That's not me. That's Daisy Fuentes. Another hot 41-year-old Cubanita.

Fitness magazine

Daisy Fuentes, beautiful and talented Cubanita, is 41 and on the cover of Fitness magazine this coming month.

I, dear reader, another beautiful and talented Cubanita, turn 41 in a few days. Oh yes, I do. Good genetics have offered me a wrinkle-free face, so far, and many years of therapy have made passage to the other side of The Hill a relatively bump-free ride.

Because Fitness magazine was kind enough to send me excerpts and because I will never, ever be featured in Fitness, I offer you Daisy's quotes... and mine.

Pre-Hoppi Bir-day treat to myself.

1. WHAT’S BETTER AT AGE 41?:

Daisy says: “The way I feel. Being comfortable with who I am and caring less about the opinions of others as to what I should look like. I don’t care about fitting into any specific kind of category that society puts people into. I care about what’s best for me. I can’t say that was the same when I was younger. I was very influenced by a lot of outside forces, there’s so much being told to women as how they should look, how they should act, what they should be like, what size is the right size. You can’t help but let that help you. But that doesn’t affect me anymore. That’s very freeing. And it feels great.”

Carrie says: "What she said.''

2. WHAT’S EASIER AT 41?:

Daisy says: [When I was younger] my motivation was coming more from a vanity place. Now, being in this business, it’s more about health for me. I want to be a healthy, active, older woman. I want to age gracefully. It makes a big difference. The activity in your lifestyle, when you’re in your 30s and 40s really have an impact as you get older and that’s going to determine if you look great when you’re fifty. It’s about staying healthy,…You do have to change. You do have to acknowledge it to yourself. It doesn’t get any easier but you can definitely get more easier…Being motivated to be healthier is easier.

Carrie says: "Being OK with owning a cheap purse and eating flan for breakfast. Wouldn't, not couldn't, do that at 25."

3. WHAT’S TOUGH AT 41:

Daisy says: “Traveling. It really takes it out of me. When I was 22, I could get off the Red Eye and go on set. Now it’s too hard. I need my rest, I need my beauty sleep.”

Carrie says: "Losing the Tweezerman I keep in my car for chin hair emergencies.''

4. WHAT OUTFIT MAKES YOU FEEL THE MOST CONFIDENT?:

Daisy says: "Jeans and tank top. It’s my favorite look…I think if you’ve got it together enough and you’re confident and secure with yourself, you should feel as sexy and glamorous in a tee-shirt."

Carrie says: "Any outfit that includes my Spanx and back-fat minimizer one-piece."

5. WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW THAT YOU COULDN’T DO WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER?:

Daisy says: “I can snowboard. I learned when I was 40. I’m very proud of that. It was something I just sort of said, I can do this. I put it off for a long time, I was going to Aspen a lot. I just thought, I don’t need to go up the mountain. Why can’t I do this? I thought I’m too old. I should have started doing this when I was 13 or 20. And I just went for it. When I started, my instructor was in his 50s, he’d always been a ski instructor and he only learned how to snowboard at 40 and now he’s an instructor. So I said I can totally do this.”

Carrie says: "I'm a freaking Superwoman now. I survive on less than 6 hours of sleep, juggle two businesses, a freelance career, a kid, a husband, a cat, 12 guineas. Take that 25!"

6. WHAT’S THE BEST AGE-PROOF ADVICE YOU EVER GOT?:

Daisy says: “Staying out of the sun. The damage is done. It’s hard to stay out of the sun. My mom did, but I ignored her.”

Carrie says: "Marry someone 15 years older.''