Wednesday, March 27, 2013

RAISING WHITLEY


I've been repulsed by the reality shows featured on television. But this is one I highly recommend!
Kym Whitley is hilarious as a comedian but wait til you see her in her unexpected role of motherhood.
Premieres on the OWN network April 20, 2013.
I'll be watching...will you?

(oh yeah, I forgot to add my daughter Samantha is in it!)

Have an great green kind of day!


Here is the promo picture for the show

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

GLUTEN FREE


There's something about almost turning 60 that makes a person reevaluate their life. I'm doing a lot of soul searching in time for my 60th birthday that's coming up soon. I've often heard about "hindsight being 20-20" and although I've said it to others I never took heed to it until it almost became too late. I have always quoted "nothing beats a failure but a try"  I don't know where the quote came from but I've been saying it for thirty years or more. The bible tells us "faith without works is dead" (James 2:14-26). Nothing beats a failure but a try simply means if you do nothing you gain nothing. Isn't it funny how I could use those words to encourage others to follow their dreams and their passions but didn't always follow those words of wisdom myself? I have stepped out on faith...no, I jumped out on faith for a lot of things I've able to accomplish but didn't take it to heart where it mattered the most: my health. As life happened my motto became "life goes on" and that seemed to excuse me from the mistreatment of my body and my health.

I thought I had more time to make myself Sexy by Sixty but things like life got in the way. And instead of getting better I started getting worse. Things I used to take for granted: my skin, my weight, and my health have now come back to haunt me. Yesterday while I was shopping for a few groceries I found myself in the skin care section of the store and actually bought wrinkle remover. Wow! I wasn't prepared for that but when I looked in the mirror and actually saw sagging skin around my mouth area I was devastated. Then I saw a few dark spots on my face and yes, I bought some cream for that too. Now the wrinkles and the dark spots have been there a long time but I always thought I had time to get rid of them. I really thought I would get rid of them by the age sixty along with this 50 or more pounds I need to lose.

Now I never intended to blog about diet and weight loss. But I want to share my journey to a better me with you. I am making up my list now for things I need to start a gluten free diet. If you're like me you don't know much about gluten and what it does to your body and I'm sure I'll be learning more and more as I go along. But what I do know is that a lot of the aches and pains I have are probably related to gluten in some way or another. I'm reading up on it and the diet seems simple enough for even me to stick with it. So while Emerald Obsessive is not a weight loss or diet blog, I will periodically share my successes with you. 

Who wants to take this journey with me?

Sunday, March 24, 2013

WINTER GREENS

Spring is officially here although Punxsutawny Phil should be arrested for lying. But before we start pulling out our warm weather clothes I wanted to share some final pictures of women in green for the cooler weather. Sometimes it takes just a pop of color to make a statement.

Chioma Nnadi of London, England

Corinna Williams of New York City

Danielle Prescod of  Pelham, NY

Jennifer Battmore of Brooklyn, NY

Karen Blanchard of London, England

Michelle Swittenberg of New Jersey
Millen Umoh of New York City

Chioma Nnadi of London, England

(all pics provided by essence.com)

Sunday, March 10, 2013

SHAMELESS PLUG

http://www.oprah.com/own/First-Look-Raising-Whitley-Video

I've been repulsed by the reality shows featured on television. But this is one I highly recommend!
Watch the trailer (link shown above) and you'll see what I mean.
Kym Whitley is hilarious as a comedian but wait til you see her in her unexpected role of motherhood.
Premieres on the OWN network April 20, 2013.
I'll be watching...will you?

(oh yeah, I forgot to add my daughter Samantha is in it!)

Have an great green kind of day!

Old picture of Samantha and Kym