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Biological Age Reset · Aging ain't for Sissies

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SPEAKER_00: Hello, and welcome to AGNA for Sissies.
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SPEAKER_00: My name is Marcy Bacchus, and I am your host.
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SPEAKER_00: I want to thank you for being here today.
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SPEAKER_00: We got some fun things to talk about today.
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SPEAKER_00: We're going to talk about your biological age versus your real age and why it matters.
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SPEAKER_00: And I want to welcome you back to AGNA for Sissies, the podcast where we say the quiet parts out loud about getting older.
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SPEAKER_00: And we do it with a whole lot of humor, a little bit of sass, and zero patience for nonsense.
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SPEAKER_00: I am your host, Marcy.
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SPEAKER_00: And around here, we are not trying to be 25 again.
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SPEAKER_00: We are trying to feel good, live smart, and actually enjoy this stage of life.
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SPEAKER_00: Because let's be honest, aging isn't for sissies, but it can be done intentionally.
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SPEAKER_00: And you know what?
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SPEAKER_00: That's exactly what I'm trying to do here.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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SPEAKER_00: So let me just tell you a little bit what's been going on.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, last week I was in Arizona, Arizona, blah blah blah.
1:06
SPEAKER_00: I was in Colorado visiting our son Alec.
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SPEAKER_00: I was able to also visit my great nephew Chris, who's going to Colorado School of the Mines.
1:15
SPEAKER_00: I got to go to a rock museum.
1:17
SPEAKER_00: It was pretty exciting.
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SPEAKER_00: I didn't know there were so many different kinds of rocks.
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SPEAKER_00: It was pretty fabulous.
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SPEAKER_00: Chris was excited to show us his campus.
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SPEAKER_00: We were able to go out to dinner that night with his girlfriend and his mom, my niece Angie, and we had a great time.
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SPEAKER_00: It was really fun.
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SPEAKER_00: The six of us at a table, Craig, myself, and Alec as well.
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SPEAKER_00: And good food, good laugh, good conversation, and enjoying the adult that my great nephew Chris is becoming was really delightful.
1:49
SPEAKER_00: He took good care of his Aunt Marcy, walking around the campus between just getting there super late.
1:57
SPEAKER_00: Well, early that morning, 2 a.m.
1:59
SPEAKER_00: actually, on Friday, we got there.
2:02
SPEAKER_00: And uh the altitude and being a little person of a certain age, I was a little slow, but I did it.
2:10
SPEAKER_00: And Chris took good care of me.
2:11
SPEAKER_00: So I appreciate that.
2:14
SPEAKER_00: Flying is always a treat, as we all know, but everything went well.
2:18
SPEAKER_00: Flew over Oklahoma during a really nasty thunderstorm.
2:22
SPEAKER_00: And it was really weird when we landed.
2:25
SPEAKER_00: And the next day, I heard about a tornado, and I honestly think we flew right over it.
2:29
SPEAKER_00: It was crazy.
2:32
SPEAKER_00: But that is what's happening with me.
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SPEAKER_00: Life is good.
2:35
SPEAKER_00: Uh, Craig and I just today started something new.
2:40
SPEAKER_00: I um, well, obviously last week we talked about working out, but or did we talk about that in my other podcast?
2:47
SPEAKER_00: Anyhow, um, I Craig likes to have dinner, and I could do without dinner.
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SPEAKER_00: So I made a proposal and we started it today.
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SPEAKER_00: Is I'm gonna come home from the gym.
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SPEAKER_00: I get home around 12.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna have dinner on the table by one.
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SPEAKER_00: That'll be a big lunch.
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SPEAKER_00: And then when dinner time comes, string cheese, some yogurt, whatever anybody feels like they can have.
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SPEAKER_00: But I'm gonna do my main cooking or my main meal around one o'clock every day.
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SPEAKER_00: Because what happens with me is I can't eat before I work out.
3:23
SPEAKER_00: This morning I had some um low carb toast and I felt awful in the pool again.
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SPEAKER_00: I cannot eat before I work out.
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SPEAKER_00: And then when I get home, I'm ravenous.
