In the midst of the rumblings and the shakings and the chaos and the darkness that we're seeing in the world God is in the center of it all and that is our greatest hope and we're so glad you're joining us for hope today Because we're gonna have a really special conversation talking about how God is moving all around the world things that we're seeing biblical prophecy Tom tell us what's coming up. Yeah You know when you think about you that was a great intro Sydney because really what is going on in the world We see all these things we see that you know We see what's going on in Ukraine and in Russia with the Middle East so many different areas where there is Trouble and we wonder where where do we stand in God's end times calendar and and closer to home What's going on in this country and where is America in biblical prophecy is America in biblical prophecy?  But he's gonna talk about that and share with us what he's seeing in the scriptures and what he's seeing in America It's gonna be a great conversation. Yeah, I think he's gonna shake some things up today And it's so good to have you with us here on hope today And just as they were talking about the the things that are happening and shaking Have you seen how the Holy Spirit is moving and shaking things and stirring things up? We're just glad that you are a part of all that God is doing and we just declare Each and every day that he is on the throne and his promises his prophecies All of his word will be fulfilled and we want to be ready and we're glad you're connecting with us today And we do want to take a moment to talk about you know the serious nature that's going on in Turkey in Syria Many of you probably heard there was another 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked that nation and so I think for all of us It's been very hard to process to even fathom to even think you see there's a map right there on the screen where the epicenter is and Just where it was all the shakings and was like felt throughout that region in that area and you know so far I like the latest told I know it's like maybe 45,000 people have lost their lives And so I think it's really hard for us here in America and just around the world to fathom that amount of loss in life And so we just want to take a moment to lift up Turkey in Syria because our hearts are really truly breaking for that country So Tom, I know you have a heart and desire to pray. Let's just pray father. We just bring all of our brothers and sisters Lord to you and everyone in Turkey in Syria in that region Lord father. We see the devastation We pray father that you rush in with the love of God. I pray father that Mercy is extended. I pray for more miracles. We've heard of miracles of people being buried and being found alive Lord And we pray father that you would do more miracles there, but Lord we pray that you would Bring in those that would relieve the suffering Lord that we see the need and we pray father that your hand would be moving and to bring The peace of God in that situation and Lord we pray for no more aftershocks father And that they would could begin the long recovery in Jesus name. Amen. Amen Yeah, let's continue to pray for them You know, it's no mystery that one of the most intriguing and studied books of the Bible is Revelation and it's relation to end times prophecy. That's what it's all about what What really is a mystery though is that, you know, what's America's role in Bible prophecy? You're not going to find the word America in there, but TV host and author Rick Pearson He's our next guest and in his new book the coming exodus He shares what he believes is a much needed wake-up call for America about what scripture says is happening And what is still to come Rick welcome back to hope today? Thank you so much for having me Tom We know the subtitle of your book is unveiling America's future and we'll get to that in a second, but Tell me before we go into How we're seeing Babylon in this current age. Tell me about what is Babylon scriptually? I mean, we know about the ancient country of Babylon the nation of Babylon But that's used in Revelation and used in prophecy. How what does it mean? The word Babylon means confusion and there are there are two Babylon's in the end times One is a religious Babylon. The other is a commercial Babylon Religious Babylon has to do with bail worship. It has to do with Sacrificing of children to Mollach, but there is a commercial Babylon that appears Before the antichrist rises and before the New World Order comes in and we believe a prophecy USA That the United States of America if you wonder what in the world is happening to our country We have found out what in the word is happening to our country These Babylonian spirits are rising up here and manifesting We'll share with us then some of those prophetic things in the scriptures where America is fitting right in and fulfilling those Okay, first of all, she's called mystery Babylon the great mystery is the word Mysterion It means a secret revealed to a select group of people and I like to say it's a secret revealed to a chosen generation in Revelation or Jeremiah 51 7 Babylon originally is raised up by the hand of the Lord. He says she's a golden cup in the hand of the Lord and She's the seventh of eight providential nations according to Revelation 17 10 now I'm just going to read some scriptures off here Revelation 17 3 and 4 she's the wealthiest of all nations in Isaiah 47 and 5 and Revelation 17 she is Recognized by the world with the symbol of a woman Of course, we have the Statue of Liberty and the seven spikes on her head When that when that statue was originally designed those spikes were to represent the seven continents of the earth Babylon sits on the seven mountains of the earth and Babylon is used to hold down the antichrist spirit So you have America that was raised up by God that sent the gospel out one nation under God the Judeo-Christian Heritage of Father Son and Holy Spirit and This is she becomes the richest of all the natures the merchants of the earth trade with her in Revelation 1817 and she actually trades 27 different products that are already listed So she's a nation that has many many ports the merchants of the earth come and trade She's the richest of all nations But religious Babylon gets in to commercial Babylon According to scripture and she starts falling into darkness. This is what we're seeing today We have taken the father son and Holy Spirit We've taken them out of government out of schools the prayer out of school And that's been replaced by what Jonathan Kahn calls is the dark trinity Which is the spirit of Baal the spirit of asterisk and the spirit of Moloch, which is