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Well I am 14 years older than 62 and agree with you: I do about the same as you, except I can't say I have kept my weight down. It hasn't gone up much in the past 20 years but it should go down a whole lot: doubt at this stage it is going to change much. I guess the fact it is about 5 or so lbs lower than a few years ago, it isn't all that bad...but it could be 50 lbs less I think....
Always liked your posts Nita. Since we are coming clean here is my tale. Quit all booze @ 40
when the doc said I only had 5 more years if I didn't stop. Quit cigarettes 5 years ago when
I couldn't go up stairs w/o heavy breathing. Now I am fighting the final addiction = FOOD.
With the cigs and booze I slayed the dragons, but with food I have to go in and pet the
dragon 3 times a day. Ugh.
Such is the life of an addict, but the gratitude and lust for life is much enahanced when
death is just around the corner. I used to live life on the edge, now I am in the end game and have come to know that life is a great game. BTW I am 6 years older than 62. He-Hee.
I have been eating a healthy whole food diet since my 20's when my mother was dying of cancer in her early 60's. I became health-conscious with that rude awakening. My husband has gone along with the plain legumes, grains.rice, vegetables. We just started adding salmon, egg & yogurt to our diet again for higher level protein, especially for my husband who is an athlete. We downhill & skate ski numerous times a week in winter and hike in summer. The Mr. is a competitive bicyclist.
Another 62 year old here! Not for sissies indeed!
This year I have given up my summer love-backpacking. We have a rustic cabin retreat & I hurt my shoulder/hand doing construction, never to be the same as pre-injury. Damn. I also hurt my knee skiing & am having to baby it.
We lost our beloved 18 year old dog recently & never knew we could grieve so deeply for a dog. Our hearts are a bit broken. On some level I'm sure it reminds us of the ultimate death of a partner one of us will have to endure. Death thoughts are not fun.
We are newly retired from Alaska, have moved to a small, quaint ski town in Montana & I don't have the close network of girlfriends with which I have always surrounded myself. Luckily, my Alaska friends came down last summer & my backpacking girlfriends & I are planning a trip this summer. But it's hard being retired in a new place. This summer we are moving again to a ski town in Colorado to be closer to our NM cabin.
As a retired teacher/counselor, I just recently started substitute teaching. 15 kindergarteners running around on valentine's day keeps me young & alert.
Having talked to several girlfriends in Colorado, medical marijuana is a great female viagra. Estriol cream is another female aid.
In answer to your question: yes, yes, & yes. But I'll keep on dancin'!!
Like my sister said in my 70's you will hit a stone wall,I noticed change at around middle 70's,now 80 and aches and pains increasing.Extremely hard to attain and hold any fitness.
yep, the 70s seem to be the turning point for a lot of us...but keeping a positive outlook will help ease the aches and pains, the forgetfulness and the energy loss.
Pawporri, I love my wine and it will continue to be part of my life as long as I live I am guessing, but like you, the smokes became a thing in my past 5 years ago and now I can't imagine smoking. The smell makes me sick (not literally).
I guess as long as I can still plant my garden, spend time in my kitchen and see the cards at the bridge table I will continue to be happy!!! Oh and to HELL with the housework: conpany coming, house gets cleaned, just don't stop by without my knowing you are coming cause if you do, you might not want to walk inside!!!
yep, the 70s seem to be the turning point for a lot of us...but keeping a positive outlook will help ease the aches and pains, the forgetfulness and the energy loss.
Pawporri, I love my wine and it will continue to be part of my life as long as I live I am guessing, but like you, the smokes became a thing in my past 5 years ago and now I can't imagine smoking. The smell makes me sick (not literally).
I guess as long as I can still plant my garden, spend time in my kitchen and see the cards at the bridge table I will continue to be happy!!! Oh and to HELL with the housework: conpany coming, house gets cleaned, just don't stop by without my knowing you are coming cause if you do, you might not want to walk inside!!!
And well it should be, Nita. I loved my wine, my beer, my scotch, my Jim Beam - just a little too much.
I had to learn how to get high on nothing, ie., you take a lot of it for a long time and it worked.
And you are right, its all about attitude. Not every day is perfect or great but as long as it is
above ground its OK by me........
I dated a 65 yr old man, and he did not need viagra! I agree positive thinking and what others have said about diet,.and exercise,.cosmetic surgery. The best is yet to come. You could live to 90 or longer.
Well.....a lot of guys don't want to admit that they need viagra. Even 50 y.o. guys may have a supply of viagra & pop one surreptitiously (I like those $50 words) right before a "special occasion". That's just from what I've heard of course, not that I've ever done that. (Cough, cough).
But if your 65 yr old man really doesn't need viagra.....could you pls. send me his diet? Actually, joking around about this is my way of avoiding a serious response to my own experience being 62. As I don't have time to totally get into it, I'll pick one: ruder, dismissive treatment by younger people. As I experienced from a rude young Dr. (who went to Yale) last week who "went off on me", b/c of some nasty, untrue comments another Dr. wrote about me in his notes 10 years ago. And wouldn't listen to me, or address my current issues. Or, treat me like a person who deserves to be treated with respect.
Then again, rude, controlling, nasty doctors may be a separate issue, but it's been one of my biggest issues since I turned 50. And I'm not even sick (knock wood), I just have high BP, & the occasional flu/bronchitis, etc. And you can't even go to a "primary care" Dr. or NP these days w/o them trying to take over your whole life, & man, if you don't let them, they will make your life miserable.
Patient rights? Think you have them? Think again. And Doctors will try to demolish your spirit if you don't obey their every dictate......this is in the metro-boston area......Anyway, just my personal take on the worst thing about getting older......rude, controlling doctors who think patients are there just for them to abuse......it's bizarre.....
how do you deal mentally turning 62- is it downhill now physically and sexually. How do you deal with all the aches and pains, and knowing that you are old now and time is short likea old car where anything can go wrong
What is the best way to try to feel and stay young, food, exercise, or maybe cosmetic surgery for those wrinkles
Don't be so negative! A positive attitude is key. You have at least 30 more years to enjoy.
and you are only as old as you feel.
how do you deal mentally turning 62- is it downhill now physically and sexually. How do you deal with all the aches and pains, and knowing that you are old now and time is short likea old car where anything can go wrong
What is the best way to try to feel and stay young, food, exercise, or maybe cosmetic surgery for those wrinkles
WRINKLES... what wrinkles are you referring..... I dont need a cosmetic surgeon.... maybe I need ma glasses changed right enough.....uch dont worry about age, its only a number, we should be glad we ve reached such an age and think of all the ones who never did......
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BTW I am 6 years older than 62. He-Hee.
