My Royal Family 4

We are 4 women bound by blood, 3 sisters and their mother. Our goal is to help each other become the best we can be. Helping each other we can improve our intelligence, image, health, wealth, talents and abilities. We are each magical and powerful when we stand alone, but we are amazingly powerful when we stand together, and the results are out of this world. We talk about our natural hair, our weight, fashion, food, parties and living well. We make the ultimate Mother Daughter Team.

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Monday, October 8, 2018

Halloween Transformation Diet Part 1

Pics are all on my Instagram. The pink pic in the middle is me in my Versace dress. I won't make it back to that weight by the party but will try. The pic to the left was taken today. Yes my pants are sagging so lost weight. Pic on the far right is me in my Chanel vintage dress earlier this year.

A friend on Facebook pointed out that a meteor shower was going on so I attempted to write this by the pool. One problem for some reason I have the Halloween jitters so I decided it was best to work inside. You know it is the stupid person in the movie who is distracted by work, phone or computer that gets killed. I will probably go back out later. Anyway it is almost time for my Family's Halloween party and I want to make sure I have a huge transformation. My transformation will not only be my costume but my skin, hair, and weight too. At least that is my goal. So today is day 9 of my Halloween Diet Transformation. I am doing Keto and low carb for now but depending on my needs the diet may change. Oddly enough I am concentrating on my arms but I haven't lost weight from there. Next Post I will have measurements for my arms. I will do 3 posts total. I am weighing myself in stone and I am not giving one of the numbers. Why? I am average height and double digits in Stones is not good looking on paper. When I drop a full stone I will announce it. If you want to see me change Day to day you need to follow me on Instagram Love Yascone as I am posting my diet for the day and a video everyday there. Note with Stone the number before the decimals are stones and the numbers after are pounds (yes like American pounds).

Well here is my first 8 days (total lost 8lbs in 8 days) :

Halloween Transformation Diet
Day 1 Stone 1X. 2lbs

Day 2 Stone 1X.12 (New stone number) took iodine, 2 magnesium, 1 L-lysine, vitamin C, bamboo, fo-ti
10 jumping jacks and lunges 15 squats
10 close arm wall push ups
10 finger tips on wall push ups
5 min oil scalp message inverted (hang upside thingy)
Dry brushed body and face
5 min just arms concentrating on triceps
Infrared Sauna 30 min
Second shower
Fenugreek oil on boobs
Wrinkle cream Moisturizer/brightener face
Moisturizer and mineral oil body.
Lips everything on the face plus Vaseline

Day 3 Stone 1X. 9 lbs Keto Flu

Dry bushed morning body & face
Washed hair conditioned and used aloe to seal
Sunscreen/aloe on body
Face La Mere eye cream, Aloe, Sunscreen
Aloe on lashes minor sting
Magnesium, L-Lysine, Benadryl
15 jumping jacks
15 lunges
20 squats
5 min inverted scalp/hair massage
I ate the leftover marrow that did not dissolve in my bone soup
Apple cider vinegar problem freckles
Aloe and baking Soda patch for old injury that turns red at times on face
Off brand vapor rub on knees and upper arm and on feet
Bamboo

Day 4
Stone 1X. 7 lbs
Began day with runny poo. More than likely Magnesium build up
Today was hard check Instagram post for Oct. 3
20 jumping jacks
20 lunges
25 squats
10535+ steps
13 floors
L-Lysine
Bamboo
Fenugreek oil boobs
Apple cider vinegar for skin improvement

Day 5
Stone 1X. 5 lbs
L-Lysine
Bamboo
25 jumping jacks day 4 of challenge
25 lunges
30 squats
Apple cider vinegar water
Inverted scalp massage

Day 6
Stone 1X. 6 lbs
Bone soup
St. James

Day 7
Stone 1X. 8lbs GAINED
Bone soup=water weight check Instagram to see how many bowels eaten
Ate salad as replacement
Shopped for Halloween all day
Took 12 magnesium because I was constipated

Day 8
Stone 1X. 6lbs
Salad worked but eating soup to finish it off
Rest of the week will be salad

Day 9
Stone 1X. 6lbs Push

Friday, September 21, 2018

The Diet Hell of a Food Porn Addict

Instagram Hot Stone Pork Bibimbap #koreanfood #foodporn#foodie #foodblogger #Asianfood#YesLouisville #Lifestyleblogger #bibimbab #bibimbap

Note: As of Sept.29 I started my Halloween Transformation Diet click link for more info.

