My $25-a-week clean eating experiment a year later
June 29, 2011 by Grace
Filed under Fit at Forty, Just Me, On Health & Beauty, On Life
A year after test-driving my clean eating experiment I can say that I’ve adopted clean eating as a way of life. Really, it’s a return to how my parents and grandparents used to cook and eat before advertising and big business began convincing people that they had it all wrong.
Somewhere outside a cafe in Italy…
October 27, 2010 by editor
Filed under Fit at Forty, Just Me, On Life
If I’m being honest with myself, being comfortable in my own skin is my biggest dream, and the first step in making any of my other big dreams a reality. With a lot of hard work and determination, maybe one day I’ll be writing my book, or my next post, outside a little cafe in Italy.
Speaking of losing weight…
October 20, 2010 by editor
Filed under Fit at Forty, On Life
On Monday I shared with you the fork in the road of my ongoing health/exercise/weight loss/fitness battles. Sadly, I’m no stranger to fad and starvation diets. But today I’m sharing a great post from Esther Kane on a better path to weight loss.
On the road again
October 18, 2010 by Grace
Filed under Fit at Forty, Just Me, On Life
After weeks of laying off the knee I injured in the embarrassing incident now known as The Matrix Paper Retrieval Incident (TMPRI), I finally took the old knee for a test drive. It was a short one…
Metabolism Madness and Turning 40
September 29, 2010 by editor
Filed under Fit at Forty
After 40 your metabolism decreases 5% every 10 years. And, if like me, you’ve been yo-yo dieting your entire adult life, the news gets even worse. Crash diets, disuse of muscles and drops in testosterone levels also add to the metabolism dive.
