MIDDLE-AGE BODIES SUCK

[Skittles]

I try to eat right.............I exercise a lot............but DAMMIT I'm still so............MOOSHY. It's a never-ending battle. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
:o

[miss_kitty]

1. "MIDDLE-AGE BODIES SUCK" add to that

"MIDDLE-AGE BODIES THAT HAVE SUFFERED THROUGH A CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS"

now there's some Major League suckage for you. I have found solace in occasional Yoga

[UpsideDownFlag]

25. -20 year old bodies are awesome. i use mine every day for all kindsa fun.

:evilgrin:

ah, to be young, limber and, em, fertile.

[Shoeempress]

2. Me too, but still better than dead.

[matcom]

3. hey. I HAVE a middle aged body!!!

what is this i hear about sucking? :7

:loveya:

[Infomaniac]

4. I was thinking along the same lines as Matcom

I have a middle-aged body too and there's nothing wrong with my, ahem, suction.

[Kahuna]

5. Brittle bones. I broke one toe and fractured another this summer..

basically by just the normal accidental smashing of toes into a household object. My middle aged friend just broke her whole foot by twisting it. :wow: A couple of years ago, she broke her ankle by twisting it. :wow:

[July]

6. The ever-changing catalogue of aches and pains is fun, too.

I hear you.

[name not needed]

7. Do you need to sing a song?

Maybe "Afternoon Delight"? :D

[Skittles]

18. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[name not needed]

20. At least you've got your mind off of how badly middle age bodies suck

:P

[put out]

8. And how and when did my knees get wrinkled?

What? What? (Please don't pun on the suck thing.) One day I looked down to my body all confident and I was smooth and shiny. The next day I looked down to my body all confident and I looked like a rumpled Kleenex.

I have frown lines, and I'm not frowning. I have smile lines, and I'm not smiling. I have forehead lines from lifting an eyebrow at children telling me something incredible, incredible, I tell you! It is just unbelievable what happens. You wouldn't believe it. And most of the time, you shouldn't.

All I want is my 22 year old body with my 44 year old mind inside it.

[miss_kitty]

11. yeah! great minds

i was just wishing that yesterday!

[tigereye]

29. I like my body

sure, it's not like it was when I was 20. But I still like it. Even after having a kid.

[Skittles]

34. I wouldn't say I HATE my body

and I don't expect to have the body of a 20 year old; I guess what I resent is the amount of effort I have to put into looking decent. WAY TOO MUCH!!! :(

[tigereye]

44. it's odd because I felt that way for a while after having a kid

but now that I have more time to exercise, things seem to take care of themselves... but obviously there is more effort needed when you are "mature." I think when people are younger they take their health, body, fitness, what have you for granted. :)

[trogdor]

48. Don't forget about things breaking.

I just had an MRI for some problem with my right hip that just came up out of the blue. I have no idea what caused it, other than the fact that I'm 41 and putting on a few pounds. Now it will be even harder as my body just won't let me do some of the stuff I used to do. It SUX0RZ!

[sendero]

9. At what age...

... do you folks think you have reached the beginning of middle age :)

[miss_kitty]

12. I would still think of myself as young at 50

if I hadn't gotten cancer, then had not the 'optimum outcome' after chemo and radia tion, which result in surgery...that sort of aged me prematurely-before that, I felt young.

[Ron Green]

23. At one year older than my current age!

[sendero]

26. Well....

... I'm pushing the big five oh so I suppose I'm "middle aged".

Luckily - being skinny in my younger days when I didn't want to be skinny is turning out to be helpful in my advanced years :)

[jdj]

32. I just entered, at 36

realistically speaking, anyway.

I hate it.

[tjdee]

10. I have the body of a middle aged person a DECADE EARLY!!!!

This is not a good body image month for me.
Dog ear boobs, man qualities, sigh.

