Trick or Treat

For those of us who always enjoy trick or treating, today's our day. But as we get older, remember that those candy calories are going to go right to your hips and surrounding areas. I'm not saying don't have any candy, but make sure you limit your intake because with the Christmas season rolling around really fast, you'll want to save some of those special treat moments for then. Be safe and have fun!

How Easy Is It To Just Quit?

Let me tell you, very, very easy! This is quite unfortunate since we're talking about making our lives better as we age. There always seems to be other things we would rather do then exercise, but if we don't get up and get moving, we won't be able to do ANYTHING!

The Wii Fit is a great alternative to just sitting. Get up, dance around, hula hoop, do yoga, whatever you feel like doing at the time, as long as you do something. Thirty minutes seems to be the magic number when exercising, most professionals say and believe me when I say, doing the Wii Fit makes that 30 minutes fly by. Give it a try, what do you have to lose?!

Funny But Sadly True

I saw this poem on Funnypoets.com and got such a charge out of it, I had to share it with you. Hope you laugh as hard as I did.

Growing Old Gracefully

There's a mole on my neck that's growing a hair
When I was younger it wasn't there
A lot of things changed since I've grown older
like my fallen arches and this hump on my shoulder

Yesterday I noticed a twitch in one eye
and spots on my hand that resemble a fly
I used to be able to party all night
but now to stay awake until five is a fight

My breasts used to be firm and quite pert
Now I have to be careful they don't drag in the dirt
Gravity surely has taken its toll
What was once on the surface is now in a hole

The backs of my arms are wobbly like jelly
and I found the remote tucked under my belly
I used to eat steak but now I can't chew it
Growing old gracefully. I don't think I can do it

Copyright; Donna Vickodil

Easy Skin Care

Yesterday I watched Dr. Oz tv show and was glad to see that the subject was making your skin look younger. Simple routines of taking care of skin on your face really does help you look and feel younger. Okay the feeling part is all about self image, but who doesn't want that?! The easy way to accomplish this is to gently clean your face with a mild soap, moisturizer with a product that contains an SPF of at least 15 and use an exfoliator once a week to remove the dead skin cells. This process keeps your skin looking fresh and not dull.

Hope you give this a try, we don't want old looking skin as we age, now do we?!

OMG!!!!

Oh, my gosh, I can hardly believe that it's been so long since I posted. Not only that, but it's been so long since I really exercised. :-( Let me tell you that starting up again isn't as easy as it was a few months ago. It was a tough exercising day yesterday since I'm again so out of shape. I started with the Wii Fit, doing the dance steps thinking that that should be the easiest. Whoa, was I wrong! I started with the slow one and did pretty good so I moved on to the faster one and after being chided for not keeping up with the pace, I did it again hoping for better results. It did get better but it made me realize that I'm letting my mind control my body by saying you're doing the best you can. Thankfully my husband wasn't in the room when I was exercising because I thought, let's try the hula hoop. Okay, so I was pretty good at this when I was a kid, but I found out rather quickly that I'm not a kid any more. :-) I'm not giving up though because I don't want my body or mind to fail me when I'm aging.

Footnote:
I did the same routine today, with pretty much the same results, but I'm not giving up! Wish me luck!