DISQUS

My fellow product junkies:

I tried this conditioner and I love it!!! It leaves my hair sooo moisturized and has prevented a lot of breakage due to moisture.

As for Nexxus, I used them for a long time but would only recommend their conditioners when adding a bit of olive oil and jojoba oil to them. For me, they tend to leave my hair a little dry. Also, I only use their products when sitting under a dryer or else they really don't work. I do a wash and wear a lot of times which translates into me hardly ever using their conditioning lines anymore.

Great job, Aith! Loving the Herbal Essence!

Thanks everyone! cjm and reign....good luck on your journey to being fit! Its a long arduous process but one that yield great results! Your ability to stick to it will be your greatest accomplishment yet!

Moderate intensity is best defined (loosely) by doing the "talking" test. While doing moderate exercise you should be able to talk during the exercise but maybe not carry on an easy conversation.
In general, we have to increase our exercise and the amount of calories we burn due to the increased amount of calories we ingest on a regular basis.

I would always caution pregnant women to first check with their doctors before doing any kind of exercise. That being said, my cousin is a model (gag me, lol). She has had 2 children and been able to maintain her model form (gag me again). The key to her maintaining her weight is she walked 3 miles every morning up until she gave birth. She also did yoga on a regular basis as a way to stretch her muscles out. It worked wonders for her. After she gave birth she was back on the runway within about 2-3 months. If you have any more questions, feel free to email my trainer (Peter Gordan) at peter@kooyahfitness.com. Hope this helps!

I have both books and I have to say they are pretty helpful.

I hate u. And I mean **hate** you for this! LMAO!

But take heed. Throw paint on my mink and I will lose all sense of discretion and decorum. Then I'll sue....

I did weight watchers and am currently on the path to being a lifetime member. I've lost almost 50 pounds since starting in March and found the meetings and the weigh in to be really helpful in making me keep the weight off.

I am ALL for Black women finding whomever makes them happy despite racial borders. Hell dating, as my brother always tells me, is an inefficient market with inexperienced and inefficient players. Limiting your dating pool based on superficial characteristics only makes being successful more difficult. Its a numbers game....and I'm all about being an EEO compliant dater. =)

I love Oprah for her honesty. Weightloss is a hard, rocky journey, and moreover....its never ending. People need to lay off her. She isnt a bad role model, she quite possibly is the BEST role model because she acknowledges the difficulties in weightloss and says hey, if you don't keep an eye out and make real LIFESTYLE changes, then this too can happen to you. I applaud her.

Gold diggers and the men that support them, on the next Maury Povich...

I go for nerds who know how to check me, as well as others, when needed. Whatever you want to label this man...go for it.

I do not go for men with criminal records or who are jobless, homeless, etc.

A good FICO score and a wall of degrees is the new sexy for me. Saggy pants are ghei.

The end.

Did you really just do a SWOT analysis on cohabitation??? Done with you, Gordon. Done.

Nia,
You need to scream that from the rooftops for every man to hear. If they can understand that simple concept, dating would be much easier. Lol.

Lmao @ Mr. Skanky McNasty. I totally agree Anita. I don't need to know what you did prior to me, but I do need to be able to trust you. I won't ask questions I don't want the answer to, but I also want full disclosure on poignant questions. That being said, I personally wouldn't get back together with someone who had habitually cheated on me and lied to me in the past. But different strokes for different folks and all that jazz...

So Jock, what if your sig O were to ask you a blatant question. I.e. did you sleep with THAT (that one right there with the long hair, green eyes, ss#123456789). Would silence be your response, or would you give full disclosure?

I agree, they are not the junior Jesus Christ figures....BUT....they are a GREAT example for what people (particularly Black people) should strive to emulate. I see them as great role models. I am a grown woman and I still admire Michelle and all of the things she has been able to do AND keep such a beautiful family.

Pinkie, I have the exact same problem. I usually wait to use olive oil when I am about to resort to ponytails and wash n go styles. In the meantime, I use the Aveda Brilliant serum and it seems to keep my hair moisturized without weighing it down. But I totally feel your pain on the slightest amount of oil making your hair lifeless. My friend just came out with a line of natural hair products. Check them out: www.luvamourai.com

Dude....as my brother said when that Blu Cantrell song came out years ago....these women artists are going to get some poor women out in the world CHOKED UP messing around and thinking this is a video. This is real life. People do not play like that. Besides, we are grown ups. What do you stand to gain (other than a criminal record and a bad reputation) by acting out and throwing a tantrum. Remember the lady who drove across country in a diaper to seek "revenge"....no one remembers what her "man" did...but they do remember her crazy ass losing all her good sense and making a mockery of herself for all to point and laugh....

Wow, Cocoa Diva...I missed all this drama. Lol. Geeezzzz. Let's just address a couple points here:
1. If you want to be big and glorify it, then hey...that's between you and your heart. But lying to yourself and saying you are thin when you aren't is counterproductive. Either you like being big (and therefore would not be ashamed of telling your *true* measurements) or you want to be seen as thin and therefore lie about the facts. Example (because this is not a big girl bash, this is a "let's keep it real" discussion): Tonight I ate 3 chocolate chip cookies and a potato dumpling for dinner....no veggies anywhere. But when my man called and asked me what I had for dinner, I lied because I knew better. I didn't want him to know the truth. I *should* have had the broccoli and salmon I told him I had, but I didn't. I lied like a rug because I *knew* I was wrong. What's the point? This: just keep it real. And if you're lying, then you have something to hide that you are ashamed of. Instead of living in guilt and deceit, own up to the truth and make your false reality true. Its hard, but in the end, its worth it.

2. And Yup, yes...I am a size 2. Yes, it is healthy. Check with any doctor or any govt agency report and it'll confirm that for ya. I'm not saying everyone should be a size 2....hell I really don't care if Raven is really a size 22...but all I'm saying is you don't have to lie to kick it.

The problem is this, when celebrities walk around glorifying their fatness, this leaves a false impression with women (young and old) that being big is ok. It is not. There is nothing cute, sexy, or modern about being too lazy to hit the gym regularly and take care of yourself. Raven is a ready target because she is a celebrity. Now personally, I'm grown, I could care less is she is big...she and I aren't friends. But what I do care about is the false reality that women like she and Monique give young women. There is nothing wrong with high self esteem, but there is something very wrong with not being able to control what and how much you eat as well as being too lazy to hit the track a couple times a week. That's my 2 cents.

-former fat girl

Most importantly, Raven needs to realize she's not thick...she's big. She needs to hit up a gym and start counting those calories. This is harsh love. I got some all day.

Amen, CoCoa Diva! I am so sick and tired of men complaining about gold digging women when they perpetuate this madness. If you really wanted a woman who was about her business, then you would put in the requisite time, energy, and emotions into building such a relationship. But too many times men want to throw money at the problem in order to pacify women. Real women don't want your money (we have our own). We want your time, attention, and adoration. That's all free.

GREAT ARTICLE!!!!

and my vote is Toni's cover. Ciara's wouldnt be so bad if her pose was just a little different. but with that pose & her mouth open, it looks less like art and more like soft porn. which is too bad, i like(d) Ciara.

On another note...after seeing both of these covers I kind of want to hit the gym for like 50-11 hours. I mean damn.