Chronicles of a Curly Head: Losing curls....

Helloooooo everyone!

How are you doing on this fine day?

I'm doing great thank you!

I think this is the first day in about a week that I've let my hair down.

It's getting so long! Unfortunately it's losing a little bit of curl every day :(

Really hope I don't have to change my blog name to "Chronicles of a once naturally curly head"

That would be ever so lame lol.

I woke up a later than expected today so I don't have enough time to chit chat with you guys like usual. If I didn't have to leave for work in thirty minutes I definitely would!

I may not have time to chat, but I always have time for breakfast!!

Whole wheat toast topped with peanut butter, honey, and two fried eggs - yogurt topped with walnuts and raisins - accompanied with a glass of skim milk and big ol mug of tea!

Breakfast isn't complete if it isn't followed by a block of delicious dark chocolate :)

Time to get off my lazy butt and go to work....

I have to prepare for my forty minute drive from my house to Disney. I just realized that I've never really said much about my job at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. Perhaps I'll tell you all about it within the next few days.

Until then - Have a wonderful day and be sure to treat your body right!

You only have one :)

Let us begin....

[[Today's music]]

LYKKE LI - WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW COVER

This is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Words can't describe how beautiful Lykke Li's cover is.

I can literally feel it in my bones.

This is why I love music so much....

[[Today’s restaurant]]

HANSEN’S SNO-BLIZ - LOUISIANA

[[Today's kitchen gadget]]

CUISINART SOUPMAKER & BLENDER

[[Today's news]]

(1) JON BON JOBI TO OPEN "PAY WHAT YOU CAN" SOUL KITCHEN RESTAURANT IN NEW JERSEY

"Here's just one more reason to love Jon Bon Jovi (besides the fact that he can totally rock out and manages to actually get younger and hotter each year). The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation is openingSoul Kitchen in Red Bank, New Jersey, this spring. (If Red Bank sounds familiar, it's because that's where musicians like Bon Jovi and Springsteen started their careers.) The restaurant will serve healthy foods prepared with local ingredients from New Jersey farms. The difference is that there are no prices on the menu.

The restaurant will be run on a "pay what you can" basis. The suggested meal donation is $10. If you can afford to pay more, the money will go to help feed someone. If you can't afford to pay, you can volunteer time in the restaurant. In short -- no one is turned away from a meal. Patrons are encouraged to dine at communal tables, make new friends, and come back and volunteer at Soul Kitchen. "

Jon Bon Jovi to Open "Pay What You Can" Soul Kitchen Restaurant in New Jersey - Broward Palm Beach Restaurants and Dining - Clean Plate Charlie

(2) SEVEN CELEBRITY FAD DIETS

“When watching E! and flipping through gossip magazines, it’s hard not to wonder how stars manage to look so good. OK, maybe it has something to do with a personal trainer and that it is technically part of their job to stay in shape, but it could also be due to some of the ridiculous and slightly bizarre diets that find their way into Hollywood kitchens.

Stars like Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston, and Sarah Michelle Geller have turned to these supposed miracle weight-loss diets to help thin themselves out. So we decided to roundup some of the trendy and popular diets that have hit Hollywood and see what they're all about. Though we haven't tried any ourselves, let us know if you have (and if they work!).

Master Cleanse

Celebs like Beyoncé have been known to try this liquid and laxative diet to drop pounds quickly. Essentially a 14-day fast that involves a diet of fresh lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne, and water (plus a laxative in the morning and at night), it is meant as a juice detox diet and has spurred other, less-intensive juice diets like the BluePrint Cleanse. If you do try this, be careful the first day and make sure you stay close to a bathroom (there are some not-so-great stories out there).

The Baby Food Diet

One diet trend in Hollywood is to follow the way of toothless babies — eating mashed and pureed foods. Created by celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, The Baby Food Diet promises weight loss, curbed cravings, and easy, mobile eating. Baby food is substituted for one or more meals a day so that higher caloric snacks are replaced with lower calorie baby foods that come in fixed portions. Seems a little immature? Not to stars like Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.

Grapefruit Diet

The Grapefruit Diet has been around since the 1930s and still finds popularity among Hollywood stars like Kylie Minogue and Brooke Shields who are looking to drop weight fast. Allegedly, when grapefruit is eaten with protein it triggers fat burning and thus quick weight loss. The diet is recommended for 12 days to achieve the ideal 10 pound weight loss, but it does not promise any long-term changes. Though there are variations on the diet, overall it encourages a low-carbohydrate, low-caloric, and more protein-heavy diet with plenty of fresh grapefruit juice and absolutely no snacking between meals. (Photo courtesy of istock/viktarmalyshichyts)

The Cabbage Soup Diet

For quick weight loss, stars like Sarah Michelle Geller have turned to this seemingly monotonous diet. The supposed benefits are that you will lose up to 10 pounds in just seven days on this low-fat, high-fiber diet so that you can kick start your way into a new healthy, long-term diet plan (this is not one and doesn’t claim to be). The problem though is that you really have to love cabbage soup and can put up with eating a lot of soup — they say the more you eat, the more you lose.

Seven-Day Color Diet

In this unique diet, each day is assigned to eating foods of a different color: Monday is white, Thursday is orange, and Sunday is the day of rainbow colored foods, just to name a few. While no specifics are mentioned other than the color requirement, it is stressed that healthy foods are encouraged. Singer Christina Aguilera is a fan of this multi-colored and challenging diet. While it doesn’t promise weight loss, it is said to encourage more awareness about the foods that we are eating and to expose dieters to the wide array of food available.

The Cookie Diet

Before Shape-ups, reality star Kim Kardashian tried out the sweet-sounding Cookie Diet. Unfortunately, these aren’t the gooey, chocolate-chip cookies that you might be thinking of, although they supposedly don’t taste all that bad. The diet is believed to have been originated by Dr. Siegal, a Miamia-based doctor who developed a cookie formula in 1975 that helped patients lose weight. The cookies are filled with amino acids and supposedly suppress hunger, are full of fiber, and help slow down digestion so that you feel full longer. The diet also consists of lean protein and vegetables for dinner plus six to eight cookies a day that comes to a total of about 800-1500 calories per day.

Macrobiotic Diet

Followed by actress, now cookbook author, Gwyneth Paltrow for a while, the macrobiotic diet also has devotees like Madonna subscribing to its plan. What’s the deal? No processed or refined foods and little (if any) animal products with a heavy focus on grains and local vegetables and fruits. This high-fiber diet is also popular among people who believe that it will cure diseases and illnesses, but that has not been proven."

http://www.thedailymeal.com/7-celebrity-fad-diets