
neenie wrote:I'd just like to say thank you for this topic. I'm 54 in July, weigh around 11st. and it's so good to come and get identification from others. Feeling you're the only one is scary then coming here and reading your own story in someone else's is so comforting. I believe half the battle is no longer feeling we're on our own in this. I found great comfort and identification in particular with gorgeousfluffpot.
I also loved minnipauz reply to Kris and will look at the link as soon as i've posted this.
I have finally accepted the inevitable, I am growing older and I will never have my youthful figure again.
I stripped off and took some nude photographs of myself. I looked at my good points, I have a beautiful smile, my breasts are slightly saggy but well shaped. Slim wrists, tiny hands, nice skin all over. Well shaped legs. The only problem was, there was far too much of me.
I feel beautiful inside, my smile shows that, my hair is shiny and well cut.
I now have choices to make. I looked at my diet, I can certainly improve it. I will walk a little more. I do go swimming twice a week. I also have a bicycle, but don't use it, so I will use that a little more. But more importantly, I will stop trying to turn the clock back and make use of what I have now. It's a pointless exercise comparing yourself to what you used to be like.
When I go outside, I wear clothes. People see my smile first and that's more important than seeing a slimmer me. I now embrace being 53. It's so liberating letting go of all that rubbish.
It's not easy, it takes time and I have bad days when i really do not like what I see, but not very often.
My motto is Easy Does It, I will do what I have to do when i'm in the mood, but I now have a different attitude purely because I stopped fighting against nature and accepted I am growing older and my body is really lovely the way it is today.
I'm actually learning to love myself and it feels good.
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