We all know that I love a good hot mess but this may just bee too much even for me! Seriously!!!

Hat Tip to Shadow & Act

Why are good pomegranates so hard to find & why are the good ones so damn expensive. I only have two left & we have been eating one per day.

What is I’s gone do?

On another note; I started back at the gym next week as I promised myself. It was kinda funny when I walked in yesterday because peopple were asking me were I’ve been & two were like I see you picked up a few pounds.

After my workout yesterday, I came home, showered then passed out for 2 hours. Today, I am not as exhausted but I am also on the verge of passing out. I think I will be back to normal in a week or so or at least I hope so. I gotta get my body back right.

On another-nother – I just started posting on Twitter.  If you Twitter, check me out.

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Monday I had a test in my math class that I was feeling pretty confident about because I had been hitting the books consistently over a period 3 weeks. This test had to be the test that I made my comeback on because I totally fucked up on got a 69% on the 1st one. So I had to prove to myself that like so many others before me, I could do it.

So I took the test, which took me a good hour. After it was over I felt good, went home, changed into my gym gear, hit the gym, came back home, ate dinner & eventually fell asleep.

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Tuesday: I woke up feeling pretty good but nervous about the test from the day before. Got ready for work, hit the plantation for 8 hours, came home to cook dinner, went to the gym, ate dinner & eventually fell asleep.

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Wednesday: So today was the day I got the results of Monday’s test & I was pretty much on edge all day wondering how things ended up. Work was boring as usual & after 8 hrs, I hit Whole Foods for an in-class snack & some two bite brownies just in case I needed to console myself after getting my test results.

So now I am in class & the instructor said that he would pass the tests back after the break; everyone was like damn.

Anyway, we jumped off into chapter 4 & that shit was not so easy to comprehend but I will be working my ass off over the next few weeks to keep up.

Now it’s break time. I pull out my snack & beverage & await the test results. Five minutes later, the instructor stops in front of me then gives me smirk. At 1st I was like what was that all about, was he laughing at me, was he like great you did it, what???? Bottom line is it was a smirk of you did it. I got a 94 fucking %. So I was so geeked, I could not concentrate one bit after the break.

My come back is now on & poppin’!

After class, I went home, changed into my gym gear, hit the gym & watched ANTM while working the elliptical, came back home, ate a delicious Thai dinner that Suite Suzy picked up for me & eventually fell asleep after basking in the glow of my math victory (can you say run on sentence like a mutha!!!).

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Thursday: I woke up feeling fucking great & glowing because of my successful math comeback. Got ready for work, hit a 9am work mtg, returned to the office for a few hours, then left for the day to pick up Olivia & Sade because they had a half day of school & I wanted to spend some time with them.

It’s now 1150am & the girls & I are on our way to lunch. Lunch was god but the conversation was much better. It is really fun listening to them voice their opinions (sometimes). They are quite strong in how they feel about things & speak with such conviction to be so young. It’s good to see my kids more advanced than I was at their age.

Now it’s 2pm & we are back home after stopping at the store to pick up some movie snacks. The rest of the afternoon was spent watching “Stardust” (rented in iTunes), popping milk duds & whoppers.

OK so now it’s 4 pm & I get an email from Vonnie @ Honey Soul who informed me that singer Anthony David was trying to get in touch with me. So moments later Anthony David & I touch base & he tells me that his record label wants to BUY the impromptu photo that I took of him back in Nov 07. I was like what???

He was then like name your price & it’s on. So at this point, I had to consult with one of my professional fashion photographer friends & he was like don’t accept anything less that ?00 but don’t lose the sale so be flexible at the same time. I was like for real? He was like hell yeah.

OK so now I am back with AD & was like my price with rights is ?50 or you can have all 6 for ?000. He was like no problem, let me hook you up with the record label rep (Universal Republic Records).

Hours later after all negotiations, my price was honored the paperwork was submitted & the images were sent.