the shedding of innocent blood So this is what we believe that we're seeing right now the transition as Babylon falls into darkness But inside of Babylon is a remnant of people and God says come out of her my people Be not partaker of her sins nor in the plagues that she'll come So as Babylon breaks her covenant with God It doesn't mean that the remnant inside of her breaks their personal covenant with God And that's where we're at today Right now on the prophetic time clock Well, let me let me ask you about some of those things where religious Babylon is pulling America down And we're falling into those things you mentioned three spirits there Could you unpack those a little bit of where where those things are happening in America? Okay, Baal worship has to do with immorality. It has to do with sexual immorality Astrid has to do with that's the female counterpart of Baal now this all originated in Ancient Babylon with Nimrod But Baal is the male counterpart of this God of fertility Astras is the second female part and what they did is they put a pole in the ground in Ancient Babylon carved it in the shape of a woman and then they had orgies both men and women Both priests men with men women with women around these poles now in America today We don't have any poles carved in women, but we have 3500 strip clubs in the nation With live women hanging off them and men come and they throw their money So this is a form of asterisk worship and then the third part of that dark trinity is mullock When you have immorality and you have a nation fall into this darkness They have children that they don't want then they start Sacrificing their children to mollock and the number one reason they sacrifice children to mollock in the Old Testament Is because they thought they would receive a financial blessing the number one cause For abortion today as people who don't think they can afford to raise a child so here we have the dark trinity of Babylon-mister Babylon the religion and If people don't come back to God God will judge that because he judged Israel the covenant nation all Through history when they entered into veil worship So our job at prophecy USA is to call people to come back to Jesus come back to God And come out of the sin and get into covenant with God Because we feel that judgment is coming to America Rick just really appreciate how you're breaking down the dark trinity for some people It's probably the first time they've ever heard of it or trying to comprehend and understand it and just you know What you're seeing and what you're doing the prophetic timeline? What is coming next for America because I think a lot of times with prophecy we want it to feel good We want to hear prosperity, but there's a real there's a truth and there's real things that God has in store for America Can you tell us about that? I? Think I asked oral Roberts this several years ago six months before he died and he said Rick I Believe that there's going to be a separation between the wheat and the chaff and right now what you're seeing is God is pouring out his spirit In Kentucky and in different regions and he's reaching out to the young people and he's saying come to me Come back to me. Let me love you. Let me protect you. There's going to be gross darkness and Also a bright light shining and that's the separation of the wheat and the chaff You know when you look at the Grammys and you see open Satan worship right on television This would have never happened 15 or 20 years ago, but now it's the norm and So the nation there's a separation coming and the light of the gospel will get brighter I believe we will see a move of signs and wonders very similar of what is happening in Kentucky But the darkness is going to get darker and just like Pharaoh and the exodus It said that God hardened Pharaoh's heart and did signs and wonders Before he judged Pharaoh and before the exodus came for the children of Israel to flee out of the bondage What does the what does the average Christian? I mean, maybe we're not in Kentucky We're not in the in the revival right now. We're not in what do we do? What's our response to this? Here we are in America in many ways still filling the blessings of prosperity here and and various, you know Blessings of freedom that are still remnants here, but what do we do as Christians with this in view of what you're sharing? I Think the number one thing is to strive to be like Paul Paul said that the life of Christ might be made manifest in me You know get back into the word Study the word have communion with God get close to him and listen for that still small voice to be used as a vessel of kindness of helping others and Stay close to God because there's a second mystery not only mystery babble on the great But there's a mystery when Paul said behold I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep But we shall be changed instantly when Jesus comes to rapture the church We want to be ready for that So you want to be involved with the body of Christ the body of believers and and ask God to show you on a daily basis Can how who can I be kind to can I help someone here? Be the best employee you can be be the best father you can be be the best mother you can be be the best daughter or son you can be and just Stay in this word and let this word come alive inside of you. That's that's on an Individual basis because we cannot control What is happening in Bible prophecy? God said I have spoken it. I will also do it I have purposed it and I will bring it to pass You just want to make sure that you're walking close with Jesus and that's that's the best advice I could give to anyone I can just love that advice because really our truly our highest calling is to look and reflect like Christ in all the earth Whether we're here in America or Middle East or wherever may be and just want to ask you know I know we have a few minutes left back in this segment But can you just talk to us for a moment? What is going on? We're seeing a lot of rumblings and shakings in the Middle East and different parts of the world So what is God even doing in that part of the region? I Think that's birth pangs of what's to come and it's coming to America. It's not going to stay over there But America right now has fallen into Several curses. We don't have time to go into it But since the Biden administration take over we've had our walls fall down our walls are down We have five million people come in We're in debt a debtor nation. We should be a lender nation if we're in the blessing And then of course in Afghanistan. They left their people there and and we fled from a little Taliban army the strongest Most powerful nation in the history of the world runs from a