This is how cancer survivor Lisa Ray manages to stay fit at 51

Lisa Ray has opened up about staying fit at 51 and how fitness has helped her post-beating cancer. “My name is Lisa Ray, I’m 51 years old and I’m committed to a lifelong practice of transformation. I have a genetic predisposition to challenging the status quo. Basically, that means, when it comes to the ‘normal’ things that are expected of me, I say, ‘What rules?!’ I embrace creative, authentic living, making my life post-cancer a joyful exercise in reinvention and adventure,” she expressed in a post on Instagram.

Her guiding mantra is: ‘At the end, I don’t want to think I should have, I could have, I would have.’ “Rather, I tried. And Amor Fati- or love your fate,” she added.

And so this year, Ray has committed herself to “become the best version of myself as a menopausal mom”. “I’m a proud mom of 5-year-old twins. And keeping up with them is a priority. I’m working out with @suhan.khnofficial @transform_tsk to get real results, get fit, be disciplined, and have a blast. I’ve been working out with weights for decades, but it used to feel like a burden, almost a punishment and a way to chase some unrealistic body standard, fed by fear and insecurity. Now, my fitness is driven by inner wellness and self-love. A desire to feel strong and limber rather than chase an external ideal,” she mentioned.

Eating clean, staying on track with my workouts- and as always pursuing my spiritual and self-development interests along with a generous dose of bio-hacking – give me a strong foundation from which to do any damn thing I please. “Taking care of yourself, ladies, is not selfish. And it’s not optional. It’s essential. And I found that out the hard way,” she shared.

 

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How does strength training help cancer survivors who are hitting menopause?

Dr Sreenivass BJ, medical oncologist, HCG Cancer Hospital, Bangalore said that indeed strength training is effective. “Strength training not only improves physical function and quality of life for cancer survivors entering menopause but also helps mitigate the effects of treatment-related side effects such as fatigue and loss of muscle mass,” said Dr Dr Sreenivass.

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