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February 2025 Bingo

February 2025 Bingo

February 3, 2025
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February 2025 Bingo is here to challenge you to dig a little deeper.  We received very positive feedback about the January bingo, so we decided to switch it up a bit and do a February version. You can screen capture this with your phone and mark off the squares as you complete them. You might want to do more than one each day, or save the challenge to work through the whole month of February! Get five in a row, either across, down or diagonally and shout out bingo. We'll look for the shout outs on our social media platforms and here in the comments below. Click on the photo above to get to the PDF if you prefer to print the bingo card out from your...

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Losing 100 Pounds and Finding Health with Karen Clark-Snitchler

January 27, 2025
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#171 - Losing 100 Pounds and Finding Health Download | Play in New Window We met Karen when she joined our Becoming Elli private facebook group. She has such a compelling story, we asked her to be a guest on our podcast. Karen Clark-Snitchler is a Music Director and Conductor. She has an impressive list of plays and musicals that she has music directed. By day, Karen is a music teacher. She also started a “Girls on the Run” club at her elementary school. Karen has lost over 100 pounds and became an athlete. She runs and strength trains. In 2020, Karen’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack. Not wanting to make their two daughters orphans, she decided to make a lot of health changes. She started at 276...

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Make Your Own Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut

January 19, 2025
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We recently interviewed Karen Clark-Snitchler from the Becoming Elli group for the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast. One topic we discussed was gut health and eating fermented foods. She has graciously shared her recipe for making homemade fermented sauerkraut with us. How to make homemade fermented sauerkraut Ingredients: 1 medium head of cabbage, sliced thin 1 Tablespoon salt Directions: Put the sliced cabbage in a bowl. Sprinkle salt on cabbage. Massage it in to the cabbage, squeezing it for about 5 minutes. Cover bowl. Leave it alone for 30 minutes. Massage for 5 minutes more. Pack it into mason jar. Top with a fermentation weight (www.masontops.com has them) and a pickle pipe. Check it in 10-ish days (my upstate New York winter length of time). The weight keeps the food...

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Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler

January 14, 2025
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#170 - Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler Download | Open in New Window Suzanne Fowler is a regular listener to the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast and a member of the Becoming Elli Community. She watched her parents' health decline and decided to prepare for the aging process. Chris and Jill spoke with Suzanne about how she recently re-invented herself and now lives in an active and engaging environment.  In this episode we talk about getting started with strength training and progressing to the next level. Suzanne Fowler is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of healthcare and fitness industry expertise. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Ball State University and a Master of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University, she...

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3 focus words for 2025

2025 Three Focus Words for Chris

January 6, 2025
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Each year I like to select three words to represent the focus for the year. My three focus words for 2025 are: Stand Sleep Strength Stand refers to the average number of minutes I am standing up each day. My Apple watch automatically counts the number of minutes I am standing so it's an easy thing for me to measure. Not something I would have picked otherwise! Some of my strategies are: Getting off the computer...

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Enough Protein?

Ways I Have Found to Get Enough Protein

December 31, 2024
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Getting enough protein? Each year I work on eating protein and during 2024 I think I did a really good job getting protein in my weekly meals. I try to look at it by week, rather than by day because it's less tracking. Here are some of the things I put in my grocery cart when I shop each week. Firm Tofu - Although tofu doesn't have much of a taste, I have learned to like the texture and it's easy to flavor with anything else you eat. Often it ends up on the top of a salad. Or as a snack with a little peanut butter. I never ever thought it would be at the top of my list!! But I buy a carton of it...

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Do It Your Own Way with Chris and Jill

December 24, 2024
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Episode 169 of the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast Download | Play in New Window In this episode, we talk together about the successes and challenges of 2024. We realize that everyone is on their own fitness and health journey. Not everything works for everyone, but by following the Becoming Elli community and listening to the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast, we are sure that you'll come away inspired, motivated and having a good sense of what you want to do to stay fit and strong. Some of the highlights included some awesome interviews with guests, learning about new techniques at Podcast Movement 2024 and trying new challenges like eating the rainbow. Some of the things we discussed in this episode: Many great guests and highlights during...

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2025 January Bingo Challenge

December 18, 2024
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We're always looking for a way to improve our health and fitness. Sometimes a new challenge is just what is needed. With that idea in mind, we have devised a 2025 Becoming Elli January Bingo card. Each of the 25 squares offers a suggestion to you for getting more fit and strong like Elli (the Norse Goddess of Aging who beat Thor in a wrestling match.) Although we can't promise you'll be up to beating Thor, this January Bingo 2025 does give you some new ideas and inspiration for the coming year. Feel free to download and print the PDF, or copy the JPG image to your phone!  Let us know when you hit 5 across, down or diagonally! 2025 January Bingo Becoming Elli Card - PDF click...

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Red Balsamic Vinegar and Olive My Heart flavored olive oils

Replacing Butter with Red Balsamic Vinegar

December 14, 2024
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Recently we talked with my friend Pat Bissell on the podcast. She shared a variety of ways she stays healthy by adjusting her mindset and with several types of exercises and food swaps. One food swap that really caught my attention was the idea of swapping out butter with a flavored red balsamic vinegar. Pat told us that gets her favored vinegar and gourmet oils at Olive My Heart, a near by independent shop that has a wide variety of choices. I mentioned in a post a few months ago that I have been watching my cholesterol. One of the ways I have been doing that is by using a little bit of olive oil in place of butter on my toast. I'll admit, it does taste...

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Find Your Passion and Stay Healthy with Pat Bissell

December 10, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast, Weight, Work Outs

Find Your Passion and Stay Healthy with Pat Bissell #168 Download | Open in New Window Pat Bissell talks with Jill and Chris about how she found her passion and has consistently found ways to stay healthy and fit. A long time friend of Chris's, Pat describes herself as a very active mature female. She has been active her whole life always enjoying sports, exercise classes and strength training for the past 25 years. We discuss: How important the social aspect is to enjoying exercise Working out with strength training on machines Types of cardio she enjoys Working through injuries and rehabbing after surgery Recently turning 70 and keeping fit Lifetime membership in weight watchers Her alternative to butter The key of using Small Steps when you are facing...

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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.

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