Getting My Bounce Back: How I Got Fit, Healthier, and Happier (And You Can, Too) (Adversity Book, Healthy Aging, Running, Weight Loss, for Fans of Mind to Matter)

by Carolee Belkin Walker, Sarajean Rudman (Foreword by)

Overview

A US State Department Consular turned top wellness blogger and Washington Post columnist pens her running memoir

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633537101
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	02/13/2018
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carolee Belkin Walker is a wellness blogger and freelance journalist whose work appears in the Washington Post, Women's Running, the Huffington Post, and Thrive Global. She lives in Washington, D.C. http: //caroleewalker.com/

Sarajean Rudman, host of the RunYogi.Run and thirtyISH podcasts, has more than a decade of experience in health and wellness. A 500-hour Kripalu Ayurvedic yoga teacher and an Ayurvedic practitioner based in Connecticut, Rudman teaches at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, where she heads up the yoga and running program, and is a presenter at Wanderlust events. Rudman has advanced degrees in health and wellness and coaching as well as in health sciences and integrative clinical nutrition. https: //www.balastrong.com/

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Introduction 15

Note to the Reader 33

Chapter 1 OMG-Endorphins Are for Real 35

Chapter 2 Why You Need A Strategy 87

Chapter 3 Reuel 127

Chapter 4 If I Look like a Different Person, It's Because I Am 133

Chapter 5 I Am A Runner 195

Chapter 6 Reuel 237

Chapter 7 Fitness Is Everything 241

Epilogue - It's Always Been 100 Percent Mental 335

Acknowledgements 347

Author 351

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Exercise and fitness support our life. It makes us strong – physically, emotionally, and psychologically. It keeps our heart pumping. It promises that we will be able to keep at our life’s work longer than if we did not move and that we will someday take our children’s children’s children swimming in the ocean when we are 98. It is a joyful experience and we get to do it. How lucky are we to be able to support our life like this? As Carolee would say: ‘You got this.’ – Sarajean Rudman, from the foreword

“Carolee Walker’s Getting My Bounce Back is an engaging and inspiring read. Getting fit and training to compete in endurance events is no walk in the park, even for the hardiest among us. There are few books out there that genuinely describe the ups and downs of reinventing yourself at midlife while simultaneously teaching us how we can all do it. In this memoir, Carolee’s authentic voice shines through as she describes her personal journey of self-discovery and personal mastery. Carolee’s journey is instructive, funny, relatable, and most of all, inspiring.” – Chris Friesen., Ph.D., sport & performance neuropsychologist and author of the High Achievement Handbook series

“Getting my bounce back are the words every runner needs to hear. Often we are shown images and words that portray an easy connection between starting a fitness journey and reaching the moment where everything is easy (although as an elite runner, I know that it never truly becomes easy, you just get tougher). Most books and publications just show the end result, as if we magically appear at the peak of fitness and ideal look, but Carolee allows us to peek into her inner mind, showing us that there is a journey behind those photos, and a point where a health journey switches over from the ‘lose weight mentality’ to realizing the joy and light exercise brings us in more valuable and meaningful ways. For anyone who has ever wondered why everyone else made it seem so easy, this book is for you.” – Tina Muir, elite runner and host of the Running for Real podcast

Editorial Reviews

"You do need an exercise habit to keep yourself fit & happy and Carolee gives you the info you need to get fit, healthier & happier in her book. As we age, exercise is not optional. Learning how to carve out time to meet our fitness needs or to push ourselves physically and mentally is one of the greatest challenges to aging well." - Lindsey Lu, Aging for the Rest of Us "The lessons [Walker] learned from this lasting effort ... will inspire readers who seek better fitness and weight control but who may be older or have long despaired of seeing the types of routines that could either fit into their lifestyles or produce measurable results....Getting My Bounce Back is a powerful blend of memoir and fitness advice guide that will inspire and delight older women." - Donovan's Bookshelf "Journalist and wellness blogger Walker recounts the unexpectedly severe blow it was to her self-image to approach a new job at the U.S. State Department in her mid-50s and find it to be too much for her physically. The failure to meet its increased physical demands was a blow to her confidence, and it motivated her to undertake the fitness journey that she chronicles in these pages. It likewise informs her upbeat tone; she assures her readers that it's never too late to take control of their own wellness, as illustrated by entries in her daily journal about how she got into running and healthy living. ...The narrative's overall tone is likewise encouraging. An upbeat, accessible account of one woman's decision to make her body stronger and her life healthier."- KIRKUS

From the Publisher

2018-05-09
An autobiographical account of achieving physical fitness in middle age.In her debut, freelance journalist and wellness blogger Walker recounts the unexpectedly severe blow it was to her self-image to approach a new job at the U.S. State Department in her mid-50s and find it to be too much for her physically. The failure to meet its increased physical demands was a blow to her confidence, and it motivated her to undertake the fitness journey that she chronicles in these pages. It likewise informs her upbeat tone; she assures her readers that it's never too late to take control of their own wellness, as illustrated by entries in her daily journal about how she got into running and healthy living. She points out the importance of careful preliminary introspection: "We can't accomplish anything until we (1) address and fix our issues, and (2) establish a meaningful fitness habit." The bulk of her book documents, in ample autobiographical detail, how she addressed obstacles to her new fitness regime. These day-by-day bulletins and updates give Walker ample room to discuss how she developed her routines, and she relates these experiences with clarity and a friendly approachability. She intersperses these with practical advice that can sometimes be startlingly simple; for example, she writes that "You've got to listen to your body, because if you push, you're setting yourself up for injury. But if you take off time, it's hard to get back in it." Many of the segments end with music playlists that Walker used to help her get through workouts—everything from Broadway show tunes (such as "What a Piece of Work Is Man" from Hair) to Bob Marley songs—and the narrative's overall tone is likewise encouraging.An upbeat, accessible account of one woman's decision to make her body stronger and her life healthier.

Kirkus Reviews