Me and my 76th birthday cake. That cake will be 1 year old in just a little over a month

Edited to add...... my eyes are blue, that silver hair used to be nearly black, but at age 76 there is only a couple of the black hairs left on my head. Most are now on my chin. I am 5' 2. 130 lb. Have a very slowly progressive muscle disease ( I am one of "Jerry's Kids")Diagnosed at age 17. Told then that I would loose the ability to walk in 5 to 10 years. I am still doing it, sorta, after more than 60 years! So I am thankful for what abilities I have left. Use a walker, the walls, whatever I can grab onto in the house, and a handicapped scooter when out and about.

Mojomom, wishing you a Happy Birthday tomorrow.

This was last summer. Me, Hubby, daughter and son. I am short and round.

Fluffy is a new one to me. When we say fluffy we refer to hair with body as opposed to hat head = flat hair. I am 5 4 with green eyes and strawberry colored hair that was carrot red when I was younger. i weigh about 130 with fair skin. Guess you could say I look like a giant strawberry.

I'm in my late seventies, and decidedly under tall. Short, baby fine gray hair that is thinning at an alarming rate. Used to be a natural blond, and have blue eyes. Was always top heavy, but gravity is leveling things out. Bad Osteoarthritis in my shoulders really limits a lot of activities, like reaching into an upper cabinet. Also have a bad back and one leg and foot is 'gimpy', I wear an AFO on it. Numerous other health problems and diet restrictions put the quietus on lots of fun things to do, but I do enjoy reading (real books, not electronic!), and have recently taken up crocheting again. There are a number of arts and crafts I enjoy, but have let laziness take over lately. I live in jeans and pull over tops. Shorts and tank tops around the house in the summer. I do NOT like to dress up, and refuse to except for weddings and funerals, the 'dressiest' I get is dressy slacks and tops.

Someone earlier in this thread described herself as "an upside down bowling ball". How can a bowling ball be upside down? ? ?

Rusty

Just checking back in to say how surprised I am to read of so many with green or hazel eyes! I have green eyes, and in my area green-eyed people are uncommon.

littlebug, my eyes are green. Almost startling green if I'm wearing green and they are picking up more of that color. My dad had dark brown eyes and I always wished I had those. None of us offspring got his brown eyes. Or his very dark, almost black hair. My sis was brunette until she grayed but still not ever as dark haired as he was.

Oh, and DH has green eyes too. Of the 10 kids in his family its about 1/2 and 1/2 between brown eyes or green.

5'9". I gained a few pounds since this photo was taken the end of August.

Well I know what I look like, and that average looking person in the mirror must be my mother's long lost sister because it isn't me! All that gray hair, sagging neckline, sagging chest, thicker waist...you get the picture! (I also have lost an inch of height).

I have green eyes also, and recently discovered that they must have come through my paternal grandfather -- found the draft registration of my grandfather's brother which says he had green eyes.

I'm about 5'10" and 155 lbs. I'm 75 years old and my hair is much shorter now because I had chemo last year and lost it all. This is me and my significant other on my front porch. He is going to be 84 tomorrow.

terilyn, if there was no picture, I would think you were hideous...HEEHEE! You look nothing like your description of yourself....you are very cute and have perfectly straight teeth!

I forgot to add that I have blue eyes.

Terilyn, ditto what Arkansas girl said.

Regarding green eyes. I have green eyes but my driver's license says brown. My dad had told me my eyes were brown.....I never doubted his word. I really never looked at them that closely to figure out what color they were. I was in the doctor's office one day and a girl sitting beside me had the most beautiful green eyes. I complimented her on her eyes....what a pretty color they were. She said, "You have green eyes too." Well, on closer examination...like when I got home....darned if I didn't have green eyes. Which figures....my dad was color blind in the green range....so to him, my eyes looked brown. My husband has brown eyes and my daughter has very dark brown eyes. Probably from her Cherokee grandmother, on my husband's side of the family

MamapinkyO.....when I used to go to WW (ages ago) , when I didn't lose, I was told I was in starvation mode and not eating enough...and when I ate more, I started to lose again...so you might be doing the same thing.

mamapinky I concur with what phoggie stated as I was told the same thing each time I used WW. This was back when food had a more ridged outline and I was eating exactly what was called for. Most of the time I gave up because I would start gaining weight on it. I later tried another diet with the same problem but found if I splurged for several days then went back on it I would start loosing again.

It's true you can under eat on diets. This time I am loosely following the very old WW food exchanges program from the 80s. I have set a goal of 1400 calories a day. If I am a little bit under for one day it doesn't matter. I also decided not to sweat it if I go a bit over now and then.

Back in the late 80s I lost a lot of weight on the program. I was really meticulous about every bite that went into my mouth. I was also going out on weekends with the guys. Truck driving types. This entailed eating large steak burgers with fries at greasy spoons, huge late night breakfasts pizza and tailgate grub. Some off my most successful weight loss weeks were after those weekends I thought I'd really blown it.

DH and I are both just barely pre-war. I'll be 77 in a few weeks; he'll be 80 this summer.

I've lost an inch from 5' 6". My face looked decent until quite recenly. I can't seem to gain the twenty pounds I need above my current (skeletal) 100 lbs. I doubt it would improve my face, anyway! I haven't been this skinny since 'wedding jitters' at age 23 -- 113 lbs.

