My $25 food challenge: Up to my eyeballs in beans
February 8, 2010 by Grace
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Health & Beauty
So I’m full speed ahead into week 2 of my $25-a-week good food challenge and so far so good. This week’s grocery total was $21.32. Almost a quarter of that was my purchase of a pound of Laura’s Lean Beef – cattle raised on a diet of natural grasses and grains, without growth hormones or antibiotics. I’m up to my eyeballs in beans and am ready for a little variety. But at $4.99 a pound, a pound is about all I was willing to purchase on a $25 budget.
Do the Right Thing!
February 8, 2010 by Rachel
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Health & Beauty, On Life
I was always taught to do the right thing. So why is it so difficult to do the right thing when it comes to health, fitness and nutrition? Why do butter plus sugar and flour equal delicious?
The $25 challenge: There’s something to be said for going public
February 5, 2010 by Grace
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Health & Beauty
The toughest part of this week’s challenge was not sticking to the $25 budget. It wasn’t giving up processed foods or refined sugar. No, the toughest part of this week was stopping myself from counting calories and weighing myself.
This Had Better Be Worth It!
January 26, 2010 by Rachel
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Life
My mother used to tell us “Nothing worth doing is ever easy.” She used that maxim to motivate us to complete our chores and homework and strive to make top grades in our Advanced Placement classes. I remember her whispering it to me at my grandmother’s funeral when my knees went weak and I began [...]
Corn-ered: Confessions of a compulsive overeater
January 21, 2010 by Grace
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Life
Last night I ate an entire bag of corn. Not popcorn. No, it was one of those steamable 12oz. bags of corn. You might be thinking, “a bag of corn is not so bad.” But the true culprit here is not really what I ate, it’s whatever emotion I was feeling – or not feeling [...]
