Breakfast every day oatmeal with blueberries.

Lunch every day turkey wrap including spinach and carrots.

One cup of decaf coffee daily. One diet pepsi. Crystal Light tea the rest of day.

Dinner I limit red meat but I am less strict.

How many years am I adding to my life?

17 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Breakfast every day oatmeal.

Lunch every day turkey wrap and carrots.

One cup of decaf coffee daily. One diet pepsi. Crystal Light tea the rest of day.

Dinner I limit red meat but I am less strict.

How many years am I adding to my life?

You eat a turkey wrap and carrots every day?

Just now, theguru said:

You eat a turkey wrap and carrots every day?

With spinach on my turkey wrap. That is every week day. Yes, every day. Oatmeal every week day for breakfast.

I do eat different on the weekends.

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

With spinach on my turkey wrap. That is every week day. Yes, every day. Oatmeal every week day for breakfast.

I do eat different on the weekends.

I am an Oatmeal whore too, love the stuff.

It sounds like you eat pretty solid, as far as living longer, who knows...

I also have a scoop to a scoop and a half of this stuff everyday:

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1 hour ago, theguru said:

I watched another "documentary" about the Pyramids last night.  Humans didn't build them and I agree they put things in perspective for us puny humans. 

I don't look at it as punishment Mustang, if I feel better, look better, have more energy, and maybe live longer I think it is a win for me.  Generally speaking the better I eat the less I even have a desire to eat junk and as I have mentioned before I rarely eat out and sometimes when I do the amount of salt in the food shocks my system. 

This is the part that I think a lot of people don't realize happens, particularly the feeling better part. There is quite a bit of research on the cognitive benefits of eating a "healthy", "clean" (or whatever you want to call it) diet. You think more clearly, have improved memory, recall ability, etc. Many common physical ailments up and disappear when you center your diet around whole foods (plant based or not).

Full disclosure, I'm primarily meat based with my foods.

13 minutes ago, JCVD said:

This is the part that I think a lot of people don't realize happens, particularly the feeling better part. There is quite a bit of research on the cognitive benefits of eating a "healthy", "clean" (or whatever you want to call it) diet. You think more clearly, have improved memory, recall ability, etc. Many common physical ailments up and disappear when you center your diet around whole foods (plant based or not).

Full disclosure, I'm primarily meat based with my foods.

Agree.

In addition to the testimonials from high levels athletes upping their game I have also heard testimonials from several obese people on all kinds of meds that started making miraculous turnarounds in health and coming off meds almost immediately after going on a clean (and most times a no animal proteins) diet. 

So... I have been eating much cleaner for a few days and I just clocked a personal best on my "outdoor power walking circuit" and that was in 36 degree weather with wind in the teens bundled up like I was in the artic.  I have been timing myself on this circuit for three years.  Coincidence, who knows?

On 3/17/2023 at 1:12 PM, Voice of Reason said:

Breakfast every day oatmeal with blueberries.

Lunch every day turkey wrap including spinach and carrots.

One cup of decaf coffee daily. One diet pepsi. Crystal Light tea the rest of day.

Dinner I limit red meat but I am less strict.

How many years am I adding to my life?

If you have good genes it won't matter, you will live a long time.

If you have bad genetics it won't matter what you eat or how much exercise you get, you will simply extend your health issues.

At least that's what I'm counting on.  ? 

8 minutes ago, Mustang said:

If you have good genes it won't matter, you will live a long time.

If you have bad genetics it won't matter what you eat or how much exercise you get, you will simply extend your health issues.

At least that's what I'm counting on.  ? 

I couldn't disagree with you anymore than I disagree with this statement. 

7 minutes ago, theguru said:

I couldn't disagree with you anymore than I disagree with this statement. 

As I said - That's what I'm counting on.

51 minutes ago, theguru said:

I couldn't disagree with you anymore than I disagree with this statement. 

For sure.  How do you know if you have good or bad genes? And why not try to get the most out of what you genes you have, good or bad?

1 hour ago, Mustang said:

If you have good genes it won't matter, you will live a long time.

If you have bad genetics it won't matter what you eat or how much exercise you get, you will simply extend your health issues.

At least that's what I'm counting on.  ? 

No doubt genetics are a big factor but good genes don't give anyone license to do whatever they want without consequences.

@Mustang is somewhere at the bottom of the pile, lol. 

1 hour ago, rjs4470 said:

For sure.  How do you know if you have good or bad genes? And why not try to get the most out of what you genes you have, good or bad?

Good genes, or darn lucky.  76, 260 and still going "fairly" strong.

Doesn't say that I don't drop dead tomorrow, which would be OK too, or be diagnosed with some terrible disease.  Eating my favorite foods is one of my pleasures of life, and at this stage, I'm not depriving myself to squeeze out a few more years, because I am quite aware that it will be all downhill from here.

I do occasionally get the urge to exercise, but then I lay down until the feeling passes.