Aging

[echidna]

I'm 46. I'm going gray. I'm not 100% sure where my eyesight is going (I need to find a KID to read off the serial # of my iPod to get it serviced - eek!) and my hearing is going to the dogs, too (though it that's the only poor genetics thing I get, I'm a lucky woman).
There aren't enough Kegels in the universe - I dribble in the shower. Probably a harbinger of menopause.
I'll never have a waist, but I never did, unlike my curvy sisters and my beautiful daughter. I'll always struggle with weight - although I'm happy to report that a frightening percentage of it is leg muscle.
When I got my tattoo last year, I had to shoehorn it in between cellulite and stretch marks. Probably best that I waited as long as I did; I don't expect either to get much worse at this point.
Despite "it all", I feel 35, and I'm pretty sure I *look* a bit younger than my age; still, when I look in the mirror I wish I saw a younger face.
But I'm generally healthy, active, and fit, and because of that I feel like one of the luckiest people in the world. Oh - and I'm racing RAAM this year, something I could not do when I was younger.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I was going to read this thread, but then I saw it had 39 posts, and I'm getting older by the minute and am about to turn 56... so I decided I didn't want to take the time to read it all!

Back out to the garden for me....I have seedlings to water!

[Zen]

... so I decided I didn't want to take the time to read it all!

I'm finding more and more threads like that

[runningcyclist]

There aren't enough Kegels in the universe

I had to laugh when I read that as I have days when I think it

Very pertinent comments from all of you. I'm 47 and been going gray since my 30s (I maintain my beloved of the time started me off ), but I love and look forward to a complete head of gray/white.

I too have hair growing where it shouldn't, but that's due to PCOS and restaurant lighting really is terrible. Despite all that, I can still run short and long distances - just not at speed and my cycling skills are slowly improving.

As long as I can move I'll keep on running and cycling and if my joints wear out, the wonders of medical science will replace them