Anyone else scared of looking older when they lose weight?
I am so scared that once I get down to 150 my face will look older. Right now I get compliments on how young I look (I'm 36 by the way), but I am afraid that will change after I am at goal. I have seen before & after pics of lots of folks, some look wwwwaaayyy younger while others look older.
Last edited by hometowngirl; 03-22-2010 at 08:38 PM.
im hoping to look younger when i lose the weight im 22 ( will be 23 this year ) but i feel like im wayyyyy older i feel i look that way too im hoping when the weight comes off some of the mature look about me will too ....
I think about the everytime I look in the mirror - I am turning 49 this year and get compliments all the time that they can't believe I'm a grandma - I am worried to death about it, but I have convinced myself, I'd rather look older than feel like crap! I can make up for it with my bubbly personality
I have come to accept that I am going to look older. I'm not happy about it, but I would rather be healthy. I think part of it will be that I won't have that round face that has made people clueless about my age.
I think I would rather just have a face that looks my REAL age and a bod that looks way younger!
ha, I guess I'll have to try to think this way! I'm 47, almost 48, and have always looked much younger - in my early 40s, I had people in their 20s think I was their age! I've had a child since then and still haven't recovered from the sleep deficit! lol! I definitely do look a bit older now, but still easily pass for mid 30s and shock people when I tell them I'm not.
However, I just noticed a week or so ago that I now have some lines along the sides of my mouth which were not there 35+ lbs ago. I suspect that may be just the beginning and my face is going to catch up with my true age as I get thinner. Right now I have no wrinkles at all (weight plus good genes plus staying out of the sun) but I kind of doubt that will be the case in another 70 lbs.
OMG, *stop it, y'all. Nothing says *young like size 4 jeans. Nothing says young like the attitude you have in size 4 jeans. If all else fails, do what I do about my age..LIE. *laffin'.
But I already look about 25 instead of the 35 I am (even got carded in the liquor store twice in the past year, and drinking age is 19 here!) so even if I end up looking older, I'll most likely look my age. Whatever. I'd rather have a nicer body.
I stay out of the sun, don't smoke and don't drink - that seems to work pretty well for me.
Wait until you are in your sixties, wrinkles will be the least of your worries. Our Pop Culture has taken all the joy out of being a women!!! The Media has ruined our pleasure and turned everyone shallow. I'm losing and maintaining for health reasons, in the end, if you don't have your health, it doesn't matter how skinny you look lying in bed, unable to do anything.
I'm 37 and people tell me I look much younger quite regularly (drives my oldest daughter nuts when they ask if we're sisters, because she thinks I look my age, so she doesn't take it as a compliment to me, but as an insult to her, lol) .I have to agree with my daughter, I think I look about my age. Although I've thought about it, looking older isn't a big worry. My worry is whether or not my skin will be able to shrink back especially since I am getting older and skin naturally looses elasticity with age.
Last edited by mkyice; 03-23-2010 at 09:49 AM.
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I am adjusting to the changes in my own body and skin, of course we all wish to hang onto youth just a bit longer, but there is a sad lack of support for women to age gracefully in this society.
I refuse to dye my hair, wear clothes that so not suit me and will be working on a new style that I like, not what current fashion dictates. I want to blossom, not wither away because someone else thinks I am too old to be bothered with.
If it is a matter of looking younger vs older, you may look a bit older when you lose weight. However, overall your appearance will probably be better and you most certainly will feel younger, lighter, healthier.
While you are in your 30s your skin is more elastic and will have a much better chance of adjusting than if you wait until you are older.
Also, as you age, weight is very hard on your joints and mobility. I am in my 50s and I can tell you that with the extra weight I was hobbling around like an old woman--now I can get up and move like someone twenty years younger.
Anyone else scared of looking older when they lose weight?
