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Possessing vitality and feeling well are participation sports. For retired, aging baby-boomers, its tempting to take it easy. The winter months can be difficult; we feel like holing-up. Thats okay, but dont let inactivity become your main activity.

We are fortunate in Seattle. To counter inactivity, we have a robust parks system with programming focused on the needs of the 50+ crowd. Seattle Parks & Recreation has a variety of activities and events each tailored to a specific subset of the aging crowd. The Lifelong Recreation programming takes into account individuals needs and abilities.

The lineup ranges from physical fitness to social outings. There are even activity options for individuals with limited mobility and/or dementia.

A multitude of resources

Did you know Seattle Parks has eight year-round public swimming pools plus two seasonal pools?

Did you know Seattle Parks & Recreation has 13 drop-in fitness centers? The cost to use? $3.00. If you are over age 65, its only $2.00!

There are 17 drop-in locations for pickleball. Volleyball, badminton, basketball, and table tennis are available at some community centers. Use of these spaces is free if you are 50+.

What do senior physical-fitness programs look like? There is circuit training, aerobics, Pilates, Tai Chi, yoga, and dance. There are water exercise programs for people with arthritis and exercises for improving balance.

In addition, Seattle Parks has field trips to points of interest that include trail walking and hikes of various lengths. Maybe youd like to go on a guided tour of the Central Seattle Public Library, the Museum of History and Industry, or the Starbucks Roastery?

For the more adventuresome, how about snowshoeing? Or, how about 3 to 6-mile-long hikes exploring Seattles diverse neighborhoods? Want to take your dog? There are 2 to 3-mile walks shared with other dog owners.

Its well known that ongoing social interaction slows aging; therefore, programs facilitating interaction are part of the Lifelong Recreation line up. How about storytelling? Lunch and a movie? An afternoon at a performance theater? Cards and games? An overnight adventure to Ocean Shores or a day trip to Crystal Mountain?

Feeling creative? How about oil, watercolor, or portrait drawing and painting? Printmaking?

Using your archive of still photos, how would you like to create an audio and visual story of your life? Do you want to learn new computer skills? How about refreshing your driving skills at a driver safety class?

Would you like to volunteer? The parks department organizes treks to the Food Lifeline to help with the handling and packaging of food. How about volunteering at an elementary school? Thats an option.

For those with dementia, there are special dance, art, and music classes.

Activities are hosted at Seattles 28 Community Centers. Its amazing how varied the programming is for the 50+ crowd. There is a richness of opportunity for staying active and engaged in living.

In addition to the Seattle Parks & Recreation programming, ten neighborhood Senior Centers in Seattle host activities.

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Heres a link to the most up-to-date directory of Seattle Parks Lifelong Recreation for ages 50+:http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/ParksAndRecreation/Programs/LifelongRecreation/LRPWinter2017Online11-30-16.pdfTo receive a catalog in the mail, send a written request to Lifelong Recreation, 4554 N.E. 41stStreet, Seattle, 98105.

You can directly contact Seattle Parks Lifelong Recreation at 206-615-0619.

Because many of the 50+ crowd have limited incomes, Seattle Parks has a scholarship program that waives 80 percent of participant fees for those who meet the income criteria.

So, come on, get out of your cocoon! Crawl out of your winter nest! Staying physically active and mentally engaged are the best remedies for slowing down the aging process. Take advantage of the opportunities right at your doorstep.

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Hormones can affect your mood, sex life, metabolism, energy levels, and more. For men, low testosterone levels can lead to lower energy levels, muscle atrophy, lower libido, and other life-changing effects. But on the opposite end of the spectrum, high testosterone levels for men can lead to overly aggressive behavior, infertility, hair loss, infertility, and acne.

But now researchers think that testosterone levels can influence the stock market significantly. They discovered that for male stock traders, they experience a high after making a profit, which causes them to quickly make risky stock market decisions soon after.

The phenomenon is called psychological momentum, which is when you're experiencing an emotional high and think life is going your way full throttle and that nothing can go wrong. One major factor that causes psychological momentum is a boost in testosterone, which occurs in men right after a successful event (e.g. winning a fight, making profit, etc.). But researchers found that this effect isn't pronounced in women.

The problem is that 90 percent of the participants of financial markets are male. Researcher Dr. Ze'ev Shtudiner says that this testosterone-driven psychological momentum causes male traders to take exaggerated risks that, collectively, make price bubbles. He advises that more female traders saturate markets for stabilization purposes since women don't succumb to the effect.

On the flip side, since enjoying a testosterone boost can raise your confidence and mood, it's good to have a boost here and there. In fact, by manually boosting your testosterone levels during non-crucial decisions, you can improve your self-control by testing yourself when you're experiencing psychological momentum. That means when you experience psychological momentum during high-risk times, you'll be better able to resist making a dumb decision.

