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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much time is this taking?. Looking good is nice but if it takes away time from getting to know you as a person. Is it really worth it.

And no one wants to hear about your very special diet and the million things you can't eat.

Basically by middle age most people are looking for depth not just looks when it comes to long-term [/quote]

On a weekly basis I spend 5 hours at the gym, 2 hours at yoga, 4 hours on skincare and nails. [/quote]

How does yoga help you lookswise?[/quote]

Yoga helps maintaining a strong core. 5 hours in a gym is not a low. I spend 10/week (2-3 workouts) and also on a strict diet (only salad at night. no bread, sugars, alcohol). It take a great will to preserve body and looks after 40 for women[/quote]
I'm 52. I wash my face with gold dial soap and follow with some target brand moisturizer. I do style my hair every day, which takes maybe 20 minutes to blow out and curl. I use suave shampoo and conditioner and pantene hair smoother. I put Vaseline on my lips and brush my eyebrows and lashes. No make up. My exercise is walking 2-3 miles daily, hiking 2-4 times a week and push ups/planks. I still turn heads and, if I weren't already married, I could easily attract a partner. If you have to work as hard as you do to look basically decent, you either have impossible standards or you were starting from an unfortunate place.[/quote]

I am 59 and look about 45. I don't even take my makeup off most days. I moisturize once most days. I wash my hair once a week, and it looks good without having to do much to it.[b] I am a little chubby,[/b] which helps your face look less wrinkled as you age.

This is all to say that a lot of this is genetic and having a mother who made me wear sunscreen and a hat outside when I was young. There is only so much one can do.

PS-- my pedicures also last 4+ weeks if I exfoliate and moisturize my feet. [/quote]

Come on now. The bolded frees you from 80% of the work OP has to do. There is nothing genetic about being slim in middle age.

-A chubby middle age woman.[/quote]

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