Food And The City - 5 Things

I hope that Halloween was awesome this weekend past.  That all the parties were fabulous! I have recently teamed up with a doctor to help me lose this excess weight that I have been carrying for as long as I can remember.  The idea is to lose this excess 10 kgs that I carry generally and keep it off.  What I was not prepared for was what I would experience in the city with this new framework :

1. Sugar is everywhere! This is from alcohol to yummy sauces to just all that delicious food.  And sugar is the number one source of carrying excess weight so I am just so shocked at how much sugar there is out there.
2. Convenience is not healthy.  With loooooong work hours or a long day in general.  Who has energy to cook when you walk in your home door?  So the drive-throughs are so welcomed but not necessarily the right thing for you on a consistent basis
3. Supersize is everywhere! I am amazed how big the portion sizes are when I now realise what  I actually should be eating in terms of portion size.  I now see how we generally tempted everyday to be overeaters!
4. Water is not drunk like it should be.  We all need to take in liquids.  But the cappuccinos, alcohol, fizzy drinks, flavoured water all start substituting the basic taste of water that has all we need
5. Being an outcast or encouraged to be not healthy.  It is not as blatant as that.  But dare you not drink alcohol at a party or eat and indulge at a gathering, a work function, a working lunch, etc!  You are so the outcast for wanting to be healthy.  Does take a bit of courage to take on those looks of disbelief that you actually making healthy choices!

So to all those trying to make healthier choices in the city, all I can bless you with is wisdom and creativity.  Because it ain't all easy going out there.  Hugz

Piece Of Me

Not sure where it all is coming from, but I have a Britney Spears crush lately.  It must be the degree of interest and curiousity I have in watching her as a judge and mentor in X Factor.  She took the world over at just 16. Literally! She was the definitive sound in the late 90's.  Very intrigued how someone can be apart of something so huge world wide and how they see the world and what goes in their mind and heart.  That has my interest!

I am in love with this song of late.  The attitude and the "I will live my life by my rules" screams at  me.  So wishing you all that this week.  Take the time to know and live your values.  You will be judged no matter what you do or be so you might as well be your happiest and that comes from living your best values.  Live strong! Hugz

Halloween Fever

I know it is early but in South Africa, this weekend is Halloween fever.  Just wishing you all a good party and good time.  I will be doing a fab Halloween party tonight.  I am channelling Rihanna with her Disturbia look.  Excited!  You like?  Mwah

Friday Inspiration : Nothing Is What It Seems

Hello darlins. I really hope life has been kind, good and awesome to you all.  Shoo!  Just when you think things are calming down, a new wave hits you and you end up dealing. So sorry I have been scarce but wow has it been crazy since I last posted.

Remember that nothing is what it seems.  We only know a part of a perspective and there is always a broader one.  Ask for the faith that although you cannot see the full staircase and can only see the first 2 steps at a time, that you can take the next step and know there will be stairs to where you need to be.

Super weekend to you.  I am doing a Halloween party this weekend and we are going epic!  Enjoy!

Enjoy the pic!  Crazeebee has met someone and is open to  have the connection unfold further and what will come of it.  Yay!

Some Awesome Advice!

I can so relate to this with what I have been going through lately.  And if you brave enough to open your mind, you will realise that your thoughts, the food you eat, the experiences you go through, the music you listen to, the people that surround you, the way you arrange your space at work and home and the way to perceive life all work in energy, frequency and vibration.  And this is where it gets rather simple!  Like Attracts Like!  So start off by looking at what exists today and what it does to raise your energy, your frequency and vibration.  It is all about that which takes you higher literally!  Hugz!

The Space You Occupy

This week the concept of our space has been resonating with me.  We all have a space or a bubble that surrounds us.  It carries and transmits our energy.  So how the world experiences us is contained within that.  It is strongest when you positive and most weakest when you negative.  So there is definitely something to be said about staying positive and focused on that for as long as you possibly can.

I experienced a meditation once where I was asked to get into that peaceful and safe space and then imagine myself creating my island around me that started containing those elements.  I then had to visualise myself going through life and going through my day to day experiences with this island always around me.  And whichever circumstance, person or experience that come onto my island was governed by my laws and my rules.  And my laws and rules where of peace, love, harmony and security!  What a stunning image that made

So this is more to encourage you to start looking at how to build this island around you and make it one where you are safe within it, one where you feel strong and loved and one where you feel at peace.  The great news is that if you can get this to be your constant, it does not matter where you go or where you find yourself, you have this island that radiates from the inside and keeps you safe and guided through your life experiences.

