Giving up at 41?

Hellbent_Heidi
Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
edited October 2024 in Motivation and Support
This is an article I heard about on the radio...under "Stupid News" category.

It was just a silly blub I heard repeated on some silly morning radio show that I might have blown off at another time, but I turned 41 in April of this year and the voices in my head were telling beginning to whisper that maybe it was ok to stay a size 10 or 12 for the rest of my life, and that I'd never have abs or be able to work out as much as I'd like...

Anyway, I thought I'd google it to share in hopes that it helps motivate more people too!


The Average Age When People Let Themselves Go is . . . 41
Tuesday June 14th, 2011

A new survey has figured out the average age when people FINALLY give up on their lifelong quest to have abs, and realize it's time to enjoy hanging out on the couch eating ice cream.

According to the survey, the average age when people "let themselves go" is . . . 41.

Around age 41, people start eating more . . . and their metabolism has slowed down to the point where they REALLY can't get away with it. People also exercise less, so they start to put on weight. (Daily Mail)

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  • tiggerbounce411
    tiggerbounce411 Posts: 401 Member
    Swell, I have 3 years to hurry up and turn into a fitness nut..NOT..lol. I quit caring a long time ago..wait...............I never did care. Until now that is. Guess better late then never!!!
  • FairyMiss
    FairyMiss Posts: 1,812 Member
    funny cause thats the age i first really started trying to get in shape
  • alexisdc
    alexisdc Posts: 117 Member
    LOL mine must of been 35yo. That is when I let my self go. Now heading to 40 this december I am not about to go back :) But that is an interesting concept.
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    I lost 100 pounds at 44 and became a personal trainer at 47.
  • ktfitzgerald
    ktfitzgerald Posts: 369 Member
    I'm 41 and I just got abs. No way I'm giving up now!!!
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    Guess I'm not "average"...
  • hkulbacki
    hkulbacki Posts: 187 Member
    LOL And some of us just get started at that point!!
    At 40 I ran my first 2 marathons, at 41 my first 2 bike races, first 3 duathlons and tossed in another marathon just for good measure :)
    I'm so hooked on the duathlons and building the muscles to help me get faster!
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    I love all you movitated people!:drinker:

    I meant to add that this is what kicked my butt into serious mode....28 lbs down since early July and 9 to go before I'm at my goal weight BABY! Take that Stupid News!!
  • Aesop101
    Aesop101 Posts: 758 Member
    I lost 100 pounds at 44 and became a personal trainer at 47.

    That is pure awesome!
  • katkins3
    katkins3 Posts: 1,359 Member
    I'm 61 and though my goal isn't killer abs, I definitely have not given up. My interests and goals, and body are not the same as at 41, Not a surprise. I don't want to be stagnant.
    At work they call me to "Groovy Granny".
  • fionat29
    fionat29 Posts: 717 Member
    I'm 46 and just starting on my healthy living kick! I've never been this slim or fit, so obviously statistics are just made up to make a news story.
  • JThomas61
    JThomas61 Posts: 892
    Throwing the BS flag...I am 50 and most people think I am 25.
  • 1goodymom67
    1goodymom67 Posts: 125
    i wish somebody would have told me that 3 years ago!! Now, after I have been working out and running 5k's and such. Hmm who was the brainchild who "discovered" that at 41 is when you give up, interesting. NOT!!!
  • 623Hernandez
    623Hernandez Posts: 458
    I am 37 and I plan on being HOT at 41!
  • SparkleShine
    SparkleShine Posts: 2,001 Member
    Crap! I'm 41! Not gonna happen!
  • beaner1st
    beaner1st Posts: 229 Member
    At the age of 41 I lost 30 pounds and started exercising and am now in the best shape of my life. Phooey to these studies!
  • Juliebean_1027
    Juliebean_1027 Posts: 713 Member
    I lost 100 pounds at 44 and became a personal trainer at 47.

    You look fantastic! And not just for your age either. But hotdamn I never would have guess you're 47. :love:
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    I agree...NO WAY am I giving in at 41....and a lot of people think I'm much younger,

    Sadly, I do have to say, when I look at some of my high-school friends on facebook and bump into some people around town...I tend to think a lot of them have in face, succumbed to this statistic!
  • msjac23
    msjac23 Posts: 140 Member
    I'm 46 and will be 47 in January, I have not let myself go. I'm very active and monitor what I eat daily.
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    I was kind of there too - figured I couldn't change or just was too lazy to at 44.

    That was almost-twenty-pounds-lighter-and-running-my-first-5k-Saturday ago. :tongue:
  • ChrisStoney
    ChrisStoney Posts: 479 Member
    I know alot of hot women who are in thier 40's, but it is true, if you don't taker care of yourself in your 40's your weight and your health will not be too good. you don't 'rebound' as quick for sure. But for me at 43 I feel great!
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    I lost 100 pounds at 44 and became a personal trainer at 47.

    You look fantastic! And not just for your age either. But hotdamn I never would have guess you're 47. :love:

    Actually, I've been a trainer for 3 years. I'll be 50 on November 17th. And thank you. :flowerforyou:
  • littlemount
    littlemount Posts: 223
    Yes I am 49 and ready to give up my metabolism has slowed enormously ,I lose and again the same pounds I truly donot know how to jumpstart my metabolism,taken green tea ,push myself to exercise, try to eat clean, drink skinny water ,eat within the recommended calories nothing is making the scale move consistently, forget the 6 pack abs.
  • jaeone
    jaeone Posts: 649 Member
    <<< I'm 47. Enough said!
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