So you can imagine I was on cloud 9 all fucking afternoon through the evening. The kids heard all of the discussions & were like OMG is that for real. They were like, we are so excited for you baba/brother. It felt good to her my babies talk that way. I then got in touch with my boo to share the good news & she shared that same sentiments as the kids.

During all of the negotiations & other shit, I attended a talk on becoming a stock photographer by professional photographer Ric Kasnoff. I learned a lot & hope that one day some I can put the information to use.

About 1030, I made it back home did some paperwork, & eventually fell asleep. Notice, I did not have dinner, I was too tired & went to be slightly hungry.

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Friday: I woke up feeling fucking great & glowing because of my successful math comeback & my 1st photo sale!

Eventually, I scroll up into the plantation, work until about 1240pm then hit the Toyota dealership to test drive that Prius that I mentioned a few months back.

After being up in that bitch for 3 damn hours, a deal was made & I am now the proud “pre owner“ of a Prius. The one I wanted was not in stock & had to be ordered. It should be in by Wednesday next week. I am pretty geeked about my new car & the fact that I will be rolling fat like my boy Larry David!!! My car not is 24 bucks cheaper plus all of the gas money I will be saving. Cha ching!!!

The ride on the Prius was smooth, very quite & pretty roomy for a small vehicle. My gas guzzling V6 days are almost over!!!!!!!!!!!! BTW, I got mine in the “magnetic gray metallic” color.

It’s now just before 4pm & I roll up to the house & see Suite Suzy off before their 3-day girls weekend in western MI somewhere. I will miss them but looking forward to a quite house, mos def.

So I run in the house to spend some of the money I earning on my photo sale. I now have a new Nikon 85mm & Nikon 12-24mm lens on the way.

It’s now almost 5, so I take a quick leak then hit the freeway to head to the Centaur for after 5 cocktails.

My BFB winded up meeting me & we chilled while talking some shit like we do with some of the other bar flies. About 730 my boy “Bouncer Locs” asked me if I was going to the Jill Scott concert that was jumping off @ 8. I was like no, I could not get tix in time. He then said he had 2 & could not go. He offered them to me for 125 bucks. The wheels in my head were turning big time. I was like hold on let me consult. Fifteen minutes later, BFB had the tix in hand after making the money exchange in a weed smoke filled car (nothing like a contact buzz after a few martinis). Fifteen minutes after that we were up in the Fox in our seats (half way decent seats).

We caught the end of Raheem DeVaughn’s set, which was just OK. I mean, I really like Raheem but that new CD Is wack!!!!!!!

Now it’s a little after 9pm & my boo Jilly from Philly on stage looking good & sounding even better. She burned the stage up for 2 straight hours & totally gave me an eargasm!!!

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I ended my best 08’ week ever on such a high note, unlike that bitch ass Kwame Kilpatrick!

What the fuck is next?

My pockets are finally starting to stick out more than my belly & my man tits have drop a whole size & they no longer hit me in the face when I am on the elliptical machine.
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• OK so I tripped the fuck out when I heard about NY gov former NY gov Spitzer quit his damn job after getting caught up in a prostitution ring. I really did not give a fuck if he quit or not, but I think he did the right thing & without a big to do. What really tripped me out was how much money he spent on pussy. 80K is a lot of damn money!!! The one question on my mind was how good is a piece of 4k pussy, what does that shit feel like, what does it taste like (tropical punch skittles perhaps???), is it gold plated, does it talk & better yet, can you only hit it once or do you have to pay again after you bust that 1st nut? Well, I guess I had more than one question.

  So the mutha fucka quit but now everyone is focusing on the poor victim/pussy giver upper Kristen or whatever the fuck her name is. I think it’s great that the media & others are embracing her plight as a high price call girl with a troubled past. I wonder what her rates are now??? And will somebody call the Church Lady for her lost ass, she needs guidance! side note: Church Lady (Rocco Late Night Mix) by Dennis Ferrer is one of my favorite work out jams (link is a free download).

• On a similar note, Detroit playa Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is still refusing to give up his job citing that GOD appointed his bitch ass. What kinda GOD is that???

