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Breaking (Up with) Bread: Why I Go Against the Grain

July 7, 2017

Image of a loaf of bread.

It was my friend Pascha’s picture that stopped my scrolling finger, that eventually led me to the vida low carb. Not only was she toned and trim, she possessed a sleek felinity. I want that, I thought. Beneath Pascha’s photo, she’d written, “This is what I used to look like and now I know why—because […]

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Filed Under: Health, Physical Health Tagged: benefits of no bread, diet, Eat Bacon Don't Jog, Grain Brain, grain free, how bread makes you fat, how to give up bread, low carb, weight loss, Wheat Belly, why go low carb

Aging Beautifully: How to Defeat the Keeper of the Crypt

June 9, 2017

Not long ago, to bless our oldest child, I drove her Honda Civic to the carwash down the street. So there I was, popping quarters into the pay-to-vacuum machine, crashing her floor mats together like cymbals, and enthusiastically q-tipping her coin holder slots. Soon after, a twenty-something boy parked next to me. When the vacuum’s […]

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Filed Under: Physical Health, Whatever Strikes My Fancy Tagged: aging, aging well, Beauty, blogs for middle aged women, How to age gracefully, How to look good as long as possible, How to look pretty when you're old, middle age skincare, preventing wrinkles, skincare

The Benefits of Journaling with F-Words

May 12, 2017

(Not THAT F-word, silly rabbit, different ones!) (Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Any pennies earned will  go towards college educations, weddings, and writing expenses!) Have you noticed journaling is super-duper having a moment right now? I’m not surprised. For me, journaling yields a ton of benefits. Self-awareness, better health, improved finances, and increased […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Life, Physical Health, Whatever Strikes My Fancy Tagged: Ann Voskamp, benefits of gratitude, blessings, budgeting, Dave Ramsey, diet, dieting, faith, finances, Financial Peace, food diary, gratitude, how to journal, how to keep a food journal, journaling, money management, weight loss, why keep a spending diary

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