To ask if you can be older and thin? (without looking worn-out)

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I'll just say that yes, there's been a gazillion weight related threads on MN as of late so apologies for adding but I just really would appreciate your opinions on this.

My DM who has always been a size 8/10 when I was growing up is now a size 16. She's far from 'obese' and looks pretty good. She says that had she maintained her size 8 figure she'd look decrepit, tired, worn out by now.

Apparently she 'fills' out the lines with this extra weight. I don't doubt that she could get back to a size 8 if she so chose to as her sister is a size 8 and 'thinness' does seem to run in their family.

My mother is in her 60s & the same weight as her wedding day, aged 20. That's 9 stone. She looks great.
The thing is that her weight hasn't fluctuated other than pregnancy. I think not yo-yoing much helps a lot.
She eats really healthily to maintain her weight & walks everywhere. So she does put the work in big-time...

Finally, at the age of 45, I am grateful for my hamster cheeks and oily skin. They don't half keep you looking young.

I'm a size 12, don't want to be any smaller since it would involve relinquishing cake, chips and wine, but I think my moon face could cope with losing a stone. Not so much the sculpted cheekbone people I was envious of in my twenties!

Sun tanning worse culprit than fat levels IMO.

My mum looks fab having lost a bit of weight in her forties.

Helen Mirren I think has had a very good face lift. None of us should hold ourselves up to the standards of people who have to do it.

I don't know at all, but I think being fit and healthy and enjoying your family is better than looking a certain way. I don't judge my granny on her appearance.