I am sure you have all sense some people with bad vibes or just get some weird feeling when you around them.  You somehow always have your back up.  And then there are some where you feel connected and safe with.  That has got something to do with what they projecting from the inside and the laws of their island that follows them as they navigate life.  It is also good to know that powerful positive thoughts and feelings hold strong against any negative thoughts or feelings.  Light does tae away dark.  So don't stress if you step into a hostile negative island, your positive laws will shine light.

I just find that living in this big city in Africa that it is a tad aggressive and full of people on a mission to get somewhere and obtain an outcome.  I am one of the star players in that game. So I do find that to be the dominant energy of JHB.  It is results orientated and getting somewhere fast.  No wonder most of us need time outs and leaving the city every December to replenish our souls outside of it.  Just a note that maybe if we started calming ourselves on the inside and started with just the basics of love and light for who we are just as we are.  We can find  a peace and security within our space or island.

That would be awesome for us to go out and into the city and experience each other on those terms.  So hopefully, this is the start of taking some thought at how we start with building our islands of peace, harmony, love and security. Happy Zen week to you!

Mwah!

Where Have You Been

Hi Honeyz!  Hope your Monday has been good to you.  Mine has been awesomely chilled.  I am still on vacation and loving it.  I head back to the city tomorrow afternoon.  And yes, it is time I get back to the business of life and my happiness.  The time at the ocean has been awesome and I have loved what I have been unable to uncover and get some clarity around.  This week's song is by my sexy Diva Rihanna!  Not sure what it is but I love this song lately and just cannot get enough of it.  Enjoy its awesome energy.  Chat again soon.  Hugz

CrazeeBee Exhale!

What a lovely week this has turned out to be in the end.  It started rather rocky but I am the ocean and that makes me sooooooooo happy.  Hope you like my pic?  Me on the balcony blogging, reading and taking in the healing awesomeness of the ocean. So here is a Exhale moment on what my week has been like : 

As a note, I would love to know how you doing and how your week as gone.  Please comment back by copying the themes below and letting us know how you doing.  Would love to know!

Some thoughts from me :

• Highs - The ocean, long awesome runs along the ocean drive road, the ocean, the sea air, the sound of the ocean and the awesomeness of this little town I find myself in
• Lows - I have been doing some interesting work which involves a deeper look at the brain, the mind and the heart connection.  Learning some awesome stuff but it also is making me have some shifts in my life.  Some ugly, annoying and yucky stuff is coming up to the surface and it is not so fun dealing with it!
• Most proud of welcoming my family into my space and still keeping my sanity and peace.  Things can get crazy with families and mine is no different but it has been so cool having Zen and truly bonding with them
• Most grateful for the moments of honesty and love that I can have with me, myself and I.  Truly beginning to see just how profound those moments are for my happiness and wisdom
• You must try road running.  Such a freeing experience.  I am in South Africa and yes I also have my anxiety about venturing out in the open but it has been so much fun the past couple of days.  And the calorie counter is happy :)  
• Been loving my vacation and the ocean!

Hugz Darlins

Friday Inspiration : Make Your Life One Not To Escape From!

Darlins! It is day 2 of my vacation.  Taken a bit of a break from the big city and just truly enjoying the healing power of the mighty, glorious ocean.  But having said that, I realise that maybe it is worth considering creating a life one does not need to escape from constantly.  Some food for thought..............Hugz

Food Is Love - CrazeeBee 5 Top Spots

View From My Last Visit At The Wescliffe

Honeyz!  Hope all is well with you.  JHB just wrapped up another successful Pride Event.  It was a party indeed and full of happy people.  I am trying hard to focus at work.  My holiday is kicking off later this week and I am just counting the hours till I get to chill at the Ocean!  Yay!  Anyhoo, let's get on with understanding why JHB (Johannesburg) is the place to be in South Africa.  Food!  There is so much Good Food to choose from and I simply love my Food.  So here are CrazeeBee's Top 5 Food Spots in JHB :

• Five - Tashas - JHB is not the fully experienced if you have not had a Tashas breakfast.  I love my weekend visit to Tashas for the best breakfast this town has to offer.  I love the surroundings.  Fresh is word that best describes it!
• Four - The Westcliff - Awesome lunch place.  The chef surprises with what they come up with and all the food is simply out of this world yum.  But the winner is the best view of JHB!  You get to take in just how pretty JHB is!
• Three - Luca's Pizerria - I do enjoy their pastas but the winner is their house salad with that out of this world salad dressing.  Yum to the Yum!
• Two - The Raj - I am so in love with their Lamb Rogan Josh but from what I can see and hear, all their dishes are awesome!
• One - Midori Sushi - Their Sushi Rocks the taste buds!  Nothing beats a beautiful day of having my favourite Sushi, some Duck Wrapps and the most delectable Red Velvet Cake!  Yes they have the best red velvet cake I have had! And that is the clear winner.  Heaven!

