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veggie and fruit smoothie

Veggie and Fruit Smoothie of Green Goodness

December 9, 2019
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Veggie Challenge

This veggie and fruit smoothie isn't exactly within the parameters of the #VeggieChallenge, so let me explain! We've been working on our #VeggieChallenge for almost a year now! At first, it was easy to try a new vegetable every week. I did pretty well with that for about the first 6 months or so. However, I'll tell you 24 new vegetables are hard to come up with! (Let alone 52!!) So then we modified it a bit. The veggie challenge became, try a new vegetable or a new vegetable recipe once a week. That actually went well too. But this week, I'm going backwards. I've gone back to something I used to do quite a bit - veggie and fruit smoothies with a spinach base. I used to drink...

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Keeping my toes happy with special exercises and exercise modifications

Keeping My Toes Happy

December 8, 2019
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Fitness, Work Outs

I have challenges with my toes. While not nearly as serious as some of my friends, I noticed changes in my toes and feet over the last few years. My feet are starting to look like my mother's. I've got some bunion action on two different joints. My baby toe and 4th toe now stay in the rolled position on both sides. Toes 2 and 3 are not looking hammered, so that makes me very happy. However, it is big toe, number one, that is starting to give me some grief. They have developed a distinct angle to them, which is not natural. We have lots of sayings about them too: "Toe the line." "Going toe to toe." "From head to toe." Toes are the foundation. When...

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So Thankful and Grateful

December 1, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Weight

I have a giant list of things I'm grateful and thankful for! My Family My Friends My Health Freedom to do what I want Being physically able to work out Feeling optimistic about the future Being able to enjoy the holidays The morning of Thanksgiving I went spinning which set the day up with endorphins. We made the turkey and stuffing the night before, so when I got home from the gym, I just had some potatoes and roasted veggies to prepare before heading to my parents. If I haven't said that I am grateful for the Becoming Elli community before, let me say THANK YOU now. I know that this group, this community and my dear friend and co-host Jill has had a very positive impact on my life during the past few...

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eating healthy during the holidays

Eating Healthy During the Holidays

November 26, 2019
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Building Muscle, Fitness, Podcast

Episode #46 of the Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast for the Becoming Elli Community Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In Episode 46, Jill and Chris discuss the importance of protein for women over 50 from an earlier recording with personal trainer, Brian Kennell. They also discuss the challenges of eating healthy during the holiday season and offer tips. Limited time, free special bonus: Downloadable food planner and tracker PDF for eating healthy during holiday feasting with 20 tips. In this podcast we discuss: Ways of eating healthy during the holidays How many grams of protein a day women over 50 should eat Why cutting calories to lose weight and exercising to lose weight at the same time can be a problem. 3 reasons why...

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CBD Products for Improving Health

November 19, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Fitness, Sleep

I'm just not sure about the CBD products that are on the market. I have to say, when it comes to this, I am not an early adopter. As a baby boomer who grew up super straight in the Midwest, I remember being severely cautioned on the effects of marijuana by my parents and watching the scare movie called Reefer Madness. So now that 33 states have approved the legal status of cannabis (marijuana) for medical purposes and the remaining 17 allow cannabidiol (CBD), maybe I need to rethink my outdated opinions on it. In Ohio you can buy it in many places, right off the shelf, over the counter. Even my local grocery store is touting the benefits - not only for humans but for dogs. I...

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flu shot for seniors

Flu Shot Immunization for Seniors

November 10, 2019
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Fit and Strong

In Northeast Ohio, most of the pharmacy entrances are advertising the flu shot. The other day when I was picking up some essentials at a local pharmacy, I had seen the sign for the high dose flu shot and asked the cashier, "How old is the senior for the senior flu shot dose?" I figured it was an easy question, but with three cashiers at the front of the store, each one was guessing a different age: "Well, 55 is the age to live in a senior housing complex." "But AARP starts at 50." "I think 62 is the age you can get social security retirement." "In Ohio, 60 is the age for a Golden Buckeye card." Funny, they had no idea. They finally agreed I should...

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butternut squash recipe and veggie challenge

Butternut Squash – Veggie Challenge

October 30, 2019
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Recipes, Veggie Challenge

There is something so delicious about butternut squash! I thought I'd share my simple way of preparing them. Turn on the oven to 400 to preheat it. Prepare the butternut squash: I find that the skin peel is super hard on butternut squash. So the first thing I do is pierce the skin with three skewer holes and microwave for 2 minutes. Put olive oil on a cookie sheet. Sometimes I put tinfoil down on the sheet first and then the olive oil. It's up to you. While this short microwave doesn't really cook the squash, it softens up the thick skin enough that I can get a knife into them. I split them down the middle. Place face down on a lightly oiled cookie sheet to prevent sticking....

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Road Trip Challenges – Healthy Eating and Exercise

October 26, 2019
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Fitness, Food and Drink

Last weekend I went on a getaway trip with my husband to enjoy the beautiful fall season in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Viewing the red, yellow autumn leaves, spending time together while driving along the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside was refreshing for the spirit. We both enjoy genealogy and tracing our family tree, so we spent quite a bit of time wandering around in small town and countryside cemeteries researching our ancestors and looking for clues. Many of the stones in the cemeteries were from the 1800's and were weather worn. It was difficult to read the inscriptions in some of the grave markers. I find that checking out the cemeteries is harder emotionally than just looking stuff up online in the census, birth and marriage records. Sun shining on the...

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Performance Training for Master Women Athletes

October 22, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

Episode #44 of the Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast for the Becoming Elli Community Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode #44, Chris and Jill interview Angie Ridgel and Pam Semanik, the owners and coaches at Stelleri Performance Training, about increasing performance for women over 50. Their awards and honors are impressive and they each have earned many accolades. They started their company to work with masters athletes and their company specializes in working with athletes who have little experience with road cycling, time trials or cyclocross. They also work with multi-sport athletes who want to ride faster, more efficiently and smarter. We discuss with them: Different types of cycling: road, criterium, time trial, cyclocross, and gravel What is considered a masters...

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Becoming a Distance Runner with Ellen Wisbar

Becoming a Distance Runner – A Conversation with Ellen Wisbar

October 8, 2019
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 43, Chris and Jill talk with Ellen Wisbar, a CPA who started building her running distance over the past year. Ellen Wisbar grew up on the west side of Cleveland and has always been interested in sports. She played volleyball and was on the track team in high school. At Miami University she moved on to intramural sports and graduated in 1985 with a Bachelors degree in Accounting. After graduation, Ellen stayed active by sustaining a gym membership at various locations in Cleveland, running very casually, group exercise classes, skiing, biking, and participating in things like Corporate Challenge at work. Ellen is a CPA so by nature her job is pretty sedentary. At this point, she...

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