February 3, 2025 • 30 mins
Have you ever noticed how a simple trip to the liquor store can spark a profound reflection on aging? It happened to us when we weren't carded, leading us to ponder how we perceive aging and how others view us. We compare these midlife changes to the awkwardness of puberty and navigate societal stereotypes around midlife crises, sharing personal stories about hair loss and the quest for youthful appearances. Join us as we embrace the humor and heart of aging, offering comfort and self-acceptance amidst life's dynamic changes.
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Speaker 1 (00:16):
Welcome to Lylas.
If you grew up in the 80s and90s, you probably know what
Lylas stands for and, by default, if you have a vagina, this
podcast is probably for you.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
That's right, it sure is.
Congratulations, by the way, ifyou have one, as well as to
those who don't have a vagina.
We thank you for your supportand listening and being there
for those that do.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Right, if you don't have a vagina, you're probably
listening to support one, and wealso commend you we're all in a
good fight here, folks ifyou're watching on youtube, I
have my ski goggles on becausewe got snow here in south
carolina this week and I'malready tired of it after two
days of living snow, snow inSouth Carolina.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Right Meanwhile I'm going on like three weeks here
of nothing but this snow I knowI'm bitching about 48 hours.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I mean it will literally be gone tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I hear you, but it just goes to show it's nice in
the moment and then it just kindof gets old.
Maybe that's like most things Idon't know.
Novelty, right, the only thing.
That's like most things, Idon't know Novelty, right?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah, the only thing that's really exciting and fun
is novelty.
And then it's over.
It's like okay, let's on to thenext.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, I wonder what that says about our attention
spans, or I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Our need Well, it is definitely an ADHD trait is the
need for novelty.
I mean, that's why we tend toflitter from topic to topic or
activity to activity.
So today's topic again one thatI think we just love to talk
about as midlife women, which isaging and something I'm always
thinking about not always, butsomething I think about often.
Every time I buy these hundreddollar creams and potions to put
(02:07):
on my face.
I definitely am thinking aboutit, but I'll tell you what I
actually.
I haven't told you this storyyet, so this is good.
I went to Total Wine the otherday like a liquor store Nice,
and that's not the story.
But I went to a liquor storethe other day and I did not get
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carded.
And you know, those stores arekind of like notorious they
always card, even if you're like65.
I've actually seen them, youknow, card my mother before and
she didn't card me, and I had amoment of like, what's my tell?
Like?
There was clearly a tell rightwhen this woman was like Nabu, I
(02:51):
know you, 21.
Um, which, by the way, if youdo the math, it's like 2000, and
what is it?
What's this?
2025.
So, 2004,.
You were born in 2004.
You were born in 2004.
You were old enough to buyalcohol anyway, that's right,
but like it got my head spinning.
(03:11):
I'm like what's my tell?
Because I think I look prettygood for 42 and a half and so,
yeah, I mean, you can't avoidlike these thoughts of aging and
you know what you look like,what you think you look like
versus what you look like.
Even you know, I recently had afacial and like there's that
moment of where, like they'rejudging your skin and the
(03:34):
quality of the work you have putin honey, and yeah, I don't
know.
So maybe I'm thinking about ittoo much.
I really don't think about itthat much, but in those kind of
like moments, it's obvious,where you know, I'm just curious
, like what's the tell?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, I think, we get confronted with it in a
different way than kind of whatwe used to, because our bodies
are changing so much internally,as we kind of talk about, but
also externally.
Changing so much internally aswe kind of talk about, but also
externally, and it's almost atthat kind of rate, at least for
some of us, as it was back inthe puberty days, and so it's
(04:12):
all kind of happening prettyquick and it's like how do we
then like find ourself withinthat flux and how do we feel
comfortable whenever we're in astate of dynamic change?
And then also we have thislovely like social influences
that are everywhere, whetherthat be from the media, and
(04:35):
effective self-comparisons with,like celebrities, whatever else
, or our friends, or just youknow, we all have insecurities
about certain things.
You know, one of the jokes thatgets made and sometimes I think
about this is you know, youmentioned us as being midlifers.
Well, the joke about men goingthrough like a midlife crisis is
that they dump us midlife mamasand go off with these like
(04:58):
20-some-year-olds like you see,like Bill Belichick or somebody
else doing.
And so, you know, for us amidlife transition means
something else than what we hearfrom a social, even media,
perspective about guys and goingthrough their midlife thing and
so that even throws at leastfor me, that throws like a piece
of something in there.
(05:19):
Like I'm just trying to stayhealthy, you know, work out, do
everything that I can to keepwhat hair I have, because all of
this is fake.
All losing hair here, okay, likeI was in New York this past
weekend and the hair stylist atthis place because we were also
getting I was getting a facialand he was getting a massage he
(05:40):
was like oh my God, I absolutelylove your hair and your hair
color.
I was like it's all fake, it'sall fake.
And he was like oh my God, Iabsolutely love your hair and
your hair color.
I was like it's all fake, it'sall fake.
And he was like you had meduped and I was like it's two
rows of extensions because it'sall out.
So, and that's something hardfor women, you know, losing your
hair, having thinning hair,whatever else but we're just
(06:01):
like in this, I don't know, inthis place where we're
constantly exploring, like whatcan we?
Speaker 1 (06:02):
do I?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
that's what I feel like you know, like what you're
talking about, like facials,this new thing called face tape,
what you know, all the serums,like at one point in time you're
just supposed to like wash yourface and put lotion on it, like
what is all this stuff Right,you know, and what no?
And what order do you also putit in, because apparently that's
(06:23):
important?
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Well, and that's you know, that's part of all of this
is you have to do a lot ofresearch, right?
You don't want to just be liketaping your face randomly or,
you know, mixing all thesedifferent vitamins and things,
potions, and you know there's somany things marketed towards
women and you see a lot of stuffout there now about like
biohacking and youions, and youknow there's so many things
marketed towards women and yousee a lot of stuff out there now
(06:45):
about like biohacking and youknow, taking all these different
types of peptides and stuff,and like I'm not going to go all
in hundreds of dollars untilI've researched at least a fair
amount to say like, okay, thisis like a legit investment or I
really feel like my body needsthis and I've done like some,
some I don't know, look, seeinto it Now, having said that, I
(07:07):
did just purchase the AurumColostrum as in like 12 hours
ago and it may have been animpulse buy because I have
looked at it several times, butfor whatever reason decided
yesterday was the day that Ineeded it.
