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We want to be like Elli because she was the Norse Goddess of Aging who beat Thor in a wrestling match. We want to be like Elli, fit and strong as we age
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Author: Chris Brown

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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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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

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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Being Real Athletes with Coach Adina O'Neill podcast episode167

Being Real Athletes with Coach Adina O’Neill

November 26, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

Download | Open in New Window In episode 167, Jill and Chris talk with Adina O’Neill, the founder and head coach at Team B*REAL, an endurance sport community where athletes of any size, color, identity, age & ability are empowered to achieve their personal goals. She helps her clients to build confidence, define their own goals, go at their own pace and stand out despite believing they may not fit in. Adina is a marathon swimmer and triathlete who has completed over 100 endurance events including the Paris Marathon, ice swims, a 13-mile swim, IRONMAN Mont Tremblant, and a 200 mile single day bike ride. She enjoys traveling, eating cereal and listening to live music with her husband, 2 children and their yellow lab Mel. We discuss: How she changed...

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Running Over 50 with Coach Henry Howard

Running Over 50 with Coach Henry Howard

November 11, 2024
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5K, Fit and Strong, Half Marathon, Marathon, Podcast, Running

Download | Play in New Window Jill and Chris talk with Henry Howard who found running in his early 40s when he set out to achieve a bucket-list goal: run a marathon. Since then he has finished more than 40 marathons and ultras, including four 100-milers. Along the way, he has qualified for the Boston Marathon twice, become a running coach and launched his RunSpirited website. As a running coach, he guides awesome runners of all experience levels, backgrounds and fitness to achieve their amazing goals. As a professional writer and editor, he has merged his background with his passion for running and desire to give back to the community. RunSpirited offers coaching tips, interviews with inspiring athletes, product reviews and much more. We discuss: Setting goals, developing running...

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Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams

Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams

October 22, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

#165-Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams Download | Play in New Window In episode 165, Jill and Chris speak with award-winning nutritionist and author, Nicki Williams. She is the founder of Happy Hormones for Life, helping women of all ages to rebalance their hormones, reclaim their health and feel better than ever. After failing to find any medical help for her health issues in your early 40’s, she discovered that she could turn things around using diet, lifestyle and natural supplements. Nicki is the author of "It’s not you, it’s your hormones; The essential guide for women over 40 to fight fat, fatigue and hormone havoc." Her soon-to-be-released book "Life After Menopause; Embracing the next chapter with a healthy body and mind" is due out this year. UPDATE Just released....

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Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer 164

Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer

October 8, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Podcast

164 - Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer Download | Play in New Window In episode 164, Jill and Chris talk with Pat Spencer, owner of Getting Your Mind in Gear, who helps endurance athletes hone the mental skills needed to achieve their endurance sports goals. Pat is an avid gravel cyclist, former long course triathlete, marathoner, and open water swimmer. A licensed clinical social worker and a therapist with a private practice in central New Jersey, she has worked in mental health for 25+ years in a variety of settings, including directly with clients, as a supervisor, as a adjunct professor and providing a number of professional trainings. In 2022, she decided to combine her understanding of mental health with her love of endurance sports. She knew she...

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lowering cholesterol through diet and exercise

Lowering Cholesterol Through Diet and Exercise

September 30, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Food and Drink

Have you ever tried lowering your cholesterol through diet and exercise? Is it possible? Perhaps it isn't something that you have struggled with, but I know for myself when I lost weight, increased my muscle mass and started eating right I was able to lower some of my high cholesterol numbers. Remaining vigilant is more difficult some times than others. Finding ways to keep lowering cholesterol through diet and exercise (and trying to stay off statins) is one of my health and fitness goals. Cholesterol numbers are linked to determining your risk of developing heart disease or experiencing a cardiovascular event. My high cholesterol is probably herditary, but I know if I am pretty strict with my certain foods (limiting butter, egg yokes, shellfish and red meat)...

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Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni - 163 - be

Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni

September 24, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

163 - Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni Download | Play in New Window In episode 163, Jill and Chris talk with Kim Vopni, a leading authority in health & fitness coaching for women with pelvic floor dysfunction and is known as The Vagina Coach. She has helped thousands of women learn how to do pelvic floor exercises, ditch the incontinence pads,  eliminate their prolapse symptoms and get back to living life to the fullest! Kim is a certified fitness professional who became passionate about spreading information on pelvic health when she was pregnant with her first child.  She is the author of 2 books – Prepare to Push – What Your Pelvic Floor and Abdomen Want You To Know About Pregnancy and Birth and a second title Your...

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Just Lift with Jackie Errico

Just Lift with Jackie Errico

September 10, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Podcast

Just Lift with Jackie Errico #162 Download | Play in New Window Jill and Chris talk with Jackie Errico, a nationally certified strength and conditioning coach, a certified personal trainer, and co-owner of Just Lift Fitness training studios located in the Chicago area. Jackie focuses on helping women gain confidence in their bodies. She educates women on the physical and mental benefits of strength training and how to fuel bodies with the right food; teach them how to lift weights properly and safely; and help them create a fitness and nutrition game plan so that they can achieve the results they deserve. We discuss: Why it's so important for women to do strength training How women's fitness needs differ from men's Common misconceptions women have about working out and...

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Keeping the weight off with fresh veggies

Keeping the Weight Off with Fresh Veggies

September 3, 2024
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Fit and Strong

I love veggies from the garden. I know it is helps me in keeping the weight off. My favorite is roasted vegetables. After losing a significant amount of weight between 2007 and 2012,  I've been working on keeping the weight off and staying fit and strong. For those that listen to the podcast and are part of the Becoming Elli community, it comes as no surprise that one of my "secrets" for keeping the weight off is by eating lots of vegetables. If you haven't heard our "story" before, you may want to listen to our 3rd podcast episode called: Turning 50 and getting fit [caption id="attachment_7291" align="aligncenter" width="225"] I slice the zucchini in half and then length wise[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7292" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Trying to keep them a uniform...

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