What have you done in defiance of the aging process? I grew my hair out really

long despite the fact I am 46 years old. It is my last hurrah!! It is half gray. I look like the hippie that I am. And it is so easy to take care of.

I also sometimes buy Captain Crunch cereal.

You?

every year i ask hubby if i am to old for my shorter than suppose to be shorts, yet. had the long hair until a couple years ago.

oh, and i bought some clogs the other day. LOVE them. remember when i was teen, the clogs. had to have a pair.

Not bad for 59 years old. Of course I move a little slower when its that warm.

outside the barn lift the bales onto the 'elevator'. I probably lifted that many bales on that day. The best part was going for a swim in the Rideau River and sitting down for a big meal after. Man that is hard work. I'm not worthy!!!

see, all those type things, i use as an excuse.... i am old, lol.

That was at the farm I worked on. When I got home, I had to go out in my Dad's fields and pick up the bales there, bring the load to the farm and load it up in the barn. Long, hard days! But I was 14 then and I could handle it.

I wear it in two pig/pony tails

I still go barefoot most of the time

I am a fat middle-aged woman, but I do "men's work" all the time - the reaction of people who see me is sometimes funny (best is the "gentlement" types that try to help and do everything)

On a serious note I try to read and learn new things all the time - I think mental stagnation is way worse than wrinkles.

There is nothing like it and I'm very glad I'm not one of those women who based their life on their looks. I'm so lucky to come from a political/history interested family.

barefoot is my middle name :hi: one of the best parts of summer, imo.

Yes, I do get enough sleep. I try to make sure it's seven hours minimum. But I'm a night person and I won't shift to a day schedule unless I have to.

I stay fit and trim; I weigh the same as I did when I finished high school twenty-five years ago - 155 pounds.

I listen to my old favorites, but I still seek out new bands all the time; my new obsession is Makaras Pen, an indie shoegaze band from Buffalo.

I race the kids across the monkey bars, and usually win.

And I have a much younger fiancee. :evilgrin:

Maybe another tattoo. I told my daughter last night I was thinking about getting a tattoo of a mosquito on my arm because a.) probably not many people have one and b.) I could sue people for assault when they slapped my arm to kill the mosquito :7

I color my hair. Lost 15 lbs and started lifting weights.

Though I am having trouble accepting the aging process, there is some freedom in not caring what others think.

Oh and I WILL buy any console Nintendo puts out for a new Zelda game :-)

It was a boring medium brown before it started going gray.

Recently lost 30 lbs.

Still sing in the car without shame--even when the windows are down.

Have no fear of cholesterol and sodium numbers (to put that in perspective, while my family genetics aren't perfect, bad hearts and high blood pressure are NOT faulty).

Still get harmless (take no action) crushes on guys all the time.

Watch TV shows geared toward youngsters. No Matlock for me...yet. :P

Hey, fellow redhead! Congratulations on the weight loss.

When I stopped being blond, my natural turned out to be a dull ashy brown. A friend suggested henna and I've used it for about three years. In addition to warming up the color and hiding bits of gray, it makes my hair shiny and thicker in texture. I wear my hair long, but it grows slowly

For $1.74 plus tax, I buy a small box of henna at an Indian grocery store that makes enough for three treatments, about a year's worth. I use 1/3 right away and freeze the rest until needed.

In fact, I've become MORE metal over the last few years.

(BTW: I'll be 50 in a month or three.)

tooth and nail. Well, now at 72, it seems I am losing the fight. The teeth are slowly going and the nails keep breaking.

Mostly because since I was laid off I cut out the hair salon. Now my hair is dark and thick rolling past my shoulders. People here seem to like women with long hair; even the older ones like me so maybe I'll get hired now. I never really grew up much; I still like toys and cartoons.

and drink hot and/or (homemade)iced tea throughout the day

capsules, but I had bought them for my dog who had severe arthritis. Unfortunately, she has gone to doggie heaven, so I guess I will start taking these supplements since I need them now.

bald pate is a tad gross!

I hate it when people try to pigeonhole others based on a number on a calendar. Social pressure re: "acceptable" hair lengths/styles and clothing styles for people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, etc. really bug me. Long gray hair can look really good, and if someone (male or female) wishes to wear their hair arbitrarily short or arbitrarily long, good for them.

