I was sitting there waiting for my polish to dry when I heard two women talking a few chairs down. One of them said, almost casually, “It’s not dieting. It’s that Spanish orange peel compound… the one that helps flip the metabolism back on.”
The other woman laughed like it sounded too easy, but she leaned in like she wanted the details anyway.
I tried to ignore it. But after 50, when a body feels stuck, anything that sounds different grabs attention. I had already tried the “responsible” route—walking more, eating cleaner, skipping things I used to enjoy.