You're Over 50 - Dedicated to the Interests and Lifestyles of Those of Us Over 50

You've reached a time in your life that, when you were in your teens and twenties, you didn't even think about ever reaching. But, now you're here.

Most of us, or at least I think most of us, don't have an image of ourselves as old. That is, until we try to do something that we find is much more challenging than it once was, like lifting something or moving something. Then we get a new reality.

 A few months ago I went to my 45th class reunion. It was a great time visiting with people I hadn't seen in decades. The thing I found amazing, and you may find the same thing when you go to a class reunion, is how many people weren't fit enough to travel to the event. It was pretty incredible.

I'll get back to my thoughts on ageing shortly, I just want to take moment and mention class reunions. If you haven't gone to one and have the opportunity to go to one, don't miss it. A high school friend of mine that I hadn't seen in over 30 years was not going to go, and have never been to, the class reunion. I talked him into it and he had the best time he'd had in years.

Like most of us as we get older, I have a few aches and pains, but I can do darn near anything I could years ago. And yet, there are quite a number of people my age that were too sick to travel. What a revelation. It made me sit up and thank my lucky stars that I'm as fit as I am.

This site is dedicated to those of us that have passed that 50 milepost and are charging, on oblivious to our own mortality. It's funny that I haven't though of "mortality" until I used it in the previous sentence. And, even if were NOT oblivious to our own mortality, were charging on.

In addition to covering information about health and fitness as we get older, I've added some sections that are related to our getting older.

Wrinkles are a fact of life for as as we get older.  The skin doesn't have the elasticity that it once had and that causes wrinkles.  In addition, we've smiled enough and laughed enough (At least I have and I hope you have as well) that it's caused crows feet and wrinkles around the mouth and nose.

Some of us need hearing aids because our ear drums don't work as effectively as they once did. For some of us our hearing problems may be a result of too much loud music when we were younger.  Hearing aids can be the answer, but they still aren't the best thing in the world, the technology still needs improvement.

At this stage of life, a lot of us like to travel and for some of us that means taking our home along with us in the form of a motor home.  Years ago, this may have taken the form of a camper on the back of a pickup or a small motor home.  Today, it may well be traveling in a 40 foot class A motor home with all the amenities, including high speed internet access.

Unfortunately, for some of us diabetes is a reality.  Our bodies don't function as well as they once did and, frankly, we don't exercise and keep our weight in line.  Diabetes is one of those things that sneaks up on us when we're not looking.

Detoxifying our bodies is a practice many of us engage in.  For many people body detox is a way of helping keep our digestive system in good working order. They feel that detox helps rid the body of toxins that have built up over time.