I am excited to write about Chef Ahki. Not only is she
beautiful, but she is a celebrity Chef, natural food activist and blogger. It's
my birthday today, and it is a day of reflection. I am realizing that my health is the worst
that it has ever been, and I am at my heaviest weight ever in life. Part of this is due to be having a new
business that is very demanding and being a full time mom to teens and a
baby. I am busier than I have ever been and my health is paying the price. I have have not slept well for two
years and my diet is horrible.
You hear all the time that good sleep is a great way to keep your weight
down, well it is true. One is because your body needs that time to recover from
your day and replenish itself. So that
when you do wake up, your not overeating to try and make up for feeling tired.
Also when you stay up for longer hours, you end up eating more than you would
if you went to bed at a regular time. So besides my never getting enough sleep,
and always eating more meals in the day that I should - my food choices have
been pretty bad. So with today being my
birthday, and me health being at its worst - I think I want to make a promise
to myself to try and make better choices when it comes to eating better,
getting more rest and working out more.
That is why I am
excited to have found Chef Ahki's facebook page. I knew about her before this time,
because
she was well known beauty in the natural hair community. But today, my
appreciation for what she is doing is because she centers her craft of being a
Chef around healthy eating. "Different from
other "veggie heads" " green- smoothie fads" and the likes,
AHKI's content is laced with amazing personal style, intelligence, real -time
relevent science, and surpisingly Hip-Hop. She is known to express her fury
about our current food state with phrases like Your Tastebuds have been
Hijacked" "Illness is Unnecesary" Diabetes is Reversible"
"Because we ain't Supposed to be Sick" "You Ain't depressed, you
just malnutrtioned". "Friends Don't let friends Eat at Waffle
House" etc. She has used controversial figures like Che Guevara and Malcom
X to "artistically express" her ideas and considers herself a though
leader. In short, she cares not if she ruffles your feathers, as long as you
walk away empowered and inspired to Get Healthy..By Any Greens Neccasary.
She transitioned to a plant-based diet at just 18, and
became a colon-therapist. She decided to study under Dr. Mark Armstrong and
recieved a bachelors in naturopathic science and holistic theology and was
intrigued by the healing power of herbs, and eastern healing modalities.
READ THOSE LABELS...
"Theres' nothing worse than going to a health foods store
and rollin' up on some delicious "sounding" health item only to be
shocked at the overwhelming amount of CRAP that's hidden inside. Let's face it. The Health food game is sewed up too. The aisles are filled with just as much crap as you'd
find at Kroger. The Good thing is...with a little research, (and some
discipline) you can avoid alot of these Fraud Foods disguised as health food
items. Look for MSG. Sugar. Monondiglycerides.FructoseCorn
Syrup.Whey. Rice or Potato Starch. Aspartame. Casein. Corn and Canola Oil. These are just a few to begin. More on these later." -Chef
Ahki
great post. happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday!
ReplyDeleteI felt the same as you are feeling now. Two years ago I cut out all animal products. Ive been completely vegan for two years, and I love it! Yes I loved cheese, and seafood, and burgers, you name it I love it. I am a 6 foot tall woman and the most ive ever weighted was 310 lbs. Now I weight 215 lbs. I went from a size 24 to a 14 and. My ultimate goal is to get under 200 lbs. I have lost the weight but most importantly I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER!!! PMS is nonexistent, and I have much more energy. My blood pressure and blood work always come back in normal range.I do not believe that vegan ism is for everyone but small changes lead to big improvements. Pray about it. Do your research. Good luck on your journey to a healthier you.