Taliban army while they say Death to America. So When I'm watching what's happening over there my calling is is basically North America But these are birth pangs of the anti-Christ rising and and you see Darkness all around the world And the darkness is also here happening, but we don't have to live in the darkness We can live in the light and Paul said for those of you who are troubled rest with us Rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall appear with his mighty angels in flaming fire Taking vengeance on them that know not God and believe not the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ But instantaneously when Babylon's judgment comes We will be taken out. That is the exodus that's coming. So we want to be rapture ready We want to be as close to God as we can we want to walk in kindness and love and fulfill Whatever calling that God has for you Get close to God and stay under his his covering and the Bible says I will keep him in perfect peace whose mind has stayed on me and That's what we need to do. So all of this that's happening around us our birth pangs of What happens when the world rejects God and the darkness rises? I Like that term rapture ready. We need shirts to say that right on here rapture ready We've got to be right. Let me ask you this and I don't want you to over commit yourself here Just but people are going to say well when how close are we? When is this happening? I'm obviously you're not going to predict the date. I hope you don't anyway, but you know What is your thoughts on how far along the prophetic calendar we are? Well, the New World Order is rising and that is the beast what they want to do We can see the eighth nation rising We can see the seventh nation, which is Babylon the great We are falling into darkness. Nobody knows the day or the hour I don't put any prophetic time clock on this, but I will say this I received this revelation 36 years ago and We're 36 years closer to the second coming than when I received it That's the best I can do Tom. Nobody knows the day or the hour But we can certainly see the signs of the times around us Amen Well, thank you Rick Rick Pearson from Prophecy USA his new book is the coming Exodus unveiling America's future Rick you have given us a lot to think about a lot to pray about and a lot to be ready for thank you so much for being with us today Thank you for having me Tom Well, we're gonna take a brief break. We're gonna come back if America's still here We're gonna read a scripture and we're gonna have some ministry and we'll be right back Tom what you doing? Oh, I can't find anything good on YouTube to watch the commentaries the blogs the tier videos the gaming videos It's all boring. Oh, have you thought about subscribing to cornerstones YouTube channel cornerstone has a YouTube channel? 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I tell you what I felt like a sponge during that conversation just soaking in all the richness of what has been revealed to him and The scripture that came and speaking of scripture We love to bring God's word to you every day and today's verse comes from Revelation 18 for and it says this come out of her my people lest you share in her sins and less and less you receive of her plagues Rick spoke of this verse during the conversation today and what I so appreciated is that you know, he talked about how America is so similar to how Babylon is described in the book of Revelation and While America might be falling into darkness There is this remnant of God's people to rise up and come out of that darkness and be that bright Light of God's love and kindness and while the darkness is getting darker the light Which is us God's chosen Generation we're shining brighter than ever before and I also you guys what I appreciated was How he talked about that love and kindness and I thought okay, so for the average Christian We might be saying okay, we're not saint worshipers. We're not murdering anybody and so we're not really the darkness But yet how many of us? Struggle are still holding on to darkness in us through Unforgiveness and bitterness resentment that shame that guilt that the enemy has kept you captive And Jesus has set you free like let's come out of those things and be the people of God That he has created us to be so that we can go forth with joy and peace and love and kindness Like we'll change the world. Yeah, you know, there's like such a such a rich conversation I know we're all like sponges like you said Anna just soaking it all up and one thing as you were speaking God just reminded me of us something is that you know one thing out There's a Hebrew calendar, so we're on the Gregorian calendars a Hebrew calendar And if you don't know that we're actually about to go into the month of a dart And it's the first month on the Hebrew calendar and what's interesting in the month of a dart It's the book of Esther we see taking place for such a time as this when they went on that fast because things were So crazy and rampant of what things are going on And I believe in this season that God is saying to all of us to so many of us to those that are Intimate and are listening to God and are we're called as that remnant is like you have been called for such a time as this That we should not be surprised that it's getting darker that we should not be like oh my goodness and fear no We have the ability because we are in a relationship with Jesus Christ because he is seated at the right hand of the father That we can come into his presence we can listen and he'll give us understanding He will give us insight and he will give us revelation for the signs of the times and things that are happening Because I truly believe what's going on in the season no matter what sphere of influence you're called to God is wanting you to come up higher To seek his face and he will download and drop solutions problems ideas Whatever it may be to be a hope solution as I know that something James call has said and I've grabbed that as my own as We are called to be hope solution is we are called to go out as forth as the Ecclesia We are the governing body of God there should be nothing that harms us You know even though we know like hell comes against us We will prevail why because greater is he Christ that is in us than he that is in the world So take hold of that today and seek his face and get into his presence and be like God What do you want me to do today? Where are you calling me to be and I want to be obedient to that if it's in the grocery store If it's in the you know in the school system in your family wherever it be seek the face of God Know him listen to him so that we can go out and be the light and shine brightly