Reaching forty

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  • orangeyellowkayak
    orangeyellowkayak Posts: 97 Member
    the worse thing about turning forty that I can think of is mydaughter is turning forty! ugh1 I hate it I have a forty year old kid. I'm not used to being forty and now she's doing it too!
  • Lanise_10
    Lanise_10 Posts: 432 Member
    47 but feel the best I've felt in forever .....
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I have one year and 6 weeks to go. :ohwell: :smokin:
  • allenhandley
    allenhandley Posts: 134 Member
    Checking in at 50! Feeling pretty good. What are all you kids complaining about??? ha ha ha.
    What was that country song that said "I'm much too young for feeling this damn old" think it was a Garth Brooks song.
  • thecpommander
    thecpommander Posts: 54
    http://scoobysworkshop.com

    Scooby is into his mid 50's...
  • april_mesk
    april_mesk Posts: 694 Member
    Checking in at 50! Feeling pretty good. What are all you kids complaining about??? ha ha ha.
    What was that country song that said "I'm much too young for feeling this damn old" think it was a Garth Brooks song.

    Don't know- not that old (ha-ha)...had to do it!
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
    I'm 44, and yeah, you get a little creaky, and I know on ME, SOMETHING always hurts. Getting moving helps it not hurt quite so bad. I still don't have gray hair, but I know it's not far off.

    There are a few pluses though. I retire in four years. I don't give a rats rear end what people think of me anymore. That helps a great deal.
  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    Hair on the ears, more nose hair.....and where the hell did all this extra hair in my eyebrows come from???? Making *that* noise when I get up from sitting. Telling my kids to turn the music down. Leaving the bar (when we do go out) at 10pm because I have to work in the morning. The beard you see in the picture to the left used to have color.

    Wouldn't trade it for the world.
  • april_mesk
    april_mesk Posts: 694 Member
    I'm 44, and yeah, you get a little creaky, and I know on ME, SOMETHING always hurts. Getting moving helps it not hurt quite so bad. I still don't have gray hair, but I know it's not far off.

    There are a few pluses though. I retire in four years. I don't give a rats rear end what people think of me anymore. That helps a great deal.

    Oh what I would give to retire. I dream of this every day...bleh! Great for you, though...
  • Jennicia
    Jennicia Posts: 409 Member
    some good looking 40-50- year olds in this thread!!
  • Danardeener
    Danardeener Posts: 255
    I feel as good as I did when I was in my twenties!
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    In two years, I'll be 60. Suck it up and live every day gratefully. I'm in much better shape than I was 20 years go. And I'm much smarter.
  • justicer68
    justicer68 Posts: 1,223
    I will be 45 this year and I have been in the best shape of my life since I've been in my 40's. I think the only issues that I have is I am starting to develop allergies. Never had em before. I do feel great though.
  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    some good looking 40-50- year olds in this thread!!

    And then there's me. :)
  • april_mesk
    april_mesk Posts: 694 Member
    I will be 45 this year and I have been in the best shape of my life since I've been in my 40's. I think the only issues that I have is I am starting to develop allergies. Never had em before. I do feel great though.

    You look fabulous! Awesome job. I will be there before 40....and will NOT be going back again. I have lost 70 lbs. and I can certainly do this again (I don't have 70 more lbs. to lose) but, I know what it takes and have the determination.
  • april_mesk
    april_mesk Posts: 694 Member
    some good looking 40-50- year olds in this thread!!

    And then there's me. :)

    How do you know she wasn't talking about you? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And "good looking" is not just based on looks.
  • Tia_N_Mac
    Tia_N_Mac Posts: 181 Member
    A hair on my chin. Hate it.
  • TillyNix
    TillyNix Posts: 25 Member
    Only some arthrosis in the neck and stomach activities both related to stress at work. Beside that, I was great until 48 when I had the auto-immune >evil< inflammatory disease. I became happier and it went away, shows you how stress and emotions are directly related to your body. Good luck :-)
  • hendinerik
    hendinerik Posts: 287 Member
    Just turned 40 last year - improving my health was the best thing I could have done, but recovery from ANYTHING is a bit longer - be it drinking, workout or whatever...
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
    I just turned 40 in December and I have to admit I do need way much more sleep than I used to, but then I've probably not had a full night sleep since I had my eldest coming up 6yrs ago which may also have something to do with it.

    I've also had to accept that I must go with my natural skin colour (English rose with a smattering of pale Irish) as I'm not prepared to risk getting wrinkles from sunbeds any more :ohwell:
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
    Just turned 45 and I keep noticing all these 25-ish guys hanging around.

    You look good for 45, I'd be over the moon if I had young guys hanging round me, lol!!!
  • orangeyellowkayak
    orangeyellowkayak Posts: 97 Member
    A hair on my chin. Hate it.
    really!! I made my kids promise that when I was old and in a nursing home that they would come and take that off. I told them don't worry about the diaper just get that stuff off my face.!
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I have always been in decent shape and active. Not too many injuries or problems. Until 40. Two weeks after I hit the 4-0, threw my back out. In just the last few years I've REALLY noticed it is easier to gain weight and a lot harder to lose it.
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    On my way to 42, and I feel healther than I've felt in a long time, I just have a few more aches in the morning than I used to a few years ago, but I chalk that up to more activity rather than age. *I hope* :)
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    well I am 46 and I can still get my leg behind my head, but its not as easy as it used to be :laugh:

    I also notice it takes longer to recover from things, I just started pole dancing and it takes me some time for the sore and stiff to pass afterwards!
  • Mrder37
    Mrder37 Posts: 904
    Helping with sore and stiff is my specialty honest it would be no problem
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Helping with sore and stiff is my specialty honest it would be no problem

    lmao well...I have a jacuzzi tub for that, but thank you lol

    I should point out that I am also a Grandma :wink:
  • Mrder37
    Mrder37 Posts: 904
    Hey don't knock the grandmas you look great also jacuzzi. Smuzzie
  • befitnow3
    befitnow3 Posts: 62 Member
    In two years, I'll be 60. Suck it up and live every day gratefully. I'm in much better shape than I was 20 years go. And I'm much smarter.
    Ooh that inspires me!! Lol. I'm 45 and loving it. Bit stiff in the morning but nothing a bit of stretching can't fix. Have many many blessings that I'm grateful for and looking fwd to feeling a lot better once the weight comes off!!????????
  • AshleyM71
    AshleyM71 Posts: 3,029 Member
    I wouldn't trade my age (42) to be in my twenties again.... So happy with my bod, mind, maturity, life experiences, et al. I'm way sexier (in the global mind/body) scope of things now. :)

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