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Can still pack a fifty pound pack all day, and cover 16-20 miles of Ozark trails doing it. Raising stock, cutting wood, building structures and fences, etc. are all in a day's work. So, am I out of shape? Well, my heart rate is about 8 more bpm at 42 than it was at 22, my blood pressure is a tad higher than it was then(still normal), and I weigh 15 lbs. more, but I still get out of bed, and do everything I want to do, it just takes a little longer. So, no, I am not out of shape, I am just getting older. And I eat what I want and take no pills.
Drove thru the Birmingham, Huntsville route to reach Tennessee. It was beautiful. Property taxes are low and the state seems to be looking for retirees.
Thanks! We look forward to exploring the area!
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BTW - I would also look in the south Pittsburg area which is right up close to the Alabama border on I-24. Beautiful mountains and flat land near the river. You would be right along I-24 with an easy drive to Nashville or Chattanooga. If I were going to relocate from Wartrace I would look around there and to the east.
Thanks again! Sounds like what we want to look at!
I asked my doctor what type of exercise I should do: weight lifting, jogging/running, yoga, cardio. He said all of them!
Just a cautionary note here.
I'm well into my 60s now, but 22 years ago, I had a very good conversation with one of my dad's friends; a retired anatomy professor from the U of Louisville medical school. I was in my early 40s at the time and still working out hard.
He asked me, "Are you still running or jogging?"
I told him that I was still putting in about 5-6 miles/week at that time.
His advice to me was to stop the running and take brisk walks instead. Just increase the time and distance of the walk to make up for the lower cardio compared to running. His reason was that after 40, our bodies start to take more wear and tear on ankles, knees and hips from running. He mentioned that the human body has evolved to do one thing particularly well: walk long distances. And that's what we should do in our middle and later years to maintain conditioning.
Well, I was way too smart (I thought) and for several more years I kept jogging anyway. It cost me a knee surgery. That was the price I paid to learn the lesson he gave me for free that day. Since then, I've been a walker. The wife and I go for 3 miles several times each week, to include a few good hills. We're doing fine.
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One thing I do not understand is the people in my area who run with earbuds. I have never tried it. I am afraid that I will not be able to hear the one car coming that has an idiot at the wheel.
If you only have one idiot driver in your neighborhood, count yourself very fortunate. We have a few around here I'd be willing to share if anyone has a moron shortage.
Drove thru the Birmingham, Huntsville route to reach Tennessee. It was beautiful. Property taxes are low and the state seems to be looking for retirees.
His advice to me was to stop the running and take brisk walks instead. Just increase the time and distance of the walk to make up for the lower cardio compared to running. His reason was that after 40, our bodies start to take more wear and tear on ankles, knees and hips from running. He mentioned that the human body has evolved to do one thing particularly well: walk long distances. And that's what we should do in our middle and later years to maintain conditioning.
Well, I was way too smart (I thought) and for several more years I kept jogging anyway. It cost me a knee surgery. That was the price I paid to learn the lesson he gave me for free that day. Since then, I've been a walker. The wife and I go for 3 miles several times each week, to include a few good hills. We're doing fine.
Of course, all them folks who have run well into their 60s and 70s will disagree with you, obviously. If there was one thing human body was designed to do - it was to run.
Of course, all them folks who have run well into their 60s and 70s will disagree with you, obviously. If there was one thing human body was designed to do - it was to run.
In my area, for millenia, the local Indians lived predominately on meat due to the short growing seasons and the long cold winters where fat = survival.
My ancestors from the European side were also from the far north, and they subsisted heavily on meats and fats, mostly from fish and ocean mammals, but the same principal.
To that end, after years of running and starving to try and meet military standards, eating lots of fruit and vegetables, never feeling satisfied, once I left the service I started eating what most would consider a balanced diet, moderate portions of meat, vegetables and fruits and including starches as well in the form of breads and pastas.
Put on weight like a hog.
Most of what I eat now I produce from my garden or from the wilds, coupled with beef and pork, chicken and turkey we raise, and lots of wild fish and game.
To maintain my weight, I have found I have to mirror what my ancestors ate, lots of meat & fats, very little vegetable matter. I can do pretty good with beans, dried peas, barley, whole oats etc. in conjunction with my meat like a bacon and split pea soup, or ham and beans, and wild edibles such as Balsamroot, Buscuitroot, cattail, rosehips, nettles, wild berries, but if I eat anything processed, even meats that are commercially processed, I start gaining weight.
Small amounts of home ground flour made into breads or johnny-cakes is ok, but I really have to stay far away from pasta.
I seem to do better using dried fruits and berries instead of fresh too, not sure what that connection is, but dried buffalo berries or chokecherries mixed with dried meat and fat, (pemmican) is a real energy bar for me. CHeese and whole milk are fine, real butter, real sour cream, those are fine, but pasturized cheese spread or processed yogurt, not a good result.
Eating this kind of diet stablized my weight, and now I don't have to count every calorie or run 50 miles a week anymore.
I found out too late for my military career that I could have saved my knees from all the running and my psyche from the starvation if I had dropped the vegetables and fruits and went with meats and fats instead. A stick of jerky is far more satisfying than a bushel of apples to me.
I'm still not svelt, but not one of my primary concerns anyway, but I'm pretty active bucking bales, chopping wood, hiking for miles looking for game and edibles, working livestock, building fences and digging out waterholes, blacksmithing by hand, etc. etc. etc. I don't have much time for regular excersise, but my cholesterol and blood pressure are perfect, so it isn't worrying me any to not go to the gym.
In my experience, look to where your ancestors came from, and what they ate as that will figure heavily in what is best for you. If your people came from Southern Europe, grains and vegetables are probably great for you for instance. My people were and are meat eaters so as long as I follow that with just a few vegetables and grains, I do much better.
As long as I stick to a mainly meat/fats diet, my blood suger is great, my energy is up, and I don't have to consume nearly the volume of food to be satisfied. I don't use a lot of sugar, only drink soda pop once in a whle, less than 1 - 2 times a month, but with the high protein and fats, I don't crave sugar anymore.
Sure glad Steak is on my menu
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I'm pretty active bucking bales, chopping wood, hiking for miles looking for game and edibles, working livestock, building fences and digging out waterholes, blacksmithing by hand, etc. etc. etc. I don't have much time for regular excersise, but my cholesterol and blood pressure are perfect, so it isn't worrying me any to not go to the gym.
You don't consider all that other farm/ranch activity to be "exercise"? I sure would...has nothing to do with some smelly gym, where other grunts are sweating! I certainly consider the chores, repairs, building, and other projects I do to be "exercise" -- the very best kind, out in the fresh air and sunshine!
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In my experience, look to where your ancestors came from, and what they ate as that will figure heavily in what is best for you.
^ This says it the best, and puts the "diet" proponents in their place!
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Sure glad Steak is on my menu
Yup! Sure glad it's on mine, too!
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