How To Create Your Fittest Future Self with Kathleen Trotter

We are culturally programmed to focus on the outcome – not the journey. Afterall, we are rewarded for outcomes. But this model applies poorly to health and fitness. When we focus primarily on “losing weight” or “getting fit,” we miss a huge component of creating sustainable life-long change. And that’s the journey – as in…

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Coach’s Corner – Reflections on 99 Episodes

In this week’s episode of the Coach’s Corner I start out by reflecting back on some of the highlights of this podcast so far, and then I spend a few minutes talking about some exciting changes that are happening here at the Over 50 Health & Wellness podcast in the coming new year.  The links…

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Reverse Dieting Demystified with Holly Baxter

Imagine this scenario. You’re 30 pounds overweight, and in fact you’ve been overweight pretty much all of your adult life. Perhaps you’ve lost some or all of this weight several times in the last 25 years. The times you’ve tried dieting have been awful. You were constantly hungry, you were cranky, and a few weeks…

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Coach’s Corner – Does Your Food Need a Warning Label?

In this week’s episode of the Coach’s Corner I start out by talking about Newsweek’s recent cover story titled “Toxic Food: You Meal Should Come with a Warning Label.” And why I think this is such a big deal. Then I talk a bit about how much sugar the average person consumes, why that’s very…

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Intermittent Fasting for Vibrant Health with Laurie Lewis

Intermittent fasting seems to be all the rage right now. When people find out I’m a nutrition coach, one of the most common questions I get asked is “What do you think about intermittent fasting?” And to be honest, as a weight loss tool, I’ve been fairly neutral. If you enjoy eating that way and…

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Coach’s Corner – New Year’s Resolution Diets

In this week’s episode of the Coach’s Corner I start out by talking about New Year’s Resolution Diets – since apparently a whopping 26 million of us will be doing this – and then spend the rest of the time discussing exactly what is a reasonable expectation for how long weight loss should take. The…

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Train to Age with Joni Grant

Let me ask you a question. Who’s in charge of your health and wellbeing? I mean, who has ultimate responsibility for your health as you age? We’re conditioned to believe that this is the responsibility of the medical community, since after all they are the experts. They spent all those grueling years in medical school,…

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