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Training Her Way to Health with Jill Johnson

March 11, 2025

#174 -Training Her Way to Health with Jill Johnson Download | Open in New Window When we saw what Jill Johnson posted on social media at the beginning of this year, we knew we wanted to talk with her! Three years ago, she was not walking -fast forward to the end of 2024 when she was able to pull a sled with 4 plates equaling 245 pounds for nearly 50 feet across the gym floor! The video she posted is inspirational too! She attributes her success to surrounding herself with the right people: a strongman competitor who saw her potential and a coach who knew how to unlock it. She obviously knows about overcoming challenges, getting strong and being motivated. We discussed: What she did to lose 35 pounds and bring her...

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Sleep for Health and Fitness

March 5, 2025

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Getting sleep for health and fitness is crucial for me. From time to time I ask myself, "What's the MOST important thing I can do for my health and fitness?" My first thought usually revolves around food. Something that I shouldn't eat. Or something that I should eat more of. Then I think about exercise. Am I getting enough? Of the right kind - not too much cardio and not enough strength right? But what I have found is the very most important thing for me is getting enough sleep. Followed up by drinking enough water. Those are two really simple things actually, but also some of the first to go when I get busy and stressed. While the right foods and the right exercise is so important, I...

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Party and Diet with Kerstin Schulze

February 25, 2025

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#173 Party and Diet with Kerstin Schulze Download | Open in New Window In episode #173, Jill and Chris talk with Kerstin Schulze, a powerhouse in both entertainment and wellness. Originally from Germany, Kerstin’s journey began with a silver medal at the Junior Olympics in Berlin. From there, she pursued her love for performance with formal theater training and a business degree before making her way to Los Angeles. Kerstin’s acting career is extensive. She’s worked with many well-known actors and directors. To check out her acting life, click the link to find her IMDb page. She founded Party and Diet 24 years ago. It's an innovative fitness company that specializes in providing tailored nutritional and exercise programs, now designed specifically for individuals aged 40-75. We discuss: The challenges of maintaining...

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Commitment and Focus

February 18, 2025

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The purpose of today's post is to recommit my focus to staying fit and strong. Recently my sleep and stamina have been in short supply, so I'm starting again. Getting comfortable with starting again (and again and again) is probably the most important thing I've learned in the nearly 18 years I've been focusing on getting and staying fit. I'm sharing this in case someone else is also at the stage of starting again. Today I needed a bit of help from AI in figuring this out and I asked about getting stronger. These steps will help, but only if I actually do them. So this is what I'm thinking about for restarting my commitment and focus on strength building: Building strength requires both physical and mental commitment....

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Quick Go-To Dinners with Becoming Elli

February 11, 2025

Fit and Strong, Food and Drink, Podcast

#172 Quick Go-To Dinners with Becoming Elli Download | Open in New Window In episode #172 Jill and Chris explore quick go-to dinners that are easy to make and healthy for those nights that you are rushed and tempted to make less healthy choices. We feature quick go-to dinners from these individual episodes: Amanda Nighbert - episode #96 Living Energized and Nourished with Amanda Nighbert Carol Simpson - episode #109 Rock Climbing and Yoga with Carol SimpsonJone Carpenter - episode #104 Find Your Tribe with Jone CarpenterJoyce Guenther - episode #107 Bicycling all 50 States with Joyce GuentherKatie Orlando - episode #114 Sharing Love of Tennis with Katie Orlando Kristin Kirkpatrick - episode #82 Nutrition for Women over 50 with Kristin KirkpatrickLisa Bartlett - episode #86 Fit After Fifty Forever...

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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...

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...

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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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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Training Her Way to Health with Jill Johnson

Sleep for Health and Fitness

Party and Diet with Kerstin Schulze

Commitment and Focus

Quick Go-To Dinners with Becoming Elli

February 2025 Bingo

Losing 100 Pounds and Finding Health with Karen Clark-Snitchler

Make Your Own Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut

Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler

2025 Three Focus Words for Chris

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