Comment being shared all over Facebook
now is, “I didn’t think getting old would happen this soon”. That rings true today with my sore body.
My recent automotive purchase, the Ford
Taurus, had the bottom radiator hose come loose. No big deal. Got out the small
floor jack I’ve had for decades, jacked it up, loosened the hose clamp, slid
the hose back into place, and tightened the clamp. A one tool fix (screwdriver)
not counting a flashlight. Took maybe 20 minutes.
My body is taking longer to recover. The
same body that once did 50 mile hikes for the hell of it and then went out for
beers.
I do keep exercising. In a year, yes a
year, have taken off and kept off 50 lbs. Only a 100 more to go.
I’m still a
stud in my head until I see myself in a full length mirror. Oh well, just suck
it up and keep putting one foot in front of the other. And, of course, whine
about it.
14 comments:
I'm afraid that I'm in the same boat.
I had things under control to about 50 and then it started to get the best of me. Things start to hurt, joints fail and don't work as well as they once did. We don't metabolize as well as we did and we're more sedentary. I don't know how to fix it completely unless I can clone a young LL and transfer my consciousness into that lump of clay. So far it's sci-fi.
I was handling it fairly well, except weight gain, to age 70 when I needed a pacemaker. About then my walking endurance, which was always my main exercise, became much more difficult. The machine is kind to my knees while giving me a bit of a cardio workout.
I was OK until right about 60, and then stuff started breaking.
Good job on the weight loss! I've lost around 45lbs since we moved here. I want to get down to 190, but I keep bumping around 200.
Can't break 300. Got out of the Army at 220, stopped drinking, hit the gym and got down to 185. Then it started to creep up. I did well for years around 235. Was a size 50 coat as a high school junior and 190. For years bought all my shirts at Nordstrum stores. They always had 20" neck 36" sleeve in stock. Now I'm 95% long sleeve T-shirt. Even if I drop 100 lbs the shoulders and chest won't get any smaller. My knees will be a lot happier!
I should start hanging out with you guys, at 63 1/2, I feel like a spring chicken compared to all of you. Nothing too broken, not a member of the 300 club, have a profession that requires me to lift 75 pounds on occasion (although I have an engine hoist that I use for that kind of effort more often than I used to).
Yup, feelin' good. For now.
Enjoy it while you have it. And, if I had a neck, I would be 6'4".
Turnin' 76 in a coupla weeks and can relate to all above. Got on a talking scale the other day. It said "Come back later, ALONE!"
Hahaha!
I'm not that healthy either, though I am holding around 235. I did go to the gym once. I tried the cycle and though I was going to die. I started breathing hard, broke out in a sweat and thought my heart would pound out of my chest. I said to hell with this and went home, got a beer and laid down on the couch until the breathing got under control. I'm much better now.
John, we all know you exaggerate.
Yep, getting old is NOT for sissies... Still trying to lose another 10-15 pounds. With a bad back, exercise is hell. I'm trying to walk a minimum of 2-3 miles a day, which is helping.
Coffee: the beer on the couch gets a bad rap, if you ask me. Throw in a football game, and now we're talkin.' As for the 'honey-do list' that gets ignored while drinking beer on the couch watching football, not a big deal. Those honey-do lists have a shelf life of about a million years, they never rot away to nothing. Nope, they are bullet proof.
lotta talk here about getting old !
I'm here to tell you that old age is merely a problem with stiffness.
Things that didn't used to be stiff are while things that used to be stiff aren't.
An.
Holy batfuck. You ARE a stud.
50 pounds??!!?
BZ
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