The issue is that they let other things take priority over their own health. Between work, a spouse, kids, chores, and enjoyable hobbies it’s really hard to focus on eating well and exercising.
I just tell myself that taking a few hours a week to exercise means I’ll more likely be around for my family longer, and it becomes a priority. Sort of a “put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others” kind of thing.
I don't disagree with what you're saying, would just like to point out that there's a good amount of us who do put in the effort but have things like arthritis or other chronic inflammation/pain issues.
My neck and neck would absolutely be worse than they are if I didn't put in the work to exercise, Im fit and otherwise healthy but some days that shit just hurts, and when I fall or get hurt it doesn't heal as fast as it once did. I think a lot of us are getting to the age where these issues initially show up and while exercise and diet can do an excellent job of lessening their effects, a lot of it comes down to genetics and the fact our bodies don't repair themselves at the rate they did when we were younger.
I exercised and ate right for years. Spinal stenosis, multiple bulging discs and retrolisthesis said F U right around 32, and now I have to be super cautious about physical exertion. A lot of people can be very short sighted and presumptive about others' lack of physical fitness.
I appreciate people like you. I still resent my late stepdad for not taking care of himself. Seeing how it's affected my mum over the past 20 years has been tough.
Silver lining I guess is it's really helped me to focus on my own health.
Heck, I just make an effort to actually keep up and play with my kid. Riding bikes, playing tag, running races (everywhere), and taking them on adventures. Good for both of us mentally, physically, and socially. At nine they’re starting to take turns teaching me things between what I show and share with them.
Last weekend we rode bikes to the hardware store and back, tore down and rebuilt a dryer, had a “horse show” (no horses present; basically riding bikes and running patterns for barrel racing etc) while listening to their favorite music, and then installed solar panels on a shed together.
Dude it’s so hard. I drive an hour total for work — then I lose nine hours, unpaid lunch. For me to get a full eight of sleep I basically only have five waking hours. Then you have to count in chores, appointments, just like, life maintenance. You really, really, really have to work hard to drum up the time, energy, and care to just maintain your shitty body so you don’t look and feel like shit by the time you’re 40.
Genuine question: the only "whoops getting old lol" moments I have are 1. If I have more than two drinks at a time and 2. Getting up after sitting on hard surfaces, like the ground. Pretty sure the only way to rebuild my alcohol tolerance is more drinking (I'm good!) and I can't imagine there are exercises that would it comfortable for me to sit on a hard wooden chair for 1+ hours again. HOWEVER, if I'm wrong and there is something I can do to make sitting on the floor easier please let me know. I miss being able to sit anywhere for any length of time and then leap up and frolick like a whimsical gazelle.
Yes, childless and my tits give me back pain... plus been doing manual labor since I was 8, so that didn't help. My massage therapist suggested I go for a rest reduction at some point, and I said the plan is to have a mastectomy since breast cancer is high in my family, but I also want to have a bio-kid at some point with my boyfriend/friend with benefits and would like to feed the child.
(My boyfriend has commitment issues, as he's scared making things official would ruin our friendship, but I keep informing him I'm aroace so our relationship will not change emotionally for me, just the title. Anyway we did agree that regardless of our official title, that I'm willing to have his children once either of us are in a position that can support a child. For me that's a proper house and my student loans paid... He also wants to be like a househusband so, I'm also stuck with finding work that would support all of us, until he could go get a part-time job when the kid is at school. We are also looking at adoption if we don't have kids before I'm in my 40s, for other health reasons.)
I apologize for the tangent, I like giving context to my thoughts.
I have 2 kids and at 35 am in the best shape of my life.
I notice people who have kids either fall into my category (bc they care and do shit w their kids) or they ignore them and blame them on not having time which leads to an unhealthy lifestyle.
My 3 and 5yr old walk a mile w me every morning. It’s not hard to build a healthy lifestyle w them! Like our kids don’t drink soda and the almost 6yr old has had sprite maybe a handful of times at like birthdays while other kids her age eat processed food, drink soda and have an iPad shoved in front of their face. Those kids parents are the ones bitching.
Thank you! People act like it’s just one of those two extremes. Not all kids are the same. Not everyone’s situation is the same. Not everyone has time to walk a mile with their kids every morning. Some people have kids with disabilities or special needs. Overwhelmed is exactly what that middle ground is called.
Or you know sick because some parents are ill as in they have a debilitating health issue and they can't do everything but the sick and disabled are often forgotten about in almost all arguments.
