Category: Health and Nutrition
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Extra Padding: Flaw or Built-In Protection?
I’ve been down on myself about weight lately. Then I fell, bruised my hip, and realized—thank goodness I landed on a “padded” spot. That got me thinking. As women age, our bones thin, become fragile, and breaks from osteoporosis or osteopenia become a real risk. Maybe that “extra padding” isn’t a flaw. Maybe it’s armor.…
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Badass at 55: Pass the Olive Oil, Hold the Drama
When I first started this blog, the goal was simple: lose weight and get healthy. I was going to hit 40 head-on and become a total badass. And honestly? I think I nailed the badass part. Fast forward to now—I’ve been hit with the trifecta: pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. Between my family…
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Back on Track!
Of course, now that I’ve committed myself to getting my self together and back on track, this means I’ll probably be posting a lot more. Yay! More blog activity! I’m starting all this with baby steps. And again, I’m trying to learn from the past 20 months! I have always had an issue of having…
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The next 3 months
So I’m looking at the calendar and I’ve got 92 days until my 48th birthday. (GEEZE!) Gosh, that seems old! Well, beats the alternative! My goal was to be in the best shape I could be in when I hit 50. Okay. We’ve got 2 years. I think that’s realistic. As long as my overall…
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May Update
I guess I’m only going to update once a month these days. I’m kind of slacking, but, in my defense, I’ve been super busy with things. So it’s been kind of crazy. So let’s see what’s gone on the last 2 months! Business: Geeze. So much work. I pretty much have most everything in place.…
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Updates and fun things
I updated my hair chronicles and I didn’t realize I haven’t posted since the end of January. So Here we are 10 months post chemo, 9 months post surgery and almost 5 months since radiation and treatment ended. Seems like a complete life ago. I still tell people I just moved here because I really…
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Progress
My physical therapist told me to start swimming. So I’m back in the pool. I’m up to 14 laps. (25 meter pool) They are slow laps but they are laps. And I stop and stretch a bit or tread water at the end of each one for 30 seconds. But it has felt really good…
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Fa La La La La
Oh the holidays. I’ve finally recovered from Thanksgiving. I had my son and his fiance here for a week. So much excitement and so much emotion and so much cooking and cleaning. I took a week off from the gym because I was just exhausted. Had about enough energy to cook thanksgiving and stay up…
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No going topless for a year!
My skin seems to be holding up so Monday will be my very last radiation treatment. It also will be the very end of the treatment trilogy. (Chemo, surgery, radiation). Monday I start on my 10-year stint of meds. whoo hoo. I’m excited. But the radiation nurse gave me this information hand-out of how to…
