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Walking in sunshine with Peanut

Walking in Sunshine

April 16, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Motivation

I'm finding the motivation to walk again after the winter. It's definitely related to all the sunshine and new flowers that are in bloom. The last few weeks I've had Peanut out on the trails and paved paths in the area quite frequently. Although she's around 12 years old, she's lively and really enjoys the outdoors as much as I do. I find it's a great way to get some additional exercise each day and being in nature really makes me in a good mood.   Spring has arrived in Ohio! These are the first Dogwood flowers I've noticed. Higher temperatures have made them open earlier than usual!...

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Chris’ Three Focus Words for 2024 – Connection, Declutter, Yoga

January 27, 2024
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Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Motivation

For many years, Jill and I have selected 3 words to focus on for the year. We talked a bit about setting a focus for 2024 during our the end of the year podcast episode that was launched Dec 26, 2023 called Lessons Learned for Healthy Living with Chris and Jill. My three focus words for 2024 are: 1) Connection 2) Declutter 3) Yoga Connection When I think of connection, it's primarily connecting with friends but also a connection with what you call "loose acquaintances." I consider loose acquaintances the people you see in everyday life at the store, the gym, in line at the bank, and around town. Some people call these "weak ties."  As more and more of my work becomes digital, it's the loose acquaintances that seem to...

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Lessons Learned for Healthy Living with Chris and Jill -145

Lessons Learned for Healthy Living with Chris and Jill

December 26, 2023
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Fit and Strong, Motivation, Podcast

#145 - Lessons Learned for Healthy Living with Chris and Jill In episode 145, the hosts of Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast talk about the lessons they've learned for healthy living over the past six years. Chris and Jill also launch the 2024 Eating the Rainbow Challenge, while reflecting on 2023 and look forward to 2024. In this episode we discuss: Setting goals, milestones, changing focus, having a theme for the year, three words Highlights from 2023 episodes and some of the things that the guests said that really resonated with us. Six lessons learned during the 6 years of developing our Becoming Elli website, Facebook Group and Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast Our 2024 challenge: Eating the Rainbow. What it is and tracking your...

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Reinventing Ourselves with Wendy Battles

December 12, 2023
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Fit and Strong, Mental Health, Motivation, Podcast

144 - Reinventing Ourselves with Wendy Battles In episode 144, Jill and Chris talk with Wendy Battles,the host of the Reinvention Rebels podcast. Wendy interviews women between the ages of 50-90, who have reinvented themselves later in life. From traveling solo around the world with a carry-on bag at 60, to running in global marathons at 71, to launching a modeling career at 72, these women are boldly making their dreams a priority and reality. During the day, Wendy is a Cybersecurity Awareness expert at Yale University and by night she pursues her passion for celebrating, illuminating and elevating midlife and older women.  At 58, Wendy is a Reinvention Rebel herself, having reinvented herself many times during her life including as a management consultant, voice actor, and health...

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Ending the Year with a Goal

Ending the Year with a Goal

December 4, 2023
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5K, Fit and Strong, Motivation, Running

Here it is, early December of 2023, and I’m thinking about ending the year with a goal. People usually focus on setting goals for the new year and I’m sure I’ll do that too but I thought it would be best to set a goal for the end of the year. That way I can end the year strong and move into the new year feeling like I can do more. I signed up for a local 5K being held in the afternoon of New Year’s Eve day, i.e., December 31. I haven’t run a race since the Towpath half marathon I ran in October 2021. That’s over two years ago, which seems like a really long time. We were still following pandemic protocols so the race...

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Daily Habit Change with Colette Harris

July 12, 2022
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Fit and Strong, Motivation, Podcast

Episode 110 Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In episode 110. Jill and Chris talk with Colette Harris about how she transformed her health and body with nutrition and lifestyle changes. After she was diagnosed with Lipoedema and Fibromyalgia, Colette searched for recovery beyond pain medications. She made a series of daily habit changes over the course of several years to eliminate refined carbohydrates and sugar. She tells about her experience in reducing inflammation, eliminating pain and finding a healthy lifestyle. "Making small habit changes each day add up to BIG change." Colette is a health coach who lives in Lochwinnoch, Scotland and helps others with sugar detox and lifestyle transformations. She was in the U.S. Navy Reserves and enjoys traveling the world. We discuss Daily Habit...

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Ways to Get Started with Strength Training

Ways to Get Started with Strength Training

March 31, 2022
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Fit and Strong, Motivation, Work Outs

One thing I’ve noticed in the Becoming Elli community is that many of us are looking for ways to get started with strength training. Many women who have joined the Becoming Elli Facebook group (it’s a private group and if you haven’t joined, please do so!) want to get started with strength training. Most of us know how to do cardio exercises. We use the treadmill or the elliptical or we bicycle indoors and out. If you listen to the Fit Strong Women over 50 Podcast, you know that we talk a lot about the importance of strength training for women as we age. Why Strength Train? We lose muscle more quickly than men and that loss begins earlier than we’d like to think about. Losing muscle makes it...

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What is Sustainable Fitness?

December 2, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Motivation

I read a book a few years ago by a woman who was over 50 and lost a lot of weight. It was both her personal story and some advice on how to lose weight and develop some fitness. I didn’t remember a lot of the details but when I went back to the book recently, I realized that she said she lost 60 pounds in four months. Who knows if she actually did or not, though that seems extreme but I know it took me a long time to lose 60 pounds. I had thought of her because I thought perhaps she’d be a good guest on the Fit Strong Women over 50 podcast. (You do listen to that, don’t you?!) We like to talk...

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Finding Inspirational Music

Finding Inspirational Music for My Running Playlist

October 21, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Motivation, Running

I often listen to music when I run by myself so I’ve created my running playlist on Spotify. I wrote about this in 2018 (wow, that seems so long ago!) and was just making the transition from playing music from a variety of sources to using Spotify. Now I just have my playlist and listen to that when I need some motivation or distraction or just a good beat to run with.  I don’t usually listen to music when I’m running with someone or if I just want to listen to the sounds of nature. I see that some of the songs that I mentioned in my earlier post are still on my playlist. Some of them I’ve forgotten about. Also, I said I was considering...

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Get off the Couch Shawn Tegtmeier

Get off the Couch with Shawn Tegtmeier

September 28, 2021
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Fit and Strong, Motivation, Podcast, Running

Episode 91 - Get off the Couch Download | Play in New Window Please Subscribe: Apple Podcasts  (iTunes) | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Android-Google Play | Audible |  Stitcher | Player FM | Castbox | Tunein | Spotify | RSS In Episode 91, Jill and Chris talk with Shawn Tegtmeier, a former chain smoking couch potato, now a full time personal trainer with several certifications and a published author. She lives in the "Chicagoland" area with her husband and two dogs. In her off time she enjoys running, reading, putzing around the yard and simply enjoying time with her two adult sons. During the podcast we discussed: How she started with her health changes How she maintains her weight loss How she managed to quit smoking What motivate her to stay fit and healthy? Her advice to her clients about working out and...

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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.

Chris Brown & Jill McCauslin

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