Morbid humor

[jmurray01]

FIFTY PLUS IS OLD....boy just wait until you turn 50, you will be telling everybody you just started middle age....FIFTY IS NOT OLD, it's PRE-ELDERLY.

I turned 60 a month ago, can still get up at 5 am and do a full day's work of hard, manual labor, and get up the next day at 5 am and repeat that work. Heck, I don't feel any older than 40 most of the time.

Seriously though, I am a strong believer that you are only as old as you feel.

I don't think there is an actual age that means you are "old". You are old when you feel old, no sooner, no later.

 

[JDgreen]

Seriously though, I am a strong believer that you are only as old as you feel.

I don't think there is an actual age that means you are "old". You are old when you feel old, no sooner, no later.

I like to think that being active and moving around, getting your heart rate up, while burning off calories, is a good way to live. However, by being active, you are alsoputting more stress on your joints, etc. My neighbor is a year older, he just had his second hop replacement....I also know several people that have had knee replacements and they were very sedentary before they retired. Me, I always put a lot of stress on my body when I worked, I hope it doesn't all catch up with me at once...:laughing:

 

[jmurray01]

I like to think that being active and moving around, getting your heart rate up, while burning off calories, is a good way to live. However, by being active, you are alsoputting more stress on your joints, etc. My neighbor is a year older, he just had his second hop replacement....I also know several people that have had knee replacements and they were very sedentary before they retired. Me, I always put a lot of stress on my body when I worked, I hope it doesn't all catch up with me at once...:laughing:

It is catch twenty-two I'm afraid.

If you sit around doing nothing, your joints will be fine, but you will put on weight and your heart will weaken.

If you exercise you will have a strong heart, but you will wear out your joints quicker.

Personally, I would have to keep active, I couldn't just sit around, even it it meant I would be putting strain on my body.

Eating well is also another part of it. Eating lots of "Pierce & Ping" meals (microwave meals) may be easy, but they aren't healthy.

A good home made soup or stew with plenty hearty meat and vegetables is the only way to go for me!

 

[Duffer72]

Keeping busy physically and mentally is what keeps you going, I have a moderate case of Multiple Sclerosis and went thru 3 months of Chemo and radiation 2 yrs ago and can do more than my neighbor can (or wants to not sure which) all of my dr's agree that part of the reason I'm doing as well as I am is do to my attitude and not just giving up. I'm still working on mowers, I do find it a little harder to get back up from the floor, and still playing golf 1-2 times a week, I know others who do not have half the problems I do from MS and they have basically quit living and just sit in front of the TV all day and can't figure out why they feel so lousy and say they can't do what they used to, at 57 I can't do some things I used, if you don't believe me ask my wife LOL, I'd love to be able to do what I could at 20 yrs old.

 

[jmurray01]

Keeping busy physically and mentally is what keeps you going, I have a moderate case of Multiple Sclerosis and went thru 3 months of Chemo and radiation 2 yrs ago and can do more than my neighbor can (or wants to not sure which) all of my dr's agree that part of the reason I'm doing as well as I am is do to my attitude and not just giving up. I'm still working on mowers, I do find it a little harder to get back up from the floor, and still playing golf 1-2 times a week, I know others who do not have half the problems I do from MS and they have basically quit living and just sit in front of the TV all day and can't figure out why they feel so lousy and say they can't do what they used to, at 57 I can't do some things I used, if you don't believe me ask my wife LOL, I'd love to be able to do what I could at 20 yrs old.

I wish there were more people like you in this world!

I take my hat off to you.

 

[Jetblast]

Eating lots of "Pierce & Ping" meals (microwave meals)...

I've got to start writing this stuff down.

 

[jmurray01]

I've got to start writing this stuff down.

:laughing: I'll expect a full essay on healthy living on my desk by 9:00AM tomorrow morning!

 

[Duffer72]

No healthy food here, if it has no taste and looks bad it is most likely healthy, fish and chips and a pint of bitter, Yes I know all about those, was stationed in UK for 4 years in the UASF, actually brought a brit wife back with me. Father inlaw always said there are 3 overs regarding yanks, over paid, over sexed and over here.

 

[jmurray01]

No healthy food here, if it has no taste and looks bad it is most likely healthy, fish and chips and a pint of bitter, Yes I know all about those, was stationed in UK for 4 years in the UASF, actually brought a brit wife back with me. Father inlaw always said there are 3 overs regarding yanks, over paid, over sexed and over here.

Healthy food can be tasty food if eaten in moderation!

Good God, I sound like somebody from a slimming class...

 

[JDgreen]

:laughing: I'll expect a full essay on healthy living on my desk by 9:00AM tomorrow morning!

Healthy living....??? I thought the Scottish lived on Porridge, haggis, and pig tripe....