
Articles on nutrition, exercise, wellness and being fabulous after 50

6 Easy Exercises for Agility You Need Right Now
Easy Exercises for Agility So you’ve got your strength training sessions build into your week. You’re walking most days, maybe doing those intervals, and practicing that tough yoga balance pose. You’ve covered all your bases and you’re feeling pretty smug. Hold on just a minute. There’s something you’re missing. I know you may be thinking,
Could Fasting Improve Your Sleep?
This post covers the relationship between fasting and sleep, and my own experience regarding those topics. This post is sponsored by the good folks at Sleep Number. As always, all thoughts are my own. Improve Your Sleep with Fasting? You Must Be Kidding!Fasting can help, but before you do that, a great option can be

5 Ways Your Workouts Can Make Menopause Better
Can You Make Menopause Better? Yes. In the gym and in the kitchen you’ve got a dozen ways to make menopause better. Your trip through menopause can be easy and enjoyable. Here’s how the exercise you do can make menopause so much more pleasant! #1 Reduce Stress Let’s face it there are so many ways
The Between Workouts Checklist to Faster Fitness After 50
How does faster fitness after 50 sound? That’s what I’m serving up today. We so often focus on the sessions, the workouts, the exercises. We often don’t pay enough attention to what happens between workouts that boosts your fitness level. As a fitness instructor, trainer and trainer of trainers for 34 years, I’ve witnessed that

How I Stay Motivated to Exercise
Get and Stay Motivated to Exercise “How do you stay motivated to exercise?” It’s one of the most common questions I’m asked. I know my successful clients and friends who are committed are often asked this too. The truth may be we’re not all that motivated. We committed to it and we go because we
5 Ways to Exercise in the Heat Safely After 50
Summer may be over, but the heat is still on potentially. Exercise in the heat is an important consideration since stress and hormones can change the way you tolerate heat and the way your natural cooling system works. I include some of the things I use below – no relationship with any of these companies.

AARP’s Best Podcasts After 50 List | The Flipping 50 Podcast
We Made the Best Podcasts After 50 List! AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age, recently recognized the Flipping 50 podcast as one of nine best podcasts after 50. I’m thrilled. I’m thrilled for the guests that join me on
How to Get Off a Weight Loss Plateau After 50
This post is all about how to get off a weight loss plateau. It’s sponsored by the good folks Sleep Number. A sincere thanks to my client, Jennifer for sharing her story. All thoughts in this post are my own. A weight loss plateau is frustrating. After 50, it can seem downright hopeless. You’re already

How to Create and Keep a Morning Routine that Boosts Metabolism (At home or away)
Could your morning routine –or the lack of one- be sabotaging your metabolism? Things change. While you’re traveling SO much can change! Your body likes routine! Here’s where we go wrong so often. You’re in a different time zone. You eat later. You eat different. If you’re at a conference you’re socializing. You go to

How to Exercise for Hormone Balance
Exercise for hormone balance? Yes. This podcast is all about four women, or maybe you, who represent women in my programs and private clients I’ve worked with for nearly three decades.Before we dive in, this episode is brought to you my Flipping 50’s 28 Day Kickstart, and the last day to register is the day

Can You Break Up With Disordered Eating After 50?
Disordered eating after 50? This post is not very sexy but it hits on a topic that became a conversation between 35 and 40 years ago – when many of us flipping 50 were in our late teens, early 20’s and 30’s – flirting with it. Still today, the prevalence of eating disorders for many

How to Make Your Workout Boost Your Slow Metabolism
Got Slow Metabolism Issues? Is a slow metabolism the obstacle between you and your best you? For a lot of women 50 and over, it is. If you too are realizing that you’re doing the same thing and your weight or waistline or both are increasing, and trying to modify what you’re doing isn’t working,