What do you regret that you can't do any more?

Diving at the swimming pool. Running upstairs. Getting up easily When sitting on floor or even crouching down!

Climb mountains
I can walk about 6 miles on the flat and cope with a reasonable incline but it makes me sad I'll never see the view from the top of Snowden or Skiddaw again (and the train would be cheating)

Wear heels and a mini skirt.

Doing the splits.

Run as fast. The weird thing was, I didn't notice I couldn't until I couldn't if you see what I mean.

Kneeling or sitting on floor makes playing with GC difficult they are very good though
And will transfer to table for me

Hill waking, staying awake after about 9 PM and looking after the GC.

God, where do I start. I'll go off and make a list. You'll get it by.... Wednesday!

Agree with obieone can't run as fast as I once did. When you're young you think your legs will take you anywhere. I can just about manage a 10k jog (not run!)

Has anyone tried the sitting-rising test? Take off shoes, cross your legs and lower yourself to the ground without using hands or knees then try and stand back up the same way. I can do it but not easily and I did have a bit of a wobble on the way down. Too many of these and these

Walk without pain!

What Neversaydie said. Add to that, I have a physical condition that means I can no longer run, so energetic games of footie with GS are out. Getting in and out of rivers when I'm fishing is becoming increasingly difficult too, not to mention staying upright in the current! It's only a matter of time before I'm washed out to sea!

breeze That made me titter.

Run. Often wonder what I'd do if I was walking through a field and a cow started chasing me.

Obvious answer I guess, avoid fields and cows.

Yes. It happened very suddenly to me obieone. One minute I could run like a good 'un. Next minute, just couldn't.

The first time I discovered I could no longer run was when playing 'Kick the Can' with the DGCs. I picked up the youngest to 'sprint' back to the can and nothing seemed to happen. It was just an ungainly stagger

I'd also like to be able to do stairs without hanging on like grim death to the bannister.

All of those. Especially the running and the mountains. It's the knees
Sprinting was my best sport.

Walk. Anything over 10 metres is beyond me.

I used to love having a jive but would look ridiculous now.

Walk in a straight line and not fall A over T (even when sober), get out of the bath without enormous effort (on my husband's part) and roller skate.

Walking without ankle brace!
My GS will soon be out of his push chair, so I will no longer have that to hold on to!
Having op in September
so maybe I will be able to go for an Autumnal walk brace free.
After that is, when I've been able to chuck the dreaded crutches.

Has any one noticed the one thing that quite a few of us have actually gained as we advance in years??

As I'm not sure how to spell ii!
all I can say is that there is a little noise that we emit usually from our throat.
It seems to happen as we rise up from our chairs or the floor (when playing with GC)

That's the proof that we are middle-aged. When we can no longer stand from a chair without making a noise.

Well, I was doing okay till today, when I measured my length running along the street in my silly trippy trappy strappy sandals that I've nearly come a cropper on before. Flat on my face, hurting both hands, one shoulder, one eyebrow bone and ripping my poor knee to shreds. So I haven't done much at all today, because I've been milking it for all it's worth .

So I suppose what I really can't do anymore is wear flimsy sandals. I'll just dig the Hotter catalogue out of the recycling.

Ooh Maggie that sounds nasty! I hope you haven't done too much damage.
I would love a game of netball. The last time I played was over 25 years
ago