Category: Menopause
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The Secrets Of Trade Off Dieting
There are certain topics that even I won’t discuss on this blog, and one of them is ‘poo’. An article was doing the rounds on Facebook the other day that contained images of different poo textures and what they symbolise in terms of your health and I found it absolutely no problem at all to…
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When Hormones Get In The Way Of Your Work/Life, Family Balance
Ever feel like God was having some kind of sick joke when he coordinated the onset of menopause with the metamorphosis of happy children into entitled, grunting teenagers? We all strive for the perfect work/life, family balance but it’s not easy to get that balance right when there are effectively four adults living in one…
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Menopause, Schmenopause
So this whole menopause thing is not as much fun as I thought it would be. View image | gettyimages.com Aside from the tiredness and ANGER, the weight is creeping on, taunting me menacingly, especially because I’ve tried everything in my dietary power to keep it off. It’s not like I’m so vain to really care about…
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Let’s Talk About Women and Middle Aged Sex, Baby!
I know EXACTLY what you’re thinking right now… True Nature Productions – Sex After Forty – found on http://www.flickr.com LET’S NOT! Don’t worry; I’m not going to give you the sordid, hanging-from-the-chandelier-details of the sex the old man and I have on birthdays and Christmas. But it’s been a week of discussion about sex in…
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A Christmas Carol For Middle-Aged Women
Ready to play? Natasha Pantelyat Real middle aged woman!!! Found on Pinterest.com Fill your muffin tops with Bolly, Fa La La La La, La La, La La, Tis the season to be jolly, Fa La La La La, La La, La La. Buy your online Christmas dresses, Fa La La La, La La La, La…
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Compression and Putting Your Children First At Christmas
Photo by Maria Mandanas at http://www.flickr.com The definition of compression is the action or state of being squished down or made smaller or more pressed together. When a pile of material is squished together and made smaller and more dense,, this is an example of compression. Compression is when you reach fifty and realise that…
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Middle Aged Style Secrets: 6 Awesome Ways To Cultivate Your Inner Bag Lady
I’m rarely in a position to brag about my middle-aged style choices but I really hit the bullseye on the middle-aged bag lady target this morning, when I had to race like a crazy woman into my son’s school to hand in the latest overdue form and payment for his excursion today. You see, I…
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Forgive Me, Lord, For I Have Bought White Slacks
Don’t judge me, but this week I succumbed to my first pair of comfortable white slacks, complete with elasticated waistband for reassuring, yet gentle muffin top control, airy bagginess in the thigh area and tapered bottoms – which are obviously just a feeble attempt by the designer to make them look slightly less ‘Nana’. A…
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The Anxiety Beast In Middle Age
I’m tired. English: An anxious person (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I know that feeling is justified as we approach the end of another year, and in particular the end of the school year, and the fatigue is further compounded by the shops that are already taunting us with Christmas trees and tacky Christmas carols. (Which, quite…
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Middle-Aged Anxiety And Saunas
It seems that anxiety is my best friend, even when I try to relax. Sauna by Xeasa at http://www.flickr.com The good news about living in the block is that apart from the bitch upstairs who vents her menopausal wrath on my little Princess, we have some super deluxe sports facilities that we pretend to use.…
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I Got Me A Free Boob Job
Of sorts. Originally from Buzzfeed. Found on http://www.pinterest.com It’s probably not what you’re thinking because I’m not brave enough to go down the surgery route and under the knife. And even if I was, there are SO many other areas that I’d re-sculpt before my boobs. Anyway, I’ve always thought that young, pert boobs on…
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Salad Sexiness To Turn You On In Middle Age
What are you trying to say, sis? It’s a sad fact that as we women enter middle age, we are forced to get excited about salad. That odd packet of chocolate cookies or bottle of wine that never hurt our love handles in the past, now position themselves defensively around our brittle bones to protect…
LOUISA SIMMONDS 