Chicken Soup for the Soul: Say Hello to a Better Body! : Weight Loss and Fitness for Women Over 50
by Koven, Dr. SuzanneEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-05-01
Publisher(s): Chicken Soup for the Soul
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Summary
It can be hard for women over 50 to lose weight and stay fit. Bodies change and old strategies just don't seem to work anymore. But readers can find hope, encouragement and practical advice in this new book. Women share their stories and tips about new eating habits, exercise and motivation as they deal with obstacles such as menopause, problems sleeping, stress, osteoporosis and arthritis. Plus helpful medical information from Harvard Medical School professor and weight management specialist Dr. Suzanne Koven.
Author Biography
Suzanne Koven, MD has been a primary care internist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School for over twenty years. She is also a Boston Globe columnist and blogs for Boston.com.
Table of Contents
| A Turning Point | |
| Saying Hello | p. 1 |
| Not Your Mother's Menopause | p. 7 |
| New Seasons, New Reasons | p. 12 |
| Letting Go, Holding On | p. 15 |
| A Better Kind of Hot Flash | p. 19 |
| Tending My Rose Garden | p. 22 |
| Getting the Picture | p. 27 |
| The Whistle that Woke Me Up | p. 31 |
| Taking Stock | |
| You Are HERE | p. 39 |
| Beyond the Scale | p. 44 |
| A Health Inventory | p. 46 |
| The Next Step | p. 48 |
| Newly Hip | p. 51 |
| Reunion | p. 55 |
| Exercising Power; Gloria Ashby | p. 58 |
| Moving Forward | |
| Why Exercise? | p. 67 |
| What Kind? How Long? How Strenuous? | p. 70 |
| Staying Injury-Free | p. 73 |
| Making Time for Exercise | p. 75 |
| Raising the Barre | p. 77 |
| Row Strong, Live Long | p. 81 |
| My Walking Buddy | p. 85 |
| Keep It Steady | p. 89 |
| Running Like Sixty | p. 94 |
| Water Walking | p. 99 |
| Fabulous Fifties | p. 102 |
| The Silver Streakers | p. 107 |
| Food for Thought | |
| What Should I Eat? And How Much? | p. 115 |
| Emotional Eating | p. 139 |
| The Tiny Waist of the Fifties | p. 144 |
| The Closet Witch | p. 150 |
| The Power of Four; Kristine McGovern | p. 154 |
| An Apple a Day | p. 158 |
| Healthy from the Inside Out | p. 162 |
| Mom, Eat Your Vegetables | p. 166 |
| Voices | p. 171 |
| The Long Run | |
| To Live, Not to Diet | p. 177 |
| Back to Exercise | p. 180 |
| Life on Foot | p. 183 |
| 92 Years Fit | p. 187 |
| Saying Goodbye, for Now | p. 193 |
| Meet Our Contributors | p. 197 |
| About the Author | p. 203 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 205 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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