Imagine being mistaken for your son’s girlfriend. That’s what life is like for 49-year-old Liu Yelin of China. The fitness fanatic is known as “the world’s most youthful mother,” according to MailOnline.
Her 22-year-old son says that people have been mistaking his mother for his girlfriend since he was 16.
“People are often shocked to find out I’m almost 50,” Yelin told MailOnline. “Whenever I went shopping and told people my real age, I often got mobbed by strangers who wanted to find out my secrets.”
The retired librarian says her secret is getting regular exercise which she has been doing for the last three decades.
“I swim in the lake and do weight training every day,” she says. “My favorite thing is swimming outdoors in winter. When everyone was wearing down jackets, I had to strip down to my bikini and dive into freezing water. It’s a test for my will and perseverance. I often had to force myself to do it.”
Her strict routine has left her with a tiny tight body and flawless skin.
The mother has even challenged herself to swim across the Yangtse River in China and the Han River in South Korea. In March 2016, she successfully swam from the shore of Penang, Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca.
“It’s probably the hardest thing I have done in my life so far,” she said of her four hour swim. “I was used to swimming in rivers and lakes, but I had never swum in the sea. I struggled because my goggles were leaking and my tongue hurt so much from touching seawater. I felt as if there were dozens of cuts on my tongue, and when the salty seawater flowed into my mouth, it was unbearably painful.”
She says her next goal is to travel around the world.
“I’m a spontaneous person, so I might pack up my bag and travel to Europe on a whim,” she said. “I want to stay this beautiful when I’m 80 years old.”
Yelin says she still feels like she’s 15-year-old and often dresses like one. You’ll often find her social media account filled with photos of her in skimpy outfits. Those photos have gotten her more than 75,000 social media followers.
“I share my stories because I want to encourage more women to keep up exercising for a more beautiful and confident self,” she says.
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