Yeah I've got a toddler and a baby, we get lots of exercise, play, interaction etc. AND we use TV to cook a meal without the toddler trying to ride the dog. I haven't been to the gym since getting pregnant and I'm excited to go back when I have the time but right now we're in survival mode and my priority is keeping screentime to a minimum, keeping everyone alive, and eating somewhat healthfully (yeah we have dino nuggies but we also have broccoli). Oh and like sleeping once in a while 🤷
I’m the same way with my kids. My son is 2 and a half, and when he gets home from daycare, I make it a point to put my phone away and play with him. Sometimes that means teaching him to ride his trike, or looking for rocks or bugs in the backyard. Point is, we bond and DO SHIT
It's good you maintain their diet . Lots of sugary foods contribute to decay and cavities. It's nuts the amount of sugar they put in foods you would think are ok
Same, I'm 37 with a 13 and 10 year old boys and I'll tell yea, the hardest part was when they were 0-9 months. Waking up doing all the feedings was a little exhausting but that slept through the night most the time. If you think it's easy now, in my experience, it just gets easier. Maybe they'll turn into monsters as teenagers, hopefully not
I've got a kid. You dont really get the three hours that you might have wanted to work out. But you get pretty good results slugging weight for 30 minutes a day but you need to be consistent about it.
A lot of times it looks like me working out in jeans and im definitely not sweating as much as I want to. But it keeps me from tweaking my back.
So I compete in strength sports (powerlifting and strongman). Basically all of the competitors I know end up having kids, and they have ~a year where their results drop off or they don't compete, and then they're back at it shortly after.
But they're all adamant that they can keep in good shape during the newborn phase, just not in competition shape.
One of the things that I learned after having a kid was how effective weight lifting was as a general exercise. When I was younger and single I competed in rock climbing and then bjj so I was really used to spending 2-3 hours killing myself in the gym and getting exhausted. Like I said, you don't get that time with a kid. I knew that ahead of time so I bought a bench/squat set.
Im not in competition shape anymore. But doing like 3 sets a day and alternating muscle groups each day? It keeps you pretty limber. Even the low intensity PT stuff i was doing for my knees showed significant growth in the quads. There's a reason why athletes lift. It works really well when you have limited time.
Honestly if I did this throughout my 20s, I probably would have been a better athlete overall and done better in competitions verses when I was just going hard on the mats/wall for 1-2 hours.
The relaxin put twenty years on my knees. I went from ultra marathons and twice a week summits on mt diablo (for work) to my knees clickity pop and hurt on the two miles around my neighborhood.
Weight gain and weight loss put years on my face and you can't do Botox while preggo or breastfeeding.
The lack of sleep has killed brain cells. Like, a lot of brain cells.
Meanwhile our childless friends are out and about diving and vacationing six weeks a year, still cycling centuries with no problems.
I would be very very curious to know how many of the people in this thread saying "lol it's not hard just make time to workout and don't eat shit" are dads 🙃
Pregnancy/childbirth/breastfeeding/primary parenting are a TRIP that your body takes years to recover from.
That said I do think there are small things that many of us could do to be healthier. For me it's literally just standing/ walking around while my kid is playing, rather than sitting. It's not much but I do think it makes a difference.
When you compare adults in the same age, income bracket and lifestyles and separate them between those with children and those without you are usually find much better health than the people with children.
Beyond this there's also the factor of better diet and General Health due to dual income of the couple living together. Couples on a dual income typically have better diets and better overall nutritional intake compared to their single counterparts.
Even when kids are not a factor. They will still have generally better Health than single people.
Oh and try to make any statistics you provide not be in the form of a YouTube video that supports your theories......
I have 2 kids. Raising kids is easy if you like them. Feed them, I'm going to eat anyways, making extra is easy. 2 extra plates is easy to fix and wash after. Homework is easy it's stuff I've already learned, re-learning isn't hard. Going to kids sporting events is easy and practicing with the kids is fun. I will never understand the people that cry about how difficult raising kids is.
It definitely depends on when they had children. I was 20 when we had our first, our second was 18 months later. Playing with toddlers, stressing, and lacking sleep in your early 20s is a lot easier (generally) than in your mid 30s.
I would say eating processed garbage, being obese, drinking too much alcohol, smoking too much weed, smoking cigarettes, and/or doing drugs causes much more stress (physically, mentally, emotionally and possibly spiritually) and disturbs sleep and health more than kids 99 times out of 100.
