African American women are especially affected by heart disease. They have a higher mortality or death rate than white women and black men under the age of 55 years. The mortality rate from coronary heart disease is 69% higher than for white women.
So Black Women’s Helath Imperative has an article called “10 Steps to Jumpstart Your Weight Management Program.” Here are the first five steps of the program: 1. Accept that weight management is an achievable goal: If you approach weight management with the concept that small steps will add up to make a big difference over [...]
Too often in the black community we ascribe certain aspects of our life we need to improve to “something only white people do,” as if we’re somehow beyond or better than that thing. Unfortunately when it comes to our health, too often it seems we only believe white women do certain things, particularly when it [...]
What do you do to keep healthy? For me, healthy begins first and foremost with drinking plenty of water. It has too. When I’m not drinking enough water my body shuts down and I swell up like a piggy. Not a particularly good look. Enough water for me usually equals between 17 and 20 glasses [...]
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Hey All! Well, in spite of the old hormones, I have some good news to report – I lost another 2.4 lbs. bringing my total lost so far to (drum roll please) 9lbs.!! Not bad for September, baby steps…. I’m gonna take it down and be serious this post – don’t worry, the funny will [...]
There’s been a lot of talk around the blogsphere as late on Black women and their thickness and how aspiring to be thick causes women to be unhealthy, overweight and obese. Well, in my opinion, there is a very big difference between being thick and fat. If you’re confused the following is easy to remember: [...]
Well, all (big butt) black women should be jumping for joy on this one. According to a recent study butt fat is not only not a health risk but it good be good for you. Hell, if that’s the case I should be the healthiest person on the planet. LOL From the BBC: Body fat [...]
Childhood obesity has always been a sensitive topic for me. I don’t ever remember being a normal size. I always joke that I went from diapers to a size 22. I vividly remember the ridicule I endured from other kids, the quest for clothes to fit my oversized body, and the disappointment of failing diet [...]
You live, you die And spend the years in between asking the question Why you’ve been through what you been You lose, you win You even pay for other sins But you must always adore the skin you are in A couple of weekends ago, I went out to a sports bar with a girlfriend. [...]