I am a food porn addict. I became one just out of college when I was performing children's theatre and had no money. I had no cable, so I watched a lot of cooking shows on public access TV. I began to fall in love with the food of many different nations by watching cooking shows on my days off from touring. Fast forward to this blog, Snapchat, and Instagram and my food porn addiction has bloomed into a true obsession. Some people like taking pictures of themselves. I like taking pictures of the food I make, eat, and order. I love looking back on great meals that I have had. My Instagram page reflects that love of food. I devour the food conquests of others as well. Doing random searches for pics of beautiful food porn on Pinterest. My Pinterest Page has several different boards devoted to food and drink from tea parties to holiday feasts.
(A few of my food boards are Pancakes Pancakes and ... and Love Joy & Faith's: Foods Worth Breaking For)

Pic is from my post Birthday Birthday And Again Birthday.
Cannellini Beans, Sushi Rice, Goat Cheese,
Peppers and Tomatoes

When I am on a diet my food porn addiction takes over my life. I spend hours on a bender, forgoing sleep at times. I begin making plans of where I am going to eat and what I am going to eat when I go off my diet. Depending on my diet I try to make delicious and amazing meals and if you follow me on Youtube you can see my effort to make my diet meals food porn as well. In fact, before I go on a diet my food porn addiction begins to focus on foods that are suitable for whatever particular diet I am going to start. My Pinterest boards (Alkaline Diet, Raw Food or Vegetarian, Low Carb, Atkins, Keto Diet, Paleo Diet, Meat Diet) and Youtube post and searches also reflect my desire to begin my diet. When I look back at past post on all my social media pages I notice that a diary of sorts is being written. Sometimes I post with that intention in mind, but most times I post because who doesn't love food porn?

Lately I have been experimenting on ways to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to eat what I want when I want. I also want to diet when I want and be able to decide in the middle of the day that no, I don't want to diet. This is almost impossible, especially on the Keto diet, but I did find a way to make it work (click here: will post blog soon). I really am proud and happy when I experience a great meal and I want to share it. I wish I could be as happy taking selfies of myself, I might actually have my perfect body if I did, but food carries a memory and taste can be a living record. Great food can become a moment all on its own. Food porn is for me at least a part of my perfect self and there in lies the problem. To take my love of food to a whole new level I want to be beautiful while making these memories. It is frankly time for me to start my diet while accepting who I am which is a lover of food. Looking beautiful while recording my food porn is a goal that is at odds with itself. It is a hell. Beginning a diet not beginning a diet creates a push and pull that I could argue is unnecessary. Still though, walk with me through Dante's Inferno because my post, pins, blogs, vlogs and tweets evolve, devolve and evolve again based on this hellish goal linked to this divine food porn addiction.

Note: For instant food porn gratification at random times you can follow my on Instagram. Just click the link. You can also subscribe to my Youtube and follow me on Pinterest. Also you can subscribe to my blog here.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Fear and Love; Diet and Food

Love Yascone with Jonathan Goldsmith at Astral Tequila bottle signing
and a Food collage
These are just some of my repeat meals this year

Fear and Love

Yes, I realize the irony and the play on my name. I am only going to talk about my fears with dieting and my love of food and how they get in my way. I am one of those people who refuse to let my dieting affect my feelings for food. I love food. Love and fear can’t be together when I have food. Unfortunately for me, diet and fear go hand in hand. Over coming my fear of starting a diet means, for however long, I will be spurning some of my food loves.

Fear and Diet

Days before I start a diet I come up with a plan. Once that plan is made it takes me days before I start.

