April 27th, 2010 by Linda | 3 Comments | Filed in Successful Aging
I don’t k
now about you but I am getting sick of hearing about the diet pills, new fad fitness promises and exercise moves that promise a younger-looking, healthier body. There is no diet or exercise “program” on the market today that will work for everyone, but I know we have all looked for the “magic bullet” that will do the trick for us. Maybe something seemed to work for you and the pounds came off, but didn’t they start creeping back on as soon as you didn’t follow “the plan” anymore?
What kind of life is it if we must follow and exercise or diet plan for the rest of our lives just to keep the pounds off and look 10 years younger. Being addicted to the bathroom scale is just as bad as being addicted to caffeine or alcohol. I have not been on a scale in a year and I just as soon never get on one again. At my age, I now judge how fit I am by how I feel. It gives me the freedom to live the way I want. I think deep down inside we all know how we feel (or should feel) when we are as healthy or as fit as we want to be.
I can tell when I am on the right road to living healthy and fit: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blood pressure, diet pill, Health, Physical fitness, Weight loss
April 8th, 2010 by Linda | 4 Comments | Filed in Successful Aging
There is clear indication that exercising our minds are one of the keys for successful aging. I was reading about a New Age of Centenarians on postitscience.com where the author discusses she just found out more than half the babies born in developed countries today will live to be over 100 years old.
I agree with the author that we must do all we can to live a vibrant life, however I don’t agree that living longer gives us an extra stage to now include four stages: childhood, adulthood, old age, and now really old age. I prefer to explain the additional years Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ageing, Brain, Centenarian, Middle age
March 28th, 2010 by Linda | No Comments | Filed in Where to Retire / Expat Living
We’ve all come across the occasional e-book for sale offering to teach us everything we need to know to retire like Kings in some tropical oasis overseas for pennies on the dollar. Although I always find these promises very tempting, I can usually restrain myself from shelling out my cold hard cash for them for a couple of reasons.
I guess common sense dictates that any place that offers such a low cost of living has to be in an area so remote that getting there and coming home for vacation would be an expensive nightmare. Furthermore, remote countries with a low GDP tend to have high levels of crime, less access to what we would consider basic amenities (indoor plumbing, cable television etc) and fewer English speakers, which makes learning the local language a time-consuming priority.
Although there are pros and cons to wherever you spend your retirement, millions of Americans do choose to pack up their bags every year and venture overseas with their retirement funds, so there Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ecuador, Guayaquil, Quito, South America
March 15th, 2010 by Linda | 4 Comments | Filed in Successful Aging
Second Middle Age and Baby Boomers
If you are like most of us, you probably believe that the improvements in aging and longer lifetimes means that you will be old for a longer time. This comes from the long-standing assumption that “old age” officially begins at the fixed chronological age of sixty-five. So adding more years would mean more years of “old age” to your life.
If you think in terms of old age with adjectives like decrepit, feeble, broken down and weak -what a bummer! I have good news for you because, this really has not been the case.
Lifetimes have grown longer, but physical aging has gradually and rather mysteriously slowed down. If you don’t believe me take a look at these pictures of two well known ladies approximately the same age but taken in different decades….. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ageing, Aging, Baby Boom Generation, baby boomer, Generations and Age Groups, Health, People, Year
March 1st, 2010 by Linda | No Comments | Filed in Second Act Living
Breast Cancer affects one in eight women during their lives. Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer.
It is one of those diseases which everyone knows someone who has, had, or is suffering from it. Each and every person diagnosed or affected by someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer has their own story to tell.
Since awareness is key for treatment and living with the diagnosis, I think it’s marvelous to see pink ribbons prominently displayed. But there are other ways to spread awareness of this disease and help families cope when they receive the diagnosis.
Mike Moroz has written a screenplay about his wife’s friend who was misdiagnosed because she’s. “too young to get breast cancer.” She was originally diagnosed with a Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: breast cancer, celebrating life, face the sun, pink ribbons
February 23rd, 2010 by Linda | No Comments | Filed in Second Act Living
I just love the Olympics. For me the Olympics are not so much for the sports as they are for the emotional sensations they bring out in me.
When I saw Lindsey Vonn, gold medal alpine skiier, down on her back, legs swinging through the air, crying , I have worked so hard for this..” I can almost relate to it.
I say almost, because I still have not reached my pinnacle of success like she has. I just imagine I will have her spirit when I do. My daughter, on the other hand, thinks she she was being very dramatic. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: apolo anton, gold medal winner, Lindsey Vonn, star spangled banner, winter olympics
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