At menopause we automatically lose 20 percent of our muscle mass. Dianne, I couldn't believe that I lost my butt too. I walk. I exercise. 20 years ago fifteen minutes of exercise 3 times a week and the body was in great shape. Now 5 -6 days a week I walk 20 minutes, do 20 minutes of yoga, go up and down the stairs 8 times, do a few arm things on an exercise machine, and it still looks like crud. Not as bad as it would look, though, if I did nothing. I'm not going to bust myself for results that don't come. But I do want to continue to be able to move. So I'm adjusting my attitude.


I think about when the body looked hot - and all the hassles it got me into - the men that I thought wanted me for me, when they just wanted to play with me. Phooey, or dirty old feet, as my dad always said. Age is literally a pain in various places, but it also saves a person from certain kinds of hassles.

Vi