because even though There's gross darkness that is filling the earth and it's going to continue We're going to arise and we're going to shine because the glory of the lord is upon us Tom, you know, I love that Sydney and I love and appreciate what rick was sharing about being those people of the book The people that do the things and live out the life of christ, you know, one of my favorite scriptures is In proverbs where it says the wicked flea when no one is pursuing But the righteous are as bold as a lion. So it is not a time for us to shrink back It is time for the righteous to be bold It is time for us to be those ones that we're the bears of the light right think about that We carry the light of god with us. We carry the message of christ with us. Let's be those people Let's be the ones that say Wherever we are on this prophetic calendar. It's coming. Okay The the lord shall return with a shout. Okay, in fact, we're supposed to we're supposed to rejoice at this Right, we don't like what we see as the as the birth pangs of the of the end times ladies But we want to be those people that say we're rejoicing at his appearing So I want to just ask you Are you one of those that rejoice it is appearing or will you shrink back? We say no, don't look at me god. Don't look at my sin or will you say Lord, thank you for your forgiveness. Thank you for your salvation. Thank you for loving me and lord, thank you for Convicting me of my need for you So if you haven't done that open your heart to god today open your heart and and let him in And say lord, I need you in my life. Maybe this is the first time you've heard any of this Maybe it scares you a little bit. I understand that But when we are in god, we are completely safe no matter what kind of Torment goes on around us. No matter what kind of weather goes on around us. What kind of shaking goes on around us We are safe in him. And so whatever the end times brings Be in the will of god be the one who says I'm I'm christ I'm following after him. I'm going to be that person Open the door of your life to him today And I just want to say this really quickly because god was just speaking this like ask him for insight You know the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom and one thing that god has just highlighted I'm a sort of think it's like we love god and we we're like, oh god, we love you But do we fear him are we in awe of him because that's what we need in this nation in this country We don't fear god if we feared god some of the things wouldn't be happening And you know what's happened it first happened in the church where we have allowed fear to enter in and we've kind of Crouched back, but this is a time and this is a season. I truly believe that god is saying fear the lord fear him Because when you fear the lord, he reveals his secrets to those that fear him so you can get that insight You can glean that understanding anna. What are you I love that you said insight because I was thinking vision Like we need god's vision for our lives what he wants to do in us and through us We have to have the power of god to be the people of god Like this is not a time for weak apathetic christians. So today my friends Get into god's word know that his word will be fulfilled as it goes out from his mouth It will not return to him void. Thank you so much for being with us today on hope today. Have a good one On tomorrow's hope today discover the seven resolutions that can transform your life pastor and author carl clausen Shares seven resolutions that will teach you how to overthrow old patterns Create new life systems and take hold of god's promises Don't miss tomorrow's hope today Cornerstone television wishes to thank all our faithful viewers whose consistent prayers and financial support have made this program possible


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel Critical Overlord here So production began a few days ago on Jordan Peele's upcoming remake or reboot slash spiritual sequel to The 1992 classic horror film Candyman now I want to kind of get into some details regarding the Plot what I think the movie is going to do Give some casting information. So let's just jump right on into it I think first words started coming out about this project in late 2017 or early 2018 Right around the time when Jordan Peele was about to start promotions for Us which came out earlier this year But he is attached on as one of the co-writers. He's also Producing it through his monkey paw production company which produced his two well-received horror films get out in us The cast for the upcoming Candyman film includes Yaha Abdul Mateen Tiani Paris Tony Todd and Two other Stuart Stuart Jarrett. I believe also recently just joined the film and one other person joined in as well I know when Rosenfold or when Rosenfield who is also attached to the monkey paw production company That Peele is a part of he is also co-writing the script along with Peele This is kind of right in his ballgame Speaking about Jordan Peele. This is right up his alley because he's released two films that don't really deal heavily with race As opposed I would say get out there more with the race than us But he's released two movies that are very controversial and they talk about They're basically two social commentary films thrillers of sorts horror thrillers I believe that what we are going to get here is a loosely attached continuation to the 1992 film because some of the character we carried information came out about the film of months ago and LeKeefe Stanfield or I hope I'm not saying his name wrong LeKeefe Stanfield who was one of the cast members for Get out. He was the person that got abducted in the very beginning of the film spoiler alert if you haven't seen the movie I apologize but he was one of the first he was the first person that got abducted and We found out that he was joining the film and a lot of people Were speculating because his character name was Anthony now to get into some details about the original film the original candy man from 1992 start Tony Todd as the titular villain and Virginia Lyle I think that's her name Basically, it's centered on a graduate student two graduate students specifically Virginia Lyle's character Helen They were studying urban legends and trying to do a thesis for their graduate paper And that's when they came that's when they learned about the legend of candy man decide to do their paper on that and his his ties to the Cabrini Green apartment complexes or something of that effect in the Chicago area and they come to find out how real this Entice he actually is and they learn his backstory candy man was a He was the son of a slave. I believe son of a slave who was