Is Your Senior Body Paying the Price of Youth?

Jules

Jules

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Did you do things in your youth that now your senior body is paying the price? Hindsight is so much clearer.

Maybe you pushed yourself to lift heavy items just because you could.

Did without adequate sleep.

Too many diets. Wrong daily diet.

Too much exercise.
 

Too many diets for sure. True to statistics I ended every diet by regaining what I lost plus about five more.

I was hooked on ballet for many years and continued to take classes well into my forties. Forcing that turnout, doing lots of grand plies (deep knee bends) and then doing 30 minutes a day jumping rope to finish off any knee fluid I might have left. SMH.
 
Waitressing, now bad knees.

Using a standing desk instead of sitting. Standing/pacing while teaching instead of sitting. Now "incompetent perforators" (busted veins) in my legs. Maybe it was better than the evils of sitting though.

I was able to lift heavy weights while exercising. Developed problems that led to my not being able to have s** now. Weight training might or might not be a cause.

I was a heavy smoker. I drank 30 cups of coffee a day. Neither seems to have caught up to me. Yet.

I always said I had a cast iron stomach. Now it's rusted out. 😆
 
Jules said:
Did you do things in your youth that now your senior body is paying the price? Hindsight is so much clearer.

Maybe you pushed yourself to lift heavy items just because you could.

Did without adequate sleep.

Too many diets. Wrong daily diet.

Too much exercise.
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Not enough exercise when I was young, too much carbs and sugary crap, not enough sleep working night shifts.
 
NorthernLight said:
Waitressing, now bad knees.

Using a standing desk instead of sitting. Standing/pacing while teaching instead of sitting. Now "incompetent perforators" (busted veins) in my legs. Maybe it was better than the evils of sitting though.

I was able to lift heavy weights while exercising. Developed problems that led to my not being able to have s** now. Weight training might or might not be a cause.

I was a heavy smoker. I drank 30 cups of coffee a day. Neither seems to have caught up to me. Yet.

I always said I had a cast iron stomach. Now it's rusted out. 😆
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whaaaattt?... is it even possible to drink 30 cups of coffee in a day ? 😬
 
Nathan said:
Not enough exercise when I was young, too much carbs and sugary crap, not enough sleep working night shifts.
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that's me NOW... not when I was young..

Right up until I was 64 I was climbing very steep hills.. sides of mountains.. and I feel that's what's worn my knee out..can't do it any more..

Never got enough sleep always been a night owl.. go to bed at midnight or later for a 5am start at work... but it doesn't seem to have affected me yet..
 
hollydolly said:
Yes I suppose, but that would pre-suppose you were always at home ..never went anywhere..
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I worked from home for 15 years. Worked in restaurants for years. Student, college teacher, stay-at-home mother -- lots of opportunities to drink coffee!

And when I couldn't drink coffee all day, there were still plenty of hours to drink several coffees per hour.
 
DebraMae said:
Aside from the fact I thought I could roller skate in my 40's (hip) and repair a roof in my 70's (back) I am doing OK.
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In this photo I was 41, rollerskating with my daughter at her birthday party. Before you get too impressed, my mother was 71 and also rollerskated during the party. Neither of us fell, though my husband was in all modes of freak out until he finally convinced my mother to remove her skates!
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I wonder sometimes if my smoking and drinking ( moderate ), the hard work I have done ( housecleaning and farming for 30 years)...injuries I have received along the way, have influenced how my body, at 70, has so much pain. Maybe someday I will know, but it is not likely. Oh, and playing really loud music both as a guitar player and headphone volume. I now have ear canal pain most of the time.
 
StarSong said:
In this photo I was 41, rollerskating with my daughter at her birthday party. Before you get too impressed, my mother was 71 and also rollerskated during the party. Neither of us fell, though my husband was in all modes of freak out until he finally convinced my mother to remove her skates!
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Beautiful photo of you, @StarSong ! Your mother seems to be enjoying herself tremendously! I tried roller skating once in my 20s. Fell down so many times, I never tried it again.
 

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