who wants to live forever???

well spoken man

People seem to be doing everything possible to prolong their life these days..exercise.healthy eating.avoiding dangerous environments..ect. I just want to live a happy enjoyable life by eating what I want..doing what I like and not worrying about living till I'm 100.. Am I alone feeling like this? Are the hours and years spent trying to prolong our lives worth it???

artanevilla

well spoken man wrote: »

People seem to be doing everything possible to prolong their life these days..exercise.healthy eating.avoiding dangerous environments..ect. I just want to live a happy enjoyable life by eating what I want..doing what I like and not worrying about living till I'm 100.. Am I alone feeling like this? Are the hours and years spent trying to prolong our lives worth it???

I don't think being healthy is about living longer, it's about having a decent quality of life for longer.

Your health is your wealth as they say.

PTH2009

If I live to 85 I be happy but can't see it the way I live my life lol.

One of grans lived to 93

Timberrrrrrrr

well spoken man wrote: »

People seem to be doing everything possible to prolong their life these days..exercise.healthy eating.avoiding dangerous environments..ect. I just want to live a happy enjoyable life by eating what I want..doing what I like and not worrying about living till I'm 100.. Am I alone feeling like this? Are the hours and years spent trying to prolong our lives worth it???

I eat healthy and exercise because it makes me feel better. Why anyone would want to be a fat wheezing slob who can barely get off the sofa is beyond me.

I think healthy living is about feeling as good as possible in the here and now and for as long as possible, rather than extending lifespan.

TerrorFirmer

It's more about having a reasonable lifespan and quality of life for most people.

There's a big difference between 'living till I'm 100' and dying of a heart attack aged 50 of clogged arteries/liver disease/etc.

drdidlittle

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

well spoken man

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I eat healthy and exercise because it makes me feel better. Why anyone would want to be a fat wheezing slob who can barely get off the sofa is beyond me.

You missed my point...I don't understand people who spend their time doing something they don't enjoy just to prolong their life...A lot of people enjoy exercise and healthy eating...enjoying life that is what it's all about..

George Michael

its all about finding the middle road

well spoken man

If someone wants to sit on a couch eating pot noodles and watching wrestling all day then I say let them be happy no need to force exercise and good food onto them if it's against their will...live and let live..

Timberrrrrrrr

well spoken man wrote: »

You missed my point...I don't understand people who spend their time doing something they don't enjoy just to prolong their life...A lot of people enjoy exercise and healthy eating...enjoying life that is what it's all about..

I have yet to meet someone who doesn't enjoy exercising or only does it to prolong life. People who don't enjoy exercise will usually quit within a month.

George Michael

its important to enjoy your exercise. if you see it as a chore you will give up. just today i went for a 50km cycle. loved it. perfect weather. if i didnt enjoy the actual cycling it would be long and tough

MacauDragon

George Michael wrote: »

its important to enjoy your exercise. if you see it as a chore you will give up. just today i went for a 50km cycle. loved it. perfect weather. if i didnt enjoy the actual cycling it would be long and tough

So there were plenty of toilets enroute then.

Beasty

I started cycling seriously when I was 49 and am definitely feeling the benefit of all that exercise and a healthy lifestyle. A few years ago I decided to set myself a target - I want to set the record for longest distance cycled in an hour...

... for a centurion.

Still have nearly 45 years to train for it - If I don't achieve it I'll probably die trying.....

jimgoose

I wouldn't object to being a sprightly Gosling of 117 Summers, especially since it emerges recently that mass-stock farming of young people for their blood-plasma to stave off dementia may be viable. I wouldn't run for the kludgie at a chilli cook-off mind you, although I do take regular brisk-ish walks.

well spoken man

Beasty wrote: »

I started cycling seriously when I was 49 and am definitely feeling the benefit of all that exercise and a healthy lifestyle. A few years ago I decided to set myself a target - I want to set the record for longest distance cycled in an hour...

... for a centurion.

Still have nearly 45 years to train for it - If I don't achieve it I'll probably die trying.....

Who will take up the mantle of the sweaty plaster cast then...

Capt'n Midnight

drdidlittle wrote: »

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

He also wanted it all, now.

Esel

Beasty wrote: »

I started cycling seriously when I was 49 and am definitely feeling the benefit of all that exercise and a healthy lifestyle. A few years ago I decided to set myself a target - I want to set the record for longest distance cycled in an hour...

... for a centurion.

Still have nearly 45 years to train for it - If I don't achieve it I'll probably die trying.....

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a centurion.

cml387

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg

PLL

For as long as I can remember I've had the feeling I'm going to die at 70. I don't know why I just never felt I would live to an old, old age.

If I lived to 80 I'd be feckín delighted. My kids would be 60 and 55 and I'd see my grandkids grow. Good enough for me!

