Grankinis?

It seems there is now a term to describe 50+ bikini wearers! Or so I’m told... But do we really want to be referred to as ‘Grankinis’!

It seems more women over 50 are wearing bikinis than ever before.

A quick poll of our Fabafterfifty experts suggested that wearing a bikini over the age of 50 was all a question of  body confidence.

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The 20 most beautiful women over 50 - have our perceptions changed? Have the right women made it on to the list?

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Who can better define the madness of the menopause  than the classic 'Golden Girls'. I came across this  video clip on YouTube and just had to share! Enjoy!!

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Tomorrow is Promised to no-one ....

I received the following as a ‘chain e-mail’. As I read it I got goosebumps and thought I should share it as I am one of those people who buys something special and saves it for special occasions. I probably also spend far too little quality time with the people that matter most. I have always been a planner rather than a ‘live for the moment’ type of person.

Do we all have that ‘not quite so ordinary package’ lurking in our cupboard waiting for that special occasion or that call we should make? Perhaps the time to enjoy or do it is now... especially after reading the following:

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How did I ever get to reach 50?
I was watching the evening news this week and the item regarding parents potentially being referred to Social Services for allowing their children to cycle to school unaccompanied. I don’t wish  to comment on this specific case, but it make me think about how times and expectations had changed since my childhood in the 60’s.

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This was sent to me by my cousin from Canada- it was too good to keep to myself! It started life as a chain letter.

I've seen two shows lately that went on and on about how mid-life is a great time for women. Just last week Oprah had a whole show on how great menopause will be . . .. Puhleeeeeeeze! I've had a few thoughts of my own and would like to share them with you. Whether you are pushing 40, 50, 60 (or maybe even just pushing your luck), you'll probably relate.

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I have found it easy to follow the 'Cruise' phase of the Dukan Diet at home, but how would I manage when away from home?  I suspected that navigating my way through airline and airport food would be a bit of a minefield . Although I was hopeful that as I was heading for Paris, home of the diet itself, it wouldn’t be too difficult to follow once I got there!

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With the arrival of the Dukan Diet book this week I have had the chance to read through and understand a lot more. I am now firmly in the ‘Cruise’ phase of the diet, where I am alternating my protein days with the addition of vegetables which I can select from a list of 28 options.

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Great that not everyone takes wrinkles and sagging jawlines too seriously. I was about to add my latest beauty product review but thought this would be more fun!
A big thank you to Sophie Lumen for highlighting it_ I told her I would share with Fabafterfifty readers.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. After all, the cheapest facelift is a smile!

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I was sent this by my cousin, and decided this was the easiest way to share it!

In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70th birthday…Oprah asked her what
she thought of growing older.

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The plus points: I am on day 7, and thrilled to say that I have more energy, can see the results are starting to be noticeable, and am today wearing t...

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How do French women stay so slim?

I spend a lot of time in France (my husband is French), and it never ceases to amaze me that all the wives and partners of his friends are able to eat well (and seemingly without guilt) when we go to restaurants, and yet they stay so slim. So as I watch them enjoy their ‘fondant chocolat’ for dessert, while I look longingly on, I can never work out quite how they do it!

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As today is #boobquake day, I though the least I could do is share all the information I’ve picked up over the past few weeks on keeping those cleavage lines and wrinkles at bay! Unfortunately cleavage wrinkles seem to affect  most  of us who are larger than a ‘C’ cup, especially if we sleep on our sides!

So, not just for today, as our thoughts turn to getting ready for summer and the dreaded swimwear season, what are our options?

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Some women over 50 just seem to defy nature! Mimi Kirk was voted the sexiest vegetarian over 50 - she is an unbelievable 71! She looks positively glowing. Her vitality and zest for life are an inspiration to us all! I felt I just had to share this with you!

There is hope! Great video clip!

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When I was invited to participate in a radio show on this very topic at short notice, I had to quickly gather my thoughts  so that I could (hopefully) comment in a sensible fashion!

Of course we all know women  over 50 who feel the need to lie about their age, but why , and in what circumstances?

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I admit it. I am a product junkie. Open up my bathroom cabinet, or look at my dressing table and you will see pots and jars in all shapes and sizes containing lotions and potions promising anything from fewer wrinkles to slimmer thighs (I wish!).  I love to buy in the pharmacies and beauty shops in France, where you leave not just with your actual purchase, but with a raft of samples of never before tried creams and perfumes.

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I have a friend in her fifties who has re-entered the dating scene. When I asked her how she was getting on , she replied that it was more difficult when you met someone later in life, not because she wasn’t meeting perfectly nice men, but because she was only seeing someone for a second date if she was confident that they had no history of family health problems!

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Not quite front page news just yet, but I was pleased to be asked by our local press if they could take visit to take a photo and run a piece on Fabaf...

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With the Oscars ceremony done and dusted for another year, unused acceptance speeches put away for a possible future occasion and critics debate as to...

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I was a fat baby, chubby teenager, relatively slim adult.  Over the past few years it seemed that I have been sliding back in the direction of chubbiness in mid-life. My mother even said ‘I suppose it’s good that you’re content rather than slim like you used to be’. Thanks Mum!! (I had recently remarried).

In truth, I had no idea why my weight was creeping up, or why in particular it was all settling round my middle- I could only put in down to the inevitable ‘middle aged spread’ I’d heard so much about. Looking at my older female relatives they did all seem to be the same shape (my OH with his warped sense of humour calls them the ‘cubes’), and as much as I tried to resist, I had resigned myself to the same fate.

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How sad!!! That was my initial reaction to a review of Jaki Scarcello’s book, Fifty and Fabulous!  in last Thursday’s Daily Mail. Not because the book is depressing- far from it, I have read and reviewed Jaki’s book and found it to be incredibly positive and uplifting, but because the journalist  who wrote the review glossed over the book  and continued to write about how negative she felt about  having recently turned 50 herself.

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Fifty can be a turning point in so many women’s lives, but I honestly believe that there has never been a better time to be 50. There are so many opportunities and options open to us which quite simply didn’t exist for our mother’s generation. We are used to breaking new ground- and are able to enter into the best half of our lives with more confidence and greater health than the generations before us.

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