Something I truly want to understand, why do American girls, once they hit age 24 they age so dramatically??? Why? Why? Why? I am truly baffled as I always notice this on American girls more than anyone else.
It can probably be chalked up to the Standard American Diet (ironically, the acronym for this is "SAD") and not working out. I'm 24 (just turned), and I cannot tell you how many people whom I've graduated with already look so
old and
fat. I, on the other hand, get mistaken for a high schooler or college kid sometimes - probably partially due to my baby face (which I have a love/hate relationship with) but definitely due to the fact that I eat healthy and workout almost daily.
Put it this way: my mom has been eating healthy since she was 18, at which time she became a vegetarian, and was so for about 12 years until she started eating poultry/fish again. She
always has about 5+ servings of fruit every day, veggies like they're going out of style, minimal meat (she eats poultry and fish/shellfish - no red meat), and doesn't eat sweets very often. She exercises for at least an hour 5-6 days a week.
Sometimes when I'm out and about with my mom, she'll run into people whom she graduated with. She looks a good 10-15 years younger than them - and they know it. Thank God she's so insanely down-to-earth and honestly has no idea - or at least, pretends not to have a clue - of how good she looks. I adore her.