How much do you exercise?

[GulfCoast66]

33. Never been able to 'exercise'. Get too bored.

But seldom sit and am a serious gardener. Pretty big yard that takes 2 hours to mow with a push mower. And in the summer I do it twice a week. I’m always doing something physical. Maybe not strenuous, but something.

Plus fishing in the gulf weekly. Lest you imagine a fat guy in a small boat on a tranquil lake, think again.

Loading up a 22 foot boat. Running it thru waves at 35 MPH for 20 miles. Baiting lines, landing fish, swimming when you get too hot. Snorkeling for scallops in season. Then cranking up and doing it all again in reverse plus scrubbing down the boat for an hour. You sleep good that night. Running a boat in waves is easy for those sitting down. For me standing at the helm it is constant holding on and readjusting my weight.

My grandfather lived to 87 physically healthy and able to work his farm till he keeled over from a heart attack. He never exercised a day in his life. He just stayed busy.

I’ve lost 35 lbs over the past 14 months. My doctor says I’m now fit. Off BP meds for the first time since I was 37. And I’m now 55. Ironically I’ve not watched tv in 14 months.