  He has been caught up in a ghetto fabulous pussy based scandal for weeks & he still refuses to leave office. OK, so this mutha fucka perjured himself on the witness stand while on trial, is caught up in one of the countries hottest text messaging scandal ever which indicates that he gave city contracts to friends, fired veteran officers who were investigating the party he threw when the stripper that was setting him off got her ass beat by his wife with a bat and so much other shit.

  Most recently, he acted like a total fool during his state of the city address this past week. He called people out, used his wife & kids as a way to deflect from his misdeeds, called the local media a lynch mob in additions to saying Nigga while on a live broadcast. Has he lost his damn mind???

  His arrogance is really an insult to the fools that put him back in office. The only way I see him leaving office is in a body bag because someone will have to take his big ass out (not me nor do I advocate violence to those who have a thug like mentally). Kwame is straight up a sociopath & a US based Idi Amin/Charles Taylor but with less genocide, little to no cannibalism.

• The Democratic presidential race is getting on my damn nerves. Yes Barack won MS! But why is that fact over shadowed by the fact that he won because of the Black vote? Barack is not a fool & knows that Negroes heading to the poles will not get him in office solely. One thing I know is that he needs to step his game up because Billary is ready to take a bite out of that ass.

  It is sad that I think Barack needs to get dirty to keep up with Billary’s race baiting backbiting game. That camp is not fucking around & willing to sacrifice all left lung to get back in the Whitehouse. After the Geraldine Ferraro comments & defense this week, it was clear to me that the Billary campaign is drenching with institutional racism down to the core. And that apology to Black church leaders in PA & Ferraro leaving at the end of the week was too little too late in my book.

  A while back I said if Billary got the nomination that I was not going to vote in Nov 08. That since has changed because I like McCain’s old turkey neck, barracuda toothed ass a lot better. Billary has totally lost me! I cannot believe Billary had the nerve to say that she wants Barack to be her bitch VP, and I like what Barack said: when you are a LOSER, how can you someone beating you ass to take a 2nd seat (Byg-paraphrase). In his strong “denouncement” of her schizophrenic passive-aggressive statement, it would have been so perfect his he ended with Bitch are you crazy!

  Lastly, Barack, your religious affiliations are fucking you up! Your pastor says some good shit & I agree with a lot of it but white America is not ready for that boo. You should have been a Buddhist instead.

• MI & FL, give it up! Rules are rules & you broke them. A redo should not be on the table & the fools that decided to vote should have keep their non in the know asses at home. The DNC said many months ago that the votes would not count. Why are people tripping??? I think the millions of dollars that it will/would take to re-do a primary can go into some community based programs, the educational system, public safety, foreclosure prevention or something that will actually benefit people.

• Why did them niggas in SC kill that white girl??? As soon as I saw the photo of the suspect, I threw up in my mouth & was like damn, that chicken still tastes good & then was like WHYYYYYYY they had to be Black??? Can you say race relations set back! You just can’t be killing white womens’. The entire nation gets evolved in that shit & will hunt a mutha fucka down. But for real, it was fuck up that they killed her. Was it that deep for a few bucks? Now they will be in prison for life getting their young asses blew out OZ style.

  And how many minority women disappeared this week & were killed? Why do we have to ask this question??? The disparities are enough to make a nigga go crazy.

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I think this is all that I had on my mind for the past few days.

One thing that I am enjoying is being able to tuck some of my shirts in that were previously worn untucked. I started untucking when I figured that I looked 4 months pregnant which is not flattering at all. Well, I don’t think I was that bad but still, a big belly & tucking in shirt looks nasty.

So now my thoughts & energy are focused on getting down to 235lbs by June. Can I do it; will I be able to drop that bottom in 3 moths? I am certainly gonna try my best & leave the Wholefoods 2 bite brownies alone, for real this time cuz they really set me back!!!

