Nakia Tackles Health & Fitness

A note from Nakia…

Hello everyone! I wanted to take a moment to tell you about something new going on in my life. Recently, my Father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. For those of you who know much about cancer, you know it sucks, but pancreatic cancer is up there pretty high on the level of super suckage. My dad’s is stage four. It has already spread into other areas of his body. This news came after discovering that both of my parents were also diabetic. The list of health issues in my family really goes on too long to list here. The point is, that it got me thinking about what I could to try and avert something like this happening to me.

So, I set out on a journey to get myself healthy. Everyone can tell from looking at me that I am overweight and recently, one journalist who was giving my band’s performance at the Austin Chronicle’s Hot Sauce Festival, even referred to me as chunky. Being overweight is something I can take into my own hands and my overall health is something that I can change and learn to maintain. That brings me here – to you – to tell you that I have begun a new video diary. This diary is intended for the sole purpose of allowing you to follow me through my journey to a healthy, more fit lifestyle. I am holding no punches (as you’ll see from my first entry) and will be keeping a blog that will go along with the video diary as well as many photos along the way.

As I progress, you will be able to stay informed as I meet with trainers, nutritionists, attend some cooking classes, (are you a fitness professional? I would love to hear from you!) and possibly some other things along the way. I am certainly open to your suggestions, feedback or comments (hopefully positive encouragement!) so if you have ideas, let me hear from you! I have begun this video diary today and it is hosted at YouTube here. I will not be keeping the videos or blog on this website, but will instead be unveiling a new place for you to find all of this content and hopefully join me in this new experience.

Thank you for being a part of my life. Please know that I think of all of my friends and fans like family (hence the name Southern Cousins??) and that I am choosing to share this part of my life with you in an effort to connect and hopefully receive encouragement to achieve a goal that I truly believe in.

Yours,

Nakia

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