hi eve,
nice to meet you and thanks for the compliment...first of all I am a vegetarian, not vegan, and I eat no red meat or chicken or fish...Also I power walk a 10 minute mile every morning, for 5 miles, (my doc says that's pretty good for a 62 year old broad like me) :-D
I'm 5'3", small build, so I don't choose to carry too much weight anyway...I have weighed about 105 most of my life...(and only gained 18 pounds when I had my daughter 38 years ago) Back then the doctors didn't let young women gain a lot of pregnancy weight; that's the hardest kind to lose.
I also try to maintain a good attitude about life, not to say I haven't had my share of ups and downs, believe me in 62 years I've been there and back. But a good attitude has been proven to slow down the aging process. Me and my husband of 40 years are still standing, so we have a lot to be thankful for. (He's 80 and survived kidney cancer ten years ago)
Sorry to have gone on so much; thanks for the nice words. My running years have taught me that everything is just for one day, so that's how I live my life under that tenet...in the moment, for that's really all any of us have.
Thanks for stopping by...
hugs,
zuzu