▲ 115 ▼ What's an activity that you could foresee yourself doing every weekend for the rest of your life? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by delitomatoes@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I never had to before, always had reasonably active jobs. Supervisor role and middle age and a scolding from my doctor has made a difference. I've been giving myself 20 minutes a day for the last six weeks. I haven't really lost weight, but I do feel better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kescusay@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I actually gained weight when I first got serious about the gym, and that worried me until my doctor reassured me that I was putting on muscle, not fat. These days, it's pretty obvious in retrospect. The real metric I pay attention to is blood pressure. As my dad's getting older he's been struggling with blood pressure, and I don't want that to ever happen to me, so cardio is important. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Blood pressure is the real reason I started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kescusay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's called "the silent killer" for a reason. Maybe you're just tired lately from working hard, or you've been having headaches from eye strain, or maybe your blood pressure is at 170/120 and you're actually near death. That's the shit that scares me. I've worked really hard to get my blood pressure way down (currently 110/60) and intend to keep it that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Yeah me too, but I haven’t gotten my shit together with diet or exercise and my doctor is taking it way too cautiously with medication. I’m constantly too tired t put enough energy into getting my doctor to be useful and getting myself in gear …… actually Pokémon Go is the only thing that works. Every Saturday I’ll take a 3-5 mile walk with my teens (except recently with heat waves) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I actually gained weight when I first got serious about the gym, and that worried me until my doctor reassured me that I was putting on muscle, not fat. These days, it's pretty obvious in retrospect. The real metric I pay attention to is blood pressure. As my dad's getting older he's been struggling with blood pressure, and I don't want that to ever happen to me, so cardio is important. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Blood pressure is the real reason I started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kescusay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's called "the silent killer" for a reason. Maybe you're just tired lately from working hard, or you've been having headaches from eye strain, or maybe your blood pressure is at 170/120 and you're actually near death. That's the shit that scares me. I've worked really hard to get my blood pressure way down (currently 110/60) and intend to keep it that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Yeah me too, but I haven’t gotten my shit together with diet or exercise and my doctor is taking it way too cautiously with medication. I’m constantly too tired t put enough energy into getting my doctor to be useful and getting myself in gear …… actually Pokémon Go is the only thing that works. Every Saturday I’ll take a 3-5 mile walk with my teens (except recently with heat waves) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Blood pressure is the real reason I started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kescusay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's called "the silent killer" for a reason. Maybe you're just tired lately from working hard, or you've been having headaches from eye strain, or maybe your blood pressure is at 170/120 and you're actually near death. That's the shit that scares me. I've worked really hard to get my blood pressure way down (currently 110/60) and intend to keep it that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Yeah me too, but I haven’t gotten my shit together with diet or exercise and my doctor is taking it way too cautiously with medication. I’m constantly too tired t put enough energy into getting my doctor to be useful and getting myself in gear …… actually Pokémon Go is the only thing that works. Every Saturday I’ll take a 3-5 mile walk with my teens (except recently with heat waves) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's called "the silent killer" for a reason. Maybe you're just tired lately from working hard, or you've been having headaches from eye strain, or maybe your blood pressure is at 170/120 and you're actually near death. That's the shit that scares me. I've worked really hard to get my blood pressure way down (currently 110/60) and intend to keep it that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Yeah me too, but I haven’t gotten my shit together with diet or exercise and my doctor is taking it way too cautiously with medication. I’m constantly too tired t put enough energy into getting my doctor to be useful and getting myself in gear …… actually Pokémon Go is the only thing that works. Every Saturday I’ll take a 3-5 mile walk with my teens (except recently with heat waves) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Yeah me too, but I haven’t gotten my shit together with diet or exercise and my doctor is taking it way too cautiously with medication. I’m constantly too tired t put enough energy into getting my doctor to be useful and getting myself in gear …… actually Pokémon Go is the only thing that works. Every Saturday I’ll take a 3-5 mile walk with my teens (except recently with heat waves) permalink fedilink source parent