Two choices, fit and active or fat, unhealthy and miserable in older age.

grumpygit1962

I have been back down the gym again today, and for so early on in the year I am getting the feeling that I am starting out on a good solid base, there is something in this muscle memory marlarky... Did a good solid hour of cardio then got out quick, one of my old habits.
But later I got quite reflective, New Year and all that. We all know the psychology of why we train personally, with me it is the good feeling chemical and the fact like I want to do fun stuff in good health, my gym training and cardio is a means to an end, I don't just go to the gym for going to the gyms sake. I came out of that gym today after a great workout and a shower and got that nice happy feel that many of us get from training, and like so many times in my life I said to myself why would you ever not want to train.

But sadly many of us stop for periods, luckily for me it has never been so long that I have never been able to get a good level of fitness back, not perfect, but good. Like I said previously the last few years have been tough. There has been personal issues and family tragedy and illness amongst other things which have led to me feeling a little low at times and maybe and even a little depressed.

But putting that aside, I have been dealt a good hand in life in that I have good health and my mind and perspective on the whole are quite tip top. But right now in my life is the crunch time, that is why I made a deal of my 50's. This is a time for me if I give myself a slap and get a grip I have a great chance of living a healthy fit 60's 70's 80's and who knows 90's.
So easily we can hit the bottle too much in our midlife, we can start getting a little lazy and complacent, eat a little too much and then one day you look in the mirror and think "My God", when did that start.

This does not all happen over night, it creeps up on you over months and years and catches you out, the boiling frog scenario. Well I have been running down that road for a little too long, but luckily for me not too much damage was done. The road I was on is the one I see so many on, where they can be as young as 40 or even in their 30's in some cases, and talk about who they once were and what they once could do, as they sit on the sofa pouring booze down their neck, so ffing sad. The thought right now of being in my early 50's and spending the rest of my life talking about who I once was as an inch goes on my waist per year. Only just recently I met up with a guy roughly the same age as me who was one of the top welterweight boxers in the UK as a young man, that is the way he has gone, heartbreaking.

I am a young 50 something :-) and without even trying to work on my mindset I feel many of the best things in life are still to happen

Happy New Year to you all, and don't stay on that dangerous road for too long.