.....”WOW! You’re doing great! Congratulations - you are one of the lucky ones.”
Not luck, lots of learning and discipline. Had a very sick little boy and friend gave me two books, How to Live Longer and feel better”. and “food is your best Medicine”. so I’ve been extremely careful about what I eat and getting exercise.
My dad had restaurants all over the country and his advice absolutely guides me today: “buy the best food you can afford and do as little as possible to it.” I hate to cook, so that’s great advice. No recipes. Just steamed organic potatoes and veggies, Pasture raised chicken, eggs and milk, alaskan wild salmon. etc etc. dessert is always single serving yogurt, terrific choice of flavors. tonite was Key Lime. I cheat a few times every summer with trader Joe’s terrific Key Lime Pie. no whipped cream or other foo foo on it. Husb was from the Keys and taught me that.
and ten vitamins, minerals, etc in my daily pill keeper. did a 14-minute mile every day on treadmill until I broke knee and can’t drive. so I just walk around the ‘hood.
Need several kicks in my ladylike pants to try back to weight lifting. have sets here, just lazy.
I read “Food is Your Best Medicine” a long time ago and it affects me to this day. Fabulous book!