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#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 results
What we like to throw together for dinner when running short of time.

Links:

Our Becoming Elli private Facebook group. Invite a friend to listen to the podcast, sign up for our group, we know that talking about things with a friend helps to improve sticking to goals
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Eat The Rainbow Challenge information and checklist download

Our Best Episodes of the 2023 Fit Strong Women Over 50 Podcast:

Reinventing Ourselves with Wendy Battles
Becoming Fit and Strong Using a Movement Practice with Diane Allen
Better Health and Wellness with Sarah Koszak
Anti-Cancer Strategies with Jeanette Evans
Amazing Female Athletes with Elizabeth Emery
New Goals and Dreams with Wendy Green
Control Your Own Health Care with Susan Salenger
Chiropractic Care with Dr. Danielle Peebles
Fluid Running with Jennifer Conroyd
Healthy Weight from Spices and Greens
Fit, Fierce, & Fabulous with Karín Feltman
Natural Remedies for Vibrant Health with Shivani Gupta
Ninja Warrior and Swimmer Ginny MacColl
Aging Youthfully with Joanna Bowen
Original Strength with Dani Almeyda
The Best Shape of Her Life with Laurie LeBlanc
Midlife Mastery with Linda Stephens
Eat and Flourish with Mary Beth Albright
Small Simple Changes with Hope Zvara
Food Confidence with Danielle Omar
Necessary Nutrition with Robin Allen
Wellness through Movement with Shebah Carfagna

Just click on any of these links to go to the show notes page to read about the episode and listen to the podcast.

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 was fine but the after-race felt a bit lonely. I’m sure this race will be much more social.

This year has felt like a year without many fitness goals. Lots of thinking about what I’d like to be doing but because I didn’t have anything really set as a goal, I feel like not a lot happened.

I’ve been trying to run recently but it’s been intermittent. So, even though I’ve been running, I haven’t really concentrated on training for a run.

Over this past weekend I went out just to see if I could actually run a 5K. I took off on my normal trail and thought I’d run about 1.6 miles one way and then turn around and run back. That would get me the required distance and I’d be fairly close to home when I finished.

To my surprise, I was able to run the whole distance without having to stop. I confess that there were a couple of times that I had to stop to cross a street and I enjoyed those brief breaks. Why is there not more traffic when you want to stand and watch cars go by while you catch your breath? I felt good after the run. I wasn’t too tired and I wasn’t particularly sore. All good news.

It’s great to have a race on the calendar and to know that I have to get out to train a bit more if I want to run this race successfully.

I know I won’t run it as fast as I would have a few years ago but that’s ok. My goal is to get out there and do it.

Maybe this will motivate me to put more races on my calendar as we move into 2024. Making a commitment really does help me with my motivation and discipline.

Let me know if you’re ending the year with a goal. Or, if you’re planning on starting the new year with some goals.

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Lessons Learned for Healthy Living with Chris and Jill

Ending the Year with a Goal