How I came to that conclusionI'm still not sure, but I will
report back on that.
But, like I had told youbriefly, I feel like everyone I
(07:30):
know is taking it and if for noother reason, I was like, well,
if everyone is doing it, it mustwork, right?
Um, cause it really likepromotes like great hair growth
and, um, as you get older olderyou know you shed a lot of hair
and just, I have long hair, soI'm trying to get it like really
thick and, um, you know, justtrying to maintain this hair
before it all goes gray.
(07:51):
I've got some gray sprinkles inthere, um, but I'm just trying
to roll with it for as long as Ican.
Um, but yeah, I don't know.
I just I think you've got to doa little bit of investigation
to really see what the match,because the shit ain't cheap,
right, I just spent like $140 oncolostrum, which I'm pretty
(08:11):
sure is what comes out of yournipples after you have a baby,
if I'm not mistaken.
So I still kind of feel weirdabout that.
I have had in my cart severaltimes face tape, have not pulled
the trigger on that yet, andhere's why I just I don't know
enough about it.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
So it's where you kind of like gently tape your
face at night so that it holdsin place.
That's what I'm saying.
I don't really know enoughabout it to be like, hey, this
is why you do it.
I follow this woman onInstagram that looks amazing.
I think she's like 49 years old, her skin is impeccable, she
(08:53):
swears by it and so and showsyou what to do.
But mostly I follow her forlike face massage, because I can
get down with some face massageand I do think there's
something to like this whole,like muscles and, like you know,
relaxing and relaxing like thelines on your face, and then
lymphatic drainage.
And again, by no means am I anykind of expert on any of this.
(09:15):
It is all just playful innature mostly.
But, as you know, I've talkedhighly about gua sha.
I had somebody reach out afterlistening to one of our episodes
and said now tell me more aboutlike this Gua Sha.
I'm like, well, watch thesepeople.
You know, like I don't.
Again, by no means do I believemyself to be an expert, but
(09:36):
there is something to likelymphatic drainage, all the
things, and so the face tape Ithink is to hold your face.
I'm not really sure.
We'll figure it out, we'llreport back on this one I was
gonna say mouth tape is anotherone that I've had in my car
several times and haven't pulledthe trigger on.
Have you looked into mouth tapeat all, or familiar at all?
(09:59):
Um, so it's basically like youtape your mouth shut at night,
so it forces you to breathethrough your nose, which is the
best way to sort of like getoxygen right.
We are actually meant to likebreathe through our nose because
there's that whole filtrationsystem.
Yeah, apparently again, theseare all things that I've, you
(10:19):
know I've picked up, yeah, butthe idea is to like train
yourself to breathe through yournose, and I've seen people do
this when they work out likethey're running stuff like that
too, because it increases, likeyour oxygen intake, but I think
also it, if you do, if you are amouth breather, particularly at
night.
I have seen like pictures andthings where it can actually
(10:41):
like change your jaw structure,and so I don't know that just to
me seems like a good idea.
However, I do think you look alittle crazy with tape on your
mouth at night and I feel likemy husband's going to roll over
and be like the fuck.
So I haven't pulled the triggeron that one yet.
(11:01):
Yeah, I've got to work that,work him up to that.
He like it takes my antics andyou know pretty well, but you
can't throw them all.
I can't like show up with facetape and my mouth taped shut,
right, you know all the otherthings.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
And the neti pot, like all the stuff at once.
This isn't, yeah, no, I totallyagree.
But I think one.
I think our.
You always tell me about allthis new stuff and I think it's
because our algorithms that wehave like on our pages show us
different things.
If you look online, it'sprobably just about like animals
, like I'm following this hugeturtle hospital making sure all
the sea turtles are okay youknow what I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
It doesn't make any sense um, whatever.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
But that's where I think this stuff becomes fun and
interesting, because it's it'sso.
It's just tailored to yourinterest in what you're looking
at.
But then you get confrontedwith it.
Now I'm feeling like I'm behindthe cue ball here.
You know what I mean.
You're not behind.
What am I missing out on now?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
I think it's no, you're not behind on anything.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Oh well, but you do have a better routine with that
stuff, so you always do thestuff Like that's a
non-negotiable.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
I want to say like I love skincare and have since I
was a young girl, like I meanfor a very long time I have
loved skincare and so, um, soyeah, like my routine.
Like I got a facial thisweekend and I was like it's
pretty robust, if I do say somyself, like I rarely get
breakouts and when I do, I canusually pinpoint exactly why I
(12:31):
got that particular breakout,where I got it.
Um, so I mean, like I and I dofeel like my skin is pretty good
for my age, right, consideringI've never had any sort of
anything other than a facial,you know, done to my face.
So so yeah, I think it's justfun to try stuff, and do I think
it's going to make you look 21?
(12:52):
No, I think it's going to easethe appearance of fine lines and
wrinkles.
Anything that you do is justnot easy, so it's not as
noticeable, but there'ssomething really.
I think there's somethingreally beautiful about still
being able to see those lines.
I just don't want it to be like,you know, the Nile river going
across my forehead, a soft likehey, she might be in her forties
(13:19):
, but I don't know Cause theirskin looks so great looks so
great, right, right, I feel likeI have the Grand Canyon going
across my forehead, um, likeliterally.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
But you know, oh my god, um, but we still haven't,
just in the air of disclosurehere, neither one of us have had
any injections, right?
No, we still haven't.
Still have not went down thatpath.
My skincare routine always washmy face, always hydrate it.
(13:51):
I like serums, but again, thisis kind of what I was talking
about, like what order?
What are we doing?
It depends on the season.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
You know, I think, dry your faces, right.
There's so many factors,factors and you.
To be consistent, you alsocan't just like randomly throw
things into your lineup or yourskin's going to react, right.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I'm huge on the facial train.
I like the hydro facials.
I think those are great.
I'm a big derma planer, so I dolike those a whole bunch and
I've had as part of a facialwhere they do the ultrasound.
Have you had that before?
They do like this One thing,they one time they like, do this
(14:33):
like ultrasound, which again, Ithink it's supposed to
stimulate muscles and help tostimulate your body's own like
collagen production.