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SPEAKER_00: So I would eat a lunch and try to control my lunch, but I was super hungry because I knew I had to make dinner.
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SPEAKER_00: So changing that up, we are now eating, and it worked out great today.
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SPEAKER_00: Craig um works at the cathedral across the street.
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SPEAKER_00: And he came home and we had our dinner, lunch, supper, whatever you want to call it.
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SPEAKER_00: He went back to work.
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SPEAKER_00: I took an I cleaned up, took a quick nap, and I'm doing my podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: So I think it's gonna work out great.
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SPEAKER_00: I really do.
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SPEAKER_00: I think it it makes me happier.
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SPEAKER_00: Right now, I it's 4:30.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm working on my podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't have to think, oh my gosh, at five, I've got to stop, make dinner.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't have to anymore.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's kind of a big exciting change in my life.
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SPEAKER_00: So what I'm the reason I'm telling you all this is because if there's a change you want to make in your life, especially at this age, do it.
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SPEAKER_00: If you don't want to eat dinner, if you just want to have charcuterie for dinner, if you whatever life in your life you want to change, I encourage you to make that change.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, I knew with Craig it wasn't going to be easy because he's a three-meal a main day man, but he he knows better right now than to cross me.
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SPEAKER_00: So ha ha ha.
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SPEAKER_00: He said yes, but he actually said he enjoyed it today and he was glad we did it.
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SPEAKER_00: So moving forward, I'll let you know how it goes.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: So let me ask you something.
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SPEAKER_00: What if I told you your age, whatever it may be, isn't really your age?
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SPEAKER_00: You're gonna say, oh yes, it is, Marcy, I was born in blah, blah, blah.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, I mean, yes, technically it is, but there's something called your biological age.
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SPEAKER_00: And it might be younger than you think, it may be older than you want, or completely different than the number on your birthday cake.
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SPEAKER_00: And today we're talking about what that actually means and why it matters more than you think.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, what is biological age in normal people language?
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SPEAKER_00: Let's keep it simple.
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SPEAKER_00: Chronological age is how many birthdays you've had, your biological age is how your body is actually functioning.
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SPEAKER_00: So you can be 65 like I am chronologically, but functioning like 55, or 50 chronologically, but actually functioning at 65.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's the part people don't always realize.
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SPEAKER_00: You're, you know, your age is just a number, you've heard that it is.
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SPEAKER_00: Your lifestyle shows up in your body, not in a judgy way, but in a real way.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, so if you think what you did in your 20s didn't matter, it does.
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SPEAKER_00: If you are making poor eating choices, it shows up.
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SPEAKER_00: It shows up in a real way.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, I want to do a quick side note before we go any deeper.
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SPEAKER_00: A couple of episodes ago, I uh two episodes ago, I did an episode on traveling.
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SPEAKER_00: I just want to remind you on my website, MarcyBacchusmedia.com, there's an easy printable, actual helping guide to getting yourself ready to travel.
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SPEAKER_00: So I want to remind you that that's there on my website.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: So great, Marcy.
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SPEAKER_00: Thanks for letting me know.
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SPEAKER_00: I have a biological age.
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SPEAKER_00: It may be worse, it may be better.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, here you go.
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SPEAKER_00: How do we figure it out?
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SPEAKER_00: These biological age tests look at things like blood markers, inflammation, cholesterol, metabolism, and sometimes even DNA markers.
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SPEAKER_00: Basically, they're measuring how worn your body is versus how old you are.
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SPEAKER_00: And yes, that's a little uncomfortable to hear.
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SPEAKER_00: But it's also kind of empowering because guess what?
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SPEAKER_00: A lot of that is changeable.
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SPEAKER_00: You can change your numbers, you can change your metabolism, you can change the inflammation, you can change your cholesterol, you can change these things.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, I've heard a lot of people go, well, I don't take any medication and they're all proud of themselves.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, big whoop for you.
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SPEAKER_00: I do.
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SPEAKER_00: I take blood pressure medicine, but guess what?
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SPEAKER_00: I have controlled blood pressure.
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SPEAKER_00: So my chronological age and my biological age, I have some control over.
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SPEAKER_00: I don't have over the chronological, but I do over the biological.