FalconGirl

I think 200 would be about perfect. I think 80 years on this planet is way to short especially when you spend a huge chunk of them years working and sleeping. It seems the older I'm getting the shorter the days are :-(

George Michael

i remember a man telling me once that id probably get a heart attack or a stroke or cancer or Alzheimers

Titzon Toast

Says it all really.

UrbanSprawl

Noel Gallagher wants to live forever,he wrote a song about wanting to do so.

drdidlittle

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

He also wanted it all, now.

He did have one vision as well

TerrorFirmer

George Michael wrote: »

i remember a man telling me once that id probably get a heart attack or a stroke or cancer or Alzheimers

Statistically, one of three men won't pass about 65. If you're the type that exercises somewhat regularly, eats fairly decently, and doesn't binge on alcohol every other day, you have a good chance of being in the right side of the lottery.

Look around at society, every second person is overweight and making no effort to change, regardless of their age. It's incredibly easy to take the steps needed to give yourself a good chance of a decent, healthy lifespan - it doesn't mean depriving yourself either.

nacho libre

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Statistically, one of three men won't pass about 65. If you're the type that exercises somewhat regularly, eats fairly decently, and doesn't binge on alcohol every other day, you have a good chance of being in the right side of the lottery.

I will be lucky to make it past 65. I walk a lot,and have started climbing again, but as i have a crap diet, and i drink a lot on the days i'm not working, i;m on course for a heart attack or some form of cancer linked to bad diet or alcohol abuse well before i reach 65. if i have good genes, i might get away with and live into my sixties or seventies, but i probably won't.

XR3i

in 300 years ireland will be a desert

donegaLroad

If you have strong legs you will remain mobile for longer, and therefore will be able to exercise and live longer.





*plus try and avoid getting cancer, heart attack, stroke, legionnaire's disease, ebola, weal's disease, emphysema, aneurism, epilepsy, leprosy, malaria, auto immune diseases, Alzheimer's, septicaemia........

Thespoofer

The sex is better when you're fitter.

Slippin Jimmy

drdidlittle wrote: »

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

And Oasis answered it.

Adyx

It's better to burn out than to fade away.

drdidlittle

Adyx wrote:

It's better to burn out than to fade away.

But there can be only one

Infernum

You could be the biggest fitness freak, but mortality always takes its course no matter what.

Mister Vain

well spoken man wrote: »

People seem to be doing everything possible to prolong their life these days..exercise.healthy eating.avoiding dangerous environments..ect. I just want to live a happy enjoyable life by eating what I want..doing what I like and not worrying about living till I'm 100.. Am I alone feeling like this? Are the hours and years spent trying to prolong our lives worth it???

Do you even lift?

George Michael

drdidlittle wrote: »

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

the star that burns twice as bright, burns for half as long

speedboatchase

Only if I don't get to keep aging. A vampire who doesn't need to drink blood and can sunbathe sounds good to me. Also quite keen on the 'Lucid Dream' option Tom Cruise had in Vanilla Sky.

RobertKK

There is so much one can do now to prolong life, and with that quality of life, eat healthy food and exercise, look after your health, know your blood pressure and even get genetic tests done to see what you are vulnerable to.

Most people want to live as long as possible, it is the natural survival instinct, but why would want to let themselves go, put on too much weight and increase their risks for heart disease, cancer and many other diseases?

Life is a lottery, you might be lucky to have good genes, might be unlucky, but then there is the stuff you can do for yourself.
I want to live as long as possible and be healthy as long as possible.
I think genetics play the biggest role, and then you can do the rest yourself to reduce risks of misery via disease.

Beasty

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Statistically, one of three men won't pass about 65.

Must get that will written.....

XR3i wrote: »

in 300 years ireland will be a dessert

Looking forward to that treat

sryanbruen

I don't

aligator_am

I read a while ago that there's work ongoing to develop nanobots that can be used to repair the failing cells in our bodies to basically stave off old age, but I'd say that's realistically about 30 or 40 years away at minimum.

And even if it is ever perfected, I'd imagine that only the super rich will be able to get it, the average punters like us will still be plant food.

Maximus Alexander

I'd rather be alive than dead, given the option. I thought most people operated on this basis. I don't foresee it changing as I get older, but sure who knows.

Esel

aligator_am wrote: »

I read a while ago that there's work ongoing to develop nanobots that can be used to repair the failing cells in our bodies to basically stave off old age, but I'd say that's realistically about 30 or 40 years away at minimum.

And even if it is ever perfected, I'd imagine that only the super rich will be able to get it, the average punters like us will still be plant food.

Soylent Green is people!

BattleCorp

jimgoose wrote: »

I wouldn't object to being a sprightly Gosling of 117 Summers.

You could spend Summers here in Ireland and then go to Australia for their Summers, it's around Christmas time.

That would give you two Summers per year. So 117 divided by 2 = approx 58.5 years. Yeah, 117 Summers is pretty doable.