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NY Post
New York Post
8 May 2023


NextImg:I’m 74 and in the best shape of my life — and I never diet or count calories

This senior citizen is shaping up her health.

Liverpool native Norma Williams has revealed her tips and tricks for staying in the “best shape of her life” at 74 years old.

Williams dished in a video for Shera — a media platform created to inspire and empower women — that the one crucial key element to looking toned at her age is to simply stop counting calories.

“I honestly do believe anyone who is attempting to control the way they eat must not, number one, count calories and, number two, deprive themselves,” she in a clip on YouTube, adding that she has the “health and fitness levels of a very fit 20-year-old,” according to her doctors, she claimed.

Williams struggled with binge eating disorder and mental health issues throughout her young adult life.

However, as she got older, she found out how to create a healthy balance between her mind, body and soul and realized that dieting and calorie-counting is not a good route.

Williams is 74 years old and attributes her healthy lifestyle to never going on a diet.
Jam Press/Norma Williams
Norma Williams poses in a bikini
The Liverpool native keeps her figure by exercising rigorously.
Jam Press/Norma Williams

Williams declared that if a craving arises, then one should honor it and not feel guilty about it.

“Calories were a waste of time because it didn’t really matter what I ate, because so long as I exercised, everything seemed to start to fall into place,” she said.

She starts her day off with a mouth-watering honey croissant and a cappuccino. Indeed, Williams sure does love her caffeine and drinks two or three cups of Joe a day as well as about six cups of tea daily.

For dinner, she usually chomps on mixed nuts, a plethora of meats and cheeses, bread, grilled salmon or a meal of battered prawns, potatoes and vegetables.

Norma Williams poses in a restaurant wearing a white dress, white thigh-high boots and black blazer
Williams usually does not like to eat before she does her workouts.
Jam Press/Norma Williams
Norma Williams poses in a bikini
Williams nibbles on foods such as nuts, meats, cheeses and cookies daily.
Jam Press/Norma Williams
A young Norma Williams poses in a bikini
For breakfast, Williams chomps on a croissant and guzzles a cappuccino.
Jam Press/Norma Williams

For dessert, Williams also loves to munch on cookies and sips about a bottle of wine per day.

To keep her tight figure, she does have an intense exercise routine and never eats before her daily walks — meaning that she sometimes doesn’t ingest anything until about 3 p.m. Williams also avoids snacking between her meals.

For her workouts, she does between 20 and 30 reps with 4-kilogram (about 9 pounds) weights every weekday morning.

And then before sipping on her forenoon tea, she does another 20 to 30 reps.

A young Norma Williams poses in a bikini on the beach
“I show no signs of slowing down — if anything, I’m faster and have more energy with every year that passes,” Williams said.
Jam Press/Norma Williams
Norma Williams poses in a bikini
The retiree exercises all week and takes a beat on the weekend.
Jam Press/Norma Williams

Later in the day, she goes for a five-mile stroll, which takes about an hour and a half.

Saturday and Sunday are when Williams relaxes and rests her body.

“People are generally shocked when they discover” her age, Williams said, according to a Jam Press report.

“All youngsters say the same thing: ‘When I’m older I want to look like you, Norma,'” she boasted.

While Williams is flattered by people’s remarks, she believes that aging has “benefitted” her instead of diminishing her.

Norma Williams poses in a black dress and heels
She got a handle on her weight and health when she hit her 30s and suffered from a binge eating disorder in her younger years.
Jam Press/Norma Williams
Norma Williams poses in workout clothes
Williams embraces her age and hates the stereotype that older people are feeble and frail.
Jam Press Vid/Norma Williams

“I am an emblem of the future, but I think I look every second of my 75 years,” she said, adding that she hopes to change the stereotypical idea that “elderly” people are weak.

“I show no signs of slowing down — if anything, I’m faster and have more energy with every year that passes,” she proclaimed.