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The Guide to Defying Aging and Staying Fit

Embrace the power of fitness as you age to experience increased muscle strength, better heart health, improved mood regulation, and boosted energy levels. #seniorfit #seniorfitness #agingprocess #aging

Get ready to defy the aging process and embark on a fitness journey like no other. In this entertaining guide, we will unveil the secrets to staying fit, healthy, and vibrant as the years unfold. So, buckle up and prepare to be captivated as we navigate the ever-elusive quest to defy aging and maintain optimum fitness levels. Aging is an inevitable part of life, but that doesn’t mean we have to…

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[thewalrusespublicist]

What do you think of people saying that John had an eating disorder? The First time i came across This i didnt think much. I remember that Yoko addressed This in Interview and negated the claim. But them there is Elliot casually commenting on John use of diet pills. But also, If he had an eating disorder other people would have Said something about his behavior.

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Hi @dopebananadetective!

I think they’re 100% right.

The problem with male eating disorders is that they were not properly understood then and even now they get nowhere near the proper recognition. That means that people can observe the behaviours of an eating disorder but not realise what it is. But people did comment. May was horrified looking at him in the late 70s being all skin and bone, Robert Rosen in Nowhere Man talked about John’s obsession with weight, Seaman talked about their diet and Paul was angry when Yoko picked the healthiest option off the menu for John in the late 70s. Even back in the early 70s Paul’s critical in Too Many People of ‘too many people losing weight’. Who do you think that’s directed at? Yoko may say he didn’t have one but Yoko says lots of things that are incompatible with reality. Admitting John had one would also shine an unpleasant light onto to the fact that she probably also had an eating disorder and definitely encouraged him at his skinniest to look like that and encouraged him on his diet (this latter part isn’t speculation, she’s talked about it in interviews about how great he looked in 1980 as if it was a dual project). It’s not just one way either, John hiding her chocolates when pregnant spring to mind.

I don’t want to get into it too deeply but as someone whose had an eating disorder, John’s is visible from a mile off. It’s the excuse of just needing to lose that ‘extra five pounds’ at 135 pounds 5’10, his obsession with fat Elvis and his own ‘fat Elvis’ period, waxing lyrical about the highly controlled diet and that all his bones are visible despite not historically having that build. I’m similar to John in the fact that I’m not naturally stick thin. I know what it takes to get that skinny and keep it. It isn’t pretty.

If you know what you’re looking at, it’s as clear as day. Elliot to me was just another in a long line of people confirming what I could already tell from pictures alone.

[6okuto]

pretty sure whoever first said they feel like they're cosplaying as a pretty girl when they put on make-up/dress up has fundamentally changed my life

[trans-ralsei]

love it when i shop at taobao to get a maid dress and the vendor, named Crossdressing Tr*nny Magician, texts to ask if it's been received

[womantoday]

Fatema: TikTok, IG Wilhemina: TikTok, IG Joan: website, Youtube, IG, Linktree Brenda: website, TikTok, IG, Youtube

[ana-cantskywalker]

Ok, so as I’m making my Kanan and Hera playlist, I’ve been sifting through other peoples and I’ve noticed a lot of older songs (especially 70s) which I love.

But now I can’t get the image of them slowdancing in the ghost while the rest of the crew is out with the same vibes that a couple would dance in their living room to an old record out of my head.

[gxtzeizm]

this piece of chaos nailed the whole last minute outfit for the retro-themed annual dinner for my course association tonight lmaooooooo

[4giorno]

googles "will i be arrested if i play the exact same bg3 character for the third time in under 2 months"

[hierneneuro]

I'm probably the only person ever to go into town for postage stamps and Christmas cards and come back with a ukelele

[cctinsleybaxter]

A shirt? for cathcart?

+danby

[glasseswearingrabbitdetective]

Me trying to read a certain bishoujo manga so bad it just makes no sense… I want to bang my head against a wall 🥲 why did I even do that?? I couldn’t put it down.. I wanted to hope there was SOME goodness in it but even the translators gave up on it 😂😂😂

[wewontbesleeping]

YAY my first swimsuit (I ordered 2!!) came and it fits AND it’s cute

[scientia-rex]

A lot of younger people have no idea what aging actually looks and feels like, and the reasons behind it. That ignorance is so dangerous. If you don’t want to “be old,” you aren’t talking about a number of years. I have patients in their late 80s who could still handily beat me in a race—one couple still runs marathons together, in their late 80s—and I lost someone who was in her early 60s to COPD last year. What you want is not youth, it is health.

If you want to still be able to enjoy doing things in your 60s and 70s and 80s and even 90s, what you want to do, right now, is quit smoking, get some activity on a regular basis (a couple of walks a week is WAY better for you than nothing; increasing from 1 hour a day of cardio to 1.5 will buy you very little), and eat some plants. That’s it. No magic to it. No secret weird tricks. Don’t poison yourself, move around so your body doesn’t forget how, and eat plants.

