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Do you have a special friend who is a nurturer and a positive presence in your life? If not, I hope you find someone like my friend, Lisa, who elevates people by her outlook on life and being a champion and cheerleader for her friends and family. In her early 60s, Lisa spent over 20Continue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Nurturing Others…and, Yourself”

The Food Marketing Institute Foundation has established September as Family Meals Month. While the campaign is focused on getting families to eat at least one additional meal together each week, let’s look at what a “family” means to adults over 50. For many of you, your household may be shrinking for many reasons. Maybe your kidsContinue reading “Food and Fitness After 50: Family Meals Month”

On her recent birthday, my friend Sheah got a Hamsa tattooed on her right shoulder for protection from the evil eye. When you know her history of eye issues, you will understand why she desires protection. Now in her 60s, she sported her first pair of glasses at age 6 and her severe myopia madeContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize”

Happy 66th birthday to my husband, Rob. So, disclosure, this post is about my terrific spouse, but I promise there will be a nicer birthday gift than just writing about him! Rob attributes his healthy aging to regular physical activity and being married to a dietitian (smart man!) He has always maintained a healthy weight,Continue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: The Power of Journaling for Maintaining Weight Loss”

Bonne, now in her mid-70s, is a California gal at heart, even though she now lives in the southeastern U.S. Born and raised in California, Bonne embraced the west coast fitness movement in the 1960s and 1970s to keep her body and her health in the best possible shape. Californians were ahead of the curveContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: A Healthy Mindset Can Provide Big Rewards”

This post was written by Dr. Bob Murray, my co-author of Food & Fitness After 50 Now in his mid-60s, William is two years into a new commitment to lead a healthy lifestyle. William exercised on and off (mostly off) over much of his life, but those efforts typically lasted only a few weeks beforeContinue reading “Food and Fitness After 50: The Value of Starting Slow to Meet Your Goals”

Helene is 62 years old and is frequently described as the “energizer bunny” in the early morning dance aerobics class at the YMCA. She inspires those of us in the back row, while she in turn is inspired by our instructor, Jean. After a 30-year career as a social studies and language arts teacher, HeleneContinue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: Being Well is Just as Important as Eating and Moving Well”

Meet Mike, a 64-year old artist who weighs the same as he did when he was in high school. How many of us can say that? Many of us over 50 live with chronic diseases, but Mike has been dealing with a serious disease since he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 34 years ago,Continue reading “Food & Fitness After 50: How to Age Well While Living with a Chronic Disease”

In a yoga class (or, as instructor Tina Howard calls it, “YoFlex”), we were in a stretching pose on our backs, legs reaching up to the ceiling, and flexing our feet, when we were told to write our favorite age in the air with our outstretched foot. I thought for a brief second before writingContinue reading “Why this dietitian encourages you to eat well, move well, and be well”

When talking about food and fitness for those over 50, it is the best of times, and sometimes the worst of times. Everyone want to know the ”best” exercise or food to eat to prevent aging. A quick Google search will provide you with many answers, unfortunately most of them are less than science-based andContinue reading “Why this dietitian promotes healthful eating and exercise for those over 50”