Looking Good At Forty - What Are You Waiting For?

Looking good at forty is something that you need to take hold of and do now. Too many of us at forty make the mistake of waiting in life until we lose that weight before we buy that new outfit or make ourselves look and feel better. I have also been victim to this thought pattern. I wanted to wait to be completely healthy at forty and it took a while until I thought I was looking as good as other people told me I was.

I kept thinking “I will wait until I am thin, until I buy new clothes, get a new hairdo or go on that beach vacation”. Life is passing us by as we wait so we need to start looking good now, at forty. Do not get me wrong because in past blog spots I have encouraged you to set goals and reward yourself. You still have to set small goals and small rewards. Being healthy and looking good at forty or over is not meant to include total deprivation.

Today, I am talking about the negative thought of never buying new clothes, never updating your wardrobe or your look. That feeling of never being how you want to be, so you just decide not to do anything. Looking good at forty doesn’t mean you have to be perfect or have reached all of your goals(do either of those things happen to any of us?). It just means acceptance of who you are at each stage along the way and looking good at each of those stages. Age shouldn’t matter either. Are you forty, fifty or sixty, even beyond? I plan on looking good at all of those ages.

As we lose weight and tone our bodies at forty, you naturally will decrease your size of clothing. If you continue to wear the cloths that you started out with, you will be become depressed. I know I did. My thought pattern turned to what’s the point? I look the same as I did last month. Your friends and family won’t notice your hard work either. This will also reinforce the thoughts of what’s the point. Those clothes represent how you looked before, not how you look now.

Again, what are you waiting for? Start looking good at forty now. Go shopping today, get a new piece. If you are still not convinced that you want to spend money on yourself, until your plan is complete, then start slow. Try buying shoes. Shoes will never be too big and will increase your self esteem. Try a new hair do, cut or color, this will keep you up and positive.

As you body and lifestyle changes so should your self esteem and how you present yourself. Looking good at forty is fun and you need to start doing it now!

Allison Holt
Fit Over Forty