RACHEL SAVAGE This woman is a pure warrior. At not-quite 24 Rachel had three strokes. Misdiagnosed as food poisoning, the damage to her brain was substantial. Doctors said she shouldn’t be alive. Rachel rebuilt her strength through sheer will and grit. With many months of rehab, she was able to walk, talk, and feed herself […]

Okay–it is hot as balls up here in the A-Z, and all I can muster to put on my body is shorts.  I looked far and wide to find good high-waisted exercise shorts, and here are my top five. High waist is life after babies (especially after the twins).  For those of us with a […]

  When I was a little girl, my mom would hold me close and say, “What’s the promise?” I’d smile with both annoyance and appreciation as I dutifully repeated my lines, “I’m pretty. I’m smart. And I’m nice. I won’t forget it. I promise.”  I’d wriggle free of her grip to get back to whatever I […]

Here it is…the No. 1 secret to weight loss success.  Are you ready? Tell the diet industry to go screw themselves.  Seriously, tell them to take their plans, their shakes, their supplements, their powders, their challenges, and their unsustainable quick-fix programs, and stick them up their rich butts.  There you have it.  That’s the secret to a healthier, more […]