Challenge: Women of a certain age

marathon64
marathon64 Posts: 378 Member
in Motivation and Support
OK I hate to admit it but getting older can suck. I could write an entire post about the downside of inching toward 50 and it would be a deep dark hole I could crawl into. So please-tell me. What do you love about this time in your life? Tell me why you would not go back even if you could-and make me believe it :) Winner of this challenge gets my undying gratitude!

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  • Fit_2013
    Fit_2013 Posts: 326 Member
    Truly I will be 50 in July and I have the enthusiciam of a 25 year old,the way I keep my positive attitude is I constantly renew myself there is something new to learn every single day. For me I could spend my lifetime in the library, I learn new things from kids around me, my mother in law who is 78 painted dresses/for all her grandchildren. In tact I now have started a group called wellness path which after so many years of reading discovered that disordered eating pattern is the root cause of the obesity epidemic.
    Turning 50 liberates you to do all the things you love without being judged.Yes mobility,knee aches occur but just like a car needs maintence we just need to take care of our bodies more.
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    I would love to say that I'm not one bit worried about becoming 45yo this August. But I keep pushing that negative thought back to the recesses of my shriveled little mind. (A worse option would be not getting to be 45yo, like so many who have already passed before us.) For one, I'm probably in the best shape of my life. Not because I'm young; I'm not. It's because I work hard at being the best version of myself that I can be. Sometimes I fail. But I just will myself to get back up and just start over from that moment on. I don't think about what I could have been or was but rather what I CAN be and what I AM. Because darnit, I'm Super Woman!! *putting on the cape* :D
  • ArchyJill
    ArchyJill Posts: 548 Member
    Simple for me: the older I get the fewer people there are in my division, which means it's easier to place!
  • Annmarie49
    Annmarie49 Posts: 84
    I am 50 in July too, this has been a journey for me with a lot of 'hills' to climb!! I love being alive, I love my family and I absolutely love all my friends..... 1st July is going to be major party time for me, celebrating life to the full... (helps that i got to my goal a couple of weeks ago too), you can do this too, enjoy the moment and don't waste energy on things you cannot change!!!

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