Lord Over My Flesh

Finally, I begun to loose weight and it has nothing to do with diet pills or extreme exercising. I finally started feeding me! It's like those plants on the Little Shop of Horror....I started eating enough.

Sometimes we feel like we eat too much and that's the reason we gain weight, but for me, I wasn't nearly eating enough. Now, that I'm eating more, I realize how much I was starving my poor body. We say it all the time, "Boy I'm starving", but really don't know how much our bodies is screaming this. Not because it has gone a long period of time without food to validate what starving really means, but instead that we are feeding it after we've gone all day without.

So now as I get this thing together, I'll hand my secrets to you because I love me some you :))!
First, you have to eat Break- FAST! I read this somewhere in one of the many magazines I come across and it really changed my life. If you want to get off to a good start, always eat breakfast. Whether it's a bowl of cereal or a cup of grits, eat something. I prefer a cup of oatmeal with one pack of sweet and low sugar, a small apple or orange, and one cup of hot green tea. Sometimes, I'll add one toast with no butter and if I do use butter, it's only a time slice. I refuse to use the butter in the containers because I can't measure what I'm using.

Then in between breakfast and lunch, I love snack time which consists of nuts, fruits, crackers, jello, yogurt, and other little things I've come to love. No matter how I cut it, I try to eat five times a day but nothing after seven and it's working for me. The hardest thing has been trying to eat while I work. So lately at this new gig I have, I've been packing away snacks in my purse and making sure I'm aware of meal-time. It hasn't been easy but it must happen....for me.

Believe me, changing eating habits is not easy but it's do-able! Challenge yourself to live a healtier life.
Signing Off....the Pastor who is learning to be lord over her flesh! Be Blessed!

Shreveport's Mongolian Experience

So I decided to go to  a little resturant off Youree called Genghis. I first ventured into a Mongolian experience in Yokohama Japan. It's where you collect the food you are going to eat and grill it at your very own table; well, at least that's how the experience went in Japan. Genghis on the other hand is different but has the same concept.

You collect your protein, vegetables, sauces, and spices in a bowl and then take it to grillers who cook your food and put it on top of your choice of noodles, rice, etc.

If you are like me, you really don't need the starches but what is a bowl of meat without rice or noodles. Anyway, I went through the line and almost got nauseated at the sight of the meat tossed together in the same bowl. I couldn't help but wonder was it good to mix all the uncooked meat together.

In Japan, at least you put your items on a plate that has space for separation. Nevertheless, after getting over that stomach hurdle, I handed over my little silver bowl and waited on my food. To my surprise, it really turned out okay but it's nothing I would do on a weekly basis. It's truly a place where I would take a couple of girlfriends who came to visit and we would buy the endless bowls and eat, chat, and enjoy the scenery.

Needless to say, I would rather have the grill in front of me like in Japan and cook my own food exactly how I like it. Maybe one day, we will get a Shogan/Mongolian type place in Shreveport where you can enjoy good food that you cooked yourself.