Nina's Exhilarating Life

A year ago I started a program at Swedish called Medical Weight Management. I remember the first day of the program. I was told we would be eating 6 times a day with equal protein to carbohydrate with a little fat added in. Not bad deal right? Well, the carbohydrates are to come from fruits/veggies [...]

“A man did my laundry!” My favorite quote so far in the book. I believe I said the same thing when I came home and found that Tom did my laundry. Now, he does it all the time. It’s the best thing ever. Soon, I’ll be in India but in the mean time… I really [...]

I booked a trip to the Big Island!  I am so excited.  I am taking December 13th through the 25th off!  Vacations are indeed lovely.  I can’t wait.

Everyone was out of town this weekend so I spent Saturday downtown getting my hair done and having a lovely dinner with Auri.  I also started and finished Better by Atul Gawande.  It was on par with his first book.  I love his ideas and how he wants to change the way medicine operates.  He [...]

My doctor suggested I get a Vitamin D blood test.  I didn’t really think much of it.  Anyway, I got the results back today.  I am about 65% low.  That is apparently pretty common for us pacific northwest people but still.  You are suppose to have a level in the 30′s and mine was 10.  [...]