Is this how it happens?

[sonic1]

Two years ago I never took any pills of any sort. The past few years have come to now: I regularly take allergy medicine and Advil. I also had to go out and get an inhaler because I had my first asthma attack since I was a child.

I used to work out almost every day. There was a time when I ran for two hours a day. Now I am quickly finding myself not working out on a regular basis, mostly due to lack of time.

And this week because of a dire need for energy to keep up my work and school routines, I started eating bacon and sausage for breakfast (which is quite heavenly).

My cholesterol is fine now and though I have never been a huge guy, I am pretty fit; but I am worried I am getting into some terrible pattern. I don't like depending on drugs like this. I have also had some depression because of the inability to get to the gym.


Is this how we slowly slip into age?

[clinthopson]

Be careful with the Advil. Too much of it will cause a loss of kidney function.

Take a baby aspirin every day though.

This advice is free from an old fart who keeps the drug companies' profits at obscene levels.

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by sonic1

I don't like depending on drugs like this. I have also had some depression because of the inability to get to the gym.


Is this how we slowly slip into age?

Oh c'mon, just admit that you are a lazy piece of shit and worthless. You sit around all day in the dark listening to Taomud and shooting heroin because you think other people are unsufferably boring.

What you need is for someone to come down to your little corner of hell you call Tucson and kick your theatrical ass. Less time with Matt Bevel, and more time with Mr. Iron. Get on that brken down bike of yours and peddle down to the UA gym, where you can stare at the rows and rows of undergrad ass that you will never have because you are a digusting blob of self-pitying fat. You should be eternally grateful your saintly wife doesnt drive you on a one way trip to Morana which is where you belong.

Or you can just continue stuffing your pie hole with Xanax laced chimichangas while setting your nipple pasties on fire.



What was the question again?

[GoodSpeak]

Originally Posted by sonic1

Is this how we slowly slip into age?

I think old age should be the least of your worries.

[Noj]

You don't need the gym to work out. Get a floor mat and a pull up bar and you're in business. An hour a day, push ups, crunches, and pull ups. Military style. Find a flight of stairs to run, or run lines in an open area for cardio. Get the wife to do it with you, that makes it fun and you can depend on each other for motivation. Start small and build steadily.

Avoid taking any pills unless you are in unbearable pain.

[Monte Smith]

I don't know what kind of space you have out there in Arizona, but you might want to think about putting in a pool. That way, when you roll off the deck chair after too many martinis, it doesn't hurt.

[blawless]

That's a good idea. Another neat thing I do when I'm pressed for time is put the bacon and sausage patties in my pool, so I can eat them while I'm doing laps. I call it "bobbing for bacon and sausage." It's fun.

[Enforcer]

Bacon and sausage are fine. As they say, if God didn't mean for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

[groover]

If God didn't mean for us to eat people, then why did he make us out of meat?

[blawless]

We don't eat people because of this would be a violation of the dignity that inheres in them by virtue of their divine creation, silly.

[hornplayer]

Originally Posted by sonic1

Two years ago I never took any pills of any sort. The past few years have come to now: I regularly take allergy medicine and Advil. I also had to go out and get an inhaler because I had my first asthma attack since I was a child.

I used to work out almost every day. There was a time when I ran for two hours a day. Now I am quickly finding myself not working out on a regular basis, mostly due to lack of time.

And this week because of a dire need for energy to keep up my work and school routines, I started eating bacon and sausage for breakfast (which is quite heavenly).

My cholesterol is fine now and though I have never been a huge guy, I am pretty fit; but I am worried I am getting into some terrible pattern. I don't like depending on drugs like this. I have also had some depression because of the inability to get to the gym.


Is this how we slowly slip into age?

really hate to say it, but... the older we get, the more we need to exercise, not the other way around. and failing some injury that restricts movement of the legs, we're doing ourselves a (possibly fatal) disservice by not making the time. Sad, but true.

[walto]

Originally Posted by blawless

We don't eat people because of this would be a violation of the dignity that inheres in them by virtue of their divine creation, silly.

But it's ok to eat a part of a person sometimes, like an arm, right? Because I think I had human arm once at some restaurant (Ethiopian maybe). It wasn't too too bad with this hot sauce they had there.

[blawless]

From "The Straight Dope"

PLACENTA RECIPES!

To the Teeming Millions:

A friend has sent me recipes from the summer 1983 issue of Mothering magazine for the following mouth-watering dishes: placenta cocktail (1/4 raw placenta, 8 ounces of V-8 juice, 2 ice cubes, 1/2 carrot, blend for 10 seconds at high speed), placenta lasagna, placenta spaghetti sauce, placenta stew, and placenta pizza. The last one will definitely stop conversation at your next Super Bowl party, and since you're not likely to be able to order it from Domino's, here's what you have to do:

"Grind placenta. Saute in 2T olive oil w/4 garlic cloves, then add 1/4 tsp. fennel, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. onion, minced, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/4 tsp. thyme and 1/4 cup wine. Allow to stand 30 min., then use with your favorite homemade pizza recipe. It's a fine placenta sausage topping!"

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_104.html

[groover]

I'm sure my cat won't hesitate to eat me if I ever run out of cat food. I'd better hit the market on my way home.

[letchhausen]

Originally Posted by Surfer

Oh c'mon, just admit that you are a lazy piece of shit and worthless. You sit around all day in the dark listening to Taomud and shooting heroin because you think other people are unsufferably boring.

Or you can just continue stuffing your pie hole with Xanax laced chimichangas while setting your nipple pasties on fire.