Fear #1 Stickler Love: Once I Start I don’t stop.

This is especially true when I do low carb or the Keto Diet. Keto is the highest performing diet I have ever done. It is better than HCG, low carb, Intermittent Fasting Only, Carbohydrate Addict, Beverly Hills Diet, Sadkins and yes, plant based diets. (Why Keto? I don’t lose muscle and I am never hungry.) Keto is the strictest of all the diets. Mistakes, at least for me, cannot be made. Therefore when I start a diet I set a goal and/or a date and I can’t break my diet until that goal/date is reached. It is because of this I usually start with a plant based diet or Intermittent Fasting if I have a lot of events to attend.

Fear #2 Missing Events and Cool Moments

Yes, it always seems I start my diets the day before some celebrity chef has an event, or there is a major bourbon or tequila tasting, or it is the most beautiful pre-summer day in years and it demands tacos or ramen with friends. (I know I can make low carb versions but I want to be out enjoying someone else's food.) It is because of fear #2 that I ate tacos at El Taco Luchador three times this week. It is also the reason my diet plan starts plant based and ends Keto. I will post a video for my summer diet plan. (Note: I started my period this week so the Tacos may be because of PMS.)

Fear #3 Failure

Part of success is picking the right diet at the right time and having the right frame of mind. I am going through a lot these days. Literally I was just interrupted to deal with negative energy again. It is enough to run out the house and have a nice glass of wine while looking at the river. So depression causes failure. If I am losing weight this usually doesn’t happen but sometimes I can also feel isolated when I am on a diet, so it depends. The worst of the worst, is if a negative outside force comes after me. Like at this moment. I am innocently writing you and someone negatively impacts me. Well, I haven’t started my plan yet. I should just give up today. Failure hurts me. I have major events to go to on Friday and Saturday. Going to these events looking the same way I look today would also make me feel like a failure. I need to do a video on this, too. I fear coming up with plans because once I have a plan I need to start it. If I don’t start that is a failure. Worse, if I start and quit due to some reason or other, it is a bigger failure. The absolute worst failure (and this has happened to me) is being a stickler on a diet for two months and not losing an ounce. I was suffering on a very strict diet missing Hollywood parties while my sisters went out and I did not lose a pound! The failure never left my heart. It was an event that colors all my dieting fears. I have an allergy to sugar substitutes including the natural ones. I can use sugar alcohols (without a migraine) but, my body will not lose any weight. I won’t gain but I won’t lose either. It was a horrible lesson and I reconfirmed the lesson when I made my Keto pound cake. The cake was wonderful and I did not gain weight but I did not lose either. Other people don’t have this problem but I do. It is a built in failure😢, but knowing is half the battle.

Once I start my diet for real I am confident. I know the goal. My love for certain foods are ignored. Although I do look at food porn a lot. So what does food do for my life? Let’s explore.

My Love Of Food

To me, food is art. Food is the emotion enhancer. Food is a mood setter. Food defines the moment, the season, the event and the person. I happen to be an eclectic individual. I can be the French woman with the simple frock and a joie de vie. I can be the Neet who has binged all the episodes of My Hero Academia. I can also be the woman going club hopping with friends. I know the clothes I would wear to make each moment picture perfect. I also know the food I would eat and the alcohol I would drink. I realized for the longest time I have not been enjoying my summers. Why? I never took that summer has started let’s have summer food moment. Yes, I know the saying, “Do we eat to live or live to eat?” To me it is a bullshit phrase to over simplify a great issue. What is life to YOU? To me life can be art, even the most ugly moments make beautiful pictures. Food is art and so is the sample size dress I want to fit into. Do you want to live your life as a function or as art? Is life a task? Or is life a string of positive and negative emotions telling one kick ass story? I love how food can enhance and change a moment.

I really want to change the moment I am having now. But to tell the truth diet food is a moment too. I have had my fill of food. I also know Saturday and Friday are going to be good days. What my plant based diet shake says about me is that I am in the challenge of my life and I intend to win.

