The Flipping 50 Show

Your Virtual Spa Day to Reverse Aging She had me at, Reverse aging naturally in one visit. We’re taking you on a virtual visit to Santa Fe Soul Center for Optimal Health. I’m so excited! I’ve put on my robe and slippers… hearing water trickle off the little waterfall, sipping infused water, and I am ready for a spa day with Robyn Benson. For 26 years, Robyn Benson, Dr. of Oriental medicine has app...

Got plans to get fit this summer? It's a perfect time to do it! More hours of sunlight and easy, breezy ways to move without tons of layers and mittens may inspire you. But then there's the Moscow Mules and campfires, the wedding cakes, and long brunches. You can get fit without sabotaging yourself this summer with this simple 10 ways to get fit (and avoid sabotage).  Stock up on Protein and Fiber...

Are you gettingenough protein for Flipping 50 with energy and vitality? Do you know now much is enough? While most adults know protein is important a large percent polled randomly while grocery shopping don’t know if they’re getting enough protein. We’re diving into high quality protein needs for flipping 50 on this episode. So whether you’re a vegan or love meat, whether you’re struggling to see...

Fitness myths have been abundant since fitness was a "thing." For women in midlife dealing with hormone changes, some possible joint issues or conditions, and old thoughts and beliefs, they can really be the obstacle between feeling lousy and feeling amazing!  I bust 5 of the most common fitness myths - that are of concern for women flipping 50 in this episode.  “I’ve always been told weight train...

Cortisol and adrenalin can cause illness and weight gain, even in the best of circumstances.  With a great life, great career, family, and home, nothing made sense for Christy Mattoon. She was suffering and struggling with an autoimmune disease. She weighed 300 pounds. Here's how she went from getting sicker and sicker to healer.  Cortisol and adrenalin were wreaking havoc in Christy's body even t...

Do you have a money mindset holding you back?  Deborah J. Fryer, PhD is a catalyst for change and a transformational coach and speaker. She works with creative, spiritual, high-achieving entrepreneurs to help them tap into greater confidence, creativity, productivity, prosperity and inner peace.  She Tells Her Money Mindset Story: Yes. Headlines are I quit my life as a filmmaker in my 40s to go to...

Fat burning after 50. Possible? Yes.  Trickier? Yes.  How do you burn fat, and lose weight without increasing cortisol, making it all backfire on you anyway?  Not in the traditional ways you've been taught for sure.  Five fat burning studies I'm sharing here will give you hope.  Fat burning studies I share with you today include: two on the effects of phytochemical on fat oxidation, aka, fat burni...

Have you wondered why can’t you stick with exercise or diet changes? Could emotional obstacles be holding you back?  In the pursuit weight loss or fitness at any time, but particularly in midlife, we bump into obstacles. It becomes pretty clear there are more obstacles that diet, exercise, and sleep. It may first be a matter of what to do, or what’s realistic to do that is required. When you do kn...

What Is Your Body Composition and Why Does It Matter More Now? Typical measures for fitness or diet programs include: Weight Inches BMI Body fat What about Fat Matters: Where it’s stored Belly fat – visceral fat Hips-thighs-butt-arms Clues Your Risk Clues how to Lose it Diet Effect Carbohydrates: Every 1 part carb store 3 parts water. Reduce carbs… lose water weight Do you keep it off? Do you suff...

Wealth and health in midlife aren't mutually exclusive and it's not too late.  Ann Sanfelippo wasn’t born with money, didn’t marry for money, and didn’t divorce for money. From her humble beginnings and second starts, she’s created both wealth and health in her life, and she shares how you can too. International best-selling author, speaker, and mentor Ann Sanfelippo is the creator of the Wealth A...

Fat loss after 50, or at any age, is perplexing. The loss of fat signals the body to do everything it can to regain fat. The very thing you do to lose fat causes the body to readily store more. Syliva Tara discovered this in her personal journey of fat loss. Her biochemistry background led her to research the science and wrap it up in a book. In her best-selling book, The Secret Life of Fat, she r...

Self-care expert and Flipping 50 guest Suzanne Choplin is a certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, dancer, and yoga instructor with over 13 years experience in the field of movement and fitness. Her business is called C.A.K.E. What does C.A.K.E. Lifestyle and Personal Training stand for? Care and kindness every day.   Suzanne's upcoming summit starts soon! It all launches April 6 through...