a Very successful artist, but he was attacked by a mob When he fell in love with a white woman Which then led to him returning in the afterlife as this vengeful spirit hell been on revenge so In my honest opinion, I feel that what is happening here getting back to LaKeith LaKeith is playing a character called Anthony now at the end of the original film and in the original film There was a baby in it named Anthony. He was a young infant at the time of And Heather or Helen Helen the character that candy man was after primarily She saved this baby from the grasp of candy man towards the end of the film And I feel that now that's who LaKeith Stanfield is playing I feel like this is the same Anthony all grown up He's developed some sort of interest in candy man because the character description said he's a bit of an artist similar To how candy man was an artist in his life. I feel like that's where the connection to the original film is Link I feel like that's the gonna be the thing that ties it into the original film But then from there it's gonna do its own thing But then of course this could just be a character name That's Anthony in reference to the movie which featured a character of the same name And this is supposed to be a reboot of sorts, but then they're saying it's a spiritual sequel Getting into something else the fact that they did mention of that Another cast member who was casted in the film he was announced to be in the film He was recently a part of the Recent film us. He was the father at the beginning of the movie. Yaha Abdul Mateen He is playing a he we don't know what character he's playing But speculation started he would be playing candy man But they now was quickly shot down by Nia DeCosta who is on board to direct the film Jordan Peele isn't directing this project But I'm assuming he's going to be guiding her along the way, but I I think she's a relatively new filmmaker new director of sorts, but speculation began that Yaha was replacing Tony Todd's character and Reports came out. She quickly shot that down. So now we don't know exactly what is happening here so it could be possible that Yaha is portraying a character that Suffered the same fate or something similar to Candy Man and This might be a revamped Spirit in the Cabrini Green area because they're also in time. They're shooting the entire film that's coming out next year In June the film is set to come out in June the entire film is currently being shot in the Chicago area. I think it's being shot around that same Cabrini Green area and The character That Yaha is playing is not the same Candy Man that Tony Todd portrayed and we have Tony Todd back in the mix So it's kind of a iffy situation. We were not sure what's happening, but we're still interested because what is going on Is Tony Todd reprising his role? What is Yaha's character? Is it a character of sorts that's similar to Candy Man? Is he Candy Man's like? Right hand is he Candy Man's partner? Are they working together now? Like there's so many questions, but with Jordan Peele involved I'm very confident that this will be a successful follow-up to a standout film from 1992 That has a bit of a cult following. I'm not saying this one's the best films ever Uh, but it does have a cult following and I think it's I think it's heavily underrated Due to the time period that it came out in but I'm really looking forward to it And what do you guys think about this? What do you think the film is going to be about? Let me know down in the comment section below if you have any if you uh have any opinions on it Let me know down down in the section below if you haven't already make sure you subscribe It's in a post notification so you never miss a video in the description I'll have links to all my social media accounts on my facebook twitter and instagram You can message me there to let me know if there's any movies and news or reviews You would like me to cover in the future with all that in mind guys. I will see you in the next video


It was nosy enough to see this title and click on this video, yes tell you guys you have no idea I've been holding this secret for a couple months now and you know it's just not right to be hiding secrets from your curl friends because like we're obviously really friends and I just wanted to tell you but of course you know being an influencer we have to do everything like for the gram and everything has to be like dramatic and epic but that's also kind of just me in general so yes I hope you guys enjoyed our little pineapple reveal that we did with the biggest news of my life if you are new to my channel welcome I'm Bianca Renee and you're watching Bianca Renee today I'm usually talking about beauty stuff hair stuff but today we are switching gears for this new chapter of my life which is this little bundle of joy that's growing inside me this is my very first time being pregnant I don't really know what to expect besides like what I've witnessed with my siblings and other friends and family but this time is happening to me a little human is literally growing inside my stomach that's crazy humans are really weird but my husband and I have been married for three years now this is something that we really wanted we were trying for a baby this was not an accident this was not a surprise this is a blessing that we have really been hoping for and you know we talk about this moment all the time like you know one day I'm gonna get pregnant one day I'll be a mom but like when it really happens it's still kind of surreal for me so yes I'm currently just about four months pregnant on Saturday will be 16 weeks let me show you guys the time I know it's what you guys really want to see there's my little baby bump it's not much I'm still kind of in the you know I could have just ate Chipotle stage but you know there's a child in there so let me open my little you know Dr. Brooklyn to get you guys all caught up so here is my very first ultrasound my little blob of cuteness we don't know what you are yet especially in this photo this was at 10 weeks and now now it's real it has a very distinct head a nose legs toes fingers like my baby's been working as of right now we do not know the gender actually the gender is in this envelope right now I can find out if I'm having a boy or a girl but it's sealed shut and I'm not gonna peek because once again as an influencer and an event planner everything I do has to be over the top so of course I want to have a gender reveal party so I'm gonna have to hide this envelope from myself so that I don't get tempted either way my kids gonna have popping curls this little baby will be on my channel whether it's a boy or a girl but I do want to make sure that