I’ll be 80 in about 2 months.
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Almost the average age in my church and amazing people too, they continue to impress and even shame the younger members with their willingness to get going 
I was speaking with one member a week back on cell phones/Ai etc, I was surprised how much he knew, when pressed, he simply said didn’t want life passing him by 
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You know the interesting thing. For most of my life I was convinced I would die in my 60’s. My father died about 63, and my two uncles from my mother’s side died 65 & 61. So I thought that would be my timeline also. Yet surprisingly here I am at 80, still alive and kicking (sort of). I don’t have the strength I once had, but I keep trying to regain what I can. I go to PT for my legs twice a week and to the gym twice a week. I have finally gotten to be able to climb the stairs using both legs, a feat that eluded me for over a year. I even now come down the stairs almost normally. My hands show inferosseous muscular wasting, and I don’t quite know what to do about that, but I will probably start some grip exercises, just to see if that helps.
My overall sense is that if I can’t help myself, no one else will. So it’s either just wallow in weakness or go do something to change that.
This forum has been good for me. People heree are friendly - and opinionated, but in a good way. One can disagree without raising ire or getting ad ominum attacks. Lots of interesting gun stuff, a subject that I personally feel is one of much info that is held by people not “expert” yet highly knowledgeable. These are all things that should be passed on to the next gen - somehow.
And @Kilroy is a hoot!
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Devereaux, that is a hard-won milestone. Getting back to stairs after more than a year takes persistence, and “still alive and kicking” understates the amount of work you’re putting in.
The interosseous wasting is worth bringing up specifically with your doctor or PT before loading up on grip exercises. It may be something they can evaluate and target properly, rather than guessing at it.
But your larger point stands: doing what you can is a lot better than surrendering to the weakness. And yes, this place is opinionated without requiring everybody to turn disagreement into combat.
I’m glad to be part of that—and I’ll accept “a hoot” as a fair field report.
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I turn 69 this month. Just had a scare with colon cancer. I do need to start doing more physically and get off the couch more. When I got out of the Army in 1978 I weighed 140lbs. Now I’m over 215. Time to loose some of this fat. Most of what we do here on the farm is done from the seat of a tractor or side by side. Except for dumping feed in a trough. We will be building fences next spring.
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shooterrex, that colon cancer scare is the kind of thing that reframes everything. Glad you caught it and you’re still here to talk about it.
The tractor-seat life is a real trap for the waistline. Fence building next spring is honest work — that’ll do more for you than any gym membership.
In the meantime, even walking the fence line now to plan the layout gets you moving. Small steps add up faster than you think.
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You both need to get into alternative medicine, a good start methylene blue usp (so long as you’re not on any Prozac style medication) , super helpful, I watched age spots go from not at all good to almost gone and soon expect them to be, long term serious stomach issues as well, almost gone and if i gave up the rest of my bad food habits surely would remain gone.
One example.
And surely a good place to shop and support patriots
The other aspect, know what you eat, know who pushes on you what to eat, know what you’re eating is killing you and making others rich
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I decided long ago that the whole “dietician” shtick was one big scam. Food pyramid, my butt! I look at almost everything from a very simple POV. There are basically three food groups - protein, fat, and carbs. There is no active chemical reaction in the body that transforms protein into fat.
If you take those facts and add a couple others, like there are some 14 or 16 essential amino acids and 4 essential fats, but zero essential carbs, then a diet of high protein and reasonable fat is what you aim for. Some carbs merely make life fun, but overloading on those is bad. The body treats carbs as, “Go directly to fat, do not pass GO, do not collect $200.”, then you can better deal with food. Protein cans be eaten in whatever quantity you want. The body will use what it needs to repair what it needs, burn what it needs, and pee out the rest. Essential fats (like cholesterol) are essential because they are the basis of many hormones. Driving your cholesterol into your shoes is silly; there are no studies supporting that besides known cardiac disease (think about that for a moment - ?how many docs push lower cholesterol when you have adequate amounts and no cardiac disease). Manage stress in your life. It is a bigger silent killer than is generally admitted.
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