tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29567188966676866032011-04-21T19:17:07.307-05:00Helping others by helping myself.Kasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08051140624829197333noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956718896667686603.post-79357515154990144112009-05-14T23:20:00.003-05:002009-05-14T23:48:17.010-05:00

Who likes scheduling? and even worse following a daily schedule? Even though this practice might not be most fun and spontaneous, it definitely is very practical. So every night I take a time out to sit down and plan out my tomorrow. This practice has turned out to be a very helpful tool for me. My daily TDL ensures that I do not wake up everyday wondering what the hell am I gonna do today.

Kasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08051140624829197333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956718896667686603.post-57074813204173715292009-05-13T22:31:00.002-05:002009-05-13T22:58:24.834-05:00

So one of my goals for long, long while now has been to quit smoking. Yes, I am a smoker! Trust me, I know how ridiculous it is to talk/write about healthy lifestyle when in the back of your head you know that this one stupid habit just literally kills all your efforts. Well, I'm finally saying "That's it!"... I am too fabulous, too hard working to have my life controlled by this disgusting

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So Spring has finally arrived and with it finally some great weather. You can definitely tell that summer's on its way, especially on a beautiful 70 degree day in Chicago. One of the exciting things about this season is planting and growing your own fruits and veggies. I understand that many City dwellers might not have too much space to grow their own stuff, but I really think that everybody

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Well, no one said that it's going to be easy. But again, nothing in life worth while is easy. So as a person who is personally going through the process of going from cooked foods to raw foods... here's a few tips that will help you succeed...1. Keep it SimpleDehadrators? Sprouting? What? As a newbie I definitely don't want to deal with all that stuff. I mean if you want to go all out, then

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I don't watch too much tv but last night I watched an Oprah show that caught my interest. The topic of the show was Life Extension. The first couple guest were people who were on the calorie restriction diet. They were on about 80% raw diet and consumed around 1900 calories for a man and 1600 for a woman. All the guest claimed that this diet have changed their lives. They had more energy,

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In my life I had the pleasure of both living in the city and the suburbs... and I must say, I am definitely a city girl! Some people think that I'm crazy, they automatically bring up all the possible issues: the traffic, the pollution, the crime, over crowding... but for me the city makes me feel alive. When I'm living in the city I feel more alive... more alert. Why? Maybe because you do

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I had the best breakfast ever today... and to think I probably spent like 20 minutes laying in bed deliberating if I should have raw breakfast or go for SAD breakfast. So with all my planning and goals, I came to a conclusion that I'm just not a person who can stick to an hour by hour plan... but is anybody really. With that figured out (what a genius I am) I decided that I'm going to make it

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Oh how I hate that word... and I really don't hate a lot of things. I don't even wanna write about the last few days... they were days of feeling like crap, pigging out, and not working out. I actually even started couple of days correctly but by the time noon came, I was already on my way to pig out. But I will not give up...oh no, not that easily. I need to regroup, rethink and come up with

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Ayyyaaa yayyy....These have been pretty tough days as far as staying raw goes. First of, I woke up yesterday with major muscle aches...talk abut post work out burn. I managed to get myself on the treadmill and put in my half an hour. I also got a hold of a callanetics video which I read great reviews about. Basically, callanetics is somewhat similar to pilates and includes a series of slow,

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Well, I would say I had another successful diet day. Could do a little better with the raw part...but overall I'm satisfied with the process. For breakfast I once again had my Yummy juice (carrot, orange, and apple) with some raw granola. For lunch I had 2 slices of sprouted bread with 2 fried eggs and a tomato and green onion salad. After that I had a glass of chocolate almond milk and in

Kasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08051140624829197333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956718896667686603.post-52954776777883308052009-03-09T21:04:00.004-05:002009-03-10T13:42:34.167-05:00

So today started day one of my diet / workout / lifestyle change and I think It went pretty good. I started my day of with some freshly squeezed juice of carrots, apples, and oranges. Along with the juice had a banana and overall it was a yummy and fulfilling breakfast. Ingredients for my morning juice - 4 carrots, 2 apples, 2 oranges - makes about 3 glasses. To make my juices I use the Jack

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I became infatuated with Paulo Coelho and his writing since I read one of his first novels “The Alchemist”. From then, I read each and everyone of his books which led me to “The Pilgrimage”. In the story, Paulo sets out for the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Since reading the accounts of his travel I now became infatuated with the actual Pilgrimage, and knew I had to do it sometime in

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This move really is breaking my heart.  Now I'm here unpacking and on the outside I'm calm but on the inside I'm torn apart.  After living by myself for years, moving in with my family is not easy.  Dealing with their prejudice and negative attitude is even worse.  I honestly don't know how I'll make it.  I guess I'll just have to try and keep myself super busy...which might not be exactly the

Kasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08051140624829197333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956718896667686603.post-48032531206974979682009-03-03T18:09:00.000-06:002009-03-03T18:36:24.110-06:00

What a tough couple months it has been.  I am typically a very positive person but some things that have just happened recently just got me thinking and reevaluating my life.  In October of last year I have moved to the great city of Chicago.  I moved here with big hopes and dreams but now as I'm standing here in front of my empty closet ready to move back I realize that I might of been wrong.  

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