{"id":2454180,"date":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=320399"},"modified":"2020-02-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T07:00:00","slug":"aspen-princess-j-los-50-looks-a-little-different-than-aspen-50-and-we-like-it-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-princess-j-los-50-looks-a-little-different-than-aspen-50-and-we-like-it-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen Princess: J Lo\u2019s 50 looks a little different than Aspen 50 \u2026 and we like it like that"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cYou\u2019re turning 50 this year, too, right?\u201d I asked my friend Denise when I ran into her at the ARC the other day. She was herding her two boys around to their various after-school activities and looking slightly overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve known Denise since I first moved here in 2002 and we\u2019ve been on the same trajectory ever since. We both ditched our professional career trajectories to become snowboard instructors; we were both riddled by disastrous relationships throughout our 30s; we met our husbands around the same time, got married around the same time, and had kids in our forties. We both left our hard-partying, bad-judgment days behind us and managed to forge a happy life that balances family, career and still leaves a little room for resort-living fun.<\/p>\n

She nodded. \u201cYep, I\u2019m turning 50. Now I just need a crotch-less bodysuit like J Lo.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt that 50 has been redefined thanks to J Lo and the unforgettable Super Bowl halftime show that quickly eclipsed images of Kobe Bryant and instead clogged your social media feed with golden curves, lots of glitter and a mane of honey-colored hair. Some were offended by its sexually provocative tone (\u201cA little too many crotch shots for this Mimi,\u201d my mother-in-law commented), and some were inspired by it. Some loved the message of diversity and the political overtones celebrating diversity, immigrants and the Latino culture that has become an integral part of America.<\/p>\n

Many women complained that J Lo had simply had made them feel bad about themselves, especially at an age when you\u2019re supposed to be let off the hook for trying to reach an ideal look. The best-selling Chick Lit author Jennifer Weiner, (who is my age and from the same small town in Connecticut as me) wrote an op-ed in The New York Times with the headline, \u201cI Feel Personally Judged by J Lo\u2019s Body\u201d and bemoaned the fact that this incredible performance by this talented performer had left her feeling bad about herself.<\/p>\n

I recently interviewed a 46-year-old entrepreneur who told me, \u201cI am anti-anti-aging.\u201d She explained she has decided to embrace the natural aging process and as such will not interfere with cosmetic medicine or even go so far as coloring her graying hair.<\/p>\n

Good for her.<\/p>\n

I would pour battery acid over my head if I thought it was going to make me look younger. In fact, I do slather my face every night with everything from salicylic acid and retinol to pumpkin enzymes to fight the signs of aging. I\u2019ll inject anything into my face as long as it makes me look younger and has less than a 1% chance of permanently maiming or killing me. I will die with blonde hair, thank you very much. I haven\u2019t seen a glimpse of my real hair color since I discovered the peroxide treatment Sun In in 1983 and have no reason to go back now.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t need J Lo to make me hard on myself. I\u2019ve been doing that for more than half my life already.<\/p>\n

Still, I understand she\u2019s a performer, she won the genetic lottery, and can hire a glam squad to provide the endless treatments available to combat aging. If I could afford a $1,000 laser facial once a month, I would do it, too. If you have the money, you can look amazing whether you have genetics on your side or not. There\u2019s literally nothing cosmetic medicine can\u2019t fix \u2014 just look at Khloe Kardashian.<\/p>\n

J Lo isn\u2019t the first one to maintain a youthful, flawless appearance longer than seems fair. Jane Fonda, Cher and Christie Brinkley have been doing it for decades. Hell, Katherine Hepburn was around long before Botox was invented, but she managed to stay young by swimming in the ice-cold Atlantic ocean in front of her house in Fenwick, Connecticut, every single day, even in winter.<\/p>\n

Aspen, like Hollywood, is a land of beautiful people who can afford this stuff. We also have the luxury of an active lifestyle and an outdoor paradise that makes it easy to stay healthy and take good care of ourselves. We\u2019ve already set the bar pretty high \u2014 we don\u2019t need J Lo for that.<\/p>\n

I have to admit, when I look in the mirror on the eve of my fifth decade and what is invariably past the midway point of my life, I see signs of aging I don\u2019t like. I ponder how far I\u2019m willing to go and for how long I\u2019m willing to fight a battle I can\u2019t win. Maybe that woman I interviewed who is anti-anti-aging already won. Or maybe she\u2019s still too young to make that claim.<\/p>\n

Maybe I am hard on myself when my body isn\u2019t as toned as I would like, despite the hours I put in working out or the foods I don\u2019t allow myself to eat. Maybe I do wish I could afford those laser treatments or even a little nip-and-tuck (though after my recent eye surgery I did realize that cosmetic surgery is where I have to draw the line of how far I\u2019m willing to go and the risks I\u2019m willing to take).<\/p>\n

Then I realized what makes me feel young isn\u2019t what I see in the mirror. It\u2019s standing on top of Highland Bowl or ripping through the playful terrain in Hanging Valley Glades at Snowmass. It\u2019s standing on my hands in yoga and still being able to still do splits and backbends. It\u2019s hurtling myself into the ball pit in the Game Room at The Collective at Snowmass Base Village after skiing the tree trails with my young son. It\u2019s stealing a romantic kiss with my husband of almost a decade on the gondola, when we have to turn our heads to an awkward angle to touch lips with our goggles on.<\/p>\n

Those are the moments when I think to myself, \u201cPretty good for 50.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Princess has only 24 days left in her 40s. Email your love to alisonmargo@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYou\u2019re turning 50 this year, too, right?\u201d I asked my friend Denise when I ran into her at the ARC the other day. She was herding her two boys around to their various after-school activities and looking slightly overwhelmed. I\u2019ve known Denise since I first moved here in 2002 and we\u2019ve been on the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2454180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 17:07:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}