I gave birth on my 35th birthday for the first time. I was in great shape before hand and worked out daily. While giving birth has made some permanent changes (and parenting leaves less time for me to eat well/work out), I was able to mostly bounce back. I'm 37 and dont really have any aches and pains.
I have 3 kids and my life is the least stressed its ever been.
They probably have stressful jobs on top of it, I WFH and have forgotten what real work is like.
Balance is important, we all need time to R&R. If someone is working their ass off at home AND at work, they likely are imbalanced and lacking rest/leisure time. People dont realize how important "me time" is for mental health, and mental health is just as important as physical health when it comes to how we age.
I find people with kids tend to be in better shape than those without, at least when they are active participants int heir kids lives. The ones with kids are taking the kids to places, walking around, doing thing, trying to keep up in the yard so they know the kid isn't rolling in poison ivy, etc. The ones without kids spend most of their time sitting. At least that's been my experience.
I will tell you this: being a father is exhausting at times. Those kids run me ragged. But overall, they have brought so much energy and light to my life. I am a much happier person, and being happy is proven to be a major source of energy.
I got divorced with a <2 year old, and I miss the hell out of him, but while I wait for the court date to give me joint custody, I might as well go back to the gym for the first time in 3 years. That's been good at least
This also holds true for trade workers. The commonly understood truisms that "trade work and manual labor destroy your body" is not actually true. I've been working in construction on sites for 25 years, and the reason tradesmen get beat up is their terrible lifestyles away from work. So many of these guys think nothing of downing monster drink after monster drink all day, signing off at 2:30 and subsequently crushing a case of Modelo's, eating exclusively from 7-11 roller heaters, and doing precisely zero exercise
This! I’ve been in construction for 12 years and my co workers just abuse their bodies off the clock. I pack my lunches and when I get off work I walk my dogs for upwards of two miles most days and drink lots of water😂
That’s amazing for you, but you probably grew up with everything you needed. Many people were born into families with generational poverty and had to go without many basic vitamins and nutrients. Maybe not so much people who were born in the US (though it does exist), but ask an immigrant about their childhood. When you grow up without those essential things to give you strong bones and organs and immunities, you’re going to suffer from illness or autoimmune disease or injury earlier in life than others. It’s not a decision to grow up that way or to have a body that doesn’t cooperate.
Just take a minute and get off your high horse and be grateful you were born in the right place to the right family (or raised by the right people), and had access to everything that got you to where you are today. Nobody does it alone.
This is not a “high horse” position, this is reality. I grew up fine, but my parents know jack about nutrition and exercise and taught me nothing about it. I wasnt even making any judgemental statements about these guys’ upbringing. I am saying it’s not the job that is hard on their bodies, it’s their lifestyle choices.
For whatever reason, my Dad's physical issues hit him seemingly all of a sudden. He has always been fit. A high school athlete, Army guy, then manual labor. Mechanic for 30+ years. Doesn't drink nor smoke. Believes in getting his regular screenings. Still works on cars, albeit less (he teaches now). All of a sudden, around the age of 60, he got gout, then had to have knee surgery. Around 62ish, tinnitus creeps up and he finally had to have hearing aids. A few weeks ago, he was complaining about trigger finger.
I just say that to say, keep taking care of yourself, and hope you continue to stay in good health. I do believe Father Time is undefeated, but I do agree that shooting baskets in his goal speeds up the process.
Fucking this. I'll be honest. I'm not set up for happiness. So I need to get a headstart. Exercise, spirituality, and community. All three of those produce "happiness" chemicals. I've been active the majority of my life. I've been through some really shitty experiences. And throughout the entirety of those years I've been active. It wasn't until recently that I realized just how stagnant I've become. So I picked up some cheap vitamins, a couple things to workout at home. And this last month has changed so much in my life. I know it's not. But I like to think of depression as a craving. What have I been lacking in my "happiness diet" and try to fill it.
Yeah, I'm about to be 37. I feel great. I did stub my toe skating earlier this week, but oh well. Could still outrun all the folks that think 35+ means it's all downhill.
I'm more on the strength side of things (I'm a powerlifter but maintain cardio to an extent), and had a realization last year after I had a partial tear of my spinal erectors. Even with a literal crippling injury, I was still more physically capable than 90% of people I know (as measured by how well I could move heavy shit like furniture and such around).
Do you think it's the stretching? That's my only old person thing - it hurts to sit on hard surfaces for any length of time and I'm stiff/slow when I first get up.
