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Post by Swampy on Dec 26, 2012 12:05:16 GMT -5
Denny mentioned dieting, and this will be an ever-more important issue for the aging members of our forum.
I have some risk of diabetes, so I have to keep my sugar levels down. I have since learned that dieting doesn't have to be too bad. In fact, I no longer drink pop everyday, and I don't have sugar at all in my coffee, and that alone has cut back on my spare tire. I also eat more leafy greens, which has nutrients that make me more sensitive to insulin.
Last, but certainly not least, exercise is important, and it not only provides good health, it can help keep your mind sharp, because it increases blood flows through your brain.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 13:10:29 GMT -5
I agree with all you said other than I don't have diabetes. However, my mother had it so I'm susceptible to getting it. With regard to the aging aspect, especially since I'm included in that group, exercise is getting harder and harder to do. It's been very difficult for me because I have been a athlete of sorts all my life and now I find that my body can't deliver that which my mind says it should.
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Post by Swampy on Dec 26, 2012 14:56:46 GMT -5
I don't have diabetes either, and I'm hoping to keep it that way. As for exercise, research has shown that moderate exercise is better than intensive exercise, and even a bit of exercise can go a long way.
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Post by Sir John on Dec 26, 2012 20:02:31 GMT -5
I have a special diet, consisting of T Bone and Porterhouse steaks, eggs, onions, roast lamb, spuds, greens and LOTS of gravy.
Ice cream, LOTS of choc sauce, and home brewed BEER!
I have been 75 kg for over 20 years. Low BP and a colesterol well within range.
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Post by Swampy on Dec 26, 2012 21:12:08 GMT -5
So what's your secret?
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Post by Sir John on Dec 26, 2012 22:21:59 GMT -5
I have always led a blameless life, and one free of all sin!
SJ
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2012 15:31:53 GMT -5
Not to mention that you are full of ...! ;D Some people are blessed with good health and few problems. The rest of us have to make up for them.
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Post by Sir John on Dec 27, 2012 16:19:26 GMT -5
Now you have REALLY hurt my feelings, I need a good lawyer!!!!
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Post by Swampy on Dec 27, 2012 17:24:10 GMT -5
Now you have REALLY hurt my feelings, I need a good lawyer!!!! But does Denny have lots of money? The guy you should go after is Jerry - he's a colonel, so he must be loaded. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2012 17:39:22 GMT -5
I'm sure that Jerry would agree with me that if one wishes to get rich, serving your country is not the way to do it.
Isn't a GOOD lawyer an oxymoron? (I might as well piss off everyone on the forum ;D)
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Dec 28, 2012 9:54:51 GMT -5
Didn't piss me off. I agree with you. I have been lucky enough to have had three low paying careers....  |
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Post by bluejay77 on Dec 28, 2012 10:47:36 GMT -5
Some ten years ago, I started to play tennis regularly, so that I would not die prematurely of a cardiovascular problem, or such.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2012 10:48:14 GMT -5
Didn't piss me off. I agree with you. I have been lucky enough to have had three low paying careers.... The ironic thing, and I'm sure it applies to you as well, is that my retirement pay has more than doubled my salary when I retired. I almost shat in my drawers when my son told me that as a buck private he made as much as I did when I was a SFC with over 12 years of service. |
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Dec 28, 2012 18:08:45 GMT -5
Yeah, Denny, things have sure changed. My first military pay was $22.90 per month. Then I got commissioned and it jumped all the way up to $222.20 per month. Of course I had to buy a bunch of new uniforms, and since I was RA, no uniform allowance. (Can't complain about the retirement pay though....and I have been drawing that for 17 years longer than I served on active duty. Thank you taxpayers, thank you vera much...
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Post by Swampy on Dec 28, 2012 18:43:34 GMT -5
Yeah, Denny, things have sure changed. My first military pay was $22.90 per month. Then I got commissioned and it jumped all the way up to $222.20 per month. Of course I had to buy a bunch of new uniforms, and since I was RA, no uniform allowance. (Can't complain about the retirement pay though....and I have been drawing that for 17 years longer than I served on active duty. Thank you taxpayers, thank you vera much... But prices were very different in those days, though. |
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