Healthy LIFE

 

Most of us live our lives relatively healthy in that we work hard, play hard, sleep hard, and eat hard...  and it is only when we reach middle-age that we start to experience changes in our bodies that are difficult to overcome...  then, when we retire, those changes manifest themselves in serious healthcare issues.

For me, this happened all at once at the age of sixty; for my wife, this happened after she had retired at age 65.

I had a heart attack, contracted two forms of cancer, and had five lower back disks fused.  My wife has had two hip replacements and has lower back stenosis and arthritis.

We were both told that the exercise that kept us healthy is what caused our bodies to wear out quicker...  however, the arthritis has nothing to do with age and had our bodies not been healthy, it would have been much worse for us.

Neither my wife nor I were overweight until we both hit the age of 60 and then the chemistry of our body changed, and it was easy to gain weight plus our activity levels started to decrease as well.

The key to a satisfactory older life is still healthy eating, exercise, and sleep.  We also stopped drinking alcohol, and I stopped smoking at age 40.

Many people think drinking alcohol is the key to enjoying yourself and while alcohol is enjoyable to drink, especially with family and friends, it is not needed for enjoyment.  Enjoyment is a mental activity, easily accomplished without alcohol.

However, it is your decision on how you want to live your life.