Day 11 - What about Love?

~ Love it too magnificent to be without! -TaNae Sanders

~ We have 24 hours to live in Love, 

what an amazing gift and opportunity. 

-TaNae Sanders

~ How can we say Earth was NOT built on Love, 

God cared enough to equip us with everything we 

need and all that is, replenishes itself over and over 

and over for millions of years. - TaNae Sanders

Vivian: I woulda stayed for $2000

Edward: I would have paid $4000

- My favorite movie line in Pretty Woman

Dinner:

Leaf Lettuce
Shrimp
Lemon pepper
Garlic powder
Grilled white onions
Raw green onions
Cilantro
Siracha

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My Favorite Kirk Franklin song: Love

~Blessings

Day 10 - Before I go to sleep...

Be cool, be free. You are who you are. 

Sweet Dreams

Day 9 - The Get Down & Sweet Agape

I'm supposed to be limiting my Netflix intake but I just binged watch all of part 2 and it was pretty dope.

On another Fabulous Note... I went to Agape today and it was lovely. Here's a little bit of Rev. Michael Beckwith's words of wisdom. 

-Peace

Day 8 - Make me Over

** Vulnerability Alert **

As far as I can remember, I was the type of person who aimed for perfection even if it meant I couldn't be myself. I felt the pressure to be righteous, sinless, flawless, error proof.

That is the most painful, torturous way to live. I suffered and now I'm trying to Not be sucked into that aim for perfection mentality but to be true to myself even if that means not always showing the "Pretty". 

1 week weigh in. 7lbs down and on my way to the 70s. Good Job Nae!

Lunch Meal:

Crab Claws
Stock
Asparagus
Onions
cilantro
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Cayenne pepper

Namaste

Day 7 - The Awakening

Can you change over night?

Can you immediately leave behind your old way of thinking, believing and feeling?

In Peace...With Peace.

Day 6 - CHiiQ Cooking

Vegan Low-Carb Tacos

Thank you for cooking with me!

If you don't know this about me then I'll share with you. I am a Pescatarian.

A person who does not eat meat but will eat fish/seafood. 

No Meat

No Pork

No Chicken

No Dairy unless it's Cheese 

This journey began well before I actually committed to it. It was all apart of the "awakening" which I will dive into tomorrow. I tried for five years to cut out meat. Pork went first, then with chicken & beef simultaneously, I went cold turkey (pun intended). 

It felt as if I was doing the right thing, every part of my body embraced this decision. The only thing that I struggled with was what do I eat now.I made so much Bean Dip it was crazy. This is a very popular question from others when you make the transition. There are literally like hundreds of recipes and ways to eat without including meat, maybe thousands. 

I just looked up vegetarian, vegan meals and along the way it became no big deal. Everything can be vegetarian if you remove the meat, duhhh right! 

CHEERS!

**  "I hope you have someone there to rub your tired feet because you've running in their mind all day" -TaNae

All Love 

Day 5 - Shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”

So....There is a picture of me on the internet that I did not take and I do not like!

This photo comes from a photographer who took our pictures when I worked for Albertson's and we went on strike. We literally picketed in our pajamas no one cared about their hair, brushing their teeth or nothing. 

Yes there she is, 20 or 21 years old, I had permed hair, un-plucked eyebrows (eeeh), a pierced nose (now retired) and a mouth full of braces. After 5 months you just roll out of bed onto the picket line. 

I confronted him via Facebook, email and DM on his blog and asked him to remove it and he did not even respond. 

During this challenge since I'm being Transparent/Vulnerable, I thought I'm going to be shameless as well. 

The truth is... THIS IS ME! period.the end. 

You know what...He can leave it up, I was so hell bent on the photo and not considering what this photo represented and where I was in my life. I was in a good place, young and free, not a care in the world. I had a cute boyfriend and a paying job. No one could tell me anything. 

BE YOU, BE PROUD OF WHERE YOU COME FROM!

If you aren't there yet, then find a way to get there. 

One of my FAVORITE poems of ALL TIME!

“It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. 

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! 

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it. 

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. 

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. 

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. 

I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children. 

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. 

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away. 

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.” 

~Oriah Mountain Dreamer.



~Blessings

Day 3 - Unboxing Gifts to Myself

My favorite Self Love quote is:

If you were arrested for being good to yourself, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

I make it a priority to treat TaNae with love and so if the above question were ever applied to me, I'd be in there for life. 

I haven't always treated myself like a Queen, there have been many times I've allowed myself and others to treat me like I was of no importance. I've come so far... I'm all about forgiving but at someone point "Forgiveness" is not the answer when someone (including yourself) is consistently causing you harm.

There are other measures to take. 



Day 3 Commentary:

Spiralizer

This makes healthy eating a bit easier and fun. Get one!!

-Be easy on yourself, allow yourself to be human!

**Peace**

Day 2 - Working on my Soul

I'm still healing from some things, I've decided that I'm not going to suppress it and push it away. I am going to face it.

In the midst I'm still learning who I am. Amazingly enough I've discovered so many aspects about myself and it's the best feeling ever.

Now I understand many reasons why I feel the way I feel.
Why I respond certain ways. Where my anger comes from, many of my triggers.

I must admit I have this void that I couldn't pin point why it existed. Until this past year. That came about from asking myself questions. Yes the hard questions.

So, I was answering my questions from this book and just working on my soul.

You should try to answer:

If you could make one thing come true for the good of all souls on the planet, what would it be?

Always with Love

Namaste 

Day 1 - The Challenge

As of today I have gained 25lbs. Mostly relationship weight, you know when you fall in love and all the two of you want to do is go out to eat, have movie night every night with pizza, wine and cuddling. Although vegetables made its way in, they were fried or smothered with butter or cheese. Salad too, cheese and ranch dressing...Chips and Dip was a weakness too. 

Since you're so busy in the clouds you don't ever exercise. The little exercise I did, didn't put a dent into anything.

Yep that was me and so now I have to reverse all the days of comfort food and cuddling. 

I was 162lbs, 2 years ago. 

&

Now 

For the record, TRANSPARENCY is apart of the journey so showing my actual weight is indeed progress. 

Honestly very liberating.

This is what I ate today:

Lunch

Shrimp

Brussels sprouts

Green apple 

Tall glass of infused lemon water

Lemon pepper

Garlic powder

Cooked in Water - no oil (optional)

Louisiana hot sauce 😁

Dinner 

(Started eating and forgot to take a photo)

Whiting Fish (not a fan)

Brussels sprouts (again, very tasty)

Strawberries

Lemon pepper

Garlic powder

Cooked in Water - no oil (optional)

Louisiana hot sauce 😁

What I watched on TV:

Inn Saei: The Power of Intuition (Netflix)

Begin Again (Netflix)

I made an exception today for Netflix since I've been in the bed trying to fight off the rest of this flu. I am always careful what I feed my mind. Those were really good choices. 

Namaste