A Life Vlog, Returning To My YouTube Community

Even a virtual community can feel real and necessary. Look at Bob Wells and the van dwellers, they have a huge, connected community and meet in the Arizona desert yearly for the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous.

I have a small community but some of those people have been with me from the start of my first channel…heck, some have been with me from my first blog! I feel them in my soul sometimes and lately I’ve felt them missing me, calling to me, and, of course, some have literally found me and called to me.

I have every intention of going monk mode for a year and doing deep inner work, diving into my writing career and doing some intense self education. And I still will, but why don’t I share that with others? It may inspire a few people and I’ll have more fun with it.

I’m inspired by a woman in her fifties who was going through a mid life: overweight, drinking too much for her, empty nest, depressed. She gave herself a year to change it all. She and her husband got rid of everything, downsized to a backpack and moved to Portugal. She lost all her weight, is plant based and so fit and cute and happy now. FiftySister is her channel.

I’m giving myself a year to transform things I want more of or want to change completely. We are three months in and I have gone back to plant based, painted four rooms in the house and still counting, wrote and published two books; one fiction and one nonfiction, and I have a fantastic work out routine. I have a lot of good stuff I added to my mothering practices that nurture the kids and dog and I’m nesting like crazy. I’m also reading much more this year.

Today my back was bothering me, I have mild scoliosis and degenerative disc desease along with arthritis. I feel strong and good but I’m well endowed in the breast area and I’m telling you, I must carry around 20 lbs of boobage here. I felt like I just can’t deal with the back discomfort any longer and I have to get the weight off. We are way beyond vanity at this point. I need all this fat off my poor little frame.

After taking one kid to the park, we stopped at Grocery Outlet and I filled the cart with salads, fruits, golden potatoes, avocadoes and lemons. Right now the kitchen is steaming up with big pots of pinto beans simmering, brown rice steaming, Kiki’s plant based cheese sauce boiling, potatoes baking and the counters and fridge are full of fruits, veggies and salads.

I start tonight. I have to immerse myself in it. I love eating like this so it won’t be hard. I’ve have watched hours of cooking and inspiring videos on plant based cooking and raw vegan living. I’d like to be 74% raw and 25% whole plant based. I look great, feel great and the weight does come off fast.

The trick is to keep yourself inspired. I watch lots of videos. I also eat a lot on this lifestyle and still lose weight. You need to get enough to eat and since it’s all plants you can load up a plate.

Off to check on the beans and rice. Come over to the channel; Kate Singh author. I’m starting that fresh and new. New year, new me, new life vlog.