402: Transforming Your Health and Defying Aging Stereotypes with Joan MacDonald

Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast

Casey Weade

Investing, Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.7 • 564 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Today, I'm talking to Joan MacDonald–a 77-year-old fitness influencer with 1.8 million Instagram followers. At 70, she was on medication for high blood pressure and acid reflux. She suffered from arthritis, couldn't walk up and down stairs, and feared she may suffer from additional health issues in the future.

She enlisted her daughter and fitness trainer, Michelle, to help and achieved astounding results. She joined a transformation group called The Wonder Women, lost 60 pounds, and now works with her daughter to inspire, motivate, and train others to improve their wellness at any age on Instagram, YouTube, and her program, Train with Joan.

Together, they co-authored Flex Your Age, Defy Stereotypes and Reclaim Empowerment.

In our conversation, Joan and I talked about what inspired her to finally make a major lifestyle change, how you can change your beliefs about physical health and aging at any age, and how to integrate simple exercises into your daily routine.

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In this podcast interview, you'll learn:

What happened in the "game-changing" first six months of Joan's fitness transformation–and what her daughter Michelle did to make sure that these changes stuck.
How to get over your fears and conquer the barriers stopping you from making big changes.
Why strength training doesn't mean you're going to look "bulky."
How Joan tracks macronutrients to plan her meals to build muscle and lose fat–and why you don't need to be perfect at this to achieve amazing results.
Why there's never been a better time than now to get started.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you can start earlier and think of yourself as you deserve some time to yourself,
0:07.3	to look after yourself, and do not compare yourself with others.
0:13.2	It's about you as a person.
0:38.5	Welcome. Welcome to the Retire with Purpose podcast. My name is Casey Weed, and it is my mission to deliver clarity and purpose and elevate meaning in your life through personal and practical financial strategies. But it's not all about the financial stuff when it comes to life. It's much deeper and much more meaningful than that. As you make these major life transitions,
0:43.6	there's a lot to think about, not just what's going on in here and what's going on in here,
0:48.3	but what also is going on in your body. And today we're going to be focusing on fitness and nutrition with a wonderful
0:56.6	expert that we have here with us today. We have Joan McDonald joining us. She is a 77-year-old
1:03.3	fitness influencer with 1.8 million Instagram followers. And over the last five plus years,
1:09.2	she has underwent a remarkable health transformation.
1:12.3	At 70, she was on medication for high blood pressure, acid reflux, she had arthritis,
1:17.7	she had difficulty walking up and down the stairs.
1:21.0	And she didn't know if she was going to end up with more health issues.
1:25.8	She was concerned she might actually end up in a nursing
1:27.7	home if she didn't make some major changes when it came to her health. And with the help of her
1:33.2	fitness trainer and daughter, Michelle, joined a transformation group called The Wonder Woman,
1:39.7	led by Michelle, and lost 60 pounds. She looks amazing. If you're not checking us out on YouTube right now.
1:47.0	You need to do that just to see how good Joan looks at all the work that she's put in over the years.
1:54.1	And now alongside her daughter Joan, she helps inspire, motivate, and train others to improve their wellness at any age
2:00.8	through her Instagram content, YouTube channel, and train others to improve their wellness at any age through her
2:01.5	Instagram content, YouTube channel, and through her training program, train with Joan.
2:07.0	We'll put all that in the show notes.
2:08.3	So if you want to train with Joan, it'll be as easy as clicking right there in the show
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