Do Something Good For The Cure With Lean Cuisine

I've been a little busy but I wanted to post something I came across from Lean Cuisine.I know they have the food you love to eat, and now they have these beautiful insulated designer lunch bags to carry the food in. These bags are so pretty. Pink is fast becoming my favorite color. The bags sell for $9.95 and for each bag purchased,Lean Cuisine is donating $ 5.00 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. So far $304,335 has been donated.

While you're there to make your purchase, check out the site. There are some really nice things on the site for you. Articles on how to help lower your risk for breast cancer, and how weight can increase your risk for breast cancer. Of course there is a breast self exam, which most women should familiarize themselves with. You can even sign up for monthly self exam reminders. I really liked the Inspiration Path. On this path you can create a stone for someone you may know who has survived or someone who is battling the disease now. Maybe you don't know anyone and you just want to offer some kind words. I really think that the path is very special touch.

Just another way we can make a contribution to finding a cure and look cute doing it too!!!











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Breast Cancer Awareness Month ~ Save Lids To Save Lives

I love yogurt, and I know you do too. Well if so here is a way we can help to continue the fight against breast cancer during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. When you shop pick up Yoplait Yogurt. They are having another annual drive with the campaign "save lids to save lives" and every lid you send in they will donate 10 cents to Susan G Komen for the Cure,up to $1.5 million. It seems like a fun way to help an important cause and to eat healthy at the same time. Yogurt has alot of health benefits, so this is good for everyone. I liked the site very much. I love the pink they choose or is that fuchsia? It's a very pretty page. Well anywhoo back to the site. There are desktop wallpapers, posters you can print, buddy icons and ecards to help get the word out.

You can join a team or start your own. There are 2 celebrity teams. Sheryl Crow heads up one of the teams. Get together with your family, friends, neighbors and co- workers and start eating up awhole lot of yogurt.

One thing truly inspiring are the videos of women who share their experiences with breast cancer. Survivors, women who have given all they can to beat breast cancer and not have breast cancer beat them. Make sure that you check out the site and definitely the videos.


OPI The world Leader In Professional Nail Care has dedicated a 2008 edition of a nail color for the cause called Pink of Hearts. $25,000 will be donated from the sales to Susan G Komen for the Cure. $5,000 will also be donated to Rethink Breast Cancer.











Payless ShoeSource will continue its Taking Steps to Fight Breast Cancer program by selling breast cancer awareness bracelets and limited-edition pink ribbon slippers. One hundred percent of the net profits* earned from the sale of the bracelet and $1.30 from the sale of each pair of slippers will be donated to Komen for the Cure with a minimum guaranteed donation of $100,000. The products will be available for purchase at all of their stores nationwide and on www.payless.com beginning September 25, 2008 and continuing through February 28, 2009.

We may not have millions or even thousands of dollars to donate, but companies are giving us ways to make a donation that counts toward a cause we all want to beat. So support some of your favorite companies and the products they have to offer and lets get breast cancer where it belongs; NOWHERE!!!

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My Kick Off For Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I'm sure you know that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So I want to post all this month anything that deals with breast cancer. I have already posted about a study for sisters where one has or had breast cancer.I hope you get the chance to read it. If you haven't then do so. Whatever information you find here pass it on to others. Remember knowledge is power.

There are so many websites you can visit that will help you get all the information you need. If you have just found out you have breast cancer, if you are battling breast cancer now, and for those who have survived breast cancer. I really hope that a cure will be found soon. So many women are losing their lives to this horrible disease.

Hopefully, in the next 31 days of October I will be able to help someone who just wants to seek information about this scary disease. Breast Cancer is hard on everyone especially the families. I have a friend whose sister died of breast cancer and I know she still hurts to this day. She and her family are in my prayers always. I know how much her family has changed because of it and because of it hopefully she will be able to help another person or family get through their fight with the strength and knowledge she has gained through her experience. Lord knows it was never easy.

So lets get out there, do what we can and spread the word about prevention. READ and SHARE what you know. Help someone who is going through her fight. Go with her to appointments, shop for her, cook for her, watch her kids for a couple of hours, tell her she can do it. Just be there for her. It's a long fight ahead but, WE together can beat this. I know we can!!!

This post is dedicated to a dear friend, Sherry whose older sister Margo Ifill lost her battle to breast cancer.

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Marion Jones Released From Prison

I'm sure you've noticed on my blog I have photos of black women we should admire, unfortunately there is one woman who I wish I could have on my blog. Marion Jones. I was so proud of this young woman. I mean she was the fastest woman in the world. I along with others rooted for her during the 2000 Sydney, Australia Olympics. She was Americas darling. We knew if any woman could win all gold medals in all 5 events they were competing in, it was Marion Jones. She won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals.


She was everywhere after the Olympics. I remember she had an ad with American Express. Every time I saw that ad I would watch it as if it were the first time. I felt so proud. Another thing I admired about her was her physique. She always looked so well toned. Her muscles were evident but not to manly. She just looked so strong and she was wonderful to watch sprinting on the track.




I didn't know she was under investigation for steroid use. I only heard about her troubles when she admitted to it. WOW, was I disappointed along with millions whose trust she betrayed. Why would any athlete feel that the public wants to watch and admire a fraud and a liar? Well we know why they do it.MONEY,FORTUNE,FAME,ENDORSEMENTS AND MORE MONEY. I'm glad some of them are getting caught for duping as into believing in their "superior performance" as a God given talent. When all the while their doping to enhance their performance, just so they can become the best in their sport.
Look at her body. She is lean,and muscles toned. She looks great. Why would we not think all of this was due to hard work?