Looking at myself in the mirror is getting a lot easier these days especially naked.
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Bygbaby vs. Sisterlocks

Today, I finally got my locks tightened & during the appointment, I thumbed through a Sistelocks magazine. While doing so I got kinda turned off by what was there & what was obviously missing, not to mention the poor photography & bad layout.

First, I was like, I really like my hair but I think there is an over-saturation of Sisterlocks adoration & I just don’t get it. It’s just hair! I think there are a lot of Sisterlock peeps that are into this “lifestyle” a little too deep. If you need proof, have a look at the yahoo LockItUp group, which I quit 4 years ago after being turned off by many of the discussions & attacks on Sisterlock alternatives.

Second, I was like, why does this company seem to not promote Brotherlocks? When I got home, I visited the poorly designed Sisterlocks website (they really need my help!!!) & found no information on Brotherlocks at all. I even looked at the cheesy gallery page filled with missing photos & bad headshots & found no Brothas up in that piece. Well maybe they were the missing photos??? Shouldn’t the company that promotes Sisterlocks actively promote Brotherlocks? I know a lot of brothas out there will not drop the kind of money that I do on their hair for locks but I’m just saying.

Sisterlock/Brotherlock readers, what are your thoughts??? Am I tripping? Am I talking about you? Call me out…

BTW, I really love my hair!!!!!!!!!

Recipe:

• 1 whole cucumber (I prefer the English Hothouse variety)
• 1 shallot
• A couple of red [bell] pepper slivers
• A few cilantro stems
• Fresh ½ lime juiced
• Couple of pinches of salt
• Couple of Pinches of sugar
• A few dashes of white vinegar
• A little water

Procedure:

• Thinly slice cucumber
• Chop pepper slivers
• Finely mince cilantro
• Coarsely mince shallot
• Mix wet & dry ingredients until dry ingredients are dissolved
• Add veggies to the wet mixture & toss
• Serve salad chilled & enjoy!

I garnished with a few sesame seeds & some fresh cracked pepper & it was off the chain.

Why am I posting this? Well because I fucked up on my diet but not bad over the past 2 weeks. I am getting back on track this week so that I can get past this 16lb weight loss. I have major work to do to make my 20lb goal by month end.

BTW: I’m an old school cook & just like my mother, I measure nothing. When it looks right/smells right/feels right, I know its good to go.

I weighed myself this past Thursday & just about shit a brick at the total! It feels so good to be back under 250lbs, for real. I guess fortunately for me, my weight is proportionate for the most part & I am not running around looking like a nasty fat nasty thinking I’m hot.

My diet restrictions are working big time & it has been a week since I stopped eating beef. I get weak every time I see a Burger King & have to basically stop breathing to avoid the temptation of the seductive aromas from the ubiquitous fast food restaurants in my area.

One thing that I feel that is making a difference is that I love working on the elliptical machine, & I think I am addicted to that thing! On average, I am riding it for 45 minutes to an hour & burn up to 600 calories while going a distance of about 5 miles. I basically am a sweaty mess after I get off but that is OK!

At this point, I know I will be hitting my target of 20lbs by Feb 08, so I need to start re-assessing my goal(s) for the next few months. Basically my goal at this point in general is to get back to my pre-jump off weight, which is my weight before I met Suite Suzy.

Back then I was 230lbs with no man tits, nice firm & round grabbable ass & plenty of energy. Speaking of ass, Suite Suzy grabbed it the other day & was like damn boo. I got a little geeked by that…

I think that I will be at the pre-jump off weight before the beginning of summer, which will mean that I can be back in my sexy man shirts with confidence.

Switching topics but not really, last Friday, I stopped at the Centaur for drinks & ran into one of the bouncers there whom I have not seen in a while. He was like hey man, looks like you are dropping pounds. I was like hell yeah! He was like shit, I lost 40lbs in 07 & want to lose another 50 or so. Then I told him about my status & pending goals. Then we talked about the increased energy especially in the bedroom. We both were like, damn who knew that them extra lbs would affect you in the sheets & laughed.