you guys are subscribed to the little notification bell because on Sunday I'm gonna show you all the reveals that I've been doing I surprised all of my friends all of my family even some of my influencer friends at beauty con and I got like the best and funniest reactions so you guys got to come back on Sunday to watch that video I do plan on giving you guys other baby mommy videos coming up on my channel mommy Mondays would be really cute but Friday Sunday Monday videos is kind of a lot this is not the right time to be adding a third video to my channel but we'll see just be prepared for some mommy videos now the video you just saw with all the pineapple stuff that was my reveal because pineapples are obviously my thing but we actually made a second video for my husband because video games are his thing so if you want to see what we did for my husband's baby reveal on Instagram make sure you follow him at roe roe Beckley oh man I'm so glad you guys know about the secret it has been a struggle trying to make videos for you guys I've been so tired I have not been in the mood to film anything I definitely want to put on a full face and make them be like hey guys no I just want to lay on the couch and do nothing but eat but now you guys know why some of my videos had been a little late besides the fact that my camera broke my ring light broke my laptop and my hard drive got stolen but on top of all that I've just been so tired I'm trying to grow like little baby organs and brain you know so if you're happy for me why don't you go ahead and give me a thumbs up and subscribe I post two videos a week for now I'm really gonna try so make sure you hit the little bell so you're notified as soon as I post a new video I'll see you guys next time thanks for watching Bianca Renee today


Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and a very special welcome. If you're new here, my name is Jen. I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach who has lost and maintained a 140 pound weight loss. It is Friday, so it is way in day, Weight Watchers Workshop topic day. We'll talk about my week and we're gonna talk about my cut because as of today, I have officially finished my eight week weight loss cut. So I'm going to share with you how much weight did I lose? What did I notice during my cut? The good, the bad, the ugly. And I'm going to insert some pictures here for you of starting my cut to now and you're going to be shocked at the difference, especially based on the amount of actual weight that I lost on the scale.  Make sure you're subscribed. Your bell notification is turned on because I do a weigh-in every Friday and I actually upload five videos every single week. Check out the description box down below for nutrition coaching. Highly recommend those personalized macros and calories. That's what I followed to lose all of my 140 pounds as well as one-on-one coaching for questions, accountability, or to talk with me directly. Links and discounts to my favorite things as well as my free supportive Facebook group. We'd love to have you come join us are all down in that description box. So let's jump into my week, my weigh-in, my cut and the Weight Watchers Workshop topic. Happy Friday, friends. It is actually Thursday that I'm filming today's video because my friend Amy from New York is flying in tomorrow to spend the weekend with me. It was an impromptu trip. We're actually going to be filming a Q and A on our plastic surgery experience in Tijuana, Mexico. We are almost one year post-op.  I had a back lift and extended breast lift and implants. So if you have questions for us, leave them in the comments because we're going to be filming a Q and A video. Anything you wanna know about cosmetic surgery, Tijuana, our recovery experience anything at all, leave it down in the comments. But I am filming today's video a little bit early because I am planning on spending my entire weekend day in and day out with my friend Amy. We are hiking. We are going to enjoy yummy food. We are going to film videos. We're going to just have an amazing, amazing time. So again, make sure you follow me on Instagram and you're in my Facebook group because I'll be posting pictures and things there. I actually just got home from the gym. I'm finishing up my protein coffee for the morning. Took my morning vitamins and my morning supplements. But I wanted to save a couple of supplements to share with you in today's video because these are new to me. And I've been testing these out now for a couple of weeks. Actually, Troy and I have both been testing these out for a couple of weeks and we love them. I am beyond pleasantly surprised about these supplements. These are from the brand Carmen's Medicinals. One of these is a focus gummy and one of these is a CBD gummy. First, I want to talk about and take my focused gummy for the day. I have been loving these gummies. These actually provide focus and mental clarity and they contain amazing ingredients like lion's mane and cogna grape. Now, I had no idea what cogna grape was, but I've been loving it in this focus gummy. Your ultimate cognitive boost in a gummy form featuring the power of lion's mane and cogna grape extract. These clinically proven focus gummies are specifically formulated to enhance concentration, memory and learning capabilities. Lion's mane promotes brain health and neurogenesis while cogna grape, a potent antioxidant supports cognitive function and mental clarity.  These have changed my life. I have noticed an immediate difference with these within about a week of taking these.  My brain health and cognitive function and clarity has been there, which I have not been able to say in the past. These taste absolutely delicious. They contain 30 gummies, 100 grams of mushroom extract and they are gluten free. So the serving size is only one gummy. And like I said, I've been taking these now for a couple of weeks and the incredible difference in my mental clarity. I can't even tell you enough how much I have loved these. I'm still convincing Troy to try these, but I have been loving them. So I'm going to take my focus gummy from Carmen Medicinals for the day. Definitely a good blackberry berry flavor. Absolutely tastes delicious and extremely effective. Next up, I got not one, but two bottles of their CBD gummies because Troy, as you know, has a lot of medical issues. He does take CBD pretty regularly and he enjoys it in a gummy form because it's a really easy way to get in CBD. And these are all natural, amazing, high quality CBD gummies. They also contain turmeric and ginger, which is great for inflammation. Both Troy and I suffer from inflammation and this has made a world of difference for