I just turned 40 yesterday. Did I hit my weightloss goal of 20 lbs lost before my birthday? Nope. But I did pretty good anyway. Right now, I’m holding steady at 160, but still feeling pretty good. I want to lose another 10-15 lbs this year, preferably by summer. I love summer clothes, and would be more than happy to have to buy a whole new wardrobe because nothing fits!
So here’s my take on 40…I look better than I did when I was 30 (I was pregnant!), I feel better, and I’m more secure with myself. So I’m ok with it. I thought 30 was a little traumatic. After all, you’re going from the carefree 20s where it was all about you and what you wanted. Thirty meant responsibility, becoming more like your parents, having car payments and a mortgage, picking up kids from daycare…quite a change. Going from 30s to 40s is really just a lot of the same stuff. I’m really just one day older than I was the day before.
So I’ve made my peace with turning 40 and just hope this new decade goes by more slowly than the 30s did!