I wish I had encouraged myself to be more active in my earlier adult years.  That being said, I am not sure I would have wanted to be a runner. I am working on fixing that now, but a lot of runners end up having issues with free radicals as well as other factors and they look about twenty years older than they really are.  They are probably totally healthy, but they look like old men and women.  That's part of the reason antioxidants have become such a huge thing.

This one talked to me!  At 46, boy would I love to have a conversation with 36 year old me.  
43 year old me went sober, but wishes he could talk to 33 year old me about going sober.  
lol, and thus we live in our current bodies, I guess the difference now is I’m asking the question, what do I think 56 year old me would want to talk about.  

Yeehaw, partner! This here blog post is a powerful reminder that keepin' active is the key to a bright future and a strong mind. Let's saddle up and keep on movin' for a healthier and happier life ahead!

Every day we become lazier, we create machines to do everything for us, we all want healthy bodies, but the truth is that few are willing to make sacrifices, people prefer to make an operation to lose weight rather than diet and exercise, we all want it fast and easy.

>She stopped running.

I need to relearn ~~running~~ playing splinterlands in a few days. because 31 day is the biggest tournament of the year.

!WOC

This reminds me of the common phrase "Use it or lose it", which can apply to a lot of different things. When it comes to our bodies, exercising the muscles is the topic. Whether it is challenging the brain, or moving the different parts of the body, those are needed to keep the mobility and sharpness. I think we can all think of a way to improve our lives a little. One can start small and slowly build on it.

Of course, I’m sitting on my butt while reading this post. I will get 10,000 steps today, I will.

I’ve noticed that people born during olden days or let me say older generations still tend to be a bit stronger when they grow old. That’s because they never consumed some chemical foods when they were younger and there was no machine to do their homechores for them unlike we that now rely on machines all the time 

I always think of what Wil happen if I stop running, that is why now am young i take more of vegetables and engage in fitness exercise. Nice reminder, most people today live their life like there is no tomorrow not knowing everything we do today will down on us when we get older.

It's crazy how easily we slip into sedentary habits, thinking it won't affect us until we're older. But seeing those who've stopped running, whether young or old, is a wake-up call. Maybe it's time to lace up those shoes of mine and go for a run . Thanks for this eye opener good friend 

The evolution of our species is tied to constant movement. Moving for many hours every day removes the effects of our stress and benefits our body in many ways.  Every other day I walk now and work in my garden for 8 hours, it’s wonderful, by the evening I’m a completely different person than if I sat at the computer all day.

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I think as we get aged, we become more prone to being sedentary because we don't have as much energy as in our youth.

> One of the friends was saying how his grandmother was similar, but as Alzheimer's set in, they moved her from a house to an apartment bad a year later, she was gone.

This happened to my grandmom, although she was already 91, when they moved her out of her house ( with big garden ) and into an elderly home. She lived for two more years. 

Her (daily) garden(ing) and social life, she outlived my granddad for 22 years ( although I must add that he was 9 years older ) clearly added to her longevity. Once she became mostly sedentary and taken out of her home, she deteriorated rapidly.

I could say the same about my dad too. Due to his lung disease and - later - fear of breathing ( even fresh air ), he started getting out less and less. As a result of this, his muscles deteriorated, he burnt all his fat and he slowly but steadily withered away, where up till his diagnosis he had gone on daily long walks.

All of the aforementioned and your post are a reason why I move daily ( especially walking/hiking and cycling and - as an added bonus - outdoors, in nature. And, as you might know, I don't even drive a car.

@tarazkp Sr. 44 users reblog your post is it real or got booted 😂

A rolling stone gathers no moss!  I have always identified as way younger than I am and will be that way til I am gone or down and out I hope.  What keeps me young now at my vintage is fighting trained martial artists a few times per week, along with a relatively active lifestyle.  I do participate in waves and don't eat the best but those are tweaks we can always make and test our willpower to stick with it.

Inevitably, we all think we are immortal and time is infinite.....'til it is not.  I know there will come a time where I will regret the sum of my decisions and habits when they manifest themselves into a real problem, which there will be no solution.  What I will not regret is enjoying that cupcake in the moment, and work to turn that into motivation to be extra active and have a salad instead of some pizza.  

Still, time WILL catch up to each of us and we will look back and wish we made different decisions.  Hopefully it will be accompanied by a lack of regret for a life well lived.