Sending thoughts of encouragement your way, Ed! You are already determinedly walking this path. Find your own way - what makes sense to you? What is the lowest hanging fruit, then the next lowest? But you are already walking!
You are doing it wrong. Three puffs of sativa and a 5k is a different experience.Wow...back when, I used to run 70 miles a week....the only runners hi I ever got was when someone running in the other direction said "Hello".
You are doing it wrong. Three puffs of sativa and a 5k is a different experience.
Cutting things out is not the only change that everyone needs to consider with age.
Increasing physical activity is another.
No, we do not "deserve to slow down and take it easy" because we are older. Something may occur to force us to slow down, but until that happens, we need to stay active.
Or get active, if we weren't already.. It is plain that many of the patrons at my gym are only there because some doctor said "Exercise, or expire."
I was just having a similar conversation with my 87 year old dad yesterday. ...
the 2-3 hours he spends out in the yard each day is his "job". It's what keeps him going.
Runner Dies -- At 106
Larry Lewis, a long-distance running centenarian who ran six miles through Golden Gate Park almost every day of his life, died Friday at the age of 106. Doctors at Hahnemann Hospital said Lewis died of cancer of the liver. “He never gave up,” said Robert Brown, a friend who was with Lewis when he died. Lewis became ill recently but until then he was a veritable dynamo who could outrun and outwalk men half his age. Lewis, a waiter at the St. Francis Hotel, celebrated his 102nd birthday by running 100 yards in 17.3 seconds, half a second faster than on his 101st birthday. The extra speed, Lewis explained, was due to his sneakers. He said he wore street shoes for the 101st birthday dash. Lewis, a one-time assistant to the great Houdini, ran 6.7 miles through the park every day almost always in a time of 37 minutes. “I can’t sit still,” Lewis once told newsmen. Lewis was reared on a Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona and left at 15 to join the P.T. Barnum Circus as an acrobat and aerialist. For 33 years he was Houdini’s assistant.
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19740202.2.11&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1
Ed,
A question for you.... You said you are eliminating alcohol, sugar and carbs. I gave up alcohol 5 1/2 years ago. (My favorite poison was beer with wine as a close second. Not much for the hard stuff.) Since then I've developed a real sweet tooth. I had previously not been a big dessert eater but now I am. And I have more sweets as snacks now. My unscientific theory is that since the body had been turning the alcohol to sugars, I was regularly supplying my body with sugar even if I didn't eat sweets. Remove the alcohol and now the body is asking for sugar in a different form. And, to my chagrin, I am responding. So, now to my question: have you experienced any obvious greater sugar cravings as a non-alcohol drinker? Or do you think that giving both alcohol and sugar up at the same time has gotten you over both humps more easily?
Thanks.
I cut out alcohol 6 months ago. Yes sugar urges are real for me. The only way I can avoid them is to avoid sugar in a refined state. I find fats tend to dull the sugar urges but only before consuming sugar. I quit eating ketchup for a couple years just because the HCFS could trigger my urge. Check out some Brookside chocolate with the little flavored piece of sugar in the middle, it makes my tongue tingle.Ed,
A question for you.... You said you are eliminating alcohol, sugar and carbs. I gave up alcohol 5 1/2 years ago. (My favorite poison was beer with wine as a close second. Not much for the hard stuff.) Since then I've developed a real sweet tooth. I had previously not been a big dessert eater but now I am. And I have more sweets as snacks now. My unscientific theory is that since the body had been turning the alcohol to sugars, I was regularly supplying my body with sugar even if I didn't eat sweets. Remove the alcohol and now the body is asking for sugar in a different form. And, to my chagrin, I am responding. So, now to my question: have you experienced any obvious greater sugar cravings as a non-alcohol drinker? Or do you think that giving both alcohol and sugar up at the same time has gotten you over both humps more easily?
Thanks.
ETA: 74 yo male. Could stand to lose maybe 5-10 pounds. Regular exerciser. Glucose reading is kinda high but doc says no worries because of an A1c that is right in the middle of the normal range.
