Disclaimer: The Beauty Talk

 

  Being a beauty blogger you walk a fine line between being helpful and being harmful. Part of the reason I started beauty blogging is that I have a message to send. Not to condemn people for not wearing nice clothes in a size 0 and perfect make up, but to share the fun I have with it. The number one beauty tip I can share with you starts with YOU and those who are around you. If you can not come to terms with the person you are bare naked head to toe then true beauty is hard to capture. From 100pound to 500+pounds. It does not matter. What is going on in your heart and your head? I know it's hard but forget someone's jab and insults you may hear. Let me tell you, no matter your weight or size or flaw on your face somebody is gonna find something about you to pull you down. That type of talk reflects more on them then on you.

   Now saying that there comes the second reason I blog. That being your health. While a girl is beautiful at any size that doesn't means she is healthy! If a women can be healthy at 500+pounds then rock that beauty! But sadly that most likely not the case. It is then that your friends should be supporting you into a healthy life style that will keep you on this earth longer so they can see your true beauty for many years to come. That is what loving friends do, they care about your health and well being. The same goes in the oppose direction. Anorexia is also a very dangerous thing that can shorten your years.

My cousin and I in 2004 and again in 2014

   I have been 200+ pounds in my life. I now can wear a size 4-6 size dress. That was done eating a diet that improved my health. I am stronger and healthier then I have ever been in my life.

   I did not set off to lose as much weight as I have. That has been mostly the by product of trying to be healthier, eat healthier. Recently I have lost around 5 to 10 pounds by cutting out high fructose corn syrup over the span of a few months!

   So, the point... love your body and yourself enough to change your health for the better not because of the face you are looking at in the mirror or the remarks from people who truly do not matter. Do it for you and do it for the people that truly care about how long you will be with them on this earth.

"E.coli Poop" Free Yogurt

  What are we really been given to put in our foods? I remember the first time I read the "E.coli Poop" revelation. That was gross and not only gross but why would I want to put anything originating from E.coli in my mouth to begin with?

  People will argue whether it's as bad as it sounds or not. I just came across an update from the company that came out with this news to begin, farther explaining themselves after a big backlash... Click Here

  My mom has been complaining about foods being fake for years and it has been sort of scary to hear what is in our foods. Aspartame is also a migraine trigger so my mom didn't eat it anyway. Then after finding out about Aspartame... it was no longer in my diet as well! Yuck.

  Whether it's as bad as it sounds or not it's not very natural product created by something we know to case sickness, E.coli. Are there studies to see the long term effects? No. What we do know is people are getting fatter while eating "Diet" food.


 I think people's minds are changing about food and companies are making changes.


  I came across a pleasant surprise in the yogurt isle recently! Yoplait makes Gluten Free Yogurt. But I was limited to the flavors that were not "light" due to the Aspartame in them.

  Yoplait's "Light" line is now Aspartame Free! What did they put in it's place? Sugar. A basic food that people have been eating for ages that has been cut from our diets replacing it with altered sugars like High-fructose corn syrup and strange science experiments like Aspartame. You will even find on the Mayo Clinic's website...

  "High-fructose corn syrup is a common sweetener in sodas and fruit-flavored drinks. As use of high-fructose corn syrup has increased, so have levels of obesity and related health problems, leading some to wonder if there's a connection."

Since this post is about Aspartame and not High-fructose corn syrup, I will leave that to another day.

  I've as of now have tried two of the Light flavors. There was one flavor I've been REALLY wanting to try, Red Velvet Cupcake.

  This line of flavors seem to be lightly sweetened with sugar. I like to add honey to sweeten things and I did with both I've tried. I'm not really sold on the Red Velvet... the first bite taisted like cake but at times it just tasted like a generic berry yogurt... so I don't know about that one but give a hand to Yoplait in helping people eat a more natural healthier diet which I for one feel makes you feel good, weigh less, and look good! The last time I went to the doctor he said my weight was perfect. How often do you hear that?