You are obviously not from the northeast. Here women are only beginning to undo the damage they suffered from “letting go” after marriage.
And unfortunately they try “the comeback” with dieting which obviously doesn’t do anything to bring back the youth that has gone past.
Shoot just look at the male athletes in their 40s alone. One woman said to me that men do great in their 40s. For women, it’s more like they look good for being in their 40s.
But your definition of “looking pretty good” is entirely your own of course.
I live in CT. Most of the gals I know work out. Most of the guys don’t. And the guys have the balding thing working against them, while the women seem to take advantage of hairstyles that flatter and make them look younger (no more short, permed hair like my aunts wore at our age. That ages a guy considerably and there’s not much you can do about it. But these are just the people I personally observe. Not sure how it goes state or nation-wide.