Such a touchy topic for me lately! I am so thankful that my hair has not started turning gray yet. I just don't think I could take it right now. It just seems that women always have to have something to complain about! It used to be that I always felt fat...well, I have slimmed down, and although I would like to be firmer, in general, I am content with my size. I think if I got too much smaller at this point in life, it would just age me (sagging skin, etc..)
I never liked my hair and was always searching for the perfect cut. Now that I am letting it grow, I have pretty much come to peace with my hair. It is healthy and growing and I guess I pretty much am happy with it.
So the problem? My face! I look in the mirror, but someone else is looking back at me! I just feel like my face has really aged a lot in the last few years. The skin is not tight anymore and the coloring does not seem as smooth. Sometimes I feel like I am going through adolescence again with blotches popping out here and there. And maybe it is the exposure to the sun when I was younger, but I feel like I am getting age spots. And truly, I have to admit, I sometimes wonder if the coffee and not-so-healthy eating is showing up on my face. I know that if I go really strict (i.e. no dairy, no sugar, no chemicals, no red meat, no caffeine) that I will feel and look better. It is just SO HARD to eat that way when everyone in the world, including my family wants hamburgers and soda. When I did it before, I was cooking two meals for dinner almost everyday--one for them and one for me. That does get old!
Anyway, I discussed the gray hair thing with my dear hubby. I want to decide now what I will do when it happens. I don't want to go into a panic and act impulsively. He says to bear them proudly, that I will have earned them. What a sweetie! So the deal is, if they come, let them...unless he or I decide at that time that we really hate the way they look
. I really don't want to get on the coloring merry-go-round. Once you start, you have to keep on doing it. I hope that I will bear it as well as Lilliana and some of the other ladies on the Loom have.
As for the face...well, I will moisturize and drink more water. I am trying to work up the motivation to go back to the superclean, ultra-healthy eating plan, but Starbucks and Krispy Kreme are hard to fight!!
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