is a healty lifestyle realy worth the effort
By harris24982
@harris24982 (530)
December 28, 2006 2:13pm CST
we are allways told to live a healthy lifestyle dont drink smoke eat junkfood get exersize
the reward for this? getting to live longer but do people that follow the guidelines realey live?
ive been following liveing a healthy lifestyle for the last year not because i was told to but goverment/magazines/tv but because i wanted too
given up smokeing drinking eating junk dont go out much
90% of my days are taken up with exersize
1 hour every morning on a rowing machine 2 hours a day weightlifting 7 healthy meals a day to get all the daily allowence of vitimins and minerals in bed by 10oclock hours spent planing the next days meals working out bodybuilding routines studying healthy eating leaves me with 4 hours a day for fun time
compaire this to a none healthy lifestyle get to go out whenever spend hours watching tv playing video games eat anything that tastes good and not worry if its going to take 10 minutes off your life party and get drunk anytime you feel like it
so a healthy lifestyle gives you more years on this earth but who gets the life
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5 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
31 Dec 06
Wow, that does sound like a healthy regime. I go to the gym 5 days a week and do a 5k run every day, as well as using the weights to tone. It is quite a job as well eating the right foods and making sure you bulk up on protein as well as carbs. You can go from the sublime to the ridiculous, you spend all your time worrying about putting on a pound and what chemicals and stuff are in the food you are eating. If you thought about it everything you do in excess is bad for you, moderation in everything. I don't drink or smoke and I certainly do not feast on junk food. But I still make sure I have the fun now, because you could be superfit and tomorrow you could get knocked down by a bus and all for what!
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@harris24982 (530)
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31 Dec 06
thats ok
the could get knocked down tommorow part got me thinking
about how meany times ive turned a day out with mates down lately just because it would have meant missing a cardio session or a bit in the gym
@hassanchop (820)
• United States
30 Dec 06
I live healthy and I live well. You honestly work out way too much, and 3 hours a day every day can have negative affects. More doesn't necessarily mean better.
@harris24982 (530)
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30 Dec 06
the 3 hours is easy going (not allways 3 hours)
45 minutes in a morning rowing machine or exersize bike
rest on weights but a take a good bit of time between lifts and a bit between each set
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
1 Jan 07
you have more time than me i would love to work out and be healthy but can't find the time and in the afternoon when i have time im so tired i do do anything. I eat maybe 1 or 2 meals a day Lunch and supper i don't eat breakfast. I work at a desk job from 8:00 until 4:30 now i do walk 3 laps on the 2nd floor of the hospital i work at for some exersice. I was going to school after i get out of work so i have very little time. I have made a news years resolution that i intend to keep i am going to cut down on soda and all the fried unhealth stuff i eat an lose so weight and get into shape :)
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@hellboi (661)
• Philippines
14 Feb 07
You might have missed the point of having a healthy lifestyle. While it is true that doing all those healthy stuffs makes up for a healthy lifestyle you seem to overlook that being happy should also consitute such a lifestyle. It is a choice really that you made and nobody really forced you so you expected that all will be fine.
The thing is, people do tend to overdo stuffs to a point where they get bored and unhappy. Maybe you worry too much about your health that you tend to forget other aspects of your life. The key here is balance and moderation. If you'd really want to eat something, then go indulge yourself but do have some control. You may establish a sinful day where you can do anything you want and eat anything you want each week or each month for example.
Just add some spice and twist to your lifestyle. And remember the key there is happiness.
@Gworld (29)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I used to feel the same way until I became impotent. Smoking and an unhealthy lifestyle just like you described narrowed and scarred my cardiovascular system crippling me in bed. I'm not even gonna tell you how old I am. Stick to the gym and off ciggarettes. Life takes endurance. I spend every day in the gym now but sadly I also spend every night alone.