Ed,
A question for you.... You said you are eliminating alcohol, sugar and carbs. I gave up alcohol 5 1/2 years ago. (My favorite poison was beer with wine as a close second. Not much for the hard stuff.) Since then I've developed a real sweet tooth. I had previously not been a big dessert eater but now I am. And I have more sweets as snacks now. My unscientific theory is that since the body had been turning the alcohol to sugars, I was regularly supplying my body with sugar even if I didn't eat sweets. Remove the alcohol and now the body is asking for sugar in a different form. And, to my chagrin, I am responding. So, now to my question: have you experienced any obvious greater sugar cravings as a non-alcohol drinker? Or do you think that giving both alcohol and sugar up at the same time has gotten you over both humps more easily?
Thanks.
ETA: 74 yo male. Could stand to lose maybe 5-10 pounds. Regular exerciser. Glucose reading is kinda high but doc says no worries because of an A1c that is right in the middle of the normal range.
I have heard of Mr. Lewis. Amazing.Physical activity is such an underrated thing.
Here is the obituary of a guy who has been an idol of mine for decades. Ran six miles to his job as a waiter, spent his whole shift on his feet, then ran back home, often including a one mile swim in good weather. In fact I've seen reports that he only started his running hobby when he was 65.
Hi, friar,Ed,
A question for you.... You said you are eliminating alcohol, sugar and carbs. I gave up alcohol 5 1/2 years ago. (My favorite poison was beer with wine as a close second. Not much for the hard stuff.) Since then I've developed a real sweet tooth. I had previously not been a big dessert eater but now I am. And I have more sweets as snacks now. My unscientific theory is that since the body had been turning the alcohol to sugars, I was regularly supplying my body with sugar even if I didn't eat sweets. Remove the alcohol and now the body is asking for sugar in a different form. And, to my chagrin, I am responding. So, now to my question: have you experienced any obvious greater sugar cravings as a non-alcohol drinker? Or do you think that giving both alcohol and sugar up at the same time has gotten you over both humps more easily?
Thanks.
ETA: 74 yo male. Could stand to lose maybe 5-10 pounds. Regular exerciser. Glucose reading is kinda high but doc says no worries because of an A1c that is right in the middle of the normal range.
Not much too add except “Go Ed!”Hi, friar,
I have avoided sugar for many years. Alcohol abstention has not excited an interest in sugar. I do miss good bread; I love the smell and taste of fresh artisan bread.
I used to be a beer man, but dropped that maybe 10 years ago. DW and I have been enjoying red wines since---too enthusiastically, maybe. She has stopped the wine with me.
Recently, I joined a group of friends who are whisky enthusiasts and find that interesting. We meet two or three times a year for tastings. I can handle that.
Recently traveling with friends, we had a very frustrating evening when I really craved a couple of margaritas but was strong. We really like our alcohol.
Sugar and other carbs make me hungry and cutting then out has made it easier to eat less. I am trying a fast right now. The hard part is sitting down to dinner with the family without eating.
The keto thing replaces sugar with fats, which seems to be working.
Ed
Late in life, I have decided to pay serious attention to my health. I have metabolic syndrome.
I do not want type-2 diabetes.
I do not want 'type-3' diabetes (dementia).
I do not want kidney failure.
I want to delay going to the infernal realm as long as I can.
So far, I have eliminated alcohol [emoji22], sugar and all the carbohydrates I can find. I recently discovered that when a doctor says, you must 'avoid' alcohol, he really means, 'avoid like the plague'. Nada. Zip. [emoji15]
My target is to lose 120 lbs (150, if possible). This will take a looong time. If it works, I will report back. If'n it don't, I might be 'incommunicado' as Jimmy Buffet said. Serious times.
4 words for you "whole food, plant based". Keto is a short term band-aid. Skip it.
https://nutritionstudies.org/whole-food-plant-based-diet-guide/
Good luck on your journey!
Yeah, like the low fat whole grain food pyramid recommendations that created the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Whole food plant based. If I ate what was recommended in that link I'd be back on insulin in a week.