While looking for ways to prepare eggplant, I found this on a website called Chubby Vegetarians and thought I'd try it.  My daughter loves bacon and me being vegetarian, I hate to see her eat it.  I am making this for her from now on cause I know she will love it.  I sure did.

Sweet Smokey Eggplant Bacon

6-8 strips leftover grilled eggplant (1/8 inch thick, drizzled in olive oil, & grilled) I used my George F. grill

1/2 cup flour

                                                             

As the owner of SMB Personal Fitness, Inc., I try to apply the Spirit, Mind, and Body teachings at home as well as in the work place,especially with my 9 year old daughter.  She is very intelligent, talented, creative and head strong.  She can prepared a meal fit for Kings, change electrical cords on appliances, replace the radiator in a car but when it comes to cleaning and simple hygiene she will NOT, do them UNLESS she is told EVERY SINGLE DAY.   Is it just me?  HELP!  I GOT THE BLUUES.  

 Is this a personality thing?  Maybe the simple tasks in life are not important enough for her to remember.  If I put it on a list with boxes for her to check off as she go the results are amazing but I shouldn't have to run do that, or do I. 

I ask my baby sister who has two kids, my sister-in-law and  three of my closest and oldest friends for advice.  You might as well call them the Supremes because they are singing the SAME SONG.   They all said, "Join the club,"  

"I have to turn the radio on loud so McKenzie can sing in the tub or she doesn't want to do it.   I need YOUR HELP big sis."

My sister-in-law says, It's an epidemic.  I used your check list and Breanna still forgets so put a care package in her bookbag."

 "Sorry, I battle that with Jalen every morning.  Not to mention that I have to keep AX body wash to entice him to take a bath!"   I guess the advertisement has something to do with that.  My child has to have a bubble bath with lavender oil, candles and a book to get more than her feet wet.  Complete with an eyes mask, radio Disney and a final tuck from me or dad. 

 One after another they responded with the SAME SONG.  So I say to myself, "Self, maybe this is a phase they go through and by age 10 I can change my tune."....NOT.  I made sure the advice I was asking was from friends with kids of all ages.   My friend Shannon from college has 13 and 16 yr old girls.  Guess what, she is the president of our club.  She said.   "I don't have to tell my 16 yr old anymore but my 13 yr old, yes!  She's getting better.  Just keep preaching & teaching and let her know either you will tell her, or she will learn on her own when someone else embarrasses her.  Happy parenting!"

Now I Know Why My Mother Sang The Blues....She was being a good mother.  I Shellita Marie Boxie will continue to be a good mother too.  "I wrote a song bout it, like to hear it, hear it go." 

Woke up dis monin..dunt dun dun dun dunt..to get my daughter ready for school,dunt dun dun dun dunt, try not to fuss and fight with her, dunt dun dun dun dunt cause it just ain't coooool.  But she don't seem to get it, dunt dun dun dun dunt, what to do on her own, dunt dun dun dun dunt so I find my self singinnnnng the same ole' song...I got the bluessss.  I got the every mother in the whole wide world going through the same thing with their kids parenting  bluessss...ohhhh, ohhhh yeaaha.  

Please share your parenting stories with us.

Q: What is the best way to start a plan, with a full body detox or..? 
A: Not everyone will and need to do a full body detox but I like to start all my SMB Personal Fitness clients off as fresh as possible when battling the buldge. It is best to consult with a nutritionist or your doctor but from personal experience, for a successful detox, Slowly (over a 30 day period) wein yourself off in this order: all alcohol/ breads/pasta/sugars, oats and graines,red meats,chicken, fish until you are down to fruits and veggies only. Drink lots of water. No longer than 2 weeks of fruits and veggies only than gradually add the fish, chicken, whole graines back and only eat the processed foods occasionally. Some people can go cold turkey all at once but doing it slowly keeps it off and you no longer crave the foods that makes you sluggish and over weight. Enjoy
P.S. don't forget the workout routine. Keep it fun and keep it regular. Let me know how you do.

Seeing the older women in my family struggle and tango with diets all their lives, I knew that I was headed straight for the same nonenchanting dance.  Oh sure, my first goal was to go from a size 14 slim to a size 7.  What was I thinking?  Oh yeah, I wanted my legs and hips to catch up with my butt to offset the onion affect.  A few years after accomplishing that goal, I was glad I'd joined the band, basketball and track team since the fourth grade to keep me active and fit.  

It was the early detection of eating disorders and mental anquish I could have suffered that bless me with the active lifestyle I live today.  Fact of the matter is, because it's in your genes doesn't mean it has to be in your jeans.  Family lifestyle plays a lot in how you live and the body you live it in.  I may have my fathers bad eyes or my mothers knock knees but I don't have to live with high blood pressure or become diabetic.  

Fortylicious, here I come.  

Working out after forty does not mean slowing down or quitting.  For me it means kicking it up into 3rd gear because my slowed metabalism needs it.  It's Bootcamp, Power Yoga, Spinning and 10k runs in my list.  What's on your list?

What about when I am not hanging out with my grand kids or texting my clients to do their fitness homework?  WHAT IN THE WORLD DO I DO?????? 

Occasionally I throw in a movie, a play date with a friend or out dancing, but for the most part, LOL,  I do all the things I do when I'm working because all those things ARE FUN FOR  ME. 

I DO WHAT I LOVE AND LOVE WHAT I DO AND THE PEOPLE I DO THEM WITH.

In Fitness and In Health

Shellita M. Boxie

SMB Personal Fintess, Inc.

"It's Not Just Business, It's Personal"

You see, it has always been my dream to be an entertainer.  From a very early age I knew I wanted to be in the television box, I just did'nt know how to get in there.  For a while I thought those people inside were make believe and were not REAL PEOPLE.  Well, I' ve come to learn that they are REAL PEOPLE but REEL PEOPLE. 

Anywho, bouncing back from coast to coast ain't nothing but a thing when you want something so bad.  I can't imagine NOT doing everything in one's power to accomplish their goals.  My mom says if you want something bad enough you better go get is cause it sure is hell not gonna come to you.

With that said, get out there and start knocking down doors.