us. This is a harmonious blend of wellness and vitality. These are 25 milligram broad spectrum CBD gummies infused with turmeric and ginger. Each gummy is carefully crafted to deliver a potent dose of CBD complimented by natural soothing properties of turmeric and the invigorating essence of ginger. Perfect if you're seeking a holistic approach to health. They offer a convenient and delicious way to support your daily wellness journey. Embrace a balanced, more vibrant you with every bite. You're going to get 30 CBD gummies. Again, they're 25 milligrams per gummy and these are also gluten-free. Serving size is one gummy and again, that's going to give you 25 milligrams of CBD. I started with one gummy since I've never taken a CBD product before and Troy actually started with two gummy and they don't have any THC in them. So they're not going to give you any unwanted side effects but you're going to get a big dose of CBD. All of Carmen's medicinal are made with high quality ingredients. No heavy metals, pesticides are solvent. All the ingredients are top notch. The gummies are made from organically grown hemp seed and CBD oil extracted with CO2. So like I said, if you're looking for a high quality gummy supplement, one that isn't loaded with added sugar and fillers, I can't recommend Carmen's medicinal enough. They also have oils and topicals, a wide range of high quality CBD products. Love the focus gummies, love the CBD gummies. Troy says these are the best that he has ever tried and I do love the fact that there is no THC. So if that's something that's of a concern to you, you don't have to worry about that but you're getting all of the benefits of the CBD and you're getting all of the amazing and I mean amazing focus benefits out of the focus gummy. I have an amazing, amazing discount for you from Carmen's medicinal. I will link it down below for you. Definitely check them out. Both Troy and I cannot recommend these enough. So now let's chat about my week, the final week of my cut. Technically my cut ends tomorrow, Friday, today's the last day of my eight week cut. So what I did, if you missed it, is I went into an eight week cutting period which basically means that I went into a calorie deficit to lean down. I don't have a lot of fat to lose if any fat to lose but I really wanted to focus on leaning down my body to see muscle growth. My goal is fitness and lean muscle, building and maintaining the lean muscle that I have and in order to see lean muscle, you have to be lean and so that was my goal was essentially to lean down a little bit.  Now I will tell you upfront, honest, full transparency, being in a cut is hard because you're in a pretty good calorie deficit. I found that I was definitely hungry which is to be expected in a calorie deficit and I missed having my treat meal every week. I missed indulging once a week in something that I was really craving so I'm really anxious to have that treat meal this weekend with my friend Amy and get back to being in essentially maintenance. We shouldn't be in weight loss mode year round. We should go through periods of calorie deficit to maintenance to even bulking up in calorie surplus if you're trying to build muscle. So because I was in an eight week cut or calorie deficit, I'm now going to transition back into essentially maintenance mode. Now for me, I often lose a little bit of weight during maintenance mode but my goal is to put those calories right back up to where they were to maintain my weight and I will do that for a set period of weeks, typically three to four months and then most likely I'll go back into a cut a little bit later this year. That is what is optimal for weight loss and keeping your metabolism healthy. As we cut calories and then go back to maintenance, it just continues to increase our metabolism so we can eat more in a cut and eat more to maintain our weight. I will also be honest that I'm glad that the cut is over and I'm ready to go back into maintenance but I definitely saw some results from the cut. Like I mentioned in the beginning, I'll insert some pictures for you but I wanna share with you my weigh-in for the week before I do that and before I talk about my weigh-in, let's chat about this week's Weight Watchers Workshop topic and that is how to hack your home officer car for success.  I carry a healthy protein snack with me everywhere. I have a meat stick and a pack of nuts in my car. I typically have a protein bar in my purse too unless it's the dead of summer in Arizona. I typically have that in my purse as well. I always wanna have snacks on hand that have protein in them to help me stay on track. I also make sure that my refrigerator and my pantry and my freezer are full of the foods that I need to eat to reach my goals. It's really important to tweak your space and set yourself up for success. What you can do is create visual cues for what you want to do.  Help out the future you. Store your meal prep tools where they're easy to access and while cleaning up dinner, take out everything you need to make breakfast the next morning and designate rooms or places for healthy behaviors. Move screens out of the bedroom so you can focus on sleep, not TV or TikTok.  And if you're like me and like most of us, we have some habits that we want to stop. How to do this is to disrupt your default. Store foods you tend to see then mindlessly eat and rarely use cabinets or at the back of your refrigerator.  We need to set our space up for success but we also need to take the things that are hindering our weight loss out of our personal space. I am a big proponent of keeping fruit on the counter. I always have a fruit bowl on my kitchen counter and I'm a really big proponent of putting healthy foods in the front and those less healthy foods in the back. I do this in my pantry especially with snacky types of things. I put my healthy snacks in the front because that way when I open up the cabinet, that's the first thing that I see. Same with my refrigerator and my freezer. Now no food is off limits, no food is better good. Some foods are just healthier than others and those are the foods that we want to put in the forefront. Have you ever went about your day and then you suddenly see chips, candy, cookies in real life or on TV and you instantly crave them? That's absolutely normal. To see it eat it effect, it's a real thing. Research after research shows that our environment plays a big impact on our overall weight loss success. You can harness your power by making healthy choices more available and visible to you.  