I have narrow shoulders and back, but am 34-36DD despite that -- a curse since adolescence, and I have the grooves in my shoulders to prove it. Narrow feet, long toes and fingers. I'm long-waisted, but can *almost* wear petite length pants.

My mother looked at her newborn and said, "Oh, a pretty little Frenchie. Ah, but she also has her grandfather's (French) nose!" My maternal side is Scots/Irish/English. My paternal side is Scots/French.

I have "Irish" coloring with very fair skin. My hair was very thick, nearly black; now colored reddish brown, chin length, and thinning at the crown, with and barely enough body to hide that. Eyes are grey/blue/green depending on surroundings.

I was pretty enough to model a bit in my twenties -- never *beautiful*.

I've been skimming this thread and noted that many of you are tall! I sometimes feel very tall at 5'7" (which is not tall anymore) mainly because my three close friends are tiny (5.0 or so) in comparison. I'm 60, auburn hair (dyed), 130 and holding (would like to be 125; very small boned), blue eyes. Small breasted, larger hips, very long legs. Really healthy and am regularly told I look a lot younger (good for the ego!). I do a lot of pilates/spinning/walking, and over the last few years have really worked on a clean low carb, high good fat, medium protein diet which has made all the difference in my energy level and reducing the menopause spare tire.

I am drop dead gorgeous......in my dreams. In reality, I am 5'6', 120 lbs, blondish hair and blue eyes and try to take care of myself. I am often told I am pretty which is always nice to hear.

Here's a pic of me dressed to the 9s...or rather 9 below...it was about zero outside with windchill making it negative numbers. I'm not that "fluffy" in real life...but that down coat sure keeps me warm!

I am petite..ok, short at 5 ft. I think actually, I have lost close to an inch. I have never had a problem with weight as I have always stayed around 105 pounds or within a couple pounds of that. I have hazel eyes. Have my hair an inch or so shorter right now than my profile picture. My drivers license says I am 5ft tall and have brown hair, and I'm stick in' with that! :). I am 75. Where did those years go??

The pic i use as my avatar on the site is a pretty good take of me. Minus the glasses. 5 11.5. Now on the slim side. Gray hair. Been called handsome. My dad resembled an older Sean Connery. I look like my Dad. A lot like him.

Arkansas Girl and I are twins. I've been told quite a bit that I look like Helen Hunt. That's going downhill fast, but Helen isn't getting any younger either. I'm much thinner though at 5'8" and about 100 lbs. with a couple of rocks in my pocket. DH sometimes calls me Waylene. Yeah, he's a big riot.

Here's where the fluffy thing came from many years ago.

5 feet tall, 115 pounds, hazel eyes, 56 yrs old. That's all I got. Short, brown, naturally curly hair. Lots of wrinkles (laugh lines and crows feet) always smiling. I have a gap between my 2 front teeth, I'm used to it, it is part of me. I went to a new dentist a few years ago, just for a cleaning, he looked at that gap and said I can fix that, who said I wanted it fixed? I never went back to him.

Irma and I could be twins. I am 5.6, 120 lbs, blue eyes, dirty blond shoulder length hair.

I'm missing my left index finger tip (table saw, December 5, 1979), and I used to be vain about it, now I don't care. When I was getting my cataract surgery (6K, best money I ever spent), the doctor had a book of pictures of plastic surgery that his partner does. It was amazing.

I can live with a shortened finger, but these damn droopy eyelids are going just as soon as I pay off my eyes.

Joseph, don't forget what happened when Kenny Rogers thought he had to have those drooping eyelids fixed, now he looks terrible!

Joseph, can yours be considered a medical necessity?

Very short & very round, red curly hair with a sprinkle or two of gray that I am constantly trying to keep covered, very fair skin & blue eyes. I have often been told that I look like Bernadette Peters.

I bought a new hat to keep the sun at bay. DH now calls me Paddington.

"Joseph, can yours be considered a medical necessity?"

I don't know, but that's a good angle for insurance coverage.

Kenny may not be happy, but he looks pretty dang good to me.

Joseph, not an angle. If your droopy lids are affecting your eyesight, it's a go!

Liira...are you by chance from Pennsylvania? If not you have a twin.

I’m turning 70 in May - 5’1” and 120lbs. My eyes are blue and my hair, chin length, is highlighted but

MamapinkyO, I'm from Edmonton Canada

Yes, about the insurance and the eye lids. My aunt had hers done and insurance covered it.

I was told a couple of years ago that if my upper eyelids became worse insurance would cover the procedure. It would be covered under medical not vision care insurance.

Insurance paid for my eyelids because the inch of extra skin hanging over my eyes was interfering with my vision. A simple field test can detect this problem.

I'm short ... 4' 11" to be exact.

My kids say I look like the girl who plays Leslie Winkle on The BIg Bang Theory. They're right.

Mrs Pete, none other than Sara Gilbert!

5’5 size 12 long blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin. Like a tiny bit chubby Renee Zellweger.

Is that a deer that you are laying alongside, sabbath? :-))

Yes it is!! I love them!

Okay, I resisted as long as I could...why are you on the ground with a deer?

I love deer, we traveled to an Island called Miyajima in Japan where there are hundreds of friendly deer. My son laid down and put his head on one, so I did too and my Mother-in- Law laughed so hard and couldn’t believe that we snuggled the deer.