74-year-old Briton shared the secret of youth (9 photos)

We all want to live long and stay young and pretty. AND British model Norma Williams from Liverpool seems to know how it is do. At 74 years old, she is convinced that she is in better shape than in adolescence. But how does she do it?





Norma Williams dreams of walking the catwalk in Milan, loves wine and cookies and does not count calories at all. She talked about how struggled with excess weight and what helps her at 74 to remain active and maintain excellent physical shape.



Briton Norma Williams always willingly speaks her mind age - she knows that after the words: "I'm seventy-four" - on her a flurry of compliments and admiration will fall. Moreover, a woman can boast not only a slender figure, but also excellent health.

- Doctors say that my physical condition is comparable to the health of a 20-year-old man,” said Norma, writes the Mirror.



It wasn't always like this

Norma Williams suffered from obesity for many years. She recalls that she literally ate marshmallows at night and adored white bread. She couldn't resist sweets.

- I felt bad all the time, I was real wreck, suffered that there was not enough strength even for routine affairs, - the woman remembers.



But one day everything changed. Norma gathered her will into a fist and took control of her diet. True, everything turned out far not right away. It took a woman more than ten years to bring herself into shape.

- When I lost weight, my energy level increased literally exponentially, and it was this feeling that made me not to stop and continue,” she says.



Nutrition rules for a 74-year-old British woman

Norma Williams said that she is not fixated on a diet and can afford sweets, bread, and even alcohol.

- For breakfast, I eat a whole grain croissant and drink a cappuccino, I like tea very much and often add sugar to it, - says British. - Sometimes I enjoy eating cookies after dinner - and not one little thing. I don't count calories at all. But I have two "gold" rules: I never eat before training, but for dinner I put it on a plate exceptionally healthy foods - meat, fish, nuts, vegetables. Is it true, I allow myself dry wine.






And sports

Norma Williams said that every morning before breakfast doing exercises - not just lying down waving his legs, but performing a complex of 20-30 different strength exercises.

- Every day I go for a walk at a fast pace. Behind one and a half hours it turns out to walk about 9 kilometers. But on weekends I I'm resting,” Norma continues.



Dream - to go to the podium

At 74, Norma Williams dreams of walking the Milan runway.

- I want to show the world that at the age of 74 it is absolutely not be sure to look like a stereotypical gray-haired old woman, explains woman. - It is important, when you grow old, to remain in demand. If you in retirement, sit down with a book in front of the TV, stop being interested new, develop and move forward, it's like standing alone foot in the grave.

It is important to keep the spirit of adventure and understand what is happening in the modern world, Norma is sure.

- I do not agree that today belongs to youth,” the woman says. — People of my age should apply example and be a role model. As a 16 year old recently told me girl: "Norma, when I'm 40, I want to be like you!"