Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[99Z3]

i have managed to get to where my size 36 pants are wanting to "sag" making me feel like i am a thuggin! It is a good feeling to be back in my 34s... now to get back to the 32s!

 

[rust_preacher]

Nutrition can be tricky with me, now that the main kidney function is done by a machine 3 to 5 times a week. I can really feel it when I've indulged on anything that has extra phosphates. And beer has lots of phosphates due to the barley malt. On the other hand, I should eat proteins on every meal, and those load me up with phosphates as well. I'll have to go back to red wine with my steaks.

 

[BadExample]

Life with no beer ever makes me sad. Can you knock a couple back the night before?

I haven't had one for months. Probably get some towards the end of April. Wife's B-day, our anniversary, my B-day, three days of cutting it up in a row. I might even have 6 one evening!

 

[rust_preacher]

Life with no beer ever makes me sad. Can you knock a couple back the night before?

The trouble with phosphate overload is that I get cramps in the legs, so if I overladwith beer, I'll have to do it to the extent that I pass out or don't otherwise notice the cramps - which makes it impossible to get up and go to dialysis in the morning. A real first-world catch-22.

 

[BadExample]

Uhg. Maybe go an hour early with a phone loaded with music a a few beers on ice. Start a little waiting room party. I wonder what a bit of booze in the blood does for the dialysis process.

 

[mjmeche]

I just turned 59 and I am definitely getting grumpier as I get older. Don't tolerate idiots and BS as well no more lol! Hell sometimes I piss myself off!

 

[dieselman]

Just Wait. It only gets Better!

 

[Stumbo]

I just turned 59 and I am definitely getting grumpier as I get older. Don't tolerate idiots and BS as well no more lol! Hell sometimes I piss myself off!

Your just a kid!

One thing that helped me feel less grumpier is B12. Doc said my level was okay but by taking B12 doubled my level from 545 to 1100. Way less grumpier.

 

[BadExample]

I take all the B's

 

[Ken Morgan]

Figures...but what if someone else wants a B later? Hmmm? Do they have to come see you?

 

[BadExample]

They still won't get one. I need all of them.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

i have managed to get to where my size 36 pants are wanting to "sag" making me feel like i am a thuggin! It is a good feeling to be back in my 34s... now to get back to the 32s!

I'm down from 39's to 36's since September.
34's next woo hoo for us! I'm 52 YO...stand 6'3 was up to 280. Now 210 target is 175.
Atkins / Paleo low carb, low sugar, low salt.
High fat, meat, fish, Veggies, fruit, nuts legumes, fibre and WATER.
no extra exercise but that starts today.
Pushups and sit ups before work. 10 miles on the bike tomorrow.
Git R' Done.

 

[99Z3]

i have been using an elliptical and i really like it

I'm down from 39's to 36's since September.
34's next woo hoo for us! I'm 52 YO...stand 6'3 was up to 280. Now 210 target is 175.
Atkins / Paleo low carb, low sugar, low salt.
High fat, meat, fish, Veggies, fruit, nuts legumes, fibre and WATER.
no extra exercise but that starts today.
Pushups and sit ups before work. 10 miles on the bike tomorrow.
Git R' Done.

 

[agedhorse]

My doctor warned me to be moderate, and that the "ideal weights" were both unrealisticly low and in many cases borderline unhealthy.

 

[99Z3]

Well, i feel slow and over weight.. i am at about 180 right now.. but feel that i would like to get back to say 170 or 165

i was am small boned and was a skinny kid.. i felt best when i was at 150.. but when i went into Uncle Sams Canoe Club, i was at 118

 

[Ken Morgan]

My doctor warned me to be moderate, and that the "ideal weights" were both unrealisticly low and in many cases borderline unhealthy.

Thank you! Being a smidgeon over 6', ever weight chart says my 'ideal' is 186...When I was 185, people said I look sick. When I was 165, people thought I was dying, my mother (who I hadn't seen in a very long time then) started weeping thinking her youngest was about to pass away...this was when I realized these weight charts and my unhealthy obsession with them were idiotic.

I'm still 6', weigh 197, and whatever...

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Thank you! Being a smidgeon over 6', ever weight chart says my 'ideal' is 186...When I was 185, people said I look sick. When I was 165, people thought I was dying, my mother (who I hadn't seen in a very long time then) started weeping thinking her youngest was about to pass away...this was when I realized these weight charts and my unhealthy obsession with them were idiotic.

I'm still 6', weigh 197, and whatever...

I'm not going by charts
I weighed 145 (at 6'3") until I was 30.
Really long in the limb.
I stopped active bike riding and swimming about the same time.
I'm feeling better by the day.
NOT shooting for the weight of my 20's
I just know that I can see my toes without leaning forward. I can stand straight legged and bend over to tie my shoes. My bass hangs better
Tis all good!

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I'm not going by charts
I weighed 145 (at 6'3") until I was 30.
Really long in the limb.
I stopped active bike riding and swimming about the same time.
I'm feeling better by the day.
NOT shooting for the weight of my 20's
I just know that I can see my toes without leaning forward. I can stand straight legged and bend over to tie my shoes. My bass hangs better
Tis all good!

According to the charts, instead of 5'8" I should be 7'8"!

 

[JRA]

have any of you gotten taller since retirement? if so: how? i could sure benefit.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

have any of you gotten taller since retirement? if so: how? i could sure benefit.

Ummmm actually I have to stand REALLY TALL to still reach that 8" mark on the Dr's scale LOL!

EDIT: Also, can't retire yet-- too many bills! LOL