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I can honestly say that I haven't felt that way. For me, staying healthy and exercise is my job now that I'm retired. I do think that our goal should be everything in moderation. One of my friends went to the doctor and she was told that when you overexercise, your fitness level plateaus and may even go down. If you haven't read "Younger Next Year," it's an easy read and I think very good advice.

Think of this as going back to school for a year or two to gain the knowledge necessary to live a healthy and fit life into your senior years. Your husband especially needs to do this or he will suffer the consequences of diabetes...and they are not pretty. He will die...now if that doesn't get his attention then you need to take care of yourself.

Being fit and healthy requires guidance and knowledge. It's just like learning to ride a bike. Somebody taught us how to do it. We had some good experiences and some bad along the way, but now it's second nature. It becomes natural after awhile. We get that experience sharing experiences, seeking the advice of experts, and reading.

How would you have learned to ride a bike without your father or mother showing you? How many times would you have fallen IF nobody had showed you how it was done? TOO MANY! Fitness is the same way. You need knowledge first, followed by effort.

A young man at the gym asked me the other day, "What is your secret?" Oh if only it was simple little secret. It's not. Fitness is a way of life. We make the decision to be fit or not by our actions.

Set goals and objectives, then read. Read these (EONS) pages, read "Younger Next Year" "The New Nutrition" "Men's Health." Hire a trainer to assess your situation and give you a 6 month training plan to meet your goals. In the mean time, read read read.

I work in Cardiac Rehab and see people who have never taken care of their health or exercised ; and people who have tried to keep healthy but have heart problems. Both of these groups can and do make great measurable changes in their health by exercising and lifestyle changes. Too bad that the US medical care is not praticing or paying for, preventive care.

I am 69 years old and ran the NY City Marathon on Nov 1st. That was 32 years in a row for a full marathon plus shorter races during the year. I work full time so there is no reason not to find time to work out.
If anybody is interested in a program that will prepare them to run a marathon in late 2010 I will be happy to set one up.

Congratulations, acker121! That is awesome!

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" Ben Franklin

Today we have a pretty good idea of what has caused an epidemic in cardiovascular and other health issues. The problem is stopping and reversing the problem. It's difficult to overcome but not impossible. Unfortunately, for many of those heart attack victims they spent years without the knowledge we have today. Many of them smoked and ate too much saturated fat.

Exercise and good eating habits is no guarantee of good health. It only enhance our chances to live out a long and healthy life.

I have a friend who was way into fitness and good nutrition. She took every supplement know to mankind, yet she has developed cancer 3 different times. She stopped taking supplements, saying "they didn't prevent my cancer!" There's no way of knowing what caused her cancer. Perhaps she smoked as a young adult. Maybe she worked in an industrial setting or lived over a toxic landfill. The point is there's no guarantees.

Stack the deck in our favor by staying active, and adopting healthy eating habits.