If you're exercising and eating right, I bet you look great. :)

[jdj]

33. I can identify.

I could murder Oil of Olay for putting it into my head that tiny lines were the worst of it. Give Me Some Tiny Lines!!! I don't have any, but this other stuff that is happening is surreal, both of what you listed, and more. Speaking of Moore, Demi sucks. I am four years younger and look ten years older.

[phaseolus]

13. Strength training, strength training, strength training...

I can't tell you all enough times how much better this has made me feel. You *feel* things going on immediately, with a slight soreness that's actually pleasurable -- you're aware of muscles you forgot you had. You sleep much better and those last few minutes in bed every morning are pure joy, you feel so refreshed and relaxed.

In a month your body starts looking much better. A month after that, even better still. And so on.

Around month three, you suddenly notice that people are much friendlier than they used to be. You get lots more approving looks that you didn't get a few months earlier. And thanks to the cardio workouts, lots of activities are easier than they used to be & you can keep at them longer.

It's addictive. And anyone can start, no matter how old.

Since May I've lost 15 lbs, built muscle, lost many inches around my waist, I'm in the best shape I've been in since the mid 80s, and most importantly I'm no longer a dead ringer for Karl Rove.

[Skittles]

27. I do some strength training

however, it is hard to grip weights with arthritic hands. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Roon]

41. I started strength training and cardio sessions last June..

and you are so correct about how people treat you differently. I am a gay man but the biggest thing I noticed is all the women who flirt with me now. It took me awhile to accept the fact it was my new bod. I kept thinking..do I know her? Why is she being so nice to me? lol

[Zomby Woof]

14. but I like giving you MOOSHY hugs!

:D

[hunter]

15. Mine recently put me in the hospital for a weekend.

Not enough exercise and too much junkfood.

[Old and In the Way]

16. This 50+ body is sore, too.

Working on the woodlot today, making walking paths...it's amazing the feedback I get from this old body.

[KG]

17. i was an adonis till i hit forty, it sure went down hill fast...

:(

[Vitruvius]

19. But middle-aged brains (like yours) are great.

And brains are what's most important in a woman -- or man -- of any age.

If you aren't spoken for, you could have a delightful relationship with some lucky younger man. (My first love was a May-September romance -- 30 years ago -- with a tough, earthy, and brainy woman a lot like you, and a lot like the woman I was lucky enough to settle down with...)

[AngryAmish]

21. I know

That is why I date younger women.

[Skittles]

28. believe me

us middle-age gals do not miss guys like you

[Phillycat]

49. I was going to respond to his tripe

but you said it better than I ever could have. The comfort is knowing men like that will end up alone (and the irony is they won't understand why.)

[Skittles]

54. I could have been a lot harsher

but I took into account his limited intellect

[carpe_vinum]

22. What is "middle age?" I'm not sure if I'm here, there or beyond yet.

[davsand]

24. There is more of me and it is either gray or else headed south.

So it goes, I figure.

I'd a whole lot rather be gray or soft or even saggy than cold, stiff, and pushing up daisies.

As an added bonus, my friends are also getting to be middle aged and they are also southbound, gray or fatter. We have banded together and decided slip on tennies are OK, along with elastic in a waistline and maybe even cotton panties...

I have earned my gray hairs, my sags and my crow's feet! I plan to enjoy them!!!

Laura

[Skittles]

30. at age 47 I still do not have my first gray hair

NO INDEED!

[RebelOne]

35. At the age of _____, I'm not saying, I don't have any gray hair.

Miss Clariol takes care of that.

[sundog]

31. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Just seemed like I should join in the hysteria :7

[ze_dscherman]

36. Since I've been nice to my bod

it's starts being nicer to me. Less, but healthier food, more exercise (which is fun). Some things get better. Actually, at 41 I'm much more interested in sports than I ever was before. And having some success - losing weight, gaining muscles, getting over health problems or at least controlling the chronic ones - that feels GOOOOD.