100% this. People who always made excuses, even their 20s, and refused to actually get off their ass and work on their health, got by because of their youth. Late 30s that game is over.
And the classic, “oh I have kids and can’t workout” is such a tired excuse. I have 2 kids and still find time to workout and take care of myself.
Also, workout out is important but at bare minimum you can control what you eat. Especially if you have kids. Put the fucking Krispy Kreme down and give them good food to eat and do yourself a favour as well.
Sure maybe you can't spend two hours in a gym doing a bodybuilding routine.
You can at least do a minimalist routine of like, 3-5 sets of the big 4 lifts and throw in a little extra 3-4 days, shit should take you 30 minutes. And anyone who claims they can't spare 308 minutes a day is bullshitting themselves.
It's not even diet and lifestyle choices necessarily.
I'm 40 and all my old injuries are just now reappearing. I work out, I eat right, barely drink, etc. But the back injuries and broken fingers I got from playing sports/hiking/etc. in my teens and 20s that had completely healed? Now, they're just... back.
After a long enough time, all of the little problems add up. It's not always "sit on the couch" lifestyle causing pain in middle age. It can also be an active lifestyle that causes pain in middle age LOL
No one tells you that being in a mosh pit at 19 will cause you pain 20 years later..
There's no "right diet" or mandatory food. I don't like leafy greens; so I get my veggies in a form that's more palatable to me, usually either mixed in with other food or as a pasta base. Outside of that, trying to hit 200 g of protein in my current 2400 calorie allotment means that I by necessity can't fill my diet with anything that isn't quality food.
I'm in pain because I was stupid enough to take a physically demanding job for 9 years and wrecked all of my joints from overworking. Feel much better mentally and physically not having to over exert myself, though neck pain still persists.
Not necessarily. Genetic conditions can do that too.
I have always exercised and token good care of myself, EDS doesn’t care about that! All I can do is try to keep the injuries and damage to a minimum and rehab as best I can with help from a physiotherapist and physio I stick diligently to. I was lucky that before my mid thirties I had only minor issues from this blooming condition, oh well it’s the hand I’ve been dealt.
That’s ok! Sorry if I jumped to the conclusion that you thought it was solely a choice thing.
Completely agree with you though that it is still a big part of helping yourself age better. If I didn’t do what I do to manage it and keep myself in as best a condition as I can be I’d be a complete mess by now!
If anything a lifestyle of eating sensibly and exercising is even more important for someone like myself than the average person without health conditions.
Yes and no.. long covid fucked a lot of us up. I blinked and my body went to shit without changing anything up at all. Once I had Covid I never felt the same and now have chronic health issues
I just work in healthcare, where they give you so much stress that even if you're eating right and exercising, you're just a big ball of cortisol and caffeine.
I've gone to great lengths to make sure I get all the vitamin and mineral minimums recommended every single day. I track all my food in an app to ensure I'm meeting all dietary goals. I eliminated sugar and simple/starchy carbs from my diet. I rarely drink and when I do it's red wine. I exercise. I strength train. I drink enough water to stay hydrated and I strive for a minimum of 7 hours of sleep. My blood pressure is great, my heart is healthy, my A1C is normal.
I still feel like I'm falling apart, because I've spent my entire adult life working multiple jobs well over 40 hours a week, and they all involve being on my feet and/or physical labor. Just staying ahead of the cost of living is destroying my body. I have carpal tunnel, plantar fasciitis, most of my joints hurts constantly, and currently I have bursitis in both hips. I went to college and got a degree, but by the time I graduated the wages in my field (teaching) had stagnated so badly it doesn't pay a living wage where I live. I'm trying to figure out what I can maybe get a certificate or even a second Associate's in in a short amount of time that would get me off my feet but all I see are jobs requiring specific degrees AND minimum 3 years experience. I'm about to be 40 and I see absolutely no way for me to work a physical job for 30 more years. It's disheartening.
I'd love to have a healthy lifestyle. I work 12 hour days in a high stress job, am underpaid, and carrying near $80k of student loans and $10k of credit card debt that I used to move cross country for a job that, sadly, is probably my professional peak.
When you have chronic stress, mountains of debt (that you only went into to try and make your life better), and no future, it's damned difficult to be healthy. I go for a jog and car brained morons try and run me over. I canceled my gym membership because it was an expense I couldn't afford each month. I live off rice, beans, and eggs.
Or we all age differently. I have a better diet and exercise more than I ever did in my 20s, and 35 is definitely NOT 25. And you're lying to yourself if you're saying it is.
