Barbara Hannah Grufferman - The Best of Everything After 50: The Experts Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money, and More

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Table of Contents

To Howard, Sarah and Elizabeth

You are the best of everything

Introduction

I wrote this book for me.

I was perfectly fine with turning fiftyexcept that it snuck up on me. Once I got over the shock and realized that I was really and truly going to be fifty, I wanted to do it right. While I really believe Im getting better as I get older, I also know that my body and lifestyle have changed with the years and I havent really paid attention to how those changes will affect me in the long-term. I needed a new plan for dealing with my new reality. I had questions about big things (How can I prevent heart disease?) and less frightening but still important ones (Can I still wear 7 For All Mankind jeans?).

Knowledge is power, right? So I went on a quest to find the answers. I searched the Internet, bookstores, and magazines, but it soon turned into information overload. Everybody had an opinionand most of them conflicted with each other. Then one day, it hit me. I didnt want lots of information; I wanted the best informationbottom lineabout what I needed to know now about my skin, hair, makeup, health, sex, clothes, exercise, money and more. Talking to my friends, it was clear we were all looking for the same thinga simple guide to living well over fifty that would give us the answers we needed in a simple format.

I wanted a straightforward book that put all of the most useful information in one place with common sense but without fuss or too much jargon. Tell me what I need to know and tell me now is part of the collective consciousness of women over fifty. We want to streamline our lives down to the essential elements. I know, because I am this woman, too.

The book didnt exist, so I decided to write it myself.

I searched out the top experts in all of these fieldsand moreand asked them my questions, put myself in their hands, did their programs (to make sure they really worked), and then shared everything I learned with all my women friends.

The result is this book.

It poses the questions, explains the research, introduces the experts, and offers answers, solutions, and advice. Ive used myself as the test case to make sure that all of this advice is effective and I give real-life examples of what I do, and what other savvy women I know are doingand tell you what is working for us.

At the end of every chapter there is a concise list of important findings that recaps the advice, and includes the essential must-dos and must-haves. Every chapter also includes a list of other resources for more in-depth information. The book ends with the best of the best for women over fifty: The Plan which puts everything into a manageable outline.

The Best of Everything After 50 will be your go-to reference guide to our changing bodies and lifestyles. Youll find yourself picking it up whenever you have a question about health, your heart, skin care, makeup, style, money, sex, organizing your life, losing weight, getting in shape, and so much more. Your questions will be the same as mine, I guarantee.

I learned a great deal from my wonderful experts, but the most important lesson of all is this: if youre healthy, you feel good. If you feel good, you look good. If you feel good, look good, have your finances under control, and a vision for your future, you feel even better. If youve got all that plus the knowledge about how to stay that way (with some good sex thrown in), you feel amazing. And if you feel amazing, who cares about age?

That is what it means to have the best of everything.

Chapter 1

Feelin Alright

Dont Worry, Be Healthy

I have an early childhood memory of counting backward from 100and then waking up much later to the sing-song voice of my mother asking, Would you like some ice cream? While I was happy about the ice cream, I still dont know why my tonsils had to be removed. The little buggers had never given me any problems, and yet... out they came. To this day, even my mother isnt sure why. During the fifties and sixties, countless American children had their tonsils removedit was practically a rite of passage. This is no longer the case. We know much more now than we did then, are more informed, and most of us have access to better health care. Questioning a doctors opinion and seeking out a second one is more the norm. It can still be confusing, though, especially as we get older.

Superwoman

I entered my adult years with the same high expectations of good health that I had as a kid. Why not? I had taken my Flintstones vitamins every morning for years. I felt invincible and indestructible in my twenties and thirtieseven my forties.

But what if... ?

After I crossed the threshold of fifty, I started to look around a little more. Some people my age were having strokes, contracting cancer, struggling with depression, gaining weight, and developing diabetes. Its not that people who were younger didnt have some of these health concerns. After fifty, it suddenly seemed all too common. I started asking myself the what if questions: What if I really get sick, or have a heart attack? Can I get Alzheimers? What if I get cancer? Do I already have cancer and dont even know it?

The more I thought about it, the more questions I had: Can some of these illnesses be prevented? Am I doing everything right to protect myself? Am I at risk for something serious? How would I know? Are there tests I should be getting? What, where, and how often? Im over fifty. What can I do to make sure that as I get older, I live a good, healthy life?

We cant control getting older. We can control how we do it.

I was determined to find out how we could age gracefully, with dignity and relatively good health. Like many other women, I had gone for a long time without doing simple things that could positively affect my health and well-being. Life had kept me busy taking care of others, but kept me from doing the right things for myself. Sleeping enough and exercising daily had seemed like an indulgence, even as I made sure my family was well-fed and well-rested. Was I too late to make a difference in my own health?

A Promise to Ourselves

Yes, we are going to get older. Lets control how we do it, so we can be productive, fit, and strong women, no matter what our age. There are measures we can take now that will help us to enjoy our later years, not just endure them. Starting today, starting now, make this our goal: everything we do, we will do in a way that will benefit us and our currentand futureselves. We will prioritize our quality of life, not compromise it. Its not exactly starting over, but starting on a new path. Its a thoughtful, mindful approach to healthy living. We can do it.

But how?

When in doubt, do more research, but try not to drive yourself crazy.

After giving myself weeks of night-mares by exhaustively researching each and every possible disease and illness and bodily malfunction that could hit a woman over fifty, I woke up one morning and thought: Enough already. I was making myself crazy, nervous, and a hypochondriac. Not a good way to start on my new life plan. Instead of obsessing over unlikely scenarios and struggling with medical jargon, I needed to get real information about the most probable problems and, more importantly, the best defenses. I needed to call in the experts.

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