CrossFit has become a very popular fitness option in the past couple of years. Friends at work and online liked it… a lot. With all that enthusiasm, I wanted to give it a try and bought a Groupon to a nearby “box”. For those that haven’t been initiated into the CrossFit language (which is everybody that …
All exercise, ranging from housework to running marathons, impacts menopause in a positive way. In fact, exercise can help prevent the muscle and bone loss from which many postmenopausal women suffer, according to the American Council on Exercise. Also, a recent Penn State study found that menopausal women who exercise experience fewer hot flashes in …
As a kid I thought New Years Resolutions were magical, like wishes made while blowing out birthday candles. On this one special night of the year, I could hope and dream for something to be different and a year hence, it would be. As I got older I made resolutions, often failed to keep …
I read an article yesterday by Lois Nicholls in the Courier Mail newspaper titled “Let us grow old without guilt”, where she basically said that middle-aged women are under constant pressure to look young for their age . Lois wrote: “Now that I am middle-aged myself, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. Some of my peers …
Do you ever wonder what you will look like when you are eighty, ninety, or even a hundred? I just don’t. I have never stared into the mirror and tried to see the woman in my future. I am a live-one-day-at-a-time kind of girl. Since I turned fifty, I have started each day with a …