So that way it does help to kindof fill in some of those areas
In a semi.
I mean, you're using anultrasound machine but you're
using that in to support yourbody's own functioning process.
So, and then there's anotherone that I've had.
(14:57):
That's kind of like as part ofa facial too, but it's kind of
like a I call it like a bugzapper.
All right, you remember thoseold 80s bug zappers, yeah, but
it's kind of like a I call itlike a bug zapper.
All right, you remember thoseold 80s bug zappers?
Yeah, that's kind of like whatI imagine it would feel like if
you kind of put it on your face.
But again, it's what it's doingis targeting the muscles, and so
what you're talking about, likewith a facial massage or
anything is, it's just trying toget those muscles worked out,
(15:20):
because the only way that theyotherwise get worked out is
through routine use, and if youdo anything routine, then it's
not really working out a muscle,right, right?
So I mean it might help to kindof build it originally, but then
once it's in its place, it'skind of at a sustained point and
it's not really doing anythingmore.
And so these little electricalpulses are meant to help to
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expand and contract the muscleswithin your face and your
forehead, so that way they gettheir own little like mini
workout.
And it's supposed that overtime through again making sure
you stay physically hydrated,yeah, and doing like all the
things and by using like theseelectrical and ultrasound kind
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of things and then you know thelittle micro injuries that come
from using different um heads ona hydrofacial can help to kind
of again lessen some of thewrinkles and things like that,
or at least promote clear skin.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Right so.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
I.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Cellular turnover, if you will, that's right.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Using the technical terms here.
Yeah, I do feel like, and thereason why I do support what I I
do think my skin is muchclearer, especially than
probably what it's ever been.
Right, so, and I attribute alot of that too, is that I very
rarely wear any makeup in thesedays.
Um, I wear mascara most daysand fill in my brows because,
(16:51):
again, it's hair, it's allcoming out, coming out, um, but
then I um, dog deliveries,welcome, actually.
This is a huge thing.
So, folks, I'm sorry for thedog interruption here, but this
is a market day because we'reactually starting to get
deliveries again in WestVirginia.
It's been three weeks, folks.
(17:12):
So, wow, I know UPS is workinghard right now.
Um, but with that, theesthetician that I go to does
like this once a year likepicture of what your face looks
like from aging, from the sun,from like lines and yeah, okay,
um, like, um, wrinkle lines thesize of your pores, like all of
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this stuff, like it's this crazycamera that takes this shocking
picture of what your faceactually looks like.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Yikes, it tells you how old you are.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Yes, and it tells you .
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I'd be like don't tell me, I don't know, I would
freak out.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Yes, it does do that, and so, whenever, whenever I
first, whenever she firstintroduced this to me, it was
probably like a year, two yearsago it'll this will be my second
time.
I'm getting the picture here ina few weeks.
I was the age that I am, okay,which I mean you're should be
right, right, thank God it's notolder, because I spent a lot of
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time out in the sun x, y,whatever but then, after a year
of kind of being very focused onhaving a good skincare regimen,
you know, keeping up with likeagain, like the facial stuff and
doing the hydration, it waslike a two, I think it was like
a three-year reduction.
So, yeah, and it was you wereable to see on the picture frame
(18:34):
again, because they did aside-by-side comparison, like
where the improvements were,yeah, and so that for me is just
a level of confirmation thatyou know at least what I'm doing
is helping.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Maybe some Right Again, just like softening the
blood.
Right, we're not out heretrying to like look like 20 year
olds.
That's not really well.
It's not achievable, at leastnot with our method.
And um, yeah, I think it's justagain like what's the goal of
whatever you're doing?
(19:07):
Is it to like completelybacktrack time or just to look
as good as you possibly can at?
this age, you know, taking careof yourself.
I think that's definitely seemsto be a movement.
I've noticed just with a lot ofinfluencers on social media.
They're like in for the year,as you know, like face massage
(19:29):
and face taping, and out isBotox and filler.
And hey, if Botox and filler isyour thing, no hate, no shade,
do you?
yeah it's your skin, it's yourbody, it's your face.
You do whatever makes you happy.
Um, but I will say it does seemto be trending right now to
move towards like a more naturalaesthetic.
No, I totally will swing again,I'm sure right you get tired of
(19:56):
seeing wrinkles and they'll belike.
Just kidding, I was wrong, yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I know and I don't think I mean I don't feel like
there's this biggest pushtowards.
You know surgeries as well.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
You know, like some of the plastic surgery, yeah,
you don't really hear aboutpeople having, like, plastic
surgery.
It could just be like we don'trun in that circle, like, yeah,
we don't live in those areaswhere the plastic surgery is
real popular, I don't know.
And again, like maybe that'sjust me being naive, but you
don't, definitely don't hearabout it, or people don't seem
to talk about it that I know ofand I think too.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
just to say this I think we're both whatever mental
health professionals, raisinggirls, women, all the things we
would love to sit here and belike, oh, just be comfortable in
your skin and feel great aboutwho you are.
But also that's not really life.
We all feel a little, you know,like things could be improved.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Everybody's got something.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
And so this is also throwing.
I'm not going to sit here, I'mdone, let's put it that way
Throwing sunshine and rainbowsup somebody's ass.
It's just an unrealistic kindof a thing.
Be fine in the moment with howthings are and then continue to
work towards whatever you feelworks well for you.
That's kind of where I'mlanding at this point in life.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
So it's okay to say that there's things that you
want to improve we talked aboutin one of the episodes at the
beginning of the new year.
It was like back to the basics,you know, talking about going
back to our daily routines andreally doing those well, and I
think that that's something I'vestuck with.
But to that point of going backto the basics, I just ordered
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myself a new barbell withadjustable weights and a yearly
subscription to Les Mills whichdoes body pump, which, if you
were ever a gold stem rat likemyself and did body pump, I mean
that was my freaking jam like20 years ago.
Wow, loved some body pump andgot me in really good shape and
(22:02):
I was like you know I can dothat at home.
It's weightlifting, you know,which we know as we get older to
you know, reduce aging, we needto be lifting weights.
I always loved body pump and so,yeah, I'm going for it.
I just went all in.
I'm like I'm not really intolike going to the gym.
That's just me.
Personally, I did that for somany years.
(22:25):
And, um, right now I'm allabout like can I get it done?
