40-50 yo women beauty/fitness routines

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also, you know women have hysterectomies so they might want to be on HRT. Please stop when you know nothing.

—no dog in this fight

Big girl, please. Yes, certainly surgical menopause would generally necessitate HRT but when that’s in the laundry list of Forever Young Techniques, I doubt it.

Mommy wars and how we value unpaid labor is pitting women against each other territory, not this shit. And everyone blessed with a brain knows it.

Well you seem worked up about it, so it sounds like you’re trying to convince yourself your way is the right way. Just own it.

You’re just dumb. This is not women being pitted against each other.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Another DP. What if PP was making a moral judgment? It seem perfectly fine to me to question why so many, particularly those who post on these boards, have bought into the necessity of $ medical/chemical interventions to try and slow down the inevitable. It seems fine to question the effects on what we consider normal aging and whether we are losing our ability to identify it.

Question all you want. Those same women may be questioning why you let yourself go. Some people want to optimize their health and appearance and others don’t.

Let go = don’t put chemicals in my face? Ok. lol. You are showing us the problem. Thanks for that.

Seriously. What utter delusion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Well, she responded with “big girl” so doubling down on the misogyny is telling. She’s upholding the patriarchy as much as the others she believes are doing so because they use a skin serum.

I think you both need to ask yourselves why you need to insert your opinion here? People can think whatever they want, it’s in the sharing that makes it an agenda since the thread isn’t “what are your thoughts on beauty routines after 50?”

She also criticized HRT as nothing more than part of preposterous beauty regime, when the benefits include lowered incidence of osteoporosis which is a leading cause of death…fracture = hospital = reduced mobility and other infections like pneumonia.

C’mon nearly every thread here spins into something else. If you are so fragile you cannot handle someone commenting on what you put out on a public board, seems strange to keep coming back.

[Anonymous]

It's scary that someone thinks a BMI of 19 is problematic. It's under 18 that you're considered underweight. Most of my family, including myself and my son, were under 18 for years. We are aware of the risks of osteoporosis, and take vit D supplements and know we need to do weight-bearing exercise. My mother, who had never taken supplements in her life and has always been very thin, had her osteoporosis reversed by high doses of vit D and other treatments. So even if you do nothing and have a BMI of 17... you're not going to die before your time. She's out and about at 75, trotting along.

You need to read more critically. No one suggested that 19 is too low - but people have commented on the obvious issues of someone with a BMI of 19 being on weight loss medications.

[Anonymous]

Age 56. 5’4”, 115 lbs.

Hair: Trim every 3-6 months. $50/per at Hair Cuttery.

Face: Cetaphil soap ($10 Target dupe) + Oil of Olay with sunscreen ($15)

Fitness:
Horse: $35,000
Horse board: $1,400/month (includes lessons with trainer)
Monthly vet/farrier/misc: $300/month
Trailer: $10,000
Truck: $20,000 + $150 per tank of gas
Show entries, hunt membership, clinics, etc.: Let’s just stop counting, shall we?

Everyone’s priorities are different.

This is a bizarre post. Your horse has nothing to do with your beauty routine but you post about it often so it does seem to define your identity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Age 56. 5’4”, 115 lbs.

Hair: Trim every 3-6 months. $50/per at Hair Cuttery.

Face: Cetaphil soap ($10 Target dupe) + Oil of Olay with sunscreen ($15)

Fitness:
Horse: $35,000
Horse board: $1,400/month (includes lessons with trainer)
Monthly vet/farrier/misc: $300/month
Trailer: $10,000
Truck: $20,000 + $150 per tank of gas
Show entries, hunt membership, clinics, etc.: Let’s just stop counting, shall we?

Everyone’s priorities are different.

Hahaha SAME except I own my farm and 5 horses….but my skincare regime is very low maintenance so there is that. Not exactly a cost savings measure, but I wouldn’t change a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Well, she responded with “big girl” so doubling down on the misogyny is telling. She’s upholding the patriarchy as much as the others she believes are doing so because they use a skin serum.

I think you both need to ask yourselves why you need to insert your opinion here? People can think whatever they want, it’s in the sharing that makes it an agenda since the thread isn’t “what are your thoughts on beauty routines after 50?”

She also criticized HRT as nothing more than part of preposterous beauty regime, when the benefits include lowered incidence of osteoporosis which is a leading cause of death…fracture = hospital = reduced mobility and other infections like pneumonia.

Stop reading into things. I wrote that. What’s misogynistic about “big girl”? Did you also criticize the women who is sneering that if you don’t use these techniques, other women will wonder why they “let themselves go”?

I am on HRT. I see a menopause expert. I’ve had all of the conversations. I will never believe, ever, that a woman in her very early 40s without being kicked into surgical menopause via hysterectomy, had legitimate symptoms requiring HRT. I have PCOS, and so I’ve been in that space understanding endocrine issues for decades.

It is so fqn obnoxious to read these 800 step plans created by women to try best other women. To treat aging with something like your natural face like a failure. The idea that THAT is not upholding patriarchy is a fkn farce and if you have scannable brain activity, you should know that. I use Tret. I exercise. I have posted about fashion bloggers and recent purchases. And I still find these routines unsettling and self-defeating and if you post about it and some of you mock other women as “stinky” and “letting themselves go,” I’ll say whatever the F I want about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Age 56. 5’4”, 115 lbs.

Hair: Trim every 3-6 months. $50/per at Hair Cuttery.

Face: Cetaphil soap ($10 Target dupe) + Oil of Olay with sunscreen ($15)

Fitness:
Horse: $35,000
Horse board: $1,400/month (includes lessons with trainer)
Monthly vet/farrier/misc: $300/month
Trailer: $10,000
Truck: $20,000 + $150 per tank of gas
Show entries, hunt membership, clinics, etc.: Let’s just stop counting, shall we?

Everyone’s priorities are different.

This is a bizarre post. Your horse has nothing to do with your beauty routine but you post about it often so it does seem to define your identity.

She listed it under fitness. Horse owners who ride and don’t have serious falls remakn incredibly fit and strong throughout middle age.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Well, she responded with “big girl” so doubling down on the misogyny is telling. She’s upholding the patriarchy as much as the others she believes are doing so because they use a skin serum.

I think you both need to ask yourselves why you need to insert your opinion here? People can think whatever they want, it’s in the sharing that makes it an agenda since the thread isn’t “what are your thoughts on beauty routines after 50?”

She also criticized HRT as nothing more than part of preposterous beauty regime, when the benefits include lowered incidence of osteoporosis which is a leading cause of death…fracture = hospital = reduced mobility and other infections like pneumonia.

Stop reading into things. I wrote that. What’s misogynistic about “big girl”? Did you also criticize the women who is sneering that if you don’t use these techniques, other women will wonder why they “let themselves go”?

I am on HRT. I see a menopause expert. I’ve had all of the conversations. I will never believe, ever, that a woman in her very early 40s without being kicked into surgical menopause via hysterectomy, had legitimate symptoms requiring HRT. I have PCOS, and so I’ve been in that space understanding endocrine issues for decades.

It is so fqn obnoxious to read these 800 step plans created by women to try best other women. To treat aging with something like your natural face like a failure. The idea that THAT is not upholding patriarchy is a fkn farce and if you have scannable brain activity, you should know that. I use Tret. I exercise. I have posted about fashion bloggers and recent purchases. And I still find these routines unsettling and self-defeating and if you post about it and some of you mock other women as “stinky” and “letting themselves go,” I’ll say whatever the F I want about it.

I’m not a big girl. I’m a woman. Stop infantilizing middle-aged women. You seem to have anger issues and think your way is the only way. Saying “women are letting themselves go” is also self-defeating, but she only said that after you doubled down.

Have a nice day! 👍🏻

[Anonymous]

Also, you’re lashing out because you’re buying into it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's scary that someone thinks a BMI of 19 is problematic. It's under 18 that you're considered underweight. Most of my family, including myself and my son, were under 18 for years. We are aware of the risks of osteoporosis, and take vit D supplements and know we need to do weight-bearing exercise. My mother, who had never taken supplements in her life and has always been very thin, had her osteoporosis reversed by high doses of vit D and other treatments. So even if you do nothing and have a BMI of 17... you're not going to die before your time. She's out and about at 75, trotting along.

Actually under 18.5 is considered underweight. 19 is awfully close to that. Not a good look at 40 something. Also poor medial outcomes with low BMI. Early menopause, low bone density, high risk for bed sores if OP was unfortunate enough to get a severe illness or injury that kept her bed bound for a more than a few days.

It’s one thing if that is just how your body was made and you can’t help it. But it’s an entirely another to pharmaceutically induce such a low weight on purpose at that age.

[Anonymous]

53. Boxing (actual boxing, not boxfit) 2-3 times a week. Huge lunch, small dinner. Get my haircut approx every 2 months. No dye. Occasional retinal and vit c. Jones Road makeup. Happy to look good for my age. Do not want to look younger.

[Anonymous]

oh sorry, the amount - $1,700 per year for unlimited boxing. approx $100 per 6months for retinal cream/vit c. Hair care is $84 every 2.5 months. makeup is $200 every 8 months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, you’re lashing out because you’re buying into it!

DP. You have poor logical and analytical skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Well, she responded with “big girl” so doubling down on the misogyny is telling. She’s upholding the patriarchy as much as the others she believes are doing so because they use a skin serum.

I think you both need to ask yourselves why you need to insert your opinion here? People can think whatever they want, it’s in the sharing that makes it an agenda since the thread isn’t “what are your thoughts on beauty routines after 50?”

She also criticized HRT as nothing more than part of preposterous beauty regime, when the benefits include lowered incidence of osteoporosis which is a leading cause of death…fracture = hospital = reduced mobility and other infections like pneumonia.

Stop reading into things. I wrote that. What’s misogynistic about “big girl”? Did you also criticize the women who is sneering that if you don’t use these techniques, other women will wonder why they “let themselves go”?

I am on HRT. I see a menopause expert. I’ve had all of the conversations. I will never believe, ever, that a woman in her very early 40s without being kicked into surgical menopause via hysterectomy, had legitimate symptoms requiring HRT. I have PCOS, and so I’ve been in that space understanding endocrine issues for decades.

It is so fqn obnoxious to read these 800 step plans created by women to try best other women. To treat aging with something like your natural face like a failure. The idea that THAT is not upholding patriarchy is a fkn farce and if you have scannable brain activity, you should know that. I use Tret. I exercise. I have posted about fashion bloggers and recent purchases. And I still find these routines unsettling and self-defeating and if you post about it and some of you mock other women as “stinky” and “letting themselves go,” I’ll say whatever the F I want about it.

I’m not a big girl. I’m a woman. Stop infantilizing middle-aged women. You seem to have anger issues and think your way is the only way. Saying “women are letting themselves go” is also self-defeating, but she only said that after you doubled down.

Have a nice day! 👍🏻

Dp. I am the poster who was told they were letting themselves go- not the one you are responding to. I am the one said it’s okay to question what we’re all doing. Hardly anger issues or doubling down. But some people are very ugly on the inside and it spills out. Have a nice day as well.