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The End of Alzheimer’s by Dr. Bredesen: Book Review

September 6, 2018
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I was reading an article on line and the author mentioned The End of Alzheimer’s by Dale E. Bredesen, MD. I jumped over to Amazon, read the reviews, and ordered the book. I sat down and read it quickly. Given its complex subject, I have gone back and reread sections. The End of Alzheimer’s The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline both an exploration of Dr. Bredesen’s research on Alzheimer’s and a guide to how we can prevent or even reverse Alzheimer’s and the beginning phases of dementia. The first part of the book is an overview of standard thinking about Alzheimer’s and information on Dr. Bredesen’s work on reversing cognitive decline.  Some of this gets rather technical though he does a...

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Book Review: The Power of Habit

January 25, 2018
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Book Review, Fit and Strong, Motivation

I recently read a book called The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. And I have been able to change some habits! The book explores how habits work. The author studied how businesses change the habits of their employees as well as how everyday people lose weight, keep it off and start consistently exercising. My big "ah-ha" with this book was to learn to change the thing I do right before the action. I found this description of the book on Amazon: At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. The book explains the 3 parts of...

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Review of Wild about Greens by Nava Atlas

March 25, 2021
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Book Review, Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Veggie Challenge

A friend gave me Wild about Greens by Nava Atlas a while ago. I looked through this cookbook and thought "what a nice gift" but then never really did anything with it. I do enjoy reading cookbooks though I don't always feel compelled to actually make anything from them. Since we're doing the 2021 Veggie Challenge and I'm trying to introduce some vegetables into my diet that, while not necessarily new, are foods that I don't normally eat. When it comes to greens, I'm comfortable with a variety of lettuce, spinach, and kale. I struggle with some of the other greens but I'm feeling compelled to improve my greens repertoire. That's when I remembered Wild about Greens. This cookbook has 125 recipes in it, all based on...

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Reading to Reduce Stress and How to Find a Good Book

January 17, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Mental Health

I think reading to reduce stress is a great idea. Shortly after my husband died, I met frequently with a bereavement counselor that the hospice service provided to me. She was helpful to me and made a difficult time a bit better. Being a person who loves to research things, I asked her if there were any books she thought I should read. She thought about it and suggested The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion’s book about the death of her husband. I had already read that and so the counselor thought about it and said, “well, just read a mystery book.” That made me laugh and I said I can do that. We’re always talking about ways to improve our health and our fitness. Of...

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Review of The Obesity Code

October 4, 2018
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Book Review, Weight

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Jason Fung, MD answers a lot of questions we've all had about both weight loss and weight gain. It's a well-written, easy-to-follow book that explains why so many of us are overweight or obese and why when we lose weight, we're likely to regain what we've lost. The Obesity Code begins with a look at the past few decades and how obesity has become an epidemic. Fung does a great job of explaining the science in terms that we can understand. I rarely felt like I needed to start skimming because I couldn't understand. Basically, according to Fung, we can pretty much pick a diet and we can work hard at losing weight and eventually we can...

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Encore Presentation: Inspiring Stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50

April 23, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

153 - Inspiring Stories - featuring Wendy Rivard Download | Play in New Window In episode 153, we feature an encore presentation of one of the inspiring stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50. This episode was first released five years ago as episode 31 "Running and Staying Healthy with Wendy Rivard". We wanted to revisit this episode for our listeners who may not have had the opportunity to hear the inspiring stories from her. Wendy is a primary care pediatric nurse practitioner and has been a nurse for 40 years. She loves to run, travel, and also does CrossFit and water skis. We talk about a variety of challenges and ways she has overcome them. Today she told me her new motto is “Don’t count me out!” We discuss: Cross...

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Why This is one of the Best Podcasts for Women Over 50 in 2024

January 6, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

The Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast is one of the best podcasts for women over 50 to listen to in 2024. I'm not kidding. Why do I think that? Lots of Reasons! Great resources for healthy eating and exercise: Tips from experts News about supplements Ideas about how to maintain a weight loss Wanting to start lifting weights? We've talked to many women about how to begin to lift Wondering about how to eat - vegan, keto, paleo, vegetarian, dairy-free, sugar free or other ways Many many articles Book reviews Motivation and Inspiration: Interesting adventurous guests Mantras and inspiring quotes Building community Looking at aging in new ways (for instance Elli - who beat Thor in a wresting match Challenges to help you stay on track Conversations with fit and strong women doing interesting things ListenNotes.com, a website that ranks podcasts,...

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Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

April 16, 2020
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Book Review, Fit and Strong, Motivation

I bought Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins from Audible because I’d heard multiple people, mainly at my gym, say that it was a great book. They said it was very motivational and was about a man who became a Navy Seal. One woman said she didn’t care for the “bad” language in the book. I needed to use a credit on Audible and decided to buy this book. That’s basically what I knew about the book and had no idea who David Goggins is. Therefore, I was startled when he mentioned running ultramarathons. I turned to Google and discovered that David Goggins has an extensive military career but also an extensive endurance race career. Also, apparently he has...

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Sustaining Weight Loss using Vegan Eating & Intermittent Fasting

February 25, 2020
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

Sustaining Weight Loss using Vegan Eating & Intermittent Fasting  – Episode 52 Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode #52, Dawn Maloney is interviewed about sustaining her weight loss. Dawn is wife, mother, realtor, and mostly vegan intermittent faster. With 130 pounds fluctuation between her highest adult weights, Dawn needed to find a sustainable eating and movement lifestyle to help her consistently live a healthy life. Through intermittent fasting, plus a nearly 100% vegan lifestyle, she has finally found the balance she wanted. Topics and resources we discussed: Lifetime of dieting started right after high school. She started a vegan way of eating in 2016-early 2017. She lost weight but stalled after a while. After starting intermittent fasting in November 2019, she is doing well with...

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Becoming Elli is for women over the age of 50 who are focused on healthy living and getting fit. We discuss fitness, nutrition, and ways to age gracefully. Our mission is the same as our podcast: to become (and stay) Fit Strong Women Over 50.

Chris Brown & Jill McCauslin

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