Here are a few ways to naturally boost your testosterone:

Take shilajit. Shilajit is a fermented powder common to the Himalayas. It's an Ayurvedic remedy that researchers have proven has anti-cancer properties. It's also been found to boost your cognition and memory. Taking shilajit can also boost your testosterone levels safely.

Get good sleep and lose weight. Dr. George Yu of George Washington University Medical Center advises you to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night. He says poor sleep can cause low testosterone levels. Overweight and obese men have been found to tend to have low testosterone levels. Doctors say that losing weight can bring testosterone levels up.

Remember that after an accomplishment, you may get an overwhelming high that can cloud your immediate decisions. Keep a cool mind and try to get used to this high so you can have more self-control.

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Women tend to carry more fat around their stomach than men, and also find it harder to shift, particularly as they approach menopause. Steve Miller recently advised that one measure should be simply by looking down - and if your belly sticks out, he says, you are too fat.

Nutritionist Sarah Flower revealed how to lose belly fat - whatever your age.

Her top tip was eliminating sugars, and she said: Sugar is in almost all processed foods, so we should be particularly wary when consuming them in excess.

A diet high in sugar can have devastating consequences on our weight, as sugar is converted into glucose and pushed into our blood to be stored in our liver or muscle as glycogen. Any remaining stores are pushed into our fat cells, often straight to our muffin top.

Sugar consumption not only causes an insulin response, it also causes hormone imbalances, and can affect our ghrelin, leptin, and even cortisol production. Ghrelin is a hormone which sits in our stomach and when stimulated, makes us feel hungry and unsatisfied. On top of this, when consuming excess sugar our leptin response is shut off or slowed down, meaning we miss the signals of feeling full.

Recent research has also found that a consumption of pure fructose, such as in fruit juice, shuts off our leptin response. Although fruit is full of antioxidants and an essential element of a healthy diet, always consume your fruit in its whole form as the additional fibre slows down the digestion. Opt for the lowest fructose fruits such as berries, which are packed with phytonutrients. View fruit as natures candy and eat as a treat only.

One thing you should eat plenty of is fat. Sarah revealed: In the diet world, fat has long been demonised, however a diet rich in natural fats can actually aid weight loss whilst also having massive health benefits.

Carbohydrates have half the calories of fat, making us steer clear of fats, especially healthy fats, which fill us up, plump up our skin and have a major role to play in almost every part of our metabolism.

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Eating a diet rich in natural fats, free from sugars and refined carbohydrates, with moderate protein choices, can help you feel fuller for longer as well as regulate your blood sugar and therefore insulin response. Opt for good fats such as oily fish, grass-fed meats, avocados, nuts, seeds, butter, coconut oil, and olive oil.

Drinking plenty of water is advised as a cure for a myriad of health issues, and it is no different when thinking about belly fat.

Sarah said: We can often confuse being thirsty for hunger pangs. Drinking plenty of water will not only help combat dehydration, but also help detoxify your body, clearing any debris from our cells and flushing them out of the body. Drinking water can also be the key to weight loss as a hydrated body can burn fat and metabolise faster.

Hormones can be thrown into imbalance by stress too, so staying stress free is key.

Sarah said: When we are stressed our bodies produce more of the hormone cortisol. This in turn can make us more prone to weight gain, heart disease, and even diabetes.

It is vital to find at least 15 minutes a day to de-stress, whether it be going for a walk, or breathing in the fresh air and allowing your stress to evaporate. Whatever you opt for, ensure you are away from computer screens, mobile phones, and distractions, creating your own time out.

Sleep is also important for staying trim, as Sarah explained: Sleep deprivation can upset your natural hormone levels, including ghrelin; which stimulates appetite, particularly for carb-rich and sugary foods. At the same time, our leptin response falls, meaning our brain does not receive the message that we are full, and as a result, we are constantly hungry and will subsequently eat more.

Research has indicated this as a reason why shift workers find it so hard to maintain a healthy weight. If you have trouble sleeping, try to relax beforehand by reading a book or having a hot bath. Avoid caffeine and ensure your bedroom is a screen-free room.

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If you want to target the muffin top, focus on abdominal crunches, oblique twists, and leg raises

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Lights, particularly those omitted by screens, can reduce your melatonin production, making it harder for you to fall asleep. Magnesium is also worth considering as it is a fantastic muscle relaxer. Opt for a magnesium citrate supplement or soak in an Epson salt bath. Alternatively, balance your hunger hormones with a supplement, such as Slim-Nite from Power Health which uses amino acids to regulate hormones affecting appetite and weight.

