Re: Is this a trick question?
My blood pressure's lower, my pulse rate's in the 50s, my cholesterols have moved in all the right directions, my bodyfat's down and my muscle's up, and I'm half as intense as I used to be. I'm off the Flonase, I haven't had bronchitis or pneumonia and barely a respiratory virus since retiring, and sometimes I even sleep six hours in a row before waking...
While I worked out more during my working days, it tended to go in cycles-- trapped at your desk, going hard to make up for missed workouts, injuring something and having to heal, getting behind while healing, starting over again, getting trapped at the desk, etc. ER workouts are more regular, I've broken the cycle to make much more progress, and I can work out with my best partner (spouse) or my toughest partner (kid). I'm glad I wasn't learning surfing & taekwondo while I still had to show up at the office. I actually have time to practice & study now!
Honey-dos are getting cranked out daily, I'm reading almost as much as I want to, I'm learning more than ever about investing (and I have the performance to show for it) and spouse says that I've never been so mellow. I only see rush hour once a month for a non-profit meeting.
I too retired as the kid was entering the danger zone (perhaps they never leave it). There's nothing to inspire good behavior like the thought that your parents will spend all day "helping" you! And the kid knows that she's much more likely to encounter a well-rested, calm, objective parent instead of the ticking bomb that just survived a 12-hour day. Now it's less about challenging authority and more about learning to leave the nest.
Once you're in ER, staying in front of the computer or not exercising are personal choices. You're not forced into it because of work-- now it's your own darn fault and you have no one else to blame.
And if we believe society or our families/"friends" when they claim that we're old, then that's how we'll behave. I may be 43 chronologically but I still have the maturity of a 25-year-old, and they're much more fun to be around!