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Glasses, old age and NOT keeping fit!
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Well I've finally had to give in to old age and get my eyes tested. I have known for a long time that I have a problem; nothing is in HD anymore, things are looking a bit hazy and I am having difficulty focusing. Today I collected my first pair of spectacles, a throw back to the 1950s....Apparently they are all the rage at the moment, well so the optician said. I don't think they look too bad, although add years on to me, just all a part of growing old, a fact I absolutely hate!
When you are in your twenties, you never really consider what it will be like as you grow older. Up until a few years ago, I did everything in my power to look and stay younger. Dying my hair and beard, trying to lose weight, plucking and preening, in fact anything I thought would 'do the job.' The reality is, we all get older and there is nothing we can do about it. The more we try and fight the aging process the more depressed and self conscious we become.
Today I have stopped worrying about my own mortality. I am well aware of my age of course, but I am realistic about my life. I can not live forever, no matter what I do to try and prevent it. I see people going to the gym, keeping fit, eating the right stuff and I understand the importance of looking after myself, especially in middle age, but it isn't at the top of my list of priorities.
Back home in Portsmouth I walk everywhere. With Darrell currently in Australia, it is the only way to get around. Most days I will walk an hour and a half or more, which is amazing for me. I am always on the go, constantly working, so eating healthy does take a back seat. I know I should make more of an effort, but what can I realistically buy to eat, that isn't going to add a few extra pounds in weight? Answers on a postcard please. My weight has stayed constant at fifteen stone six pounds for a few years now, not great for someone who is five foot ten, but a lot lower than I have been. I want to change my current attitude to life, fitness and achieving a healthy body weight, but as yet, do not have the motivation to do so. Maybe that will happen in time, until then I just have to continue travelling down my current path. Although not perfect, it is a start towards a more beneficial lifestyle.
I am attending the 'Well Man Clinic' on a regular basis, having my blood pressure and cholesterol monitored and crucially have stopped smoking, all necessary for long term positive physical and mental health. I have accepted I will have to wear glasses permanently and have started to rebuild my life, after the difficulties of the past and my current family commitments. This is the first time in a longtime I am feeling pragmatic, productive and happy with where I am heading in life. A lot has happened over the last six months, long may it reign!
Today I have stopped worrying about my own mortality. I am well aware of my age of course, but I am realistic about my life. I can not live forever, no matter what I do to try and prevent it. I see people going to the gym, keeping fit, eating the right stuff and I understand the importance of looking after myself, especially in middle age, but it isn't at the top of my list of priorities.
Back home in Portsmouth I walk everywhere. With Darrell currently in Australia, it is the only way to get around. Most days I will walk an hour and a half or more, which is amazing for me. I am always on the go, constantly working, so eating healthy does take a back seat. I know I should make more of an effort, but what can I realistically buy to eat, that isn't going to add a few extra pounds in weight? Answers on a postcard please. My weight has stayed constant at fifteen stone six pounds for a few years now, not great for someone who is five foot ten, but a lot lower than I have been. I want to change my current attitude to life, fitness and achieving a healthy body weight, but as yet, do not have the motivation to do so. Maybe that will happen in time, until then I just have to continue travelling down my current path. Although not perfect, it is a start towards a more beneficial lifestyle.
I am attending the 'Well Man Clinic' on a regular basis, having my blood pressure and cholesterol monitored and crucially have stopped smoking, all necessary for long term positive physical and mental health. I have accepted I will have to wear glasses permanently and have started to rebuild my life, after the difficulties of the past and my current family commitments. This is the first time in a longtime I am feeling pragmatic, productive and happy with where I am heading in life. A lot has happened over the last six months, long may it reign!
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