My current thing is trail riding:



I just turned 40, and most of the people I meet on trails seem to be younger than I am, but who cares. It's fun and a great workout, and it beats staring at pavement.

i guess i am a physical dare devil type person, for some reason, growing hair and eating cereal does not strike me as much of an act of derring do

i am willing to take physical risk, i've always been a mountain climber and i don't see the point in refusing to do little simple things that we have the technology to do to improve our lives and our bodies

i will tell you a secret, your hair does not have to be half gray, we have the technology, i have relatives in their 80s and their hair is not gray and it isn't because of miracle genetics

everybody here who tells a wild story about how their mom wore sunscreen and has no wrinkles at 80 is either lying or lied to, sunscreen keeps you from getting a sunburn that day, that's it, if you have no wrinkles, it's botox, surgery, or more likely (at 70) a combination of technological approaches

there is a reason we look at a picture of a lady of 50 in 1975 and she looks like a lady of 75 today, it isn't because of sunscreen or because of human genetics have suddenly diverged, it's botox and surgery and peels and so on

Yes, many--possibly most--people look younger because of it, but it's not true of everyone. I am fortunate that I have good genes for a youthful appearance on both sides of my family; neither of my parents ever looked their age. Yes, they looked old when they were in their eighties, but they didn't look as old as they were. I'm 56, have not had any work done, and I don't have wrinkles. But I do color my hair; the gray came a number of years ago.

grew out the gray a year ago and have never regretted it. It's a bit longer now but am thinking of getting a healthy trim of several inches. My daughter braids part of it, then I pull it back in a ponytail or a loose bun.

I have had some piercings and a tattoo done...thinking about getting another tattoo on the anniversary of my mother's death this year.

My beard grows in gray, but not my mustache. Age 41. Its a great golden red color, that doesn't match my head hair color (brown).

I'm on a roller derby league.

I love being my age.

I don't care when I'm the oldest one in the crowd. I'm also growing my hair long again because I felt like the hair to the shoulders said "middle-aged woman."

Then it began falling out. Fast! Nerves I think? My guess is Bush being president had something to do with it? So I keep it short now so my bald spot isn't so noticeable. Sometimes I still wish I had long hair. The full Santi Claus beard I had back then I don't miss so much.

Good luck and enjoy it while you can.

Don

Peter's sister.

I'm 56, and still an urban rat. If I want to stay in my expensive environment, I can't afford to own a home here (although I have a rental property elsewhere) so I'm downsized in my Outer Mission apartment, with very little material stuff and access to the life I love. I think most 20-somethings go through their urban phase, get married, have kids then move back to the 'burbs. I lived in Europe as a young adult, and I hate American car culture, so I refused to leave a place teeming with life for a bedroom community.

Also, I gotta say I'm far more content now than when I was younger, and I wouldn't want to trade this feeling for a few extra years of looking good! We've worked hard to get to the point where we don't have to prove anything to anybody anymore, so I say we revel in it and enjoy! So what if Gravity has dragged my face and my ass down to about knee-level, I have no problems with cholesterol, high blood pressure or heart issues and I'm happy with simple things. Post-menopause lack of estrogen makes me feel like I'm 11 years old in some ways; I would NEVER want to go through getting here again!!!

laugh at jokes or cartoons making fun of the elderly - old women with breasts sagging to their knees, old men in Speedos - that kind of thing. It's demoralizing. I don't like to think of every new wrinkle, sag or grey hair I get as a cause for ridicule.

Conquest by assimilation. But I am saving my immaturity for occasions when it is most needed.

and I rode my bike last Saturday 20 miles - 7 of it was on the way back from the store with a case of beer. :)

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Talk about long hair...

I'm 53...

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And still pretending I can sing like I did in my 20's...

...got long hair too, always have. And no intention of cutting it. My mother looked at me in horror not long ago and demanded (as though it were a crime), "Why do you have so much gray hair?" I answered, "First of all it's not gray, it's silver, second of all it's not that much, and third, I *like* it." I think it will look great when it's all-silver and down to my butt. I've never cared what anyone else thinks. :)

...by growing the head hairs as long as they'll grow. They just sorta stop growing at a certain length all by themselves.

Unfortunately, now there are fewer hairs with which to be age-defiant.

Regardless, I fully expect to live forever, in some way.

Just got tired of looking at the gray. Just for Men is great.

I am 54

i did the same thing two years ago, anticipating my retirement. no dye, all gray and down to mid back. former coworkers looked sideways at me and my sister and mother say it looks "witchy", but i really don't care...

can't do cap'n crunch anymore though, cause i'm now diabetic. can't win 'em all :shrug:!

:hi:

not the pre fab top 40 crap, but what they now call adult alternative.

The amount of fine Kentucky bourbon necessary for this is a bit pricey, but the resultant youthful, waxy visage will be well worth it.

Still play out with my band mates at age 60. I work hard at masonry, stucco, drywall etc, drink too much.
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