I remember the shock of having to cope with the fact that I wouldn't be able to do long trekking tours any more, or only jog(bad knee). So, I switched to long distance bicycle tours - and that is just plain great. I also had to learn to live with diabetes some years - and that just sucks big time. I gained some weight when I started with insulin. Now, after dietetic changes and some more exercise, that is also getting better.

But of course, there are things that are just common with aging. Wrinkles, thinner hair, some graying, some pains - but that's part of the natural cycle of life.

[Hello_Kitty]

37. I looked like shit when I was young

I was out of shape and didn't wear makeup or dress well. I look much better now. Guess there's something to be said for being a late bloomer.

[onebigbadwulf]

38. Hmm are you sure you're "eating right"?

I'm 20 and I find the only way to keep myself ripped is to consume no more than 50g of carbs in a day and very little if any saturated fats.

[Skittles]

47. LOL

when I was 20 I ate anything I damn well pleased and I looked GREAT!!!

[BiggJawn]

39. And lick, and nibble, and touch, and fondle, and....

At least THIS middle age body does....:evilgrin:

Must be working from the bottom up. I got nice legs this summer, strong calves, huge, hard thighs....

And a blob of blubber plopped on top of all that peferction.....

[blindpig]

40. proverb: youth is wasted on the young

If only I had known what I know now...........Fuck it, I shall enter dotage with an attitude! It is my goal to make the crankiest old fuck I've ever known look like Santa. What fun!

[latebloomer]

42. yup- just when you get your head together

your body starts falling apart!

I've been going to the gym faithfully, and it helps, but I do feel as if I'm constantly trying to shore up a sand castle in the path of the oncoming tide.

[VOX]

52. Regular gym-goer here too, but, damn, it's..."hard work!"

The most difficult aspect is having to work out like a dog to maintain weight or to knock off a pound.

Then you go on vacation, and you gain five pounds in a couple of days. Just means more hours in the gym.

Not fair! :(

[Ilsa]

43. I'm counting on you, Skittles!

I'm 46 and exercising (aeorbics and weights) and eating right. It's helped alot, but I feel like I've plateaued in weight loss. My waistline still isn't responding, either.

The good things:
1) I know I'm improving my bone density with weight-bearing exercise;
2) My attitude has improved a little;
3) I feel better overall and have more energy;
4) My plantar's fascitiis has diminished some;
5) I feel good after a meal, not like I need to sleep for a century;
6) My clothes fit better and I look younger, inspite of the gray hair and fine lines.
7) My blood work is superb, along with my vital signs. My doctor is envious.
8) I really do feel like my life expectancy has been extended.

Everyone: Good Luck and Keep up the good work! It does make a difference!

[ismnotwasm]

46. Yeah! what you said!

Acually I've always kept in good shape, and despite some very, very bad habits until I was about 30, I still have a great (for me) body at 44. Genetics gave me a lot of muscle for a female, I got these killer cut arms and calves because my aerobics is fast walking with steps and hills. I use light weights,--if I go heavy, I bulk up and look like a body builder. Abdomen I take care of with crunches (although not recently) Face is aging, but I don't care, at least not yet.I eat mostly carbs. It's the way I'm made, it works and I don't question it. My bone density is off the chart, and my blood work is perfect. So, as I enter the world of pre-menopause, wish me luck! I may have some preprogramed genetic snaffu and BOOM! Bad health and mushy body......

[zanana]

45. Y'know what looks weird?

A 50 year-old woman with a good body. I know someone who's had "work" done and spends alot of time exercising, eating right, and keeping her face out of the sun. People turn their heads, alright; she looks so freakish!

[latebloomer]

53. huh?

If her body's in good shape, and she's had "work done"-- I assume you mean to her face-- what looks freakish about her?

[NightTrain]

50. Oh, I don't know.

I see a lot of hot middle-aged women, and yes, some of them are "mooshy." I just don't care! ;)

[Wat_Tyler]

51. Has anyone made an oral sex joke yet?

'cos I will, if no one else has.

p.s. Skittles is hot. OH YES.