Eating for Your Skin

When I started reading on nutrition in January, it was to learn how to eat to improve the skin. There is way more written on this topic than I would have guessed when I started. Yesterday, I got confirmation for what I learned at the library. Bastyr Center for Natural Health offered a great free …

My Story

As a girl, I was skinny! People frequently poked fun at how skinny I was. As the decades passed, that skinny girl disappeared. With each passing decade it was like another 10 pounds clung to my ribs! I tried many times to lose weight and did, but when I got done eliminating and resisting and …

I had no idea “skinny” was such a hot word!

I used to hate it when kids called me “skinny!” And trust me, they did! Right along with “string bean” and “jolly green giant.” Lots of green things–that just grow and grow–like I did! Tall and wide! But last Monday night as I was serving up Noevir Green Smoothies to the assembled tasters, “skinny” just …

I Feel Skinny Coming On!

Fluffy is nice for kittens and french toast and frosting, but not for 21st century grandmothers! When you are post-menopausal stuff just sticks in rolls around the middle. Like a car in a mucky ditch, it just doesn’t want to budge. Neither do you. Stairs leave you panting. You wonder if you’re going to die. …