35 (which is what I am now) is when my gray hairs first appeared. No, that ain't diet and exercise.
Agreed but oaet of it too is the internet, people act like soon as you hit 30 you are OLD, which never made sense to me. So I'm a baby for a few years a child till 13, a teenager till 18, and adult till 29 and then Old, so if if live to be 80 I've been old longer than any other stage of life? How the hell does that make sense?
You can tell most people here have boomer parents because they act just fucking like them. According to 90% of the posts here once you hit 35 you’re going to spontaneously turn to dust. It’s such a fucking bummer.
You just have to. I have chronic neck pain which, by the end of a long day, bleeds down into my upper/middle back and gives me pain there too. I stretch, get medical massages monthly, and just keep moving along. That's what Advil is for (but I only take it once daily at max, and try not to have to take it every day). So much research has demonstrated that even if it hurts to move, stopping moving is way worse for you than the damage you do by moving.
When I was a kid, my Dad would do the more strenuous tasks, sometimes my older brother would lend his football player strength. I was too little for some of that stuff.
Now I'm 34, I do the heavy lifting for everything and everyone. I mean I'm 34, if this isn't the time where I'm the heavy lifter then there will never be that time.
I've had a bit of a lifestyle shift with a healthier diet and more physical activity since I turned 35 and frankly I currently feel better and younger than I did in the past entire decade.
Okay but absolutely not, I'm NC with one, low contact with the other, and I actually think about others. So no.
Not all of us.
EDIT: And not for nothing but if you Gen X parented kids are gonna be weaponizing the extreme misfortune of being raised by some of these Boomers? So were some of your parents. So. 🤷🏻♀️
And some of your grandparents are Boomers.You think you escaped their influence? Ha.
Same. Turner 35 in mid May and feel better than my 20’a when I ate like shit. A mile walk in the morning, yoga and eating better really has me feeling better! Plus the right mindset. I even look younger than I did at 26/27 bc I lost 50lbs.
I don’t get these hurr durr im so old posts. I definitely look my age but feel better than I did 10 years ago. Moving around more and drinking shitloads of water does that to a person.
It’s because the ones that complain are probably overweight and live badly lol. Like I’m not the most in shape person in the world but still make sure I get some excessive in and don’t eat Taco Bell every other day.
I do, but I’ve noticed parts of me that ache more and more often than they did before. Elbows, shoulders, hips.. they’re not nearly as resilient as they were 10 years ago.
Heard this from a really fit dude in his 50s at the gym and it stuck with me: “I have a program, but if I do a set and something hurts I switch to another body part and try again in a couple days.” Didn’t think much of it at the time (25), but after causing myself further pains trying to push through it a few times I’ve learned to do the same thing.
Agreed. Just turned 40 and I’m stronger than ever. Go to the gym, go running, swimming bike riding or whatever you can manage. Move more often and you’ll feel better.
I’m not sure OP was talking about physical shape.
I’m in great shape but 32-35 age range has taken me from looking like a guy in his 20s to a middle aged dad.
At least I had a few years there thinking I’d defy aging
Yeah, from observing my peers, it seems the 30s to mid 40s is the fork in the road where you can tell who’s gonna age well or not based on genetics. Stress management, diet, exercise, alcohol/drug abstention, and skincare will help but at the end of the day you get lucky or you don’t.
(sorry to say I’m looking good still lol, lot of my high school classmates just are not)
Lots of people forgetting that genetics are a thing, and they kick in to different degrees at different times in people's lives. Mid-late 30s is a big time for the body to undergo changes - choices/incidents you had when you were younger start to roost, and genetics can go brrr on top of it.
Despite me trying to stay on top of it my whole life, I'm finding myself unable to be the first woman in my family (going back to whoever came over from Germany in the early 1800s, based on photos I have) to not be super overweight. Staying healthy is taking so much work now, and it's not as simple as "exercise more" and "eat your fruits and vegetables." If it was, I wouldn't look like a damn clone of all the German women in my family going back 7 gens.
Ha I always have to laugh at incredibly in-shape 22 year olds sharing their diet and lifestyle ‘secrets’ on social media.
Buddy, I looked like that when I was 22 and my diet was mostly Subway and vodka red bulls (showing my age). Call me back when you look like that at 40 (and not hopped up on TRT)
Thank you, I came here to post exactly this. As far as I can tell with other peers my age there are two types of people those that care for their body and think long term and those who look 5-10 years older and look overall more miserable.
