Monica 40 Something Direct

Monica 40 something no longer has the metabolism of her 20s. She looks at a croissant and gains water weight. But rather than despair, she has turned diet and exercise into a ritual of rebellion.

Her car has a yoga mat in the trunk that smells faintly of eucalyptus. She isn't working out to be "hot" anymore; she is working out so her lower back doesn't seize up when she sleeps wrong. She meal-preps not because she enjoys it, but because ordering takeout three nights in a row triggers a sense of financial and biological doom. monica 40 something