In 2011, I decided that enough was enough. I needed to lose weight. I started going to a trainer 2x a week on top of keeping track of my caloric intake. I made sure that I made it to the gym after work every other day. My hard work paid off as I lost about […]
Category Archives: Food & Health
Statistics Surrounding Black Women and Domestic Violence
Currently, a Vine of a Black woman being slapped out of her chair by a Black male is going viral around #BlackTwitter (the Vine is purposely not linked). Now normally, we at unchose don’t normally go the route of shameless relevancy, but the statistics behind Black women and domestic violence are extremely troubling and need to be […]
How Your Family and Friends Sabotage Your Weight Loss Journey
With alarming statistics such as “About four out of five African American women are overweight or obese” and “African American women are nearly 40 percent more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than white women,” there is no wonder why some of us choose to lose weight. It doesn’t really matter what your catalytic moment was, […]