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The posts make me glad I'm too old to care what anyone else is doing. What other people look like is of no import at all. No matter how fit and healthy I am, there will always be someone fitter and healthier. (There will always be someone smarter too and richer) When I was younger living in Manhattan, I let myself be…

Remember -- you only have to do the hard part once.

The technical term is "slipsies" My husband was an Olympic gold medalist in the sport. He could clear any room in a matter of seconds. He was embarrassed until about 50 and then just gave himself up to nothing I can do about it. I find as long as my nutrition is good, I don;t have an issue. But at 6- plus, if it happens it…

I'm sort of in the same boat, but at 6.1. (The doctor I fired said that was fine, ahem). Hence, I've been doing a lot of reading. There are some diabetics who assert that caffeine causes their blood sugar to spike. If you drink a lot, as I did, it may be a partial cause. In my 30s and 40s my fasting was in the mid 70s…

Have you increased your exercise? If you are building muscle, your short-term loss might be less than you would expect. However, since muscle uses more calories than fat, longer term you will lose weight more quickly. I lost less weight the first weeks than I expected, but my measurements are better. It would not be the…