This is a fascinating thread, thanks to our willingness to share and to listen to stories.
The Mrs. and I live in Japan and we just had our annual one day thorough medical exam, including full blood work and various scans. For our ages we are in good health, no serious issues. Having had these exams annually since we moved here has been instructive. For example, it’s interesting to track our results year to year, and compare that to our lifestyle choices. But we’re also learning to accept the inevitability of aging.
For example, neither of us needed glasses but our eyesight is slowly deteriorating. Not quite bad enough for getting prescription glasses, although we both now use readers and I have a special set for reading music.
We are both careful about eating habits and avoid certain foods, sometimes together, at other times divergent. For example, she’s not into uncooked fish, whereas I do enjoy sushi; she prefers meat, but less so for me. Neither of us smoke nor do we drink. We care enough about health to be attentive,
We have moderate activity, but neither of us go to the gym or do systematic training. We do try to get in 5000 steps a day minimum and 10,000 on some days. Two years ago we went on a pilgrimage that involved up to 20,000 steps a day. We are planning to go on another one next year, and get in a little more daily walking to prep. I find that things like walking are more appealing if there is a reason other than getting exercise. So, for example, I park as far away as possible on workdays to walk back and forth to the car, and prefer walking to driving for shopping.
In the end, I think sharing beyond this can be highly personal, and there are so many variables in health, including genetics. It’s probably best to leave some things unsaid.
But I’m an old fart with a little cute layer of waist and belly fat. It’s a small 1 cm layer I guess… if I laugh to hard a couple of times it probably goes poof.