How quickly can I get this done?
So if I can, you know, crank outa workout here at home?
I'm all about that, Um.
So yeah, going back to thebasics again, going to hit up
old body pump.
I'll keep you posted on that.
See if it has the same effect20 years later.
That's kind of exciting too tosee how my body responds now
(22:47):
that it's had two babies and 20years of stress and life and all
the things I've put it through,and you know how's it going to
respond to something thathistorically worked well for me.
I think that's going to be afun little science experiment.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Yeah, I would bet it will go well.
You have that muscle memory andyou already have that positive
like I don't know build from it,experience, past history of it.
I would say it probably.
I think it's going to go reallywell.
I will say that, yeah, Bodypump.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Body pump man.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I gotcha Go back to the basics.
That's part of that.
Like we talked about ADHD likenovelty, and I'm very much that
way.
With workouts Like I've got tohave, I got to constantly mix it
up, I get bored really easy.
I need something new again.
I'm running again, so that'sgood.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
But I need something else.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Right, Like that's.
Running is just almost likeit's side thing for me anymore.
It's yeah, it's you know, forme now, when I think about
working out, I'm like it's likeweight training and like how do
I make that fun again?
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Pulling wherever you can, man, whatever works for you
.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
It's funny because it's all you see.
If you follow anybody over 40on Instagram, you know it's all
about protein and liftingweights.
Those are like the two hottesttips of all time.
And it's funny because I spentthe bulk of my 20s and early 30s
lifting weights and I'm doingsome cardio too, but I would say
(24:28):
like a lot of weight training,and it's been more so where I've
shifted to more of like yoga.
Pilates got into running, likerecently.
So I mean it's like trying tofind that balance to, if I get
back to weight training, knowingthat we rapidly apparently lose
muscle after the age of 40.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Yeah, yeah, it's one of those things that's supposed
to happen with menopause, too isjust the again flux and change.
I work out twice a week with apersonal trainer and the entire
time what we're doing is weighttraining yeah, I mean, I think
you have to at our age I doquick circuits right now, but
I'm not consistent with them,and that's the other.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
That's one thing I love about body pump.
Like you know, if you're goingup it, you know if you're
getting stronger and better,you're doing the same things.
The pump, like you know, ifyou're going up at, you know if
you're getting stronger andbetter, you're doing the same
things, the same moves,essentially.
So you know, like if you go upand wait, you're getting
stronger, right yeah, but whereI'm just sort of randomly
picking what I'm doing, I don'treally know if I'm getting
stronger.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Right.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
It's too random.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, no, you gotta have like progress.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
that's what you need to see, just like with the
facials I need to see someprogress right there is
something about like internalaging I really believe in that
like internally being a certainage too, and that's where the
workout piece comes in yeah,absolutely, it's just, I know,
(25:57):
we're just, we're still doing it, we're still there.
What a blessing yeah, blessingto get older.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
It is.
It really is.
That's true.
It very much so is, and so toget all caught up in the
negative side of it isn't veryhelpful.
It is a blessing to grow olderand to do so with grace and
curiosity, maybe.
So how can we?
How can we do it?
How can we do it effectively?
(26:25):
My big thing yeah, my big thingis that when I think about
aging aside from the outsidekind of a thing, I just I have
two I've talked about thembefore on the podcast Like, I
have two really good examples ofpeople who have done things at
an older age that I want to beable to do, and if I want to be
able to do those things, thenmovement is a part of my.
(26:49):
I have to do what they did, andI have great examples of what
they did and it worked, and soI'm not going to try to reinvent
a wheel.
You know, especially whenever Ihave a familial line of, like,
you know it was doing, it wasrunning, it was always doing
some element of weight training,it was doing some type of yoga
or karate or, um, you knowdifferent types of stuff like
(27:10):
circuit training.
Um, my grandmother liked towalk and she would go to curves,
which was again throwing outoldies to go Gold's gym and
curves.
She used to do a little circuittraining there.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
It was like the young it was the orange theory for
the geriatrics, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
And so yeah, gran was walking a mile over to
Perrymore Square in Milton andhitting up curves and then
popping it back.
So I mean she lived to be like94 and was doing cool stuff well
into her eighties.
You know my dad hiked 400 milesin 40 days in his sixties.
I'm 42.
(27:46):
I want to be able to dosomething in 20 years.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
It was negative 20 something in Breckenridge.
The other day my father-in-lawwho's 65 texted us.
He was about to head out to skigroup.
I was like you're crazy.
I was like, but like, yeah,like you said, like if you want
to be able to do these things,it starts now, and so like
really seizing that and thatthat it's an opportunity, just
(28:11):
waiting for us, right?
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Yeah, that's a big thing, we're doing a good job.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
I know we said we're going to revisit aging, see how
we're doing, but I'm just goingto go ahead and stamp it.
I think we're doing a good jobbecause we look great A, B.
Even if you don't get carded,you still look great, you still
look great and B.
The bottom line is we're doingthe best we can with the
(28:35):
resources we have and what feelsbest to us and like that right,
there is a win.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Yeah, I agree.
I agree, and I think remainingcurious and open to things is
also a win.
Yeah, it's just fun, it's fun.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
It may not work, but it's like anything If you don't
do it consistently, I don't carewhat it is.
Don't do it consistently, and Ithink if you don't wear
sunscreen every day, you mightas well do nothing Like two
biggies.
Wear sunscreen every day onyour face and, whatever you do,
do it consistently.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Yeah, that's fair, that's fair.
We obviously see the other sideto consistency whenever it's
not in our health, plus favorwhere that leads.
And so same goes both ways.
Same goes both ways.
So what grade do you give us?
Like, if you had to give us agrade on aging, like, how are we
doing?
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I think we're doing pretty damn good.
I mean I would give it like Idon't know an eight, because
there's always room forimprovement.
I mean you can always cut outalcohol completely.
Yeah, that's true, could alwaysbe drinking more water.
I mean, me personally, I couldalways be drinking more water.
Yeah, there's always room forimprovement, but I think we're
(29:47):
doing pretty damn good All right, I'll take an eight.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Eight sounds good, eight is great.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Eight is great.
We'll go with that, all right,well we're going to end on that,
then it is great, we'll go Allright.
Well, we're going to end onthat, then it is great.
