Weight gain after menopause is not uncommon. My mom was struggling with high cholesterol and extra weight after 50. She did my Slim on Starch Program and at 63 ...
We love Shelley From Fabulous 50s and this video is easy to follow. With over 1.5 million views you know you are not alone with knee pain issues.
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Our kids are talking about PFAS do you know what they are?
The Biden administration has new plans to reduce the amount of PFAS or âforever chemicalsâ in Amer...
Want to start a dinnertime conversation guaranteed to unite everyone, regardless of politics, wealth, temperament and intelligence? No easy feat ever but especially tough in the madness of todayâs world. Iâve found one I believe that finds us all on the same side âŠthe frustration of dealing with the before, during and aftermath of our annual visit to the doctor.
âWe are experiencing heavier than usual wait times,â begins the process, upping the anxiety ante. When does the clock ever strike âusualâ timeâ I wonder. Being a veteran of this time suck, I usually put her on speaker while I distract myself with some predetermined activity. An alternative to murdering somebody. It occurs to me how grateful I am not to be bleeding at that moment. âYour call is very important to us,â she continues. You know what? I donât believe it is. Prove me wrong and just answer the phone....
Dr. Susan is dedicated to women's health and BA50 loves her detailed advice and research on all things menopausal and post 50. Here's a topic that many of us do...
Sometimes I think it would be easier to lose 45 pounds, but all I have wanted for the last many years is to lose 5.
Iâve tried exercising more, eating less, ...
âSheâs such a bitch.â
            âEverything I say annoys her.â
            âNothing I do is right.â
            âSheâs only nice to me when she needs money.â
            âWhat happened to my sweet little girl?â
Do these laments sound familiar?  They do to me because at some point since my daughter, Britt, went to college, graduated and  moved to New York City  I have uttered each one. But over the past twelve years I have found myself lamenting less and enjoying her more. Why? Did she change? Or did I? A bit of both but weighted much more heavily on me.Â
Iâm not sure if it was a conscious decision but I think this complaining about my adult daughter diminished when I started to view her for what she is in that order: ADULT then DAUGHTER. Once I changed my perspective to treat her as an adult first, my daughter second, our relationship became much less strained and tenuous. ...
Johns Hopkins orthopaedic hip and knee surgeon, Savyasachi "Savya" Thakkar, explains who is a candidate for knee replacement surgery, and what to expect during ...
When 6 friends decided to wear the same shirt they brought to our 15th annual outing in the mountains and took this picture, it turned out we captured way more ...
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This Juice will Cleanse and help you lose weight. It is easy and effective and thereâs a a reason this video has ...
Throughout the pandemic, I had many conversations with friends and family about our coping skills during lockdown. Some ate more. Â Some drank more. Â Some hiked more. Â Some sat on the couch more, and some read more. Â For myself, I turned to something that Iâm really good at â watching TV. Â Itâs a skill Iâve been honing since I was a child....
Last month, I borrowed my ex-husbandâs car to visit my son, daughter-in-law, and their little guy (read about becoming a grandmother here). As soon as I arrived at the parking garage, the attendant said, âIâm sorry, but the carâs dead.â
My ex immediately answered the phone when I called, arranged for a jump, and said, âcall me along the way.â
He called me while I was driving, âeverything okay? Call me when you get there.â
Pleased that he was concerned, I thought he was being dramatic. âI fine. Iâm will.â
But I never got there. The car wouldnât restart at the rest stop forty-five minutes from my destination.
My ex gave me the info I needed to get the car on the road again and where to drop it off. âCall me if you have any problems.â
My bestie, Sonia, sat on the phone with me until the car service showed up. Finally, on my way back into the city, I held my breath, clenched my butt cheeks, and drove the ninety-minute ride feeling sorry for myself. I missed feeling taken care of by my husband like he did so many years ago. I knew I didnât want to be married to him, but then damnit, why am I crying?...
Thereâs a dark side to this âhealthierâ chocolate. Research has found that some dark chocolate bars contain cadmium and leadâtwo heavy metals linked to a host of health problems in children and adults.
The chocolate industry has been grappling with ways to lower those levels. To see how much of a risk these favorite treats pose, Consumer Reports scientists recently measured the amount of heavy metals in 28 dark chocolate bars. They detected cadmium and lead in all of them.
Consumer Reports found dangerous heavy metals in chocolate from Hershey's, Theo, Trader Joe's, and other popular brands. Here are the ones that had the most, and some that are safer....
Prior to my colonoscopy, I needed to know what diabetes medications I should take since I would be fasting. My endocrinologist told me to take one of my medications, but not the others. That sounded like harmful advice because that medication is always taken with food, and I wasnât supposed to eat during the pre-colonoscopy prep period My research confirmed that this medicine should not be taken before having a colonoscopy....
Everyone is guilty of asking....How old are you or How old is She? But why do we ask that question?
What are we really getting at when we ask that question? Is it a competition as younger is better? Maybe that's why we ask? But I've been thinking, I mean most of my friends are within 5 to 7Â years of each other -- why are we so obsessed about how old we are?Â
What's strange is that question has always annoyed me because it makes me feel pigeon holed --- and that's because my real age casts me in a place that doesn't reflect how I really feel. Disclosing my real age strikes me as incorrect, that I need to rethink the number as there may be some miscalculation.
When I think about my real age, I think someone got it wrong. I mean how can I be in my 60's which feels perhaps too old to feel the way I feel . I am still doing pretty much everything I did in my 50's...
Yes....almost everything with modifications and some things I'm doing way better!...
Taking Hormones pre and post menopause when symptomatic is a discussion that every BA50 should have with their GYN. The HRT door was closed on most of us due to a 2002 WHI (Women's Health Initiative) study that has recently been revisited and determined to be flawed and therefore not the last word. See New York Times post by Susan Dominus Titled: Women Have Been Misled About Menopause.
So the question for women of whether to start HRT, meaning -- Estrogen, Testosterone and other hormone replacements in your 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's -- is front and center and back on the table thanks to Susan Dominus.
I was thrilled to talk to Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith, Founder of the Complete Midlife Wellness Center in Houston, about HRT and the decision to start taking hormones even 10 years post menopause, in our 60's, for the first time. This is an important interview that every BA50 will want to listen to if they are interested in educating themselves about whether HRT is something they may want to talk to their Dr. about.
Dr. Susan deals with the benefits and risks to consider when making your decision and she is very encouraging.
This interview is a continuation of last week's discussion on BA50 about why Doctors are still making decisions for us about our hormone health based on a study that is more than 20 years old which has so many flaws?Â
Dr. Susan addresses the risks of HRT as it relates to blood clots, heart health, bone health and breast cancer and who is at risk and if you are over 60. Be sure to listen all the way through because we have many more options than we were previously told.
Dr. Susan believes everyone is a candidate for HRT as it addresses so many of our aging symptoms.
Question: "If we aren't in menopause and don't have hot flashes BUT have bone health, memory concerns, thinning skin, sleep, vaginal dryness, UTI issues etc....should we be taking Estrogen?"
Question: "What are the risks and can we take Estrogen long term?"
Click to listen this interview........
This past thanksgiving, I asked my mother how old she was in her head. She didnât pause, didnât look up, didnât even ask me to repeat the question, which would ...
We are learning about Frontotemporal Dementia -- FTD because of Bruce Willis' diagnosis this week at the age of 67.
Apparently this disease can affect anyone...