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New to the app! Looking for people to stay motivated!

elissagnnws

Decided to try this app out. I'm going to be 29 and we're not getting any younger! May as well treat my body well in the long run! I would love to meet new people who are also trying to stay fit so please feel free to add me! I would also love if you could share meal prep ideas and healthy meals to make! (:

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AnnPT77

Hello and welcome!

Yes, starting younger is a great plan, and your future self will thank you. I wish my younger self had been smarter like that!

I have to admit, I chuckled a little at "going to be 29 and not getting younger", from the perspective of age 70. You have many decades of thriving ahead, with any luck, when you can enjoy health and fitness improvements you make now. Those improvements may even extend your life, and make the later years much pleasanter and healthier . . . something that is viscerally clear to me now.

I didn't get routinely active with exercise until my late 40s/early 50s. (That was after treatment for a cancer that would've been less likely to happen if I hadn't been overweight and out of shape before that.) Less cleverly, I didn't reach a healthy weight until 59-60. Each change was still more than worth doing - my quality of life improved greatly in each case.

But doing those things relatively later in life, it became crystal clear to me that earlier years could've been healthier, happier and generally better, too - maybe even avoided the cancer? - if I'd gotten myself in gear at 20 or 30 instead.

To get support here, one of the great options is to join one of the support, accountability, or challenge threads here in the Community. There are a big range of different ones, with different goals and different vibes. Most of them are concentrated in the Motivation and Support or Challenges sections of the Community, but there are a few spread around elsewhere. Maybe check them out?

Don't be afraid of engaging with wide age groups, I'd suggest. If we have weight loss or fitness improvement goals, the things we learn and the tactics we use aren't all that different at any age. We can all help each other progress.

Wishing you success - it's more than worth the effort!

Mr_Fox89

Good for you! Taking steps earlier on is always a good idea, and 29 feels like a young age to me. I'm in my mid-30's now, and let myself get pretty out of shape for a while, and didn't get myself on track until a couple of years ago.

And now I love helping people try and do the same!

There are loads of ways of getting into better shape, and stay there if you're happy where you are. For me once I got the momentum going, I just loved building to higher and higher levels, its kind of a dopamine rush to see what I can do.

But my trick was finding ways of making fitness fun. I got into calisthenics and bouldering a few years ago, and that's how I keep myself active and progressing forward. I also learned to love lean cooking too, finding cool recipes that don't really skimp on flavor, but are still healthy. Learned to love Mediterranean style food, because that style usually does a great job of both!

What are some of your current interests?

Azar96guate

Welcome and feel free to add me, new friends are always very helpful in this journey!