That's all we got for this week, y'all, until next time.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Lylas Out, out, out you.
Welcome to Lylas.
If you grew up in the 80s and90s, you probably know what
Lylas stands for and, by default, if you have a vagina, this
podcast is probably for you.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
That's right, it sure is.
Congratulations, by the way, ifyou have one, as well as to
those who don't have a vagina.
We thank you for your supportand listening and being there
for those that do.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Right, if you don't have a vagina, you're probably
listening to support one, and wealso commend you we're all in a
good fight here, folks ifyou're watching on youtube, I
have my ski goggles on becausewe got snow here in south
carolina this week and I'malready tired of it after two
days of living snow, snow inSouth Carolina.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Right Meanwhile I'm going on like three weeks here
of nothing but this snow I knowI'm bitching about 48 hours.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I mean it will literally be gone tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
I hear you, but it just goes to show it's nice in
the moment and then it just kindof gets old.
Maybe that's like most things Idon't know.
Novelty, right, the only thing.
That's like most things, Idon't know Novelty, right?
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Yeah, the only thing that's really exciting and fun
is novelty.
And then it's over.
It's like okay, let's on to thenext.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Yeah, I wonder what that says about our attention
spans, or I don't know.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Our need Well, it is definitely an ADHD trait is the
need for novelty.
I mean, that's why we tend toflitter from topic to topic or
activity to activity.
So today's topic again one thatI think we just love to talk
about as midlife women, which isaging and something I'm always
thinking about not always, butsomething I think about often.
Every time I buy these hundreddollar creams and potions to put
(02:07):
on my face.
I definitely am thinking aboutit, but I'll tell you what I
actually.
I haven't told you this storyyet, so this is good.
I went to Total Wine the otherday like a liquor store Nice,
and that's not the story.
But I went to a liquor storethe other day and I did not get
(02:28):
carded.
And you know, those stores arekind of like notorious they
always card, even if you're like65.
I've actually seen them, youknow, card my mother before and
she didn't card me, and I had amoment of like, what's my tell?
Like?
There was clearly a tell rightwhen this woman was like Nabu, I
(02:51):
know you, 21.
Um, which, by the way, if youdo the math, it's like 2000, and
what is it?
What's this?
2025.
So, 2004,.
You were born in 2004.
You were born in 2004.
You were old enough to buyalcohol anyway, that's right,
but like it got my head spinning.
(03:11):
I'm like what's my tell?
Because I think I look prettygood for 42 and a half and so,
yeah, I mean, you can't avoidlike these thoughts of aging and
you know what you look like,what you think you look like
versus what you look like.
Even you know, I recently had afacial and like there's that
moment of where, like they'rejudging your skin and the
(03:34):
quality of the work you have putin honey, and yeah, I don't
know.
So maybe I'm thinking about ittoo much.
I really don't think about itthat much, but in those kind of
like moments, it's obvious,where you know, I'm just curious
, like what's the tell?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Well, I think, we get confronted with it in a
different way than kind of whatwe used to, because our bodies
are changing so much internally,as we kind of talk about, but
also externally.
Changing so much internally aswe kind of talk about, but also
externally, and it's almost atthat kind of rate, at least for
some of us, as it was back inthe puberty days, and so it's
(04:12):
all kind of happening prettyquick and it's like how do we
then like find ourself withinthat flux and how do we feel
comfortable whenever we're in astate of dynamic change?
And then also we have thislovely like social influences
that are everywhere, whetherthat be from the media, and
(04:35):
effective self-comparisons with,like celebrities, whatever else
, or our friends, or just youknow, we all have insecurities
about certain things.
You know, one of the jokes thatgets made and sometimes I think
about this is you know, youmentioned us as being midlifers.
Well, the joke about men goingthrough like a midlife crisis is
that they dump us midlife mamasand go off with these like
(04:58):
20-some-year-olds like you see,like Bill Belichick or somebody
else doing.
And so, you know, for us amidlife transition means
something else than what we hearfrom a social, even media,
perspective about guys and goingthrough their midlife thing and
so that even throws at leastfor me, that throws like a piece
of something in there.
(05:19):
Like I'm just trying to stayhealthy, you know, work out, do
everything that I can to keepwhat hair I have, because all of
this is fake.
All losing hair here, okay, likeI was in New York this past
weekend and the hair stylist atthis place because we were also
getting I was getting a facialand he was getting a massage he
(05:40):
was like oh my God, I absolutelylove your hair and your hair
color.
I was like it's all fake, it'sall fake.
And he was like oh my God, Iabsolutely love your hair and
your hair color.
I was like it's all fake, it'sall fake.
And he was like you had meduped and I was like it's two
rows of extensions because it'sall out.
So, and that's something hardfor women, you know, losing your
hair, having thinning hair,whatever else but we're just
(06:01):
like in this, I don't know, inthis place where we're
constantly exploring, like whatcan we?
Speaker 1 (06:02):
do I?
Speaker 2 (06:03):
that's what I feel like you know, like what you're
talking about, like facials,this new thing called face tape,
what you know, all the serums,like at one point in time you're
just supposed to like wash yourface and put lotion on it, like
what is all this stuff Right,you know, and what no?
And what order do you also putit in, because apparently that's
(06:23):
important?
Speaker 1 (06:24):
Well, and that's you know, that's part of all of this
is you have to do a lot ofresearch, right?
You don't want to just be liketaping your face randomly or,
you know, mixing all thesedifferent vitamins and things,
potions, and you know there's somany things marketed towards
women and you see a lot of stuffout there now about like
biohacking and youions, and youknow there's so many things
marketed towards women and yousee a lot of stuff out there now
(06:45):
about like biohacking and youknow, taking all these different
types of peptides and stuff,and like I'm not going to go all
in hundreds of dollars untilI've researched at least a fair
amount to say like, okay, thisis like a legit investment or I
really feel like my body needsthis and I've done like some,
some I don't know, look, seeinto it Now, having said that, I
(07:07):
did just purchase the AurumColostrum as in like 12 hours
ago and it may have been animpulse buy because I have
looked at it several times, butfor whatever reason decided
yesterday was the day that Ineeded it.
How I came to that conclusionI'm still not sure, but I will
report back on that.
But, like I had told youbriefly, I feel like everyone I
(07:30):
know is taking it and if for noother reason, I was like, well,
if everyone is doing it, it mustwork, right?
