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Otterdaemmerung

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20. To further corroborate your post:

Reply to BOSSHOG (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 10:00 PM

Mar 12

A few years ago, when I was probably in my mid-40s, I was at my own doctor's office for a routine physical, and he gave me some very similar and unsolicited advice.

He said that through all his years of being a physician, one major factor above all others determined the future trajectory of a person's health. That factor was how much they kept moving. Being sedentary, he said, causes problems and exacerbates all others.

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Best Advice I got from a Doctor [View all] BOSSHOG Mar 12 OP

Movement is medicine. Drink water too Demovictory9 Mar 12 #1

When I'm not walking I'm peeing. BOSSHOG Mar 12 #2

I do 64 ounces...that's it Demovictory9 Mar 12 #4

I make 100 about half the time BOSSHOG Mar 12 #8

I pee while I'm walking to save time. Pinback Mar 12 #18

Isn't peeing in public okay BOSSHOG Mar 12 #27

That's too much BonnieJW Mar 12 #24

Motion is lotion. mac56 Mar 12 #10

that's another way to say it Demovictory9 Mar 12 #11

My mother is 101 years old. Staph Mar 12 #3

good for her. I walk inside when I don't get out. back and forth... listen to music because it's boring as %$#@ Demovictory9 Mar 12 #5

Good on Your Momma BOSSHOG Mar 12 #7

Love both of these and also the advice about staying hydrated ... cliffside Mar 12 #6

the people who say they don't have time to exercise Skittles Mar 12 #9

Right You are My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 12 #13

That's me regrettably jfz9580m Mar 12 #19

I kept the commercials with Neflix Skittles Mar 12 #21

I really should start running again jfz9580m Mar 12 #28

OK I AM CHALLENGING YOU! Skittles Mar 12 #29

Alright! jfz9580m Mar 13 #30

OUTSTANDING Skittles Mar 13 #31

Walking is something most anyone with working legs can do IronLionZion Mar 12 #12

I can no longer run BOSSHOG Mar 12 #14

We gotta keep moving. Get a walking partner or two. The peer pressure will make you go, even when you don't want to go surfered Mar 12 #15

Excellent advice My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 12 #17

I watched that game! I miss the Southwest Conference and the old rivalries. surfered Mar 13 #32

A dog is a great walking partner FoxNewsSucks Mar 12 #23

That'll work, too surfered Mar 13 #33

That's good advice wrt mental activity as well jfz9580m Mar 12 #16

To further corroborate your post: Otterdaemmerung Mar 12 #20

Thank You My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 12 #22

I agree completely. FoxNewsSucks Mar 12 #25

Thank You My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 12 #26

Walking and cutting sugar and carbohydrates has saved me. CentralMass Mar 13 #34