That's awesome, good for you!My "check engine light" came on during my 20s due to how unhealthy my lifestyle was (overweight, high blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol, etc - my diet was terrible and I was not active at all) - which caused other issues like cramps and stuff but not to the point where any medication was required
Nowadays in my early thirties I am healthier and have more energy than I had in my 20s
I lost over 50 pounds compared to my 20s , my blood work (cholesterol , sugar, etc) is normal and blood pressure too
I eat healthy now (only eat meat foods during holiday event and weekends)
Compared to what I used to eat....
Early to mid 20s
-Meat like beef everyday
-No veggies or fruits in diet
-Fast food almost everyday
-Junk food everyday like candy and chips
-no exercise
-Drank soda
-Drank coffee
-Consumed a average of 2,500-3,000+ calories per day
Late 20s to early 30s (current)
-Only eat chicken breast most of the time - special occasions I eat beef like for Christmas
-Fruits and veggies consist 75% of my diet nowadays
-Rarely eat fast food, would say once or twice a month at the most and even then it's limited (avoiding beef, etc)
-no processed junk food, maybe a bag of chips for movie night that occurs once or twice a month
-No more coffee or soda, haven't touched them in almost 5+ years
-I only consume water, skim milk or almond milk
-Minimum workout between cardio and stretches for 30 min a day - during weekends it's 1-2 hours
-Consuming average 1,600 to 1,800 calories a day
Also, even though I am boasting about my health and overall feeling now, I would not have said the same even a year ago. I just have really turned things around big time in the last year. It is never too late to change things, whether you are 30 or 60. My changes were intermittent fasting and keto lifestyle. I have also been exercising for a good part of the last year but I think that is secondary and resistance training the last 3 months since muscle is great for aesthetics, long term health and longevity.
I have seen a lot of people say they were athletes in their 20s, exercising heavily, playing sports, being active, but when it comes to diet they just ate whatever they wanted, drank several times per week, downed sugary sodas and then they wonder why their health goes downhill, even if they do maintain the same level of activity. The shit just builds up, especially inflammation caused by eating unhealthy. Aging also lowers our coping mechanisms I think, food intolerances become more of an issue.
Really just came down to changing my diet and eating habits entirely. Due to my field of work I already get plenty of exercise, but beforehand whatever benefits came from that was negated by constant snacking, eating out, and just bad nutrition in general.Since my 30s? Man, shit started going downhill at 25.
How'd you manage to course correct?
I just can't deal with day to day stress and drink a lot of beer.
OP, are you me???? The part about going to the doctor frequently and that hiatal hernia/GERD speak to me because I had that same exact issue and tried many times to find out what I had. It got to the point where I gave up because they could never find anything. Weird.Since hitting 30 (I'm now mid-30s and thinking about it it actually started around 28, but went into full swing around 30) my body has begun to "fall apart"
So since my 30's I've
- Developed IBS and "Silent" GERD
- Developed the beginning of a hiatus hernia
- With sensitivities to Cashews, all mammals milk, gluten vodka, rum, and even iceberg lettuce
- Become asthmatic
- and frequently visit the doctor because of increasing mystery aches, pains and "things that weren't there the night before, but are now there and I want to know what it is"
- Frequently have joints pop and crack, I've even now gone "oooh me back" or "oooh me hip!" like an old man
- metabolism slowed down (getting a gut)
- having a bladder that screams "I need to pee, RIGHT NOW!" out of no-where
Before my late 20s/early to mid-30s I could pretty much eat, drink and do what I want (only smoked tobacco once at 11:59 before the smoking ban so I could complain to young people about remembering they day you could smoke in public), I didn't get any belly fat even without lifting a finger in exercise, and eating like a whale. I have people in their 40s rubbing their hands at me saying "just wait until you hit your 40s!
I know this is the ageing process and probably a little bit of my lifestyle in my 20s catching up, but fuck me I didn't expect such a sudden brick wall of "boom now you can no longer enjoy life as much without consequence"
I guess now I have to start hitting the gym and wearing out my cartilage faster. :p
Anyone else experiencing something similar, anyone NOT falling apart? Anyone younger-looking forward to their 30s?