Me and activities director, Aubrey Evans at Mt. Arlington Senior Living, New Jersey
For the past few years, lecturing on health and nutrition has been a dream of mine, as my passion is health and nutrition and throughout the year 2012 I had three clients who were nutritionists and chiropractors that I’ve helped get gigs lecturing. I thought to myself, if I could do this for others — why not do it for myself? I’ve been a health food advocate since 2003 and writing about health since then. In 2008 I was the editor for NJ Health & Fitness magazine. I had my own health column in the NJ Patch online called “Here’s to Your Health.” And currently I am writing for Skinny News magazine.
Over the years I’ve interviewed many celebrities about health and fitness including supermodels Oleda Baker and Carol Alt and health advocates Patricia Bragg, Paul Nison and David Wolfe. I also had the opportunity to interview Jack LaLanne but he passed away two weeks prior to the interview.
So, needless to say, when Aubrey Evans invited me to speak at Mt. Arlington Senior Living, I was thrilled! In honor of my former health column, I called my lecture “Here’s to Your Health.”
For 45 minutes I spoke to seniors about a few easy things you could do for your health that don’t cost a dime!
I spoke of the benefits of eating slow, not smoking, keeping active and getting a good night’s rest.
But not only did I speak, I allowed the seniors to share their experiences in health and fitness. It was truly inspiring that so many of them were not smokers, kept active (including the ones that were chair bound) and got a good night’s sleep.
They were all wonderful! I enjoyed giving the lecture and they enjoyed me so much I was invited back, late October!
One lady said to me, “You’re really making us like you!” It was so cute. I love the seniors!
Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta 