THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY AGING If you believe in the power of embracing life’s later chapters with grace, vitality, and a zest for living, I celebrate that remarkable journey with you. Healthy aging becomes a testament to wisdom, resilience, and endless possibilities. At its core, healthy aging is a multifaceted…
What is OMAD and Why Am I Doing It?
WHAT IS OMAD? OMAD is an acronym that stands for One Meal A Day. It’s a type of Intermittent Fasting (IF) where you eat all your food for the day within a specific ‘eating window.’ What does that mean? Well, technically, you don’t have to eat just one meal in…
Eating Plants -Diet Journal – Down Two Pounds
EATING PLANTS – I LOST WEIGHT Eating plants, all animals, some of each. Which is best? I know, I know. <sigh> If you’ve been following me for any length of time at all, you know that my struggle with diet is real. I’m definitely what professionals would call a yo-yo…
Just Two Days Back on a Plant-Based Diet
Ok, so not even two days on a plant-based diet. More like by the end of the first day. Ugh. HERE’S THE STORY On Thursday, June 16th, 2022, I wrote the following journal entry – “After 15 months on a low-fat, plant-based diet, here are some of the issues &…
Diet Results and Other Musings
More Plant Based Diet Results I’ll get straight to the good news: Following my plant based routine, I’m down another pound this morning! And I’m not feeling hungry or deprived! WIN! One thing I’ve noticed over the last couple of years is that, no matter which type of diet program…
Trying the Carnivore Diet
Will I see any benefit from adopting a carnivore diet? I decided to give it a try and find out for myself. I was eating a whole-food, plant-based diet for several months (off and on for y-e-a-r-s!) but that wasn’t working for me. So, I decided to pull out all…
Kettle and Fire Bone Broth and Soup Review
Keto Bone Broth from Kettle & Fire. Delicious, Nutritious, Organic, Affordable. Bone broth is something my daughter, Rachel, has never tried before. So, I asked her to join me for a review of 6 flavors of Kettle & Fire’s quality broths and soups. Flavors we sampled include: Beef – Marrow…
Consulting and Coaching Services
COACHING FOR SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS. I offer consulting services to authors about the pros and cons of self-publishing their books. I have worked with both fiction and non-fiction authors. Qualifications – Four-time Self-Published Fiction Author with books available in eBook, Paperback, Hard Cover, and audiobook formats at all major online booksellers.…
Diet Confusion: Keto vs. Plant-Based
Have you been experiencing diet confusion? Frustrated by all of the conflicting and contradictory diet and nutrition messages out there? In particular, there is a major difference of opinion as to whether a low-carb, ketogenic diet, or a low-fat whole-foods/plant-based diet is the better choice for overall health, nutrition, and…
My Progress On A Low-Fat High-Carb Diet
Tracy talks about her experience going on a variety of different kinds of low-fat vegan plans (Raw Till 4, The Starch Solution) Successes, failures, random thoughts…and fun factoids about the nutrition found in red wine.
Menopause and Raw Foods
Menopause Can Be a Challenge In 2000, at age 38, for the first time in my life, I started experiencing some strange health concerns. We had recently moved to a 20-acre piece of property we purchased in Central Oregon and were drinking the local, city water while waiting to put…
The Coconut Oil Miracle
The Coconut Oil Miracle has been in my Kindle library for several years now. I’m currently re-reading it, and I find so much valuable information in its pages that I thought I’d share it with my family, friends, and followers. I came across the following testimonial as I was reading…
High-Protein High-Fiber Meal Prep Guide
100 Recipes that can create over 500 Meals by KRKR Books Introducing the ultimate guide to transforming your meal prep routine with the power of high-protein, high-fiber meals. In “High-Protein High-Fiber Meal Prep Guide,” you’ll discover a treasure trove of delicious recipes to revolutionize your nutrition and achieve your health…
Plant-Based Keto – Is It Possible? Is It Healthy?
Plant-Based Keto sounds like a crazy idea, when you first consider it. Right? I mean, isn’t one of the biggest attractions to a keto diet the fact that you can eat all that meat, poultry, fish, and eggs with abandon? Oh, and cheese. Omg…the cheese! Well, maybe. If that kind…
Thinking About All The Things – April 5, 2021
I’ve Been Thinking About Writing Book Three: Ross and Faith a Lot Lately. Thinking a lot, but not so much doing! I’ve set a release date for Summer 2021, and I am committed to meeting that deadline. But I’ve had a hard time digging into the story. Maybe it has…
Back To Raw Plants – Leaving Keto Behind
Raw Foods – I Used to Eat Loads of Them! This post is mostly for me…to track my progress and how I’m feeling. So, it won’t be long. After years of bouncing back and forth between a HFLC (High Fat Low Carb) Keto-Carnivore diet and a LFHC (Low Fat High…
Markus Rothkranz – One of My Inspirations
Markus Was One of My Early Raw Food Heroes. Back in 2007 I began a journey in search of the optimal diet for healing and disease prevention. That search led me to a mostly raw food diet. I’ve written a lot about that experience over the years. You can read…
Pumpkin Spice Flavored Spam? Seriously, Hormel?
It’s real, it’s delicious and it’s for your enjoyment. Look for limited edition SPAM® Pumpkin Spice 2-packs coming Sept. 23rd to SPAM.com and Walmart.com. Eat one, save one! That’s what Hormel’s Website says about this new, limited-edition product they are introducing at the end of this month. Seriously??? I really…
Halloween: Starbucks Spider Web Cup
Now, here’s something we all need for Halloween…like a hole in the head, lol! *Thanks to delish.com’s Editorial Fellow, Megan Schaltegger, for this entertaining and delightful post making me aware of the trendy new cup! But seriously, I’m a huge Starbucks fan a-n-d Fall is my absolute favorite season of…
Mary’s Mini: Amazing! 5 Pounds In 10 Days!
MY AMAZING MARY’S MINI RESULTS I gotta tell you…after 10 days on the Mary’s Mini version of Dr. John McDougall’s Starch Solution I was pretty happy with my results! Not only did I lose weight, but I’m also noticing some other health conditions improving in that short time. Yes, I…
