Fitness After 40! My Favorite Place--The Beach!

My daughter just got the film developed on a couple of disposable cameras she took to camp the last few years.  It's so rare to see and hold an actual photograph these days! (We've vowed to take more "real" pictures and have them developed.)
Anyway, mixed in with the camp photos were a few others...This is one of them.  Even my daughter said, "looking good, mom."
And it just re-enforces my philosophy:
You can be fit after 40!   Of course I see things I don't like, things I'd like to look different on my body, but this is what a women over 40, after 3 pregnancies (gaining lots of weight!) really looks like if you make fitness and healthy nutrition a part of your lifestyle.  I don't go super crazy working out, and honestly the most important joy of working out for me is how it makes me feel...empowered, strong, more confident, and I love the endorphin rush. I eat well, but I have my sweets now and then and treat myself to my biggest weakness once in a while...french fries.
The moral here is don't give up.  Sure our bodies change, time marches forward and gravity pulls us down---but if you embrace who you are, and if you stay physically active and eat healthy, life can just keep getting better.