“Garbage?” you say. Yes, garbage! First let me start off by saying I am a writer, but I am also an avid gardener, food preserver, and a general foodie. And I’m cheap. I love preserving the old ways of cooking…
Homemade chicken stock from garbage?
Category: Think Healthy Not Thin
This category chronicles my 18 month journey to better health and a good body image via small monthly goals and lifestyle changes during the months leading up to my 40th birthday
The Last Vestiges of Summer
Alas, I am loath to admit the last vestiges of summer are upon us. I’m not one in a hurry to hasten in the autumn though it is a beautiful season of its own… as are the last days of…
Month Five of Thinking Healthy Not Thin
TAKING MY VITAMINS So as I come off my non-failure failure month, I decided that I needed to do something vital for my health but more importantly attainable. The worst thing a person can do in this journey to well-being…
Finding Success in Failure—Think Healthy Not Thin
I ended yesterday talking about my failure on month four of my journey toward Thinking Healthy Not Thin. It took me a long time to finish this post because how can you put a positive spin on failure? I mean,…
Think Healthy Not Thin— Update on Month 3 and 4
Success. There are many, many ways to measure success. Heck, there are as many ways to measure success as there are Facebook memes about the topic and motivational posters hanging on office walls. But really, how do you measure success,…
Month Three of Thinking Healthy Not Thin
As month three of my Thinking Healthy Not Thin blog continues, I’ll take a moment to reflect on the past two months. I’ve tackled drinking water, which I’m very happy to say I am quite successful with. In month two,…
Think Healthy Not Thin—Update on Month Two
My second month of Thinking Healthy Not Thin has been focused on sleep. So how is is it going? Well, the challenge—as I’d expected—is proving to be a lot more work than drinking a gallon of water a day. Why?…
Month Two of Thinking Healthy Not Thin
SLEEP Oh, yes….that elusive journey to the Land of Nod. That blissed out state we as adults, especially woman, sometime only witness in babies and puppies. Sleep is a fundamental biological requirement for all humankind. In fact, Maslow’s Hierarchy of…
Thinking Healthy Not Thin—Update on the first month’s goal
MONTH ONE UPDATE Well, it has been three weeks since I picked up the water gauntlet. How is my gallon a day going? I am very happy to announce that I have done it EVERY DAY! Whoo hoo! Now, if…
Month One of Thinking Healthy Not Thin
MONTH ONE Drink one gallon of water every day. Everyone knows we are supposed to drink eight 8 ounce glasses a day, so why did I choose a gallon? Well, I figured this way, if I drink most of it,…