So to all my big brothas out there, drop that bottom so that you can freak like you used to back in the day! Women nowadays want a man who can go all night!!! At least that is what I am hearing from Kwame Kilpatrick’s boo, Christine Beatty.

20 lbs & 12 Years is how long ago this image was taken.

In full disclosure, I did not take this photo but the person who did, will remain nameless since I have a PPO out against her.
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Update:

I forgot to mention that music is also a major factor in the Bygbaby workout. Without it I think like most, things would be mundane!

I prefer pumping house tracks & rap (Mike Jones baby) to get me moving, but every now & then I have to throw in a little something down tempo to get my cool down going.

Here are 6 of my favorite workout jams (like you care):

Jill Scott – Not Like Crazy (Woo Woo Mix)
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – Feeling Free
Glenn Underground – Contraversy
El Coco – Cocomotion ’79
Fertile Ground – Let the Wind Blow (Ian Pooley Main Mix)
Pirahna Head – Poem 4 A Lost One (Black Music Remix)

Every day is a struggle how to hustle some doe
If you was raised in the hood well then you already know
It be days it be good but mostly money be slow
Have you ever been hungry before
“gotta get these dollars man”

Steady on the grind
Steady on the grind
Cause I got to make it happen
For one last to make ya know me
Steady on the grind
Steady on the grind
Cause i got to make it happen
Ain’t nobody gone do it for me…

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I joined the gym to get rid of my man tits. Well, weeks later, I am starting to notice results. Although the results are not major, they are still results.

When I started weeks ago I could not even do 10 minutes on the elliptical machine; now I am able to do 1 hour without a problem, I like getting all sweaty doing it! Depending on how fast I go, I can do anywhere from 3.5 to 5 miles and usually burn up to 500+ calories. Needless to say, I’m happy that I made this progress. Coupled with my ass moving on the elliptical, I have stepped up my weight lifting and added an additional set per machine to my regimen.

All this exercise has helped my energy levels, as I have noticed that I am not felling like I used to previously. I also noticed that my metabolism is faster which helps burn calories and I am using the bathroom like crazy (TMI).

In addition to my exercise, I am working very hard to watch what I eat and my meal portions. All of the fruits and veggies have my doing some major farting but luckily, by the time I get to the gym, the farting has calmed done and not nearly as bad where as when I started there.

With all this said, I am happy to say that I have lost 6 solid pounds so far and I think some inches too. A few shirts and pairs of pants are definitely fitting a bit better. Suit Suzy even felt on my booty the other day and she was like oh, fells tighter. That made me smile.

In other on the grind news:

I guess looking in the mirror at my little man tits gave me motivation to drop 460 bucks to drop some pounds. Suite Suzy calls them stage 1 tits.

It has been less than a week & I am already feeling the positive benefits of working out. My energy level has increased, I have noticed a more positive mood & best of all, I have dropped 3 pounds already.

My routine consists of doing 11 circuit weight machines then rounding out with 20 minutes on an elliptical machine, which takes me about 1½ hours. And let me tell you, I have mos def been feeling the burn! I think in the next few weeks I will be use to the feeling & my muscles will be less sore.

So now that my good news is out, it is time for the bad.

• I am drinking much more water & now I am peeing all the damn time.
• When I work out, I fart almost out of control. Luckily there is a lot of noise & blowing air. I hope no one finds me out.
• I LOST MY WEDDING RING @ THE GYM!!! Yes, I lost it yesterday & I am totally devastated. I took it off placed it in my gym bag then locked it up. This morning when I checked my bag for it, it was nowhere to be found. I called the gym & no one turned it in & this evening when I went to work out, I asked again & still nothing.

Now I have to decide if I am going to file a claim to get a new ring or just go without. This is actually the 2nd ring that I have lost s I am like over replacing rings. The first time, it slipped off my finger when I fell up (yes I fell up) some stairs at work in a parking garage. After searching for it for 2 hours under cars, behind tires & up & down the stair well with Suite Suzy, we called off the mission.

Anyway, I will make periodic updates on my gym status so stay tuned for a less byg bygbaby.