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SPEAKER_00: So don't be all proud of yourself that you don't take medication.
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SPEAKER_00: You may need it, and it may help you.
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SPEAKER_00: This is not about perfection.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, before we all spiral, this is not about being perfect.
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SPEAKER_00: This is not.
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SPEAKER_00: It's not about never eating anything fun, working out two hours a day, or turning into a completely different person.
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SPEAKER_00: No, this is about small, consistent habits because those add up over time.
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SPEAKER_00: And here's the good news you don't need to do everything, you just need to do a few things consistently.
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SPEAKER_00: So, this is where I want to point out it's not about doing it all, it's about doing a few things, but that word that was really important in there was consistency.
9:04
SPEAKER_00: All right, consistency.
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SPEAKER_00: That's important.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, this week I'm gonna tell you what I'm not doing anymore.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm not explaining myself.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, that's it.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm not doing it anymore, and I'm not gonna explain to you why I'm just not right there.
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SPEAKER_00: That alone lowers my stress, which probably helps my biological age too.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, all kidding aside, and my weekly, I'm not doing this anymore aside.
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SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about what actually impacts your biological age.
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SPEAKER_00: And here's a spoil alert: it's stuff that we already know.
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SPEAKER_00: First thing, movement.
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SPEAKER_00: You do not need to become a marathon runner, but you do need to move your body, stay active, and build strength.
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SPEAKER_00: And yes, I know weights.
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SPEAKER_00: As I talked about in my I hate to exercise, I am doing weights, I hate them, but I'm doing them.
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SPEAKER_00: Why?
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SPEAKER_00: Because I want to keep my biological age down.
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SPEAKER_00: So again, first thing, movement.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, I am lucky living here in the city of Chicago.
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SPEAKER_00: We walk 90% of everywhere we go, it automatically helps you stay active.
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SPEAKER_00: But you need to build that strength.
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SPEAKER_00: Sleep.
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SPEAKER_00: This one matters more than we want it to.
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SPEAKER_00: If you're not sleeping, consistently tired, or running on fumes, your body feels it.
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SPEAKER_00: That is killing your biological age.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, um, I just found something in Colorado this week, and we were walking in downtown Golden, and a guy hands me a little sample of this cream.
10:57
SPEAKER_00: He goes, Oh, here's some magnesium cream.
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SPEAKER_00: This helps with body's aches and pains.
11:02
SPEAKER_00: He said, Also, if you put it on the bottom of your feet before you go to bed, you'll sleep great.
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SPEAKER_00: Guess what?
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SPEAKER_00: I ordered it online when I got home because that little sample he gave me, even in a hotel, I will tell you it didn't make me go to sleep faster.
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SPEAKER_00: But once I was asleep, I was asleep well.
11:24
SPEAKER_00: I will put their company link.
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SPEAKER_00: They have in the package they sent me.
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SPEAKER_00: I got CBD eye cream, all kinds of stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: But I'm telling you, I put this on the bottom of my feet at night and I am sleeping soundly.
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SPEAKER_00: So soundly that Patrick this morning decided to take all 23 pounds and three legs of his and lay right on my chest and talk right into my face.
11:48
SPEAKER_00: Meow.
11:49
SPEAKER_00: Meow.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, that was thanks to that new cream.
11:54
SPEAKER_00: So I will put a link to their website on my website, and that is Marcybackismedia.com.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, stress, chronic stress ages you, period.
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SPEAKER_00: So all that worrying, overthinking, holding everything in, it shows up physically.
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SPEAKER_00: This is why having a group of friends is important, where you can share things, you can talk about things, you can relieve yourself of that stress.
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SPEAKER_00: So keeping your biological age down, having a group of friends, so pool pals out there that listen to this, we are helping each other's biological age by having coffee every time after we work out.
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SPEAKER_00: Sitting up there at 900 Michigan and chatting about all things that we chat about keeps our biological age down.
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SPEAKER_00: Food without the drama.
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SPEAKER_00: This is not about perfection, it's about mostly eating things that support your body and not eating, not beating yourself up when you don't.
