So the time is here my fabulous friends. We rang in the New Year and it’s time to exclaim “New Year-New Me!!”  YAAAAYYYYYY!  Or in Laments terms, time to go to the gym and throw every naughty food out of the cupboards filling my cup up with a green leafy shake.  Um Yeah-No. Yuck.

Like my mother-in-law would say ‘No Bueno Reina!” or “No Good princess.”  I agree with Mami Soto completely. It is not a good idea. Not ove bit.  It’s a membership you forced yourself to buy along with all these “low fat” “sugar free” items. They were outrageously overpriced. We literally follow through with this charade for, I don’t know…  .5 seconds.   1…2…3…4…5…ok where’s my glass of wine now?  You see where I’m going with this?

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DON’T MISS THIS IMPORTANT PREVENTATIVE HEALTH OPPORTUNITY

Sometime between ages 45 and 55, for many women, gynecologic and related health issues begin to emerge. Menstrual cycles now seem different, mood swings and memory lapses appear, and sleep becomes more chaotic, coupled with warm flushes. And the weight! Why at the mid-section? These irritating acknowledgements belie a more ominous change. During this menopause transition, loosely referred to as “perimenopause,” events are unfolding that have an impact on a woman’s cardiovascular risk.

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