My health is my mental health. Managing my time and making valuable me time is the best thing I do.
I lost a bunch of weight and very carefully watch the scales every day to make sure I don't get carried away again, sometimes having to eat very lightly for a few days when it creeps up.
Did wonders for my blood sugar, cholesterol, and liver. Unfortunately it means I'm just a touch hungry most days.
Also moderate exercise, a bit of aerobic exercise most days, but not too much. Park far away to make myself walk more in daily activity.
Gym: 5 hours a week, 3 resistance training, 2 cardio, swimming on occasion
Diet: low carb high fat, my life literally changed when I had high blood pressure and I did a bunch of research and eventually stumbled onto https://books.google.com.sg/books/about/Ketogenic.html?id=niWjEAAAQBAJ
Sleep: no electronics in bed, when I go to bed I just sleep.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
E.g. Someone cut you off? Who cares. Just slow down and drive safe. You're only going to end up being 10-30 seconds behind them overall anyway.
People in traffic often seem to be in a big hurry and drive recklessly so that they can end up waiting at the same red light as you
"I've had greasy, fried food for dinner every day this week. I'll just have a salad today."
Drink too much, work too much, eat a diet consisting mostly of cheese and carbs. Stay in half-decent shape by putting in 14-hour days at a physical job.
Basically just circling the drain.
Wear somewhat minimalist shoes, zero drop, flexible, wide toe box. Sit on a stool instead of comfy office chair.
I have a lot less back pain now.
I eat relatively healthy, and I stretch well more-or-less every day, but to be honest that's about it.
I would like to smoke less and drink less - they aren't issues in that sense, I'm just getting older and it's obviously getting worse for and harder on my body. I also need to get back to the gym or something, it's been years 😅 it's just hard to find time with kids and a demanding job, and I haven't prioritized it.
Anyone looking to take their health more seriously should just pick a habit or two from this list and see the difference it makes to realize that they really should have just hunkered down, got disciplined and do the rest of these habits routinely.
The difference is pretty incredible and I wish I had done these things sooner but I had so much mistrust in the health space that I never looked into it to find people providing valuable efforts.
I eat fairly healthy and I go to the gym.
I eat.
Used to be a competitive body builder, that's not healthy let me tell you. Now I lift weights for the physical and mental health and don't trash my body. About 5 hours a week in the weights room, and a 30 min walk every day keeping my heart rate around 120bpm, eat pretty decently.
Try not to stress to much over most things, do stuff I enjoy, and always learning something new.
I recently started a new job which I think is going to destroy my health. Standing on concrete all day, ugh.
So to counter the incoming joint pain, I'm doing lots of stretches and yoga. Bringing lunch from home is also helping the diet, that should hopefully pay off.
Ironically, I took this job because I thought it would be better for my mental health. Less stress, gets me out of my basement (I was working from home), and it's much more physically active.
But gosh, my bones hurt. I might have to leave this job too for my health. Maybe the lesson here is that working for the man is bad for your health
That's been my experience too, our society is built around slowly killing us, in fact the united states was the only developed country recently to actually experience a drop in healthy life expectancy
https://www.jeffnobbs.com/posts/trends-in-usa-healthy-life-expectancy
What footware options do you have? (Steel toe required?)
Walk or run or hike in a natural environment nearly every day. It might be early or late but I go nearly every day for at least a few miles.
I have a headlamp and a flashlight with a fuck-you-ultra-bright strobe mode for when it's dark and I don't worry about animals (quadruped or otherwise).
I hang out with horses a few times a week. They're super therapeutic
Nothing really. I just don't like to smoke and never go outside except for work
I take my prescriptions, get my vaccines, wear a mask while in stores and at work, and try to get a good nights sleep.
I'm trying to eat healthier than I have been. Cutting out junk food helps with the cost of this.
I'm doing a combination of lifting weights and bodyweight moves. Going for high rep range for the metabolic overload. This gets the heart pumpin. My metabolism is still revved up from my workout that ended an hour ago.
I'm finding The Bioneer on Youtube to be a great source of information on this.
Therapy every-other week, and at least 1.5 hours of brisk walking with my pup every day, plus hikes on weekends. And water - lots of water.