Um, cause it really likepromotes like great hair growth
and, um, as you get older olderyou know you shed a lot of hair
and just, I have long hair, soI'm trying to get it like really
thick and, um, you know, justtrying to maintain this hair
before it all goes gray.
(07:51):
I've got some gray sprinkles inthere, um, but I'm just trying
to roll with it for as long as Ican.
Um, but yeah, I don't know.
I just I think you've got to doa little bit of investigation
to really see what the match,because the shit ain't cheap,
right, I just spent like $140 oncolostrum, which I'm pretty
(08:11):
sure is what comes out of yournipples after you have a baby,
if I'm not mistaken.
So I still kind of feel weirdabout that.
I have had in my cart severaltimes face tape, have not pulled
the trigger on that yet, andhere's why I just I don't know
enough about it.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
What is it?
Speaker 1 (08:31):
So it's where you kind of like gently tape your
face at night so that it holdsin place.
That's what I'm saying.
I don't really know enoughabout it to be like, hey, this
is why you do it.
I follow this woman onInstagram that looks amazing.
I think she's like 49 years old, her skin is impeccable, she
(08:53):
swears by it and so and showsyou what to do.
But mostly I follow her forlike face massage, because I can
get down with some face massageand I do think there's
something to like this whole,like muscles and, like you know,
relaxing and relaxing like thelines on your face, and then
lymphatic drainage.
And again, by no means am I anykind of expert on any of this.
(09:15):
It is all just playful innature mostly.
But, as you know, I've talkedhighly about gua sha.
I had somebody reach out afterlistening to one of our episodes
and said now tell me more aboutlike this Gua Sha.
I'm like, well, watch thesepeople.
You know, like I don't.
Again, by no means do I believemyself to be an expert, but
(09:36):
there is something to likelymphatic drainage, all the
things, and so the face tape Ithink is to hold your face.
I'm not really sure.
We'll figure it out, we'llreport back on this one I was
gonna say mouth tape is anotherone that I've had in my car
several times and haven't pulledthe trigger on.
Have you looked into mouth tapeat all, or familiar at all?
(09:59):
Um, so it's basically like youtape your mouth shut at night,
so it forces you to breathethrough your nose, which is the
best way to sort of like getoxygen right.
We are actually meant to likebreathe through our nose because
there's that whole filtrationsystem.
Yeah, apparently again, theseare all things that I've, you
(10:19):
know I've picked up, yeah, butthe idea is to like train
yourself to breathe through yournose, and I've seen people do
this when they work out likethey're running stuff like that
too, because it increases, likeyour oxygen intake, but I think
also it, if you do, if you are amouth breather, particularly at
night.
I have seen like pictures andthings where it can actually
(10:41):
like change your jaw structure,and so I don't know that just to
me seems like a good idea.
However, I do think you look alittle crazy with tape on your
mouth at night and I feel likemy husband's going to roll over
and be like the fuck.
So I haven't pulled the triggeron that one yet.
(11:01):
Yeah, I've got to work that,work him up to that.
He like it takes my antics andyou know pretty well, but you
can't throw them all.
I can't like show up with facetape and my mouth taped shut,
right, you know all the otherthings.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
And the neti pot, like all the stuff at once.
This isn't, yeah, no, I totallyagree.
But I think one.
I think our.
You always tell me about allthis new stuff and I think it's
because our algorithms that wehave like on our pages show us
different things.
If you look online, it'sprobably just about like animals
, like I'm following this hugeturtle hospital making sure all
the sea turtles are okay youknow what I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
It doesn't make any sense um, whatever.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
But that's where I think this stuff becomes fun and
interesting, because it's it'sso.
It's just tailored to yourinterest in what you're looking
at.
But then you get confrontedwith it.
Now I'm feeling like I'm behindthe cue ball here.
You know what I mean.
You're not behind.
What am I missing out on now?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
I think it's no, you're not behind on anything.
Speaker 2 (12:00):
Oh well, but you do have a better routine with that
stuff, so you always do thestuff Like that's a
non-negotiable.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
I want to say like I love skincare and have since I
was a young girl, like I meanfor a very long time I have
loved skincare and so, um, soyeah, like my routine.
Like I got a facial thisweekend and I was like it's
pretty robust, if I do say somyself, like I rarely get
breakouts and when I do, I canusually pinpoint exactly why I
(12:31):
got that particular breakout,where I got it.
Um, so I mean, like I and I dofeel like my skin is pretty good
for my age, right, consideringI've never had any sort of
anything other than a facial,you know, done to my face.
So so yeah, I think it's justfun to try stuff, and do I think
it's going to make you look 21?
(12:52):
No, I think it's going to easethe appearance of fine lines and
wrinkles.
Anything that you do is justnot easy, so it's not as
noticeable, but there'ssomething really.
I think there's somethingreally beautiful about still
being able to see those lines.
I just don't want it to be like,you know, the Nile river going
across my forehead, a soft likehey, she might be in her forties
(13:19):
, but I don't know Cause theirskin looks so great looks so
great, right, right, I feel likeI have the Grand Canyon going
across my forehead, um, likeliterally.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
But you know, oh my god, um, but we still haven't,
just in the air of disclosurehere, neither one of us have had
any injections, right?
No, we still haven't.
Still have not went down thatpath.
My skincare routine always washmy face, always hydrate it.
(13:51):
I like serums, but again, thisis kind of what I was talking
about, like what order?
What are we doing?
It depends on the season.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
You know, I think, dry your faces, right.
There's so many factors,factors and you.
To be consistent, you alsocan't just like randomly throw
things into your lineup or yourskin's going to react, right.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
I'm huge on the facial train.
I like the hydro facials.
I think those are great.
I'm a big derma planer, so I dolike those a whole bunch and
I've had as part of a facialwhere they do the ultrasound.
Have you had that before?
They do like this One thing,they one time they like, do this
(14:33):
like ultrasound, which again, Ithink it's supposed to
stimulate muscles and help tostimulate your body's own like
collagen production.
So that way it does help to kindof fill in some of those areas
In a semi.
I mean, you're using anultrasound machine but you're
using that in to support yourbody's own functioning process.
So, and then there's anotherone that I've had.
