Exercise and Depression

 I considered  separate posts on each of the above topics but my goal since my 2024 update is to encourage my reader to be more active. In other words read then close the computer or phone and move your body.

Be more aware of what you SEE... more in what you are being TOLD. Then consider what stage your aging process is at. There are many well documented scientific facts on how aging affects the body.

For myself, I know I need more protein, and for me is a known fact that I have lost muscle mass with age. Do I worry now about weight gain as I did when younger? No. I make better dietary choices focusing on protein as I need a lot more protein with aging now yet have a decreased appetite.  

In the many different moves I stated in the updated 2024 post, I did not always lift weights. I always did some walking but not enough. Move. MOVE the body. This is probably the one statement that is the most important. The second is LIFT WEIGHTS. 

In the past I read and tried different dietary advice and chose so many different programs for exercise. Back then it was a period of so much being advised because of wanting to look a certain way.  Now I know better and make choices for an aging body. The surprising thing is with the choices I did make since becoming 50 I now get comments I look 20 years younger than my 75 years. 

The one comment I end any consultation with when recommending products is that what you put on the end of your fork is seen on your skin. Choose wisely.

It took me three years to be the competition lifter I now am. In the gym I lift weights with women over 80 years old. They began with 3 pound weights. It's important at our age to have a very competent trainer who watches the amount you lift and increases that weight as you progress.

I don't know what the years I have left will bring but I do know that is not only known to Jesus but is also up to me now more than ever. I will be more aware of what I SEE...obesity and disease that were once only attributed to the older population  are now seen in our children at younger ages. 

So now I question what I have been TOLD through many years. One being I don't need aggressive heart pounding exercise for 20 minutes or more as I once did. Not at this age and not for me. Try a great set of squats giving you strength and ability to get up from chairs or a good gym session of weight training. You will feel the heart pounding effects that not only strengthen the heart but avoid loss of muscle.

 Another very well known symptom of the aging process is depression. Exercise helps. Especially weight lifting!

God Bless and ❤️  Norma Jean

 

2024 UPDATE

As a first post since being silent for too many years the following I'd like to share with you. 

The family went through 5 moves in 4 states with job relocation. Though I was busy I quickly became aware that the moves would provide me more opportunities for education and experiences. That's what I did along with caring for family and many life changes.

Over those years I wrote a small book (His Foods) along with articles for a skin care publication (Dermascope). I taught in classes speaking to many about the importance of understanding our dietary choices and the effect on not only our daily lives when younger, but how those decisions impact us in our later years. Now at 75 I continue to have good health and 3 years ago returned back home where I am at the gym I joined over 45 years ago. More about this gym later. I only dabbled in various gym programs over my many moves and at times doing wery little of it. I did experience the dreaded menopausal weight gain which I no longer have.  I have become a power lifter and hold national titles for my age and weight group. We CAN hold on to good health as we age for our bodies strive to be healthier when we make even a few changes. I am now a skin care consultant and when I leave a customer with the education and importance of 3 products I always say one thing. What you choose to put into your body and on the end of your fork will show in the skin especially when older. I now focus my consulting business for women over 50 for we have way too many products we have bought over the years. Social media and advertising promising quick results often leave us disappointed and out of money we did not need to spend. I know how you feel for I tried a few of them too and you know what I did... I returned to what I knew worked with a focus on the SCIENCE of skin and body and a few products that do produce results.

I will post again soon. Many hugs and ❤️ Norma Jean