Hugz and write to you soon from the coast!  Yay!

Dress Up In Love! Take on the city

I love the sentiment of this song.  It speaks about dusting off that old yet delicious outfit called love and slipping back into something that will always fit.  Love looks good on all of us.  So this week celebrate that when you step out to face the world, you can always slip into your best looking outfit called love.  Be dazzling this week my darlins! I look forward to telling you all about JHB through CrazeeBee eyes!  Mwah!

CrazeeBee Wrap Up

We now enter the  month of October and judging by my latest review of my calendar, it is going to be one busy and exciting month ahead.  It has inspired my new theme to explore called "Blessed And The City" (BATC).  watch this space for posts as I write about the fun to be had in JHB.  I feel a sense of renewed life and excitement to be lived and experienced in this Jewel In Africa.  It is like my drought of rut is over and it is all exciting times ahead. But back to this past week.  

As a note, I would love to know how you doing and how your week as gone.  Please comment back by copying the themes below and letting us know how you doing.  Would love to know!

Some thoughts from me :

• Highs - I am having more and more fun when I see how a new perspective or story changes how you deal with the world and situations.  I see it in my experiences at work, how I deal with my inner nightmares and more importantly, my openness to the new coming into my life.  It just strengthens how all our happiness and joy is tied up into how we see the world and what we believe in.  It is a yummy place to be!
• Lows - I have been going on about this trust thing but I now I see some people in my life in a new light.  I see the truth in their trustworthiness and that is interesting as now I know a truth that enables me to deal with them in a healthier manner.  The same applies to me.  I now see where I have work to be more trustworthy to me!
• Most proud of getting through a week with high levels of creativity!  It has been awesome to see what is manifesting in my space
• Most grateful for my family!  Been planning a get together with them the past week. Going to be awesome to spend some time with them just being!
• You must try using a heart rate monitor system in your workouts.  How your body reacts and deals with exercise is a fascinating learning curve
• Been loving Glee new season and Grey's Anatomy new season has got my interest

Hugz Darlins

Greatest Learnings - 5 Things

How funny is life!  Here I was going on about being wide awake and then I got smacked with some very interesting information revolving the "trust factor".  I will definitely write something about this later in the week.  But let me ponder on that for a little bit more.  So on this whole thing of learning best in the face of adversity and pain, some of my biggest lessons from some events. 

Would love to hear from you, so if you keen, copy and paste the list below into the comments section and let me know your greatest learnings :)

1. The Big Heartbreak from the "at the time love of my life" : That my happiness is truly my business and my responsibility.  The greater my life is, the quicker I could see the beauty in life and move forward without them around
2. The Big Work disappointment : This always gives me the opportunity to re-evaluate my life priorities and balance that this is all about me being my best and living my best life and work is but an aspect of that bigger picture
3. The Big Betrayal from someone very close to me : This has been a recent discovery that has opened such a new perspective.  This really  makes me see how I  go about trusting myself and others and that the more surprised I am of the betrayal, the more I have been in denial or given that person a responsibility that is mine ultimately
4. The Big Loss of something precious and dear to me : This makes me realise and validate my "I Deserve" factor.  It also makes me see how open I am to receiving new and better things and experiences in my life.  Very insightful experience
5. The Big Expectation to live up to : When you come back to  middle, it really is a need to get approval that drives this.  And the question will always be whether or  not you are ok with where you are and not subsituting this for someone else's viewpoint

Hugz

Wide Awake

Happy Rocktober Honeyz!  Hopefully we can all rock this month.  In the final series of "You can find love", I am ending this with the theme of you learn the best and can take it all in with your face on the concrete.  We all get our bubble's burst or fall from that comfort zone.  But for most, it is when we most awake and can take note and see the truth we avoid in other circumstances.  We can consolidate what we know and sharpen perspective.  So here is to embracing the wisdom and learning that is available to us when we fall from cloud nine.  This song best describes that feeling.  Enjoy!