(14:57):
That's kind of like as part ofa facial too, but it's kind of
like a I call it like a bugzapper.
All right, you remember thoseold 80s bug zappers, yeah, but
it's kind of like a I call itlike a bug zapper.
All right, you remember thoseold 80s bug zappers?
Yeah, that's kind of like whatI imagine it would feel like if
you kind of put it on your face.
But again, it's what it's doingis targeting the muscles, and so
what you're talking about, likewith a facial massage or
anything is, it's just trying toget those muscles worked out,
(15:20):
because the only way that theyotherwise get worked out is
through routine use, and if youdo anything routine, then it's
not really working out a muscle,right, right?
So I mean it might help to kindof build it originally, but then
once it's in its place, it'skind of at a sustained point and
it's not really doing anythingmore.
And so these little electricalpulses are meant to help to
(15:45):
expand and contract the muscleswithin your face and your
forehead, so that way they gettheir own little like mini
workout.
And it's supposed that overtime through again making sure
you stay physically hydrated,yeah, and doing like all the
things and by using like theseelectrical and ultrasound kind
(16:08):
of things and then you know thelittle micro injuries that come
from using different um heads ona hydrofacial can help to kind
of again lessen some of thewrinkles and things like that,
or at least promote clear skin.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Right so.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
I.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Cellular turnover, if you will, that's right.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
Using the technical terms here.
Yeah, I do feel like, and thereason why I do support what I I
do think my skin is muchclearer, especially than
probably what it's ever been.
Right, so, and I attribute alot of that too, is that I very
rarely wear any makeup in thesedays.
Um, I wear mascara most daysand fill in my brows because,
(16:51):
again, it's hair, it's allcoming out, coming out, um, but
then I um, dog deliveries,welcome, actually.
This is a huge thing.
So, folks, I'm sorry for thedog interruption here, but this
is a market day because we'reactually starting to get
deliveries again in WestVirginia.
It's been three weeks, folks.
(17:12):
So, wow, I know UPS is workinghard right now.
Um, but with that, theesthetician that I go to does
like this once a year likepicture of what your face looks
like from aging, from the sun,from like lines and yeah, okay,
um, like, um, wrinkle lines thesize of your pores, like all of
(17:36):
this stuff, like it's this crazycamera that takes this shocking
picture of what your faceactually looks like.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
Yikes, it tells you how old you are.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Yes, and it tells you .
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I'd be like don't tell me, I don't know, I would
freak out.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Yes, it does do that, and so, whenever, whenever I
first, whenever she firstintroduced this to me, it was
probably like a year, two yearsago it'll this will be my second
time.
I'm getting the picture here ina few weeks.
I was the age that I am, okay,which I mean you're should be
right, right, thank God it's notolder, because I spent a lot of
(18:10):
time out in the sun x, y,whatever but then, after a year
of kind of being very focused onhaving a good skincare regimen,
you know, keeping up with likeagain, like the facial stuff and
doing the hydration, it waslike a two, I think it was like
a three-year reduction.
So, yeah, and it was you wereable to see on the picture frame
(18:34):
again, because they did aside-by-side comparison, like
where the improvements were,yeah, and so that for me is just
a level of confirmation thatyou know at least what I'm doing
is helping.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Maybe some Right Again, just like softening the
blood.
Right, we're not out heretrying to like look like 20 year
olds.
That's not really well.
It's not achievable, at leastnot with our method.
And um, yeah, I think it's justagain like what's the goal of
whatever you're doing?
(19:07):
Is it to like completelybacktrack time or just to look
as good as you possibly can at?
this age, you know, taking careof yourself.
I think that's definitely seemsto be a movement.
I've noticed just with a lot ofinfluencers on social media.
They're like in for the year,as you know, like face massage
(19:29):
and face taping, and out isBotox and filler.
And hey, if Botox and filler isyour thing, no hate, no shade,
do you?
yeah it's your skin, it's yourbody, it's your face.
You do whatever makes you happy.
Um, but I will say it does seemto be trending right now to
move towards like a more naturalaesthetic.
No, I totally will swing again,I'm sure right you get tired of
(19:56):
seeing wrinkles and they'll belike.
Just kidding, I was wrong, yeah.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I know and I don't think I mean I don't feel like
there's this biggest pushtowards.
You know surgeries as well.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
You know, like some of the plastic surgery, yeah,
you don't really hear aboutpeople having, like, plastic
surgery.
It could just be like we don'trun in that circle, like, yeah,
we don't live in those areaswhere the plastic surgery is
real popular, I don't know.
And again, like maybe that'sjust me being naive, but you
don't, definitely don't hearabout it, or people don't seem
to talk about it that I know ofand I think too.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
just to say this I think we're both whatever mental
health professionals, raisinggirls, women, all the things we
would love to sit here and belike, oh, just be comfortable in
your skin and feel great aboutwho you are.
But also that's not really life.
We all feel a little, you know,like things could be improved.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Everybody's got something.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
And so this is also throwing.
I'm not going to sit here, I'mdone, let's put it that way
Throwing sunshine and rainbowsup somebody's ass.
It's just an unrealistic kindof a thing.
Be fine in the moment with howthings are and then continue to
work towards whatever you feelworks well for you.
That's kind of where I'mlanding at this point in life.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
So it's okay to say that there's things that you
want to improve we talked aboutin one of the episodes at the
beginning of the new year.
It was like back to the basics,you know, talking about going
back to our daily routines andreally doing those well, and I
think that that's something I'vestuck with.
But to that point of going backto the basics, I just ordered
(21:39):
myself a new barbell withadjustable weights and a yearly
subscription to Les Mills whichdoes body pump, which, if you
were ever a gold stem rat likemyself and did body pump, I mean
that was my freaking jam like20 years ago.
Wow, loved some body pump andgot me in really good shape and
(22:02):
I was like you know I can dothat at home.
It's weightlifting, you know,which we know as we get older to
you know, reduce aging, we needto be lifting weights.
I always loved body pump and so,yeah, I'm going for it.
I just went all in.
I'm like I'm not really intolike going to the gym.
That's just me.
Personally, I did that for somany years.
(22:25):
And, um, right now I'm allabout like can I get it done?
How quickly can I get this done?
So if I can, you know, crank outa workout here at home?
I'm all about that, Um.
So yeah, going back to thebasics again, going to hit up
old body pump.
