FabFit50s

   That’s right, you CAN… firm your upper arms lose the back fat resdiscover your waist downsize your fanny and trim your hips and thighs How? You need to… 1.  WORK OUT as if you’re a “hardgainer.” That’s a term bodybuilders and serious weight trainers use to describe people who can’t build muscle very easily. The [...]

I’ve heard it more than once:  ”Gee, I’m eating a healthy diet–but I’m not losing weight!” Well, a lot of things could be going on. Here are 6 reasons your “get healthy” diet might result in stubborn scale syndrome. 3 things you may need help with: 1. After age 50, hormonal imbalances enter the picture that [...]

When my jeans start feeling tight, I’ve learned NOT to diet. And it works. Here’s what I suggest: Instead of “taking away” things–no more this, no more that–focus on what you want to ADD to your diet. Here are just 5 items that work for me: 1. Green tea: Make a teapot (holding at least 3 cups) of green [...]

Eating more omega-3 rich fish may slow down the shortening of your telomeres–which is associated with the rate at which you’re aging. That’s according to researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, and other hospitals, who studied 608 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The study, reported recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association , [...]

Ha! THAT got your attention, didn’t it? I do include chocolate in my diet–the dark chocolate kind that’s greater than 70% cocoa, since that’s been shown to do good things for your cardiovascular system. I prefer organic chocolate, and I love the bars that have little bits of berries and nuts in there, like these [...]

People often decry a “lack of time” as the reason they can’t eat better. But it really doesn’t take too long to whip up something tasty that’s also healthy. Especially if you have the items on hand. Although I prefer fresh vegetables and eat them daily, I do keep EMERGENCY VEGETABLES on hand in the freezer. These [...]

I am no photographer. But I do love food blogs. It’s gotten me into taking pictures of the meals and snacks I’m making.  These are not stunning photos. They won’t make it onto the pages of Gourmet Magazine. But the new habit works well to slow me down, focus on the food I’m selecting for my [...]