This post is all about sleep’s role in health, happiness, and my own reveal about what my recent Ironman training experience proved to me about sleep. Great sleep starts with a great mattress. I sleep on a Sleep Number bed, which has been a game-changer for #hotnotbothered. Unwelcome side effects of menopause include weight gain, lack of […]
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The emotion of Ironman triathlon has caught me. I keep telling myself that I can write this in a week or two. But I can’t. In two weeks it will be over. As my fingers type this post out it’s Wednesday. One week from Sunday I’ll be doing this thing. It wasn’t the experience I
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Are menopause myths holding you back? Menopause myths are plentiful. It’s time to bust a few right here. It’s hard to separate the aging myths from the menopause myths so you’ll find the blend here. 1. There’s only so much you can do “at your age” or “for your age.” The first menopause myth involves aging.
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Is your exercise making you older and fatter faster? This title could have been is exercise making you older, fatter, OR faster? I’m tackling a tough subject here and I haven’t taken it lightly. I haven’t written this post from say Thursday one week to Tuesday of the next and thrown it on the Flippingfifty.com
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Getting rid of belly pouch is the million dollar solve I wish I had. It’s one of the most frequently asked questions I’m asked and I wanted to share this reader question and my response here because it pertains to so many of you! That said, no advice I give should replace a medical doctor’s
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One of the hardest things about training for this Ironman has been listening. Listening to my body for signs of training fatigue, over training, and breakdown has always been important. It becomes much more important after 50. Rest and recovery have earned entire chapter in You Still Got It, Girl for good reason. They key is
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Warning: Truths about hormones and energy inside. If you’re not ready for real news, don’t read it! It’s been a busy week. For me those stack up to exciting, exhilarating, and both require and generate a lot of energy. I’ve got book deadlines, I’m in the every present editing stages for the kindle 1st edition.
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I am going to dive into endurance training details along with the hormone and supplement changes I’ve made recently today. First, though, I want your input. I’m rocked and shocked by the event in Las Vegas this week. And it compounds my apprehension about traveling to Mexico in November. As I finalize details, I’m having
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To think all of this began with hormone testing. I had a chat with my GI doctor yesterday (and no, I didn’t know I wanted one of those). Before I launch into what he thought about my recent elevated liver enzymes, I want to share his response when I asked his thoughts on a liver/gall
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Long workouts make sense for long endurance events. That’s logical. Riding for six hours sitting on a two-by-four is not a party. Yet, it’s what happens in a bike race (and I use that word lmao… who “races” for that long? I like to think of this as a “human race”) so it can be
Can’t fit long workouts in? Good! Why short more frequent works! Read More »
Shoulder
Circumference outside of both arms, at the armpit
Right Triceps
Halfway btwn shoulder & elbow, arm extended.
Hips
Find the widest point of girth at the hips
Right Thigh
Standing with weight on both legs, measure halfway between knee cap and hip flexor
Right Calf
Standing with weight on both legs, find the largest point of calf.
Chest
Measure from the rib cage just under breasts at bra line
Waist
At the belly button/umbilicus
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