Put your sneakers by the door. Put your earbuds on your table so that you are constantly seeing those things which motivates you to eat healthy and move your body. Make sure you stay off your phone for the last little bit at night so you can sleep well. Sleep is so important to weight loss. Setting up our personal home office car environment for success is crucial to weight loss and it's crucial to help you stay on track. So I recommend taking some time to go through your environment, the places you spend the most time and set them up for success. Again, follow in my footsteps. Keep those healthy snacks in your car and your purse so you never have to visit a drive-thru or a gas station. You always have a protein packed option on hand. This has definitely been one of the main tools that I've utilized for my weight loss journey. Speaking of weight loss journey, let's talk about my final weigh-in for my eight week cut. Now, if you followed along, my cut has been successful in a lot of ways, not necessarily a scale, but the scale is just one measurement of success. And you know it's the least important measurement to me. I did have a one pound weight gain after a recent vacation. That one pound really hadn't went away. So as of last week's weigh-in, I have lost 0.4 pounds total on my cut. But don't fear, wait till you see the transformation in my body. This is why I say that the scale is the least important measurement of success. I had a great week this week. I'm still suffering from a cold. It's definitely gotten better. I'm blowing my nose still just a lot less, maybe 20 times a day instead of 100. And I'm still coughing up a lot of gunk. That's the part that I wish that would go away, but I'm definitely feeling overall better. So I've been able to get back to my normal workout routine. I've been really focused on filling the last week of my cut, staying in my calories, getting in my protein, drinking my water. And when I stepped on the scale today, I have lost 0.6 pounds. So that one pound gain is basically gone. I've lost 0.6 of it. And I have lost one pound total during my cut. Now I've also mentioned time and time again that I didn't expect to lose any weight on my cut because I don't really have any fat to lose. So the fact that I actually lost a pound is incredible. But what's even more incredible is my measurements and my photos. I'm so excited to share these with you guys because I feel like I preach over and over again about the scale and how it doesn't matter. And I know you listen and I know that you're trying to work on your relationship with the scale, but by seeing my measurements and my photos, this is really going to drive the point home that the scale does not matter. It measures mass. It doesn't measure your overall health, your body composition, how much lean muscle you have, how fit and healthy and happy and thin you are. It doesn't measure any of that. What does is measurements and picture. So at the start of my weight loss cut, I took three measurements and three measurements only. I measured my chest at the widest part. I measured my waist at the most narrow part and I measured my hips at the widest part. I'm going to go ahead and pop up here on the screen my starting measurements and the measurements that I took today. Look at the difference in inches lost. Look at what I lost inches wise and only one pound on the scale. So it just goes to show that the scale doesn't measure your overall success. The fact that my body composition has drastically changed that I'm losing inches means that I'm doing everything right and that is fat loss. I'm replacing a pound of fat in my body with a pound of muscle, which means the scale is not going to move at all. A pound's a pound, pound of muscle and a pound of fat way exactly the same. A pound of fat is this big, a pound of muscle is this big. So my inches are going to decrease as I replace the fat with the muscle, but the scale is not going to change. That's also very true in photos. So now I'm going to insert the photos that I took day one of my cut and the photos that I took this morning, the final day of my cut. You can absolutely see those inches lost. Again, this is a one pound different. Look how much smaller and more fit and toned my body is overall. Everything from my back to my waist to my buttocks. The muscles you can see in my shoulders and my delts as I extend my arms forward in the side photos. There are so many drastic differences and that's only one pound loss on the scale. One pound my friends, that means in my opinion that I slayed my cut. I replaced fat with muscle, which means the scale didn't move but my body composition drastically changed.  I actually put a sweatshirt in my donation bag that I wore the day I started my cut that now is just too big for me. And that's only one pound of weight loss. So I want to reiterate over and over again how important or not important the scale is and how important it is to see those changes in your body. If you haven't done measurements or photos, do it, take them at least once a month so that you can be motivated and see success in a measurement other than the stinking scale. Cut a huge success. I couldn't be happier. I couldn't be happier to go back into maintenance mode to get to eat a little bit more, to get my metabolism fired up even more. So the next time I go into a cut, I should be able to lean down even more. And the great news is, is even though I was in a calorie deficit and I'm just going to quickly transition into maintenance, I was in a healthy deficit. So I'm not going to see a weight gain just because I'm eating five, six, seven, 800 more calories every day in maintenance than I was in my cut. That's the great thing about taking periods of weight loss and periods of maintenance throughout the year on a health journey. So I'm excited to go back into maintenance. I'm thrilled with all of the changes of my cut. I mean, I'm actually really proud of myself that I did it. I slayed it, I nailed it, and I'm feeling amazing. And I'm ready to eat yummy food with Amy this weekend. Very much ready to eat yummy food with Amy this weekend. So now I want to hear from you guys. How was your week? How was your weigh in? Did you gain? Did you lose? Was it what you expected? And let me know your thoughts on the scale versus other measurements of success and give us your tips and tricks on how you set your environment up for your weight loss journey. And if you enjoyed the video, give it a thumbs up. Again, subscribe, turn your bell on so you never miss a future video. And don't forget, follow me on Instagram, join my Facebook group to see mine and Amy's adventures this weekend and leave any comments that you have for our cosmetic surgery Q&A down below for you. Thank you so much for watching friends. Happy Friday and I'll see you in tomorrow's grocery haul. Bye.