Have We the "Balls"?

Thank you Red... I'm far from gorgeous, but I'll accept your compliment with both hands anyway.. :love_heart::D
 

Red I'm so sorry to hear you've been through such trauma, to come through and beat 2 major cancers is a testament to your doctors and your iron will and mental strength, may you always be clear from now on.. :love_heart:...but I tell you my lovely...much as it must be frustrating as hell for you to have that extra weight around your middle...just be proud..proud that it shows the battle scars of the fight of your life..not once but twice. (((Hugs)))
 
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Red said:
Well, I think you are, and I would give everything I own to look like you..........:love_heart:
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Hey, how do you'uns (that's Missouri hill-billy) know how you look, appearance-wise? Tradin' images behind the scenes? I wanna get in! OOPS. Big mouth again! Where's the "ashamed" smiley? imp
 

imp said:
Hey, how do you'uns (that's Missouri hill-billy) know how you look, appearance-wise? Tradin' images behind the scenes? I wanna get in! OOPS. Big mouth again! Where's the "ashamed" smiley? imp
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errrm because my picture is right on this thread, that's me on the exercise machine imp...and also on my avatar.. :D
 
My Wii Fit told me last time I tried it I was obese ... So it can sit in the corner and sulk as long as it likes, maybe it's me but I don't believe I'm obese ..I'm 5 ft 2 .. 67 Kg
 
Red, somehow I just felt you would share! Thank you so much! If only someone would care to see my disintegrating, old worn out self, I might screw up courage enough to take swing at it.

Now knock off the demeaning comments please? You are a beautiful person! :love_heart: imp
 
Kadee46 said:
My Wii Fit told me last time I tried it I was obese ... So it can sit in the corner and sulk as long as it likes, maybe it's me but I don't believe I'm obese ..I'm 5 ft 2 .. 67 Kg
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Kadee, your Wii Fit lied to you.
For that height and weight you are still inside the healthy weight range, although at the high end.
You are a long way off being obese.
 
It is absolutely astonishing, to me, how a few decades time can bring about such drastic change, appearance-wise, as we age. As a young man, I felt young; now as an old man, I feel young. Between the two extremes, below being 1974, I have always felt young, even though I knew deep down I was getting less young. A mixed-up person, have I been! imp

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I am not young and I know it. I can no longer go hiking or dance, but I can remember doing both and when I see a young person enjoying their physicality, I rejoice with them because I do remember what it feels like. To recompense me for my current limitations, I have developed wisdom that I did not have earlier. It has been born from long years of living and from real life experiences. The young have not seen history through my eyes, nor have they had to struggle for the most part. That path is still ahead of them and hopefully, before I die, I will pass on to my grandchildren a mindset that will guide them on their journey and strengthen them for their own as yet undetermined futures.

I am content with being old.
 
The progression of only "growing old", physically. Somehow, mental awareness of "feeling young" is my most helpful means of coping with it.

Somewhere in Northern California, 1975.
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In Phoenix, 1979. Starting a new life with a new wife!
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Finally, the "progression" as it stands now, April 07, 2015, with the nephew who made me an uncle at age 5!
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Inside me, the girlchild still lives, but so does the maiden, the wife, the mother and the grandmother.
If you think the concept of The Trinity is hard to get your mind around, you should look inside my head.
 
Red said:
Thanks you Kadee, Pappy and Imp, you are all so kind, to try to make me feel better when you know I am so ashamed of how I look now........but your lovely comments have brightened my day.

Now, I have looked at Imp's photos over and over...........I am blown away. What a hunk you were AND are Imp. Wow, isn't it amazing how we talk to each other and low and behold how they look in real life comes alive. Imp, when you were young, you looked like a movie star. I must say your wife is a sweet looking lady as well....great figure.....great legs.

If I had a scanner, you would say "what on earth happened" because I was very well built and not hard on the eyes. I didn't think of myself that way at the time tho, but as I look back.................Oh I miss that wonderful life. Now I am old, fat, and all alone.
I will never get married again at my age and I know I would make such a nice wife as I am a real "caregiver"........

Dame Warrigal, you were sooooo sweet, and you now look like a very classy lady with a lovely tall good looking husband. Way to go Dame !!

Kaydee - I used to be a bear collector. Now, I have one big tiger and two live cats.

I don't know about anyone else, but I find 'old age' very hard to accept. I have been plenty sick since I turned 65. I hated every minute of it and got suicidal, but I pulled through.......now I would just love to lose the weight, but what for? I am too old now to change my life, all I can do now is day dream....

Being on a forum with so many loving, caring, people is really nice......and makes me feel 'wanted'. I like how I feel on this forum. I was here a long time ago, but I didn't fit in as I had too much on my plate to let my hair down and enjoy myself.......quite a few of you have opened your arms to me and that is so nice of all of you. Thanks to all of you. :love_heart:
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Red ,all you have to do if bored or lonely , make yourself a cuppa ,turn on the computer and "Talk" to us ,we are all good people here well that's my opinion anyway ....:grouphug: It's great to have our forum if we need a bit of advise ,we have many knowledgable well educated members .... I have only been here a few months.and had a few laughs, and a bit of advise along the way from our fellow members..

Just to add a footnote , And to make it clear I'm NOT picking on anyone with health issues !!! I'm sure some of us have those days where we tend to gain weight and have not even eaten any junk!!
Im sure all of us have noticed how obese / overweight some of the younger generation is becoming ! The junk food places now offer healthy options to choose from.. Only yesterday my hubby stopped me while walking through a shopping centre in Adelaide as there were two rather OBESE YOUNG women heading towards us who had no intention of getting out of our way and would have knocked me over if he hadn't pulled me behind him for protection.
 
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OH Red,,,,,you are not old and fat...my goodness, you look wonderful, and I am not buttering you up at all,,...really you see, familiarity does breed contempt IMO, and you are familiar with the old you, and can't see what we see, a beautiful lady who may be slightly overweight if at all, but looking healthy and happy and very smart...and btw with a gorgeous Ivory coloured sofa..:D now how could any man refuse that package LOL...anyway great to see you..and know what you look like :D

great photos everyone else...DW we've seen before a very classy lady...and IMP nice to see your photos too...you were a very handsome man in your youth, and still looking good today.
 
Red, you are beautiful! :love_heart: If you feel lonely there is someone on SF most of the time because we are from all around the world!

Great photos Holly, Dame and Imp! What a great looking group!
 
The most recent one of me is on one of our bike rides standing on top of a cairn. In this photo I'm still trying to get rid of the rest of what I gained in Thailand. So I'm about 8 or 9 lbs more than I want to be. The lumps in the side are not me! They are my pockets which are stuffed. :playful:


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Dame Warrigal said:
Ameriscot, you are an advertisement for what is referred to as healthy weight.
You have maintained your vitality and it shows. As we say over here, "Onya, Scottie".
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LOL. Thanks, DW! The bad thing is that I go up and down a LOT. Travel - gain, home - lose. I never stop working out though even during the pigout phases. I gained 14 lbs/6.3kg over our 9 weeks in Thailand during the winter. That can't happen when we are there for 3 months this coming winter!!
 
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