who wants to live forever???

well spoken man · 16-04-2016 04:22PM #1

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 · 16-04-2016 04:25PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:26PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:27PM

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.

16-04-2016 04:28PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:34PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:35PM

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

well spoken man · 16-04-2016 04:36PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:37PM

its all about finding the middle road

well spoken man · 16-04-2016 04:41PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:41PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:43PM

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 · 16-04-2016 04:57PM

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 · 16-04-2016 05:03PM

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 · 16-04-2016 05:07PM

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 · 16-04-2016 05:08PM

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 · 16-04-2016 06:34PM

drdidlittle wrote: »

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

He also wanted it all, now.

Esel · 16-04-2016 07:27PM

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 · 16-04-2016 07:32PM

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

PLL · 16-04-2016 07:43PM

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 · 16-04-2016 07:50PM

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 · 16-04-2016 07:52PM

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

Titzon Toast · 16-04-2016 07:57PM

Says it all really.

UrbanSprawl · 16-04-2016 08:01PM

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

drdidlittle · 16-04-2016 08:05PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

He also wanted it all, now.

He did have one vision as well

TerrorFirmer · 16-04-2016 11:17PM

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 · 17-04-2016 06:48AM

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 · 17-04-2016 06:51AM

in 300 years ireland will be a desert

donegaLroad · 17-04-2016 09:49AM

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 · 17-04-2016 10:47AM

The sex is better when you're fitter.

Slippin Jimmy · 17-04-2016 10:52AM

drdidlittle wrote: »

Freddie Mercury asked the same question

And Oasis answered it.

who wants to live forever???

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