A few years younger tgan you two, but much the same story.
Wife may not have the figure of her youth but I see the years and decades of being a wife and mom and grandma and I see the beauty of her sacrifice.
No make up other than lipstick on occasion and owns no slacks or trousers.
Im the one like your wife, same weight and pants size as when I was a young man, grey and balding a bit and broken down from a harsh life but fit and vigorous so I can care for the missus.
A (pleasantly) shocking thing about my wife was when she gained just over 50# with our firstborn, within 2 yrs her weight and figure returned. She just went about being a farm wife, and she was nearly the same as before. She told me before we married: “I’m not going on ‘the pill’, it cause high blood pressure, and water retention”. (it wasn’t a religious decision)
Then 3 yrs later she went through the process again, and within another 3 yrs she was back to former self again. She’s has weight swings upward maybe 10# since those yrs. I never said anything, and sure enough, she would lose it again.
**same weight and pants size as when I was a young man, grey and balding a bit and broken down from a harsh life**
I can relate to all of that!!
Her genetics and discipline has motivated me to stay in shape as well. She’s the diet overseer for both of us (especially insisting that we not take the poyzeen poke) and kept us pretty healthy all these yrs. A real blessing!