It’s as simple fact of life that retiring ends up being a nightmare for many people. Especially if they lose their husband or wife soon after retirement, they often simply lose their will to live and become dark, oppressed beings who get no joy from life. That is such a sad scenario. Luckily it’s not inevitable. Dating could be fun no matter how old you are.
Your first step should be to build self confidence. Start by losing some of that extra kilos that you picked up over the years. If you don’t know how to lose fat there are only two things that you should keep in mind: take in less calories and exercise more.
Lack of self discipline is probably the biggest single reason why people struggle to lose weight. Now you can try to do this all on your own, but it’s going to be more rewarding (see below) if you sign up with one of the many slimming clubs that you will no doubt find close to where you live. The clubs where you have to weigh yourself in front of everybody each week and then confess why you picked up a kilo. It makes more sense than you think. Peer pressure is a powerful force!
This can serve a dual purpose: many of these slimming clubs accept members from both sexes. Are you getting my point? Joining such a club might be the ideal opportunity of meeting someone who has the same purpose in life as you: losing weight and meeting someone interesting. If you are a gentleman you could even wear a black sport watch to one of these meetings - the ladies love them.
Apart form eating less you should of course still exercise more. Now don’t go overboard with this. You just want to lose weight and get a date - you don’t want to kill yourself. If you haven’t exercised in many years, simply start by talking a long walk once or twice a day. Then perhaps increase the pace a bit and jog 100m before walking for 100m again. Sooner or later you will be able to jog the whole distance.
Of course there’s an even better option. Why not ask a fellow-member of the slimming club to walk with you? It all sounds so innocent he/she wouldn’t even know that you have these wild fantasies of the two of you holding hands together while watching the sunset.
It might take more than one walking partner and even more than one slimming club to reach your final goal, but the fun is after all in the journey, not in the destination.
