Getting fit after 50

I've been off my blog for six weeks. In that time, I've gone on the bioidentical hormones. The relief has been almost immediate. I feel much better, more energy, just more like myself. I'm having sex dreams, dreams absent from my dream repertoire for many years. However, I'm still waking up with hot flashes, less severe than before, and I'm still having trouble sleeping. I think I need a tweak or two, but I'm very happy with how I feel.

I declared my Nia as my business in the past six weeks as well. My business is to share the Joy of Movement through Nia. To that end, I've been getting in shape myself. Nia does work, slims you down, increases your heart capacity, relieves stress--all good stuff. But, for me, it's not going like it has in the past.

I have always been able to drop weight. I know what and how to eat; I know increasing my exercise will melt it off. This time, it's much, much, much slower. I feel discouraged. My body has changed.

And my attitude has changed. I don't know what I'm willing to do to take off the weight, and what I'm willing to do to maintain the loss.

Why is being fit such a struggle for middle-aged women? What do our lives have to look like to be fit?

I'm not liking this much.