Welcome to Becoming Elli

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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Monday - Friday working out
Saturday - Sunday and eating right!

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Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast

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Losing 100 pounds and Finding Health with Karen Clark-Snitchler be 171

Losing 100 Pounds and Finding Health with Karen Clark-Snitchler

#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

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 170 - be

Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler

#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...

3 focus words for 2025

2025 Three Focus Words for Chris

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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