You will only get a truly toned body by exercising. Sarah advised the best moves to do for a flat stomach, and said: If you want to target the muffin top, focus on abdominal crunches, oblique twists, and leg raises. Strengthen legs and bum by incorporating squats into the workout, and dont forget to introduce some weights which will speed up the toning process.

A good posture can also make all the difference to how your stomach looks. Sarah said: Good posture relies on good core strength, and can help to make you look leaner and tone the core muscles.

If you are not sure how to maintain good posture, try a Pilates class, where the focus is on building core strength and improving posture, as well as toning muscle. Pilates is a low impact exercise making it suitable for all ages and abilities.

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Too many people suffer an unintended loss of muscle when they diet. Muscles importance goes beyond keeping you moving. Muscle feeds your immune system during sickness or injury, lowers blood sugar after a meal and can even send out powerful chemical messengers (myokines) that lower inflammation. Keeping your muscle while dieting is critical.

Here is a bad scenario that plays out too frequently. You have great intentions and begin dieting. You lose weight and your clothes fit better. People notice a smaller you and the compliments start to flow. So, whats so bad? The lost weight included both fat and muscle. Without knowing it, you gave away the very thing that helps keep fat off.

Heres the thing about muscle. After you eat, muscle takes in blood sugar and stores it as glycogen. Glycogen is just a bunch of blood sugar molecules (glucose) bound together. If a diet has left you with smaller muscles, the sugar you eat is less likely to be stored and more likely to turn into fat and cholesterol. This means when you stop dieting, its easy to gain the weight back because less muscle means easier fat building.

So, what can we do to protect muscle and lose fat?

Exercise. First, muscle tension associated with exercise is a powerful signal to keep muscle protein. Use it or lose it. Second, exercise burns carbohydrates for energy and trains the muscle to store more sugar. A bigger, empty muscle gives the sugar you eat a place to go and helps prevent it from turning into fat or cholesterol.

Eat breakfast and make sure it includes protein. Muscle is constantly breaking down and building up protein. When you wake up in the morning after an overnight fast, breakdown is higher than buildup and you are losing muscle. Eating protein increases protein building in muscle. One amino acid, leucine, is particularly important. Its found in such foods as cheese, soybeans, beef, chicken, pork, nuts, seeds, seafood and beans. By simply introducing protein, muscle protein synthesis increases, resulting in positive net protein balance.

Never eat jellybeans and go to bed. A high sugar/no protein meal prior to bed is devastating to muscle. The sudden increase in blood sugar from the late night sugar hit is followed by a crash in blood sugar and amino acids. Low blood sugar and amino acids cause muscle to give up its amino acids to make sugar while you sleep, resulting in muscle loss.

Avoid lopsided consumption. Most adults in the United States get the majority of their protein (more than 60 percent) in one meal: dinner. Most people only need 15 to 25 grams of a good source of protein in a meal to maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis. Spread out your protein intake and appreciate that you dont need excessive protein.

These suggestions are not meant to replace your physicians recommendations. You should always consult with a health care professional before starting any diet or exercise program.

Dr. Weinert is a 1996 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic. He earned his M.S. in exercise science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Ph.D. in higher education at the University of Iowa. He is currently the college provost for Palmer College of Chiropractic, serving as the chief academic officer and overseeing Academic Affairs and Clinic Affairs at all three Palmer campuses.

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Chrissy Metz is the first to admit she's an emotional eater.

"I eat my feelingswhen I'm happy, when I'm sad," the actress tells MarieClaire.com. "When you do put the food down and those feelings come up, you're not being numbed anymore. You're like, 'I got to deal with this.' That is hard." For example, "If I'm upset or I have to confront somebody, I'm like, 'This feels really icky. Let me have a burrito.'" But Metz hopes to break that cycle. "I believe that if we haven't learned our lessons, they will continue to come and circle back around," the 36-year-old This Is Us star says. "Obviously I haven't figured it out with food."

Many viewers identify with her character Kate Pearson's struggle to get healthierMetz included. "I do want to lose weight," she says. "But not because anyone is telling me to do it."

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"I don't worry about numbers," she adds. "It just messes with my mind."

Contrary to misconstrued quotes from prior interviews, losing weight isn't a job requirement as This Is Us grows in popularity. "Nothing is mandated. It's not like, 'If you sign this contract you have to do this,'" Metz says. "We haven't even talked about an actual number with Kate. Ever."

Instead, Metz's goal is simply "to be proportioned. I carry a lot of my weight in my stomach. I just want to have...not even a number, but to have my body in a different shape."

Metz, who first tried Weight Watchers at age 11, simply doesn't know how. "I can't tell you how many times I've tried..." she says. After past diet and exercise attempts failed, she's willing to do whatever it takes: "I would love to go on The Biggest Loser, where it's a concentrated thing."

