If someone would have told me years ago that I would turn 40 and still feel like I'm 20, I would have said, yes..you are right.  I took action towards my health long before my monsterous metabolism started to slow down.  

Seeing the older women in my family struggle and tango with diets all their lives, I knew that I was headed straight for the same nonenchanting dance.  Oh sure, my first goal was to go from a size 14 slim to a size 7.  What was I thinking?  Oh yeah, I wanted my legs and hips to catch up with my butt to offset the onion affect.  A few years after accomplishing that goal, I was glad I'd joined the band, basketball and track team since the fourth grade to keep me active and fit.  

It was the early detection of eating disorders and mental anquish I could have suffered that bless me with the active lifestyle I live today.  Fact of the matter is, because it's in your genes doesn't mean it has to be in your jeans.  Family lifestyle plays a lot in how you live and the body you live it in.  I may have my fathers bad eyes or my mothers knock knees but I don't have to live with high blood pressure or become diabetic.  

Fortylicious, here I come.  

Working out after forty does not mean slowing down or quitting.  For me it means kicking it up into 3rd gear because my slowed metabalism needs it.  It's Bootcamp, Power Yoga, Spinning and 10k runs in my list.  What's on your list?