How's your body?

MathDebater · 07-04-2015 06:45PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Well duh.

You're probably not deteriorating from age at all but from toxins from smoking.

Quit smoking and you'll probably go right back to normal again.

Have you met a smoker? We convince ourselves that our health problems don't stem from the elephant in the room. I got my first filling last year and my dentist recommended that I get my chompers destained. 'Cutting back on my cuppas, staining my teeth.'

kunst nugget · 07-04-2015 06:45PM

ROAAAR wrote: »

Got to get serious about this

You'll be trying to stick them back together with your spittle and sellotape before the night is done…

The Diabolical Monocle · 07-04-2015 06:48PM

smash wrote: »

Men age like a fine wine, women like milk. So at least you're male OP!

Men age like Sean Connery whereas women age like Sean Connery.

MathDebater · 07-04-2015 06:48PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Watched calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr there the other night.
They were late 30's and fighting for the belt.
Mayweather and pacuiao will both be mid - late 30s in the fight of the decade.
Doubt theres a 20 year old who could last a round with either of them.

Sergio Martinez. Forty now but he only came to the fore in his late thirties. Pack and Money didn't want to know him at his peak. 36 or 37!

MathDebater · 07-04-2015 06:52PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Heavy heavy smoker but that hasn't affected much as far as I can tell. Balding since 25 though and hadn't done physical exercise in about 7 years till I started cycling for the commute a month back. It doesn't make me feel better but I'm glad I can do it.
I teach English a second language and I work like fek so I think being in a classroom and walking so much kept me going without knowing it.

Try the cycle without being a smoker. I make my commute via bicycle but started to enjoy it after giving up.

Where are you teaching English, btw?

InTheTrees · 07-04-2015 06:53PM

MathDebater wrote: »

Have you met a smoker? We convince ourselves that our health problems don't stem from the elephant in the room. I got my first filling last year and my dentist recommended that I get my chompers destained. 'Cutting back on my cuppas, staining my teeth.'

Oh yeah. I was there once too.

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Whispered · 07-04-2015 06:56PM

I'm 31, had a baby 3 months ago. While my body isn't looking it's best, I'm feeling absolutely great and have more body confidence than I ever did for some reason.

kunst nugget · 07-04-2015 07:01PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

I found it surprisingly easy. I gave myself a date I was quitting by and stuck to it. Haven't smoked in over two years. When I found myself having mini-panic attacks about the thoughts of never smoking again before I actually gave up, I just thought to myself 'this is total nonsense.' I tried reading Allen Carr but the writing was so terrible, I gave up on that. Apart from a couple of minor twinges and hankerings over the first couple of days, there wasn't any issues. I went cold turkey because those nicotine replacement substitutes are giving you the once thing you're trying to get out of your system - a load of nonsense imo.

When you're a smoker, it's very easy to play the martyr to your addiction - I know because I did it too. Just give them up.

MathDebater · 07-04-2015 07:02PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Oh yeah. I was there once too.

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

I started when they were £1.97 for a pack of ten. Just before the euro change over. Today, the bastards are at €10 for 20 or €11.50 for 25.

It's a crazy expensive habit. Break it down to purely financial terms and nobody would smoke. I've a 'jar' I keep where I throw in my usual daily spend on smokes. For example, I'd withdraw €20. Go to my local small shop. Buy smokes, the paper. Buy a cup of tea and have the chat with x. A packet of green extra as I'm sure my breath is stinking. All adds up.

07-04-2015 07:09PM

I don't always like how it looks, but my body can do things that it couldn't (or, didn't) 10 years ago.

I'm pretty fit - in the literal sense! and I get fitter the older I get.

MathDebater · 07-04-2015 07:11PM

Whispered wrote: »

I'm 31, had a baby 3 months ago. While my body isn't looking it's best, I'm feeling absolutely great and have more body confidence than I ever did for some reason.

Congratulations on the wee 'un and I hope all is well.

My missus used to be obsessed with training and her body look. I'm in the chef game so love going out to eat. Before she gave birth it was 'that sounds amazing, but I can't eat that' when reading the menu. To 'I'm having that, those other bitches haven't been through child birth!'

Maximus Alexander · 07-04-2015 07:14PM

Being 28 won't do that to you OP - I'd see a doctor. You should be at your peak right now.

07-04-2015 07:41PM

It's terrible. I used to call the fire brigade to get me out of bed, but then their crane broke. Then I fell through the ceiling and broke the sofa and cracked the foundation slab. Then they had to take out the windows to get me out of the house and used three ambulances side by side with the windows down to get me to hospital. Then the lift in the hospital broke, and it was supposed to hold up to 12 persons. I'm a whole lotta woman.

Real women have curves don'tcha know.

I'm a puny weakling

Areyouwell · 07-04-2015 07:43PM

ROAAAR wrote: »

. It's just all been very sudden and happened since turning 28.

Jaysus, don't book the undertakers just yet. You're only 28 ffs.

Pretzill · 07-04-2015 07:56PM

smash wrote: »

Men age like a fine wine, women like milk. So at least you're male OP!

If that's the case I'm at the buttermilk stage now, makes great scones!

