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I think I actually exercised more when I was working even though I had a desk job. I got up every 20-30 minutes and went up and down stairs all day long, etc and took two daily walks around campus. As far as I know, I am healthy either way but if I went to doctors, they would no doubt find something for me to worry about
Everything about my health is better. I have time to work out daily, meditate, and plan/prepare/eat healthy meals.
I use MyFitnessPlan to plan my meals. Each morning I input the meals and snacks I plan to eat that day and I check the nutrients to make sure I'm hitting all my nutrition and calorie goals. I have my recipes and my restaurant favorites in there so it only takes about 10-15 minutes.
No change. I was healthy before retiring 3 years ago, and remain so.
As I posted in another thread, my family history has shown that staying really thin and remaining mobile are the 2 biggest factors in living a long life, so that is what I'm striving to do. At age 68, I take no meds, am at a low weight, and am just naturally active. I don't go out of my way to "exercise" and have never gone into a gym. Not much has changed since retirement, except weight loss.
At my gym, there's a part of the gym where mostly seniors and people recovering from physical issues go to do their workouts. It's a lot more quiet than the main section of the gym where others work out. They have trainers and others there to assist them with their programs if they need them. There are regulars that I see that have been there a long time that work out about 3 times a week. There are also new people that are always showing up. Some stay and adapt to their programs while others, for whatever reason, slowly drop out. I've often wondered why those people were not able to stick with it. I'm sure there are many reasons.
There are also swimming pools where many take water exercise classes. These are very popular and have very good attendance. At these classes, the participants get a chance to socialize (before and after classes), in addition to their class-directed water workouts. They always seem to be in a pretty good mood.
6 Months after I retired, I had a physical and found that my vitals were all much better. It's been 15 years since I retired and I'm in much better physical condition now and I weight 30 pounds less then when I retired. I sleep 7-8 hours a night and when I was working a good night was 5 hours.
One thing that makes no sense to me is that my eye sight has gotten much better. My eyeglass prescription has gotten weaker over time since retirement, and now I find that I can function well without wearing glasses at all. I have worn glasses all my life and was almost blind without them. My eye doctor did tell me that this is not unusual to retired because stress can affect the way the eyes function. Take the stress a way and the muscles in the eye relax and vision changes.
One thing that makes no sense to me is that my eye sight has gotten much better. My eyeglass prescription has gotten weaker over time since retirement, and now I find that I can function well without wearing glasses at all. I have worn glasses all my life and was almost blind without them. My eye doctor did tell me that this is not unusual to retired because stress can affect the way the eyes function. Take the stress a way and the muscles in the eye relax and vision changes.
When DH was 64 and had been retired 2 years, the doc said his vision had improved to 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other so he could throw away his contacts.
I'm 67 and my far vision has improved every year for the past 3 years but I still need to wear one contact (monovision).
DH needs reading glasses, I don't so far for routine reading. I keep a pair for the occasional tiny print on instructions for meds and other products.
One thing that makes no sense to me is that my eye sight has gotten much better. My eyeglass prescription has gotten weaker over time since retirement, and now I find that I can function well without wearing glasses at all. I have worn glasses all my life and was almost blind without them. My eye doctor did tell me that this is not unusual to retired because stress can affect the way the eyes function. Take the stress a way and the muscles in the eye relax and vision changes.
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Originally Posted by biscuitmom
When DH was 64 and had been retired 2 years, the doc said his vision had improved to 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other so he could throw away his contacts.
I'm 67 and my far vision has improved every year for the past 3 years but I still need to wear one contact
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Oddly I too am noticing that my vision is getting stronger. Last day of work was nearly six months ago. As I type, I notice my glasses seem too strong to clearly see my monitor.
Other health changes:
Not tired five days a week
Moderate weigh lose, without trying
Overall body strength improvement-no doubt from not sitting at a desk five days a week
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