Surfer,
Umm, this all sounds good to me except for the physical activity part. Now, the important information for me is, Where do I get these chimichangas?

[GoodSpeak]

Originally Posted by groover

I'm sure my cat won't hesitate to eat me if I ever run out of cat food. I'd better hit the market on my way home.

Yeah, but I'm am reasonably certain your cat won't eat other cats.

[groover]

Originally Posted by GoodSpeak

Yeah, but I'm am reasonably certain your cat won't eat other cats.

Probably true. He will tear them to bloody shreds, but he'll still expect me to open up a can of his favorite tuna.

[Monte Smith]

Harry Carey: If you were a hot dog, would you eat yourself? JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION!

[blawless]

All of this is getting pretty tacky, as sonic is earnestly posting about his impending mortality and the crisis that arises when one when realizes that age can't be beaten. We get old and decline, all of us--and our efforts to avert that slow, painful, relentless slipping away toward the horizon are in vain. It's the saddest story ever told. We're insensitive to hijack this thread with our moronic gross-out humor.

That said, there is an item on BoingBoing today about a 30,000 calorie sandwich. Get a load of this mother! It's a fucking 6 and a half pounds!!!

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by letchhausen

Surfer,
Umm, this all sounds good to me except for the physical activity part. Now, the important information for me is, Where do I get these chimichangas?

Luckily for you and sonic, one-stop shopping for heroin, chimichangas, Xanax, and nipple pasties is available.

No. gal. es.

(How do you think Mingus got so out of shape?)

[letchhausen]

Originally Posted by Surfer

Luckily for you and sonic, one-stop shopping for heroin, chimichangas, Xanax, and nipple pasties is available.

No. gal. es.

(How do you think Mingus got so out of shape?)

Thanks man, I knew I could count on you. And since the way things are going down the drain in this country a move couldn't hurt me none. And Sonic, I hear ya. My joints ache, and I am currently battling my twin loves of bacon and Mountain Dew (though not together) as the only place I gain weight is around the middle these days. I've come to rely on my morning 15 minute sprint for the bus and my afternoon speed walk of same distance for exercise. Time, there is so little of it and I hate to expend any on physical exertion. I'm going bald and my veins are so gristle-ey that I practically have to use a hammer to get a needle in. Ummm, strike that last part. Anyway, getting old sucks except for one oddity; as I've gotten older the depression and suicidal ideation has vastly faded . It's been replaced by homicidal rage at the idiocy of the people who run things and the rest who inhabit this horribly wretched heck-hole. However, as I bathe myself in the warming glow of my tube amp and put on 4 Gentleman of the Guitar and float in the clouds of sound I approach something like peace. Then I breathe a sigh and think, it's not so bad........

Now I'm off to find plane tix as I search for that holy grail of the xanax chimichanga.........

[sonic1]

Luckily I am not overweight. If anything I have trouble gaining significant weight. I think the bacon might be a good move, but not totally sure.

Some of this is age and some of this is not sleeping and working too much. I have a baby in the house and never get a good night sleep. And I have way too much going on with work, school, family.

The sleep thing is starting to get to me mostly.



Surfer, You know Tucson. You know us downtown dorks with our beat-up old schwins. I lost it with that post. Totally funny.

[GoodSpeak]

Originally Posted by sonic1

Luckily I am not overweight.

Not now.....

[Surfer]

Originally Posted by sonic1

Luckily I am not overweight. If anything I have trouble gaining significant weight. I think the bacon might be a good move, but not totally sure.

Some of this is age and some of this is not sleeping and working too much. I have a baby in the house and never get a good night sleep. And I have way too much going on with work, school, family.

The sleep thing is starting to get to me mostly.



Surfer, You know Tucson. You know us downtown dorks with our beat-up old schwins. I lost it with that post. Totally funny.

Seriously, where do you work out, at the resort? It may be hard to stick around after work (or before) to get your workout in. Maybe you need to find a new place.

Have you tried swimming? In Tucson, one of the things that kept me sane during the especially hot months was the UA pool, which is a beautiful oasis. And they always have lanes open b/c the swim team and diving team dont practice there. Rec swimming only. Plus its not only a workout, but relaxing. I personally think weights are a important part of a workout regimine, but for your cardio, try the pool.

And dude, stay away from the chimichangas.

[Surfer]

Sonic,

I'm assuming you missed the greatest AZ football win since '92 when the Cats beat then #1 Washington 16-3.

A rare bright spot in an otherwise dismal year for UA football.

The town must be buzzing . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Sand]

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[sonic1]

Originally Posted by Surfer

Seriously, where do you work out, at the resort? It may be hard to stick around after work (or before) to get your workout in. Maybe you need to find a new place.

Have you tried swimming? In Tucson, one of the things that kept me sane during the especially hot months was the UA pool, which is a beautiful oasis. And they always have lanes open b/c the swim team and diving team dont practice there. Rec swimming only. Plus its not only a workout, but relaxing. I personally think weights are a important part of a workout regimine, but for your cardio, try the pool.

And dude, stay away from the chimichangas.

I have a membership at the Tucson Raquet Club. And I also use the facilities at the resort I work at. But when you do deep tissue work and Thai massage all day, working out is hard to think of-at least lately.

Most important I need to get sleep.

I'm assuming you missed the greatest AZ football win since '92 when the Cats beat then #1 Washington 16-3.

A rare bright spot in an otherwise dismal year for UA football.

The town must be buzzing . . . . . . . . . . . . .

American Football?

Yeah, I noticed people talking about it on the news. But the town was covered in crazy costumed freaks all weekend for All Souls Day. So I hardly noticed anything regarding football.