What physical changes can you expect in your 40s compared to your 30s? #40s #PhysicalChanges #AgingGracefully
Curious about the physiological changes as we enter our 4th decade? Let’s explore together! #HealthyAging #WellnessTips
Physical Changes in Your 40s
1. Changes in Metabolism
– Slower metabolism leading to weight gain
– Increased difficulty in losing weight
2. Muscle Loss
– Decreased muscle mass and strength
– Greater importance of strength training
3. Bone Density Loss
– Risk of osteoporosis increases
– Importance of calcium and vitamin D for bone health
4. Hormonal Changes
– Menopause for women
– Decreased testosterone levels for men
5. Skin Changes
– Increased wrinkles and fine lines
– Loss of elasticity and firmness
Stay curious about your body as you age, and remember to prioritize self-care and healthy habits! #SelfCare #HealthyAging
It takes longer to heal from everything!
I’m 64 and I’m not going to even bother.
Wiener nearly doubled in length
I now have a few wild eyebrow hairs that need to be managed. Also have to shave my inner ear lobe thingy.
All of your old injuries come back to haunt you. That banged up knee that you got sliding into home plate when you were nine? Hello, again! That time you tweaked your back lifting that grocery bag? Did you miss me? Blurry eyes from staying up too late on the computer? Well, now they’re always blurry!
Anybody here ever thought that like death is approaching ?
Peeing more often.
Not being able to get it up as easily.
Forgetting names more often.
Wait til ur 60! Bad balance, lots of aches and pains. Worry every time u get a checkup or lab test. Enjoy ur forties!! Don’t worry about every little ouch.
Your 40’s is your fifth decade.
Presbyopia, which sucks
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/presbyopia/symptoms-causes/syc-20363328
“Almost everyone experiences some degree of presbyopia after age 40.”
Body started degenerating a lot more after about 45.
It’s still healthy and works but I have to be careful about feeling it properly, getting some exercise, and the like. But now I look old and people treat me differently because of it, and that’s sad.
Skin tags.
Small lapses in memory/recall.
Various boner concerns (for penised individuals)
A strange adjustment in self image from time to time.
Going “heurrghhh” while standing up.
If you’re a woman, perimenopause. You don’t realize how much hormones contribute to the overall running of your body until they start to go away.
Horrible periods at random times, acne, hair loss, weight problems, extreme fatigue and muscle wasting, violent emotional swings, inability to concentrate. Fun times.
I like to joke I hit 40 and the check engine light came on. You’ll get random aches and pains that just come and go, and sometimes stick around permanently. If you injure yourself, expect healing times to be 2-3 times longer at least. Same with illnesses, you just don’t bounce back like you used to.
I’m gonna be real. There is a day in your early 40s where you wake up weirdly tired, and that never goes away.
What the fuck is up with all this ear hair?
Tired. Just tired. If you were already tired before 40, then you’re gonna be more tired.
Until it’s time for bed.
Mid-40s athletic male here – All my joints constantly ache and it takes longer to recover after exercise and playing sports. I’m always feeling stiff and I was recently diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my shoulder. I can’t get comfortable when I sleep at night and when I do fall asleep I have to get up multiple times to pee. I wear glasses to see far, but have to remove my glasses/contacts to read. That’s how the 40s have impacted me physically.
Do yourself a favor and start doing Pilates. Get that core strong and save yourself back problems down the road.
I sneezed once and it felt like I broke two ribs.
I barely drink anymore, the hangovers suck, but it also makes my heart race. Like I’ll wake up in the middle of the night like with my heart going as fast as if I’ve been working out.
Hangovers take much longer to go away…
Body’s gonna be sore. You want the soreness from exercising or the soreness from not exercising?
If you are married with kids and you are not really out of shape but also not one for the gym, you will pack on the pounds if you are not careful.
I was one of those…woke up in my early 40’s and started hitting the gym and taking better care of myself and of course I thought — why did I wait this long?
So….get off your butt and get going.
Also – as you age you dont put on muscle as easily and you don’t burn fat like you used to. All that stuff you used ot eat and drink without a thought starts sticking to you.
And you are just not as active if you are busy with family and career so you have to mindfully plan to take care of yourself.
Now that Im even older Im so happy I started and have kept going – Im in good health, and good energy, sound mind.
I finally got diagnosed with ADHD at age 38 and started meds that work. I’m 40 now and this is the most emotionally stable I’ve been in my entire life and it’s amazing. So it’s never too late to figure out your life
I’ve noticed the skin on my hands is much more sensitive to dryness and is thinner than it used to be. I feel like Cassandra from Dr Who.
Dick quit. Hair quit. Eyes quit. Brain quit….annnd I forgot the last one.
Know how when women get older their breasts will start to sag? No one warns you against your Sack creeping down and sticking to your knee in the summer like a hot piece of silly putty.
Brain fog. Not being able to think of the name of that actor who was in that movie last year. Starting one thing and forgetting that I’m in the
Everything makes you fat. Everything hurts. Meals are a topic of conversation now. Your lawn consumes most of your waking thoughts. You turn to your wife for comfort: she is lawn.
As a 36 year old this is a seriously depressing topic and I’m wondering why I clicked it.
Despite all the negatives, your “give a fucks” plummet at 40 which is pretty great.
You realize you’re going to die.
We all know it, but once I hit 40, I just *knew*, and what it really means. Things hurt more, yet going on 40 years your tolerance for pain is higher than when you were young. So the pains and aches, and the consistently small medical issues pile up over time and you realize your body is no longer “getting older”.
It’s deteriorating.
You’re in a slow decline and you can feel it. Some days you forget, you may even have times when your body feels much better. Maybe you changed some bad habits, or got new good ones. But those old bad habits left their mark and you’ll never recover from it.
We get one life on this world and then it’s gone. I’m not a religious person. I wish for anything that I was and I could take comfort in dying, but I can’t. It’s an absolutely terrifying thought because for me, that’s it. Nothingness, forever. For trillions of years, countless universe big bangs, over and over, and it’ll just never happen again. And I won’t even get to experience a single nanosecond of any of it.
I’ll take these crappy pains forever, any day of the week, than the alternative.