Posts Tagged ‘AARP. The Best of Everything After 50’

FASHION FLASH! The Latest Tips From Your Favorite Beauty, Health and Style Bloggers!

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

FashionFlashNEWlogoHi everyone!  Best of Everything After 50 is hosting this week’s FASHION FLASH, which brings together your favorite beauty, health and style bloggers to tell you everything you want to know about getting fit, eating well, looking fab and being the best you can be . . . at any age!

This week, you’ll get tips on wearing the best shoes for the coolest looks, working out with music, getting your body ready for summer, fighting menopausal depression, embracing your body whatever your shape, the best skin care products, and so much more. Just click on the pink-highlighted links below to get to each article. And save a few minutes to watch my newest AARP YouTube Channel video: “Running After 50” (YES . . . RUNNING!!).  It’s at the end!

Enjoy the articles from the fabulous women who come together each week to bring you FASHION FLASH!! Yay!!

 

Female Fat Loss Over Forty logoDo you want to get into your summer clothes again and feel confident showing off a little arm or leg? Do you have 20 minutes to spare a day? Female Fat Loss Over 40 expert, Shawna K has a workout that will challenge you but change you.

 

 

AgingBackwards logoYour workouts just got easier and more fun! Jackie Silver from AgingBackwards.com found some new high-tech headphones that do just about everything except work out for you.

 

 

 

FabOverFifty logo“Live lives that are on fire!” Meet FOF Coach Lin Eleoff  at FabOverFifty.

 

 

menopause makeover logoAre you suffering from perimenopausal depression? Researchers have shown that hormones directly affect the brain chemistry that controls emotions and mood. Find out how you can manage depression at MenopauseMakeover.com.

 

Prime-Beauty logoAre you using a serum in your skincare regimen? Cindy over at Prime Beauty tells us about the benefits of Vitamin C for anti-aging, what to look for in a Vitamin C serum and why you should add this ingredient to your anti-aging arsenal!

 

Black Cat Plus logoThis plus size model has a message for all plus size women (which she told exclusively to BlackCatPlus.com) there is nothing negative about being plus size!

 

Moving Free with Mirabai logoMovingFreeWithMirabai.com says: Spring again, time to shape up. Can you gain without the pain? Boomer Fitness Guru, Mirabai Holland shows the way.

 

Fabulous After 40 logoLooking for fab shoes that are practical, stylish, and chic? Style expert Deborah Boland from Fabulous After 40 shares why block heels are a great in-between shoe if you don’t want to wear flats or high, skinny heels.

 

nononsensebeauty logoWhich has more anti-aging power?  Retin A or antioxidants?  Deb of No-Nonsense Beauty Blog sorts it out.

 

The-Best-of-Everything-After-50 logoHey everyone! Check out my newest AARP YouTube Channel video: RUNNING AFTER 50! I learned the secret to running after 50 (and beyond). Please share it with your friends, and subscribe to the series! Leave your questions and ideas about living your best life after 50 in the comments section below the video. I’d love to hear from you! Yay!

“The Best of Everything with Barbara Hannah Grufferman” AARP YouTube Series: Running After 50

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Celebrate NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS AWARENESS MONTH by Doing 20 Push-Ups . . . for the Rest of Your Life!

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Photo of AARP YouTube Series with BHGThe humble push-up is the ‘gold standard’ of exercises for getting arms strong, lean and sexy. And the added benefit is they are the BEST exercise in the world to help fight osteoporosis, which will affect over 57 million Americans this year.

To help make post50 Americans understand that osteoporosis is not a natural or inevitable part of aging, the National Osteoporosis Foundation is promoting its new campaign, “Break Free from Osteoporosis,” to kick off National Osteoporosis Month (May). (more…)

Break Free From Breaking Bones . . . for Life

Friday, April 19th, 2013

The-Best-of-Everything-After-50 logoThere’s a silent and stealthy disease you may not even know you have… until you fall.

A new study, “The 2010 Burden of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass among Residents of the U.S. Age 50 and Older,” released by the National Osteoporosis Foundation during its annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis reveals that the prevalence of low bone density and the risk of breaking a bone are far greater among people over 50 than previously realized. (more…)

Top Ten Things Advertisers Should Never Do (if they want us to love them!)

Friday, February 1st, 2013

The television industry — and the advertisers who fuel it — catered to the post 50 market for decades, creating a true symbiotic relationship. But somewhere along the way, we started to age out of the highly appealing 18-to-49-year-old demographic. Boomers were pushed off the radar screen as soon as we hit 50, watching helplessly from the sidelines as advertisers continued to focus on everyone under 49, who were, weirdly, not ‘us’. It was a paradigm shift we didn’t expect, and certainly didn’t want. (more…)

Vitamin D: You Know You Want it . . .

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Some great news was just released that is sure to make big believers in the power of vitamin D smile, and maybe just a little smug. Not only is this little “vitamin that could” essential for keeping our brain cells healthy and percolating as we age, but taken with calcium, it offers a host of other health benefits, too.

I got to know firsthand what combining vitamin D with calcium and strength training could do after I was diagnosed with osteopenia (a short train ride away from osteoporosis) when I turned 50 a few years ago. After following a daily program of taking the supplements, eating calcium-rich foods and doing push-ups (and a few other strengthening exercises), I stopped that osteoporsis train right in its tracks. Here’s the scoop . . .  (more…)