relationship with GOD, but that is a whole different blog subject.

Anyways, so I turned to Genesis 5, and began reading, and it came to me that these people were truly living! LOL. Like can you imagine living unto you are 300 years of age. What would that be like. I can only half-way imagine.

They were even having children at the ages that would only now through the natural rim seem impossible. Today when you think about having a baby in your 30's or even early 40's they talk about high risk, but in Genesis 5:3-5 Adam was 130 when he had Seth, and in Genesis 5:6-8 Seth was 105, Wowwww that goes to show what kind of GOD we serve. If it's your destiny to be here no matter the situation or circumstances God will make it happen.

Just a random thought lol, but think about it 930 years of age. Do you think that you would be able to keep up with all the technology and changes that would be happening. Think about how u might even look lolol...

Love,
Faithisbeauty

Faith without works is dead!!!

"FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD"

As I was searching for a particular scripture I came across Proverbs 14:23 "All hard work brings a profit, BUT mere talk only leads to poverty"

And it got me thinking "mere talk only leads to poverty" I'm thinking WOW I have talked myself out of blessings, simply because I procrastinate. Simply put I can't get mad if I say "Okay, I want this, I want that" and I don't receive it, because though it sounds good, I'm not putting any actions with what I want to achieve. Which Brings me back to "FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD."

People that are successful always tell you it wasn't easy, it took hard work and sacrifice, and though the scripture doesn't state sacrifice it does state HARD work not mediocre or slack, or half step, NO it states HARD work brings profit. Meaning keep going don't stop don't work out of your feelings.

Don't just say your dreams and goals, write them down, because once they are written down they are more likely to come to pass, because now you have the drive cause you can See It!!!

God didn't just say all the wonderful promises he has for us he gave man inspiration to write them on scrolls which today we call the "HOLY BIBLE"

I believe that was one of my mistakes, not writing my goals, and dreams down because I began to forget the steps and the minor details that I had thought about that I thought were key, but because I didn't write it down. I was lost and didn't have the motivation to rethink all those great ideas that I had first thought of, so write it all down the first time.

Just remember anything that comes easy is not worth it, because you won't appreciate it as much, but when you put you all blood, sweat, tears into something you are more passionate about it because u actually poured yourself into it.

So STOP being so busy that you keep putting your dreams on hold and get up and began to write your visions, dreams, and goals and work HARD for them and watch they come to pass.


Love,
Faithisbeauty

FEBRUARY 1, 2010: 1st 30 Days of the NEW YEAR OVER!!!

Hey FaithisBeauty Fam,

Okay, so we made it through the first 30 days of the NEW Year!!! How was it? Are you still keeping up with those New Years Resolutions? LOL

Well for me I was doing great, we always start off the first week doing Great...Then week 2 we down grade to we are doing good, then week 3 we just doing aight, then by the last week in the month we are already ready to give up and start over next month.

Well, I didn't do bad I'm just stuck at the I'm doing GOOD phase, when I want to consistently be at the I'm doing GREAT Phase.

So, I'm challenging you to pick up your goal and resolutions again and be better than what you were last month, be greater, be more pro-active, be more diligent, JUST BE MORE!!!!!

I'm enjoying how slow paced this Year is going. It seems like it's more time in the day to accomplish what I need to accomplish.

One of the 101 goals I made was that I was going to build my Vocabulary Up!!! I think that we should always challenge ourselves and think above what we think on an average basis.

I know when I am listening to TD Jakes, he forces me to step my Vocab up LLJ ( laughin Like Jesus) because he uses words I have never heard of before, but I write them down go back and look them up. I love it because now when I hear the word I know what it means and I too can use it in a sentence.

I'm back in school this semester!!!!! YAYYYY!!! so excited about that, and I'm interning with Celebre' Fashions....and taking free HOW to Study the Bible classes at Evangel Cathedral....It is awesome.... I love being busy, but I'm never to busy where I don't stop and take time for My daddy and Big Brother (GOD, and Jesus). Like I stated before challenging myself, Staying pro-active. Doing something different, so Im hoping that you will join me on my journey and I look forward to hearing about yours!!

