Are you eating better? Sleeping better? Getting in shape?
Got my food allergies tested. Avoiding those have really helped my mystery “ughh why do I hurt” days
Doing thorough research on quality support items like wobbly stools, rope, and a really nice bathing toaster. Going to set myself up for success in my future endeavors.
Took the leap and actually started paying a nutritional biologist (translating an Italian term) and lost 10 kgs without noticing.
All while keeping training at least 3 days a week and maintaining strength gains and sometimes even getting better.
I also started a book club focused on sci-fi and non-fiction about technology and digital rights, to force myself to start reading again, since I noticed a sharp degradation of my ability to express myself and to analyze discourse.
Finally, I am learning French as my fifth language.
I would love to say I am doing great for being 40+, but mental health and zero social life affect me more than I would like to admit.
Quit reddit and twitter.
Quiting Facebook was a huge improvement in my life
Just bought a new mattress so hopefully sleeping better soon
Yas!!! I was having back problems, told myself “Well old chap, your back is ageing now innit?” Turns out I had a mattress problem. Make sure you get a good frame too.
I hit rock bottom, gave up drinking, went to therapy, found a new job that I don’t hate, gave up weed, found a partner, got asked if I wanted to go on a hiking holiday with her, said yes, panicked because I was totally out of shape, bought a bike, got in shape and enjoyed it, got married, have a kid on the way. Life’s good.
I’m not 30 yet but I’m pretty dang close and most of my friends are either right there with me or pushing 40 at this point. I hear pretty often about how lucky I am that I can eat however I want and don’t have to work out and I’m still in great shape. I have a pretty obvious secret though. I mostly only eat healthy stuff that I cook at home, so when I go out I can eat the greasiest cheesesteak you can find it and not feel bad about it, and I do all my own home repairs and renovations. I don’t go to the gym, but this morning I hauled 20 6x6x12 beams and about 40 bags of 80 cement to the back field by myself in the blistering sun to build a play structure for my kid. If I don’t have anything to build I have a pallet of cinder blocks that don’t current have a purpose that I just move around a big field back and forth to keep my hands calloused.
I’m pretty salty about it because I just started with a new doctor, and when asked if I work out I told him such, and he said that doesn’t count and I should start going to the gym a few times a week to help my heart health. I think he was sponsored by planet fitness because he kept talking about it.
What’s the frequency of physical exertion towards the level you described? The primary benefit of going to the gym is regular exertion above a certain level.
Usually 4-5 days a week for a couple hours on weekdays, 6+ hours on weekends. A little less in the winter months when we focus on indoor stuff, there’s only so much. My kids out there with me almost everyday and loves it. I don’t think he’d let me skip to many days even if I wanted to.
We’ll spend the rest of the afternoon getting all the posts up, letting them dry all day tomorrow, then work on framing it out next week, probably wrapping it up next Sunday. After that we’re building a greenhouse/photos studio for my wife. I like using hand tools which slows things down a lot.
I am not smug about it but I’ve been taking better care of myself for around 10 years and it’s grrrreat.
The healthy people were right.
I saw some photos of myself dancing at a friends wedding and did NOT LIKE what I saw. Pure vanity.
I got a personal trainer and set some very silly stunt goals - I knew I didn’t want to focus on how I look, but focus on being the kind of person who could do interesting things and that would have a side effect that looked good. It worked! Plus I learned how to do cool things with my body.
Sometimes being hungover or eating huge meals interfered with my quest to do a pistol squat or a one arm push up or run a race. So I moderated that and hit my goals.
Now my baseline is fairly healthy. So when I go out until 4 with people my body is able to handle it better. I still pay, but I understand the trade off and it isn’t something that happens to me it’s something I chose.
Therapy came in when I was extremely stressed. I avoided it for so long and it was dumb. It’s good to talk to people about your life and challenges. Coaches help players.
My sleep used to be very bad. But I want to do a one arm pull up this year. My body needs rest to get strong enough. So I gotta plan to sleep! I have to give up some other choices to get what I want.
I eat better (when I had money). No fast food, I only drink alcohol every couple of months, and avoid harmful drugs. Going to bed early I see it as a luxury. I walk instead of driving. My go to beverages are ice water, cold brew black coffee, and occasionally soy milk.
I’m fucking miserable.
Sounds nice, except for the being miserable part.
I’m fucking miserable.
That’s the soy milk. Replace it out with uh… Diet coke 😁
Hope you feel better, though.
Why are you miserable?
I don’t have either the time or the money anymore to eat properly.
Learned a lot about health and fitness in my early 30s, made it my hobby essentially. But things change so also learned that it’s not about what I did today or even this month, it’s about what I mostly do and getting back to it. Kids come along, house moves, job moves, disruption after disruption… Gotta lose the self blame and get back up every time. That is for sure an equally important thing to learn.
Haha, good one
I’m nearly 60.
Resistance training twice a week. Walks, swimming laps, short jogs, and cycling for the rest. I eat a mixed diet that leans plants, but I do eat some meat, eggs, and fish.
Lol.
Lmao, even.
Laughing is very healthy. You’re doing great!
Mid 30s.
Work, sleep, work, sleep, energy drink, work, sleep, energy drink, work, sleep, energy drink, work half a shift, 2nd energy drink, with 2nd half of shift, fucking crash into a vegetative state for a weekend.
Typical week.
Not doing great. >_>
I use weed to cope with existential crisis and sociopolitical turmoil. Oh you mean physically? Heh… Heh…
Real answer: I walk a lot, I’m grateful to live in a walkable city
I use weed to cope with existential crisis and sociopolitically turmoil
Same dude. Same.
I also walk a lot as a form of exercise. I love eating an edible and then going to wander around. The edible hits mid walk and it’s awesome.
100%, I do the same while listening to music. On the best days, I’ll lose all sense of time until I find myself on the other side of town.
I discover the best places that way, and I always pin them for next time I’m around. If I pass by an interesting looking place but don’t go in, I’ll mark it with a question mark in a list called “Sidequests”
I love wandering aimlessly around town. So many cool places to see.
Sometimes I’ll play a mobile game called Orna while I walk. It helps me get further out as I chase down monsters and loot.
Go team stoned walkers!
This is my go to as well. Add in some music or audiobook and stroll all over town. Come back home and sleep like a baby. It’s a great combo and makes you feel good about getting that exercise in.
Yep! It’s great and feels great. Go team stoned walkers!
Loooove a stoned walk, about to head out now and look at some gardens. Only thing better is a gentle-dose-of-shrooms-walk.
Hell yeah! 💚
Strange, I have weed stashed with me and two joints I rolled two months ago but haven’t been touched yet. Just never get in the mood.
In the words of RTJ: Life’s a shitnado, the smoke’s my umbrella.













