Outrageous Age

These days it seems that a meal is no longer something you just sit down with friends and family to enjoy.  They have become a fucking chemistry lesson, a veritable math class and an exercise in leveraging pleasure with guilt and measurements.  What’s an outrageous grrl to do? Well, I’m going to add just four [...]

Been on a diet lately?  Depending on where you get your info these days, suffice it to say that a significant number of outrageous women over 40 usually are.  And the reasons we diet are complex.  We know dropping the extra weight is an essential health tonic.  Maybe you have a new medical diagnosis such [...]

I’ve been fat. I’ve smoked. Yes, I do use the “F” word here ‘cuz, grrl, you may be big and beautiful, pleasingly plump, curvy, voluptuous, or large and lovely but you are still fat. Being overweight is going to slow you down.  It’s the padding on your hips and belly that can be a harbinger [...]

It’s summer. You’re busy.  No matter what the weather, you have things to do outside.  Taking advantage of the summer months you tend your garden, build a fence, mow the grass, hike a mountain, run a race and bike to the store. As the Sufi religion says, “Movement is life.” Healthy living for women over [...]