If you have trouble moving around now because of mobility limitations, bad news: you still need to move around, not because it’s immoral not to, but because that’s still the best advice we have. I highly recommend looking up the Sit and Be Fit series; it is freely available and has exercises that can be done in a chair, which are suitable for people with limited mobility or poor balance. POTS sufferers, I’m looking at you.

If you have trouble eating plants because of dietary issues (they cause gas, etc.) or just because they’re bitter (super taster with texture issues here!), bad news. You still want to find a way to get some plants into your body on a regular basis. I know. It sucks. The only way I can do it is restaurants—they can make salads taste like food. I can also tolerate some bagged salads. On bad weeks, the OCD with contamination focus gets so bad I just can’t. However, canned beans always seem “safe,” and they taste a bit like candy, so they’re a good fallback.

If you smoke and you have tried quitting a million times and you’re just not ready to, bad news. You still need to quit. Your body needs you to try and keep trying. Your brain needs it, too. Damaging small blood vessels racks up cumulative damage over time that your body can start trying to reverse as soon as you quit. I know it’s insanely, absurdly addictive. You still need to.

You cannot rules lawyer your way past your body’s basic needs. It needs food, sleep, activity, and the absence of poison. Those are both small things and big asks. You cannot sustain a routine based on punishment, so don’t punish your body. Find ways to include these things that are enjoyable and rewarding instead. Experiment. There is no reason not to experiment—you don’t have to know instantly what’s going to work for you and what won’t, you just need to be willing to try things and make changes when things aren’t working for you.

You will still age. Your body will stop making collagen and elastin. Tissues you can see and tissues you can’t see will both sag. Cushioning tissues under your skin will get thinner. You’ll bruise more easily. Skin will tear more easily. Accumulated sun damage will start to show more and more. Joints will begin to show arthritis. Tendons and ligaments will get weaker and get injured more easily, as will muscles. Bones will lose mass and get easier to break. You’ll get tired more easily.

But you know what makes the difference between being dead, or as good as, in your 60s vs your 90s? Activity, plants, and quitting smoking. And don’t do meth. Saw a 58-year-old guy this week who is going to have a heart attack if he doesn’t quit whatever stimulant he’s on. I pretended to believe it was just the cigarettes, and maybe it is, but meth and cocaine will kill you quicker. Stop poisoning yourself.

Baby steps; take it one step at a time; you don’t need to have everything figured out right now. But you do need to be working on figuring things out.

[andresylupin]

maybe i've subconsciously pushed back against "The Teeth of the Tiger" because it's the one novel where you have to reconcile with the fact that, well:

[boxoftheskyking]

Might I give some advice:

Not everyone has (or needs to have) the energy to thoughtfully respond to republicans on the Internet. You do not have to do that.

But some people do, and can. And I think we gotta let them.

An example:

I have a former teacher, I'll call her Grace, who is an incredibly kind woman in her 70s. Devout catholic, had voted for various parties over the years, but has been pretty strictly democrat over the past 15-20 because that aligns with her values of kindness and service.

She shared a post about the pope's recent letter and expressed that she agreed with his concerns about how trump is treating immigrants. A friend of hers commented a long paragraph basically saying "dear Grace I care for you but I don't understand how you can be a Christian and a democrat. Blah blah abortion blah blah gender blah blah drugs."

Grace replied "I'm very busy right now but I am going to respond to you soon with my thoughts". When she did it was an incredibly generous, rational monologue that connected with this person's humanity, their shared religious values, and made a beautiful case for why she supports who she does. I didn't agree with a good half of what she said as I am not a Christian, but the result was an expression of values that I think put her on the side of justice and compassion.

The person replied and thanked her and said she had a lot to think about. It was probably the best case scenario for a Facebook politics conversation

You know what came very close to ruining it? A bunch of (mostly younger) people piling on with "fuck you you racist maga pos" and "no one has to explain anything to you, go to hell" etc etc. Even after Grace wrote that she intended to reply herself.

I watched this republican respond to all the easy, quick insults by saying "this is why I don't think any democrats can be Christian, this is how you all speak to me." If Grace hadn't put so much work into writing her response in a way that was tailored to fit this person, I would not be surprised if that person left Facebook doubly certain that Christian nationalism is the way to go.

I'm not saying we can't cuss out jackasses. I'm not saying everyone needs to respond to bad faith arguments like Grace did or use their time like she did.

But this was on Grace's Facebook page, and interrupted the work she already volunteered to do. Just so these individuals could feel like they "did something" and got a shot off at an enemy.

I think that's selfish and childish and unproductive. They could have said anything they wanted in their own space, but they made grace's job harder for no fuckin reason. And then "loved" her reply and said "that was beautiful Grace, thank you for sharing your thoughts"

Like... Buddies. Pals. If someone volunteers to scrub the toilet fucking let them.