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The Middle Finger to Middle Age

Started by Daniel Gibbons · 8 months ago

I turn 40 this year. Hurrah. Silence. Yeah. This is a hard thing for me to admit. “My name is Lucia Frangione and I am a youth-a-holic.” I knew I hit rock bottom when vanity drove me to complete a legal document with the birth date of 1975. Why not? I look 33…okay…a ... Continue reading »

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  • Kathleen

    8 months ago

    Great post, thank you.
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  • MoJo

    8 months ago

    Lucia, I loved this. I'm in the same boat, just shy of forty and with the pudge (and about to sign up for the hot yoga this week!) Three months - congrats! I've yet to do anything consistently that is also good for me. Thanks for sharing...
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  • Rick_Juliusson

    8 months ago

    After maintaining my high school graduation weight (or underweight) for 23 full years of gloating and glares from my female friends, I have suddenly at age 41 gained 11 pounds. I don't know whether to accept this as a healthy filling-out and acceptance of the fact that i'm no longer 28, or to rail against it. I applaud your positive approach, Lucia, and feel encouraged to continue my new schtick of being the eccentric jogging dad pushing his two kids on their bikes up the hill to school, then panting to keep up with them on the final downhill.
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  • CarrieM

    8 months ago

    Brilliant Lucia. Gets me thinking, "What am I hiding behind?"
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  • Paul

    8 months ago

    Hot yoga is fantastic. I've been practising Bikram style for nearly 3 years, after a year of Pilates and nearly two years of Hatha verging on Astanga. In that time my bad back has been bulletproofed, the loose screws in my brain tightened, I'm a lot more relaxed, and I've lost some weight. I may be overweight for the rest of my life, but considering I inherited a frame which seems designed to carry 22 stone (like my father) I'm doing OK at 16 stone - I can see my abs! And at 42 I'm in better shape than I have been since my mid 20s, and I finally feel that I'm getting to grips with life. It really is a long haul, and it's hard work, but one of Bikram's most senior teachers has been practising for decades and is still teaching the advanced classes - and she's over 80 years old! That's definitely the way I want to be!
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  • storyteller

    8 months ago

    congratulations Paul! Great to hear about your dedication, spurs me on. And teaching yoga at 80? Now there's an inspiration. Love it.
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