Today is the 50th anniversary of 1st Pride March commemorating the Stonewall Riot the year before.⁣

𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.⁣

June is the month honoring LBGTQ rights. On June 15th, we made a big step forward with the courts. An employer can no longer discriminate against you for who you love.⁣

On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that race and color could no longer dictate who you may love creating Loving Day (named after the couple; yes, their name was Loving!)⁣

𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.⁣

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When #FashionFriday meets Pride day, what’s a girl to do but bring out her finest rainbow silk DVF wrap dress. BTW, it’s also my finest #thrift find – discovered at Goodwill for $20!⁣

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞!⁣

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This is me a few weeks ago when I had to be tested for COVID. I was sick. I was tired. I was scared. Fortunately, I was negative.⁣
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Yes, it is America and you still have rights, but please understand how you are exercising your rights. You are not choosing not to protect yourself, you’re choosing not to protect me.⁣
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You don’t have to, but it would mean a lot to me and millions of others.⁣
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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

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General Gordon Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1865, known as Juneteenth ever since.

This is Juneteenth.⁣

This is American history, as well as black history. The end of slavery should be everyone’s celebration as no one is free until all are free.⁣ All should honor it.

Happy Juneteenth! Happy Freedom! Happy Independence!⁣

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Wow! Time goes fast, doesn’t it?

I know, I know. That may be the tritest phrase ever spoken but also, so very true. We are headlong into the summer and a full month of my journey into Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion. And I definitely have some thoughts.

Firstly, if you missed why I started the journey, you can go here. And before you blow up my inbox, this was never a weight-based journey. While the word diet is in the title, it is more about maintaining a lifestyle of eating to feel and be your best. Those are goals for everyone no matter the number on your jeans and I am so happy I did it.

The biggest lessons I learned were more about when I ate (hence the title) than what I ate. I also gave a kick to my hydration with lemon, mint, and grapefruit. I have not made the switch to black coffee, sorry Joel, but why I chose this journey was its flexibility and an acceptance of what I could and would do in my real life, not some candy-colored fake life wherein I wear white without stains and never have roots and am IG ready at all times.

With menu planning, I am eating more protein and Super Carbs which means my family is, too. Wait, what? Super Carbs? Yes. There are super carbs. Few phrases had made me happier. It’s up there with your package was delivered and “I love you, Mom”. Totally kidding about the second one. I never hear that anymore. Hashtag Teen Mom problems – LOL. But back to Marion’s views of carbohydrates…

“So, despite all the bad press over the years, certain carbohydrates play an important role in balancing your hormones and regulating your metabolic rate, while avoiding the dreaded weight loss plateaus that accompany conventional mainstream diets. Furthermore, when you eat these carbohydrates, you’ll feel much better than you would if you were following a traditional diet.”

Yessssss! I now envision myself joining the other Justice League members sitting around a table snacking on carbs becoming more and more super by the moment. Alright, it’s not quite that easy. Not every carb is super but a girl can dream, right?!?

But I digress. As I do. All the time. Like right now. Oh yeah. As I was saying…

Because it is realistic, flexible, and has yes, because it has fruit, I think I shall actually stick with it. And again, not because I have some dramatic before and after photos (though Joel Marion totally does!) but because I feel better. I have more energy to be the woman, wife, and mom I want to be. And that is everything to me.

Everyone has a different reason why they want to eat better but I have yet to meet anyone who doesn’t want to improve their diet. Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight addressed many of mine. If you think it could help you, it is available for purchase.

Learn more about the book and how to purchase here.

This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”.
The opinions are mine. It is my Universe, after all.

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