@BethB I thought I’d bring the conversation over here and post a pic for context, and also to say to you that you are 100% not past your sexy prime, or whatever. Fitness is the fountain of youth, in all the ways. It obviously looks good, but it also allows for activities that are impossible if you neglect it, e.g. playing kickball with kids and grandkids and hoping to kick their asses. It extends life and prevents diseases that make people feel old. Covid (the lifestyle and emotional components of it, not the disease itself) messed with me pretty badly. I fell off my workouts in a way that I’d not done before, and packed on weight. Inflammation, which I’d been dealing with for a bit, increased, and I started having erratic heartbeat issues (“not the dangerous kind,” according to my doc, lol). I mindfucked whether to just sort of sink into “average American woman” while considering the 2024 T-ransformation Challenge.
I decided to go ahead and do the challenge, embarrassing pics and all. My inflammation is largely resolved. Heart issue gone. Weight down. And I feel like myself. Not my 40yo self or 20yo self, but…me. In good shape for my age. People know I work out without me having to say it. Just…me. A dorky girl in glasses who likes to spit quotes and statistics but with a body my husband chases.
This has been spammed (along with others) around this site in the past, but here is me at 46:
And a couple of weeks ago at 61. Nothing to write home about, but I think indicative of fitness:
