1970 people - turning 55 next year. Goals?

[Anonymous]

I want to have healthy BMI and body fat percentage

[Anonymous]

That's a great goal. What is your plan?

[Anonymous]

Weight training and high protein diet

[Anonymous]

Start living for myself. Kids will be in high school.

[Anonymous]

I’m 56 can I play?

I want to be 5-10 lbs overweight bmi (my dad told me to have a cushion in case I get sick)… I’m only 5 lbs away

Retire at 58

Play double bogey golf.

Stop getting injured doing innocuous things

Buy a beach house

Find an organization I really want to volunteer at.

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1970.

I don’t have any particular “goals” for 55.

[Anonymous]

Intoxication and intercourse

[Anonymous]

Survive emptying my nest, re-connect with my spouse, and continue Masters Swimming, which I just began this summer.

[Anonymous]

Just get through the year. DD will be a junior headed into senior year, so the year will be filled with college tours and college apps. I anticipate a lot of fights and tears and frustrations.

Then in 2026 once DD goes off to college, I'm gonna retire. I'll need the time to recover from my ptsd from that year.

[Anonymous]

Turning 60

[Anonymous]

Goals before hitting 55? Great question. Maybe a sustained yoga practice even if it’s just a few minutes a day. I am so inflexible right now — my body feels brittle and misaligned. I like the idea of setting a small goal to improve that.

There is a long-term professional project id like to finish — the sort of thing that no one is waiting for but would bring me great satisfaction.

Should I take piano or guitar lessons finally?

[Anonymous]

Born in 1970

I plan to reverse my osteoporosis through diet, yoga, and strength training!

I am also like a PP trying to gain about 5-10 lbs (mostly lean muscle mass) so I don't go into old age as a frail older woman like my mother was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 56 can I play?

I want to be 5-10 lbs overweight bmi (my dad told me to have a cushion in case I get sick)… I’m only 5 lbs away

Retire at 58

Play double bogey golf.

Stop getting injured doing innocuous things

Buy a beach house

Find an organization I really want to volunteer at.


This is interesting to me, what is your BMI now PP?

[Anonymous]

Ugh, I don't know.

My career is going decently ... I guess trying to sustain the momentum.

I've been pondering yoga teacher training. It would never be more than a side gig for me ... it would be more a way of deepening my practice. I know I'm old. But I'm not THAT old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Born in 1970

I plan to reverse my osteoporosis through diet, yoga, and strength training!

I am also like a PP trying to gain about 5-10 lbs (mostly lean muscle mass) so I don't go into old age as a frail older woman like my mother was.

I did this and feel fantastic!! I gained 15 lbs on purpose to help get my BMI in the best zone to get rid of osteoporosis.

The strength training, medicine, and diet helped a lot!