Nduku Says Bye Bye to Sulfates, Parabens and Her Hair!
She’s been talking about it for weeks, perhaps months, and finally did it. When I first met Nduku, she was a creamy crack addict. Been an addict since a teenager. Slowly but surely, though, she started to wean off the chemicals, something I encouraged, and has now gone 100% natural and, most importantly — chemical-free. In weaning More...
Quarter of Monthly Goal Complete
Spent the weekend in Fayetteville, NC; the ladies and I were visiting my mom. When we got back, I took a little 4.77 mile stroll to stay on pace for my monthly goal. More...
Finding An App To Help Water My Body
Slowly, but surely, I’m making changes to my bad habits, pertaining to my health that is. I mentioned in the past that I took a tiny baby step to curb my voluntary addiction to Mountain Dew. Somehow, though, More...
Adding 4.75 Miles to a Goal of 50 Miles Walked in April
One of the features of RunKeeper, like most of these apps, is the ability to set goals. I mostly ignored the feature, not thinking I was really going to get into this exercising thing, but there’s something More...
First RunKeeper Activity of the New Month
It was a month ago that I learned of and starting using RunKeeper. The first week I had it I used it pretty much every week. Then, I don’t know what happened. Maybe it was the blisters on my feet. Maybe More...
The 13 Vitamins From A to K
I confess. As I was getting a better understanding of my blood test results, I was eating fried chicken and steamed white rice from my favorite Chinese take-out joint. Guilty. More...
Understanding What Exactly Is In My Blood and What It’s Telling Me
Deep down inside I still feel as indestructible as I did a decade or two ago. But as I approach 40, I’m slowly starting to accept that something could go wrong; hence, I’ve been going to the doctor More...
The Three Mile Walk Home
After visiting the doctor the other day and hearing his subtle hints that I’ve been fortunate to have good health but things change as you pass 40, which is coming up next year, it’s becoming a focus More...
Mapping a Just Under Two Mile Walk Home
Ever since I was a little kid, I was amazed by maps. I would read atlases as if they were novels. It was like each country, city, street, city block told a story. I’d see how the lines representing roads More...
Breaking In The New Nikes With a 6.29 Mile Walk Across DC
Though walking in Tims isn’t the ideal scenario, I think it was more painful for the lady than for me. So painful [or is it pitiful?] that she bought me a pair of Nikes. What would I do without her, other More...
