Over 40 Belly Blues

[bambu101]

Amen to what Lisa and Maureen said! My experience has been that as I have gotten older, I may not be thrilled with some of the changes that aging has brought, but I am more accepting of it. I think you can obsess over it, like a friend of mine that went to Weight Watchers at work with me, lost 60 pounds, and keeps it off by starving for a few days before her monthly weigh-in in order to make the lifetime member threshold weight. She also stashes “forbidden” foods like candy around the house so she can eat them after the weigh in is over for the next 4 weeks, and then starts the whole cycle all over again. Or you can just give up completely, like another co-worker who is close to 300 pounds, eats junk all day long, has Type 2 diabetes as a result, and complains constantly about how badly she feels.

I guess I am somewhere in the middle of these 2 extremes by trying to eat healthy foods most of the time, and exercising to feel good and stay physically fit.

To me, getting older means being comfortable in your own skin (wrinkled or not), having a deeper appreciation of the amazing things your body can do, like riding 100 miles, and realizing what is truly important in your life (Is it being a size 2 ?)

[Maureen Valley]

To me, getting older means being comfortable in your own skin (wrinkled or not), having a deeper appreciation of the amazing things your body can do, like riding 100 miles, and realizing what is truly important in your life (Is it being a size 2 ?)

Bambu....you said in a few words what I think we're all trying to say....

Thank you for being succinct.

Maureen

[Bikingmomof3]

Very well stated ladies.