On the flip side, Metz is grateful to represent women who aren't a sample size. "Size doesn't equate to beauty. I don't understand why that's a thing. Well, I do, because the media has told us thin is beautiful. But is it? Because I think people are miserable not eating and smoking cigarettes," she says. "I've had roommates who were thin girls and constantly working out and trying to stay under a certain size. Even the average girl looks 10 pounds heavier on the screen."

Hollywood still has a long way to go regarding body diversityparticularly when it comes to fashion. Thankfully, Metz's stylist has relationship with multiple plus-size brands. "Society Plus, Torrid, Eloquii want to design stuff for me. I'm so grateful for the designers who are excitedI remember growing up and having no options at allbut other designers haven't really reached out. I don't know why they think that their clothes lose integrity by being cut bigger. But it's their art," she tells the website. "It would be nice if Valentino was like, 'Hey girl, want a dress?'"

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Can Eating Just Half Of What's On Your Plate Really Help You Lose Weight? Women's Health No doubt you've heard this advice before: To keep your portion control in check, simply split whatever you'd usually eat in half. It makes sense in theoryyou lose weight if you eat lessbut is eating half of your usual really the right way to go ...

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Why starving yourself won't help you lose weight Men's Fitness We all know the most basic principle of weight loss: You need to burn more calories than you consume. And you have a long road of weight loss ahead of you, it can easily seem like the best way to fast-track this journey is to simply consume a whole lot ...

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New Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman isnt exactly earning sensitivity points around Austin.

Herman spoke with the media ahead of the start of spring practice beginning Tuesday for the Longhorns. According to the Austin American-Statesmans Brian Davis, one of Hermans goals is to get his fat guys on the defensive line to lose weight.

The effort as a group has not been to our requirements here in this program, Tom Herman said Monday. I think wed know a lot more if some of these really fat guys lost some weight.

Ouch.

Even though the words appear harsh, this really is a matter of transition for Texas.

Previous head coach Charlie Strong wanted big guys on the defensive line to clog the middle. Thats why Texas has five defensive linemen listed at over 300 pounds. Herman says some of the players are up to 350 and 360 pounds.

Herman has a different defensive philosophy and doesnt want the players to be that heavy, so he wants them to lose weight. They have several months before the start of the season to get players to optimal playing weights.

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Theres nothing wrong with you!Thats true even if a particular diet did work for everyone else you know, but did NOT work for you.

By Dr. Thomas Polucki

Also try not to get fooled bythe latest diet fadbecause any diet only has about a 40 percent chance of working for you, at all.

Thats due to the fact that we all have slightly different nutritional needs.

And we all manage our stress differently too.

So thisfact makes it nearly impossible for a one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition even though thats exactly what most diets promote.

The nextdiet fadcould cause you a metabolic toxic meltdown, making ideal weight achievement nearly impossible.

And sustained healthy body fat ratio rarely comes from risky diets, dangerous drugs, surgery or extreme exercise.

Not so long ago I was 40 pounds overweight AND physically, mentally and emotionally miserable.

I tried low-carb, NO-carb, 1000 calorie, Mediterranean, Paleo and I worked out, HARD at least an hour EVERY day.

So it worked TEMPORARILY!

Because every time I went off plan, belly fat grew and no matter whatI was rarely happy.

Sound familiar? Or depressing? Because it is. Literally.

I discovered what most weight loss plans fail to mention: Fat effects brain chemistry and hormones, which affects thoughts, emotions, energy and more

And fast changes in body composition cause a strong rebound effect in these powerful chemicals.

But there is a way to hack the system. Unfortunately it doesnt come in a pill YET.

So I adopted a daily discipline:

And this daily discipline, with the help of a few supplements, has maintained nearly ideal body composition for the past five years, regardless of stress levels.

But it did not start out that way.

I had to initially detoxify and get my stress hormones balanced.Turns out dieting is really REALLY bad for you.

So when you are ready to get off the weight loss roller coaster and stop looking for a magic pill Call me. We need to talk

About Santa Clarita Chiropractor Dr. Thomas Polucki

Board-Certified Doctor of Chiropractic, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Medical Director of the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Program, Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor

Now providing Functional Medicine services in most cities via phone consultations.

Nearby patients get treated by appointment at 25050 Peachland Avenue Suite 105, Newhall, California 91321.

By all means visit https://www.drpolucki.com for more information or call 661-753-9340 to schedule an appointment.

And please tune in, stream or download the Dr. Polucki Family Health Houron AM 1220 KHTS radio in Santa Clarita, California Mondays from 11 a.m. to noon.

The information in this article is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease.

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