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 in our own well. Shortly thereafter I began suffering from muscle weakness in both of my arms and dizziness that became nearly debilitating...especially whenever moving...
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 of food makes you feel good. And I'm talking physically here. I'm primarily about health. But animal cruelty IS something to think about. Let's talk about that later. For...
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 something to do with my overall mindset due to Covid. Or possibly the long winter months filled with Pacific Northwest gray skies and gloom have been getting to me. I'm not sure. I _have_...
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 Carb) WFPB (Whole Food Plant Based) diet - incorporating mostly cooked whole plant foods...and just continuing to gain weight and feel sub-standard, I decided I've had enough! So, about three (3)...
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 my personal story HERE. But to summarize, I was was convinced that eating a mostly raw, whole-foods, plant-based diet was the answer to human nutrition and disease prevention. As a result, I...
Welcome, My Beautiful Magic Lovers! My name is Tracy Partridge-Johnson, and I'm a published author living in beautiful Tyler, Texas. Many of you may know me from my days living in my birth state of Oregon, where I lived for twenty-five years. Until last year, that is, when Jeff and I made the momentous decision to leave the Pacific Northwest and make the trek south to our new home in NE Texas. WRITING In 2016 I began writing a Middle-Grade...
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 detest the original...but I DO love me some pumpkin spice, lol! Egads! Might I actually have to try this? Ummm...no. I really...
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 the year! So, ya, I'm happy to start thinking about preparing for Halloween and the upcoming autumn months! BRACE YOURSELF! There WILL be alot...
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 lost 5 pounds in 10 days...which is incredible...but I also noticed my skin looking better and my energy improving! Honestly, I'm not completely sure if my success...
I've been following the 10-Day Mary's Mini version of Dr. John McDougall's The Starch Solution weight-loss plan, and today is Day 8. These are my thoughts and experience so far. I talk, in detail, about the differences between the two plans and why I'm choosing to try the Mary's Mini version instead of the basic plan. Basically, for either plan you make starch the center of every meal you eat. The biggest difference is that on the basic plan,...
