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Arlyce had been plant based since 2013, but she had never strength trained a day in her life.
About a year ago, with her daughter’s wedding on the horizon and her 70th birthday behind it, she heard a clock ticking. She did not want another crash diet. She had already considered a GLP 1 and set it aside, because it came with no strength training, no bone health, no balance, none of the things she knew would decide her quality of life in her 70s and 80s. She interviewed several plant based coaching programs and chose Mavy Wellness after one conversation with Ivy, because it was a whole person program, food, exercise, sleep, even the digital detox example.
Ten to eleven months later she has improved her body composition by 23 pounds, trains at home with dumbbells and a bench, travels with resistance bands and protein powder in her luggage, and celebrated her 70th birthday by hiking seven rocky miles to the highest point in Minnesota with her family. In this conversation she shares how a woman who only ever walked became, in her own words, a person who exercises now, and why she is never going back.
You will learn:
Why turning 70 was the moment Arlyce refused the crash diet path for good
How she travels without pressing pause: bands, protein powder, and reading any menu like a detective
What learning strength training from zero actually feels like, from awkward to automatic
The real life strength moments: pulling herself onto a lake platform, carrying the heavy boxes herself
How sleep hygiene and cutting her phone scrolling changed as much as the workouts
How she satisfies a serious sweet tooth inside her calories, including her tofu based Ninja Creami
Coach Alex’s reframe that carried her: it is not failure, it is data
Chapters:
00:00 Arlyce’s Story in Her Own Words
01:15 Your Invite to the Live Masterclass
02:15 Meet Arlyce: 70 Years Old, 23 Pounds of Body Composition Change
03:30 The Wedding, the 70th Birthday, and the Ticking Clock
06:00 Why She Said No to a GLP 1 and Interviewed Other Programs
08:45 Why This Time Was Different: Bone, Muscle, Balance, Longevity
11:30 “I Guess I Am a Person Who Exercises Now”
14:45 How She Trains and Eats While Traveling
18:15 A Walking Group Was Her Only Exercise, and Never Any Strength Training
20:15 From Awkward Movements to Automatic
22:45 Pulling Herself Onto the Swim Platform: Strength in Real Life
25:15 “Mom, You’re So Little”: When Everyone Started Noticing
27:00 Ten Months That Changed the Next Thirty Years
29:00 Sleep Hygiene and the Phone: The Whole Person Changes
31:30 Eating Plant Based Since 2013, and What Actually Changed: Protein
34:15 The Sweet Tooth Strategy: Cinnamon Apples and Ninja Creami Ice Cream
39:45 Her Husband Walks 10 Miles a Day in Minnesota Winters
42:30 The Best Retirement Investment Is Your Body
45:45 Her Advice: Do Not Wait Until 70, and Failure Is Just Data
48:15 The Self Talk Flip: “Good for You, Arlyce”
50:45 She Celebrated 70 With a Seven Mile Hike to Minnesota’s Highest Point
53:15 What’s Next: High Points, Challenges, and Feeling Alive
61:30 You Are Worth the Investment: Her Advice and the Value of a Coach
66:15 The Credit Is Hers: She Did Every Squat
68:15 Arlyce’s Last Word: You Can Do It
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Forever Fit Podcast, Episode 462. We help people over 50, all the way up to 87, lose fat, build muscle and improve their body composition on a whole food plant based lifestyle, with over 1,200 transformations and counting.
