Friday, 20 January 2017

#YOU'RE NOT ALONE...


Do you feel misunderstood? Do you feel like you constantly have to explain yourself? Do you feel stagnant? Do you feel like everyone is moving on and you are not? Do you wonder how everyone seems to have their sh** together and you do not? Do you feel like a jack of all trades and master of none? Do you feel confused and unsure of what to do with your life? Do you feel like you are constantly floating or worse, drowning and no one seems able to pull you out? Do you feel so happy and yet so sad that your friends are doing so well? Do you feel so happy but yet so envious of their achievements? Do you feel like you are constantly waiting for something awesome to happen to you? Do you feel like you should be doing something with your life, something important, but for the life of you, you have no idea what it is you should be doing? Do you feel like you are only just going through the motions of living, sure you wake up at the right time, eat at the right time, do whatever it is you should be doing at the right time, funny or not you laugh politely at people's jokes, you are good at what you do, you earn more than enough, you are a successful career woman/man, you own a beautiful house, a beautiful car but still you feel like you are only just existing and not living? Do you feel cheated? Do you feel like life is unfair to you? Do you wonder why your ex that cheated on you and broke your heart into a million pieces, moved on, found love and is happily living his/her life while you are still stuck? Do you wonder how that girl that slept with almost every dude on campus managed to find a rich respectful husband before you? Do you wonder why everyone has it so easy and you do not? Do you feel unwanted? Do you feel unloved? And even when you are surrounded by people who truly love you, you still feel so alone? Do you wonder why your phone never rings, and when it finally does, it's someone asking for your help, not to check up on you? Do you wonder why you always drop everything when a friend needs you but they never reciprocate? And even when they do, you reject it? Do you wonder why you are always willing to listen and solve people's problems but no one cares if you even have one? Do you walk around with a heavy heart? Are you trying to make sense of your best friend's suicide? Are you trying to make sense of the death of a loved one? Do you feel so much pain, it hurts? Do you feel like every time you take a step forward, you end up taking ten steps backward? Do you feel like you are better than that dude that got the promotion you were eyeing? Do you wonder why that guy you have always been there for, chose your friend over you? Do you say 'i'm fine' even though you are not,when people ask how you are?  Do you feel bad because you have been married for ten years and still do not have a child, yet that lady on your street that aborted more than six times back in college has a set of twins? Do you wonder why nothing seems to work out for you even though you pray regularly?  Do you feel like no matter what you have, you always want more? Do you feel unbearably alone?


There are questions we may never find answers to but you have to take comfort in the fact that 'YOU'RE NOT ALONE'...take comfort in the fact that someone somewhere knows exactly how you feel, take comfort in the fact that someone was once in your shoes, take comfort in the fact that it finally got better for that person, take comfort in the fact that it 'WILL' get better for you. Take comfort in the fact that there is a supernatural being, force or entity that far surpasses your understanding somewhere, looking out for you, ordering your every step and rooting for you, I'm rooting for you too, persevere, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. - With Love from Mo xox

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Monday, 2 January 2017

#UNAPOLOGETIC FOODIE: FITFAM-ING MY WAY TO A SIZE 8๐Ÿ˜

Hey guys, so I lost a lot of weight last year but unfortunately I gained everything x2 right back๐Ÿ˜ข my problem really is sugar but I am hoping to do better this year, so I am going to enjoy my junks this holiday season, heh! and start afresh next week, so fitfam here I come๐Ÿ˜.
I used to be indifferent about my weight due to the fact that I lose weight easily and more than easily gain it right back but my grandpa (mum's dad) recently died of diabetes (God rest his soul) and my dad, well let's just say my dad is cursing the first day he tasted sugar (I inherited my sugar addiction from him), my aunt (mum's sister) is also diabetic, so let's just say with all these history I have to stop my very bad eating habit. I Love Food, it's no news really and I am unapologetic about it, heh! People think loving food means you are a glutton but they could not be more wrong, being a foodie means you love to experience and experiment new cuisines. So I am adding my foodieventures (foodie+adventure๐Ÿ˜) to my blog stories, will be sharing my unending quests to try out new cuisines and my journey into the fitfam world, would even share my special experimental recipes, heh!. On that note check out some of my healthy experiments. Enjoy!๐Ÿ˜

Sorry I am new at this so I forgot to take pictures of the process (promise to do better next time๐Ÿ˜) but this is what I like to call 'Sultry Spinachy Smoothie' (I am really proud of the name, heh!) the taste is just as good as the name, if I could say so myself๐Ÿ˜.
Ingredients:
* 1/4 Spinach
* 1 Small Red plum
* 1 Small sized Pineapple peeled and chopped into small pieces
* 1/2 cup Soya milk
How to:
* Freeze all ingredients except spinach for 30 minutes. (I froze mine so I would not have to use ice which would have made it watery)
* Firstly rinse and blend spinach (spinach has a very strong distinct taste so I blended it first so I could determine the quantity of pineapple to use as a sweetener, I mean I wanted a healthy drink but who says it has to be bitter because it is healthy, heh!)
* Add plum and soya milk
* Lastly add pineapple (you may need more than the quantity stated above, depending on how sweet you want it)
* Lastly, sit back and enjoy!! ๐Ÿ˜



This one I call 'Plancake'!๐Ÿ˜  Ok so it is basically Plantain Pancake! It is just like making pancake except the main ingredient is plantain and it fries faster than pancakes plus it is very moist! I used:-

Ingredients:
*  1 over ripe plantain
* 1/2 cup flour
* 2 eggs
* 2/3 water
* 1 chopped chili pepper (shombo) or habanero (rodo)
* 1/2 Onions
* 1 tsp honey (adjust to your taste)
* 2 tsp oil or butter.

How to:
* Blend your plantain till it becomes a paste.
* Add accordingly, eggs, flour, water, chilli pepper, onions, blend all. 
* Butter your non-stick frying pan, heat it and pour a small amount of your batter and fry for 2 minutes on each side. (you can use oil but butter smells better)
* Serve with honey as a syrup. (though plancake is sweet without honey because of the plantain in it but just incase it is not, add honey)
* Enjoy this snack with 'Sultry Spinachy Smoothie' or 'Light Sparkling water' like i did above! 

Who else is fitfam-ing this year?๐Ÿ˜ Thank You for taking time out to read, do not forget to share! and Lastly, HAPPY NEW YEAR BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE! MAY ALL OUR DREAMS COME TRUE THIS YEAR!!! 

With Love๐Ÿ’–
From Mo...xox