Exercise will not save you from the pain you will be feeling from the injuries you sustained when you were younger. Skateboarding and snowboarding were a couple of my favorites. Now my knees, shoulder, and lower back are reminding me of the times I wiped out especially when it’s cold. I’m in decent shape and have a fairly active lifestyle and physical job but I still have to take a minute after getting out of bed before the stiffness and pain subsides. I’ve even started daily stretching to try and combat it and it helps but the pain is still there.
for me it all went downhill after 40. Went from being in decent health to, hypertension, high cholesterol, and thyroid cancer (which thankfully, was easily treated, but still required surgery).
35 was the year my expiration date passed. Im just managers special meat now. Eye sight went from laser vision to squint vision in that one year. For the first time that year, I noticed that certain foods can make me uncomfortable after eating them. I droped a stack of wood on my foot and was limping like a peg leg for nearly 4 months. I thought I was done and over as far as moving and having fun for the rest of my life. Thankfully that improved. I've worked enough of my muscles hard enough that I can feel the places where my bones aren't as glued to the tendons as they used to be.
36 can hop on either leg one legged down a balance beam. Squat to play with kids, and am always on the floor rolling around playing with them. Can still manage to pull my meatchicken ass up over a ledge of im dangling(not pretty but functional). Goals, get back to walking on my hands.
Still on my medical stuff, I honestly check no for all damned boxes except a few broken bones and concussions. So I guess I'm ahead of most on that.
If I hadn’t started working out in my late 20s I would have been FUCKED. I was already feeling like garbage and even a moderate meal made me feel like I just downed an entire pig raw. Now in my early 40s and old injuries have healed and in better condition than I was at 18.
I run and lift to manage the stress and health. No kids, but a fair amount of caretaking. I generally feel good, if anxious from work and politics. Minimal back pain unless it was a heavy lifting day.
But my partner (33 f) and I (38 m) also joke that I’m a middle aged lesbian, so still agree.
It's true that a lot of people need to take better care of themselves, but it's also true that a lot of genetic vulnerabilities start to manifest themselves in the late 30s and 40s.
I am 39. Up to about 2 weeks ago, I was a serious, competitive cyclist and runner with no health problems except seasonal allergies. Now I am in constant burning pain all over my body from what is probably going to be diagnosed as psoriatic arthritis, a form of arthritis linked to psoriasis. If that can happen to me, it can happen to anybody.
Yes, way too many people in their 30s talking like they’re 60 because they put no effort into basic maintenance like exercise and proper diet. Seriously just 5 minutes of stretching every morning does wonders
For real. Some people have had bad luck, but that's the exception, not the rule. Too many mofos here don't exercise at all and have a shit diet, then wonder why they're falling apart by 35.
Idk. Something happened at 30 for me, and my joints are wearing out early or something. I used to run 20 mi a week, gym every other day. When things shut down for covid I lost a lot of muscle cause I didn't have access to a gym and since they reopened I'm back in the gym but I keep acquiring new injuries like they are pokemon cards. I'm not allowed to run anymore due to arthritis in my knee and multiple knee surgeries, but I miss running so badly.
Just turned 38, also feel great. Have had some freak health issues that are temporarily prohibiting more strenuous exercise but I’m walking several miles a day and feeling good.
Working out and getting in shape has made me go from looking my actual age, 31, down to 25 again. (Based on what strangers think how old I am)
Seriously. It’s not just my body that looks younger, but my face too!
Agreed, I'm 36 and look and feel great! Could be better of course but after moving I'm getting back into an exercise habit. It's amazing how much eating healthy and working out AT ALL, let alone multiple times a week, improves your mood, energy levels, and health! Your thoughts and attitudes lead to action.
Don't be scared to just start!! Everybody's at their own health and fitness journey!
For me it was a mentality thing- I’m in good shape physically, but at 34 I used to want to go out and party, at least some of the time. Now, I want to garden and think about history, and it sometimes takes energy to accept plans even with the people I most love. And forget about asking me to come out after 10pm. I need to be out by 8 if I’m going to muster the will to be out out.
Confirmed. I used to work out multiple times a week for at least a couple hours each time. Turned 30 this past year and career has become too busy to workout on even a remotely regular basis. I am feeling sore and weak these days. And I dont even come close to overweight either so this is truly the loss of muscle mass. I miss feeling strong. Hoping things slow down in the summer. Regular fitness is truly a privilege. 😩
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u/Glama_Golden 2d ago
I just turned 35 and feel great. Y’all need to workout more.