From this week's N'Digo: The Magapaper for the Urbane (oddly, no article up online so I have to type this shit out, though it's totally worth it):
A.J. Johnson is the Hollywood personality you would love to hate, but not hate in a vicious way. Nah. You hate her like you hate your girlfriend who seems to have it all together. And then, of course, there's your love for her. You love her because she's your girl--the one who has always been there, and you know it will always be that way. That's A.J. Johnson. She's as down-to-earth as the girl next door, but has the body of those envy-inducing magazine covers with airbrushed celebrities on them. (Her body isn't fake, though.)
...but the fitness guru and founder of the AJ Zone hasn't always been passionate about living a healthy lifestyle and delighting in its benefits. After losing a few family memeber (including both parents), prematurely to possibly preventable deaths, Johnson decided to make a lifestyle change, and she's encouraging you to do the same...
FOOD IS A MAJOR PART OF THE URBANE CULTURE. CAN YOU REALLY COOK SOUL FOOD WITH NO- AND LOW-FAT INGREDIENTS WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE TASTE?
What's our focus? Is our focus maintaining our culture and cultural habits, or is our focus trying to save our lives? Our cutlure is making us drop dead at 40! We're dying. Gerald LeVert shouldn't be dead.
It may taste different, but is it still tasty? Yes, it is.
Food doesn't have to be our culture. If our culture is killing us, let's start another culture. Let's make riding bikes a part of our culture.
WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS OR EXCUSES USED ABOUT STARTING A WEIGHT LOSS PLAN?
"I don't have time. I can't afford a gym membership. My man likes me thick... I have other things to do..."
Because we're living such an unhealthy lifestyle, we're not seeing the signs of what's wrong. Take eating pork, for instance. Many people say when they eat too much pork, they get a headache, so they get used to having a headache. So what if you're having a headache because you have a brain tumor but you're used to having a headache? You won't even recognize the headache as something wrong. You're not heeding the warnings...
LET'S TALK ABOUT A TYPICAL AMERICAN WOMAN: SHE HAS A COUPLE OF CHILDREN, A FULL-TIME JOB, VERY LITTLE PERSONAL TIME, AND A LIMITED BUDGET. SHE CAN'T AFFORD A PERSONAL TRAINER, BUT SHE'S REACHED A POINT IN HER LIFE WHERE SHE KNOWS IF SHE DOESN'T DO SOMETHING, SHE'S LIKELY TO START HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS. WHAT ARE SIMPLE THINGS SHE CAN DO TO CHANGE HER LIFE?
...Instead of driving to the fast-food place on lunch break, she can walk and get a low-calorie, low-carb, low-fat lunch.
Bad health is a domino effect. It starts with what you feed your system. If my body is trying to deal with a bad relationship and digest a big, juicy steak at the same time, that's a lot. That takes a lot of energy.
Healthy living has a look and a feel, and it's contagious, and it's sexy!
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