LadyAthame · 07-04-2015 07:57PM

HOT!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 07-04-2015 08:28PM

Ah it's middling. I am noticing a bit of a slow-down, as in I have to work a bit to maintain a level of fitness that I wouldn't have given a thought to four years ago, and hangovers are definitely gone up a notch.

But I was one of the lucky ones in my teens and early twenties who could live on sugar, nicotine, alcohol and other bad things for days without feeling it or putting on weight. I'm 26 now and I can't do that anymore, but it's kind of coincided nicely with not being bothered with doing that anymore either. I'm sure if I cut out the fags and was a bit better about what I eat I'd feel great.

Son Of A Vidic · 07-04-2015 11:19PM

ROAAAR wrote: »

It's a horrible thought to realise that my best days are behind me.

Ah will ya give over, you're not even 30 yet and your whole life is in front of you. If you want to feel old then you'll feel old. But don't fret OP, because your best days will be in front of you, it just depends on your mindset. My Dad (RIP) was 86 when he passed, but he had the mindset of a 25 year old all his life. That's why he outlived all his friends, they felt old, acted old and gave up. My Dad loved life till the last, "You'll be a long time dead" was his motto. I'm only a quarter of the man he was, but I'll always try to live how he lived.

ROAAAR · 07-04-2015 11:22PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Ah will ya give over, you're not even 30 yet and your whole life is in front of you. If you want to feel old then you'll feel old. But don't fret OP, because your best days will be in front of you, it just depends on your mindset. My Dad (RIP) was 86 when he passed, but he had the mindset of a 25 year old all his life. That's why he outlived all his friends, they felt old, acted old and gave up. My Dad loved life till the last, "You'll be a long time dead" was his motto. I'm only a quarter of the man he was, but I'll always try to live how he lived.

I meant that solely referring to my athletic ability.

Harry Palmr · 07-04-2015 11:25PM

I'm in a state of mild decrepitude.

Jogathon · 07-04-2015 11:31PM

35. My knee is crocked from soccer. Miss playing it all the time. However, I get mistaken all the time for someone much younger. I've kept my figure because I don't let it slide. I love to run so that helps. I also love to cook healthy and nutritious meals, although I've just finished an Easter egg. So, injured through soccer, but apart from that am far fitter than most 20 year old ladies.

So don't allow age to be your excuse!!

lulu1 · 07-04-2015 11:32PM

MathDebater wrote: »

I started when they were £1.97 for a pack of ten. Just before the euro change over. Today, the bastards are at €10 for 20 or €11.50 for 25.

It's a crazy expensive habit. Break it down to purely financial terms and nobody would smoke. I've a 'jar' I keep where I throw in my usual daily spend on smokes. For example, I'd withdraw €20. Go to my local small shop. Buy smokes, the paper. Buy a cup of tea and have the chat with x. A packet of green extra as I'm sure my breath is stinking. All adds up.

Must have started smoking about 14/15 but when they went over a pound for 20 myself and oh gave them up., and that is over 30 years ago. Don't really know how people can afford it.

Call Me Jimmy · 07-04-2015 11:35PM

Bollixed

Mr_Muffin · 07-04-2015 11:39PM

If I last past this year I will be shocked. Body is basically crying out for me to stop abusing it but I am to weak to do so.

Junkyard Tom · 08-04-2015 12:05AM

28? Pfff..

Jo Pavey, 40-Year-Old Mom Of 2, Becomes Oldest Woman To Win Gold At European Championships.

On Tuesday, Pavey, who's from the U.K., won the 10,000m race at the European Athletics Championships, becoming the oldest woman ever to clinch a gold medal at the competition. But not only did Pavey win, the tenacious mom of two did it with a thrilling performance. As she started her final lap, she whizzed past France's Clemence Calvin, who the BBC notes is 16 years Pavey's junior.

huffingtonpost.com

Mint Aero · 08-04-2015 12:25AM

ROAAAR wrote: »

Got to get serious about this

Did you cut? :rolleyes:

LadyAthame · 08-04-2015 12:31AM

In all seriousness a lot healthier than it was three years ago.

You will never be perfect. The only thing better than being perfect is to be free. The body is very forgiving. It can heal..if you give it the right love and a lot of work.

Maybe that should be my goal get super super suuuuuper fit!

KwackerJack · 08-04-2015 12:34AM

29 and very tired, left shoulder gets very sore if i stand to long, generally feel ****!

Up at 6, hour to work and an hour back is really taking its toll!!

Zillah · 08-04-2015 12:40AM

Joined the gym late-28, now halfway through 30 (thirty, not the thirties) and I've never been stronger, fitter or faster. It's awesome. Most people around me are reaching the age where they start to give up and complain about being fat which just makes it all the sweeter.

You're 28, OP, there's nothing wrong with you, you're probably just not training as much as you used or you're getting lazy or something. Or it's the power of suggestion. Unless you're competing at a professional level I serious doubt your body is the one letting the team down.

JaseBelleVie · 08-04-2015 12:47AM

27. Recently got back into the groove of cycling, walking and generally exercising properly.

I've stopped drinking fizzy drinks of any description, stopped eating sweets/chocolate and stopped eating crisps all in the past 2 weeks, and that has made a real impact.

I have cut down slightly on my drinking too. I still smoke like a chimney.

I'm not as brilliant as I could be, but I'm far from being the worst.

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