I had a little meltdown last night. It was just after a big Publix grocery shop and just before dinner. The question was WHAT TO EAT? Wanting to lean away from animal products, processed foods, high carbs, high calories, toxins, sugars, salts, additives, preservatives AND maintain an "ideal" body weight is hard enough, but couple that with post-menopause and it is even more … [Read more...] about LET THERE BE LETTUCE and LIGHT!
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Keep LIFTING
Without going into a rant about the drug companies, (I'll try)- another reason to keep lifting those weights and doing weight bearing exercise--Yesterday, the news reported a connection between the very drugs prescribed for loss of bone density and--loss of bone density. Yup, you read that correctly. Fosomax, Boniva, Actonel and Reclast may all, in some rare cases, be linked … [Read more...] about Keep LIFTING
Nourishing our Temples
As I sit here this morning, thinking about what we shouldn't eat and more importantly what we SHOULD eat--reading comments/emails from yesterdays blog about the Ocsars and flashing back to images of Sarah Jessica Parker, I am once again shaking my head about how challenging it is to be PERFECT! When I say that, I mean not only "perfect" visually, but also on the inside. I … [Read more...] about Nourishing our Temples
Go Ladies
This morning, I congratulate the ladies of FILM. Sandra Bullock, (who looked fantastic!) Mo'Nique and Katherine Bigalow. The only movie I saw that was nominated, was Blindside, but I knew she HAD to win! I have adored Sandra Bullock for decades, when I first saw her in "While You Were Sleeping." Though this is considered a comeback for her, to me she never left! Pretty … [Read more...] about Go Ladies
Mom is Always Right
"Put a smile on your face and you'll feel better." Why it's true: A study conducted at Carnegie Mellon University in 2003 found that happy people are three times less likely to get a cold! I have been surrounded, just this past week, by lots of cold germs. Between being an "up close and PERSONAL" trainer and combining that with teaching classes inside "germ harboring" … [Read more...] about Mom is Always Right