(I failed horribly, I never started because I started my period, lol. The cravings were too strong and I just did not need the added stress. So I will start after Memorial Day. Yes, I will be posting a video on youtube and you can watch my past exploits there too.)

Fat Bomb Soup

my Favorite Keto Diet Recipes

(If you want to see more of my food follow me on Instagram and YouTube and Snapchat.)

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Glenda, Her Home Garden and the Magic Beauty Beyond Flowers

Note: Most pics will be at the bottom of the page

Glenda Yascone The Placement Artist
Designed Garden
Venus

Last weekend many of Louisville’s best neighborhoods had garden tours. Our mother’s magic was featured with not one, but two homes on the Old Louisville Hidden Treasures Garden Tour. One of the homes featured was our family home and the other home belonged to my mother’s Airbnb client. Watching hundreds of people walk in and out of your back yard you start to hear things like, “Your garden is the best on the tour.” After hearing the many praises mom received I decided I must give her props. Gardens, are not just pretty flowers, herbs and vegetables, truly beautiful gardens are designed. My mother works visually and whatever she sees in her head she can make happen.

Koi
Glenda Yascone The Placement Artist
Designed Garden
These Poor Koi were eaten in May by The Crane

You would not expect a home garden in the city to feature four fruit trees, two Koi ponds, lap pool, herbs and of course flowers. Our home does exactly that. The herbs planted by Faith are beautiful and they add a little kitchen witch feel. My mother has a name for every tree and every section of our yard adding to that magic. My mother’s true love happens to be the Koi ponds. Imagine her horror when a magical crane ate her magical fish. (I have pics of the offending crane. Thank you TwoFish for saving my mother’s pond right before the Garden Tour.) Our garden was created for serenity. The flow of water from the ponds and pool make our garden sing a peaceful song. Our Family's garden is unique because it is Asian, Victorian and Roman/Greek inspired.

Magic Crane who ate our beautiful Koi

If my mother had a huge budget she would have been able to create this look in a matter of months. Because our financial reality what my mother did for our home took years due to a shoe string budget and the fact that trees take time to grow. Mom is the idea woman, the artist, Glenda The Golden- Glenda The Good. Yes she built up the garden with Faith Yascone and Bryan Scichilone’s help. (To tell the truth I planted three of the trees in the front yard that are also named Love, Joy and Faith. Bryan decided to be on strike that day). That said even in the final weeks mom kicked it up a notch and got quite a bit of help. She knew how she wanted the finished product to look. We had no budget but my mom has this way of inspiring others to help her. I must say it helps when you have a clear and beautiful idea in mind. I guess mom paints a picture that everyone wants to see in reality. So, in the end, even when we daughters tap out, she always is able to finish her vision. My mother is The Placement Artist. She works with what she has and she inspires others to help make her vision real.

Glenda Yascone The Placement Artist
Designed Garden

There is no renovation, decoration, garden or any other project for that matter that Love Joy & Faith work on that doesn’t involve Glenda The Golden-Glenda The Good. She can fix any problem working with what you already have. She can find materials that you can afford and make the world think you spent a fortune. A home, a garden, an event and frankly any form of art that we do benefits from her input.

Glenda Yascone
Glenda The Golden-Glenda The Good
The Placement Artist

Glenda Yascone The Placement Artist designed the gardens in the pictures. I know she would love to help anyone design their dream garden too (Yascone007@icloud.com). My mother worked with a team of people to add the finishing touches before the garden tour and I would like to take this time to thank all of them.

Two Fish (502.777.4114) Glenda Yascone (The Placement Artist) highly recommends them for anyone who has or wants a pond.

Nance’s Florist (812.945.9950) provided beautiful flowers adding to the magic

Moor Electrical Contracting Ron Weaver (502.457.0975) outdoor entertainment center install

C & C Masonry (502.544.0597) Outdoor Fireplace

Richard’s Renovations 701.520.0271

I will be adding more pictures of both gardens periodically.