Sunday 31 October 2021

My Fast

 So, the thing is i have tried fasting for soo long, but my discipline levels are usually shameful *Hides Face*.

Anyway, currently everyone is doing intermittent fasting the whole world, but i am attempting the other fast; Fasting and prayer.

After healing the man possessed by demons, our good lord Jesus Christ told his disciples; “This kind goes not, but by fasting and prayer”. I believe even in our lives today, there are things that will not go (or come) unless we fast. 

Also, it is important to take some time and seek the Lords face, regarding several aspects of our lives.


I do not want to think of how many days I will fast, but I will keep asking the lord; when ha says stop, then I will, if not then I will extend.

So here is my first screenshot; using the “Life” fasting app.


Tuesday 27 November 2018

Intermittent Fasting and Weight loss

Lets be real, losing weight is hard. Discipline is hard but backsliding is like eating ABC.  Maybe you've eaten healthy, exercised, lost some weight....but now you've hit a plateau.


Whats IF (Intermittent Fasting)?

IF is a pattern where you have periods of eating and periods of fasting. IF is not a diet fad. Here´s the thing, the first meal of the day is called Breakfast, why? Because you have been going through a cycle of fasting (in your sleep) where you don´t consume any food. Bottom line, whether you like it or not, you are already doing IF lol 

BTW:
(breakfast like a king is a huge lie. Here´s some TBT. I was in college way before Thika superhighway was  constructed. You know what that meant? by 6.00 o clock you had better be out of the house otherwise traffic would be abnormal. For someone like me who adores my sleep, it meant breakfast was not an option for the days I had early morning classes. My first meal was usually at 10.00 during the break. In short I was doing IF a decade ago without my knowledge hahaha. Funny thing lunch was always fries, smokies/sausages and soda and dessert was "pin-pop" lol, and man was I thin? I think I used to weigh 60 or so kgs cos at 63 i´d feel fat (please lets laugh together at the fact that I once considered 63 kgs fat, lol). 

Back to the point.

There are several IF methods, the most common being the 16/8 method. This just means that you eat all your meals, whatever you may, within the 8 hour period but for 16 hours you only drink water and maybe sugarless coffee or tea. For instance you can have your last meal at 6.00 pm and have your first meal at 10.00 a.m. Simple right? 


When we eat carbohydrates they are broken down into glucose, which is the form in which our body can use for energy. Whatever the body doesn't use is stored in the liver and also in the muscles in the form of Glycogen, which after several processes is turned into fat. 

How IF works:

After your last meal:
Within the first 0 to approx 6 hours your body uses energy from your last meal.
within 6 to 14 hours, your body uses energy from your blood sugar.
Within 14 to 16 hours your body is burning fat
and Within 16 to 24 hours the fat burning is accelerated and apparently this is the best time to workout!

So here´s my story. 

First of all, I will shamelessly admit that I've been very lazy when it comes to IF, but I've still lost approx. 6.5 kilos so Im good hahaha


Anyhu this is my progress after three months of erratic IF-ing here and there:

|No workouts (I've only done two 25 minutes Shaun T workouts), no diet..just IF|


Judge my pair of shorts all you want, but i love it and it fits lol

Disclaimer: Do i look like a doctor? (hint: i am no doctor ) please consult your doctor if necessary.

Adhis


Saturday 24 November 2018

WanderLust 2018 (North Rhine Westphalia only)


Considering I´m able to freely move around the state of NRW , I decided to do a post on this state separate from the main wanderlust post to avoid too much of NRW there. However this particular post is for the smaller cities and towns. The major one are still in the Wanderlust post.
Danke!

Friday 19 January 2018

Wanderlust 2018

Happy 2018 YAY!

We thank God for this far. So currently I'm a member of two Facebook groups Girls Love Travel and Black Travel Movement. Let me tell you, just looking at the photos being posted hourly on the two groups has given me a serious case of wanderlust. I've come to notice that people don't travel because they have money, actually most of the posters on those two groups are on serious budgets. Made me wonder why I am yet to even step foot outside the country. 

So I'm coming up with a list of countries/cities that I must visit (God-willing) by the end of 2018 and 2019. I will also do a bucket list later. I have come to understand the power of thoughts, whatever mind conceives, comes to pass. So i am thinking about visiting the following Cities/ Countries in the next two years (in no particular order)- God willing:

Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Switzerland
Austria
Czech
Poland
Denmark
Sweden
England
Italy
Spain



Berlin
Hamburg
Bremen


NRW

Cologne
Bonn
Dortmund
Essen
Düsseldorf
Aachen
Münster
Duisburg
Bochum
Wuppertal
Bielefeld
GelsenKirchen
Oberhausen
Mönchengladbach
Krefeld

Paderborn

The three Paderborn rabbits, legend has it that they bring luck, so look for this window next time you visit!!!!
Town Map 
Rathaus/city hall
Legend has it that if you toss in a coin and make a wish.....it comes true

Inside the church
Part of a bomb that was aimed at the church during world war but failed to do damage
Padersprings, the source of river Paderborn, the shortest river in Germany. 

LS
Hannover
Braunschweig
Wolfsburg
Hildsheim
Oldenburg
Göttingen
Osnabrück

Lüneburg







Celle

Hesse
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
Kassel
Darmstadt
Offenbach
Hanau
Giessen
Marburg
Fulda
Rüsselsheim am Main

Schleswig Holstein
Kiel
Lübeck-Travemünde


Fensburg
Norderstedt
Neumünster
Elmshorn
Pinneberg
Itzehoe
Wedel
Ahrensburg

MV
Rostock
Schwerin
Neubrandenburg
Stralsund
Greifswald
Wismar
Güstrow
Neustrelitz

Waren (Müritz)




Parchim

Bavaria
Munich
Nuremberg
Augsburg
Regensburg
Ingolstadt
Würzburg
Fürth
Erlangen
Bayreuth
Bamberg
Kiefersfelden

RP
Mainz
Ludwigshafen
Trier
Koblenz
Kaiserslautern
Worms
Neuwied
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Speyer
Bad Kreuznach

SA
Halle
Magdeburg
Dessau-Roßlau
Wittenberg
Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Halberstadt
Stendal
Bernburg
Merseburg
Wernigerode

Thuringia
Erfurt
Gera
Jena
Weimar
Gotha
Nordhausen
Eisenbach
Suhl
Mülhausen
Altenburg

Brandenburg
Potsdam
Cottbus
Brandenburg an Der Havel
Frankurt (Oder)
Oranienburg
Eberswalde
Falkensee
Bernau Bei Berlin
Schwedt
Königs Wusterhausen

Saarland
Saarbrücken
Neunkirchen
Homburg
Völkingen
Saarlouis
Sankt Ingberd
Merzig
Sankt Wendel
Blieskastel
Dillingen

Saxony
Leipzig
Gresden
Chemnitz
Zwickau
Plauen
Görlitz
Freiberg
Bautzen
Pirna
Freital

BW
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Freiburg Im Breisgau
Heidelerg
Ulm
Heilbronn
Pforzheim
Reutlingen
Esslingen Am Neckar