• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I mean this in all positivity. Move around and lose weight if you’re sporting it. I’m over 40 and I’m in better shape than I was in my 20s because I move around a lot (owning a farm helps) but it’s no excuse to not move if you don’t. Stop being sedentary. Move and eat less. You will be surprised how little it takes to feel good again.

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      19 hours ago

      Also quit smoking, vaping, anything with nicotine, which causes your discs to degrade faster.

      I have degenerative disc disease at 42, I’m looking at multiple fusions.

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      20 hours ago

      OK well my counter story is that I move a lot for work too and I’m only slightly overweight but my upper back feels like it’s going to break in half when I wake up in the mornings, and my lower back tingles like a 9 volt battery to the tongue just always. 32 yo.

      I guess just do whatever and maybe your back will feel fine and maybe it won’t. Just like all health advice.

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        6 hours ago

        My cousin did construction work for a number of years and it wore this body out. He had to retire in his 40s.

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        18 hours ago

        You might need a better mattress if that’s how you wake up like that. Especially if it gets better during the day.

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      18 hours ago

      I eat twice a day, I never stop moving.

      I would say I’m doing better than most people at 40 if I hadn’t smoked since I was 10.

      I have something wrong with some nerves in my back though. Shit tingles to an annoying level if I carry my kids around.