Flex Your Age: Defy Stereotypes and Reclaim Empowerment

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Now, she’s a huge believer in the mind-body connection, and says she became overweight in midlife because she was unhappy. Uncurable is a hard word to accept, but fortunately my “affliction” is treatable, so after having treatment, I was kind of a mess and in need of help and a place to exercise.

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I was hoping for some thing that would help me get motivated to get back into shape now that I’m getting older it’s getting more difficult. In a minigame similar to Dodge the Teapots of Doom by Clockwork, players must dodge colorful teapots that teleport players to the start when touched. When she arrived in Canada to stay for Christmas one year, Michelle - a health and fitness coach - realised Joan was on a slippery slope to becoming less mobile.But for those that aren't, all we need sometimes is advice about how to make specific, sustainable, and successful decisions that can alter the course of how our lives go from that point forward. I also found this book to be full of platitudes not inspiring statements but just platitudes, things that have been said better hundreds of times. Change is intimidating, but this book will help you learn what you're capable of--and how to enrich yourself no matter at what stage in life you are. Honestly this reads primarily as an infomercial for their Instagrams and for Joan’s app and Michelle’s coaching business. We pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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It’s only really in the last year that I’ve accepted it and said to myself, ‘OK now, people recognise you, so you’d better smarten up!This is a social game, don't be toxic and don't actually flex (too much); people just want to hangout and talk, please respect others and don't break ToS. But for those that aren't, sometimes all we need is some guidance on how to make specific, sustainable, and successful modifications that can alter the course of how our lives go from that point forward. When Michelle saw how I was, huffing and puffing trying to go upstairs… well, she knew she had to do something. With Joan and Michelle by your side, you'll discover how to make changes for today, changes for tomorrow, and changes for the remainder of your life-long may you live.

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So many people become obese because they are unhappy,” she says, “but they’re not able to verbalise it. But you'll also learn motivation techniques, fitness and nutrition fundamentals, and how to find and contribute to a community of support. She also started coaching women who wanted to have a major lifestyle change, working with them in what she terms “transformation groups. It’s nice to see Joan and other women taking charge of their health and not accepting decline as normal aging.When mild-mannered Canadian Joan MacDonald was 70, she was over 14 stone, and on medication for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and acid reflux.

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At best, this is a pep talk…from grandma…and I say that with the utmost respect since I too am a grandma.I am going to keep at it and see if there might be something worth reading but I think that this is going to be a DNF. Lucky me, I received a copy of Flex Your Age by Joan Macdonald who, along with her daughter Michelle (a certified strength and conditioning specialist), wrote this book to help others achieve the good health the authors enjoy. But for those that aren’t, all we need sometimes is advice about how to make specific, sustainable, and successful decisions that can alter the course of how our lives go from that point forward.