Reading this was just too much fun! Keep it coming, ladies! I am always trying to find the humor in the bags, the sags, and the whiskers! There is strength in numbers, eh??

I too had to change rooms this year LOL. I turned fifty last November. COnsidering the alternatives...I will take being fifty. :carrot: I do have SOME issues with this whole being fifty thing:

a) I now have to wear bifocals ( I substitute a well known F word for the foc part)

b) I have these lovely geezer hairs sprouting in various facial locations - they have the texture of steel wire!

c) I need a magnification mirror to put on my makeup now because without my glasses I can't see the distance over the bathroom sink to the mirror on the wall.

d) A bikini wax seems to need to go lower and lower...I mean I know I wanted to migrate south as I got older, but I meant my body..um never mind TMI

e) granny panties now are the acceptable and comfortable undies of choice

f) my fashion sense, to quote Gilda Radner, is mostly based on what doesn't itch

g) the pencil test for my boobs no longer means a single pencil, it means I can hold an entire box of em...I knew having those nice big ones in my early years would lead to this!

That said, I feel mostly great, still have good skin, not too much of a turkey neck, I can still pluck out all the gray hairs. :D I am generally happy to have joined the fifty and fabulous club!

Just a question for Fabulous 50Texas - how many calories in climbing the walls? Do you need any special shoes or equipment? How long do you do it for? I can't seem to find it on any exercise info sites!;)

Mollymom, you are very funny!
I've been hanging around for a few days in Beck Diet Solution support group. I checked out weight watchers, because I count the points. But there's nothing like a board of 50+ gals. I'm 54 and will be 55 in April. Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!! Maybe I will be 155 lbs or less by then? Or even 150? There's a good reason to resist the ice cream DBF (dear boyfriend) brought home, before starting on his diet tomorrow. Ditto for wire hard chin hairs and breasts that keep right on sagging. The neck's okay, though!:carrot:

Nancy,
I had the same problem with the wt tracker. You do have to have so many posts (seems crazy why that is) but then go into the "quick links", "Sig Wt Tracker" and start messing with it there. After you get the "bar" you want then pick out the "little icon" you desire. Be sure and save at the bottom of the page when you are done. Start practicing there. Good luck.

It didn't bother me at all when I turned 30, but when I became 40 and single, I became conscious of my weight. When I turned 50 and I was still single, I became conscious of my weight again. I just couldn't get the weight off. At 52, for some reason, I started to like myself and accept myself, I think because a lot of stressors disappeared and I had time to focus on myself. I started to notice people who were older than me who looked very attractive, even when they were overweight. So I thought I was being too hard on myself. I just hope I'm not 60 and single, but if I am, I'll be okay with it.

Jada, trust me, when you reach 60, you will be fine!! I am 65 and how and when I got here is something I marvel at!

You know what they say--inside every old woman is a young woman, wondering what happened! :)

Thought I'd inject a little in this post, I'm way past 50. I don't actually remember turning 50 at all, guess I was just to busy at that time in my life. My second Dh had passed away, and left me in hot water, so was basically working myself to death.
But I do remember turning 60, I couldn't believe I was that old. It was really strange how I just could not except the fact I was that old. Then I stopped and took a good look at myself, oh ya I was definatelly turning into an old lady. My hair went gray when Dh passed, but now I see lots of wrinkles that I had not noticed before.....never did wear make-up, but now wonder if I shouldn't start.
In the last two or three years the sags have started....but I am still comfortable in my own skin, so to speak, I still don't see myself as all that old. Sometimes the aches and pains let me know that I am though....