Yes, Marion you messed up big time. We all have at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, yours was for the whole world to see. Now all your phony achievements are going to be cleared from the record books as if you were never a part of track and field. Well at least the honest, hard working, side of the sport. I hope you use your experience to help young athletes who are going to be seduced by the limelight and glory as you were. Help save lives and spirits by telling your story. This time tell the whole truth.

Diabetes Symptoms & Diabetes Symptom Checker

Remember not long ago I said that I had to be careful not to turn this blog into an entertainment only blog? Well now I have to be careful not to turn it into a health blog. Let me say also,that I can't help when I see something I know as black folk we need to see, hear, and read I like to share the information. So I want to mention a little about a disease that of course is affecting the black community: DIABETES. I have had 2 family members suffer from diabetes. The complications that this disease caused them were terrible. My first cousin on my maternal side had suffered from diabetes for as long as I could remember. She had problems with her eyesight, she was in and out of the hospital,she had to inject herself with insulin everyday. It was sad she was a very young woman,health issues related to diabetes eventually took her life. My maternal grandmother also suffered from diabetes. She had one of her legs amputated.
DIABETES is a serious condition that needs to be monitored. The American Diabetes Association says that "diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy needed for daily life. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and environmental factors such as obesity and lack of exercise appear to play roles".

Here are 5 symptoms you should pay attention to:

1) frequent urination
2) unexplained weight loss
3) tingling in hands and feet
4) sores that won't heal
5) excessive thirst

Use this symptom checker to see if you are at risk Diabetes Symptom Checker.


Diabetes can also led to other serious health issues:

1) heart disease
2) gum disease
3) stroke
4) kidney problems
5) nerve damage
6) blindness

To find out what causes diabetes and much more you need to check out Diabetes.Org. Once you're there look for the diabetes risk calculator. Take it and find out your risk!!!

I really wish that as a people we take better care of ourselves and our families. I don't take care of myself as I should but I'm going to start. I want to live a long and healthy life. I hope that we all do.

This post is dedicated to Lo Nella Mack and Twila Angertina Leathers.

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Heart & Soul Magazine Health And Spa Weekend

READ THIS!!!!!



Heart & Soul magazine is sponsoring a health conference from October 16-October 19 in Nashville,TN. This sounds like what alot of us need to help keep our sanity and running everyone's life and sometimes our own.

There will be a Divas Against Disparities Benefit Concert. Mary Mary,Angie Stone and Lalah Hathaway will perform. There will be health screenings, workshops and seminars.
Get your girls together and get on your way. You know you deserve it.

Meharry Medical College is also apart of this event.


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Breast Cancer Study For Sisters, Gift Registry for Breast Cancer Patients

I came across this site and as you can see it needs to be shared. This is a study for women who has had or have a sister with breast cancer. They are looking for all ethnic groups. At this time there maybe certain groups of women they are looking for more than others. If you are between the ages of 35 and 74, never had breast cancer and live in the United State or Puerto Rico then this study is one you should consider participating in. If you know someone who seems to be eligible pass this information on. For more valuable info The Sister Study.org

Another site I came across Links In Pink.Com lets women who are battling and surviving breast cancer start a gift registry. There's a tool to use to help you meditate. Search the site I'm sure there's some interesting things there. Any site that tries to help people and their families during a hard time is worth checking out, so I hope you can.
My prayers go out to all those during a hard time as this must be.

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More Black Women Die In Childbirth Than Any Other Ethnic Group!!!!

I guess you're not all that surprised, are you? Well, I'm not surprised but I am very saddened to hear this. It seems our community is stricken with so many diseases that effects us much more severely than any other ethnic group. AIDS/HIV, cancer, hypertension, diabetes and the list goes on and on. I came across this article on BET.com. Seniors can't get their medicine and families are under insured or no health insurance at all. Black folk we really have to take care of ourselves and each other. Develop programs in our neighborhoods that those without adequate health care can get the assistance they need. Seniors can't afford to buy medicine and families are under insured or have none at all. Churches and social organizations can play a big part in helping Black America get healthy. Why not hold classes and seminars to help us understand what some of our symptoms may be so we can address them, fight them and live long healthy lives? I know some of these things are being done, but we need more. Obviously there isn't enough to help those who need this information.

My mother had a sister who died while giving birth to her second child. Growing up I often wondered how that could happen. To tell the truth I still wonder how it happens. We know that has to be hard for a family. I'm sure my Grandparents and the rest of my family and their community took it hard. That happened in the 50's.Well this is real life and it does happen and it will continue to happen.Let's do what we can to become a more healthier community, a healthier America and untimely the world.

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Natalie Cole Diagnosied With Hepatitis

Natalie Cole has been has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, a contagious liver disease spread by infected blood, according to the Associated Press.

A statement from Cole's camp revealed that the virus was found during a routine exam and that she likely contracted the virus during drug use many years ago. It is a common cause of liver disease and is reported to affect 13 in 1,000 people. Approximately 10% to 20% of those infected will develop cirrhosis and 1% to 5% will develop liver cancer.

"I've been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences," said the Grammy-winning singer. "I am embraced by the love and support of my family and friends; I am committed to my belief in myself and in my abiding faith to meet this challenge with a heartfelt optimism and determination. This is how I intend to deal with this current challenge in my life."

Her Cedars-Sinai Medical Center physician, Dr. Graham Woolf, told AP that Cole has had a "terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative."

Cole is recovering from side effects of the treatment, including fatigue, muscle aches and dehydration.
Let's wish her the best health.

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