Like A Virgin

The point of this post is to show what a women of fifty looks like. Now I know this gal eats good and does yoga to extremes. She has never been a druggie or drinker. So this would be a women of fifty who has taken good care of herself through the years.
But this year she had some obvious work done. Yep she did. I bet she had fat grafting in her cheeks and a moderate face lift.
The first Picture shows her more as she would look in 2008. The tissue under the eyes is starting to appear sunken. The cheeks are starting to slide down the face and lips are smaller. All this is natural aging no matter how well you treat yourself.
For her to stay in the limelight and not suffer insults on her normal aging process she has opted to do a little something about it. The face is always exposed and so ages much faster than the body. Since she has been an exercise fanatic her whole life her body looks great, even with the boob job. But you cant exercise your face. I know they sell lots of contraptions you can use to exercise the face but they don't work as the face just is not set up for exercise!
The problem I have with what she had done is this: Look at some pictures of Marlene Deitrich. She tried to do the same thing and it just did not hold up for long. Madonna is starting to look just like her. The cheeks are just too severe. The old apple head look is starting. Here is a pic of aging Marlene http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1497733120/nm0000017
It must be hard to be in her position where she still wants to rock. Mick Jagger and his crew all look like crap and no one cares because they are guys.

Madonna Plastic Surgery

Me in the morning

OK it is really cold in my house, so I wear this in the morning until I warm up. Cute right?
When I first started eating raw about 25 years ago I followed a book called: Fit for Life. I was a fanatic at that time and really followed the books tenets to a T. The hardest part was the breakfast. They called for only fruit until noon each day. Eating cold fruit every morning was hard. In the winter it was doubly hard. I used to make this concoction in my Cuisinart that was a mess of fruit blended up and then eaten with a spoon. A crazy friend who live with us for a while and who had to adhere to the same food policy called it "fruit poop"! Oh man, it did make you poop too!
I would never try to eat cold fruit in the morning in winter anymore. I just don't think it sets right with me. I used to get these crushing gut aches from it. But it was supposed to be healthy right? I read years later the wife of the guy who wrote the book divorced him and wrote her own book about healthy eating and she does not recommend the cold fruit in the AM. I think she just sick of the guy as he was really a Zealot! So many rules to live by.
I had my sprouted bread thingy this morning and zapped it for 10 second to take of the chill. I think I might have some Miso Soup tomorrow as well. I need to get some green onions, as the taste of Miso Soup just cries out for green onions. Well If I am going to get the green onions I might as well go whole hog and get the shitaki mushrooms.

Constant Comment

This morning breakfast was the same as yesterday. Sprouted bread with sprouted Hummus. Only this time I spread some Mellow Miso on the bread first and then nuked the whole thing for 10 seconds just to take the cold edge off of it. I was 18 degrees this morning so a little chill bling reducer is nice!

Now on to the tea. Constant Comment is a Tea from my childhood. Whenever I felt sick my Mother would make me a strong cup of Constant Comment with honey & lemon. At that time the tea was loose and came in a metal tin. I cant find it like that in the stores anymore. It only seems to come in tea bags now. It is still a very flavorful & unique tea. I have it with cream & honey now. The taste is so soothing with all the citrus rind in it. It is just a good cup of tea. We all know how healthy tea is for us. So drink up!

There is just something about a good cup of tea that can make even the bleakest moments become bearable.

Both of my children are tea drinkers. They grew up with all the herbal teas, mint, chamomile and herb blends. When they were tiny and felt crabby I would say, lets have some tea. It usually worked to fix their spirits up. Also tea & toast is a winning combo. Sourdough bread with lots of butter and some hot tea is the best thing in the world anytime of the day or night.

I don't have so much toast anymore as I am doing my raw thing, but I still share some with my kids now & then.

We mustn't be too rigid.