FabFit50s

A blogger friend left a comment on one of my recent posts and included this great link.  (Thank you, Lisa!) In case you didn’t see Lisa’s comment, I’m devoting this post to it. It’s that important– and I don’t want you to miss it! The link provides cross-sections of two men’s thighs. Both are 74 years old. One [...]

To feel better now? Today? Or to try to lay the groundwork for a healthy future? In recent years, I’ve been touting the benefits of the latter. Maybe because I spend a lot of time thinking about the years ahead. And, it doesn’t hurt that I’m a health journalist. So I am constantly reading and [...]

  I’m probably not telling you anything new here, but here goes: What you did ten years ago doesn’t work as well today. The exercise plan you may have followed then just doesn’t do the trick. And the diet that used to knock off pounds without a great deal of pain or frustration no longer [...]

  After my last post, where I admitted falling while doing box jumps onto a weight bench, a friend called me to say, in essence, “What the heck are you doing jumping up on a bench, anyway?” Fair question. It’s not like I’m working on my basketball skills. I don’t really need a better vertical [...]

This is a departure from my usual posts. I was getting ready for the gym yesterday and noticed how dry my feet were. So I decided to rub some thick cream on them before putting on my socks and gym shoes. I know from experience that a few days of doing this will get my feet [...]

At a recent meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), data was presented that demonstrates postmenopausal women who gain a significant amount of weight have an increased risk for endometrial cancer. How significant? Well, a gain of 61 pounds can increase your risk for the cancer fourfold, the researchers found. Now, some of these [...]

1.      It’s (mostly) all about the diet. You need lean protein for cellular repair. Vegetables (and fruits in moderation) for their disease-fighting antioxidants and plant chemicals, and also fiber. Healthy fats to keep things functioning properly—from your brain to your joints. Some healthy, natural carbohydrates like yams, brown rice, legumes and oatmeal—for energy, fiber and those [...]

  I watched a lady at the grocery store today.She had to have been in her 80s. She may have come up to my chest, but it was hard to tell, really. She was bent over with osteoporosis. (You can see it at that age. I don’t know that it would have been quite so obvious [...]