FathersAfter50

Torre Washington, has been vegetarian pretty much his entire life and a vegan for over two decades.

He's strong, ripped,and a 100% natural bodybuilding vegan. Torre has become one of the fitness greats, taking 1st place in many bodybuilding competitions.

He's transformed how bodybuilders and other athletes have come to view veganism, proving we can be incredibly strong and muscular, eating just plants!

Gary Salyer did everything right to have a loving, lasting marriage.

But due to growing up in a dysfunctional, alcoholic family, deep within his brain he wasn't the person he or his wife wanted him to be.

After his 2nd divorce, Gary was determined to crack the code on how to make love last.

He approaches love from a brain perspective as well as a heart perspective, showing us that it is both our feelings and our actions that determine the long-term outcome of a loving, lasting relationship.

Dr. Allan Kalmus, at 5'6" weighed 284 in his late 50's. He tried different weight loss programs over the years but they never stuck. After several people in Allen's life died suddenly from heart disease, plus several other friends had stents put in their hearts, Allan called his friend Dr. Joel Kahn to get some advice.

The advice was to eat plants! So Allan made a New Years resolution to eat only plants for a year.

Six years later, he's still eating plants and he's in the best shape of his life!

Dr. Allan Kalmus, at 5'6" weighed 284 in his late 50's. He tried different weight loss programs over the years but they never stuck. After several people in Allen's life died suddenly from heart disease, plus several other friends had stents put in their hearts, Allan called his friend Dr. Joel Kahn to get some advice.

The advice was to eat plants!

So Allan made a New Years resolution to eat only plants for a year. Six years later, he's still eating plants and he's in the best shape of his life!

Silke Swarrzkopf was in 25 years marriage, the last 15 of which she was unhappy, to her, it felt like was a slow death. Soon after turning 50, she decided to not only end her marriage, but she and her business partner of many years also parted ways. As expected, the time was stressful, but to Silk-uh, it was good stress. She started a new company, reconnected with high school friends, made new friends and got into the best shape of her life.

Now 61, Silke reflects on how her 50's were the happiest, most vibrant years of her new life.

For more than a decade, Keith Dent has coached individuals, couples, teens and their parents to help them improve their communication, reach personal goals and rebuild relationships.

Recently Keith wrote the book "Inside the Paint, How to Win at the Game of Love" to help women and men improve their communication and understanding of each other.

By improving communication, couples regain and even surpass the romance and closeness they enjoyed during the honeymoon years.

Michael O'Brien had a very bad day when an SUV struck him while he was riding his bicycle, nearly ending his life.

That accident shifted his life from a very driven, hectic, chasing happiness to feel complete, stressful life to being present. Being present with his family, being present at work, Being present in life. Today he's still driven, but lives life more aware, more curious, more resilient. And he's happy.

Michael now coaches executives and other leaders to have their very last bad day.

Dr. Marni Feuerman, is a licensed psychotherapist, author and speaker. Her book Ghosted and Breadcrumbed, helps women stop falling for unavailable men and get smart about healthy relationships. But guys, we can learn a lot with this book too! Today we open with the book but spend the majority of our time discussing what we do right or wrong, in marriage and long-term relationships.

Michael.Arnstein is a fruit-powered ultra-marathon runner, one of the fastest on the planet. He's run over a HUNDRED of 100 miles races, even two 100 milers in one week! He ran many of those races while raising 3 young children and running a company.

All the while, fine tuning his diet from vegetarian, to vegan, to fruitarian, to mono-meal fruitarian. He's incredibly healthy, giving his mostly fruit diet credit for becoming super-human.

Lisa struggled with weight since her early teens. She would lose the weight, then gain it all back within 2-3 months.

Lisa describes that time in her life as a horrible cycle of binging and starving. In her 40's, she just gave up and continued to gain even more weight until she was 49.

She couldn't bear the thought of being fat at 50 and changed her life forever!