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SPEAKER_00: So eat 75% of the time, eat the right stuff, 25% of the time don't.
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SPEAKER_00: And don't beat yourself up.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember, that was one of my things.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm not beating myself up when I eat something fun.
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SPEAKER_00: And one of the things that I love most about going out with Alec, my son loves to eat and he eats well, but he shares desserts with me.
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SPEAKER_00: And that is the best.
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SPEAKER_00: Craig doesn't like desserts, and I do, but I don't want to eat the whole thing.
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SPEAKER_00: And Alec and I shared a carrot cake.
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SPEAKER_00: We shared an almond cake.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, I loved it.
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SPEAKER_00: I loved it.
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SPEAKER_00: But don't beat yourself up when you don't.
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SPEAKER_00: What's some other biological things?
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SPEAKER_00: The mindset shift.
13:51
SPEAKER_00: Here's what I want to talk about on this.
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SPEAKER_00: This isn't about trying to be younger, it's about feeling better in the body you have because chasing youth is exhausting.
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SPEAKER_00: But improving how you feel, that's doable.
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SPEAKER_00: That is absolutely doable.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, here's a little commercial, a quick pause because I want to make sure you know where else you can find me.
14:19
SPEAKER_00: If you're enjoying this conversation, I've got two other podcasts you need to check out.
14:24
SPEAKER_00: Inside Marcy's Mind, where we talk about life hacks, real life solutions, and all things we're trying to figure out, but nobody's really saying out loud.
14:34
SPEAKER_00: I've talked about the constitution, I've talked about traveling, I've talked about everything.
14:40
SPEAKER_00: And unbottled, which is all about sobriety, real talk, and what it actually looks like to change your life.
14:47
SPEAKER_00: Everything lives over on my website, so you can keep up with all of it in one place.
14:52
SPEAKER_00: Go check it out.
14:53
SPEAKER_00: And then come right back here and listen.
14:58
SPEAKER_00: Let's be real for a second.
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SPEAKER_00: What can't we can't control everything?
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SPEAKER_00: Genetics, life, things that happen.
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SPEAKER_00: Nope.
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SPEAKER_00: But we can control how we take care of ourselves, how we manage stress, and how we move through our days.
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SPEAKER_00: So I'm going to tell you how I take care of myself as I go to the gym five times a week.
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SPEAKER_00: Two of those days I do a full body workout before I do my pool workout.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm in the pool five days a week.
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SPEAKER_00: I walk most places that I go.
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SPEAKER_00: How I manage my stress is sharing with my friends church.
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SPEAKER_00: My belief in God is another way that I manage my stress.
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SPEAKER_00: My life is not stress-free, but I have ways of managing it.
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SPEAKER_00: And how I move through my days.
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SPEAKER_00: Like I said, after I cleaned up, got the dishwasher going, things straightened up around the house, I took a nap.
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SPEAKER_00: I started watching TV, took a nap, got up, and started these podcasts.
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SPEAKER_00: All of that matters more than we think.
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SPEAKER_00: So I want to tell you if you are a member of AARP, there are a set of tests in their magazine this week that help you figure out your biological age.
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SPEAKER_00: Things like are you able to stand up from a chair without using your hands?
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SPEAKER_00: Are you able to get up off the ground?
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SPEAKER_00: There are a set of measurable tests in there that help you figure out your biological age.
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SPEAKER_00: So feel free to take that.
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SPEAKER_00: I will also put a link to that on my website.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you if you hear this idea of biological age and think, okay, now what?
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SPEAKER_00: Start small, move a little more, stress a little less, take care of yourself like you matter, because you do.
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SPEAKER_00: And around here, we're not aging quietly, we're aging intentionally.
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SPEAKER_00: I want to thank you for spending this time with me today.
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SPEAKER_00: If this episode made you think, rethink, or maybe take one small step towards feeling better, I'm happy.
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SPEAKER_00: Make sure you follow, share with a friend, and come back next week.
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SPEAKER_00: You never know what I'm going to talk about because we've got a lot more life to live, and we're going to do it our way.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll see you next time.
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SPEAKER_00: On Aging A for Sissy.
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SPEAKER_00: Go out and do something positive.