Posted on 09/01/2009 3:18:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Is it really possible for anyone to live happily to 100? The good news is that your body was designed to be 100 - you just have to get out of the way.
Getting out of the way means taking an honest look at the habits and lifestyle you are living with today. Most of us have developed habits that limit our true health potential.
But don't let these bad habits of the past discourage you - it is never too late to make new choices. What you did in the past can be changed, and your body will respond in kind. What matters is what you do from this moment forward.
Top 5 Daily Habits for Your Longevity It takes 14 to 21 days of repetitive behavior to form a new pattern in your brain. Once the pattern is formed, it becomes an automatic behavioral response.
As you develop new healthy habits, they will begin to replace bad habits. These healthy lifelong habits are adapted straight from the time-tested traditions practiced by centenarians all around the world, and I can say with certainty that they will transform and rejuvenate you!
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Eat five small meals a day.
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Climb the stairs instead of using elevators.
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Laugh it up!
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Drink 8 glasses of water every day.
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Unwind with meditation.
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Sounds like good advice!
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You forgot #6. Pick parents who exhibit longevity. The #1 trait of longevity is - genetic.
It seems to go deeper than that.
That’s such BS. Your body tells you when you need to drink with this thing called thirst.
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You are right. BTW, I got caught up in this 8-glasses-a-day nonsense a few years back and wound up giving myself bouts of arrythmia.
Tried this once, but spent half of my day in the bathroom. NO THANKS!
I, naturally had two grandmothers - one for mom and one for dad.
One grandma lived the ultimate clean life, never drinking or smoking, working hard on their little farm, enjoying all good things in moderation and eating her own organic fruits and veggies. And she adored her husband of many decades and went to church on Sunday.
Other grandma was a bitter smoker who hated her husband (and most everyone else), drank vodka by the gallon, lied, cheated, played video poker and sat on her ass in her condo for decades, manipulating anyone who would be caught in her web.
Question: Which one lived past 90?
Trick Question! They both did - and are both still alive. Good Grandma is still good, Evil Grandma, well, she's out in Vegas somewhere and we don't keep in touch any more.
Moral of the story: It just don't matter.
Hush now. I have my eye on that Nikon.
Naturally is one way to do it...
I would keep an eye on that Glock!
That part did bother me. you did mean the gun right?
It was a Sig.
OTOH, it might have been a blunderbuss (Tork’s from California).
Not just any part of Calif, and anyone with a Nic of glock rocks and carries a Sig Saucer needs watching...
Thirst, not really. That’s why it’s harder to stay hydrated while doing hard labor in humid environments. The humidity keeps your mouth feeling wet so you don’t get thirsty, meanwhile you’re burning through bodily moisture with your labor.
My mediation happens with my evening two micro beers which lasts from before dinner, during dinner and after dinner.
Or being fortunate to have good friends and relatives in the wino business, sometimes a couple glasses of a good red wine replace the micro brews.
I have never used elevators if the climb is 3 floors or less until my knee surgery 3 weeks ago. I, also, park a block or more if possible from the store or place I’m heading too. I’m back to that regime as my knee recovers.
Regardless of the purists, who claim that water doesn’t count if it is in coffee, tea, beer, fruit juices, I get my 8+ glasses per day in many enjoyable ways.
Whining, crabbing and bitching about things we have no control over isn’t allowed in this household. Our Grandkids have learned that in their short time.
If you don’t have a sense of humor along with a thick hide/skin, this household is like being around a pack of wolves with an open bleeding area.
Local and and national Pseudo tv news is never on in this house, and we might watch 2 hours of tv a night on our 22 year old tv.
Newsweak, Slime and the San Francisco Gay Rhonicle subscriptions were cancelled during the Reagan or Bush I years.
Most conservatives like being around us, and liberals using never come back after a visit.
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