I find as one ages farther and farther, there are two main types:
---those that increase healthy living to a quite large degree (or always did) and stay there
--those that increase it a little (by choice or circumstance) in an effort to at least not age too "poorly", but always constantly backslide into "no one lives forever/YOLO"

You can guess which one I am.
I try to be healthier than I was at 25, certainly, especially re: T2 diabetes, processed food/diet, some amount of exercise to try to stave off mobility issues etc, but at the end of the day I'm mostly rolling the dice with whatever genetics may have in store for me. I've had a good life so far - it's fine.

Edited yesterday at 01:26 AM1 day by LadyCrimson

^I fall into the second category but I dont backslide. Im closer to the end than the beginning and dont want to be all busted up when I get to my retirement years so I exercise 3-4 times a week (just in my home, no gym membership here) but I dont "eat healthy". I just got my annual physical blood results yesterday, and despite my best efforts, Im healthy as a horse lol. I dont want to outlive my wife but Im 5 years older so hopefully that wont be an issue.

12 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

nd farther, there are two mainor circumstance) in an effort to at least not age too "poorly", but always constantly backslide into "no one lives forever/YOLO"

You can guess which one I am.

Edited yesterday at 02:08 PM1 day by Totally not Gorgon

^^ I don't know what i did there.

Anyway, I guess I'm the same as I was in my 20s My theory is use my body as little as possible to reduce wear and tear. I do exercise, but only things i like to do, biking, swimming, walking etc., and probably only in the summer months. I do it for as long as it feels fun, a couple of hours a couple of times a week probably.

I don't take sugar with anything and rarely eat candy. I think the secret weapon is not giving a damn, I don't really have any health concerns other than that I could stand to loose some weight.

^ By "backslide" I mostly meant the inability to be religiously consistent. Moderate level of yo-yo-ing. Not a long term fall off.

Like, a super regular workout schedule/routine, every day/week. Or in terms of diet, two weeks "healthy", then can't resist whatever junk/fast/"bad" food for a couple days (pizza, not-low carb Chinese, whatever). Chocolate-stuffed croissants were invented by the devil and I will hoover those like a starving dog, then punch myself in the face for three hours after.

On the bright side, I discovered ChocZero. It uses monkfruit, which most of the time I don't like because of an aftertaste, but their biscuits and chocolate bars are "acceptable." For me they don't bother digestive at all and don't appear to produce big glucose spikes. So slightly less self-face-punching when I order some of those.

At least I was never interested in drinking/hard drugs. Nor parachuting, cave diving, auto racing, bronco-bucking etc.

But apparently, diet-Mt Dew is my biggest (mental) addiction. :P

There are times when I question whether a beer or a soda is a healthier drink option with my dinner. I'm pretty sure the beer is the better choice.

2 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

There are times when I question whether a beer or a soda is a healthier drink option with my dinner. I'm pretty sure the beer is the better choice.

I think it's like with almost anything else in that kind of category. Under "normal" health-wise conditions, a couple sodas or beers or donuts once in a while is no big deal. It's unlikely to do any big harm. The problem comes when it's more of an addiction so it's more like 6+ a day or whatever and over 2-3 decades etc.

Hubby is basically a high-functioning alcoholic and has been forever. Started as a self-medication re: sleep apnea coping issues. When we were young, he'd drown in 2-3 pots of coffee in the morning/early afternoon, and by early evening/after work it was a six pack of beer. He's not a fall-down drunk with any major personality changes (maybe 1 beer an hour until bed, he only wants a certain level of it) but he's definitely an addict. He managed to cut down coffee to a few cups in the morning, but the beer - nope. He managed to quit for about a year once (just like my diet soda fixation), but that's it.

We are both "addictive/obsessive" personalities, I'm afraid. :D

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by LadyCrimson

Change controls at work have decided to take inspiration from 40k. A P1 occurred because we didn't have approval to make a 30 s code change to a stored procedure as we only had one approver available.

On the bright side, I found some pencils I bought in 1998. Amazing how better quality they are than modern pencils I get now, even if they were cheapo Berol Eagle HBs from Staples at the time.