{"id":966,"date":"2019-08-22T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=966"},"modified":"2025-11-10T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T17:31:29","slug":"im-getting-older-and-it-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/im-getting-older-and-it-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Getting Older And It Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the prairie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

My wife was commenting about how I am shrinking in many areas whereas my stomach seems to be getting bigger. My body weight hasn\u2019t changed, so it isn\u2019t about my over-eating. Since my wife works in a nursing home taking care of seniors during their last years, she tells me it is a matter of getting older. It isn\u2019t that I couldn\u2019t become trimmer, eat less, and do all manner of gymnastics in hopes of looking fitter and younger. The truth is I eat well and get a lot of walking exercise, as well as other things to keep myself active. The question is do I want to work hard to change how I look? And if so, why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took the above photo this morning for a different reason and saw that in spite of sucking in my gut a bit, I did have a belly that wasn\u2019t representative of how I looked when I was younger. I took this second photo for a different project and realised that I needed it here to talk about being honest with oneself, with myself. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Beer belly without beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There was no sucking in the gut and this is what I saw. I am not ashamed of being seen nude as my readers here have long ago come to realise. Nor am I ashamed to display my scars and wrinkles and spots that come with growing older. Yet, when I see this image, I know that there is something in me that wants me to take a bit better care of my body. The past few weeks have been a time for little exercise, almost no walking, and often eating fast food as I travelled from city to city selling books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, immediately upon noting this, I know that I will focus more on body and mind health than upon appearances. However, like everyone else, I am a bit vane when it comes to how I look. With that said, I will be a bit more careful in treating my body with respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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