When did you accept you were old? And act accordingly?

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Anonymous wrote:Those in their 60s who say they don’t feel old are full of sh!t.

How so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Outside of setting up retirement financing.

Recently took our kids on a hiking type trip, I had trouble keeping up and staying up late with them. My teens are 16, 15, and 13. Both DH and I are 59. I’m glad we did the trip but this was our last one like this.

I never felt or accepted that i was old but with 60 around the corner, I now do. I’m still getting botox and fillers but i’m thinking of stopping; two of my kids told me not to stop! To keep doing it until they are done with college, how do you like that!

How can you have a 13 year old at age 59?

It's super simple, you have a baby at 46. which is how I am 49 with a 2.5 year old...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those in their 60s who say they don’t feel old are full of sh!t.

In my 60s, squatting 350, deadlifting 415, benching 285. More than I did in my 30s but I was less motivated then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 63 and feel good.

I know a lot of 70 and 80 years that do pretty extreme hiking but they hike every week.

how many 80 year olds do you know that are doing ‘extreme hiking’?

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The day I turned 50 - it hit me like a ton of bricks.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 63 and feel good.

I know a lot of 70 and 80 years that do pretty extreme hiking but they hike every week.

how many 80 year olds do you know that are doing ‘extreme hiking’?

I summer in Montana (Whitefish). I've known groups of late 70 year old women and early 80 year old women who have done rugged 3-4 day hikes in Glacier National Park on the challenging trails. They overnight in the high mountain chalets that provide a bunk and a hot meal. These are rugged hikes even for young people.

I find western women are generally in better shape and more fit than elsewhere in the US.

I hiked down Big Mountain in Flathead County and thought it was a rugged hike. We came across several men in their 80's doing the same hike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those in their 60s who say they don’t feel old are full of sh!t.

How so?

Age 63 with no aches and pains but I eat the non inflammatory diet which makes a huge difference.
I have to do some knee exercises every week to keep things going with my knees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Outside of setting up retirement financing.

Recently took our kids on a hiking type trip, I had trouble keeping up and staying up late with them. My teens are 16, 15, and 13. Both DH and I are 59. I’m glad we did the trip but this was our last one like this.

I never felt or accepted that i was old but with 60 around the corner, I now do. I’m still getting botox and fillers but i’m thinking of stopping; two of my kids told me not to stop! To keep doing it until they are done with college, how do you like that!

How can you have a 13 year old at age 59?

It's super simple, you have a baby at 46. which is how I am 49 with a 2.5 year old...

My good friend had her first at 42, her second at 46, and her third at 50 y.o. She used donor eggs. Everyone is healthy—my friend is as active and fit as she was in her 40s.

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Anonymous wrote:how many 80 year olds do you know that are doing ‘extreme hiking’?

Don't know about that but skiing mid-week in Vermont, Maine, and Utah, I ran into plenty of retired people in their 60s and 70s who were still on the slopes.

[Anonymous]

I’m 57 and do Botox and fillers and all of my kids friends say I look so much younger than their parents. Maybe I can’t keep up during a hike, but at least I can look younger doing it haha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was watching an episode of Gray's Anatomy this week with an old man who said something like-- one day you wake up and you realize all those milestones you were looking forward to, graduations, wedding, kids . . . you realize it's all behind you. And you have very few tomorrows in front of you.

I'm 50 and feeling like this . . . I think I have depression and don't know how to switch it off.

I will answer this as my parents. I can see feeling this way when your kids are leaving home and you’re readjusting to being alone with your spouse and coming closer to retirement, etc.

My parents went through some doldrums during that period, I remember. But now they’re in their 70s and surrounded with grandkids who are actually fun (no longer babies and toddlers). They’re no longer caregiving for their own parents. My sibs and I are established in our lives and have time to hang out together. We all live fairly close by now, instead of being scattered in the coastal cities of our 20s.

My parents have built interesting lives and hobbies in the past couple decades. Anyways, they seem to be having a lot of fun now!

[Anonymous]

I’m 72 and don’t feel old.

[Anonymous]

I’m 59, yep old. Thankfully I look late 40’s, being thin helps but internally, I feel old.

[Anonymous]

For me at 57, feeling old physically comes and goes. I fell last year, didn't break anything, but felt stiff and sore and very old for months. Did too much yard work yesterday, feel old this morning.

Mentally, I've always felt old. I grew up with a disabled mom and had to take care of things and worry about things. So no different from now, I am just more financially secure! No complaints.

[Anonymous]

I’m 50 and have had an alarming menopause related weight gain (20 pounds since Christmas ) and I’m starting to feel older because of that and being out of shape (things I used to do easily even a year ago now feel super challenging). Working on getting back into shape and then I’ll focus on the weight. Ironically I have a round baby face so I look young but feel old/