• notsosure@sh.itjust.works
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    16 days ago

    The body is like a machine, and the older you get: parts suddenly break down and can’t be fixed anymore. Some parts got damaged when you were young (meniscus, teeth, hearing) and they then start causing problems when you’re old. It’s practically impossible to loose weight after 50. Your libido goes down the drain.

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      16 days ago

      I’d say depending on the person, losing weight becomes hard in your 30s if you don’t keep up with it.

      Hi, it’s me, I’m the one who hasn’t really kept up with it aside from changing my diet. Nothing drastic, just cutting down on what I eat, in no small part thanks to the economy.

      Also, all my weight caught up to me in that I have high blood pressure and mild sleep apnea, both of which can be controlled if not eliminated outright if I just exercised more.

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        The average American lifestyle kind of discourages exercise and eating well. It’s also very stressful. I certainly can’t fault people for not doing it. I imagine those conditions exist a lot of other places too. I also started gaining a bit more weight in my mid to late thirties but I also rediscovered bicycling during that time. I didn’t really lose any weight, but the way it was concentrating in my belly slowed down or even reversed a little bit. I’m amazed at how much it balanced my mood. Still working on those glutes of steel though.

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            I’m a guy, and I imagine you’re correct. Hormones change over time and with age. I usually get blood work done when I go in for a physical and have had those conversations. Everything is looking good, I’m just getting older. He did encourage me to keep up the exercise.

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      Woah there. I agree with part of this but so much is more a “use it or lose it” situation. I’m almost 60, husband a couple years older, we still fuck every day and I get off at least once a day still. I do think it’s muted a bit, slightly less intense usually but way more multiples, so it kind of works out.

      Did gain weight at menopause that stuck - sort of gamed that by starting out underweight so I’m still not fat, but agree wholeheartedly it doesn’t fall right off like it did, part of that I think is my worry that if I lose it my bones will suffer, so I don’t want to diet. Still in good shape just smack in the middle of healthy BMI when I was aiming for the bottom of it.

      Teeth are STUPID, we should not get the final set so young.

      Everything takes so, so long to heal now.

      My mom said the worst thing about getting old was that you could not make plans. She planned to come up here to see Tab Benoit with a group of friends but by the day of the show two of them had died.

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        we still fuck every day and I get off at least once a day still.

        Uh. I don’t know that that’s normal. You have my envy, though.