How can you stay young and be the wisdom and the fun for your kids?  Fatigue, bloating, or stress getting to you? Women who do so much for so many often don’t do enough for themselves or listen to the messages the body is constantly sending.  Dr. Michelle Sands is a licensed Functional Medicine Physician and Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine passionate about helping moms harness the power of nature...

In the exercise for hormone balance scheme of things you are not a textbook exercise prescription. Progesterone is a trick to figure out sometimes. The signs can be similar to adrenal fatigue, premenstrual syndrome, or just the chronic fatigue you’ve learned to tolerate. This episode I dive into exercise for hormone balance and how it relates to progesterone. What it is and what it does: Anti-infl...

Are you flipping 50 looking for a new or a renewed relationship? Nicole DiRocco shares steps to optimize relationships after 50. We’re skipping the dating do’s and don’ts and going for the real readiness tests today. This dimension of wellness is a crucial part of total health and it’s much more tied to your fitness than you might think at first glance. Historically, data show that men or women in...

Getting and keeping fitness & metabolism after 50 are challenging before you figure out the tools you were given in the last few decades don’t serve you anymore. There are three pillars, or balls you’ve got to juggle in order to make it all work for you. In this episode I share all three and give you examples of each pillar. They each play a big part in your metabolism after 50. The 3 Pillars: Hor...

If your digestion is off you're not going to feel like moving your body more. Simple as that. Here's how to get moving if you're constipated, or get more regular if you're unpredictable, or reduce bloating and gas. Digestion can go wrong a lot of ways. The biggest digestive issue for women in midlife is constipation. They aren't talking about it. Not with their doctors, their spouses, friends or t...

Is your skin care making you fat? Hormone disruptors hide in a lot of beauty products, which isn't pretty at all.  Eating and exercise are obvious ways to tackle the belly fat that hormone imbalance can cause. Sleep and stress are understandable. Are you sure about your skincare routine and those products you're putting on your skin by 9am most mornings? Abby Jean from Annmarie Skincare is my gues...

Are you too struggling with hot flashes, night sweats, or menopause weight gain? Have you been told by a doctor, trainer, or nutritionist that it’s just age and a phase? My guest to day is Denise Stegall, Healthy Living Coach. Denise has years of experience working in restaurants focused on nutrition and menu creation. She’s attended classed at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and the New Orleans Cooking E...

Are you motivated? Do you think it takes discipline and willpower to get fit after 50? Do you think you simply don't have it? Do you have clarity around these two things:  1. what exactly you want/want to change 2. how to get it Women notoriously have a challenge stopping to put themselves and their own wishes first. They say they want to but when they really have the chance it's hard! You've been...

Better Exercise Results Does Not Mean More Exercise   Wouldn’t we all like better exercise results? Traditionally that meant more. More time, more repetitions, more sets, more speed, more something. The question isn’t whether you’re exercising or not. It’s whether what you’re doing is really making a difference.  It’s so much like running a business that I can’t help but compare business and fitne...

In this episode my guest is your body, sharing information about fat loss. I really am lazy and I don’t like carrying this extra fat around any more than you do It’s not what you burn during exercise that matters for fat loss When you exercise more and eat less I get confused When I’m confused I’m going to protect you by storing fat When I need to shed weight under stress I shed muscle, fat, and w...

Kim Acedo, MS, CHWC works exclusively with women in midlife who have been putting their health and self-care on the back burner for most of their lives and now in their midlife years say “It’s MY turn to take care of ME!” Through her virtual coaching programs, Kim empowers her clients to build confidence, resilience, hope, self-motivation, and make lasting changes to their health and well‐being. S...

Diets about food are abundant! What about detoxing from all the chemicals and pollutants that confuse your hormones, slow your metabolism, and make you feel like it's your fault? You're exercising after all and eating "healthy" but nothing, nada, no progress? Well, never fear, it doesn't take less food, more exercise, in fact quite the opposite though it does take paying attention to some other th...

Wake up your workout and your results with these four simple ways to increase the intensity. You can change speed or weight, properly, depending on your body and goals.  If you're a beginner or restarting your workout, set your foundation again first. Then you can look at adding one or more of these in a couple weeks. Women over 50 lifting weights are setting themselves up for a higher metabolism...