After years of damaging my health by using food in the wrong ways, and for the wrong reasons, it has finally almost caught up with me. My blood sugar stepped just over the line into “pre-diabetic.” This is a little scary, but not totally unexpected. Not long ago, my dad heard the same word from [...]
29Oct09
The Teetotal Experience
I love wine. Yes I do. But recently a lot of things have conspired to make me realise that maybe it doesn’t love me back. Over the years, and especially lately, I’ve tried to quit drinking for all sorts of reasons. I’ve been worried about: my liver how often I use wine as a stress-buster [...]
28Oct09
Rhythm of (Middle) Life
I’m sailing on a calm pool this week. The perimenoapausal hormones and accumulated minor anxieties which combined to send me round the bend last week are at a standstill today and I feel like a completely different person. This is how I know that I have finally made it past the half-way mark in life. [...]
24Oct09
Definitive Waistline – Part 2
OK – I should have gone to the NHS at the beginning. Measure your waist To find your true waist, feel for your hip bone on one side of your body. Move upwards until you can feel the bones of your bottom rib. Halfway between is your waist. For most people this is where their [...]