Flab and aging

[Miss Shelby]

I see nude women every day. I have to change into sterile scrubs for work, so I see them in the locker room. One woman who must be in her 50’s and very thin, has the nastiest flabbiest legs I’ve ever seen. Oh sure she fake bakes so that the flab is dark colored, but it still looks nasty. So how does one who is aging prevent this? She’s not overweight, far from it.

I take the steps all the time. I am glad that I do.

What other simple ways can we prevent flab from taking over?

 

[MikeK]

Never let your skin stretch in the first place. Maintain a healthy weight and good muscle tone for your whole life. Go to a good gym or college that will dunk you and check your actual body fat %, use that as a measuring stick instead of a scale. Just because the lady at work is skinny doesn't mean she isn't fatty - it just means she doesn't look fat. Exersize everyday. Eat right.

There are no fun, easy ways, that's why most people (myself included) don't do it.

 

[Miss Shelby]

I think even if you're thin, when you age it goes to flab if you don't try to keep it tone.

 

[MikeK]

I think even if you're thin, when you age it goes to flab if you don't try to keep it tone.

Absolutely. While someone who is visually overweight is almost always a fatty, there's nothing saying that skinny people aren't carrying way too much fat. It's too bad weightlifting is seen by many as a guy thing - it shouldn't be, resistance training should be a part of any serious "get healthy/look good" plan. Weight lifting a few times a week will not make a woman look like a female bodybuilder unless that's what she wants to look like, eats for muscle growth, etc.

 

[_Shannon_]

I love to lift weights-I wish I could do that.

 

[MikeK]

I love to lift weights-I wish I could do that.

Squat the two oldest kids Curl the toddlers. Bench press a...umm...coffee table?

You're supposed to increase resistence periodically, and your kids are growing, so it works out perfect

I like to do pushups with my kids sitting on my shoulders, they enjoy it too.

 

[Miss Shelby]

alls I know is the vision of them legs are seared into my mind. Gives me restless leg syndrome. Makes me want to walk. Miles. And steps. When you walk steps you use 60 percent of your body weight I heard. It's good exercise.

 

[stivvy]

In the west they have a very popular excercise routine....Nip and Tuck, Nip and Tuck....

 

[ChristianMama84]

In the west they have a very popular excercise routine....Nip and Tuck, Nip and Tuck....

lol

 

[2Cosmic2Charlie]

What other simple ways can we prevent flab from taking over?

Die young

 

[Miss Shelby]

Die young

Too late for that.

 

[BAFRIEND]

It is gravity, spend 50% of your time standing on your head.

 

[ZuZu]

I see nude women every day. I have to change into sterile scrubs for work, so I see them in the locker room. One woman who must be in her 50’s and very thin, has the nastiest flabbiest legs I’ve ever seen. Oh sure she fake bakes so that the flab is dark colored, but it still looks nasty. So how does one who is aging prevent this? She’s not overweight, far from it.

I take the steps all the time. I am glad that I do.

What other simple ways can we prevent flab from taking over?

*note to self*...never undress in front of Miss Shelby...

 

[hsilgne]

So how does one who is aging prevent this?

I take the steps all the time. I am glad that I do.

What other simple ways can we prevent flab from taking over?

Park farther away from the doors wherever you go...work, shopping etc.

Don't buy chips, pop and other junk food.

Drink lots of water.

Stay away from the booze.

Work out 1/2 hour a day.

I don't do any of these things but it sounds simple.

 

[Angeldove97]

I use lotion with Vitamin E in it (you can use any lotion you want---just buy Vitamin E capsules and pop them open and put it in your lotion) which is suppose to help keep your skin looking young. But I would say exercise does more for your body than any cosmetic or vitamin could do.

 

[Globalnomad]

Deal with it. We get old, we get wrinkly, our hair goes white, we get arthritis, our memory goes impressionistic. I have only mentioned the things that are universal and inevitable - IF YOU ARE LUCKY, that is all that happens.

It's all part of a process called "dying"..... ever heard of it? For us Catholics, it's supposed to be something wonderful, that we should plan for and look forward to.

 

[hsilgne]

Deal with it. We get old, we get wrinkly, our hair goes white, we get arthritis, our memory goes impressionistic. I have only mentioned the things that are universal and inevitable - IF YOU ARE LUCKY, that is all that happens.

It's all part of a process called "dying"..... ever heard of it? For us Catholics, it's supposed to be something wonderful, that we should plan for and look forward to.

Yeesh!

Sounds wonderfull. Thanks for the pick me up.

LOL

 

[DivineFiliation]

It's all about getting older... although the fake-baking doesn't help.

hello, by the way!

 

[Miss Shelby]

Deal with it. We get old, we get wrinkly, our hair goes white, we get arthritis, our memory goes impressionistic. I have only mentioned the things that are universal and inevitable - IF YOU ARE LUCKY, that is all that happens.

It's all part of a process called "dying"..... ever heard of it? For us Catholics, it's supposed to be something wonderful, that we should plan for and look forward to.

so apparently you got flab then, right?

 

[Miss Shelby]

Hi Jamie!!