So in closing, Step out and do something you never dared to do (as long as it's nothing that will degrade you as a Women or Man), but challenge yourself this month, Volunteer somewhere, Give more to charities than you would want too. Just do something different than what you did last month, and do something different for the better.

Love,

FaithisBeauty

LAY aside every WEIGHT

Hey Faith is Beauty FAM!!!

So I had written some notes in my Iphone 2 almost 3 years ago on March 20th 2007. It's funny how as I was in all night prayer tonight the LORD had me go back to this, and the name that I titled these notes was "Lay aside every WEIGHT".

This is exactly what I wrote:

Lay aside every weight....Divest (to strip away) your self of anything that's going to distract you...What's slowing you down? When are you going to get connected to GOD?....Is your phone slowing you down? You talk 300 minutes this month, when was the last time you spent 300 minutes praying to Jesus.

Maybe it's a RELATIONSHIP that's slowing you down....Let's lay aside excess baggage that's weighing our minds and busying up our minds and lives....don't wait for an angel to come take it away LET US lay it aside... and Lay aside SIN that so easily entangles us....Weights will slow you down but SIN will destroy YOU!!!

Don't you know sin will take us further than we Plan to go...Let us run with perseverance with endurance let us run the race that has been marked off for us, you have to be patient....This Christian life ain't about being fast GOD sits outside of TIME...Keep your eyes fixed on JESUS, and stop worrying about everybody else and everything else that does not help you in your walk with GOD!!!!~

So with all that in my notes I got to thinking, is that why we are not seeing the results we want because we won't lay aside every wait....are we just soooo content with spending life in mediocrity and not experiencing GOD the way he intends for us too.

The devil loves the fact that we keep busy and make up excuses of why we couldn't sit in GOD's presence today, but the presence of GOD is a whole different topic that I will get into in a later blog, but stop half stepping GOD and give him all of your attention. If you desire to know the plans that he has for you as Jeremiah 29:11-12 (New International Version) states:
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

For he knows the plans he has for us, but we need to get into his presence and hear from him...GOD desires to talk to us just like we talk to our love ones he is no different! So in closing until the next blog:

LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT AND EVERY DISTRACTION AND GET INTO HIS PRESENCE, TODAY!

Love,

FaithisBeauty

2010 is Coming up FAST!!!!

HEY Guys,

Okay so it's 2010, Well not quite, But in about 2 more weeks, and I'm really excited about what GOD has in store for me.

Alright now New Year's resolutions what will they be? Remember in order to stick to a resolution you have to have a mind state change... You have to change your thoughts...You can say all day that you are going to loose weight and actually FEEL like you believe it, but it's not until you put it in your THINKING will you then get up and move on it. Notice I put FEEL in bold because if we acted off of what we FEEL we would not get anything done. Trust me I know and that is why I am making it a CONSCIENCE (dealing with my thinking) effort to stop working out of how I feel and just get things done...

Also for the NEW YEAR I will be doing as much charity work as possible I want this year to be about me giving my all to others and stop focusing on me so much, I mean I have been lacking in the giving department, because I am always focused on me and their is nothing wrong with that, but GOD's wants us to help others...WE are Truly Blessed to be A Blessing!!!!!!!!!

So Trust in 2010 I will be coming hard with it I will be doing interviews with up an coming gospel artist and already heavy hitters, all events in the DMV and Baltimore area, Fashion Tips, Beauty Tips, Health Tips, Financial Advice, and last But surly not least Spiritual Advice...

I am single and will be giving advice on how to live a fun, loving single life while we wait for our Boas to come seek us!!!! LOL and I will have poll questions and taking your comments and seeking your opinion on things to discuss and so forth. 2010 will be an awesome Year for me and for you!!!!

Jeremiah 29:11-12 (New International Version)
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Man, God Knows the outcome of next year...He says he know the plans.....Stop trying to figure it all out and go to GOD and let him tell you himself what you are to be doing next year....

Get into his Presence!!!!!! We will continue with that next year!!!

Love,
Faith is Beauty!!!!!