I'll keep you posted on that.
See if it has the same effect20 years later.
That's kind of exciting too tosee how my body responds now
(22:47):
that it's had two babies and 20years of stress and life and all
the things I've put it through,and you know how's it going to
respond to something thathistorically worked well for me.
I think that's going to be afun little science experiment.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
Yeah, I would bet it will go well.
You have that muscle memory andyou already have that positive
like I don't know build from it,experience, past history of it.
I would say it probably.
I think it's going to go reallywell.
I will say that, yeah, Bodypump.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Body pump man.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I gotcha Go back to the basics.
That's part of that.
Like we talked about ADHD likenovelty, and I'm very much that
way.
With workouts Like I've got tohave, I got to constantly mix it
up, I get bored really easy.
I need something new again.
I'm running again, so that'sgood.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
But I need something else.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
Right, Like that's.
Running is just almost likeit's side thing for me anymore.
It's yeah, it's you know, forme now, when I think about
working out, I'm like it's likeweight training and like how do
I make that fun again?
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Pulling wherever you can, man, whatever works for you
.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
It's funny because it's all you see.
If you follow anybody over 40on Instagram, you know it's all
about protein and liftingweights.
Those are like the two hottesttips of all time.
And it's funny because I spentthe bulk of my 20s and early 30s
lifting weights and I'm doingsome cardio too, but I would say
(24:28):
like a lot of weight training,and it's been more so where I've
shifted to more of like yoga.
Pilates got into running, likerecently.
So I mean it's like trying tofind that balance to, if I get
back to weight training, knowingthat we rapidly apparently lose
muscle after the age of 40.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
Yeah, yeah, it's one of those things that's supposed
to happen with menopause, too isjust the again flux and change.
I work out twice a week with apersonal trainer and the entire
time what we're doing is weighttraining yeah, I mean, I think
you have to at our age I doquick circuits right now, but
I'm not consistent with them,and that's the other.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
That's one thing I love about body pump.
Like you know, if you're goingup it, you know if you're
getting stronger and better,you're doing the same things.
The pump, like you know, ifyou're going up at, you know if
you're getting stronger andbetter, you're doing the same
things, the same moves,essentially.
So you know, like if you go upand wait, you're getting
stronger, right yeah, but whereI'm just sort of randomly
picking what I'm doing, I don'treally know if I'm getting
stronger.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Right.
Speaker 1 (25:32):
It's too random.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Yeah, no, you gotta have like progress.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
that's what you need to see, just like with the
facials I need to see someprogress right there is
something about like internalaging I really believe in that
like internally being a certainage too, and that's where the
workout piece comes in yeah,absolutely, it's just, I know,
(25:57):
we're just, we're still doing it, we're still there.
What a blessing yeah, blessingto get older.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
It is.
It really is.
That's true.
It very much so is, and so toget all caught up in the
negative side of it isn't veryhelpful.
It is a blessing to grow olderand to do so with grace and
curiosity, maybe.
So how can we?
How can we do it?
How can we do it effectively?
(26:25):
My big thing yeah, my big thingis that when I think about
aging aside from the outsidekind of a thing, I just I have
two I've talked about thembefore on the podcast Like, I
have two really good examples ofpeople who have done things at
an older age that I want to beable to do, and if I want to be
able to do those things, thenmovement is a part of my.
(26:49):
I have to do what they did, andI have great examples of what
they did and it worked, and soI'm not going to try to reinvent
a wheel.
You know, especially whenever Ihave a familial line of, like,
you know it was doing, it wasrunning, it was always doing
some element of weight training,it was doing some type of yoga
or karate or, um, you knowdifferent types of stuff like
(27:10):
circuit training.
Um, my grandmother liked towalk and she would go to curves,
which was again throwing outoldies to go Gold's gym and
curves.
She used to do a little circuittraining there.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
It was like the young it was the orange theory for
the geriatrics, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
And so yeah, gran was walking a mile over to
Perrymore Square in Milton andhitting up curves and then
popping it back.
So I mean she lived to be like94 and was doing cool stuff well
into her eighties.
You know my dad hiked 400 milesin 40 days in his sixties.
I'm 42.
(27:46):
I want to be able to dosomething in 20 years.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
It was negative 20 something in Breckenridge.
The other day my father-in-lawwho's 65 texted us.
He was about to head out to skigroup.
I was like you're crazy.
I was like, but like, yeah,like you said, like if you want
to be able to do these things,it starts now, and so like
really seizing that and thatthat it's an opportunity, just
(28:11):
waiting for us, right?
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Yeah, that's a big thing, we're doing a good job.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
I know we said we're going to revisit aging, see how
we're doing, but I'm just goingto go ahead and stamp it.
I think we're doing a good jobbecause we look great A, B.
Even if you don't get carded,you still look great, you still
look great and B.
The bottom line is we're doingthe best we can with the
(28:35):
resources we have and what feelsbest to us and like that right,
there is a win.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Yeah, I agree.
I agree, and I think remainingcurious and open to things is
also a win.
Yeah, it's just fun, it's fun.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
It may not work, but it's like anything If you don't
do it consistently, I don't carewhat it is.
Don't do it consistently, and Ithink if you don't wear
sunscreen every day, you mightas well do nothing Like two
biggies.
Wear sunscreen every day onyour face and, whatever you do,
do it consistently.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
Yeah, that's fair, that's fair.
We obviously see the other sideto consistency whenever it's
not in our health, plus favorwhere that leads.
And so same goes both ways.
Same goes both ways.
So what grade do you give us?
Like, if you had to give us agrade on aging, like, how are we
doing?
Speaker 1 (29:25):
I think we're doing pretty damn good.
I mean I would give it like Idon't know an eight, because
there's always room forimprovement.
I mean you can always cut outalcohol completely.
Yeah, that's true, could alwaysbe drinking more water.
I mean, me personally, I couldalways be drinking more water.
Yeah, there's always room forimprovement, but I think we're
(29:47):
doing pretty damn good All right, I'll take an eight.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Eight sounds good, eight is great.
Speaker 1 (29:52):
Eight is great.
We'll go with that, all right,well we're going to end on that,
then it is great, we'll go Allright.
Well, we're going to end onthat, then it is great.
That's all we got for this week, y'all, until next time.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Lylas Out, out, out you.
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