not let middle age get the better of me

definitely helps with this. Lots of energy! Back a little stiff, but OK, if I put my mind to it I can deal with that.

Need to get together with Wildcranberries and go to Frederick’s of Hollywood to pick out a cougar outfit. ;-) (Do we even have one around here? or are they all online now?)

Stubborn weight gain. Greying hair. Random knee problems. Increasing female problems if you’ll pardon the expression. And now, possibly, and I’ll get it checked out tout de suite, adult-onset asthma (hormonal changes are a risk factor – who knew?). Been coughing for over 3 weeks now, and I realize it’s not just coughing, it’s wheezing. F!

It’s not like middle age is a disease in and of itself, I just can’t be as blasé about the individual aspects of it as I have. I want to play tennis, hike, and really get in shape. I want to eat well, and eat healthy. Regarding high cholesterol, I used to assume that only men needed to worry about it, or only in middle age, and that I could eat what I wanted until…. Well, guess what? That would be now. I need to re-evaluate my dependent relationship with cheese. Fortunately they’re taking trans fats out of everything, but I never ate too much of that stuff anyway. Fried things, yes, and those, too, I need to pay attention to.

What really pissed me off – and scared me – this week was trying to play tennis with LHC. I lasted about 15 minutes, with a break in the middle to catch my breath. My pulse was racing for a good 15 min afterwards. Before this damn cough started, I could go for close to 2 hours. LHC was concerned, mentioned asthma. And now that I’m listening to myself exhale, and did a little reading about it, I’m convinced those airways are not right. How the hell am I supposed to lose weight and be all buff if I can’t do vigorous aerobic exercise? What do I do, drive to the mall in my tennies and sweats and walk around in circles for half an hour? I don’t think so!