Mon, Feb-13-06, 18:44
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New Member
Posts: 586
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Plan: self-designed
Stats: 216/189/190
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Kirriemuir, Scotland
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When I was in my 40s I felt young and fit and when I hit my 50s I still felt that way but I almost never survived my 50s. The cumulative effect of a vegetarian diet took its toll when I had to have a quadruple by-pass aged 60. During this decade I had a few other .....etomies connected to catabolism!
Between 60 and 65 I was waiting to die until I discovered that the medication I was given was almost killing me and made me feel awful. My own studies and intervention into my own medical care brought in its wake a remarkable cure to which my GP is aware but doesn't accept! In the past 10 years I have been reborn and it is all connected to improvement to my diet and a few choice off-label medications of my own.
From that experience and that of observation of the health and ages of others I would suggest that early old age begins around the mid 50s and advanced old-age around the mid 70s but middle-age, whatever that is, had no effect on me except a little greying and a shiny top that never seemed to distract contemporary females. It is probably correct to say that you cannot hold back the clock but you sure can slow it down!
In a few short days I will be 75 and as I keep mentioning in my posts, I feel fit and do not suffer from any aches nor pains; I still do the occasional workout, and on the more intimate side, I continue to have a healthy libido and continue to feel that I have a future or to put those sentiments in another way; I am not old, just long-lived! Since I had my cardiac operation I guess that I have heart problems which may subsequently take me out but presently that doesn't feel likely so my quality of life is excellent.
My only problem is with my daughters who insist on worrying about my age! So far I have out-lived a granddaughter, a daughter, and my first wife, which is a sad commentary indeed but looking at the Sumo-wrestler sizes of my remaining daughters and their skin appearance, I am beginning to wonder if I am about to out-live them!
Could middle-age be a female phenomenon?
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